OK, So I know I've been hitting the X-Men: First Class articles a lot out lately but there's no denying that the film is gaining huge momentum upon it's release in eight days time. Early reviews say it's great, skeptical fans are being won over, and it looks like Fox have a master franchise now in their hands. With a sequel already green lit, First Class director Matthew Vaughn has admitted he intends to introduce one main character to go head to head with Magneto now (spoiler alert) Professor X is in a wheel chair.
Who could this character be? Under the basis that this new X-Men trilogy remains a prequel to the original three films, the character being introduced in the sequel to First Class surely cannot be Cyclops. Especially since the sequel is rumoured to be set at the same time as the JFK assassination, which keeps the film firmly in the 60′s. Meaning Cyclops couldn't even have been born yet. Given the timing of the movie, what better character to have then the mutant known as Warpath.
A fairly recent addition to the X-Men roster in comics, James Proudstar would fit into the dynamic of the First Class sequel perfectly. For one thing he has proven to be a highly popular character in the Marvel Universe, and his superhuman strength and agility would make for some great action sequences in the film. Plus he wields two huge knives for combat, add that as well as having a dark background you have a recipe for success. It seems Warpath would more than compensate (if cast right) for the lack of Wolverine in the motion picture. Plus he's a Apache Native American and given the huge amount of racism evident in the early 1960′s, his character could be just as vulnerable to racial prejudice as well as prejudice against mutants making the character more relatable than Wolverine ever was.
Plus unlike Wolverine, Warpath does not have an adamantium skeleton therefore he'd actually be capable of holding his own against the likes of Magneto. He seems a logical choice and seeing as he is a relatively new character, injecting him into the status quo shouldn't cause too many continuity rifts. If Fox our going to truly redeem the X-Men franchise, what better way to start then giving us fresh, new and exciting characters such as Warpath.
This is however going under the basis that First Class is a reboot to the original X-Men trilogy (or at least Bryan Singer's films). If the film is successful, and Fox decide to make First Class their reboot, then I can see the supposed original X-Men being introduced much sooner then we think.
Who could this character be? Under the basis that this new X-Men trilogy remains a prequel to the original three films, the character being introduced in the sequel to First Class surely cannot be Cyclops. Especially since the sequel is rumoured to be set at the same time as the JFK assassination, which keeps the film firmly in the 60′s. Meaning Cyclops couldn't even have been born yet. Given the timing of the movie, what better character to have then the mutant known as Warpath.
A fairly recent addition to the X-Men roster in comics, James Proudstar would fit into the dynamic of the First Class sequel perfectly. For one thing he has proven to be a highly popular character in the Marvel Universe, and his superhuman strength and agility would make for some great action sequences in the film. Plus he wields two huge knives for combat, add that as well as having a dark background you have a recipe for success. It seems Warpath would more than compensate (if cast right) for the lack of Wolverine in the motion picture. Plus he's a Apache Native American and given the huge amount of racism evident in the early 1960′s, his character could be just as vulnerable to racial prejudice as well as prejudice against mutants making the character more relatable than Wolverine ever was.
Plus unlike Wolverine, Warpath does not have an adamantium skeleton therefore he'd actually be capable of holding his own against the likes of Magneto. He seems a logical choice and seeing as he is a relatively new character, injecting him into the status quo shouldn't cause too many continuity rifts. If Fox our going to truly redeem the X-Men franchise, what better way to start then giving us fresh, new and exciting characters such as Warpath.
This is however going under the basis that First Class is a reboot to the original X-Men trilogy (or at least Bryan Singer's films). If the film is successful, and Fox decide to make First Class their reboot, then I can see the supposed original X-Men being introduced much sooner then we think.
