Are the Purifiers filmable?

[Pumpkin Bomb]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Purifiers.jpg/250px-Purifiers.jpg

Just a thought. Assuming Marvel gets back the rights to the X-franchise sometime this decade, and assuming they exploit them to their fullest extent... do you think they'd ever consider using the crazy Christian fundamentalists that have caused so much pain for the X-teams over the past few years? Are the comics not politically correct enough for the big screen, or is any publicity good publicity?

[Skaddix]

If Marvel ever gets their rights back maybe. I don't think they would have a problem with the Purifiers in an anime or video game. And religious fundamentalism is a major issue these days. though They would probably tone down the christian factor though.

[Ben D]

I would imagine the conservative christian audience wouldn't like it...

[Pumpkin Bomb]

I would imagine the conservative christian audience wouldn't like it...

Did the conservative Christian audience ever like X-Men in the first place, though?

[Ben Charles]

Hollywood isn't likely to produce movies that conservative christians would embrace in the first place.

Regarding the OP, no. I don't see them going with the purifiers when trying to attract a larger audience than the reader base.

[Wildways]

I read this as "Are the Purifiers flammable?"

But, no, I don't see them appearing in any X-Films at all.

[Pumpkin Bomb]

Regarding the OP, no. I don't see them going with the purifiers when trying to attract a larger audience than the reader base.

They are a lot easier to understand than Mister Sinister or Apocalypse, though.

(Plus those are really stylish cloaks.)

[Ben Charles]

They are a lot easier to understand than Mister Sinister or Apocalypse, though.

Or the Wolverine:Origins movie for that matter.



And yes, the cloaks are rather nice.

[fortyseven]

I read this as "Are the Purifiers flammable?"

LOL so did I.

[worstblogever]

Consider what they did with Rev. Stryker himself in X2: The Last Stand. Any mention of him being a minister? Thrown out. His Purifiers were just military grunts under his command, with no mention of any dogma regarding mutants as abominations in the eyes of their god, as much as they were just a threat to their well-being.

And Hollywood makes it a point to streamline movies to make them as appealing for worldwide audiences as possible, normally. So no, I don't see Disney/Marvel Films going there any time soon.

[Pumpkin Bomb]

So no, I don't see Disney/Marvel Films going there any time soon.

Although, when you think about it, isn't that basically what The Hunchback of Notre Dame was about?

[AcesX1X]

pumpkin bomb, i read your thread title and thought it said "are the purifiers flammable?"

yes to both.

[ZNOP]

Why, not??? The Ku Klux Klan were filmable...



http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00139/klan_cross_139301t.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Purifiers.jpg/250px-Purifiers.jpg

That was too easy.

:evilsmile:

[DevilishRogue]

No way they are ugly! Thats why they are cloaked.

[Addams]

They are perfect as antagonist for a movie.

It's like nazis in Indiana Jones or droids in star wars, no one care about them so it's cool if the good guys kill hundred of these suckers.

[ZNOP]

No way they are ugly! Thats why they are cloaked.

Not Cheif Pointy head! He always showed his face Just like Striker :tongue:

[Pumpkin Bomb]

...why is everyone so obsessed with setting fire to them?

[Addams]

...why is everyone so obsessed with setting fire to them?

Come on, burning down religious crazies, isn't that awesomely ironic ? :tongue:

[FiddleFaddle]

I've thought of this before, and I think America wouldn't like it.

[S'Cipio_66]

Did the conservative Christian audience ever like X-Men in the first place, though?

Yes

-S'Cipio

[Pumpkin Bomb]

Yes

Really? I would have thought the whole evolution thing was a turn-off.