And can he be played by James Mcavoy and have telepathic powers and the ability to curve bullets?

@god_spawn: Sure , I can see him do that .

Why do all the villains have to be "Mister" something? Just sounds kind of silly to me

I'd rather see already existing Mr. characters get utilized more. Like Mr. Sinister and Mr. Negative.

Oooh, I have an even better idea. Have the X-Men fight 80's pop rock band Mr. Mister.

I'm 100% sure their song "Broken Wings" references Archangel.

Well let's be honest, Mister Sinister isn't much better.

it's like Mr. Fantastic, they just go by Mr. because it's catchy. In Sinister's case it almost sounds like they came up with his name first (Mr.Sinister? oh, we gotta use that!) and then made up everything else as they went..

it really ought to be Dr.Sinister and Dr.Fantastic.. they are both Doctors, yeah?

Dr.Fantastic actually sounds just as cool and better describes what he does..

I have no idea why anyone would call themselves Mr.Sinister, even him. Most people seem to just call him Sinister anyway, and even that would be a more bad-ass way to introduce yourself: "..hello, I'm Dr. Nathaniel Essex, but most call me Sinister.."

Their also both evil.

But I'm with you, pretty much everything about Sinister screams "made up as they went along". Like Claremont showed up for work and they shouted "We got a name, and a picture of a guy with black lipstick....no real motivation...but i want this guy all over everything".

@koays: haha.. yeah, pretty much.

@oldnightcrawler: Someone on here said Reed took the name because of Sue

@kgb725: in the original story he just seems to name himself that on a whim, though there might have been some ret-con about that by now. I'll admit, my knowledge of FF lore is pretty limited beyond Lee and Kirby's run.

The Thing takes his name because of Sue, though..

All those doctors, misters, professors, kings, counts etc. give us a slap of the silver age. Call me a modernist , but I'd rather see those pretty odious nominal titles eliminated from the existence. I know, I know, respect the classics and all, but if we've (almost!) outgrown underwear over the clothes, everything is possible now! :)

Gladly, I guess the only reason why Magneto wasn't called any of these, is Dr. Polaris lol

well, those names themselves are actually modern, or products of modernity I guess, like the genre itself. I mean, there's only been superheroes as we know them since way after the industrial revolution. It's just that much of our contemporary view is itself no longer really modern.

I guess I'm of the generation in which superheroes started to be appealing to adults as well as children, so I can see a place for both. y'know, Superman doesn't really need those shorts over his pants, but it doesn't bother me if he has them -it's Superman, right? whatever he wears is going to be more believable than the things he can do. Any version o his costume is going to be really the least ridiculous thing about him.

Superheroes/villains don't need crazy names or outfits, but given the nature of the genre, I'm fine with there still being a place for characters that embrace that sillier side of that world.

@oldnightcrawler:

well, those names themselves are actually modern, or products of modernity I guess, like the genre itself. I mean, there's only been superheroes as we know them since way after the industrial revolution. It's just that much of our contemporary view is itself no longer really modern.

Sorry for not clearing this, but I wasn't using the philosophical definition of "modernism", more like "just a product of this day (modern) world".

I guess I'm of the generation in which superheroes started to be appealing to adults as well as children, so I can see a place for both. y'know, Superman doesn't really need those shorts over his pants, but it doesn't bother me if he has them -it's Superman, right? whatever he wears is going to be more believable than the things he can do. Any version o his costume is going to be really the least ridiculous thing about him.

Everything within the eye of the beholder I guess, I like costumes of this era artists much, much more. Nolan's Batman changed the rules for street-levelers in some degree, Tron shining outlines and the whole modern sci-fi stylization being used in comics is an eye-candy for me. I can read a book to interpret the art in my mind, when I read a comic I expect some "grand designs" already invented and me just becoming fascinated by it.

Superheroes/villains don't need crazy names or outfits, but given the nature of the genre, I'm fine with there still being a place for characters that embrace that sillier side of that world.

Many aliases actually make sense, especially for mutants. Dam, even Dr. Doom somehow makes sense, right now it's just Sinister I'm having a particular problem with lol