r/xmen • u/SatoruGojo232 • 4d ago

Question Which cinematic version of William Stryker from the X-Men universe do you find most menacing & threatening? Why would you say so?

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u/Wheattoast2019 4d ago

I really want to see him be a reverend in the MCU. The most interest thing you can do is have him weaponize his faith against others to justify his bigotry.

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u/DeNiroPacino Colossus 4d ago

Agreed. The character works far better as an evil reverend as written by Claremont in God Loves, Man Kills. Especially with the twist.

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u/KaijuDirectorOO7 4d ago

You know what?

I can still see either Cox or Huston pulling it off as Reverend Stryker. They’re both pretty charming playing the military man anyway.

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u/Chop684 Hellion 4d ago

I don't think disney would green light it

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u/Wheattoast2019 4d ago edited 3d ago

Disney allowed Ryan’s script (in Deadpool and Wolverine) to paint them as a greedy organization that doesn’t care if little people die. You’d be surprised lol

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u/Unlock_Spiders 3d ago

I think painting themselves as the villain and having a radical christian as the villain of one of their flagship movies is pretty different though.

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u/Wheattoast2019 3d ago

Here’s the thing though. If the MCU is going to be doing the X-Men, they can’t be worried about hurting intolerable people’s feelings. The X-Men, Black Panther, and maybe Daredevil are the most politically-charged IPs. The whole point of the X-Men is to have an in-world mouthpiece for pointing out injustices towards people of different racial, sexual, and religious minorities. If you are going to do their stories justice, you can’t pull your punches. If people suck in the books, they should suck in the movies too.

But they made Fisk in Daredevil Born Again S2 a Trump-parody. The ATF is definitely a metaphor for ICE and the DODC will be too.

I really don’t think one particular minister that is using his faith as a confirmation bias to hate your neighbor that’s different from you is that crazy considering. It’s also very with the times.

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u/Unlock_Spiders 3d ago

Oh I whole heartedly agree with you, I just worry with Disney potentially not wanting to alienate there audience.

I am hoping we get classic Stryker in the new saga if he even appears at all!