It's
>funny how comic films have had such a wretched history
>overall, so our tolerance for cheeziness and inconsistant
>adaptaions is higher today. Nah mean?

Thinking about it, they were doing comic book adaptations before they were ready. Movies like Spider-Man and X-Men, despite good use of characters, actors and story, just wouldn't fly without the sfx.

I agree on Colossus and Shadowcat, and I would say that in X3 (which there'd better be) they'll will probably expand Colossus' role (it seems like they were really teasing us with his scene). As for Shadowcat, I thought since she had an appearance in the first one and was recast for the second, she would have been utilized as a character.

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