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Dream Warrior (2003)
X-Men reboot with no-budget
What if Magneto was a Good Guy? What if Xavier was a bad guy? What if the powers changed but the characters remained the same? What if things worked out between Rogue and Wolverine? The similarities to the X- Men are...are you ready for it...uncanny. Parrish has telepathic ability like Xavier, but like Magneto is striving for a pure genetic society, albeit without mutation. Though Sterling is a healer, the whole experience is very much like Rogue, including a streak in her hair and she really likes Rage. Rage is the Wolverine character. If nothing more than the name, which Wolverine is an embodiment of. Combine Rage with Sterling and you get Wolverine. Zo has telekinetic ability. Although not the manipulation of metal through magnetism, in many ways it has the same pragmatic story effect. Although he is like Magneto in that he is all about the mutants, he is the good guy in that he has the original "Xavieresque" wish for peace. One might think of this as the "beginnings" reboot, as there is an orphanage of freaks nearby and they are thinking about building a mutant community at the river. Hence your "Zo" School for the Gifted. Danica is something of a Storm playing the Wolverine-enamoured Rogue role. And there is a character who fills the spot of Cyclops. He is the gentle, leader apparent. Once again, a brewing fight over Sterling, who though is Rogue-esque, fills that role of Jean Grey, in the sense of the-girl-whose- heart-is-being-fought-for. Two other minor characters bring the Jean Grey-esque fledgling telekinetic and but also her slightly premonitionistic ability. And lastly, the new mutant baby has the Pyro character, who in this movie is a brother to Rage. Which is not unlike Wolverine and Pyro. In X-men, these two characters in particular struggle with deep rage and a reluctance to loyalty, and though ultimately choose a side, initially, they have a great deal in common. Anyway, obvious this movie, is a story by someone who likes the X- men. However, the movie is all story driven and has a negligible amount of mutant powers being used.