X-Men The Official MCU X-Men News and Discussion Thread

[psylockolussus]

From the OT cast, the only ones that aren't rumored yet for a MCU entry are Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore and Ben Foster. Famke Jannsen and Halle Berry are included in Sneider's "long list". There's already a Fox Colossus in the Mcu, so Daniel Cudmore isn't going to be asked back.

I'm not counting on villain roles like Lady Deathstrike, Sen. Kelly, Stryker, Callisto and Juggernaut. 3 of them were already featured in the Void with a different actor anyway.

 

[Da-Scribe]

Says the person you quoted. I have seen enough Poc characters/X-men in the comics that have potential to breakout in the movies, if given the platform.

I still don't get why use Rogue as the face of diversity/POC representation when she's been white for 40+ years.

Who cares if she's been white for a long time? It has no bearing on her character, so she can be whatever race or ethnicity. Highlighting existing BIPOC characters is one way to promote diversity. Hiring BIPOC actors to play formerly white characters is another equally valid way to promote diversity.

 

[Sithborg]

You look at the histories of the characters, and really there are changes that make sense. I mean, First Nations Logan just makes sense with his origin. Same with Cyclops being from Alaska.

Why people want a black Rogue? Well, part of it is that people are sold on Keke Palmer. Also, you know...

She's from an area that averages about 1 in 3 people are black. So, you know, doesn't seem that out of place.

 

[psylockolussus]

Who cares if she's been white for a long time? It has no bearing on her character, so she can be whatever race or ethnicity. Highlighting existing BIPOC characters is one way to promote diversity. Hiring BIPOC actors to play formerly white characters is another equally valid way to promote diversity.

Who cares if she's been white for a long time? It has no bearing on her character, so she can be whatever race or ethnicity. Highlighting existing BIPOC characters is one way to promote diversity. Hiring BIPOC actors to play formerly white characters is another equally valid way to promote diversity.

Upgrading comic book characters who actually represented diversity in the comics, by putting and introducing them into the movies so they would cross over to the mainstream is the way to do it.

Racebending famous white X-Men characters would just lead to unnecessary attention to the reboot.

Cecilia Reyes, Storm, Jubilee, Sunfire, Bishop, Forge (to name a few) have potential to be great movie characters. If Marvel Studios want to have show diversity/representation within their X-Men movies, they should start by taking a chance with those characters I've mentioned.

 

[Fincher]

I still like Adelaide Kane for Rogue. If they're going older with the character, that is.

 

[psylockolussus]

I still like Adelaide Kane for Rogue. If they're going older with the character, that is.

In some pictures, she kinda looks like Ana de Armas (also suggested here in this thread).

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

You look at the histories of the characters, and really there are changes that make sense. I mean, First Nations Logan just makes sense with his origin. Same with Cyclops being from Alaska.

Why people want a black Rogue? Well, part of it is that people are sold on Keke Palmer. Also, you know...

She's from an area that averages about 1 in 3 people are black. So, you know, doesn't seem that out of place.

This is why it's pointless speculating in this thread, because again, people DONT get it.

And then when they find out Rogue was modeled with Grace Jones in mind, that'll really bake their small minded noodles.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

This is why it's pointless speculating in this thread, because again, people DONT get it.

And then when they find out Rogue was modeled with Grace Jones in mind, that'll really bake their small minded noodles.

Why do you always resort to personal insults when people disagree with you and your opinion?

 

[SirStrangefolk]

She's from an area that averages about 1 in 3 people are black. So, you know, doesn't seem that out of place.

Blink is apparently from the Bahamas, where 9 out of 10 people are black. Is it time for afro-carribean Blink?

 

[Sithborg]

Blink is apparently from the Bahamas, where 9 out of 10 people are black. Is it time for afro-carribean Blink?

Sure, why not. As long as you don't go the racist Josh Boone route.

The thing to remember, that the whiteness of a lot of characters, really does not matter. It is not a major part of their character. Banshee is Irish, so yeah, in that case, being white may be important. But being white is such a default in media, that changing it has little to no change to the character.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Folks really believe that watching a bunch of pretty white actors cry about being oppressed in a big ass mansion in predominately white Westchester NY is okay. That is so tone deaf.

There's SO much an X-Men reboot could be and symbolize, especially in this current political climate.

 

[ALittlePush]

I still like Adelaide Kane for Rogue. If they're going older with the character, that is.

I do not hate this suggestion for Rogue. I think I'd still prefer Joey King for the part (and they're the same height).

 

[AndrewGilkison]

I would rather leave short girl Rogue in the FOX era. Give me 5'8, powerhouse Rogue now.

 

[ALittlePush]

I would rather leave short girl Rogue in the FOX era. Give me 5'8, powerhouse Rogue now.

Jodie Comer is 5'8 and good at accents. I'd rank her as my 2nd choice for Rogue behind Joey King.

 

[Sithborg]

Folks really believe that watching a bunch of pretty white actors cry about being oppressed in a big ass mansion in predominately white Westchester NY is okay. That is so tone deaf.

There's SO much an X-Men reboot could be and symbolize, especially in this current political climate.

About the only white creator I would trust with a white X-men is Tony Gilroy.

 

[psylockolussus]

I would rather leave short girl Rogue in the FOX era. Give me 5'8, powerhouse Rogue now.

Thats definitely what I want to see.

 

[donuts]

The heck has this thread become?

 

[psylockolussus]

Jodie Comer is 5'8 and good at accents. I'd rank her as my 2nd choice for Rogue behind Joey King.

Jodie Comer could be a good choice as Rogue.

 

[donuts]

About the only white creator I would trust with a white X-men is Tony Gilroy.

They got a great director on board.

 

[Sithborg]

They got a great director on board.

I loved Thunderbolts. Nothing in Thunderbolts suggests he is suitable for X-men. I hold X-men, and its metaphor, to a higher standard than other CBMs.

 

[Silvermoth]

About the only white creator I would trust with a white X-men is Tony Gilroy.

I’m kind of on the same opinion, not being a bigot but no crackers please

 

[donuts]

I loved Thunderbolts. Nothing in Thunderbolts suggests he is suitable for X-men. I hold X-men, and its metaphor, to a higher standard than other CBMs.

The firm pulse he had on the characters, the empathy for their psychology, as well as the ability to craft some of the best action in the MCU , hit the right tone and throw in a tiny little bit of satire and some weird metaphysical superhero stuff say otherwise. Great choice for the X-Men.

 

[Sithborg]

The firm pulse he had on the characters, the empathy for their psychology, as well as the ability to craft some of the best action in the MCU , hit the right tone and throw in a tiny little bit of satire and some weird metaphysical superhero stuff say otherwise. Great choice for the X-Men.

Which is not delving into a highly politicized issue. He can make a good movie, but a terrible X-men movie, at the same time. The mere fact that he laughed off John Walker being a killer cop was a red flag for me.

 

[donuts]

Which is not delving into a highly politicized issue. He can make a good movie, but a terrible X-men movie, at the same time. The mere fact that he laughed off John Walker being a killer cop was a red flag for me.

That's not what the movie was about. And just because one doesn't do a certain thing in one movie, doesn't mean that it won't be done in the following one.

I'm sure he'll make a great X-Men movie.

 

[Sithborg]

That's not what the movie was about. And just because one doesn't do a certain thing in one movie, doesn't mean that it won't be done in the following one.

I'm sure he'll make a great X-Men movie.

No, it wasn't. Nor did I go into the movie expecting to focus on John Walker's crimes. But one glib, MCU-esque line about his victim, and you undermine the whole bit of "bad guys who are feeling the guilt of their actions".