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Who'll Be In The MAGNETO Movie Besides MAGNETO??
Merrick here...
We've known for a while that a Lil' MAGNETO movie has been prepping for some time now...written and directed by David S. Goyer.
While visiting the creature effects facilities for HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY, Latino Review's George 'El Guapo' Roush noted some interesting artwork pertaining to the forthcoming film (X-MEN ORIGINS: MAGNETO). The art confirms previous hints that at least one character from the X-verse will be showing up in the film...Beast.
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Or Mag-net-o? We don't talk about 'magneets', after all
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really? why?
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I wish they would set it up like the original comic and have the 1st 5 x-men deal with him. (even if they did introduce a young Angel in the crappy X3)
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I preferred the one in the silly outfit
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Goyer ass-raped Blade Trinity. Why is he allowed to direct? Why, damnit, why????
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Do they want this movie to suck?
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But you never konw...
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Geez...
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= this movie. Probably, anyway.
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Anyone remember that DC title? When will they make a movie out of that??
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in the first X-Men movie? not particularly accurately, but pretty well, if i remember correctly.although, it would be pretty bad ass to see some young Charles and young Magnus stuff.
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I read the info on the link, and it sounds like it's probably Nightcrawler, not the Beast. They said that in the picture his long tail was hanging down, but the Beast doesn't have a tail-Nightcrawler does.
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In the first 3 films?
X-Men - Holocaust survivor which pretty much explains his motivations for much of the film
X2 - revealed he used to work with
Charles and helped build the super computer used to track mutents
X3 - Fugitive on the lam inadvertantly kills Charles and unleashes the Phonenix in Jean, finally defeated losing powers - seems to be getting them back in last scene.
All that being said McKellan better be involved somehow. I really can't see anyone else playing him now. -
a Magento movie. Shows how excited I am over this film. It could be interesting. Goyer has written some decent scripts, but Blade 3 was a train wreck.
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They picture in the link did not describe Beast, it was Kurt "The Amazing Nightcrawler". Which, if you think about it, makes sense. Kurt grew up in Europe, and so did Eric.
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Either this guy or the designers don't know what they're talking about. Unless he gets it chopped off during this film explaining why it doesn't appear in X-Men 3.
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In that article the writer says he recognized Beast by his long tail. Since when does Beast have a tail!?? Did he really see a pic of Nightcrawler? OR is this guy just a total X-Idiot?
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I wish the studio would have some balls, forget the 'origins' guff and put Mckellen front and centre. He's charasmatic yet menacing and still carries a real presence. Instead we'll no-doubt get a tween light version.
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I was just about to say it when AOP did. What the FUCK? Beast does NOT have a fucking tail.
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i refuse to believe that the public at large still needs these origin movies. they know who Wolverine is. There have been THREE Wolverine movies already. there is no need to call it X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Call it Wolverine or call it SNIKT or call it Logan: Lost Son of the Great White North for all i care, but it doesn't need the X-Men tag on it.and with the endless bad ass stories that studios could pull from the books, why do a fucking Magneto origin story? makes no sense.
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If you make a Magneto origin movie, then one should show how his relationship with Xavier evolved and how they eventually parted over divergent views of humanity and mutant existence.
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That FOX learned anything from X3? I can't believe that Ian McKellen would be involved with this. It's an "origin" story, right? So Magneto would be younger, and gain his powers? Would Xavier be in this too?
I hate it when people crap on movies before they are made, but this has steamer written all over it. Hear that Merriman Lyon? I called it first... see what an idiot I am? Let me take a bow. -
I'm tired of wrinkly, old, geriatric Magneto. Yeah he was OK in the part but it always should have been Rutger Hauer.
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and have him fight some Sentinels. throw in Kitty Pride and maybe Cannonball. i'd watch that movie.
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and do a Days of Future Past.
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...is probably the best idea I'll hear all day.
"Four dead in Ohio, make it five bub!" Snikt! -
could be cool, will most likely be completely unneccesary.
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I reckon someones getting mixed up with Nightcrawler. given that Kurt is from Magneto's neck of the woods, it would certainly make more sense for them to meet than Hank McCoy
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Did anyone hear that a biologist named a newly discovered species of spider after Neil Young. I shit you not.
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Ryan Reynolds is a great choice for Deadpool. as good as it could be, honestly. Will I Am, on the other hand, screams of the marketing team.
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Here is an universe that has dozens of excellent stories to tell with the X-Men.. Singer sets up the first 2 movies very well and then FOX fucks everything up for what reason? What fucking reason do they have for making the X-Men into some sort of stupid half-assed trilogy? So stupid to me. They could be easily on the fourth movie with kick ass sentinels, etc... they coulda kept on cashing in on such a popular franchise. But someone decided to end the potentially amazing series of movies for what? Look at the Harry Potter movies? They are bringing in like a billion dollars for WB... fucking retards at Fox.
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Magneto is simply not interesting enough on his own.
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Get the rights to the X-Men films? As much as I liked X2, the casting for these movies was never really a strong point. Wolverine is a slim and tall? Halle Berry miscast as Storm (should have been Angela Bassett), Rogue not being the tough southern belle she was in the comics, Angel was a waste, Iceman was poorly used, Colossus not having an accent, Nightcrawler disapearing after X2 pfff (pun intended) Magneto looking too much like Gandalf the Grey than the badass leader of the Brotherhood. Jean Grey/Phoenix....don't get me started.....WTF!!! Fuck doing a new movie, Fox/Marvel should do their own TV series ala Heroes that with the X-Men and get a bunch of no name actors who could probably work better than Halle “You know what happens when a toad gets struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else.” Berry. Save some of the budget you would pay the big stars for effects and promotion. Also, I gotta agree with Sailor Rip, Rutger Hauer would have made a great Magneto.
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i agree with the Halley Berry point. for as little as they used Storm, they should have dumped that money into something else. an actual Sentinel scene, maybe.or script/story rewrites.
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May 14, 2008 9:52:59 AM CDT
I think Fox was worried that the actors would ask for more...
by rbatty024
money. Money that could be padding the executive's paychecks. I guarantee you this was the case. They want to continue the franchise but with fewer mouths to feed. Hence the Magneto and Wolverine spin offs. For Fox it's always about the bottom line, not about the films.
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May 14, 2008 9:59:34 AM CDT
Beast with a Tail? HE WILL LOOK LIKE SPACEBALL'S BARF!
by annie the pod racer
If that's the case, I nominate Rick Moranis as Magneto. Ughh...I'm getting a headache, & the only cure is a Colt 45, official drink of the 4029 Air Olympics Bespin.
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there's no need for this movie.
same with the wolverine spin-off -
do it all CG, like the cut scenes from Ultimate Alliance and X-Men Legends.saves tons on budget, makes the fight scenes(that would have been CG) look fluid, and lets the X-Men have actual X-Men costumes. keep them PG13, with R rated versions (blood added) DVDs sold.it would be rad.and if a CG Starwars movie can be released in theaters, why not X-Men?
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half these posts are mine.sorry.
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I find villains far more interesting than heroes. The Wolverine origin story sounds boring, but I could really get into a Magneto spin-off. He would make a fascinating character study, especially considering that he was involved in the Holocaust. I wonder if Magneto will go after the Nazis who murdered his family.
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The Beast is in it, that shitty news show just got cancelled. Frasiers got nothing to do right now.
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Marvel Films needs to get the rights back for all of their propereties that have been shepherded out over the past decade-X-MEN, DAREDEVIL, SPIDER-MAN, FANTASTIC FOUR, etc.-and restart the franchises with good directors and new casts. If IRON MAN is evidence of how they're going to handle their characters, then this would be a genius move. Hopefully, IRON MAN isn't a fluke. But it's hard to tell how long the rights to those other characters belong to other studios.
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I've always thought that Fred Ward would make a terrific Logan. At least he would have 10-15 years ago. I remember telling a friend after a pre-release screening of TREMORS in early 1990 that they should get Ward and make a WOLVERINE movie NOW!!!! I guess no one was listening.
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When are they going to give John Lithgow a shot at playing a comic book villin? If they can't get sir McKellen back, I could see John filling the role.
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I'm holding out hope, but I have to go perp for work, then I have to perp for my final later today.
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Goyer should stick to writing. Did anyone see the Invisible?
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I can see a Wolverine movie...But Magneto? Sure. I like him I guess...We need more team based movies like a Civil War or...eesh Avengers? I want to see Civil War so so badly
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He reminds me of the Special FX dude from Star Ship Troopers that directed Star Ship Troopers 2. Poorly
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nuff said.
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Not that I know of. These guys actively work against talent. Sure, films always have a business element, but they regularly let business trump talent time and again.
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I'm wondering who'll be miscast in this movie too. Get this stuff away from Fox or it's all going to be uninspired shit.
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Interesting...
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Featuring Scarlet Witch and what's his face as his sassy twin children, and Deadpool as the wacky neighbor.
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I hope he says "by my stars and garthers" again, cuz that line really made X3. Fuck me.
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I remember reading somewhere that Harrison Ford also has a spider named after him.
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I'm hoping for a repeat of this line too, right after Beast and Magneto are done buttfucking while rooming at college.
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We need a reboot a la Batman Begins or a sequel ignoring the events of X3 (and Superman 3 and 4)
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May 14, 2008 12:10:30 PM CDT
BacardiRocky, there already was an X-Men TV Series
by stereotypical evil archer
It had Jubilee, it was on Fox, it was cancelled.
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They gave us a good first run with x-men and spidey, only to screw it up with hulk and daredevil. good sequels only to mess it up with ghostrider and FF? Now we finaly got a kickass iron man (and yessh he's one of the lamest superheroes ever, but jesus that was how comic book movies are supposed to be) and now what? Magneto?? That character has barely enough potential for a 5 million dollar straight to video flick.
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...I enjoyed him in the role in X-Men 3. One of the few things I enjoyed about that film, actually...
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May 14, 2008 12:21:11 PM CDT
BacardiRocky, it was a TV movie in 1996, not a series.
by stereotypical evil archer
My mistake, but it was a backdoor pilot.
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the guy who they had for the Jamie Madrox cameo in x3 was perfect, one of the few things they got right in that movie.
Anyway, this guy IS an x-idiot, if he thinks Beast has a tail and that there's any such thing as "Young Beast." There is no 'young beast.' When McCoy was young, he wasn't blue and hairy. He only became blue and hairy long after he graduated from Xavier's and was working as an adult scientist. I really hope it's Nightcrawler, because of the European angle. We can see Xavier saving him from the mob (even though it conflicts with film continuity), we could even see him having a thing with Wanda. And they can cast younger than Alan Cummings, who was great, but not definitive. -
I'm not an Iron Man fan, but after reading about how many people lauded the film, I went to see it myself over the weekend. It was entertaining, sure, but hardly the Second Coming that fans make it out to be. I would definitely look forward to seeing a movie focus on the Magneto character. Like I said in my above post, I find villains much more intriguing than heroes. Hannibal Rising could have been amazing had Thomas Harris poured more heart into the script and his horrible novel.
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I knew there was a reason I didnt like that guy.
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Maybe, JUST MAYBE, they'll take a more cerebral approach this time around, and tell a good story. X3 was just a rediculous steaming pile in the story department. However, I will say that in all three movies, I've enjoyed the interaction between McKellen and Stewart. They have a great dynamic, and I'd love to see an X-Men film that focuses mostly on these two great actors playing the rolls of two people trying to come to terms with their abilities and how they'll fit into the world around them. Oooooor it could totally suck. Who knows. But I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt for now.
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Arcadian:
Magneto is a Holocaust survivor. He was in an internment camp. His family was killed in the gas chamber. -
He fell out of a guard tower.
Hiiiiiiiiiiiyooooo! -
..does that mean it'll win a few oscars?
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Where's Elektra 2 and maybe a Storm movie?
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now... well... Let's just say it can't get a whole lot worse...
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Actors were good, suit was great, directing was fine, but the story wasn't too exiting. Young(er) Wolverine could turn out to be a fine film, but Young Magneto handled by Goyer doesn't inspire confidence.
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the villain who got the most miserable treatment had to be Dr. Doom. The X-men franchise killed itself now they have to rely on overused characters like Wolverine and a villain already explained enough. You people can try your best to whine about Iron Man all you want. It was a great movie and treated with way more respect then the X-men were.
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...we can't just get a good script and cast and make X-Men 4 instead of this origin shit.
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...Captain America shiled cameo in Iron-Man that the interweb is all abuzz about.
It's the first time I can recall an inamtimate object making a cameo in a movie...besides Ben Affleck in J&SBST. Hiyoooooooooooo! -
that was awful. lousy, lousy soundtrack.
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Now that would be cool but only if he played it as The Blue Raja from Mystery Men. Fork Off Magneto...
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Does any body really care about a Magneto prequel? I am a huge comic movie fan, yet I am indifferent to this concept. It doesn't excite me a little. Here's my advice to who ever is behind this idea. Don't bother, no one will come, and money will be lost. I'm not kidding. Seriously, nobody wants to see this movie. I'm not a hater, I would love an X4 or even a Cyclops movie (I can overlook that he's dead). But a Magneto prequel is uninteresting. I'd rather A League of Extradordinary Gentlemen 2, seriously.
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I agree with what you are saying. Iron Man should be like the standard now when it comes to making comic book movies. You know how when you make Legos they show you pictures of what the final product should look like, but don't tell you EVERY little deatail. Kind of like that. Except for music, they fucking HAD IT? Just play the god damn song, instead they saved it for the credits. Use Speed Racer for what a good score should sound like.
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"goyer" is the new term for "tries way way way too hard to be cool as to end up being totally lame" example: fuck- im not seeing this movie- it looks like its gonna be a "goyer"!
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Is that he's too fucking old. Magneto isn't supposed to be some frail 80 year old man. He's supposed to be like 40-ish. True, it screws up the holocaust thing, but it's better than watching Magneto roll around in his Rascal chasing those damn X-kids off his lawn.
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um, no it didn't. I don't think every talkback has a gay-bashing quota that needs to be filled. Just sayin'
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if you're there, please revive another old TB like Magnolia. Funny shit!
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To know about Magneto? Honestly, Magneto has been a pretty cool villain earlier and a decent foe in the comics/cartoon but I don't want to sit through hours of him.
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Remember, how they boasted about how AMAZING and REVOLUTIONARY the effects were in the beginning scene of X3 where they reverse aged McKellen and Stewart? You know, when the effects team erased the wrinkles from their face and exclaimed their brilliance and talent?
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I wasn't the only one let down by a frail elderly Magneto. Rutger Hauer would be fucking awesome.
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be about eight minutes long, based on his previous screen time. (Granted, he ain't that intriguing a character.) And in defense of X-Men 3, at least there was no Gambit. Coulda been worse.
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People might know him as Brutus from HBO's Rome series. Aside from that, if this movie doesn't have McKellen in a large role, there is no point. It would be great to restart the franchise with Magneto in the present, show how he reacquires his powers and, in the tradition of LOST, flash back to his beginnings. All of it ultimately sets up X-Men 4 and the return/rebith of Xavier and Scott. Along the way we'd finally meet Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch as well. Without that kind of overall vision, this will not be worth anything.
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i hope rifftrax does xmen3 sometime....
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Is it because they finished the story arcs with some of the characters, so that the status quo couldn't go on forever like in the comic books? Gave Jean Grey a non-ridiculous rationale for transforming into Phoenix, that didn't involve bird aliens and spaceships?
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X3 took arguably the most powerful entity this side of Galactus in the Marvel Universe, and reduced her to playing sidekick for the sole reason of destroying some PLASTIC FUCKING DARTS. That, my friend, is RIDICULOUS.
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in the 3 X-Men films. In the comics Magneto was a middle-aged dude with gray hair. In the movies he is a fucking senior citizen with white hair. Horrible, horrible choice for Magneto.
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You people who hate on X-3 and not the first 2 films are retarded. X-3 was fuckin great compared to the first 2 movies. "DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?! I'M THE JUGGERNAUT, BITCH!!!" hahahaha fuckin great line.
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... Ellen Page. *masturbate*
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Doesn't matter who is casted or how it is wrote. Magneto is only good when the X-Men are around. I bet it is the male version of Marvel's Electra. Remember that one.
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Only Magneto will be in it. It's a monologue d'uh
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How about an Aunt May movie. Would love to see that. If that doesn't work than get me an Alfred the Butler movie. So much potential from my ideas than this crock of crap.
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Jesus Christ how many times does that douche have to fail at directing before they stop giving him movies? He can write but after Blade 3? Oof!
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I keep coming back until someone REMEMBERS seeing Richie!
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are awful.
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about how "this isnt how the character is supposed to be, because its different than in the comics". consider this, marvel comics earth 616 is its own universe. marvel ultimates comics are in their own universe. marvel movies exist in their own universe. get it? its an adaptation. lets face it, iron man vs. magic asian nemisis would suck to see live action. the cartoon movie sucked. so dont you think they should take the magic aspect out in the sequel? just like making jean grey a magical entity would have been laughable. just like peter parker building web shooters and running out of web fluid every 5 minutes would have sucked. just like making the venom symbiote crash land to earth on a meteor instead of it coming back to earth with john jamison.... wait, they did that. that was a sucky idea.... seeing as how they already established him as an astronaut in spider-man 2(but i guess that is better than doing a secret wars movie just to get venom into spider-man 3)comic book geeks need to seperate the films a little from the comics or they are NEVER going to be happy with the movies. view it for what it is, not what you wish it had been, because alot of times... it just wouldnt have worked if it was the way you wanted it to be. you know what happens when you get exposed to radiation? you get cancer and die. you dont get superpowers. fucking lighten up already people.
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Are you sure you weren't masturbating to Ben Foster? I can see how you could get the two confused: one's a little girl, and the other one is Ellen Page.
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this is what happens when you make movies that fuck around with the source material and continuity...everyone gets confused
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