Some chat from January Jones about the reshoots:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/19498/january-jones-talks-x-men-rush
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/19498/january-jones-talks-x-men-rush
I didn't consider Stewart or McKellen's age.Besides overkill and general audience confusion?I'm not sure what's hard to grasp about them doing sequels and prequels at the same time. As I said before X4 has been discussed for development by Fox. This article from last year would indicate that Laura and Singer have talked about it. It's on hold for now but that doesn't mean it's not going to move forward. There's no reason that Fox can't have three different X-Men films going on at the same time. I think this article was posted earlier in the thread.
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/03/18/bryan-singer-and-the-xmen-together-again/
An older audience of non-comic book readers will have a harder time distinguishing from old to new X-Men films if done at the same time. It's a great risk to loose a part of the audience because it relates to loss of revenue.
Agreed. I can't think of a series or franchise where the studio alternated between movies set in a different time scale. Even if you look at Star Trek, once TNG began to air on tv, the box office of the original crew movies began to fall.
Apart from anything else, it's now been nearly 5 years since X3, during which time Superman and Spider-man have both been rebooted, FF looks likely to follow suit. There has been no real buzz or serious talk about an X4. Patrick Stewart is 70, McKellen is something similar, Halle Berry is in her 40s, James Marsden and Famke Jansen's characters were killed off. Where would they go with it?
It seems very clear that the studio and Singer see the prequels as the way to go. I know Singer has made noises about an X4 but I take that as seriously as I took talk about a sequel to Superman Returns.
Coincidence that the noises for both of those were from the same guy....I think not.I know Singer has made noises about an X4 but I take that as seriously as I took talk about a sequel to Superman Returns.
Magneto had 3 films, good time to bring in someone else from the Rogues Gallery. I don't want Magneto to become the Lex Luthor of the franchise anyway.
As action/comic-book movies they were quite good. But as "X-Men" movies they were...decent...at best. Cyclops is my favorite character and the guy got hosed in the movies.^ This is generally the majority opinion of the franchise yes. There are still people who disliked all of them though.
^ Honestly, who can blame them? Wolverine is popular. I would argue that when people/comic fans think of the X-Men (pre-movies), they would automatically think of Wolverine as well. He is a very affable character. It would have been stupid of them to not put him in.
^ Honestly, who can blame them? Wolverine is popular. I would argue that when people/comic fans think of the X-Men (pre-movies), they would automatically think of Wolverine as well. He is a very affable character. It would have been stupid of them to not put him in.
But it's fair to argue they went too far to make him the centerpiece. After the first movie, an approach more like the 90s cartoon or X-Men: Evolution could've worked just as well or better - significant player but not the central focus, allowing the ensemble more emphasis.
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