X-men 3: New Team Members [SPOILERS]

[Berandor]

They could have made Professor X a black woman for all I care. With the majority of characters, gender and race are not defining characteristics (Storm would be an example where it's important, or Power Man).

The important thing is whether they stay true to the characters thematically, or as Chun-Tzu said:

I want to see that whoever made this change did it because it's consistent with the core of the character, or the character concept. The Angel is the one who had a very different life from the other X-Men. While others were outcasts and freaks, Angel had money, good looks, and a power that's way up there on the "I want that power" list. Let's see some conflict here, see how the other X-Men react to a mutant like that.

I want to see something interesting. I want to see that the director has a concept of this character, and that there's a reason for the character to be in the movie, and that this isn't something slapped together haphazardly.

 

[jonesy]

I'm just happy if they remember to include Phoenix, don't remove Colossus (my favourite X-Dude), introduce the Sentinels, and don't go altering Beast (too much).

Angel can be a potbelly pig for all I care. Never liked him.

 

[Psychic Warrior]

Angel was always my least favourite X-Men (at least up to the tiem I stopped collecting the comic in the mid 90's) - I actually liked Archangel better

Beast = cool!
Gambit = Double cool!

I really want this next movie to be the Dark Phoenix Saga though. Or at least bring Jean Grey back as Phoenix. One of my favourite storylines in all of comicdom.

 

[Testament]

Angel a chick? Rrrrrright...well, can't say I like it too much. File under "Wait and see", largely 'cuz I don't really give a spork about Angel.

Now Beast and the Ragin' Cajun, that I am happy about. Two of my favourite X-Men making their way into the story is a GOOD thing. They just better do them right.

Personally, I wanna see either the Phoenix storyline (although it's a bit too comic-booky for a mainstream movie IMHO, but that's what Ultimate X-Men's for) or the Morlocks. I think I'm about the only reader alive who actually liked Marrow though.

That said, I have an overriding concern about the size of the cast. X2 felt a bit "too many characters, not enough screentime" to me, and adding more is only gonna make it worse.

 

[Desdichado]

Continuity with the comics is a joke. Not only does the continuity not make much sense, but Marvel themselves have said, "hey, we can retell these stories with all new details and setting as the Ultimate X-men," which I like quite a bit better than the original versions of the story. The movies are like a third alternate.

I'm with those who say, "Angel as a woman? Why bother?" Not only has Angel really struggled to be an interesting character before Apocalypse got a hold of him in the late 80s (?) but there are too many interesting female characters that haven't yet shown up anyway.

And we really don't need more X-men at this point anyway. Some more Brotherhood mutants, on the other hand, we could really do with. And I'm really hoping to see Juggernaut sometime, even if it's just a cameo; he was always a cool villain.

 

[reveal]

The movies have already twinked the comics continuity. Rogue is a kid? Iceman is a kid? Storm is a teacher at the school when Wolvie joins? Not too concerned about continuity.

As far as Angel is concerned, I was never a fan until he became Dark/Archangel. Then he became cool when he was purple and could fire steel wings.

 

[Captain Tagon]

I actually liked Archangel. But it could be interesting, we'll wait and see.

 

[Psychic Warrior]

That said, I have an overriding concern about the size of the cast. X2 felt a bit "too many characters, not enough screentime" to me, and adding more is only gonna make it worse.

I agree. Cyclops dissappears for a full hour of screen time in X2 and is barely mentioned (I think Jean talks about him - once!). I appreciate that there are a lot of X-Men they want to show but there is the danger that few of them will get any significant air time (beside Wolvie of course). I'm hoping for the best but prepared for the worst.

 

[Villano]

And we really don't need more X-men at this point anyway. Some more Brotherhood mutants, on the other hand, we could really do with. And I'm really hoping to see Juggernaut sometime, even if it's just a cameo; he was always a cool villain.

Well, from what I understand, Halle Berry said she won't be back as Storm (no great loss there), Jean Grey may not be in it much, if at all (depending on what story they are going with), and Pyro jumped ship. It still leaves a lot, but it won't be quite as crowded as it could be.

Any word on the villains? Is Magneto again or are they doing Dark Phoenix?

 

[Truth Seeker]

The word is, Dark Phoenix... story