
Empire finally snagged a pic of Gambit from the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie, and if you had any doubt that Gambit is a ridiculous character, I hope this picture sets your minds at ease. I'm not taking about his long, flowing locks, since actor Taylor Kitsch has had those on his day gig on Friday Night Lights and had the ladies swooning--plus, /Film has a pretty good Gambit drawing of the Ragin' Cajun' with the same hair. I am, however, talking about the purple, button-down, satin shirt which is clearly supposed to imply Gambit's superhero outfit. Purple button-downs are a terrible idea which look sleazy at best and demonstrate your complete lack of style and fashion at worst. Want to know how I know? I had two. (Via IESB)
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awesome-0 5000 said:
He looks like Gambit to me. (But I always thought Gambit was lame.)
Posted 12/01/2008 at 07:16:21 AM
Jeremy said:
I don't know why people have cared so much about seeing Gambit since the first X-Men movie was announced. Gambit is so overrated. His character has never grown and the only real big development he ever had was to make him a massive douche with the Morlocks thing.
Gambit's just another smooth-talking 90's X-Men whose only qualifications for being cool is the fact that he's a 90's X-Men.
At least Deadpool has never overstepped his bounds and he almost immediately became a hilarious characters who was a labor of love.
Dah cajun accent = FAIL
Posted 12/01/2008 at 07:16:28 AM
awesome-O 5000 said:
In the cartoon Gambits accent did less to make him sound cajun and more to make him sound MRDD.
Posted 12/01/2008 at 07:51:21 AM
Yakko said:
Okay well....you're right, he looks like a Las Vegas Magician.
Maybe it's just the wardrobe for one scene though...
This movie is going to suck, isn't it?
Posted 12/01/2008 at 07:56:05 AM
B.E. said:
Oui, mon ami, theeeese is Gambee, non? I show you how t'play de cards and woo de wimmen. Afterwards we go to club, I show you new freak moves, non? Mah mutan' couseen 'Eurotrash' teach me, work like de charm, non? Mon ami. Look how ca-jhun I am, oui?
It's quality like this that ensures Fox will remain the pre-eminent Marvel Superhero film purveyor. Can't wait for that Deadpool movie where he's all scarred at one point but then gets all fixed up to look like Ryan Reynolds and then wears a red leather jacket that looks vaguely reminiscent of his costume, maybe with a button on it that looks like his mask from the comic and he spends the whole movie wooing Silver Sable or something! Whee!
Posted 12/01/2008 at 08:13:09 AM
DV8nation said:
So your complaint is that Gambit is wearing an ugly shirt? Weak.
Posted 12/01/2008 at 08:36:38 AM
cKHAVIKk said:
I don't think that is the ONLY complaint, DV8...
I think Jeremy said it best above: Gambit is an overrated character.
Come to think of it, X-Men has had a long standing tradition of weak characters. Sorry, but Nightcrawler, Jubilee, and Colossus are weak characters, too.
Posted 12/01/2008 at 09:13:50 AM
Kris said:
So, what, did you expect him to be wearing body armor while playing poker or something? This doesn't tell us anything about his actual Weapon X outfit, and he's had long hair for most of his comic career.
Posted 12/01/2008 at 09:25:41 AM
MattK said:
If anything, I'm more pissed off about his eyes. Why can't he have the red iris with the black cornea? CG that shit if contacts don't work!
I don't think Gambit is any weaker than any other X-Man. He had some promise when his character was morally ambiguous (supposedly, he was meant to turn traitor, and that was even before the whole Bishop situation occurred), but then he got popular and they pretty much milked him to mediocrity. Of course, popularity does sometime help a character: our eponymous hero was supposed to be an actual Wolverine evolved into a human by the High Evolutionary...yeah, don't think that would be a character to plaster on every Marvel comic.
Art design helps, but a character is only as good as the writing behind it, and considering the campfire style of storytelling that the comic industry tends to be, it's no wonder there's so much doubt on the Ragin' Cajun. All we can do is wait and see the final result on film.
And I don't expect this film to be the sequel to X2 we were hoping for, but it sure as hell has to be better than X-Men: The Last Straw...I mean Stand.
Posted 12/01/2008 at 10:01:58 AM
samweir said:
Is it just me or does Gambit look a lot like BStarG's Ron Moore?
Posted 12/01/2008 at 01:54:45 PM
Arcane said:
I'm sure black and red eyes are as just a vital component of his character as neon blue and hot pink body armor, and those bizarre cowls everyone wore in the 90s where the hair sticks out the top. What artist must we blame for those? And how did Jean Grey's stay on?
Posted 12/01/2008 at 04:23:55 PM
Yakko said:
cKHAVIKk, you did NOT just badmouth Nightcrawler! I demand satisfaction sir! Pistols at dawn!
Posted 12/01/2008 at 09:44:18 PM
hides with shame said:
His shirt means this will suck??? Really??? Is it any wonder that hollywood doesn't go out of its way to please fanboys? We tend to sound like MORONS. By the way, Kitsch is terrific on Friday Night Lights and I am ecited to see him.
Posted 12/02/2008 at 07:27:25 AM
duck king said:
So Gambit looking kind of sleazy is bad? Last I checked, the only time one should give a shit about the character is when his more scumbag qualities are played up.
Posted 12/07/2008 at 07:50:08 AM
varrior said:
Wow, what stupid fucker writes these articles? HAY HIZ FASHION SENZ IS NOT MY STYLE *flips hand*. Christ, that's your big complaint about Gambit?
Posted 12/07/2008 at 08:32:15 AM
crzyeyes said:
Honestly the shirt is not his action outfit and it doesn't even matter Gambits always been a bad ass. And for those of you who say he's overrated and sucks because he doesn't have any background to add to his story, you should just shut up. The reason Gambit is so popular is because he's a rarely seen character and because everytime he is seen he's bad ass. And no one ever knows what side he's on. He is practically a free lancer which is why him and wolverine are "friends". This movie looks awesome and should be good, and I hope he can do the accent because thats one of gambits best characteristics.
Posted 01/15/2009 at 02:04:31 PM






