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thatdarngirl Feb 17, 2003

I think that X-men 1 was very good. Although it messed with some of the original plot lines (and in Rogue's case a lot) it was well adapted for the movie. They obviously decided to go for the non...

delliott101 Feb 17, 2003

The story for X-Men was too muddled... I don't think it was the STORY that was, actually, just the editing. They could have kept the flavor of the comic book outfits very easily, though... Wolveri...

deanh77 deanh77Founder ·

guess what? some things look better when drawn as cartoons then in real life. get over it. who's seriously gonna wear yellow and blue super-tight spandex?

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002 ·

Um.. that's why I mentioned his comic book brown and black outfit, bucko!

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

But the rest of them had the yellow

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002 ·

The comic book versions had different colors... the ORIGINAL X-Men was black with a yellow stripe down the front, yellow boots, shorts and gloves. I really didn't mind the costumes in the movie, and Cyclops acknowledged the difference with a passing comment. My beef is the editing job. It was sloppy!

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002 ·

that's why i think the first batman was done well. they didn't try to make it seem these characters live in the real world. so everything was done very comic-book like.

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002 ·

Agreed.... Remember how everyone was like "Michael Keaton as Batman??? It will never work!!!!" But he pulled it off!

ok4now ok4nowOG 2002 ·

and i think it worked because he didn't try to play it like a real person.

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002 ·

True... the whole movie was over-the-top... BUT it was like "This is the Earth we live in and this is all normal in our world"

iwz iwz ·

yeah and then when arnold swarzeneggar came in, man that just made the movie

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002 ·

Well, by THAT time, yeah, that was the fourth movie

iwz iwz ·

lol every one but the first one stunk

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gollumOG 2003 ·

thats cause he was a good actor

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