X-Men 3 according to Michael Dougherty

By On November 10, 2009 · 1 Comment

194798001139607296(Who the heck is Dougherty, you ask? He was the screenwriter for X2: X-Men United.)

Geek Tyrant reports a bit about what Dougherty and Bryan Singer were planning for their version of the third X-Men movie here. (Holy character name typos in that blog post, Batman!)

An excerpt:
…Phoenix was going round the world taking things into her own hands and that she had basically returned as a god, which they did in X3. She had viewed herself as above the conflict, that she was here to end things on her terms, she was sick of the fighting and she was going to take things into her own hands and she did not give a s**t what the X-Men or the Brotherhood had to say about it.

And ultimately the way it was going to end, at least the version I was pushing for, would be that Phoenix was kind of like the Starchild at the end of 2001, she didn’t just get stabbed and die again, but she kind of chose to leave.

Hm. Now, I think that the third X-Men movie that we got sucked balls. If you’ve been reading TDF for a while, you may have already read me rant about this. And while I think nearly anything would be better than the piece of cinematic crap that was made, Dougherty’s description of their version just isn’t doing it for me. Maybe he just gave a really cursory rundown of their idea, but it feels like there’s very little conflict, other than PHOENIX DOES BADASS STUFF. Which is cool. I’m a huge Phoenix fangirl. I like the idea that she doesn’t have to be killed to keep herself from going crazy (slap the hysterical woman, right?), but I wish Doughtery had described a bit more of what would happen. Would the X-Men and/or the Brotherhood fight Phoenix? Give me more!!

Or it’s possible that I’m just brain fried right now, and I’m whining because a writer didn’t tell me enough about a movie that didn’t get made, heh. I’ve got a post about how Phoenix got the shaft in the X-Men movies percolating in my head, but I’ve got three proposals to write. I’ll have to save it for another day.

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  • YopiQ

    I agree with you. Before X3 comes out, I was thinking maybe the phoenix is the primary enemy to fight against x-men and brotherhood. I am not saying that the cure was not a good oppositional force to deal with, but it just really did not blend well with the phoenix. Daughtery’s version is definitely better than the final product. I do believe that the Phoenix storyline should be an introspective study of Jean Grey. It would me more interesting to see how other characters are affected by her change. I have in my nerd mind that logan and jean will have a deep discussion about their self doubts and skepticism. Discussions always make me think about new x-men….dang it!
    in regards to the relationship, i was hoping to see the burgeoning of their special bond. i know technically you an cal their relationship unrequited, but I think the feeling is quite mutual, just not acted.
    sorry if i went way off topic with bad grammar, it is grad apps season!

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