Questions regarding X2 - *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*

[LuckyTaxi]

Just saw it last night and it was pretty good. Now, I used to follow comic books when I was in HS, but my interest
hasn't been there in quite some time.

1 - I thought Jubilee was Wolverine's favorite in terms of looking out for her. In the movie Rogue was the one who had
some sort of a connection with him besides Jean Grey.

2 - When Mystique morphed into Wolverine to get into Stryker's underground lab, how did he know it wasn't Wolverine?

3 - In the end, Jean Grey went out and sacrifiec herself? You mean to tell me Storm and a couple of other ppl couldn't lend her a hand? She could've helped move the shop while Storm and Iceman could've did their part in stopping the water.

4 - Is this the final movie for this series?

 

[Actaeon]

1.), I don't think Jubilee was in the first, or the 2nd movie. She might have been walking in the background, but no sense in him caring for a character without a role. Not sure why the producers did that, maybe Rogue was a more enjoyable character with her powers, rather than Jubilee with fireworks?

2.) Not sure, but he said "I know my work, and that isn't him".

3.) Not sure why shes the only one who went out there at first, but she did run out, Cyclops(sp) did try and help her, but she sealed the door with her telekinetic powers, so no one could really get out, other than Nightcrawler, and I don't even know if he good, since he usually has to "see" before he teleports.

4.) No, definatly another movie in the works. They hinted at Jean Grey becoming The Pheonix. Remember how she sorta turned to fire before she "died"? At least, thats what my friend told me.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

I asked my friend who's into comic books and he wasn't sure as to why Jubilee wasn't portrayed in the movie.
I dont think Rogue was Wolverine's buddy (we all know he liked Jean Grey).

Nightcrawler couldn't go out there because Jean Grey stopped him.

Any ideas as to when X3 will be out?

 

[MacGaven]

1.) Wolverine is a lover of all women.

2.) The "buldge."

3.) I know, that was ghey.

4.) No.

 

[XMan]

Jubilee was in both movies, just not as a main character.

 

[Soccer55]

3) Jean wouldn't let anyone else help her. Cyclops tried to get down the ramp, but Jean kept it shut. Nightcrawler tried to teleport out to her, but Jean somehow kept him from doing so with her telekinesis. I think the reason for all of this is because they wanted to introduce Phoenix, and this was their way to do so (notice the fire in Jean's eyes and the fire around her hands in this scene while she's holding the water back and lifting the ship and then the last part of the movie when they are panning over the water, you can see a faint red-orange glow in the water in the shape of the phoenix).

-Tom

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: lilcam
Just saw it last night and it was pretty good. Now, I used to follow comic books when I was in HS, but my interest
hasn't been there in quite some time.

Yeah, I was into comics during elementary, junior high, and my sophmore year in high school. Then I got my driver's license and started dating. Buh-bye comics.

1 - I thought Jubilee was Wolverine's favorite in terms of looking out for her. In the movie Rogue was the one who had some sort of a connection with him besides Jean Grey.

Jubilee was in both movies. You can see her in with the hoop earrings and yellow jacket if you look closely. Rogue is the favorite in the movies simply because her 'power' helps move the theme of the movies along better than Jubilee. Alot of plot lines are different but the spirit is the same.

2 - When Mystique morphed into Wolverine to get into Stryker's underground lab, how did he know it wasn't Wolverine?

Styker said he "knows his own creation." Meaning, he was around Wolverine enough to know the subtlities of how Wolvering looks, acts, and moves.

3 - In the end, Jean Grey went out and sacrifiec herself? You mean to tell me Storm and a couple of other ppl couldn't lend her a hand? She could've helped move the shop while Storm and Iceman could've did their part in stopping the water.

I was thinking the same thing while watching the movie. I kept expecting Bobby to hop out of the plane and put up some sort of ice wall. But, for the sake of moving the movie along and setting up the next movie, they had Jean sacrafice herself.

4 - Is this the final movie for this series?

Nope, you can expect at least one more. With the wealth of characters in the X-Men universe, there is talk of many more depending on how well each sequel does.

 

[amgkid]

does anyone remember when pyro was talking to iceman's parents and he said it was the male's fault that the son was a mutant? does that mean it's carried on the male sex chromosome (y)? doesn't this mean that mutants have to be XY (i.e. male)?

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: lilcam
Just saw it last night and it was pretty good. Now, I used to follow comic books when I was in HS, but my interest
hasn't been there in quite some time.

1 - I thought Jubilee was Wolverine's favorite in terms of looking out for her. In the movie Rogue was the one who had
some sort of a connection with him besides Jean Grey.

2 - When Mystique morphed into Wolverine to get into Stryker's underground lab, how did he know it wasn't Wolverine?

3 - In the end, Jean Grey went out and sacrifiec herself? You mean to tell me Storm and a couple of other ppl couldn't lend her a hand? She could've helped move the shop while Storm and Iceman could've did their part in stopping the water.

4 - Is this the final movie for this series?

1) Logan's had a close relationships with a young girl before, namely Kitty back in the day before the whole dying thing. But as others have said, Rogue's powers moved the story along better and they're not completely faithful to the comics. These certainly weren't movies for the hyper-anal dorks out there. They'd start twitching in the first half hour.

2) Mystique can look like anyone, but that doesn't mean she can act like them. There are all sorts of subtle things that make people unique aside from the way they look. If you look closely, Mystique turns her head oddly, in what I consider a feminine way, and there's a smile on "his" face that Logan would never wear.

3) Again, plot development. No reason she couldn't have done what she did from inside the plane other than that it wouldn't have been so dramatic. Telekinetic power is all in the mind, she certainly didn't have to be out there "holding" it back with her body. But meh, the flashes of Phoenix in her eyes throughout the movie were very cool. Plus, it kind of fits since when she became Phoenix in the comics, it happened after she "died" saving the rest of the X-Men.

4) Dunno, but it might be hard to get all the big names back for another movie. I hope it isn't, cause seeing Jean go crazy as the Dark Phoenix would be cool as hell.

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: amgkid
does anyone remember when pyro was talking to iceman's parents and he said it was the male's fault that the son was a mutant? does that mean it's carried on the male sex chromosome (y)? doesn't this mean that mutants have to be XY (i.e. male)?

I think that was just Pyro acting out father issues. The very definition of a mutant is that it just happens, that it's not really genetic. Least that's what I always got from the comics back in the day.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Hubris


4) Dunno, but it might be hard to get all the big names back for another movie. I hope it isn't, cause seeing Jean go crazy as the Dark Phoenix would be cool as hell.

I think it is pretty much guaranteed that Halle Berry will not be back (which doesn't bother me at all) after her contract is up....I can't remember if it was this film or the next.

Famke Jansen will be back as will be Patrick Stewart. The rest I'm not sure of. I'm sure Hugh Jackman will be back as Wolverine is becoming his signature role now. The guy playing Collosus has said he will be back. Just hope he gets a bigger role in the next one.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: lilcam
Just saw it last night and it was pretty good. Now, I used to follow comic books when I was in HS, but my interest
hasn't been there in quite some time.

1 - I thought Jubilee was Wolverine's favorite in terms of looking out for her. In the movie Rogue was the one who had
some sort of a connection with him besides Jean Grey.

2 - When Mystique morphed into Wolverine to get into Stryker's underground lab, how did he know it wasn't Wolverine?

3 - In the end, Jean Grey went out and sacrifiec herself? You mean to tell me Storm and a couple of other ppl couldn't lend her a hand? She could've helped move the shop while Storm and Iceman could've did their part in stopping the water.

4 - Is this the final movie for this series?

1. Bryan Singer took certain liberties with the series. Jubilee doesn't have a power that makes her an outcast from society so much that she has to run away and meet up with Logan in Canada.

2. Probably by the way Mystique was acting while she looked like Wolverine. Wolverine is like a wild animal, noone could perfectly imitate him.

3. Jean Grey knew that whoever helped would be putting their life on the line (kinda lame, but this leads me into #4)

4. The ending of the movie implys that Jean Grey discovered the Phoenix powers. Part of the reason they killed her that way was so that they could bring her back (notice the Phoenix symbol that appears at the end of the movie over where she "died"). Yeah baby, YEAH!!! X cubed should be incredible, the Phoenix saga was one of the best storylines out of X-Men history!

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Hubris


4) Dunno, but it might be hard to get all the big names back for another movie. I hope it isn't, cause seeing Jean go crazy as the Dark Phoenix would be cool as hell.

I think it is pretty much guaranteed that Halle Berry will not be back (which doesn't bother me at all) after her contract is up....I can't remember if it was this film or the next.

Famke Jansen will be back as will be Patrick Stewart. The rest I'm not sure of. I'm sure Hugh Jackman will be back as Wolverine is becoming his signature role now. The guy playing Collosus has said he will be back. Just hope he gets a bigger role in the next one.

And hopefully if he gets more screen time they'll friggin give him a Russian accent. He did not sound Russian at ALL in X2.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Hubris

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Hubris


4) Dunno, but it might be hard to get all the big names back for another movie. I hope it isn't, cause seeing Jean go crazy as the Dark Phoenix would be cool as hell.

I think it is pretty much guaranteed that Halle Berry will not be back (which doesn't bother me at all) after her contract is up....I can't remember if it was this film or the next.

Famke Jansen will be back as will be Patrick Stewart. The rest I'm not sure of. I'm sure Hugh Jackman will be back as Wolverine is becoming his signature role now. The guy playing Collosus has said he will be back. Just hope he gets a bigger role in the next one.

And hopefully if he gets more screen time they'll friggin give him a Russian accent. He did not sound Russian at ALL in X2.

I think they gave up on accents after how bad Halle Berry sounded trying to do an African accent and how the girl playing Rogue kept slipping in and out of a southern accent.

 

[Alternex]

Originally posted by: lilcam


1 - I thought Jubilee was Wolverine's favorite in terms of looking out for her. In the movie Rogue was the one who had
some sort of a connection with him besides Jean Grey.

Isn't Jubilee an uninteresting character? IIRC she had the amazing powers of shooting little sparks that sometimes scare off little old ladies

 

[LuckyTaxi]

It does make more sense to use a more interesting character such as Rogue, but I was just curious as to why they portrayed it differently. Thats all!