Amph X-Men Movies & TV - Discussion

I think Singer and Zack Snyder shared the same session of the How to Have Utter Disdain for Comic Book Characters seminar, hosted by Jabbawocky.

 

^ Add Michael Bay in that if we were to take in that Transformers is also a comic book series.

‘X-Men: The New Mutants’: Josh Boone Teases His Super-Powered Cast of Characters

I'm guessing they're saving Cable for X-Force and Deadpool 2.

 

I never read new Mutants comics, but when Marvel rebooted I loved what's been going on with Magik and Sunspot has a good role.

 

Yeah, I've never read New Mutants either. I remember when they came out and I passed on the book because it reminded me too much of Teen Titans. But, I'll be sure to watch this film. Early rumors were that Arya Stark was going to play Magik. I hope that's not the case. I'd like Hit Girl to take the role.

 

I don't see why he would need to defend that, both the look and voice of En Sabah Nur are fine if you ask me

I can only comment on the old New Mutants comics but I thought they were good

 

The Claremont/Sienkiewicz era of The New Mutants was outstanding, imo.

 

IIRC, since Bryan Singer didn't read comic books, he watched the 90s X-Men TV show to learn about the characters.


Olivia Munn On Why She Turned Down A Role In DEADPOOL To Play 'Psylocke' In X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

 

NEXT "X-MEN" MOVIE WILL BE SET IN THE '90S, SAYS PRODUCER SIMON KINBERG

 

Seems like they're creeping closer to our present day era.

 

The first reviews are in and they're...not encouraging.

 

Ouch... Apocalypse is at 40% on Rotten Tomatoes already.

I'll put comments on the reviews here, none of them have spoilers(at least what I'd consider spoilers) but I do know people are very spoilerphobic these days so I'll just play it safe

Spoiler

Front page on my homepage called it a 'bumper-car nightmare'

Biggest gripes I've seen are that Singer and Kinberg could not handle the large cast well and let each character feel important or worthwhile.

Also Psylocke is getting the same comments Emma Frost got from First Class. Has no real character other than 'is with badguys' and stand in the background with them with no lines and looks hot while wearing costume from the comics. Well, at least Munn managed to get the costume right.

 

I'm actually getting annoyed with these retcon prequels, so hopefully this 90's movie will be the last one.

Depends on a certain point of view. Not that I want the film to be bad, but I'm rooting for Singer to be kicked off the franchise.

Again, it might be a good sign in the long run. If this film is bad and doesn't do well at the box office, Singer will probably be taken off the franchise. Additionally, deep down inside, I'm rooting for the X-Men franchise to fail to that it might open the door for a MCU shared universe down the line, much Marvel Studios has with Sony with Spider-Man.

I'll see the film either way and lessening my expectations might be a good thing.

 

I'd hope that's the usual "payoffs" making those comments.
I think (not my opinion, I mean this is what I have gathered) that alot of the reviewers for Batman Vs Superman were paid off. With some other rival company ( cough cough Di sney) paying for negative reviews. Now that's a bit of a conspiracy but we won't get into if the film was good or not. (I actually haven't seen it). Could the same thing happen here?


I'm not sure, but wouldn't surprise me if that is the case. It's a shame. On one hand I love what we get and on the other I know it could be so, so much better.

I thought DOFP would end the nonsense and the next one would feel like an X men movie. It is not quite looking that way ( bland characters, cameo mutants, black armour) but I guess I have to say that the next one will finally do it. SPOILERS and all that.

At the very least we get a new score, the soundtracks are the best part.


I think we'll know when it comes out. Unless there's suddenly a review embargo until release and then we'll know it's terrible!

 

Spoiler

Apparently there's a sequence where Magneto destroys Auschwitz. Yes, I am serious.

 

Well, it's at least not as bad as BvS at the moment so it's got that going for it.

 

I watched Chris Struckmann's review and he gave it an A-. This is also the same guy that gave BvS a C and I was fairly disappointed in that. I'm still going to see this movie, but my expectations have been tempered a bit.

 

After seeing the latest trailer last night before CW, the ever louder Stinker Spidey-sense is telling me to sit this one out. It looks and feels like another X3 disaster. In fact, I think I'll do that and spend another two hours of free time rewatching CW instead.

 

I'm sure this will be a good movie. I hope it's close to being as good as Days of Future Past or X2. Those two are tied for my favorite, and First Class is a close second for me, followed by X1.

 

Yeah, the only two times we got genuine misfires in the Xverse were X3 and XMO and that was because Bryan Singer wasn't involved at all.

 

Absolutely. I'm not sure which one of those was worse. I tend to think the latter, but I go back and forth on that topic.