An Analysis of the X-Men Franchise
Posted by: Willow | From: May 25, 2006
Mikey and Willow, in preparation for the forthcoming X-Men 3 movie, conducted an academic study of the X-Men franchise. Focussing their analysis primarily on the overarching themes of the trilogy, they took copious notes in Mike's little black graph paper book. Willow used the book smarts gained from 18 years of education, while Mike relied on the street smarts that kept him alive in the army, and uh, on the streets.
Figure One (1) represents the 4 ways we see humans deal with the idea of a "mutant threat". It is interesting to note that at no time do we see any humans act unprompted in defense of mutant-kind. They protest against their existence, shoot them, beat them, pour mind control acid on the back of their necks, call them names, and generally seem to hate and fear them. Only after an awesome display of their power and documented proof of Col. Stryker's plan to exterminate all mutants does the President finally concede that perhaps humans and mutants can work together.
Figure Two (2) shows the much more varied responses of mutants to humans. These responses fall into three main categories, although the Hide/Run category does not seem to be sustainable, as evidenced by both Magneto and Prof. X recruiting from this pool to join their respective responses. In the case of Magneto, who lived through the Holocaust and has given up on humans, believing that mutants are superior and thus entitled to rule as the greater species. This is the opposite of Prof X., with his privileged and highly educated upbringing who believes that the enlightenment of humans remains a possibility and education is the slower but more sustainable answer to the problem.
Interestingly, this brings up parallels between the background of Mike and Willow. Willow, with her years of education and dedication to teaching and shaping young minds, and Mike and his belief that the only way to make change is to literally kill those that disagree with him. (He was in the Army you know. That changes a person.)
The conclusion is that the X-Men franchise, under the guidance of Director Bryan Singer, is cleverly designed liberal propaganda. As both Mike and Willow agree with Mr. Singer that "Liberal = Good" they have some concerns that X-Men 3 is being directed by none other than the worst Living Hollywood Director, Brett Ratner, a man who embodies many of the attributes that the X-Men movies warn us against. As proof of this we simply present the role of The Beast being played by the most pompous and arrogant actor (and major boner) Kelsey Grammer.
CASE CLOSED.
I will probably agree to see this movie, but not really because the franchise has managed to hold my interest but rather because a) Wolverine is hot, and b) Patrick Stewart is hot too. And I like Ian McKellan too, though he's old and gay and therefore not really in the hot category, though considering he's an old queer, he's pretty hot.
Posted by: freddy at May 25, 2006 11:20 PM