Oh the good ol' X-Men, pretty cool movies, not bad casting, awesome effects for the time being, but what's holding it back? Could it be the infamous, skin tight, fake ab, leather suits? Well apparently it is, because they are being tossed out the door in order to make way for a new line up of suits. I mean who thought of it anyway? Why would superhero's who need to be flexible wear leather?
When watching the movies, in a sense they do make dynamic characters such as Wolverine and Iceman feel clunky and stiff. It takes away from the value of the character and makes them seem more like people with medical problems rather than mutants fighting to stay alive. It would make sense for characters such as Colossus to have a leather suit because he is a massive, bullet proof , one man demolition team, but for characters like Wolverine who do a lot of jumping , swinging, and slicing it's almost as though the suit is a retardation. But the great movie god in the sky has been listening to our prayers and will be getting rid of the old leather suits... hopefully.
After a while you can't tell whether your watching a Wolverine movie or Hugh Jackman with claws movie. In my opinion the suit could've and should've been brought out during X-Men 2 or maybe even X-Men Origins: Wolverine. So far there has been no mention or even hint of the original suit, so it kinda feels like Wolverine is a entirely different character from where he once was. Back then he was a deadly killing machine that wore a sleeve-less suit and gave people a reason to fear him, now he is leather wearing Hugh Jackman with pointy hair and under shirts.
What do you think of the X-Men no longer wearing their leather costumes? Would you like to see a more classic look?
