TOP GUN: MAVERICK Star Glen Powell Responds To "Humbling" Green Lantern And Cyclops Fan Casts

@Vigor - you mean Emma Myers? Because then you're not the first

@bkmeijer1 - I could honestly see Emma as Kitty Pryde too. She's got the feistiness and plucky optimism that Elliot's take on Kitty never really got to present because he was so sidelined.

@Vigor - I definitely agree. And as per your comments above, I think Glen Powell is a really good choice for the role.

Like Evans, his handsomeness definitely helps with the popularity.

@Vigor - I totally agree. The X-Men movies NEED to handle the team aspect. Each core member needs to have around the same amount of screen time. Here's a list of screen times for each character in the first Avengers movie.

Hawkeye - 12m 15s
Thor - 18m
Banner - 21m 45s
Black Widow - 24m 45s
Cap - 28m 15s
Iron Man - 31m 15s

They're all pretty close with Hawkeye being the lowest by far. But he was also brainwashed for half the movie and not around the Avengers. So it makes sense.

This is how X-Men needs to do it. But it's also important to understand that screen time doesn't necessarily equal story lines. Not every character can have a deep story line in every movie, and it was never like that in Avengers films either. But if the characters have screen time we are at least getting to know them better and they are developing, which is what's really important.

As for Cyclops, he is my favorite comic character of all time for several reasons. The obvious reasons are his sheer badassery that most people overlook. He's an awesome leader and he went toe to toe with Wolverine in a fist fight several times lol. But his flaws are what make him great. He's done really crappy things when it comes to his female relationships. He questions his own abilities. He's by far not the shining example of perfection that Cap is.

But in the movies I would leave the relationship stuff out. Mainly because that opens a whole can of worms around Madelyn Pryor and all that, and I don't feel it's worth the time in films. Show his flaws in his own confidence issues.

But his leadership should 100% be up to par with Cap's. My favorite description of him actually comes from Iron Man during the Civil War X-Men Tie In issue. Iron Man shows up at the mansion to try and recruit the X-Men to his side. As he's flying in he spots Cyclops standing outside and he goes on a brief monologs and says:

"Scott Summers' leadership might as well be considered a second mutation. He's a natural born leader. While Captain America is a great leader because he always finds a way to win, no matter what, Cyclops has already analyzed the battlefield and determined the best approach for each of his team members to achieve the best outcome of any situation".

This is exactly how he should be portrayed in the films.

@CorndogBurglar - looks like I called on the right person for insight here. Wasn't aware you were a big fan of cyclops. I agree with everything. I gravitate to capt America for the same reasons I gravitate to cyclops and towars sojourn (for those thar play overwatch2). I just like these leadership type heroes who inspire others.

@CorndogBurglar - I wish Marvel would ret-con some of Scott’s bad choices out of existence. He shouldn’t be a perfect Boy Scout but he’s been a real a$$ at times.

@CorndogBurglar - Well since w don’t buy comics any longer I don’t really have a stake in this.

@CorndogBurglar - I said something quite similar about Cyclops recently here. Friend request sent. For the record- I like this guy as Cyclops.

@VictorAlonzo - Thanks man! I also just posted another article in features if you want to check it out :)

@DesiSpiderman -

I honestly think that's a good thing though, you probably don't want a bigger name to supersede the role