Comments on: I Just Know the First Comment Will Start With “But Didn’t Claremont–” http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Sat, 18 May 2013 18:37:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: IttoDaigoro http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/comment-page-1/#comment-952 IttoDaigoro Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:58:33 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/#comment-952 </i>Yes, and it made her an even better characters as a result. Now all she could contribute to the story and the team was her personality, not her powers.</i> Plus, she dressed in leather and had a cool mohawk! ;-) Yes, and it made her an even better characters as a result. Now all she could contribute to the story and the team was her personality, not her powers.

Plus, she dressed in leather and had a cool mohawk! ;-)

]]> By: Juisarian http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/comment-page-1/#comment-881 Juisarian Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:27:40 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/#comment-881 Yes, and it made her an even better characters as a result. Now all she could contribute to the story and the team was her personality, not her powers. She was an effective leader and a real hero; she did not need lightning bolts and flight to make for good story-telling. In the movies on the other hand, like many of the mutant characters, she is just a "living weapon". Her only reason to be is to use her powers in a superheroic fashion. But really, they do not have enough room in the movie context to do much more than that. The core characters of the movies are Wolverine, Rogue, Jean, Xavier, Magneto, Iceman and Pyro and we might as well accept it. Mystique gets bonus points for presence but, again, doesn't have much personality. Yes, and it made her an even better characters as a result. Now all she could contribute to the story and the team was her personality, not her powers. She was an effective leader and a real hero; she did not need lightning bolts and flight to make for good story-telling. In the movies on the other hand, like many of the mutant characters, she is just a “living weapon”. Her only reason to be is to use her powers in a superheroic fashion.

But really, they do not have enough room in the movie context to do much more than that. The core characters of the movies are Wolverine, Rogue, Jean, Xavier, Magneto, Iceman and Pyro and we might as well accept it. Mystique gets bonus points for presence but, again, doesn’t have much personality.

]]> By: JK Parkin http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/comment-page-1/#comment-879 JK Parkin Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:40:12 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/#comment-879 But didn't Claremont strip her of her powers? That's what I thought you were referring to in the title. But didn’t Claremont strip her of her powers? That’s what I thought you were referring to in the title.

]]> By: Lisa Fortuner http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/comment-page-1/#comment-875 Lisa Fortuner Sat, 24 Jun 2006 10:55:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/#comment-875 Rob -- I acknowledge your greater X-Men knowledge without ceding overall Nerd Superiority. I'm a DC fan. :) Rob — I acknowledge your greater X-Men knowledge without ceding overall Nerd Superiority.

I’m a DC fan. :)

]]> By: Rob Hansen http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Rob Hansen Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:22:08 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/#comment-874 Actually, it should start with "but didn't Len Wein..." since it was he and Dave Cockrum (along with editor Roy Thomas) who created Storm. Actually, it should start with “but didn’t Len Wein…” since it was he and Dave Cockrum (along with editor Roy Thomas) who created Storm.

]]> By: Scott King http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Scott King Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:24:24 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/23/i-just-know-the-first-comment-will-start-with-but-didnt-claremont/#comment-852 But Didn’t Claremont... But Didn’t Claremont…

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