In a multi-part series, Comic Book Film Editor William Gatevackes will be tracing the history of comic book movies from the earliest days of the film serials to today\u2019s big blockbusters and beyond. Along with the history lesson, Bill will be covering some of the most prominent comic book films over the years and why they were so special. Today, the X-Men sequels prove that having a bigger budget can be both a good and a bad thing.<\/i><\/p>\n
X-Men <\/b>was a hit. Obviously, that meant sequels, but it also meant opportunity. It meant bigger budgets. This, in turn, meant that characters that were too expensive to portray on screen could make the jump. Plot lines that would have cost too much money could now be considered. It also meant pressure to perform. The stakes had to be bigger, the risks riskier, and the show must go on no matter what. The two official sequels to X-Men <\/b>show the good and bad points about this new reality.<\/p>\n
Bryan Singer showed what good could be done with a bigger budget with X2: X-Men United. <\/b><\/p>\n