Well, Scott was the leader of the team. Xavier was the commander/teacher/Professor, but Scott was the Captain of this squad. He was the one that would hash out the plan of action with Xavier. In the absence of Xavier, he would be in charge. On missions, he would lead. Storm was always a competent and valuable member of the team, but Scott was in charge. In order to make her seem more important, Scott had to go all depressed teenager.
Now, that's not necessarily a bad move. Having him grieve over Jean for the entire movie could work. And Storm dutifully filling in works. She would be the natural choice. It could even be good development for her.
But that's not what they did. Scott may as well not even have showed up on screen. All the dialogue pertaining to him was throw-away stuff, designed to explain why Storm is talking so much all of a sudden. It was like a between-season cast change. "Oh, did you hear that Doctor Crusher is gonna be at Starfleet Medical for a while?"
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Storm was always a competent and valuable member of the team, but Scott was in charge. In order to make her seem more important, Scott had to go all depressed teenager.
Now, that's not necessarily a bad move. Having him grieve over Jean for the entire movie could work. And Storm dutifully filling in works. She would be the natural choice. It could even be good development for her.
But that's not what they did. Scott may as well not even have showed up on screen. All the dialogue pertaining to him was throw-away stuff, designed to explain why Storm is talking so much all of a sudden. It was like a between-season cast change. "Oh, did you hear that Doctor Crusher is gonna be at Starfleet Medical for a while?"