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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chun-tzu" data-source="post: 2102111" data-attributes="member: 1441">Although continuity with the comics is nice, it's not something I care heavily about.  But major changes (like a character's gender) should be done for a reason.  A damn good reason.  The mere fact that the Angel has been around consitently for a really long time means that there's something that really works about the character.  So you have to be careful when messing with that.I don't want to see something thrown up there just because someone thought, "hey, let's put some blonde supermodel-type into a really skimpy outfit."  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.I tend to agree that there are too many mutants already, though.  Having Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry is actually somewhat problematic, though.  Sure, Jackman did a great job, but X-Men is an ensemble book (and in this case, movie).  Having a big star in there makes it "Wolverine and the X-Men" instead of The X-Men.  I'd love to see Cyclops and Phoenix take center stage, but that's just not going to happen unless they recast them with big name stars.  They're not going to make James Marsden and Famke Janssen the stars here, because this is a Hollywood sequel we're talking about, and they won't take any big risks.</blockquote>

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