Thread:Rodangizzardcrusher3/@comment-26687285-20161222013026/@comment-26687285-20170513230047

7: To Blue or Not to Blue.

Problem 1: In X2: X-Men United, a human Hank McCoy can be seen on a television screen debating the issue of mutant rights alongside a "Dr. Shaw". But in X-Men: The Last Stand, Kelsey Grammer portrays Beast in full blue costume (There was a scene written in the screenplay for X2 that showed McCoy undergoing his Beast transformation in the scene where Xavier activates Stryker's Cerebro to target all the mutants, but it was cut early on).

Solution: Since DoFP introduced the idea of Hank's blue form being a Hulk-like manifestation of his mutation rather than a permanent state of being, I don't find it at all unreasonable to assume that Hank decided to revert to his "natural" furry self between X2 and X3 as a way of outing himself after being appointed Secretary of Mutant Affairs.

Problem 2: Why would Hank be so shocked to discover that Worthington Labs has managed to create a mutation inhibitor serum if he himself figured that out 50 years prior?.

Solution: This also is a mistake that I don't have that much of a problem with. While it once again demonstrates that there was little effort made by the filmmakers to maintain the series' larger continuity, this is far from an irredeemable problem.

Hank's shock may simply stem from him never having considered the possibility that someone would not only produce a (seemingly) 100% effective anti-mutation serum, that this would be even done on a national scale. Infact, he may have just assumed that no one besides him would even attempt to develop a "cure" for mutation, let alone succeed.