Bass
Nexus of the World
That's right! The Marvel superhero team! And I'm talking the original Claremont-Davis team up!
EXCALIBUR
The way I would see the movie is a lot more surreal than the X-Men films which were very socio-political in a prententious manner. This would be far more like a punk Alice in Wonderland - strange time-travelling dimensional rifts with much punching. A strange voyage into other lands and mythologies fighting all manner of beasties. Shadowcat would be a big POV character because she's the one with the mundane problems, and yet leaves that world on a sporadic basis to go into high-falutin' adventures with crazy heroes and villains. PAN'S LABYRINTH, SPIRITED AWAY, THE GOONIES, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (the TV show) - it's all these types of films, the beautiful fairy world, but with the high-octane fun of INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, KUNG FU HUSTLE, THE INCREDIBLES, GALAXY QUEST, and HELLBOY. This wouldn't be about a mutanity and human rights - it would be about dealing with the strangeness of imagination, fighting for sanity and order against a chaotic maelstrom of dark forces! :rockon:
The cast:
Captain Britain
The team's muscle and the guy who's pretty much funding the team. His lighthouse is a kind of central point for all the hellishness going on. His sister is Psylocke and he got his powers from Merlin, of all people. The guy doesn't handle death very well and is a recovering alcoholic. He's quick to anger yet compassionate, and his brash irresponsibility is why he's not the team leader.
Meggan
Romantically involved with Captain Britain, she's a shapeshifting empath, so she looks as other people want her to look. She's very accomodating, shy, and sweet. Yet she's curious and somewhat alien, and rather playful. No one really knows where she comes from.
Nightcrawler
Swashbuckling mutant and the team leader. His playful adventuring nature is somewhat played down to accomodate his role as leader, yet the fact that Excalibur goes to make-believe worlds gives him plenty of opportunities to indulge his hedonistic appetites. A charming rogue, and yet somewhat mature, this Nightcrawler isn't bogged down in the same idiotic moral ambiguity Nightcrawler finds himself in. He's the ugly kid who likes to pretend he's Errol Flyyn. And he's damn good at it. too
Shadowcat & Lockheed
The team's brains and it's mature compass, she's also the youngest and the only one with a pet dragon. She likes her space and is the one with the most 'human' problems (boyfriends break up with her, her computer crashes) - she's the most mundane of the group, yet the team's adventures, and natures of the characters (fuzzy blue elf, shape-shifting empath, time-displaced mutant, purple dragon, and magical knight) allow Shadowcat to step out of the mundane world into something fascinating.
Phoenix
Torn from her home in a futuristic dystopia, Phoenix finds this world both fascinating and wonderful, yet disturbing and haunting. She loves the beautiful air, the fascinating technology; everything's new to her and Shadowcat's happy to show her world off to her. She gets to go down the 'rabbit-hole' and see all kinds of amazing adventures with her friends. Yet, she's terrified of the future from which she came, it's always on her mind, wondering how long she has until it comes back. She's arguably the most powerful member of the team, with incredible psionic gifts. She's also very much a hedonist, which makes her get on very well with Nightcrawler too.
That's the team!
As for the villains...
The way I see it, as a bit of a shake up, I'm gonna give you four villains. You can pick and cast as many as you choose - but the idea is depending on who you pick, that determines the film's plot. See, if this is a franchise, the cast has to hold up to multiple films and what not. So I thought this could be fun. Cast all four for some kind of major doomsday thing, or one for one cool story. You just have to give a sentence or two on the type of plot the film would be with.
Gatecrasher
She's the archetypal evil fairy queen from Alice in Wonderland, or the wicked witch of Snow White or The Little Mermaid or what-have-you. The terrible hag of the forest - but she's got a kind of future-alternate-dimensional-alien vibe thing going on.
Mojo
Everyone's favourite yellow fat ***. Not as cool as Jabba, but pretty funny - he's a big satire on reality television and where the US viewing public is heading. He's the kind of guy who would actually make a real-life THE RUNNING MAN.
Sat-Yr-9 (Saturnyne)
An alternate universe multi-dimensional despot with psychic powers who loved Kaptain Briton (the Nazi Captain Britain) and enjoys bending entire worlds to her very whim.
Ahab
From Phoenix's future, a genocidal mass-murder who ruthlessly hunts mutants to extinction. He has no compassion, nor mercy, but he gets great pleasure out of what he does - and being in the past doesn't save you. He'll send his Warwolves through time and space to hunt you down.
You'll note each villain comes from an alternate Earth, future, or dimension of some kind. This, for some reason, is what Excalibur were always fighting. But there it is.
Enjoy!
EXCALIBUR
The way I would see the movie is a lot more surreal than the X-Men films which were very socio-political in a prententious manner. This would be far more like a punk Alice in Wonderland - strange time-travelling dimensional rifts with much punching. A strange voyage into other lands and mythologies fighting all manner of beasties. Shadowcat would be a big POV character because she's the one with the mundane problems, and yet leaves that world on a sporadic basis to go into high-falutin' adventures with crazy heroes and villains. PAN'S LABYRINTH, SPIRITED AWAY, THE GOONIES, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (the TV show) - it's all these types of films, the beautiful fairy world, but with the high-octane fun of INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, KUNG FU HUSTLE, THE INCREDIBLES, GALAXY QUEST, and HELLBOY. This wouldn't be about a mutanity and human rights - it would be about dealing with the strangeness of imagination, fighting for sanity and order against a chaotic maelstrom of dark forces! :rockon:
The cast:
Captain Britain
The team's muscle and the guy who's pretty much funding the team. His lighthouse is a kind of central point for all the hellishness going on. His sister is Psylocke and he got his powers from Merlin, of all people. The guy doesn't handle death very well and is a recovering alcoholic. He's quick to anger yet compassionate, and his brash irresponsibility is why he's not the team leader.

Meggan
Romantically involved with Captain Britain, she's a shapeshifting empath, so she looks as other people want her to look. She's very accomodating, shy, and sweet. Yet she's curious and somewhat alien, and rather playful. No one really knows where she comes from.

Nightcrawler
Swashbuckling mutant and the team leader. His playful adventuring nature is somewhat played down to accomodate his role as leader, yet the fact that Excalibur goes to make-believe worlds gives him plenty of opportunities to indulge his hedonistic appetites. A charming rogue, and yet somewhat mature, this Nightcrawler isn't bogged down in the same idiotic moral ambiguity Nightcrawler finds himself in. He's the ugly kid who likes to pretend he's Errol Flyyn. And he's damn good at it. too

Shadowcat & Lockheed
The team's brains and it's mature compass, she's also the youngest and the only one with a pet dragon. She likes her space and is the one with the most 'human' problems (boyfriends break up with her, her computer crashes) - she's the most mundane of the group, yet the team's adventures, and natures of the characters (fuzzy blue elf, shape-shifting empath, time-displaced mutant, purple dragon, and magical knight) allow Shadowcat to step out of the mundane world into something fascinating.

Phoenix
Torn from her home in a futuristic dystopia, Phoenix finds this world both fascinating and wonderful, yet disturbing and haunting. She loves the beautiful air, the fascinating technology; everything's new to her and Shadowcat's happy to show her world off to her. She gets to go down the 'rabbit-hole' and see all kinds of amazing adventures with her friends. Yet, she's terrified of the future from which she came, it's always on her mind, wondering how long she has until it comes back. She's arguably the most powerful member of the team, with incredible psionic gifts. She's also very much a hedonist, which makes her get on very well with Nightcrawler too.

That's the team!
As for the villains...
The way I see it, as a bit of a shake up, I'm gonna give you four villains. You can pick and cast as many as you choose - but the idea is depending on who you pick, that determines the film's plot. See, if this is a franchise, the cast has to hold up to multiple films and what not. So I thought this could be fun. Cast all four for some kind of major doomsday thing, or one for one cool story. You just have to give a sentence or two on the type of plot the film would be with.
Gatecrasher
She's the archetypal evil fairy queen from Alice in Wonderland, or the wicked witch of Snow White or The Little Mermaid or what-have-you. The terrible hag of the forest - but she's got a kind of future-alternate-dimensional-alien vibe thing going on.
Mojo
Everyone's favourite yellow fat ***. Not as cool as Jabba, but pretty funny - he's a big satire on reality television and where the US viewing public is heading. He's the kind of guy who would actually make a real-life THE RUNNING MAN.

Sat-Yr-9 (Saturnyne)
An alternate universe multi-dimensional despot with psychic powers who loved Kaptain Briton (the Nazi Captain Britain) and enjoys bending entire worlds to her very whim.

Ahab
From Phoenix's future, a genocidal mass-murder who ruthlessly hunts mutants to extinction. He has no compassion, nor mercy, but he gets great pleasure out of what he does - and being in the past doesn't save you. He'll send his Warwolves through time and space to hunt you down.

You'll note each villain comes from an alternate Earth, future, or dimension of some kind. This, for some reason, is what Excalibur were always fighting. But there it is.
Enjoy!
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