You see the man who Xavier talks about in his class. The one with "no mind" but all bodyfunctions working. He calls the doctor by her name. She looks at him and goes "Charles?".
But Rogue doesn't share powers, she steals them. She would have become armored, but Colossus would have been still in human form (and usually unconscious since that is the effect her touch usually has in the comic books)
What's the one thing Xavier tried to teach all his students? How to control their powers. One of the (many) points of that exercise would have been for Rogue to learn how to "borrow" some of Colossus' power without taking it all, even under stress.
I thought "Huh?" just as you did, "Colossus can't do that" then registered Anna Paquin's face and Rogue's hair, and went, "Oh, yeah. That works." I really like that they were able to show it in a fraction of a second without hitting us over the head with it. Those who care can sort it out, those who have no idea that the character's name is Colossus just go "big steel-plated guy, cool." (Did they ever mention his name?)
They should have saved the Dark Phoenix saga for another movie. But since they wasted that plot, what do they have left with to use the next go around? The Brood saga? Can you imagine the heads imploding trying to figure that out?
Ha. Naw, story's over. They cherry-picked the part that made Claremont's rep, and I'm relieved that they didn't completely ruin it.... now they'll miss the point and do a spinoff Wolverine that will tank like Elektra or Van Helsing. Pity.
bah, i hope superman isnt a let down like this.
and the preview for Ghost Rider w/ Nicholas Cage was shown.
i honestly dont remember wtf ghost rider was about. but damn its fucking comics book city in hollywood it seems now