awwww yay-uh...

[Uncle Silky]

i just happened ta be lookin for some info on the new X-Men sequel and found sumthin quite interesting (to me, at least, and maybe a few of you). Alan Cumming, a great little Scottish actor has been cast ta play... muthafuckin Nightcrawler, baby!! the monkey tail-havin, three-fingered, teleportin, elf look-sportin, German suave-machine is comin to tha big screen! ohhh, i'm a happy boy. Nightcrawler has been just about the only comic book character besides Juggernaut i ever gave a squirrely fuck about. that furry little pimp. i wasn't too excited about X-Men 2 till i read that. now i'm just hopin they don't fuck him up. also, for any comic fans here... Pyro, Siryn, Iceman, Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat), Jubilee, and Colossus are supposta make appearances of some sort. i doubt any of you care about any uh this, but you'll just hafta deal, cuz i don't get excited very often.

so there ya go. just hadta share my momentary joy-spaz. go about yuh bidness.

[LixyChick]

Um.......Yeah! What Uncle said!

For those of you who feel the need....I think I can decypher this for you! LMAO!

Hi, Uncle.........I really just wanted to say hello. Carry on! *kisses*

[Uncle Silky]

hey, Lixy sticks. are ya a Nightcrawler fan at all? diggin that new custom title like a ditch, too. what silky-smooth muthafucker gave ya that one?

[LixyChick]

Dunno Nightcrawler, Uncle.......So I have ta say NO.....I am not a fan! But, I can, and I just love to cypher what you say......and I offered a course in Uncle-ese! Love your new suit too! Looks like an old Batman thingy...I prolly am wrong though!

Um....I met this crazy-ass somnabitch in a jabber joint here at Pixies.....he didn't like the way I slapped his face with aftershave.....or coulda been that hot ass towel.....so I am so named! *kisses*

[Eros]

Unc, first of all..where'd ya git the kick-ass pencil sketch? Second, I also have heard Gambit was going to appear, but I think that one got nixed, haven't heard anything about it. Another rumor goin round is that another certain blue-furred X-Man could possible have some screen time, but will probably get cut out and wind up on a special edition DVD.

[Murphy]

Way true to the origional X-Men Comix! Nightcrawler was always my favorite, and the love/hate thing between him and Wolverine was too funny! Hope they bring him in as a team member, and not a walk-on like in the TV cartoon.

[Uncle Silky]

am i really that hard ta understand, Richard Lixon? *gimpy grin* the new avatar actually is Nightcrawler. just some little pencil drawing i found. not a permanent fixture or anything.

speakin of, i found it from some site through Google, Eros. got a few others and found some ultra fuckin swank Sabretooth, Juggernaut, and Marrow wallpapers, too. yay-uh. Gambit actually was scheduled for the sequel, but was scrapped for reasons unspecified. Beast was originally planned too, and i can send ya to a site with some conceptual sketches and even some shots from early makeup screen tests (without the fur, of course). he was also unfortunately dropped. dunno why.

word, Murphy. word.

[Uncle Silky]

for those that might actually care, here's Nightcrawler's bio, straight from Marvel's site:

Raised in a traveling circus, German-born Kurt Wagner learned that his mutant abilities were a gift to be celebrated. Since joining the X-Men, Nightcrawler has changed costumes, switched teams and even shifted his life's focus: He now dedicates himself to a higher calling as a priest in training. Nightcrawler may look like a blue-skinned demon, but this swashbuckler is one of mutantkind's guardian angels -- using his amazing agility and power of teleportation to fight the forces of bigotry!

Real name: Kurt Wagner
Occupation: Adventurer, priest
Group affiliation: X-Men, formerly Excalibur
Base of operations: Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, Westchester County, New York
First appearance: Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)

Height: 5'9"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Eye color: Shining yellow, with no visible pupils
Hair color: Indigo

Powers: Nightcrawler can teleport himself, his clothing and a certain amount of additional mass from one point to another almost instantaneously. He leaves behind smoke and the smell of burning brimstone, actually atmosphere from the unknown dimension through which he travels. Nightcrawler's infallible spatial awareness enables him to avoid teleporting into solid matter, which could cripple or kill him. As a result, he generally teleports only to places he can see or those he knows well. Through practice, Nightcrawler has increased the amount of mass he can teleport with him.

Nightcrawler's spine is more flexible than that of an ordinary human, allowing him to perform contortionist-like feats and spend much of his time in a semi-crouching position without damaging his posture. Due to the dark coloration of his fur, he can blend into deep shadows.

Weapons: None

History: Kurt Wagner has resembled a demon in appearance since birth, but his powers of self-teleportation did not emerge until puberty. His unusual physical characteristics -- including indigo-colored fur, a prehensile tail, pointed ears, fang-like canine teeth, three-fingered hands and two-toed feet -- caused Kurt's mother to abandon her newborn son. Pursued by fearful villagers, she threw him over a waterfall to save her own life.

Margali Szardos, a sorceress and gypsy queen, discovered Kurt less than an hour after his birth in a small roadside shelter in the Bavarian Alps and brought him to the traveling circus at which she worked as a fortuneteller. Kurt was raised by a motley crew of circus performers, who bore no prejudice against so-called "freaks," and Margali acted as his foster mother. His two closest friends were her natural children, Stefan and Jimaine. Long before his mutant talent emerged, Kurt demonstrated tremendous natural agility. By adolescence, he had become the show's star acrobat and aerial artist. Audiences assumed he was a normal human wearing a demon-like costume.

Years later, a Texas millionaire who sought to cast Kurt in his American freak show purchased the Bavarian circus. Appalled, Kurt made his way to Winzeldorf, Germany, where his foster brother was living. But Stefan had gone mad and slain several children, and Kurt confronted him in an attempt to end his rampage. During the struggle that ensued, the young mutant unintentionally broke Stefan's neck. When the villagers discovered Kurt, he was assumed to be some sort of demon, responsible for the murders. The townspeople were about to kill him when they were psionically paralyzed by Professor Charles Xavier, who had come to recruit Wagner into the X-Men -- his team of masked, mutant adventurers.

Hated and feared for his strange powers and frightening appearance, Nightcrawler stood with his teammates in opposition to those who would use their genetic gifts to subjugate humanity. As an X-Man, Kurt learned to teleport multiple times in a few seconds, allowing him to attack foes from unexpected directions with uncanny accuracy. On rare occasions, he could teleport more than one person at a time, but it strained him tremendously. When the weather-manipulating Storm lost the use of her mutant abilities for a short period, Nightcrawler was designated leader of the X-Men.

After most of the X-Men appeared to die in battle, Nightcrawler teamed with the phase-shifting Shadowcat, his teammate and good friend; the time-tossed, telepathic Phoenix II; the shape-changing mutant known only as Meggan; and the mystically empowered Captain Britain, chosen protector of the United Kingdom. This unlikely quintet formed Excalibur, England's premiere squad of costumed champions. Captain Britain led Excalibur in name; in reality, the task fell to Nightcrawler, due to the other hero's incompetence. Even after it was discovered that otherworldly forces had blocked Captain Britain's ability to be a team player, Nightcrawler remained leader.

Excalibur disbanded following the wedding of Captain Britain and Meggan, and Nightcrawler rejoined the X-Men. Always a devout Catholic, Kurt later left the team to enter the priesthood. Subsequently, Nightcrawler returned to the X-Men with a renewed commitment to Professor Xavier's dream of human and mutant coexistence.

'Crawler is such the blue-skinned mack.

[Eros]

I never followed the older issues of the X-World, but isn't Nightcrawler the rumored son of Mystique (blue skinned shape-shifter) and Greydon Creed (Sabertooth's dad)??

[Eros]

Oh, and yeah..PM me that site Unc..wanna check it out...Thanx

[Uncle Silky]

well, i know for a fact that Mystique is Rogue's mom, and Sabretooth swore up and down that he was Wolverine's dad, but i dunno if 'Crawler's in that mix. i'll hafta look into it. ya got a PM waitin for ya too, man.