We really don't need Magneto to be in the first or even second movie. Hint at him, tease him? Sure, but there are dozens of X--Men stories where Magnus is irrelevant. Is he the most popular X-Men villain? Yes, but so was Norman Osborn/Green Goblin and Marvel knew that they would have to stay away from the Goblins for awhile because they were overexposed. Magneto is the problem of Norman Osborn but dialed up to 11 -- because he's appeared in 7 X-Men movies in a main role as opposed to Osborn's 4. People are tired of seeing the same thing over and over again from the X-Men and there are plenty of unused villains from the comics that Marvel can utilize. Exodus for example would be a great starting villain for the X-Men. Cortez playing the Mephisto to his Thanos and betraying him (mirroring what Cortez did to Magneto in Mutant Genisis).I hate to say this because of the Fox movies, but Magneto is just so foundational to the X-World that I think the first movie needs to incorporate him in some creative way (obviously not like the Fox movies where he's a protagonist). Maybe Magneto makes a dramatic statement (like dismantling an American military base). Fabian Cortez uses Magneto's fame to create the acolytes. Use Magneto more as an icon and an image rather than a real character and make Cortez the actual villain.
Blob is a pretty problematic and mean-spirited character. He should be retired in the comics or completely rebranded.
I'd like to see the Blob to finally get a proper role.I don’t think they should shy away from a full blown blob. It’s part of what makes the character palate so diverse. And I just love his food jokes in legends I. Does he do those in the comics?
If I'm looking at it from a first trilogy perspective I'd probably set it up as:
X-Men 1: Adaptation of "Night of the Sentinels" with Gyrich/Sentinels as the main antagonists.
X-Men 2: Shadow King (with Storm as the central character)
X-Men 3: Mister Sinister (with Jean/Cykes as the central characters)
I think it's inevitable that they're going to do The Phoenix Saga again at some point so maybe have Sinister's tampering with Jean causing her to evolve.
I would love to see both Living Monololith and the morlock massacre!
Definitely a big no to Prestige and Hope.
I'm referring to Hope Summers, not the literal meaning of the word Hope.Keep Hope Alive!