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 | COMIC/CARTOON | MOVIE VERSION |
| Title | The X-Men | X-Men: The Last Stand |
| Date of Release | Introduced in September 1963 | May 26, 2006 |
| Creators | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby of Marvel Comics | Directed by Brett Ratner |
| Genre | Comics | Live-action, special effects-packed superhero blockbuster |
| Story | Professor X runs a school for young men and women born with special powers. He teaches them to see their differences as gifts and how to use them to save the world from Magneto and his band of mutants. | Humans have devised a treatment that can turn mutants back to normal folks, though they lose their powers. Magneto (McKellen) decides to fight against the humans, forcing the X-Men to defuse his efforts. |
| Characters | Professor X, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, etc. The original team is composed of five mutant teen wards: Bobby Drake/Iceman, Jean Grey/Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy/Beast, Scott Summers/Cyclops, Warren Worthington/Angel. | Professor X, Logan/Wolverine, Ororo Munroe/Storm, Magneto, Jean Grey/Phoenix, Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy/Beast, Scott Summers/Cyclops |
| Stars | | Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellan, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Vinnie Jones, Ellen Page |
| Dialogue | More touchy-feely than most comics. Parallels between mutants and adolescents. | A tad more thoughtful than standard superhero chatter. |
| Aesthetic | Superheroic, with hefty doses of angst and social commentary. | Realism mixed with superfeats. |
| Ambiance | Juxtaposition of regular life with supernatural. | Angsty, though the overall feel is everyday. |
| Audience | Comic geeks of all ages. Even snobs who sniff at superhero books read X-Men. | Huge. This third X-Men movie grossed $123 million on its opening weekend. |
| Cool Factor | High | High |
| Cheese Factor | Low | Moderate. Brett Ratner's drive to fit as much X-history into the final film renders some of the moments ridiculous (such as anytime Callisto opens her mouth. Ditto for Pyro). |
| Adaptation Accuracy | | In terms of visual style and tone, the films aren't all that similar to the comics, but in terms of character, they have the world pegged (well, except for Wolverine. He's a lot less gruff on film than on the page). |
| Better or Bastardization? | | Highly debatable. The franchise overall has done an excellent job translating the characters to the big screen, but it's apparent in X-Men: The Last Stand there were many more liberties taken with the original storylines, not really all for the better. |
| Colour scheme | Yellow Spandex (well it was the 1960s) | Dark, motorbike style leathers. There's even a joke reference made by Wolverine about this in conversation with Cyclops. |
| Influences | | Think Hancock (2008 will smith film) as an example, many others.... |
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| Images from the Original | Movie Images |
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| Video of the Original | Movie Video |
| X MEN (cartoon series) Description | |
| The Second Movie |
The Third Movie
