With Cyclops and Phoenix gone and Xavier incapacitated you have Wolverine, Storm, Iceman, Shadowcat, Beast, Nightcrawler, Colossus and maybe Rogue and Angel as viable team members. That's more than enough characters to build a storyline around. Maybe throw in the White Queen or Psylocke to give the team someone with psi-abilities and it works just fine.
The Sentinels would be a good addition although the Transformers may have stolen that thunder. I heard that last movie even had a Transformer disguised as a human so that makes the later Sentinel storylines seem like copies of the copy. They need to get away from Magneto as the big bad and introduce someone like Apocolypse as a new and bigger threat. It also would be nice to keep Xavier out of the action until the final act so the team has to fend for itself. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, George Arterberry <brotherfromhow...@...> wrote: > > I agree unless the storyarch of Brotherhood of Evil Mutants,Dark Phonix and > or Sentinals take over America and they return to the past. Anything else is > a wasted effort. > > --- On Sun, 10/11/09, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > From: Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> > Subject: [scifinoir2] Singer Seriously Considering Return to X-Men Movies > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 6:30 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > After the debacles that were X3 and Wolverine: X-Men > Origins, I'm not really all that excited about this. Granted, Singer wasn't > behind either of those flicks. But you have to feel the studios have big say > now (he even says as much in terms of financial clout) and that makes me > nervous. Also, after three flicks, I think the excitement of X movies is > wearing off me given the choices made in them:  Halle Berry as Storm, Ice > Man and Rogue too young, key powers changed (Juggernaut, Leech, Callisto), a > lackluster Dark Phoenix storyline. The energy and excitement is leaving, > and I worry about the ability to make something that's closer to the comics > in spirit and less just movie versions. > It might be, too, that I'm leery even with Singer returning, because his weak > effort in "Superman Returns" (overly > sentimental script, some bad casting) makes me afraid of what he'll > bring to a fourth X-Men movie. > > ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* > ********* **** > http://www.hollywoo dreporter. com/hr/content_ display/news/ e3i30e7feb16ddb0 > 207ec91e06b9521c bc4?imw=Y > > > Bryan Singer wants more 'X-Men' > Director of first two films has discussed return with Fox > Associated Press > Oct 11, 2009, 09:06 AM ET > > > > > > > > Bryan Singer is interested in directing another 'X-Men.' (Getty) > > > > > > > > > > > BUSAN -- Bryan Singer said Sunday he's interested in making another > "X-Men" movie and has discussed the possibility with Twentieth > Century Fox. > > > > > The American director made "X-Men" and "X2: X-Men United," but > passed on the third installment so he could make "Superman > Returns.""Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner ended up shooting that > film, "X-Men: The Last Stand." South African filmmaker Gavin Hood > made another spin-off, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which was > released earlier this year. > > > > > "I'm still looking to possibly returning to the 'X-Men' franchise. > I've been talking to Fox about it," Singer said at a talk at South > Korea's Pusan International Film Festival. > > > > > "I love Hugh Jackman. I love the cast," he said, referring to the > Australian actor who plays Wolverine. > > > > > Singer said he enjoyed making science fiction and fantasy movies > because they allowed him to discuss serious issues through > entertainment. He said the "X-Men" series, which follows a group of > mutants with superpowers who struggle to fit in with humans, is > about tolerance and social structures. > > > > > He said he likes to "trick audiences into thinking they're seeing > fireworks, but they're learning about themselves and listening to > what I have to say." > > > > > "The excitement about working in science fiction and fantasy is â" > the stories, if they are good, are about the human condition," > Singer said. > > > > > Appearing at a panel discussion with South Korean director Kim > Ji-woon, the American director also said he appreciated the > creative freedom South Korean filmmakers enjoyed to make the final > cut, compared to Hollywood, where directors must negotiate with > studio executives. > > > > > Hollywood movie budgets are so high that "the risk is too great to > leave it in the hands of a filmmaker," he said, adding that he "has > a responsibility to help studios feel secure in their > investments. " > > > > > Singer made his name with the 1995 critically acclaimed thriller > "The Usual Suspects" but later earned a strong following among > comic books fans for his adaptations of popular comic book series. >
