If an X23 Movie is on the cards, what should they keep out of the film?
SPOILERS AHEAD
Logan was a bit of a sleeper hit, wasn’t it?
Much like Deadpool, it is a Movie that came completely out of nowhere for the majority of the cinema-going public. It then proceeded to steal the hearts and minds of almost everyone that saw it, gods of movie ratings Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 93% Fresh score.
The movie was a bloodbath that left us with one dead Wolverine and little hope for a sequel, yet from the ashes of Logan rises a new legend: X23.
X23, or Laura, was undoubtedly one of the best parts of the film. She was enigmatic, energetic and as ravenous as the Wolverine himself. Her presence in the film gave it everything it needed to be an emotional rollercoaster, yet X23 has more to give than just the backbone of Logan’s plot.
Both Dafne Keen (X23 actress) and James Mangold (Logan Director) have stated that they would be interested in a sequel that sees the return of Laura. Whether or not this could actually happen is still anyone’s guess — although given the massive success of Logan, and Fox’s general lack of movie success, we imagine it’s pretty bloody likely.
But, if an X23 movie did get off the ground, what exactly would it be about? We have no clue, but we know what we wouldn’t want to see in it!
Director: Bryan Singer
Bryan Singer has become somewhat of a poison to the X-men universe. Granted Days of Futures Past was pretty good, but only because Matthew Vaughn so brilliantly setup the new generation. Apocalypse proved that, given time, Bryan Singer will destroy the X-men series.
The problem is, they just keep throwing the damn movies at him. Even after the shambles that was Wolverine Origins. We would hate for him to get control of an X23 movie, because he would take everything that is great about Logan, the depth of characters especially, and fuck it up with terrible CGI and epic battle sequences that totally ruin the tone of the film.
Apocalypse was my least favourite film of 2017. Why? Because it had no soul. Don’t take away X23’s soul, Singer. If Mangold doesn’t do it, let somebody else have a crack.
An Origin Chasing Plot
We need another origin story like we needed another Fantastic 4 movie — which was another origin story.
Eve now, I can see where the storyboarders will go: Down the rabbit hole of, ‘hey, what if she went looking into her past?’.
Please… just don’t.
In Logan we saw plenty of X23’s past. We know what happened to her in a vague way and we saw her captors die brutally. You could easily write in another story, more people behind the scenes, a greater foe, but why would you?
X23 can go anywhere, do anything. Why push her back to a story we already know? An origin story would be neither new nor fresh, which what we always wanted to see. Instead, it would just retread the ground of not only Logan, but a million other movies before it.
A Heavy Focus on the Other Child Mutants
X23 escaped with a host of other powerful Mutants, some with some pretty interesting gifts. I know people may want us to explore the realms of these powers, but can I just ask that we don’t?
The more children you introduce into this film, the less gore and brutality you can get out of it. Children also add a layer of vulnerability that we just don’t have time for too. X23 is not vulnerable like they are, and having them alongside her is just going to hold her back. I don’t want to see the child within her, I want to see more of the animal with claws.
Sure, it would be interesting to see her grapple with her inner-termoil of being a killing machine — something we caught a glimpse of in Logan — but she can do that without a host of kids around her.
I say, get her out of that setting as soon as possible. We can see how attached she is to this group and it will just pull out a side of her that isn’t as exciting to see or watch as the stoic, suddenly manic X23 we’ve come to know a love.
The Return of Another Member of the X-Men Team
We know that Professor X went all doomsday weapon on the school and killed 7 mutants — 7 mutants we can assume would be part of the main team. However, 7 mutants isn’t every mutant. From the main cast, we have:
- Storm
- Cyclops
- Jean
- Mystique
- Magneto
- Rogue
- Beast
- Nightcrawler
This means at least one of these famous mutants is alive, maybe even more. 7 mutants dead doesn’t mean that they had to be from this list. Maybe Iceman bought it, or Juggernaut for some reason…
Anyway, the point is we know that other mutants that viewers recognise may still be about during the events of Logan. What we at Two Honest Guys want though, is for them not to appear in an X23 movie.
We can see the temptation of course. Play off their name, hype it in the trailers, but we think it would really detract from the potential of X23. She has her own character, her own stories to tell, and that is what we want to see. Don’t entangle her with roots from the past. A cameo role would be fine, sure — like Wolverine in First Class — but not as a major role. You’ve had your time, oldies, give it over to the new mutants.
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