Bryan Singer Returning to the X-Men?

It's time for new blood! And, while we're at it, can we please get rid of the all-leather X-Men costumes? I mean, look at that picture above...that doesn't look like the X-Men!

Huh? How is he a sell out?

Im sure we will be getting a whole host of comments about how Singer [frick]ed up the X Men because Wolverine wasn't wearing yellow [frick]ing banana spandex and all sorts of other pedantic crap. The dude made one very good and one excellent movie. Anyone that claims to be an X Men fan, that is, actually reads comics and not just looks at the pictures, should know that the X Men were always about reflecting the injustices of society and as Singer says, the human condition. Sure they also had awesome action and stuff and maybe he should have done some more visually, but action nuts are always going to bemoan the lack of action in any movie no matter how good it is. Apparently TDK wasn't great because there was no action! Jesus Christ, just look at explosions on Youtube or something if thats the most important thing to you in a movie. Anyway, Rant over...commence the "Singer is gay and stupid" campaign.

@Ror: I get where you're coming from and I saw some social commentary in Singer's films, but he didn't really make any controversial moves with these films. He could have gone way deeper into the social comparisons between the civil rights movement--which was the basis for Stan Lee's original concept--and the gay rights movement--which is the current basis in the comics (X-Men are even living in San Francisco).

@Tyler: I agree, which was my first statement (and the first thing I thought when I read this headline): the franchise should move forward, but let's bring in someone with some fresh eyes.

Well this is good news!!

X2 & 1 was [frick]ing good, he'll bring back the magic of X-MEN and we can forget about the other two!!! ; D

Singer did a great job with the first 2 X-movies. Sure, the costumes weren't the best, and he may not have been THE most faithful to the comics (he was still faithful, but not towards some of the characters), but he made damn fine X-films.

@Tyler: I'll ask you the same question I asked Ror: how should the storyline progress? What's next? Sinister? Apocalypse? Shi'Ar?

Ror its too bad you hate me lol cuz i agree with every single thing you said. :)

Here's the plot run-down:

X1: There are mutants. One mutant leader is good and wants to be friends with humans; the other leader is bad and wants to turn everyone into mutants or kill them off.
X2: Parents hate mutant children and so does the government.
X3: Many mutants want to be "cured" and those that don't should be anyway.
X4: ?

X4 = CABLE!!! ; D

@Ror/Tyler: I think Sinister is the next logical plotline for the franchise because it plays into the previous themes (see my comment above) about creating/curing mutants, etc. In the comics, Sinister was working behind-the-scenes with DNA for years, even experimenting with Cyclops and Jean Grey (can we go back to calling her Marvel Girl ever?).

YES! As long as hes not returning to superman this is good

@TheLivingWeapon: I totally disagree. You're basically taking the "superhero" out of it by removing the costumes, turning it into a Wanted-style sci-fi series. If you're gonna do a superhero movie, then don't be ashamed to make it a superhero movie, is what I say.

SINGER LEFT US HANGING, FOR SUPERMAN, AND IT CAME OUT NOT QUITE INCREDIBLE...STAY AWAY TRAITOR..YOU LEAVE ME AN NOW YOU WANT ME BACK, YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE AND YOU LEFT ME FOR SUPERMAN, AN YOU SCREWUP AND NOW YOU WANNA COME BACK?NO..NO WAY I WANT SOMEONE NEW SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS ME, WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF BUISNESS, SOMEONE FAITHFUL..X-MEN DUMPER..TOO LATE..GET ZACK SNYDER

Let's get Snyder for everything now right? Superman, X-Men, give him Fantastic Four while we're at it!

Seriously, I see this guy's name suggested for just about every CBM nowadays, it's quite repetitive.

I agree with Bijous, a superhero movie should show superheroes. Watchmen was good, despite everyone wearing spandex outfits. Hasn't Marvel proved that it worked with Iron Man, Spiderman and the Hulk?

We have our non-suit wearing Heroes on television already, I don't need to see the same thing in theatres as well.

Suit up!!! Oh, and I don't have a problem with Singer. The problem with new blood, means new direction and I would love to see how Singer would clean up Radner's X-3 situation.

@stop/Bijous: Sorry, LivingWeapon, I also agree that costumes are a must in a superhero flick. Yes, they can be done poorly and cheese out the film, but they can also be done brilliantly. It's part of the comic book "convention" that they wear costumes. You just have to accept that going into the film. Leaving it out is like taking salt out of your diet: it leaves everything bland.

But a sellout is someone who compromises their ideals or principals and such for money. Singer made some movies..then he made another movie, and now he wants to revisit the first set of movies. How does that in any way make him a sell out? When he left the X franchise it was actually in pretty good hands with Mathew Vaughn at the time..it was only after he left that Ratner came aboard. And Supes Returns turned out, at least imo, to be a damn good movie. I'm sure Singer would have loved to make a sequel..hopefully with less reverence of Donner and some more action(Dead super kid would help too!) but its not his call.