05 October 2006
Mystique
I was just on Wikipedia, reading some information on Mystique. I am sure that this is hardly the place to find the best information on comic characters, but it's the first place I hit when I have a question. Last night Timmy told me there was speculation that Mystique might be the mother to Nightcrawler. I found that intriguing. But tonight, I saw on Wikipedia that not only was she the mother to Nightcrawler but she was the foster mother to Rogue. In fact, for ten years, Rogue was raised by Mystique and her lesbian lover Destiny. It amazes me how complex the comic book characters can be. I suppose those there is no real difference than a soap opera character. But, Mystigue as Rogue's mother? That might be as bad as when we found out that Carly was Bobby's daughter on General Hospital.
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And Mystique is also currently a good guy, at least at this present moment in time. But she sucks, because she came back to the X-Men to try to break up Rogue and Gambit (the humanity!), because she doesn't think Gambit is good enough for her foster daughter. As a result, Gambit let himself get turned into one of the Four Horsemen by Apocalypse because he thought Rogue didn't love him anymore, so now he's off somewhere trying to deal with the fact that he almost became a really bad guy.
No, ma'am, comics and soap operas are not very different at all. Except Joss Whedon writes the Astonishing X-Men book, which makes it better than any soap opera. Joss Whedon is the man.
And I'll respectfully disagree with you... Kitty Pryde is the coolest mutant ever.
Fascinating. I find this whole thing very interesting. Now, why do you think Kitty Pryde is the coolest? I know nothing about these characters except what I have learned in those three movies. Teach me, Andy, teach me.
Get thee to a comic bookery! (Showcase Comics at the Granite Run Mall is a good place to start.) Or, if you're serious about wanting to know some X-Men backstory and you've got lots of free time on your hands, I've got about 5 years worth of X-Men titles on my bookshelf, if you'd like to borrow them sometime. (Yes, that's sad. But it's pretty funny reading comics on the train on Thursday mornings after the new issues come out and watching the snobs at Wallingford and Swathmore stations go to sit down next to you, then move on to another seat with that "oh, he's reading comic books" look on their face. Priceless.)
And, after finally seeing X-Men 3 last night, I'll agree that Mystique is pretty cool for creative body count additions alone, if for no other reason. But Kitty (who was finally portrayed decently about halfway through the movie after an early attempt at character wussification) rocks because she generally ignores authority on a regular basis (all for good reasons, of course), can walk through solid objects and do damage with the ability (letting go of Juggernaut with him halfway through the floor should have killed him, by the way), has a pet alien dragon (Lockheed, who better be in X4), and has a Colossus for a boyfriend (which is why it was just so wrong for her to be hitting on Iceman).
Oh, and Ellen Page can actually act her way out of a wet paper bag, unlike Anna Paquin, who might make you think Rogue's mutant power is pouting.
Man, I'm such a geek. Oh well, everyone's gotta have a hobby.
Nerd Notes:
- Juggernaught was poorly portrayed in general, including both the bad lines and the fact that he didn't recognize his own stepbrother (Xavier).
- Even if the attack by Kitty against Jugger didn't kill him, is would have certainly confined him. The whole idea of his imprisonment in the beginning of the movie was that if he couldn't build momentum, he couldn't escape. One might assume that having 3/4 of your body encased in concrete would prohibit the building of momentum.
- Having Kitty hit on Iceman is bad, but it's no worse than Iceman being together with Rogue. Everyone knows that Rogue is supposed to be with Gambit. Duh.
- I doubt they'll think to include a pet dragon in the next movie, considering the glaring omission of characters including the aforementioned Gambit, among others.
- I think that Gambit should definitely be in X4 and he should, without question, be portrayed by Harry Connick, Jr. In addition, the story line of the movie should be age of Apocalypse and Apocalypse should be protrayed by Michael Clark Duncan (who has previously been cast in a Marvel movie as Kingpin in the largely forgettable "Darevdevil" which was ruined by Ben Whoffleck.)
This concludes my nerdery.... and I don't even read comic books.
Oh, and one other thing:
1. Body covered in fine blue fur.
2. Yellow eyes.
3. 3 fingers on each hand.
4. 2 toes on each foot.
5. A prehensile tail.
6. Teleports by temporarily shifting to an alternate universe.
7. Mastery of sword fighting.
8. He's German.
Nightcrawler is clearly the best mutant ever. (Even if the best person they could find to portray him was Allen Cumming.)
Wow guys.
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