Who should be the villain?

[psylockolussus]

I don't want to see Onslaught.

My personal wish list for villains are Spiral, Apocalypse, Ozymandias, Sinister, Omega Red, Bastion, Avalanche and Zaladane.

 

[CyclopsSummers]

Bastion and Shadow King entity for 1st movie
Sinister and Apocalypse for sequel

 

[psylockolussus]

Introducing both Sinister and Apocalypse in the same film is a bit much.

 

[Silvermoth]

Imagine if the first villain was Krakoa like all new all different x-men

 

[psylockolussus]

Imagine if the first villain was Krakoa like all new all different x-men

Hmm that would be fantastical.

 

[Bayne]

I would be down for a lot of different names/concepts for the first movie. Savage Land (maybe Zaladane or Sauron?), Krakoa, Bastion, plenty of others, even. Probably I'd go for either the Savage Land or Krakoa if I had to choose.

But what I'd like to see most is to have the first film open with the classic origin story of the X-men (Xavier vs Amal Farouk in an epic mind battle). Then move on from there, tell a fun, light-hearted story, have the second film focus more on the 'mutant problem' with a noticeably darker tone, and make the third film (or fourth, even, if we're going beyond a trilogy) a loose adaptation of the Muir Island saga with the Shadow King as the major big bad of the overall series who is revealed to have been encouraging the growing hatred all along.

 

[psylockolussus]

I don't think they'll adapt the Shadow King (well this early) because of Legixn.

I think Marvel Studios' X-Men will be a very comic booky version of the X-Men that plenty of fans have been waiting for. There's going to be these groups shots inspired by the comic books. Its going to be like the Avengers' money group shots but mutants. So I would bet my money on Sentinels or a villain, with a huge army. If the Avengers had Chitauris/Ultron bots for their first two movies, the X-Men would have something similar for their first film.

 

[CyclopsSummers]

Introducing both Sinister and Apocalypse in the same film is a bit much.

Apocalypse for a 3rd film will be a re-tell of Prequel Fox saga

Otherwise we can have Bastion(and his sentinels) + Show king entity making an alliance
Sinister in sequel, En Sabah Nur staying in shadow
AvX movie, x-men and avengers' conflict focus on pheonix force: Jean is ressurected and AV see that as a threat while XM want to rescue their former teammate
Apocalypse comes across a Celestial ship and is the big villain of 3rd movie

 

[Silvermoth]

It wouldn’t surprise me if they don’t tell us who the villain is. They’ll just say something like “meryl Streep has joined the cast in an unnamed role” and then we’ll find out she’s playing the goddess Selene or something

 

[psylockolussus]

It wouldn’t surprise me if they don’t tell us who the villain is. They’ll just say something like “meryl Streep has joined the cast in an unnamed role” and then we’ll find out she’s playing the goddess Selene or something

Well they don't do announce the roles for most of their actors, do they? Sentry and Galactus haven't even confirmed by Marvel Studios.

 

[ComicChick]

after rewatching some of the animated series, and x-men 97, i'm saying it again, bring on the Friend of Humanity. have them be a group feeding on the fear of the powered beings of the marvelverse, and now you have people being born with these powers? mass hysteria, etc. lead it into the morlock massacre, sinister, bastion, Creed, it could all go and blend to many different ways

 

[Silvermoth]

How long do you think it will take for the Friends of Humanity to tell people mutants will eat their pets?

 

[ComicChick]

How long do you think it will take for the Friends of Humanity to tell people mutants will eat their pets?

using Creed or Stryker in that regard, a nice blend of Friend of Humanity with God Loves, Man Kills might be able to mirror or resemble some current events. if we're going to bring the powers out with the mutants and all, a human villain, who can still get scared masses of people behind him to be a formidable foe, could be a great foil to balance out the first film. then evolve into something like the sentinels and bastion, or go more scientific like the legacy virus/ fake cure and or mutant massacre.

 

[Silvermoth]

The legacy virus would be so interesting. I think it’s time has passed in terms of relevant storytelling but maybe as a hypothetical threat or like deliberate misinformation (“mutants are spreading disease on purpose and we should defend ourselves” even if it’s not real in the mcu) could be interesting. Quite heavy to start with I guess

 

[ComicChick]

they could modernize it or like you said, use it as propaganda against mutants. i feel like it will have it's best punch at least a movie or 2 in where a character we've grown to like comes down with it and either passes, or they race for a cure. maybe make a deal with the devil (essex/sinister, depends on if we know he's a villain yet) to get a cure etc

 

[Silvermoth]

Yeah that’s the only way I could see it working honestly, as like a Covid metaphor. But by the time the films come out no one will want to talk about that time again

 

[Silvermoth]

What about Master Mold? That way you can redo the opening scene of the animated series which is a great way to show off all the characters building up to like an artificial intelligence allegory?

If 97 hadn’t got there first I would have definitely said Bastion

 

[psylockolussus]

Master Mold lacks character for me. Bastion would be a lot more interesting!

 

[Silvermoth]

I had a fun idea. I know people are a bit over the variant thing but what if the villain was Beast from Here Comes Tomorrow



That way they can add that Beast cameo from captain marvel plus Kelsey already has experience as an x-men villain being a republican and all

 

[psylockolussus]

I'd say no to that.

 

[Silvermoth]

You know, I’m reading Avengers Academy at the moment and I have to say, Cynthia Schmidt aka the Red Skull’s daughter as like a Libs of TikTok type villain is really compelling especially if Sinister is pulling the strings behind the scenes plus the sentinels to show off all the X-men’s powers

 

[psylockolussus]

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-Trask
-Sen. Kelly
-Mr. Sinister

 

[ComicChick]

i can get behind that, especially if it's a little bit like God Loves, Man Kills, night of the sentinels, friends of humanity et al

i like them going up against a prominent "human" villain initially, even if a powered being is behind the scenes. all these marvel movies and everyone is pretty much a-ok with all these powered beings around, destroying cities etc. i know the flag smashers and baron zemo weren't the only ones upset, heck play up the fear and paranoia, make it tangible. it'll draw people in

 

[Silvermoth]

People are saying Mr Sinister will be the after credits scene but I actually think senator kelly would be more fun.

Like start the film with like, a pro mutant administration that still thinks the x-men will be like the avengers. By the end, relations have deteriorated so much people become more fearful and then of course a guy like senator kelly starts to exploit that

 

[ComicChick]

i could see them using Nathaniel Essex, and then at the end, his sinister ways are revealed and he's been playing them for a fool the whole time, using them, whatever