So I just got back from X2. It is 1000000 times better than the first one (I honestly thought the first one was mediocre), and it is a VERY good movie overall.

HOWEVER ...

(Note: I used to be a Marvel dork so I'm going to act in my elitist manner ...)

I seriously worry about the future of the series. I really don't like how they're taking characters out of their context. What is Colossus doing at the school? Where is his Russian accent? We can know from the fact that they avoided Colossus' history that they're probably never going to introduce Omega Red (which is the biggest shame in the world, because he is seriously badass).

Now, I worry because of the history of the TV/movie industry to take comics and "convert it for the masses." Sure, all the Superman TV series have been good (Lois and Clark is a good example) in the beginning, but they soon turned it into some sort of love triangle story.

I'm seeing more and more that they're trying to develop Iceman/Rogue (WTF!?!?!?!?! ROGUE = GAMBIT ... AND WHERE IS GAMBIT?!) and Wolverine/Cyclops/Jean Grey ... I don't want to turn this into a love triangle thing. And why did they have to murder Wolverine's love interest? Obviously because they want to develop more on the love triangle.

Now, everyone is all excited to see Phoenix. I'm really not. This can only lead to a worsening situation (in the context of diverging from the real plotline). They already killed Jean Grey in a weird manner (she does from radiation after the X-men defeat the Sentinels in space) ... to resurrect Jean as the Phoenix is only asking for trouble. Where is Mastermind? And what about Xavier's relationship to Sh'iar?

I realize that they gotta plug as many holes as they can in the storyline without diverging too much into subplots ... but this is troubling when they hint at Phoenix without giving it a proper context. What if she does come back? Then what?

Are they going to bother with the whole Black Queen / Dark Phoenix storyline?

And what about the whole Cyclops/X-Factor/Cable/Goblin Queen/Mr. Sinister story now that Jean is dead? As the movies progress, there can only be more diverging from the plot and more atrocious destruction of well-developed characters (I especially cringe at the injustice they did to Colossus ... I can only imagine what they're going to do with Gambit).

Oigh.

Edit: I just remembered something mildly amusing ... I was sitting next to the infamous Soober during X-Men. MAN, HE HAS A DIRTY MOUTH. Every few minutes he'd whisper, "Oh shit. Oh shit."

Man. Someone needs to clean his mouth. That's why that one smiley face here with CENSORED across his mouth (:soob:) is called 'soob.'

P.P.S. I did a little research, and discovered that Gambit doesn't actually join the X-Men until he helps Storm in Illinois ... this happens later.

But they're still jacking the storyline.