Top 20 big screen mutants

[TMC1982]

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While Batman was the movie franchise to reinvigorate the superhero genre, it can also be argued X-Men was the franchise that kick started the entire comic book movie craze. X-Men proved fans would flock to the theaters to see a superhero movie, despite the characters not being well known outside of comic book fans. This led to Spider-Man and the eventual explosion of Marvel movies in the early part of the last decade. And X-Men proved to be amazingly popular to movie fans, not surprising since the comics it was based on were always one of the most popular in comic circles.

Hell, Wolverine was named the number one comic book hero of all time. This might come as a surprise to non-comic book fans, such as Roger Ebert who said that it must be "the result of a stuffed ballot box" in his Wolverine review. But, he is in the minority. Regardless of Wolverine's lack of saying "anything witty, insightful or very intelligent" (Ebert's words, not mine), he is one of the most brutally entertaining characters in the Marvel Universe. Now, looking back over the four X-Men movies, I see they have introduced 39 mutants in various forms and while some have been spot on, others have made a mockery of the characters they represent.

In this week's Alternate Takes, I am starting a look at the 20 most important representations of the mutants in the four movie series and seeing who cuts the mustard and who should have just went *BAMF* into the night. On a final note, my rankings are more determined by how loyal the movie characters are to the originals, not on how the characters stand alone in the movies.

*The Character's Not Included in the Top 20:
The Bad Guys not making my list: Multiple Man, Deathstrike, Jason Stryker

The Omegas from Last Stand: Calisto, Quill, Arclight, Psylocke, Leech

The Mutants from Wolverine: Silverfox, Wraith, Blob, Agent Zero, Bolt, Emma Frost

20. DEADPOOL
(Ryan Reynolds, Wolverine)

19. ANGEL
(Ben Foster, Last Stand)

18. COLOSSUS
(Daniel Cudmore, X-Men, X2, Last Stand)

17. TOAD
(Ray Park, X-Men)

16. KITTY PRYDE
(Sumela Kay, X-Men, Katie Stuart, X2; Ellen Page, Last Stand)

14. STORM
(Halle Berry, X-Men, X2, Last Stand)

13. DR. JEAN GREY
(Famke Janssen, X-Men, X2, Last Stand)
12. MYSTIQUE
(Rebecca Romijn, X-Men, X2, Last Stand)

11. JUGGERNAUT
(Vinnie Jones, Last Stand)

Check in next week for the Top 10!

 

[TMC1982]

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10. ICEMAN
(Shawn Ashmore, X-Men, X2, Last Stand)

9. BEAST
(Steve Bacic, X2, Kelsey Grammer, Last Stand)

8. ROGUE
(Anna Paquin, X-Men, X2, Last Stand)

7. SABRETOOTH
(Tyler Mane, X-Men, X2; Liev Schreiber, Wolverine)

6. GAMBIT
(Taylor Kitsch, Wolverine)

5. CYCLOPS
(James Marsden, X-Men, X2, Last Stand; Tim Pocock, Wolverine)

4. MAGNETO
(Ian McKellen, X-Men, X2, Last Stand)

3. PROFESSOR CHARLES XAVIER
(Patrick Stewart, X-Men, X2, Last Stand, Wolverine)

2. NIGHTCRAWLER
(Alan Cumming, X2)

1. WOLVERINE
(Hugh Jackman, X-Men, X2, Last Stand, Wolverine)

 

[james82]

what about Pyro??? should of been on there imo

 

[david icke]

I don't think he put Pyro in as he was going by how faithful they were to the books, and Pyro was completely different.

Ok, I am going to do my own, just based on how well they were adapted...

1. Wolverine
2. Magneto
3. Professor X
4. Jean Grey
5. Cyclops
6. Mystique
7. Pyro - total change, major improvement
8. Sabretooth(Liv Schreiber)
9. Rogue
10. Beast
11. Nightcrawler - loses points as they skipped the whole swashbuckling hero part and went straight to pious catholic.
12. Gambit
13. Storm
14. Ice-Man
15. Kitty Pride
16. Young Cyclops
17. Sabretooth(Tyler Mane)
18. Deadpool
19. Juggernaught
20. Lady Deathstrike