Talk:William Stryker

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"Jason, meanwhile, was presumed killed when Cerebro II was destroyed along with the base; wheelchair-bound, he seemed unable to escape under his own power, and the X-Men made no attempt to save him. He was thought crushed in the collapse but escaped by unknown measures and was later killed when the Sentinels were destroyed in the middle of a battle between Wolverine and Sabretooth."

Where'd this whole Sabertooth and the Sentinels thing come from? It wasn't in the movie. I'm removing it, unless someone else says otherwise.

It was in the official video game that took place between X2 and X3. --DrBat 17:48, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

William Striker

Stryker named after William Striker, famous anti-Semite. Your thoughts. Mac OS X 12:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Wow that's pretty cool. Fuck racists.

What about William Ryker from StarTrek TNG?

-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.158.83 (talk) 04:09, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

My thoughts are he was an allegory not for anti-Semitism or racism, but for religious extremism, specifically in its American component ie rise of fundamentalist and evangelical movements and their marketing institutions like televangelism and mega churches. (In the introduction to the newly re-released novel, the author explicitly states that his novel was written in response to the conservative revolution of the eighties, and expresses hope that Americans will continue to tolerate practices different from their own, and respect the system that allowed all to practice their faith freely and personally).

It's interesting because this is the only time Christian fundamentalism makes an appearance in the series. Most "religious" groups like the Church of Humanity that appear in the X-men universe are metaphors for the Christian Identity movement and other forms of white supremacism. The Purifiers and Stryker instead portray a more powerful, mainstream and socially acceptable movement through the eyes of Claremont and Anderson. 213.181.226.21 (talk) 15:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Decimation

Can someone please give a citation as to where Stryker was resurrected —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.107.211.31 (talk) 23:49, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

Ultimate Stryker

I don't understand the 'Ultimate' entry. It is very confusing. Espcially the part about Beast revealing something or other in issue #81. Didn't Ultimate Beast die well before that point?

Lots42 20:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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Kincaid

I added a segment in the games section about Kincaid, a character in X-Men Legends. (JoeLoeb (talk) 00:48, 19 March 2009 (UTC))

Too Much Detail for Film Versions

The description for the film versions of Stryker are far too detailed, and go into more of a synopsis of the movies themselves rather than overview of the character. Crimson667 (talk) 15:16, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Movie Discontinuity?

Should mention be made of the fact that the Stryker seen in X-Men Origins: Wolverine may not be the same as the one seen in X-Men: Days Of Future Past?

In the earlier film Wolverine Stryker was seen to be operating his own unit which recruited both Wolverine and Sabretooth during the Vietnam War, but in DOFP Stryker didn't recognise Wolverine at all, was shown to be much younger than his previous appearance and was working for Trask in a 'private outfit' (as per his conversation with Mystique when she rescued the mutants at the beginning of the film.)

While it's possible that the two timelines tally; Wolverine having left Stryker's unit prior to the end of the Vietnam War and travelled to the US, Stryker not being given an opportunity during DOFP to really comment on whether he did recognise Wolverine or not and the possibility that Trask was in fact behind the Weapon XI programme in Wolverine up until his assassination, at which point Stryker presumably took over the programme himself, the apparent age difference still causes a conflict between the two timelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.91.187 (talk) 20:16, 10 November 2014 (UTC)