Happy birthday Chuck, this one is on me.

prof. x should make mystique walk into traffic, or just make her swallow that hand cannon and blow her own head off. never understood how the world's most powerful telepath was so helpless against any foe the x-men ever face. I always thought he should be on a par with demigods and such by sheer mental might.

You know, I have to agree with you on that one. He was able to stop localized time in the movie and control others with his mind.