My argument was that, seeing as this is a movie and not a comic, it should've been a continuation of the previous two films, not a barely strung together collection of comic book references. But I'm sure the comic fan had a totally different experience.
Wow. Yeah, I gotta say - reading through your list of questions, they're all excellent points, and pretty much all of them can only be explained as comic storyline shout-outs (such as the reason why all of Magneto's supporters looked like goths - they were meant to be a particular gang of mutants called the Morlocks who always dressed like that, because in the mid-'80s it seemed highly cutting-edge). So... yeah, as a followup film to X2, this is something totally else.
I suppose like they could've made more of an issue out of how much time has passed since Jean died, if they wanted to sell all this new material to an audience that wasn't familar with the comic franchise. But I'm not sure even that would've worked - I think I could count 10 or more comic storylines they blenderized to get this movie, which is pretty unwieldly all told, and that still doesn't explain why Rogue was suddenly a bit player. As a strict continuity to the film franchise... yeah. I see your point.
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Wow. Yeah, I gotta say - reading through your list of questions, they're all excellent points, and pretty much all of them can only be explained as comic storyline shout-outs (such as the reason why all of Magneto's supporters looked like goths - they were meant to be a particular gang of mutants called the Morlocks who always dressed like that, because in the mid-'80s it seemed highly cutting-edge). So... yeah, as a followup film to X2, this is something totally else.
I suppose like they could've made more of an issue out of how much time has passed since Jean died, if they wanted to sell all this new material to an audience that wasn't familar with the comic franchise. But I'm not sure even that would've worked - I think I could count 10 or more comic storylines they blenderized to get this movie, which is pretty unwieldly all told, and that still doesn't explain why Rogue was suddenly a bit player. As a strict continuity to the film franchise... yeah. I see your point.