Bryan Singer did a fantastic job bringing X-Men to the big screen before jumping ship to direct Superman Returns. However, fans lost on both ends here. Brett Ratner gave us X-Men: Last Stand, aka "Wolverine featuring the X-Men" and Bryan Singer decided that Superman shouldn't punch a single thing during the duration of the movie (I did like the Richard Donner homage though). In the end I don't blame Singer for making Superman Returns, after all, who in their right mind would pass up an opportunity as big as Superman? I do blame Ratner for killing Professor Xavier and making Cyclops a complete wuss (he's the leader of the X-Men for goodness sake!)
According to IGN, Singer will be coming back to direct a new X-Men flick, tentatively titled "X-Men: First Class" heavily suggesting another origins story. I'm glad Singer is in good spirit to bring us back into his X-Universe. If there's anyone out there to nail it, it would be him. In fact, he helped pave the way for Hollywood to start taking comic book movie adaptations seriously. My only request with this new X-Film... please give Cyclops his balls back!
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