Whoa, a lot to attempt to respond to.
purplevit, we are pretty much on the same page here. I was just trying to make a joke about how no one stays dead in the comics.
DonPriceTag, I don't mean to take things personally but when you say things like, "It's much bigger than you all think", "If any of you think otherwise, you never understood his character", "I think you should get the idea of Gambit blowing people up in a live action movie, out of your heads." etc it seems at least partially directed at me because I'm bringing it up in my posts. Is anyone saying it'd be ok or a good idea to make it rated R due to the nature of his powers? All I have said is if they do go for an R rating I'd be interested in a scene where he kills a big baddie using his powers. That is a totally possible scene if the movie is R. I feel that his powers have to be represented in a lethal way so he doesn't come off useless like in Origins. R or PG-13 I think direct hits from charged objects should be fatal. In an R rated movie the scene would of course be more graphic. I've explained ways for them to use it in non-fatal ways.
I've already said, that I don't think the R rating is necessary and should probably just be PG-13. I'm just talking about the possibility of it getting an R and something I think would be interesting to see in the movie. Blowing up a bad guy in a fun R rated action movie is usually very satisfying. As far as the where the "Gambit never kills" thing came from... all I did was bring up the fact that Gambit's charged projectiles should kill mortal humans to establish how deadly he is. That was met with "Gambit's not a killer" or "he's not Deadpool or Wolverine". Never said he was. But I think it's reasonable to have him kill a bad guy or two to establish how strong his powers are. Especially now being introduced to him before he's even on X-Men or anything. I just really don't want to see him hitting bad guys with cards or whatever just knocking them down and they get back up. It makes him look weak. By the way this can be done in PG-13 or a more graphic R.
We can agree to disagree on how his powers were portrayed in Origins. I think they made him look like a chump. Totally useless against Wolverine who is a character in the movies known to get his ass kicked all the time. And I totally understand your point about Gambit's cards not exploding, but you're coming at it from a nerdy Gambit fan perspective. As we all do. But for general audiences they should probably give it some type of really interesting colorful explosion. Ya know, to help the average Joe's fully understand the powers. Also a visual that separates him from Wolverine and Deadpool. And to come back to a previous point, even without the explosion, the cards have the force to knock a 300lbs Adimantium skeletoned man across the room and straight through through a brick wall. Those cards should easily smash straight through a mortal man's chest leaving a pretty massive hole or just obliterating his entire upper torso(should've hurt Wolverine a bit more as well. Just a bit
). I remember thinking that was a bit un-characteristic of Gambit. Just because someone knows his name and knows something about his past, Gambit attempts to brutally kill them in public?I don't think anyone is saying the movie needs to be R to properly portray Gambit's powers. Honestly, I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that. So, I don't think that's something you need to worry about. If they wind up making the movie R it's probably due to sexuality/nudity and language like you said, and probably most blood and graphic violence would probably come from the villains. If that's the case I still can imagine a pretty satisfying bad guy death.