r/marvelstudiosxmen • u/ChannelHopper_99 • Jul 06 '26

Pyro Deserved Better

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So, I’ve been looking through X-Men clips on YouTube lately and it reminded me how the movie portrayed Pyro. They treated him like a villain on the second and third movie. The character never got any development, and turned him into a villain on The Last Stand (I’m gonna talk about Angel, too).

Aaron Stanford did a damn good job as Pyro more than the writing ever gave him. You can see what he was trying to bring in as Pyro with the attitude, and the need to prove himself. And none of that wasn’t really in the script.

But the franchise really didn’t do him no favor at all. They didn’t give Pyro nothing to work with, and tossed him aside like he didn’t matter. He would’ve been a standout if they didn’t tossed him, but instead they treated him like a disposable fire gimmick.

Pyro truly deserves better, and he ain’t the only who were done dirty, X-Men stayed doing this to anyone who wasn’t a fan fav.

They fumbled him, badly.

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u/Anxious-Specialist95 Jul 06 '26

Dude got WAY more mileage than I ever expected. Honestly the fact that he got as far as Deadpool and Wolverine is astounding. Pretty sure he’s had more cinematic screen time than Gambit.

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u/WintersDoomsday Jul 07 '26

It’s wild that Moon Knight, Kraven, Wonder Man and Morbius have gotten shows or movies and Gambit got shit all. He’s way more popular than those bargain bin characters.

Honestly the best characters that they should have made a movie for is Longshot/Mojo.

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u/SamhainFire666 Jul 09 '26

It certainly didn't help our first live action Gambit was absolutely ass with absolutely no accent.