[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by webz

Here's the basic problem... with X3, XMO:W, it's the loss of the racial message. X-Men was about racism and outcasts... Xavier (MLK's peaceful intergration) vs Magneto (Malcolm X's violent take-what's-owed us). They started that in X1, expanded in X2, but dropped the racial metaphor for a "Gays can be cured" metaphor in #3, and it felt schmucky.

A lot of that has to do with the change in directors. Singer had a steady direction going. Ratner however was having the whole script rewritten every five minutes.
So when something has a strong direction that's suddenly lost, you can pretty much bet that it's the new director that dropped the ball.
Also, the Mutant Cure was taken directly from Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men, which was the big famous storyline that was happening just before the movie was written.
So, it's pretty obvious it's not some anti-gay message going on. It's more that Ratner can't direct his way out of a paper bag, and had complete ADHD going on, and wanted to capitalize on Whedon's work.