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X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (Casting, Rumors, Pics till release)
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I know where Bryan lives if that is any consolation. Hit me up and we can stalk him together!
I know where Bryan lives if that is any consolation. Hit me up and we can stalk him together!
LOL - ok I'll take the nightshift. But if we get caught, you're the one dancing Footloose.
This is an excellent point actually. Even X2, which was a superior film to X1, started to loosen its grip on the emotional resonance slightly. Jean's death wasn't as heart-rending as Rogue's almost death in the first movie. X1 had by far the best vibe.
However, I love the Marauder's Massacre so much because it had a lot of emotion. It was only in the Xmen (and New Mutants) part of the Massacre crossover that any of the writers really got to grips with this - the writing in the Xmen was at its darkest between 198 and 213 ish. It was kind of its Empire Strikes Back moment. There was a real sense of hopelessness (the build up from Rachel crumbling due to her post traumatic stress was a big part of it mind you). Several of the team were down and weren't coming back any time soon, The villains scored a pretty good hit and reluctant team members were recruited because they were afraid to be left on their own.
Apocalypse is more of an action villain I agree but he needs to come in as the master of the Four Horsemen just to give Angel his fall from grace and chance for redemption. I would hope that Rogue's difficulties with two personalities (and two suitors) and Shadowcat's imminent demise as she slowly drifts apart coupled with a blossoming romance with the disabled Colossus would add some emotion to the proceedings.
I suppose you could keep Apocalypse in the background and use him as the main villain in X6 as he encourages Sinister to create his next host (Cable). I suppose if Magik is intorduced in X4 she could even be the one who takes Cable to the future accidentally to simplify his origin. Or maybe Apocalypse takes him there and we could get a movie (or spin off) set in the Days of Futures Past or Age of Apocalypse? Sounds a bit ambitious though.
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I think the reason they made Kelly and Stryker so unsympathetic (in the comics, Kelly was more sympathetic than the movie version) was because, like I said, we might be able to see things their way and realize that fearing mutants isn't as horrible as the movies say.
Like I said, the whole thing is much more grey than it looks. It's not "perfectly innocent mutants vs racist humans", it's "a small group of mutants try to keep the evil bastard destructive mutants from freaking humans out too much while the defenseless humans have a right to be afraid though there are some over-reactive racist humans".
I should have snapped some pics for you guys but I didn't have a camera on me at the time and my phone is shit at photos; they've been filming here in Oxford the past couple of days. Lots of activity around the Sheldonian Theatre and the Broad Street area in general yesterday. No idea what they're doing, I was just randomly passing by and didn't stop in the rain to look.
Scene from original X-Men to be recreated.
Looks like they are going to reshoot the opening sequence of the first X-Men "shot by shot"- the one where a young Magneto is being dragged away from his parents by Nazi's in the Holocaust. There will be a few noticeable differences, like the young Magneto being played by a different actor, and a "few dramatic twists". However, it's exciting to see how they plan on elaborating on Magneto's origins in this film and how they plan to tie First Class in with the original trilogy, or at least first two films.
Looks like they are going to reshoot the opening sequence of the first X-Men "shot by shot"- the one where a young Magneto is being dragged away from his parents by Nazi's in the Holocaust. There will be a few noticeable differences, like the young Magneto being played by a different actor, and a "few dramatic twists". However, it's exciting to see how they plan on elaborating on Magneto's origins in this film and how they plan to tie First Class in with the original trilogy, or at least first two films.
^Hmmmm - Magneto is being dragged away - then Nero's Scimitar arrives and disturbs the timeline?
Halle Berry reprises her role as Storm Prime. She comes back and tries to warn young Xavier.
^^^
This movie is going to have timetravel? Huh.
Why Storm Prime? That implies to me there is another Storm?
This movie is going to have timetravel? Huh.
Why Storm Prime? That implies to me there is another Storm?
^ We're less than entirely serious.
Bishop or Cable could come back save Magneto and blast Nazi's with their big fucken plasma rifles! Thus disturbing the timeline. Hyper Viper Beam!
No, Cyclops. In The Last Stand we were led to believe that the Phoenix killed him, but what actually happened was that she accidentally tore a hole in the fabric of reality and sent Scott through it. He arrived in the 1940s of a separate but similar reality and, driven mad by what happened to Jean in his reality, he began a decades-long plot devoted to saving Jean from the Phoenix, even if it meant destroying the rest of the world.
Magneto: "Oh, this is heavy, Prof. I mean, it's just like I was just here yesterday."
Xavier: "You were here yesterday, Magneto, you were.
Magneto- The Nazi are going to jump.....me!
Xavier- Then get out of there!
Magneto- No! not me. the other me playing Johnny b goode!
This should finally put to rest the issue if this is reboot or not.
Bump - actress Jennifer Lawrence talks Mystique (not at any great length though):
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=71113
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=71113
Hugh is most likely scouting for "Wolverine 2" rather than filming any scenes for First Class. He is an Executive Producer on the film and has been consulted several times already and seems to be very hands on the project.
I love Singer's comment.