World X-MEN: Safe Haven for Those Who Demand More

[Abaddon]

Are you looking for their original costumes?

Nope.Something similar,but still "modern".

 

[Zev]

Not that anyone cares, but I actually liked X-Men: The Last Stand. It was pretty upfront and open about being proud to be a comic book movie (if that makes any sense), and wasn't shy about having the majority of it's "that's so cooool!" moments come straight from the comics. I think it's probably because Brett Ratner's more of a comic book fan than Bryan Singer. But c'mon, he put Kitty Pryde in ice skates and finally had Magneto start acting like a terrorist instead of a friendly supervillain who occasionally tries to commit genocide.

Anyhoo, long as I'm here, thought I'd post the start of a randomish fic based on some of Herr's suggestions. Here's what I've got so far, if anyone's интересовать.




EXT. RUSSIAN KOLKHOZ – EVENING

OPEN ON a statue of Stalin, gesturing in a visionary yet compassionate way. Instead of the expected sweeping Russian orchestra, we hear (incongruously enough) HIP-HOP MUSIC. PAN DOWN to reveal the decay that has permeated it. Further down we see the top of a WHEATFIELD. On the distant side of the statue, a THRESHER passes by, cutting the wheat.

In the foreground, PIOTR RASPUTIN walks by, pushing a PLOW. Big as an bear, strong as an ox. On his shoulders, his little sister, ILLYANA (12) sits. She carries a music player about the size of an iPod, but which puts out a sound equivalent to a ghetto blaster. That’s because this is the future.

PIOTR: (Russian, subtitled) That American music will rot your mind.

ILLYANA: (Russian, subtitled) You’re just mad you can’t understand it.

PIOTR: (Russian, subtitled) Can too.

ILLYANA: (Russian, subtitled) Oh yeah? How?

PIOTR: (Russian, subtitled) I’m your big brother. I know everything.

In the distance, we hear their mother, ALEXANDRA calling.

ALEXANDRA: (O.S., Russian, subtitled) Piotr, Illyana! Come in! Dinner is ready.

PIOTR: (Russian, subtitled) Get going, I’ll finish up here.

Illyana hops down and runs through the field.

INT. RUSSIAN HOUSE – EVENING

Alexandra steps back inside to take a stew off the oven. The father, NICOLAI, is already waiting at the dinner table.

ALEXANDRA: (Russian, subtitled) That boy’s cleared almost half the field. He works more everyday.

NICOLAI: (Russian, subtitled) He gets it from my side of the family.

She playfully slaps him with a washcloth.

EXT. RUSSIAN KOLKHOZ – EVENING

Sweat is beading on Piotr’s face as he finishes the line of wheat he’s cutting down. A drop of it falls on the plow. It makes a metallic TING!

Piotr looks down, confused. The drop is wet and gray, like paint. He prods it experimentally. It smears and even more confusingly REFLECTS him, like a droplet of liquid mirror.

Before Piotr can reflect on this further, he hears a SCREAM. He runs towards the source.

It’s Illyana. She’s pinned under the fallen statue. And a THRESHER is coming towards her. Piotr runs right in, begins straining to lift the statue. He sweats copious amounts of gray as the thresher draws closer. Actually manages to BREAK OFF a section and hurl it aside. But the thresher is too close. He hurls himself over Illyana and throws out a protective arm against the serrated blades of the combine.

Close on his face as the blades touch flesh. There’s a loud NOISE, like an explosion. Piotr, having braced himself for pain, feels nothing. His eyes are squeezed shut.

ILLYANA: (Russian, subtitled) Piotr, your arm…

PIOTR: (Russian, subtitled) Is it bad?

He opens one eye. No, it’s not bad. It’s great, in fact. The blades have DEFORMED against his arm, the metaphorical immovable object. In fact, everything from the elbow down is TINGED METALLIC.

Piotr stands and tries to pull his arm free, sweating even more. He can’t budge his arm. Finally, with one mighty tug, he both pulls his arm free and sends the combine sailing away towards the horizon. He is now FULLY METAL, coated in the now-dry LIQUID METAL SWEAT. A human COLOSSUS. Illyana’s awestruck expression is reflected in his shiny face.

ILLYANA: (Russian, subtitled) My brother is a robot!

EXT. ROAD – EVENING

A ROLLS-ROYCE is stopped beside the crashed combine. Two men, one in a wheelchair, and a woman stare at it.

XAVIER: I think we’ve found him.

 

[kame-sennin]

In case anyone wants a good argument to use against people who automatically and thoughtlessly shoot down the idea of using a more faithful superhero costume than filmmakers are likely to use, read this post.

What post? (I apologize if I blatantly missed it)

 

[kame-sennin]

Does anyone here think Professor Charles Xavier (the one from the comics, not the de-clawed version in the movies) should get his own feature film?

Thanks for posting Xavier's bio, I didn't know a lot of that stuff. Anyway, I personally would love to see (or write) a series on Xavier. I don't think his life fits into a movie. I also don't think it fits well into a normal tv series, because the setting, characters, and time periods/ages change too often. However, I think an HBO mini-series of this would rock.

 

[Herr Logan]

What post? (I apologize if I blatantly missed it)

This one.

It's not your fault for missing it. For some reason, this was the only thread where that post didn't have the actual link in it. That doesn't make sense, but them's the breaks.

I was so proud of it and no one has commented on it or shown any interest until now.

 

[Herr Logan]

Not that anyone cares, but I actually liked X-Men: The Last Stand. It was pretty upfront and open about being proud to be a comic book movie (if that makes any sense), and wasn't shy about having the majority of it's "that's so cooool!" moments come straight from the comics. I think it's probably because Brett Ratner's more of a comic book fan than Bryan Singer. But c'mon, he put Kitty Pryde in ice skates and finally had Magneto start acting like a terrorist instead of a friendly supervillain who occasionally tries to commit genocide.

Anyhoo, long as I'm here, thought I'd post the start of a randomish fic based on some of Herr's suggestions. Here's what I've got so far, if anyone's интересовать.




EXT. RUSSIAN KOLKHOZ – EVENING

[Text]

XAVIER: I think we’ve found him.

I think this is great, Zev.

A couple of questions::

1) Is this supposed to take place in an earlier decade? If not, I'm not sure it makes sense to have a statue of Stalin on the Rasputin's farm.
Wait... hip-hop music in Russia?? Yeah, this definitely does not take place in the 70's. Anyway, you may want to check whether that's a plausible occurence (the statue, not the music). Truthfully, I wouldn't know for sure one way or another.

2) is Colossus going to continue to sucrete metallic sweat, or does that only happen when he first exhibits his powers? I personally find the idea disgusting (if he does it whenever he's hot, rather than the one-time deal), but points for creativity regardless.

Thanks much for posting.

 

[Herr Logan]

Thanks for posting Xavier's bio, I didn't know a lot of that stuff. Anyway, I personally would love to see (or write) a series on Xavier. I don't think his life fits into a movie. I also don't think it fits well into a normal tv series, because the setting, characters, and time periods/ages change too often. However, I think an HBO mini-series of this would rock.

No problem, and thanks for responding to that.

That's a very good idea.
Has HBO ever had a special effects-heavy live-action miniseries (other than maybe some wartime dramas like 'Band of Brothers')? This would definitely have to have a good deal of special effects. Maybe not as much as if it was a movie with the X-Men vs. the Brotherhood of Mutants, but in this story alone there's a little bit of battlefield stuff, the Cyttorak Temple collapsing on Cain, the Astral battle with Shadow King, the town Lucifer was controlling and the showdown between him and Xavier, a fight with Baron von Strucker and Hydra alongside Magneto (if this was a miniseries, I'd have that entire episode recounted in full, whereas I'd abbreviate it in a movie), Amelia Voght's vapor-transformation powers, young Jean Grey's telekinetic outbursts during her therapy with Xavier, the emergence of Scott Summers' powers (the thing with the falling "I"-beam) and Xavier recruiting him, and an all-out battle between the original five X-Men vs. an enraged Juggernaut in the Danger Room.

Hell, I'd be fine with an animated version of this if it was well-written and well-animated. That pretty much goes for all of the properties I want to see translated into movies, but live action is awesome, too, if done properly.
Anyway, I think a miniseries on the life of Charles Xavier would be great. In that format, we should see basically everything that was properly developed in the comics.

 

[Zev]

I think this is great, Zev.

A couple of questions::

1) Is this supposed to take place in an earlier decade? If not, I'm not sure it makes sense to have a statue of Stalin on the Rasputin's farm.
Wait... hip-hop music in Russia?? Yeah, this definitely does not take place in the 70's. Anyway, you may want to check whether that's a plausible occurence (the statue, not the music). Truthfully, I wouldn't know for sure one way or another.

Well, it's a decaying statue. But this takes place in the "now" (a "near future" kind of now).

2) is Colossus going to continue to sucrete metallic sweat, or does that only happen when he first exhibits his powers? I personally find the idea disgusting (if he does it whenever he's hot, rather than the one-time deal), but points for creativity regardless.

It only happens when he exhibits his powers and so fast that it's hard to tell. It's meant to show that the turning to metal process happens from the inside out, starting somewhere in his guts and happening to his skin through the pores. But once he's got his powers under control, it only happens when he wants them to.

 

[kame-sennin]

This one.

It's not your fault for missing it. For some reason, this was the only thread where that post didn't have the actual link in it. That doesn't make sense, but them's the breaks.

I was so proud of it and no one has commented on it or shown any interest until now.

When I make a good argument and no one answers it - especially if the thread dies alltogether - I just assume it's because my argument is so bulletproof, it is futile to respond

 

[xmenfan84]

Cool thread idea. I've read a few of the post and I think some of the ideas are great. When I have the time I will read through the rest and hopefully come up with some ideas to match. The first thing that comes to mind for me is picking the right team. While the original 5 would do good, it would lack two of the most popular, Wolverine and Storm. I think the original, plus these two, and add one lesser known character-Banshee, Sunfire, Morph (TAS). That would be a cool team to start out with.

 

[Herr Logan]

When I make a good argument and no one answers it - especially if the thread dies alltogether - I just assume it's because my argument is so bulletproof, it is futile to respond

Heh! Thanks.

Of course now that you said that, the thread has since been revived. Luckily, it was by someone on our side, and no one has argued against my last post.

Someone did argue against Wolverine wearing a costume in the solo movie, but it was valid and didn't have to do with the larger question of faithful costumes. They said it was a prequel and he didn't have a costume yet, so assuming it's in the continuity of the pre-existing X-Men movies, that correct. Then again, he very well could have worn a costume during his black ops days and didn't remember. I really don't care one way or another, since that obviously isn't the real Wolverine.

I honestly didn't mean to kill The Batman's thread in the first place, though, since he's one of us and has actually advertised this thread, with a warning about the rules.

 

[Herr Logan]

Well, it's a decaying statue. But this takes place in the "now" (a "near future" kind of now).

Ah, a leftover. Good reason.

It only happens when he exhibits his powers and so fast that it's hard to tell. It's meant to show that the turning to metal process happens from the inside out, starting somewhere in his guts and happening to his skin through the pores. But once he's got his powers under control, it only happens when he wants them to.

That's still pretty disgusting...

...but we'll call it "innovative."

Seriously, though, it's a cool idea.

 

[Herr Logan]

Cool thread idea. I've read a few of the post and I think some of the ideas are great. When I have the time I will read through the rest and hopefully come up with some ideas to match. The first thing that comes to mind for me is picking the right team. While the original 5 would do good, it would lack two of the most popular, Wolverine and Storm. I think the original, plus these two, and add one lesser known character-Banshee, Sunfire, Morph (TAS). That would be a cool team to start out with.

Thanks, and Welcome to the Haven!


I bought 'Essential Uncanny X-Men' vol. 1 recently and read through it, and I'm sure that a good action/sci-fi drama could be made just with the original team. Believe me, I've always preferred the "second generation" as well; my first X-Men movie concept started off with Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus and Kitty Pryde., However, the purpose of the Safe Haven chain of threads is to brainstorm movies that are very faithful. Some people do prefer the original five, so I felt obligated to consider it seriously before writing it off. After considering it, I think it's a worthwhile venture to put the first team first, so everyone can get their fair share of screentime and the timeline can stay intact.

In a little while I'll post a basic set-up of my X-Men franchise, at least as much as I've conjured so far.

 

[Abaddon]

I missed the post earlier,but thanks Aeonflux.

I don't recall apologizing anywhere.


Anyways,the story continues at the mansion.Scott is speaking with Hank,Bobby,and Jean and their having a sort of final reunion of sorts.The original team has decided to take a break and find life outside the X-Men.After a brief exchange,Bobby and Hank catch sight of Warren flying outside the window.They leave and Jean talks provately with Scott.He says he knows he wants to stay,and that he's unsure about whether the new team members are ready to take up the mantle.Jean tries to convince him to leave and tells him that theyre older than they were when they were recruited.They understand their abilities better and theyre equally devoted to the cause.She hints at pursuing a relationship with him outside the genetic war.Scott says he still feels he has a responsibility,and Jean comments on him being a soldier to the end.


The point here is to show that Scott,while holding onto his responsibility as a leader,is also a bit insecure.He's not sure there's still a war to be fought over,and that whats happening now will always be there.He wants to be with Jean,but she's determined to experience life outside their world,and though Scott wont admit it,he's afraid of whats out there.He's felt like the Institute is all he's ever known.Its hard for him to imagine not being Cyclops.Of course through the course of the film,he'll learn that theyll always be a need for X-Men,and in future films the other team members will come to accept this as well.Xavier will also come to understand that his X-Men have a right to lead lives outside the mansion,and begins admitting more students in hopes that theyll fill in for the team.



Kitty arrives as a fish out of water,and eventually comes to realize she belongs there.I'm not sure whether or not I'd have some other students alongside her,because it does seem weird that she'd be the only young student there,but I'll get to all that later.

Kitty begins to get settled and meets a few of the other team members:Storm,Colossus,Bobby,and Hank.They all welcome her and speak of how its great to have addition to the Xavier school,etc.

Meanwhile,outside a restaurant we see Senator Kelly get into a limo with some of his other political buddies.They have a light-hearted exhcngae amongst themselves before the Mutant Registration Act is brought up.Kelly reaffirms his position("Its about protecting oursevles","It's putting our lives and our childrens lives at risk",etc.) and most of the others seem to be in agreement.As they turn a corner the ground begins to shake violently sending the vehicle off course.They end up striking a parked car.The driver rolls down his window and apologizes for the accident.He exits to check on the damage,and is followed soon after by one of the men who begins to chew him out.We see the man begin to curse at the driver and complain saying he's reporting him,when a very large shadow nears,looming over them both.After a few seconds the driver is seen jumping into the car and speeding away.Senator Brickman and his wife are tossed about the vehicle and Kelly begins to speak up.The driver turns revealing Toad,who gives the Senator a demented grin.Brickman begins freaking out and Toad responds by using his tongue to open the side door,sending him flying out of the limo.He then pulls the door(with his tongue again) and continues driving recklessly.Kelly begins to dial his cellphone,when Toad makes an abrupt stop.Kelly tries to explain his situation to the police,though with difficulty because of Mallory's screaming,and demands that Toad explain to him whats happening.Toad merely smirks and points up,and as Kelly looks his cell phone begins to shake until it pulls out of his hand.The roof of the limo is then ripped off,and Magneto is seen hovering casually above them.He gives the frightened Senator a greeting and without giving a second thought to the now unconscious Mallory Brickman,tries to escape.Magneto lifts the limo into the air is seen flying away with it(I imagine over a large body of water).

 

[Herr Logan]

Herr Logan presents:

The UNCANNY X-MEN
​

Heroes:
Professor X, X-Men: Cyclops, Iceman, the Angel, the Beast, Marvel Girl

Villains:
Magneto, Toad, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Mastermind, Unus the Untouchable

Plot:

• Title sequence/theme song/comic art
  • Professor X introduction (Cairo, Egypt)
    • Charles Xavier has his wallet stolen by young Ororo Munroe and chases her for several blocks into a café;
    • Meets Amahl Farouk, a crime lord who inspires fear in the local civilians; exchanges words, resolves to oppose Farouk; wages psychic battle; wins.
• Origins/recruitments/introductions for X-Men (20 years later)
  • Cyclops (Nebraska)
    • Scott Summers runs away from orphanage/state institution;
    • Blasts crane/cable, makes I-beam fall toward hardhat worker; blasts I-beam, saves hardhat worker; runs away.
  • Iceman (Long Island, New York)
    • Bobby Drake is walking at night with his girlfriend, is jumped by several bullies; uses powers to defend himself and girlfriend; is arrested by police;
    • Father is disappointed in and afraid of Bobby; Professor X and/or Cyclops offers enrollment at Xavier’s.
  • Beast (Dunfee, Illinois)
    • Hank McCoy, star player of his high school football team, performs several superhuman feats during a big game; is cheered by many but looked upon with fear and resentment by some fellow teammates and his coach, opposing players and their coach; is called in by school authorities and accused of abusing performance-enhancing drugs;
    • Hank discusses the situation with his parents, who love and support him despite his mutancy and believe in his integrity; Hank suspects his sports scholarship may be taken away, and parents say they can’t get a loan or an academic scholarship at this time; Professor X, who called ahead the day before, rings doorbell;
    • Professor Xavier explains that Hank is a mutant; Hank, who is a bona fide genius, has read Xavier’s writings on genetics and agrees the theory is sound; Xavier extends invitation to Hank for his school for his School for Gifted Youngsters.
  • Angel
    • Winged silhouette flies through the night sky; gang of thugs attack a young couple; Angel intervenes and thrashes the criminals, saving the victims
    • Angel flies back to his parents’ penthouse apartment; Cyclops and Beast are waiting for him, they offer a spot at Xavier’s so Warren can become an even better superhero and can live day-to-day without always having to conceal his wings with an uncomfortable harness.
  • Marvel Girl
    • Jean Grey's powers emerged at age ten, psychically experienced the death of a friend, became catatonic and could not be helped by several experts; the Greys took Jean to see Dr. Charles Xavier, who brought her out of her catatonia and installed safeguards that blocked her telepathy until she was older and mature enough to handle it;
    • Jean comes to Xavier’s after graduating high school to join his class and become a superhero; her telekinesis is her primary power, but her telepathy is growing.
• Introductions for Brotherhood of Mutants
  • Mastermind makes unwanted, aggressive advances on the Scarlet Witch; Wanda uses her powers to humiliate Mastermind; Mastermind prepares to retaliate, but Quicksilver intervenes and attacks Mastermind; Toad eggs them on;
  • Magneto returns to the headquarters, threatens everyone and asserts that only he metes out punishment among them; Quicksilver says he isn’t afraid of Magneto, is only with them in order to protect Wanda while she’s under obligation, and will do whatever is necessary to do so.
• Adaptation of 'Uncanny X-Men' #1 (Jean Grey joins; team members mingle and train;
  • Magneto attacks a military base and is driven off by the X-Men);
• Magneto attacks a different base and commandeers nuclear missiles; brings weapons to island base in Bermuda Triangle;
• X-Men track down Magneto and attempt to prevent him from launching missiles; Brotherhood of Mutants attack the X-Men to defeat and/or stall them.

Conclusion:

• X-Men prevent Brotherhood from using nuclear devices and minimizes loss of life at the military base;
• Magneto escapes; Mastermind escapes; Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch quit the Brotherhood and escape; the Toad is beaten and left to be arrested; Unus is coerced into surrendering to the authorities by a demonstration of the Beast's invention that amplifies his force field power to a potentially fatal level and the threat that it can be made permanent; Unus and Toad are both incarcerated at the super-max prison built for superhumans known as the Vault.

 

[Herr Logan]

Herr Logan presents:

The UNCANNY X-MEN II​

Heroes:
Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, the Angel, the Beast

Villains:
Bolivar Trask, Stephen Lang, Sentinels, Mastermind, Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, Harry Leland, Donald Pierce, uniformed mercenaries

Plot (not all of this is listed in strict order, especially the character interacts after the new mutants are recruited and before the Phoenix persona emerges):

• Text fades in on black screen that reveals that 5 years after the events of the previous film, four members of the original X-Men team have resigned from active membership and left the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning to pursue relatively “normal” lives while one stayed on as leader of the X-Men, should there be any new members:
  • Bobby Drake left the Institute to pursue a graduate degree in accounting;
  • Warren Worthington III inherited his father's multinational, Fortune 500 corporation and left the Institute to fulfill the duties of CEO;
  • Hank McCoy received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and left to work at the Brand Corporation, a laboratory research firm;
  • Jean Grey left the Institute to live in New York City and has begun modeling for fashion magazines;
  • Scott Summers stayed at the Institute with Professor Xavier to remain the full-time superhero known as Cyclops, field commander of the X-Men;
• Xavier recruits new X-Men, with short scenes for Nightcrawler, Wolverine, and Colossus; they begin training together and acclimating to each other, a process that is less than smooth;
• In Bavaria, Germany, a
  • Wolverine has an instant attraction to Jean Grey, while Jean is somewhat attracted but still in love with and faithful to Cyclops; Angel visits the X-Mansion and finds Wolverine aggressively flirting with Jean and shows his animosity, almost starting a brawl;
  • Storm and Jean become good friends;
  • Dr. Henry McCoy accidentally causes a permanent secondary mutation in himself that makes him furry and overall more beast-like; he returns to the Xavier school, convinced he can't continue his work as he is;
  • Most team members are ever so slightly reluctant to spend much time with Nightcrawler, except for the mostly asocial Wolverine (who doesn't spend much time with anyone at all), who isn't the least bit afraid of him; Nightcrawler begins to use a holographic image inducer to mask his unusual appearance, and Wolverine scolds him and shames him into not using the device while in the privacy of the mansion; other X-Men start to warm up to Nightcrawler after he stops using the image inducer and becomes more social, especially Colossus and Storm;
  • Wolverine asks about the local wildlife, expresses his desire to hunt deer and is rebuked by a disgusted Storm, who doesn't initially realize that Wolverine merely wants to touch the deer after tracking it and stealthily closing distance rather than savagedly kill an innocent deer just for sport; Wolverine suckers Nightcrawler into waging a bet over a drinking contest, with Nightcrawler not realizing that Wolverine's mutant physiology is virtually immune to the effects of alcohol;
  • Belt buckles with X-Men insignias are handed out to the new team members, but Wolverine refuses to wear his, not wanting to be tied down again, even symbolically;
• Bolivar Trask, renowned anthropologist, teams up with Stephen Lang, a robotics expert working for DARPA, and create a small army of giant robots designed to detect and control mutants
  • Trask and Lang stage a public demonstration of the Sentinels, with select people allowed to attend, including Professor Xavier and Senator Robert Kelly; no one but Lang knows that the Sentinels are pre-programmed to detect and apprehend/attack mutants, and there are two mutants other than Xavier in attendance, "provoking" the Sentinels into action;
  • The Sentinels become dangerous and the X-Men, including the Angel and the Beast, intervene; there is a destructive battle and the X-Men destroy the Sentinels;
  • Many other Sentinels are deployed (either by mistake or because Lang is a maniac and deliberately made it happen) and start combing the city for mutants, apprehending them and making a big, dangerous mess; the X-Men get to the scene and fight those as well;
  • Sentinel is damaged in such a way that its power source-- a plutonium core-- becomes unstable and is set to explode; Jean Grey tries to muffle the explosion with her telekinesis, and she succeeds, at the cost of becoming completely exhausted and catatonic;
  • Bolivar Trask is critically wounded while attempting to shut down the Sentinels from the command center-- the Master Mold-- but he succeeds; Stephen Lang escapes capture;
• Jean convalesces for a while and then recovers completely within, creating a costume around herself (the green and gold Phoenix uniform) and with her powers on hyper-drive for the forseeable future; the X-Men are relieved but a bit anxious around the new, super-charged Jean; Angel and Beast go back to emergency reserve status;
• The X-Men expect more of a backlash from the Sentinel incident from Magneto and other militant mutants, but Magneto has not surfaced yet, and there is an eerie calm in their lives, as if before the storm;
  • Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Colossus become good friends;
  • Nightcrawler introduces Colossus to a wide array of movies he likes;
  • Wolverine and Storm, off to a rocky start, come to an understanding and form a special bond founded on their mutual appreciation for nature, their warrior's spirit and a kind of mutual envy of each other's predisposition for emotionality-- Storm, who must constantly supress her emotions so her powers will not cause catastrophes, envies (as well as fears) Wolverine's habit of giving free reign to his emotions, and Wolverine envies Storm's self-control; throughout the saga (more prominently in the third movie) they have a balancing effect on each other;
  • Jean is once again a psychotherapy patient of Professor Xavier's, and she reveals strange dreams and feelings that both frighten and entice her;
• Jason Wyngarde, a handsome but sleazy man with psionic powers and a vendetta against the X-Men, is petitioning for membership in the Inner Circle of a prestigious, exclusive and risque establishment society-- the Hellfire Club-- which is composed of powerful and rich people who seek more power and, ultimately, global control; Wyngarde conspires with Emma Frost (White Queen of the Inner Circle) to send vivid dreams into the mind of Jean Grey-- dreams of he and Jean in love in the 18th century;
  • Jean becomes more aggressive in general, to the point of frightening her teammates, and she has taken the codename "Phoenix"; the Hellfire Club is monitoring the Xavier Institute and accessing their files, learning all about the X-Men;
• Possibly as a result of the dreams she's been having, Jean begins behaving more aggressively in general; specifically, Jean initiates a sexual encounter with Scott in a very aggressive (but by no means unwanted) manner, both delighting and frightening Scott all at once; Jean also shows off her enhanced powers more and more (ex., she transforms her civilian garb into her costume and vice versa); she at times frightens her teammates
• Cerebro detects two unknown mutant signatures-- one in Deerfield, Illinois and one in New York City;
  • Professor X makes a call and then takes a trip to Deerfield to personally invite Kitty Pryde, an exceptionally intelligent 14 year-old girl whose mutant powers are just awakening-- to enroll in his school; Xavier discovers that a representative from the Massachusetts Academy-- an exclusive boarding prep school-- had invited Kitty just before Xavier did, and the parents are strongly leaning towards sending Kitty there; detecting psychic tampering in the parents, Xavier researches theMassachusetts Academy and finds that Emma Frost owns it; Warren Worthington tells Xavier that she's also a member of the Hellfire Club, of which he is also a member;
  • Cyclops, Phoenix and Nightcrawler scout the downtown nightclub where Allison Blair--a mutant musician whose stage name is Dazzler-- is performing live; Wyngarde meets Jean at the club and kisses her in front of Cyclops, provoking Cyclops into laying hands on him, and then disappears; outside of the rear exit, Hellfire thugs attempt to kidnap Dazzler and are foiled by the X-Men; Jean catches a stray thought from a thug and gets a lead;
• Phoenix creates a lasting psychic rapport with Cyclops; the X-Men plan a covert intrusion into the Hellfire Club during a high-profile event, obtaining formal invitations from the Angel, who is a member of the Club through inheritance; Wolverine and Nightcrawler make an insertion through the sewer system, Wolverine strips the insulation of wires that could short-circuit the Club's electricity if the severe thunderstorm causes the water to rise; Beast and Professor X monitor the situation from outside the club; Cyclops, Phoenix, Storm and Colossus enter through the front entrance in formal-wear;
• Phoenix, who is charged with performing psychic reconnaissance, runs into Jason Wyngarde and follows him upstairs, only to come back down in a new outfit and attack Cyclops, Colossus and Storm; the guests at the Club start to flee; Wolverine and Nightcrawler join their teammates, and the X-Men are accosted by the rest of the Inner Circle-- Sebastian Shaw, Donald Pierce, Harry Leland and Emma Frost; the X-Men, thanks to Phoenix are beaten and taken captive with collars that inhibit superpowers, save for Wolverine, who was crushed through every floor of the building by Harry Leland and presumed dead; Jean Grey is named Black Queen by Sebastian Shaw, and Jason Wyngarde's membership in the Inner Circle seems inevitable; Cyclops and Jason Wyngarde, who reveals himself to Cyclops as Mastermind, who are transported to the Astral Plane by the White Queen and duel with swords, with Mastermind coming out the victor, but Cyclops survives the psychic shock somehow;
• Wolverine, alive, back in the sewers and in a mood for mayhem, makes his way back to the upper floors of the Club, ruthlessly slashing, beating and maiming the mercenaries in his way;
• Phoenix surreptitiously unlocks the ruby-quartz-lined helmet that was put on Cyclops, whom waits for the right moment to shake off the helmet, attack the Inner Circle and free his teammates; the right moment happens when Wolverine bursts through the doors with several guards latching onto him (guards he hasn't killed or injured because they are legitimate security, not hardcore mercenaries), inadvertently providing a distraction; Phoenix attacks Wolverine while Cyclops breaks out of his helmet, stuns a few of his captors and then blasts the restraints off his teammates; the X-Men once again battle the Inner Circle, but Phoenix is on their side now, only having faked her attack on Wolverine; Phoenix attacks Emma Frost, breaks all of her lasting links to other minds (including the Prydes') and leaves her unconscious; Cyclops puts Sebastian Shaw on a lower floor by destroying several floors underneath him, Nightcrawler keeps him off-balance and then Storm neutralizes him, ultimately driving him off; Colossus, after being attacked while in human form, transforms and breaks Donald Pierce's cybernetic arm; Wolverine attacks Harry Leland, driving him into the basement where his fate is unknown; Mastermind causes the fleeing civilian guests to perceive Cyclops as attacking them instead of trying to reassure them; the water level in the sewers rises and touches the exposed wires that Wolverine stripped, cutting the power; the X-Men take the opportunity to slip away, since most of the Hellfire Inner Circle have escaped and there is no legal evidence against them anyway; before she leaves, Phoenix confronts a fleeing Mastermind and injects his mind with an immense amount of psychic content, meant to show his mind everything that Jean can see with her amazing power-- Mastermind can't handle it, returns to his true form and goes into a catatonic state;\

• • The X-Men return to their jet in Central Park, but Phoenix's dark side has fully taken on a life of its own despite the rest of her personality and has another power outburst that tears the craft to shreds and alters her garb once again to be a red and gold version of her previous X-Men uniform, then she attacks and battles all of the X-Men with the X-Men at the disadvantage; as a show of force, Phoenix destroys several buildings full of people around the city in between fighting;
  • The Beast comes into the fray with a specially crafted device (much like he did in the last film with Unus), that he built as a contingency, meant to scramble Phoenix's mind enough to put her under control, and it works for a moment; Wolverine takes the opportunity to tackle Jean and is about to skewer her to save the X-Men and all the innocents she may endanger, but when she asks him to do it, he can't go through with it and gets blasted as he hesitates; Professor X shows up and challenges Phoenix to a battle on the Astral Plane; Xavier wins the battle against the dark side of Jean Grey's consciousness, inhibiting it for the time being; Jean, having regained control, chooses to destroy herself so that her darker nature can't return to hurt innocents or the people she loves; Cyclops and Xavier beg her not to do it, but she does it anyway after telling the X-Men that she loves them all and treasure the time they had together-- she tells Cyclops that she knows they will be together again; Cyclops screams with rage and sadness;

• Wolverine leaves without saying goodbye; there's a funeral for Jean Grey, after which the Angel and Beast decide to quit the X-Men for good; Cyclops takes a leave of absence from which he may not return;
• Professor X appoints Storm acting leader of the X-Men until Cyclops returns (if he does); Xavier receives word that the Prydes-- now free from the White Queen's psychic influence-- are enrolling Kitty in the school; Warren Worthington III, while having quit the X-Men, announces to the public that he is a mutant, swearing off his concealment harness and showing his wings to the world;
• A week or so after Jean's death, Wolverine comes back to the mansion early in the morning, undetected by all non-telepathic members, sneaks into Nightcrawler's room to rudely awaken him, challenges him to a combat training session in the Danger Room on the condition that "the loser buys the beer," and is now wearing an X-Men belt buckle, signifying his willing allegiance to the X-Men.

 

[Abaddon]

Pretty damn cool.










However,how long would make that movie?

 

[Herr Logan]

Pretty damn cool.

Thank ye kindly.

I was originally going to skip the Phoenix thing altogether and move onto the Mystique's Brotherhood era of continuity, but after seeing the third X-Men movie, I figure it's my duty to do the Phoenix Saga at least some justice, even if it's only an imaginary movie.
This gives the second generation more time to acclimate to each other, Angel and Beast more screentime, and makes it not as inexplicable that Cyclops is leading the X-Men but Jean is nowhere in sight or is just playing civilian.

However,how long would make that movie?

Hopefully it wouldn't have to be more than three hours to fit it all in, but if did... as Movie!Magneto said in 'X-Men', "...by any means necessary."

 

[Abaddon]

Thank ye kindly.

I was originally going to skip the Phoenix thing altogether and move onto the Mystique's Brotherhood era of continuity, but after seeing the third X-Men movie, I figure it's my duty to do the Phoenix Saga at least some justice, even if it's only an imaginary movie.
This gives the second generation more time to acclimate to each other, Angel and Beast more screentime, and makes it not as inexplicable that Cyclops is leading the X-Men but Jean is nowhere in sight or is just playing civilian.


Hopefully it wouldn't have to be more than three hours to fit it all in, but if did... as Movie!Magneto said in 'X-Men', "...by any means necessary."

Psychic theif!


I'm actually planning on covering Mystique's Brotherhood in my sequel.Also,in my previous X-treatment I was planning on covering the Phoenix Sagain a similar way in the second film,including having Lang and Trask work together.

 

[Herr Logan]

Psychic theif!


I'm actually planning on covering Mystique's Brotherhood in my sequel.Also,in my previous X-treatment I was planning on covering the Phoenix Sagain a similar way in the second film,including having Lang and Trask work together.

Really??

Hmm...

How do I kow you're not the psychic thief?!

 

[Abaddon]

Really??

Hmm...

How do I kow you're not the psychic thief?!

 

[Jakomus]

This reminds me of a snake eating itself.

 

[Herr Logan]

This reminds me of a snake eating itself.

Abaddon in general reminds me of a snake eating itself.

 

[Head>On<Collider]

Part 1 of Mark's Rant on X-Men: Last Stand
CYCLOPS' BASTARDIZATION
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• Poor old Cyclops never even had any kind of shining moment in any of these films. He was never portrayed as a leader in any way, but as an object of disrespect all around. I was at least hoping for something this time around, but nothing. Not even a scene of confronting Jean; he never even had a chance to ask "what has happened to you?" The LEAST they could've done was have him have to choose for the higher good to possibly begin what Wolverine finished in the end. I assume that Fox wanted to avoid making him play the kind of role that Mace Windu played in SW3....!? I don't know..... . but all I'm friggin' asking for was for them to make him go down in a somewhat blaze of glory. As hining moment that defined who he really was. All he did was open his eyes and looked at Jean with his own eyes for the first time (which would be fine if it followed more than just that)..... to top it off, Jean runs off and tries to get it on with Wolverine. That just sucks. He became even more pathetic. I thought the movie somewhat started off on a bad note as of that portion of it. Furthermore, it seemed as if they just wanted to write him out of the movie early the same way Chrissy got written out of Three's Company. Am I alone on this one? Anyway, it even could've worked had he gone through some adventures to find Jean..... something damnit!!!! I can't see how Cyclops fans wouldn't feel utterly cheated. ​

 

[Zev]

Well, he did get to take out Magneto in the first movie.