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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stevelabny" data-source="post: 2853957" data-attributes="member: 9298">Random thoughts.A big EH. Not a disaster, but not great either.I havent seen anyone mention it, but there was a net rumor that Cyclops was killed off because Marsden signed on to be in Superman.  The "new" origin of Phoenix was actually something I was ok with. As were a lot of the other moves some people are calling character assassinations. Of course Magneto would leave Mystique behind, because they were allies, he didn't kill her (even knowing she would probably betray him). I was glad to see the Prof get offed as wise old mentors are supposed to die, and it would be torturous to have to continue to mostly write him out (x1) or otherwise occupy him (x2) at the end of EVERY movie because he's so ridiculously powerful he can basically stop time.He needs to die to let the team grow. If only comics had the brains to offf him. Luckily, the after-credits scene doesn't have to be followed up on with a full return.But with Prof gone, killing Cyclops becomes even more of a mistake. Not only does he get all his end-of-the-Phoenix-saga lines given to Wolverine, but now we're stuck with Halle Berry in charge of the school?  Yikes. That's reason enough to wait 5 years for x4...so Iceman and Rogue can be the "elderstatesmen" teaching a group of New Mutants. (Can I get a Cannonball? )I don't understand the cries of no characterization either, as the way the script was constructed, you got characterization and closure for Cyclops and Jean. Wolverine continues to be the star. Storm was actually ok in this movie. We took care of Iceman, Pyro and Rogue.  They hit all the notes they absolutely needed to hit (which is why the movie winds up OK)  What the movie was lacking was humor.  The minor-profanity exchange between Juggernaut and Kitty wasn't half as funny as it was supposed to be.  We already got that humor out of the way in the legendary Cyclops-Wolvy exchange in X1.  The one or two other minor lines just weren't enough.But Frasier played a good Beat and they gave him a chance to say "Oh my stars and garters" and thats gotta be worth a few points right there. So it gets a barely passing grade, but is filled with some franchise-damaging mistakes.  Of course, the X-verse is soooo huge, that could be fixed if they wanted to. But I don't know how likely that is.</blockquote>

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