Hello all,
After all the comics being produced into movies, whether is it HK or Hollywood, there are bound to be changes. At first I thought why the heck they change the original story. But after some thoughts, I came to the conclusion that if the original story was being produced into a movie, it will be very long, more than 2 hours, so for producers to make things simple, a change in the story line is needed.
Budget wise, if the story line unchange and untouch, it might extend till part six or maybe part ten. In this movie industry, time is money, need to pay for the celebrity, costumes, travel, food etc... a lot of budget, and its in millions of US. So a change is unavoidable. As long as its exciting, its ok.
For X4, I think Professor X and the others being so called "killed" by Phoniex haven die yet, maybe they are just being transported to another dimension or something:
-Professor X might become "Onslaught", Or
-Apocalyse and his 4 horsemen might appear. Or,
-Shadowcat (the teenage girl who can goes through walls), Colousses and Angel (the teenage with wings, also called ArchAngel) might just be another new mutants oplaying with a major part. Or,
-Magento might just take over Professor X as X-Men's leader.
Its just anybody's guess.