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[apocalypsos]

Spotted on IMDb ...

Halle Berry only agreed to star in the second X-Men sequel after studio bosses agreed to give her a bigger role in the forthcoming movie. The Oscar-winner was reluctant to reprise her role as Storm in X-Men 3 - but producer Lauren Shuler convinced her by boosting her character's involvement. Schuler says, "I love working with her. We would only write a huge role for her, so she's right in that respect. We would make sure that would happen." Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Famke Janssen are also expected to reprise their roles in film, set to begin shooting next year.

Ugh. I suppose pointing out to the producers that they could have spent that extra time and money on Gambit or Colossus or Beast and made the audience infinitely happier would just go right over their heads.

EDIT: You know how they have those DVD players that'll just edit out objectionable material for children? They should have DVD players that do that for adult movie lovers. So if I want to push a button and replace Halle Berry with a better Storm or force Kevin Costner to speak with an English accent or entirely negate Sylvester Stallone from existence, I have that option.

Comments

[norabombay.livejournal.com]

See, if they give her Storm's mohawk, that would be cool. The leater and big mohawk years..

Personally, I want to see _my_fave characters. But since I'm a New Mutants/X-Force fan, I'm not holding my breath.

If they are going to pull in the younger generation, I'm pretty sure that Illyana's going to not appear. And I wouldn't even cast Tabitha Smith/Boom-Boom/Boomer/Meltdown. I mean, I love them, but they will never see the screen.

Count yourselves lucky Gambit fen. Very lucky. Becuase if the franchise continues he will show up. He will get a semi prominent role.

My characters are somewhere in priority with Gomi and his talking lobsters.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

If I could build an X-Men movie, it would have Wolverine, Iceman, Gambit, Jubilee, Meltdown, Jamie Madrox, Strong Guy, and would probably collapse under the weight of its own snark within the first five minutes.

[norabombay.livejournal.com]

Ah. I would avoid Jamie Madrox. The concept of him as the multiple man sort of falls apart if you look at it. Closesly. Or you know, at all. It's one of the most embarassingly unthgouht out powers.

Gambit, I can leave. But I know that just because I'm not a fan, doesn't mean other people don't like him.

Translated to screen, with a better accent, and less sex with Rogue, I could go for it.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

There needs to be a Hank in the Movie O' X-Snark. Just on general principle, really.

[wal-lace.livejournal.com]

Very few mutant powers make sense if you think about them. But I think trollprincess probably has thought about this one. I suspect her inner dialogue on the subject went something like this:

TP's Inner Fangirl: Jamie!
TP's much-abused logical side: No Jamie. The power makes no sense.
TP's Inner Fangirl: Does so!
TP's much-abused logical side: Oh, yeah? So how does he duplicate his costume?
TP's Inner Fangirl: That guy from Jake 2.0 (or whatever other hottie she's thinking of) as Jamie!
TP's much-abused logical side: Did you even see my previous comment?
TP's Inner Fangirl: Yes! Yes, I did! Lots and lots of that guy from Jake 2.0 on screen together, and they're almost all naked!