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Bryan Singer's Return To The X-MEN Franchise May Have Hit A GIANT Snag...
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Earlier this weekend, the L.A. Times' "Hero Coplex" blog composed a stirring hymn of praise to Bryan Singer and Lauren Shuler Donner, and their plans to return the X-MEN franchise to its former glory. The point of the panegyric seemed to be twofold: 1) Reassure the fans that Singer is securely back in the saddle, and 2) Drop some vague, but tantalizing hints about the forthcoming prequel X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, which Singer is set to direct. The timing was odd, but whatever. It was just nice to know someone who understands these characters is once again guiding the franchise.
Well, it turns out there might've been a third, much more important reason for this article to exist. According to HitFix's Drew McWeeny, Bryan Singer is fully committed to JACK AND THE GIANT KILLER at Warner Bros., and probably won't be free to direct X-MEN: FIRST CLASS until 2012. As a result, Fox is currently trying to entice "at least two other filmmakers" to take the reins on the next big-screen mutant saga.
Drew thinks Singer's so far along in preproduction on JACK AND THE GIANT KILLER that backing out now would be "actionable". But if there's one thing Fox lives for, it's fucking Warner Bros. (see: WATCHMEN) - so, by celebrating the triumphs of ten and seven years ago (and lamenting the more franchise's recent creative struggles), perhaps this is Singer and Shuler Donner trying to convince Fox that they daren't move forward on FIRST CLASS without Singer - The Fans' Choice! - behind the camera. As for how the studio could get Singer out of his JACK contract, I haven't a clue.
For those of you disappointed to hear that Singer's return to the X-MEN fold (as a director, at least) is no longer imminent, Drew seems to think you'll be quite pleased with the filmmakers currently being recruited by Fox. That's all well and good, but unless these folks possess James Cameron's fuck-you clout, they'll surely have to contend with Fox co-chair Tom Rothman's meddlesome ways - and no one can undermine a promising film more swiftly and decisively.
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Bring me Batman 3. Until then, leave me alone.
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And leave him the fuck alone Rothman
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Can't think of another movie that I could care less about. Maybe the next Twilight. Why even bother with this "First Class" stuff...just go to X4, if anything. Actually, I'd rather see his take on GALACTICA or JACK THE GIANT KILLER (yes, I remember the Kerwin Mathews film) before some teen-age who-the-heck-are-these-guys super-hero thing.
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X1 was mediocre, and he barely directed X2, which was storyboarded by the art dept...I hear he wasn't even around for alot of the filming...he doesn't give a shit about X-Men.
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more than once. Same with Spiderman.
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they ruined it
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exactly, X-Men prequel sounds fucking boring...nobody cares about it. Give the series to Cameron or something.
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reboot, reboot, reboot
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and use it to reboot the series doing it properly this time.And as in properly i mean faithful.
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but me thinks Singer has said all he has left say on this franchise. His X movies were okay but don't quite hold up anymore. We need an X-men movie that feels epic. Singer's films were at times boring. We need a new director and and a new vision. A new studio wouldn't hurt either but that is probably asking too much.
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And look how that went over with the fans.
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reboot this shit with the proper beginnings of the X-men, sans Wolverine.
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so you know they will find a way to fuck this up. The Last Stand was so epically bad, that I lost all interest in a Fox X-men movie. The whole war that was built up in the first two films came down to Magneto throwing flaming automobiles. Wow, what a strategy. That should take care of Wolverine and his healing factor ,Kitty Pryde and her ability to become intangible, Collossus and his impervious metal skin. God Fox is sooo fucking stupid.
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I hope he plummets to obscurity.
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that was awesome 10 years ago! maybe in another 10 years ill care again when it's 'retro.'
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Mar 21, 2010 3:01:04 PM CDT
Series Cannot Be Salvaged With a Dead Cyclops, Jean Gray, and Ou
by ass clown
Sadly, the X-Men movie mythology was so irrevocably damaged from X3 that there is no choice but to reboot this thing. Honestly, I have never fully bought into Singer's take on the X-Men anyway. While I enjoyed his takes on Wolverine, Xavier, and Magneto, I feel like he kind of butchered Cyclops, Storm, Rogue,Sabertooth, and many others. A new direction should be taken with revamped costumes and a story that honors the comics. While I hate Hollywood's reboot/remake craze, this franchise is worthy.
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Mar 21, 2010 3:01:35 PM CDT
Let it revert back to a Marvel property already
by chronicallydepressedlemming
For the love of God! The only thing this, any more Fantastic Four and Spiderman has 'fans' doing is cringing to see another money-grabbing studio fuck-up.
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WB and fox love to bitch slap each other (they've done it for years including singer's departure at fox to helm superman returns - a movie which fox was so angry with they claimed never to work with singer again, except fopr of course singer produced House MD which was and still is a hit for the studio)this is just another bitch fight between the two studios, WB will eventually allow singer to leave and fox will get it's new x-films, WB will get something else in exchange, perhaps the rights to the adam west batman series
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Give me a big budget, live action, Phoenix saga complete with aliens and ridiculous nonsense that makes no sense. I want a balls to the wall ridiculous X-Men movie with Wolverine in tights chopping people's heads off and plenty of eye rolling moments that would be awful if they weren't so freakin' fun.
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Mar 21, 2010 3:15:12 PM CDT
Wolvie 2 is the next X-film in line, not First Class.
by little_lebowski
I said it on Drew's site and I'll say it here:
Jackman said that the script was finished for Wolverine 2 and that it was going to start filming in January. Meaning it is presently the farthest along of the in-works X-projects... but that film does not yet have a director.
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I mean... It's been done.
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He's made one good film in his career (Usual Suspects) and two average X-Men flicks. Not to forget the shitfest that was Superman Returns. This site should get over its Singer boner. And it should also get over its Cameron boner as well. Cameron's "fuck you" clout? All he needs is one big budget bomb and that clout will swiftly vanish. Hopfully Battle Angel will do him in.
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I should pop right over to Hitfix to see what Drew has to say.
Nah you know what, I haven't ever gone there yet to read that pompous twats spouting and I am not tempted now.
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I liked X-Men: The Last Stand. it's better than that boring arthouse shit known as Superman Returns. Didnt even throw one fucking punch!
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:::in arnold schwarzzanagger voice from predator:::"DO IT, DO IT NOW"
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good one, huh?
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prequel, X4, Wolverine 2... wtf is going on. They need some clear guidance.
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I'm sure a dirty pedophile like Singer is dying to direct x-men: first class! Piss off singer let somebody with talent reboot this shait!
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and geeks wanna crucify him for it. Guess what? Your favorite director made shit too!
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Mar 21, 2010 4:02:52 PM CDT
x-men basically a ruined film franchise, but WAIT there are othe
by corplhicks
Thank you Hollywood for once again taking something that is very good: X-men, Star Wars, Matrix, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Superman, Ghost Busters, Rocky, and fucking it up by making sequels that suck or are not true to what you established before, and ruining the names of these things, to various degrees.
And OCTAGON71, if you can prove Singer is a convicted pedophile or even criminally charged as one then show your evidence. otherwise shut the fuck up because otherwise it sounds like gay bashing. -
is a closet fag.
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3 of the best films from the last 20 years have come from singer, and X1 wasm't terrible either (just a tad bit dated and mundane of multiple veiwings) Superman returns is far from a bad film, it's just not the superman movie fans wanted and singer probabaly one day will admit he tried to hard to pay homage to donner that he let story slip a little in thefinal product, although the dude must be slick if he convinced WB to greenlight a possible franchise rebooster that gave the character a kid and set the story to be over
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Go frak yourself.
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Are we referring to the X-MEN comic books or the movies? The X-MEN movies are pretty far from glorious.
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Having two great thespians sat in a room repeatedly saying "The waaaaaaaaaar has begaaaaaaaaaarn" every movie is not the way to make an exciting superhero movie. Jackman is shit as Wolverine, nobody cares about any of the other mutants - and most unforgivably, FUCK ALL HAPPENS!! At the climax to X-1, we get what, 8 or 9 mutants fighting? At the climax to X-2, we get Wolvie vs Kelly Hu, and a few mutants vs Famke Janssen and a big-ass wave. It takes Brett Ratner - BRETT FUCKING RATNER?!? - to deliver the spectacle we SHOULD have got from Singer the first two times out. Who gives a shit about and hour and a half of mutants talking about the ramifications of being mutants and then ten minutes of action? WHY can't we have SPECTACLE???
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Mar 21, 2010 4:15:46 PM CDT
Fans don't care about Singer,Donner,FOX handling these propertie
by thanos0145
anymore. Disney needs to buy the rights back. THEN PEOPLE WILL BE INTERESTED IN THE X-MEN AGAIN.IS ANYONE EXITED FOR EMO WOLVERINE 2?(I'm not.)
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They all actually used their *powers* like they do in the comics. I think Singer forgot that the X-Men had superpowers in his movies.
Also see how badly he fucked up Superman's powers. Superman struggled to stop a falling plane? Give me a break. This is the guy with strength levels somewhere around 500 tons. -
...suggests that X-MEN: THE FIRST CLASS may in fact be a reboot. By first crafting a "prequel" with a different cast the studio is able to gauge audience interest in any future adventures (re: BATMAN BEGINS). Should this new X-MEN film prove successful expect any future storylines to directly follow the established FIRST CLASS canon. This is a very smart move on Fox Studio's behalf.
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sad
Big man, played historical / cultural heroes, and did it well
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dude, Superman doesn't have magic, he can't wave a wand and poof the plane is stopped and all hands alive.
If anything Singer gave us a 100% accurate portrayal that saving lives is not easy.
You have a heavy plane, breaking apart, spinning out of control with a hundred or so people aboard.
The plane must be stopped in a way to save lives, which means a reasonable deceleration so everyone aboard doesn't end up a brain dead vegetable from having their brains undergo sudden massive deceleration from 1000 mph to 0 mph. And he has to stop the plane in a way that keeps the plane basically intact so in the process it doesn't break apart further and bodies fly out all over the place.
You did not seem him straining like Spiderman did in Spidey 2 when he is trying to stop that train with his feet and almost breaks his knee apart.
You NEVER see Superman gasping for air when he is not impaired.
if anything Superman Returns was a real movie-- realer than any comic book Superman that was before.
yes, the story was a little slow and it was kind of somber and brooding OK but it was a good movie.
And Umbral Shadow, my liking that movie and thinking Singer has talent and asking earlier for evidence of those charges against him does not make me gay or a latent homosexual or anything else. It is my opinion.
What's next, you either support the war or you are a traitor ??? (and I DO support the war actually).
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None of his "big deals" are going to happen. He is a mediocre, overhyped failure.
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Valkyrie stirred very little emotion in me. Like most Singer films, it was serviceable and well made, but it leaves me empty. I know people hate Superman Returns, but that might be his most emotional film yet.
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There's enough in how shit his movies Singer is for us to nail him on - going after his sexuality is just fuckin' weak sauce. Leave his being gay out of it. It's those goddamn shitty-ass boring fucking films he should be roasted for, and rightly fucking so.
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Please never do anything in your lives that actually matter in this world-- because if how you behave here is 1% as horrible as you truly are, the world needs never to hear about you.
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It's 2010, ok Archie Bunker???? Stop it already. You are not going to "turn him" or anyone else and if you have so much anger or icky uncomfortableness about it, then goto a psychiatrist and get help.
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"It was just nice to know someone who understands these characters is once again guiding the franchise."
Singer barely even KNOWS who half the characters ARE! He botched up almost every character he put on screen. He directed them poorly, casted many of them poorly, and completely missed the mark on characterizing them so severely, it's just pathetic. If Singer never touches the X-Men franchise ever again, I'll be very much pleased. -
X3 was some shit but at least I didn't feel like I was dealing with an unhappy poseur. Singer has ALWAYS been uncomfortable with and vaguely ashamed of comic books, of the X-Men property, of any idea of fantastical FX or action befitting these characters or the property. This is why he emphasized that Superman Returns had less to do with, you know, THE SUPERMAN PROPERTY and more to do with his love for Richard Donner's film; this is why the bulk of the action in the film was given over to the humans like Lex, Perry White's son, and Lois. He cannot direct kinetic action; he can do beautiful vistas and Swiss-watch "suspense" but his feel for a story is strictly garden-variety, mediocre, small-time. He keeps things static and slooowww in his comic book films because he can't deal with telling a more bravura story - instead it all comes down to "humans are attacking, humans are fighting us, let's have cheap fisticuffs to avoid doing anything really interesting or crazy." AND PLEASE STOP BRINGING UP A SINGLE SCENE WITH NIGHTCRAWLER. ONE SCENE IS NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT. Bring on someone talented who actually enjoys the X-Men and comic books and can tell a unique, engaging story with the quality of wonder and madness that the property entails.
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look like fucking Godfather 1 and 2. So while I'm not a huge Singer fan, he still directed the best X-Men movies thus far. For whatever that's worth.
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Yes, certainly anti-mutant hatred in the X-Men is an allegory for homophobia, but he's used the gay analogy over and over, and seems to prioritize it in the films and in Superman over actually telling a story.
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Badly filmed, choppy action, with horrible transitions. It made me sleepy.
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I couldn't take another sixty scenes of Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart staring at each other, followed by Hugh Jackman and Bryan's latest twinks hogging all the story.
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WHAT? X-MEN 1 & 3 were mediocre at best, and #2 was better, but by no means a major triumph. Singer is a director...not the ULTIMATE director of X-MEN films. I am reaonably sure that there is someone out there who could do a WAY better job than Singer directing another X-MEN film. The problem here les with crappy scripts and studio stupidity, and Singer ain't gonna fix either. His return does NOT guarantee a film that fanboys will jump for joy over, nor does it even guarantee a good film. The most unfortunate thing here is that Fox has the rights and not MArvel, because the people at Marvel could reboot this stale film franchise and make it something to be proud of. And I think it would be best to have Mr. Singer as far away from this as possible.
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X-Men was well put together but kind of dull; we can give it a pass because Marvel and Singer were both still testing the waters as far as superhero movies went. X-2 was... I'm sorry, X-2 was a chaotic mess of a movie that had more characters than it knew what to do with and only one noteworthy action scene (the beginning). After one okay movie and one bizarre, overrated movie, I don't really trust Singer to return to the franchise. He's admitted to not being a big fan of X-Men and mostly agreeing to do the first movie because he felt some identification with the persecution theme... yet the most we see of that in the movies are Kelly (portrayed as a strawman mutant hater), a few people with placards, and an autobiographical "mom, dad, I'm a mutant" scene. And with X-Men continuity bent beyond recognition, what would the prequel even be about? The series was alright about keeping characters recognizable at first, now they just grab whoever has cool powers and make up a new backstory.
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I was being facetious in suggesting you are a closet homo. Sense of humor failure on yours and Dreadlock Holmes part. Anyway, Singer DID fuck up Supes powers in Superman Returns. Superman should not struggle to save a mere plane. If a giant asteroid was hurtling towards Earth THEN he would strain to deflect it. But catching a plane should be routine for him. Singer doesn't understand super powers. All he thinks is "They are different from other people so they must be like gay people! That's how I'll approach it!" Epic fail.
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Cuz I can see that being a problem.
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no more...stop making them.
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If you people knew how little Mrs. Donner cared about your comic book franchise or Knew about the subject you would be pissed. This is the woman who chose Gavin Hood to helm Wolverine. We all know how that went down. It would be one thing if she would just stick to producing but she chimes in with some of the most ludicrous ideas you can imagine. She is just as bad if not worse than Rothman at influencing her movies. Trust me...
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Which is why most of Singer's detractors arguments have no merit. You don't hate his films you just hate him for turning Superman into one of "teh gays" and homoing in up X-Men.
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of all time. And i'll defend that film to my death. Supes Returns? Not so much...
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i have more interest in the other choices than i do another singer xmen.
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Just direct the movie you were contracted to do and stop being a little bitch.
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i know pleasing us geeks doesnt really mean anything in the real world. but i dont want to read any articles saying the fan base was 'clamoring for singer's return to the x-men franchise'... Cause we're not.
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It should be used in film schools as a perfect example of what not to do when entrusted with a major character and $200 million.
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It would be funny if after all the Singer fans rejoice him coming back to the X-men franchise he misfires again pulling another Superman Returns. Then will they finally shut the fuck up about X3 and how great it would've been if Singer had done it? If the mediocre X1 and god-awful Superman Returns prove anything it's that X2 was a fluke with only two good scenes (Nightcrawler intro and the mansion attack).
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Sorry. X-Men was just passable. X2 gets love because it was better than X1. But he is nothing special. He doesn't have a distinctive flair. And all his movies were mediocre. Wolverine (instead of having an epic battle with Sabertooth) has huge misogynistic fights with chicks. Magneto is a catty homo who makes fun of Rogue's hair (in X2) and the XMen are reduced to being power rangers who can't do shit without Wolverine... I saw screw him. Start fresh. And move on.
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not interested
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FINISH ONE FUCKING MOVIE, OK? Jesus, this guy is all over the map.
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But the first X-Men was my favorite. X2 is actually my least favorite of the three. In an X-Men movie, I'd actually like to see... mutants fighting each other. Yeah pretty shallow, I know. In X2 it's: mutants vs. White House security, mutants vs. police, mutants vs. swat guys, mutants outrunning a missile in a jet. There's one actual 'big' mutant vs. mutant fight... and it's Wolverine vs. Asian chick wolverine.
Don't get me wrong, X3 was meh, but at least it had some actual mutant on mutant fighting action. For me, Bryan Singer definitely peaked big time with Usual Suspects, and the first X-Men was good. The rest range from passable to complete mediocrity (Superman Returns) -
There's a shot in the mansion attack in X2 that completely takes me out of the moment... worse, it was in all of the trailers. It's a shot from one of the soldier's POV of Wolverine running at him, screaming, claws drawn. As you watch it, though, you can see Hugh Jackman is holding back, as if he's being told not to strike yet because he hasn't hit his mark. He's screaming but his eyes just say "hold it... hold it... hold it... aaaaand... okay, strike!" The shot somewhat ruins the scene for me because it takes me a few moments to remind myself that Wolverine is defending the school, and it's not just Hugh Jackman prancing around with some guys dressed as soldiers.
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AND THE GIANT PEACH OR WHATEVER THE FUCK ITS CALLED AND START WORK ON THE BATTLESTAR MOVIE!!
FUCK DOING ANOTHER TV BSG - I WANNA GO INTO A MOVIEHOUSE AND SAY 'ONE TO BATLLESTAR GALACTICA PLEASE' THEN SIT DOWN TO AN EYEBALL FUCKING OF $200M PROPORTIONS...
SCREW X MEN - ITS BEEN AND GONE - LET SOMEONE REBOOT IT IN A FEW YEARS (SERIOUSLY WHO THE FUCK CARES ABOUT 'FIRST CLASS?' - YAWN)
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That will leave enough time between X-Titles so their contract with Marvel doesn't expire and they will get Singer for First Class and X4. I bet that's what will happen/what they're hoping for.
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perfect? no...but a great blend of the donner films and singers style. did not like the kid or the boyfriend...routh was pitch perfect and the film was entertaining...the opening music still gives me chills..
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After Fox, those nearsighted fuckheads, declared part 3 would be the last in the series just so they could start killing off characters? Lying Idiots.
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Deservedly so since its a great film. But now apparently its not cool to like that film. How stupid.
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http://tinyurl.com/yfz7kb3 So, those fans of the film are in good company.
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After my initial post and reading evreything here, I'd say just drop X-MEN completely. I know there was talk of rebooting FANTASTIC FOURF and I'd rather opt for that over the non-descript mutants anyway. Or do a good SILVER SUEFER movie. I'm certainly much more enthused about seeing GREEN LANTERN, JONAH HEX, and THOR. And if they do feel the need to do an X-MEN movie...sure I'll probably end up seeing it--but only when it hits cable.
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Mar 21, 2010 6:08:10 PM CDT
Singer should have retired years ago
by isleptwithkathybatesandallthatigotwasthi
Just after X-Men 2. That way he'd still be remembered fondly, unlike the hostility he receives today. And you know what? That hostility is completely justified. I can't believe the director of "The Usual Suspects" made "Superman Returns". How can one person let all of their talent disappear so quickly? Fuck you Singer. Fuck you and your "Alien Jesus Who Lifts Things" movie.
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ONE POST! (and that was mine)...i guess people dont seem to care about going to see a $200m BSG movie directed by Brian...
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Though pre-production continues on the movie, Bryan has over-committed himself with all these projects, so now he'll just produce it.
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I think the rest of us have moved on from Singer's genre career.
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in hindsight Singer should really have directed X3 (which is where his dark, angsty ensemble cast thing he specialises in that worked so well in X1/X2 would have been more suited to) and Ratner shouldve done Superman (origin reboot or Donnerverse continuation) as a colourful light feel good action packed romp (what Rats is known for and is kinda what X3 was wanting to be) which is pretty much what the 4 Reeve films were...
so really we should have had a classic X3 - which probably wouldve done bigger BO than the $460m (just look at the opening figures ~ HUGE opening then massive drop...that could have been different had it been an awesome film that people wanted to see over and over like TDK which it would have been had singer done it....)
and wed have had a pretty good entertaining action packed Superman which would have probably made about $600m - SR 'only' did $400m as it was just too dark & ponderous & mournful with not enough action
maybe if Warners had gone ahead with JJ and McG or Ratner and rebooted Superman as a fun, colourful action fest and Singer had completed X Men then perhaps Superman wouldve been huge and the X Trilogy would be mentioned in the same breath as LOTR, Indy, BTTF (instead of Godfather, Superman I-III, Spidey I-III etc) -
i dont mind if he produces and someone else (good) directs i just wanna see a big BSG movie...
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Did Singer do justice to the King story or did he fuck that one up as well?
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I don't hate Singer for being gay, I hate him for using our superhero movies to soapbox about it. I hate him for treating our beloved characters with contempt. I hate him for ramming his sexuality down our throats. I hate him for not forcing Halle Berry to open a comic book for character research purposes. I hate him for hijacking the X-Men's racism allegory for his own homo agenda, gay is not a race. I hate him for his drama queen antics. I hate him for just not getting it. And I hate him (and anyone else) that screams HOMOPHOBE whenever somebody disagrees with a gay. Get over yourselves. Seriously, I don't fuck dead people, why should dissing someone who does make me into a necrophobe, living in fear of my own repressed necrophilia? The standard homo defense mechanism essentially boils down to "no, you are". Well done gays, fight the power. And keep making shit movies, just dont expect me to enjoy them.
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How the f*ck could you top the TV series.? How.? Please tell. I just watched all 80 episodes for the first time in one week and it was possibly one of the greatest viewing experiences I've ever had. Utterly addictive and riveting. Not even a four-hour movie could hope to come close to the depth given to characters like Adama or Balthar or Six.
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There hasn't been an X-men movie made yet, just a bunch of Wolverine films. Brian Singer possibly not returning is good news as far as I'm concerned.
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The biker leather has been done. I'd like to see the franchise in a more Iron Man-like direction.
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started off ok but lost interest pretty quick...yeah i know im in the minority that dosnt kick the TV shows ass but thats it
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They're making the Galactica movie for the tens of millions of people who've never seen the new Galactica, which is a hit on a cable channel with a very small viewership and nothing else.
They're thinking along the lines of what the newest Trek movie was. The old series has a much wider demographic so they're going along those lines with it but not a continuation of the old series (I may add).
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I skipped Wolverine because I was slightly annoyed with X-Men 3.
I skipped Hulk because I coulnd't get over how upset I was with Ang Lee's Hulk.
I skipped Green Zone because it wasn't a Bourne sequel.
I'll skip X-Men First Class because it's not X-Men 4.
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Case Bonnnnitaaa awesome
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No, I always hated X-MEN 2. Because nothing fucking happens, and then Jean Grey conjures up a big fucking wave. Wow. I remember comics that had HUNDREDS of mutants fighting each other - POWER VS POWER, not fucking Colossus swatting burning cars raining from the heavens - and THAT'S what I want to see in an X-MEN movie. If I want to see a fucking dissertation on superhero morality, I'll watch the first ten minutes of CHASING AMY again, thank you very fucking much.
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Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman?
Probably not. I'm going to assume it'll somehow have Wolverine and Deadpool in it just to try and sell it better. Or is it going to be the kids that got on the helicopter at the end of Wolverine?
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There are so many things wrong with that statement, the first and foremost being....blatant prejudice. Who the fuck cares about Singers sexual orientation? I don't and I am as straight as they come. People are people, to be judged by what they do, not WHO they do. The ignorant asshole who made that idiotic statement has serious issues with gay people, not with Singer although I am sure he will claim otherwise. Grow up dickhead.I for one hope they wait for Singer but knowing how Fox likes to fuck up what should be good movies, I doubt they will wait for him. Too bad, I would love to see Marvel get the rights back and have Singer direct a new X movie, that would be quite cool.
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I am convinced that this franchise cannot be salvaged from the wreckage of X3 and Wolverine, and a reboot will likely yield similar results to those abominations as long as the film rights remain with FOX. Also, Singer's run at the comic series had finished, and although his movies are decent (The attempted assassination of the President in X2 remains my favorite superhero action sequence to date) they are by no means the definitive sources from which all subsequent X-movies should progress.
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man never ages
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they're calling him a fag because he directed Superman Return.jesus, get it right.
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Adama - Liam Neeson
Apollo - Brandon Routh
Starbuck - Bradley Cooper
Boomer - the science guy from 2012
Tigh - Sam Jackson
Anthea - some hot chick
Cassiopeia - another hot chick
Baltar - McKellan or Spacey
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Adama - Harrison Ford
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That fills the gap, problem solved.
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That is all.
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They're (the films) are okay but nothing spectacular. I would be just fine if they never made another one, especially a cheeseball origin story.
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These words don't exist. and apart from these formums neither does bryan singers fanbase
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theres never any frickin news on how its going!!
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sorry, had your mother on my mind
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gay bashing will be in style.
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why keep flogging that dead horse anyway, it's always been an over-rated title packed with Claremont cliche's anyway, F the X-Men I say. How about one decent FF movie? re-boot a Daredevil or god forbid how about a sweet Dr. Strange or get kickin' on a Deathlok flick. So much better material to mine, Singer sucks in equal proportion to the properties he's bringing to the screen, reference the X movies to *blech* Superman *shudder*.
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fucking champion film. can watch it over and over. success!!
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my boy wandered by and got totally sucked in to it, so I rented for him and he sat and watched the whole thing and liked it pretty well. Granted, he was like 10 at the time, but maybe, just MAYBE superhero movies aren't always made for the discerning AICN mid-20's couch critics.
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Better than The Dark Knight?
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Is the biggest myth in movie history ...... Its just as good as X1 and stays faithful to the universe Singer was building.
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He filled it with women he was clearly sleeping with.
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Joss Whedon would be AWSOME! Still watch Angel and Buffy, and I love Serenity and I still haven't seen the series!
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its the best option for everyone
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but off course people will jump on ithttp://tinyurl.com/y9pu64x For those who can't be assed, he filmed a shower scene in Apt Pupil with underage young men without parental consent, "apparentlly" For the record I don't mind him, the Xmen movies are shite, but I like Valkyrie, and I suppose Usual Suspects is ok if you forget about all the little wannabe Kaiser Soze gangsters it spawned.
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I never saw the Singer as a great Director. US was a good as was X2 but the rest of his work is either mediocre(x1) or outright terrible (superman). I just want to note I have been coming to this site for a long time and people used to line up to suck singers cock on this site and I used to have to argue with them. It's funny how things have turned around.
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cinematic vaporware
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x3 and wolverine made money...and they were both shite this fits into rothman's belief that all comic related movies can be shite and they will still make money so i dont see them trying to get singer just to save a franchise they dont give a lick about
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Mar 21, 2010 8:43:59 PM CDT
Chris NOLAN IS THE NEW SINGER THEY BOTH SUCK AND ARE HORRIBLE!
by superwelling
But for Some reason. NOLANS HORRIBLE DULL PRETENTIOUS MOVIES MAKE MONEY and singer's Dont theyre BOTH CRAP THOUGH!
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the difference between Singer's x-men, and nolan's batman. it's pretty obvious.
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singer's x-men are more than 10 years old. the movie havent aged well, and the actors are getting pretty ripe themselves. a reboot seems pretty acceptable at this point.
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The name says it all. You have the discerning taste of a Bowery Bum sipping ripple. Go watch a Mike Bay film, ya idjit!
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Mar 21, 2010 8:53:49 PM CDT
Singer was the one that Fucked X-Men in the first Place...
by darfurontherocks2
Remember when he jumped ship to direct that abject failure Superman?
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Mar 21, 2010 9:06:12 PM CDT
remember how AWESOME it was it was announced as director of supe
by cartmanez
and that it was gonna lead on from Superman I & II
And that Brando would be jor el again...
man that news was better than actually watching the movie
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i know its budget was more than Batman Begins (mainly on account of all the mis steps and failed incarnations) but still...
guess Singer hadnt directed Valkerie and WB might have gone ahead with SR 2 kast summer which mightve been great..
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and i am sure that he knows it and has regretted it,and now tries to correct it.fuck him,there are a lot of new talented directors,give the chance to them.
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Here we are in an era where pretty much anything is possible with special effects. He had creative control over a Superman reboot, he could've done anything.... He could've Introduced Darkseid, Made Lex Luther a diabolical Billionaire that owned half if not all of Metropolis and for kicks he hits Superman with all kinda secret weapon shit he was working on for the government, while playing "Brain verses Brawn" games along the way. DAMMIT! WHY NOT HAVE HIM DO SUPER SHIT!? FIGHT SUPER VILLAINS!
Doomsday could've been brought in, Metallo, FUCKING KRYPTO THE SUPERDOG Instead we get this winded love letter to Christopher Reeves while making Superman a Super dead Beat Dad along the way. I love Chris but it was too fucking much. Nothing personal but I would rather watch the original movies that HE was in rather than an imposter with a MAURY Show complex. -
Here's a quarter, go downtown and buy yourselves a sense of humor.
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in the imdb forums,when i heard that Singer was going to direct it.I love both his x-men movies,but lets face it their biggest flaw was the lack of super-heroic action,the spectacle,the awesomeness of super powered beings.
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No more shitty mediocrity for at least 2 years to come!
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I'm no longer a fan of Singer, though I'll admit he was pretty good once upon a time. "Superman Returns" and "Valkyrie" were two of the worst films I've ever seen.
Ever.
"The Usual Suspects" back in the day showed such promise, but its promise Singer hasn't exactly followed up on. His "X-men" films were all right, I suppose. Nothing great, however, when compared to "The Dark Knight" or "Iron Man."
Then "Superman Returns" showed up and shat all over us. Horrible casting, a cringeworthy milktoast story, bad directing... everything about it was embarrassingly bad. It made me question Singer's overall vision and commitment to quality, something that was answered by "Valkyrie," a horribly cast (in Cruise, anyway) and utterly limp-dicked take on a WWII story that should've kicked our asses but didn't.
Honestly, I don't think much of Bryan Singer anymore. Feels like he burned pretty brightly for a few years and then lost it completely.
I don't think he deserves a big-budget for any new film he might direct. I'd give him, maybe 35 million dollars and see if he can marshall his creative juices again.
This probably won't happen, of course, so we'll likely be subjected to another of his poorly conceived and directed misfires. Oh well.
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... no one gives a shit about Bryan Singer or X-Men anymore.
Rothman killed it.
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...had NOTHING to do with Singer. He should be tried on treason for Superman Returns! He fits well with X-Men universe because of his "outsider" gay sensibilities.
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Give 'em to Joss Whedon...he'd make the X-Men movie the fans would love. No offense...all the X-Movies are lackluster. Just watch them again. I dare you...
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So he can make a good "X-Men" film, and fuck our eyeballs in 3D!!!!
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I did not really enjoy X1 or X2 and I saw X3 because everyone went to the movies that weekend and decided that was the film we would all see. Not only was I bored, but really random shit happened in the movie and I got annoyed. Magneto lifted a bridge to get to an island to kill a mutant on the island.... Couldn't he have just dropped the bridge on the island facility? And then the launching cars in the air on fire for no reason really. And Wolverine's amazingly strong pants that withstand Jean's powers and not get ripped (yet skin from his face and body rips off) was just the many things that made the movie so silly. Reboot this bitch. And as much as people hate on the 90's cartoon, the theme song was something that is remembered by many and well liked. So maybe they should try to adapt that into a real theme for these movies. Oh and make Rogue, Rogue and not a bitchy weak variation of Jubilee.
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a movie means.SR as direction goes was superb.Singer had his personal vision for how a modern Superman movie should be and he did a fine job turning it into a film.The problem was that his vision was wrong,at least not the right one for the likes of the geekdom.thats the case.
And about Nolan,since i am fed up hearing all the time about his "masterpiece" .Yeah he is a good director,DK is a great cinematic experience but his movie is very flawed and will not hold very well through time.What worked really well with BB,DK is that the director had the correct vision for his hero of his movie.But in no way he did a perfect job directing DK,and thats a fact. -
burst open like a pinata,
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it's funny how Marvel's big names : X-Men, Spiderman, Fantastic Four. all need rebooting, while the second stringers (iron man, thor, hulk, cap america) are kicking ass,
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How about it?
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for an xmen movie.
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when he bitched slapped a baddie with a piano who was trying to fondle Lois Lane. At that point, I was looking for the exit.
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I just wanted to say that. There seems to be a near consensus that it sucked, but did you actually see it? Also, who the fuck cares if Superman can lift a billion tons? If he tried that on the plane, he'd punch a hole right through the fuselage and the plane would keep falling. It's not about understanding super powers. It's about understanding physics, which singer clearly does to some extent. Even assuming that he could somehow stop the plane all at once somehow, that would kill everyone onboard because while Superman can handle all that force no problem, the passengers, who are mere humans, would not.
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You're postulating that Singer made a Superman film. No, he made a SUPERBOY film, complete with an emo main character that wore more makeup than Lois Lane. LOL. And may I remind you that Superman is an AMERICAN hero, which you did not hear in Singer's film. "Truth, justice, and all that."? Really? Might as well let Sean Penn direct a Superman film starring Hugo Chavez as Clark Kent.
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SINGER SUCKS AT SUPERHERO FILMS!!! >:OBoring, long-winded and self-pitying narcissists do NOT make good superheroes, nor do they make exciting subjects for superhero movies! Especially when the actual characters used are the exact OPPOSITE!!!The fact that Singer was able to turn characters like Superman and the X-Men into the most tepid and actionless superhero films in the past decade is testament to what a crappy and visionless director he really is. He and Joel Schumacher should NEVER — I repeat NEVER — be permitted to even be MENTIONED when it comes to directing a film about superheroes! And the fact that Beaks actually believes that Singer deserves another shot after his last disaster, Superman Returns, simply proves that he's completely out of touch with the movie-going public and what they like.
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That movie made no sense at all. It is supposed to be a sequel to Donner's films. Well then Supeerman acts completely out of character. He leaves Lois and abandons Earth. Donner's movies were about Superman accepting Earth as his new home only to abandon it for selfish reasons. And not even say goodbye to the apparent love of his life? He comes back to discover the Lois has moved on. That doesn't stop him from moving in on someone else's girl. How noble. Let's not forget using his power to stalk her in her private moments. And what about fathering a child that he apparently has no intention of telling him that he is his father. What movie were you watching? Luthor's scheme to destroy entire land masses only to create new landmasses that cockroaches couldn't thrive in. And he plans to sell those to who exactly? The script was terrible and made no sense. Superman was relegated to an unheroic emo. Lois was a terrible mother throughout the entire film. And her boyfriend was more likeable and far more heroic than Superman. That is a failure in story telling. That my friend is why WB is rebooting the whole thing.
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Besides Usual suspects (like it), and Valkyrie didnt watch it) ALL of his movies have sucked. X mens sucked. Superman had one cool scene, the rest was mediocre at best. Face it: Singer is a mediocre director. Here is the straight shit: He was given A TOP COMIC BOOK FRANCHISE and A SHITLOAD OF MONEY. It can't be too hard to get a good movie. Pick a good comic book arc. Pick some good writers. Get a few canon nerds who understand what needs to stay and what can be glossed over. Instead we got weak films. Superman was ok, but compared to what it COULD have been?....
We got xmen with a shit cast (apart from Prof X and Magento. And yes, Jackman is not a "Wolverine". Jeff Bridges would have done a better job) and a shit plot, and the most boring Superman movie ever. I mean, he basically made gold into mud.
and to whoever is talking shit on Nolan, I'm sorry, but those Batman movies are fucking GOOD. Even BB. BB feels like a pulpy Batman comic, but still like solid Batman. DK is just a good movie. I watched it again the other night and was fucking inspired to be a good person. More than I can say for Singers attempts. -
1. It wasn't supposed to be a sequel to Donner's films. It was just supposed to include elements that Singer liked. 2. Presumably, Lex Luthor was planning on doing some landscaping. ;)
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I completely agree with you on the Batman movies. Nolan has been my favorite director since I saw Memento in the theater having no idea what it was going to be.
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he called it a sort of pseudo sequel. The character still should have retained elements from Reeve's Superman. He did not. The movie is a complete and total bore to watch and there are far too many plot holes for me to ignore. He took a potentially great franchise and made it so mediocre. Shame.
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But without the great direction, it could have turned out to be a HORRIBLE movie. So fuck you whoever says Singer had nothing to do with the movie's success. You obviously have no idea of what a director does.
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Tell that to the black guy the next time you make a racist joke.
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Mar 22, 2010 1:15:22 AM CDT
If Superman Returns was a sequel to Donner's films'
by theycallmemrtibbs
What the hell happened to Lois Lane? Granted Margot Kidder wasn't the prettiest lily in the field but man was she a character. Kate Bosworth was BOOOORRRRINNNNGGGGG! She did absolutely nothing in StuperMan Returns but stand there.
Also, at the end of Superman 2 when Superman tricked Zod and company into thinking he was giving up his powers when he step into the oversized crystal. He entered the chamber to prevent from getting zapped by the radiation that originally took his powers earlier in the film.
If all three villains were infected and they lost they're abilities..... wouldn't the Super pre-ejaculation that was swimming around in Lois had been infected as well? But wait a minute... I thought he was human when they boned, so how did this "kid" wind up being able to throw piano's around?
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stuffed in a spandex bodysuit
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We would if we actually thought these assholes were joking. But it's really clear they're not.
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can't say i have much sympathy for the guy,as this is what he gets for turning his back on the x-verse so fucking callously. in fact, i got pretty much ZERO sympathy for millionaire directors. and yes, that is my bottomless jealousy speaking, as i'd do anything to be able to direct even 1 minute of these films!
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How can anyone trust Singer after he messed up two franchises in one move? He was sooo eager to direct Superman and then he just gave us a boring rehashed version of the first Superman. The only reason he wants X-Men is to keep his name in the papers.
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People bashing X1, X2, X3, etc all paid money to the studio and filmmakers..that's why they'll make more shit.
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And the costumes need to be more faithful, or it just ain't the X-MEN. That black leather stuff was bullsh*t.
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aside from Usual Suspects and Apt Pupil Singers movies have sucked. THe Xmen movies never realized the awesome potential that some like Favreau or McTiernan could bring to them. Plus bad casting all around. Jackman is lame as Wolverine. I would chosen Bruce willis. Eric Stoltz as Cyclops, Angela Basset or Aisha Taylor as Storm, Amy Adams as Jean Grey, Hugo Weaving as Prof X, Donald sutherland as Magneto. Singer needs to direct gay porn and get out of Hollyweird.
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...please leave the X-Men films alone for 15 years, then start the films afresh- enough would have passed for the original trilogy to be done and dusted. Please be more faifthful to the source material and treat the ALL the characters with respect and the time they deserve. Please hire a visonary director, support with a pertinent budget and do not interfere with the creative process. Many thanks. P.S please do not bother with a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, there is no demand for it due to the poor quality of the film released in 2009. You have made your money from these films so please give us a break!!!
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If ever there was a superhero movie needed then this is it. Look at how big Vampires are again now. We need Blade to kick some real ash!
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I know the all about the legal battle, but in the end, Fox had nothing to do with that poor movie's problems.
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Mar 22, 2010 7:27:41 AM CDT
soup74 um Begins was slight less Crappy than Singers crappy xmov
by superwelling
but not by much and DARK KNIGHT WAS JUST AS TEDIOUSLY CRAP BORING AS ALL OF BRYAN SINGERS FILMS!!
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id very much watch a Mike bay film then watch any singer or FAGASS CHRIS NOLAN FILM! at least i know it wont Be Prentious and dull like ur Mom in bed u DOUCHE!lol
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That i did, CIRCA 1992:
Prof X:Patrick Stewart
(Yes, this WAS perfect casting)
Magneto: Rutger Hauer
Colossus: Dolph Lundgren
(As The Magneto heavy)
Wolverine: Harvey Keitel(Having just seen Reservoir dogs.)
Nightcrawler: Steve Buscemi or Tim Roth.(yeah, yeah, more Dogs...)
Cyclops: Tom Cruise
Jean Grey: Nicole Kidman.
Emma Frost: Michelle Pfeiffer.
I never bothered casting Beast or Gambit, since they weren't my favourites.
But 18 year old me would probably have picked Van Damme.)
Hmm...Not too shabby casting, since i was only 18. Minus the Van Damme thing i just pulled out of my ass. -
2-hour season premiere. Starting an 8. Only on ABC.
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I hear that, Snipes IS Blade. Let him do a fourth! Without any of the horrible crap that stained 3.
And someone, im hoping the french since they know action, should get cracking on a Union Jack Movie.
A masked british Lord that fights vampires, armed only with a knife and revolver, and his asskickery skills, during WW1? Yes, please. Statham wants to play a superhero really bad. He has his sights on Daredevil in the re-boot. Give him this instead. -
Seems you are the type of person Michael Bay caters to. The mouth-breathing yeehaw dumb fuck with posters of chicks on your wall that you will never, EVER, have a shot at having sex with. In fact I'd be willing to bet that females in general will be a stretch for you. "Fagass" Nolan had more depth and texture to Dark Knight than most "serious" dramatic fare we get shoveled these days. Of course it would seem boring to you, there wasn't a 'splosion every ten seconds, or some skank turning around in slow motion, followed by her tits. So run and choke yourself to whatever type of film gets you off, it's best that you leave the grown-up fare to the grown-ups, or at the very least the folk who can appreciate what is in front of them, and don't "lol" at their own hamfisted keyboard smashings.
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ive had it with these motherfuckin X-men on this motherfuckin site!
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FUCK YOUR LOSTS and BSGS and CARPRICAS and 24s and FRINGYS and BAYWATCHES!!! SGU IS THE BEST SHOW EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFTER SG-1 and ATLANTIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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FUCK YOUR LOSTS and BSGS and CARPRICAS and 24s and FRINGYS and BAYWATCHES!!! SGU IS THE BEST SHOW EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFTER SG-1 and ATLANTIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Man you really namedrop that SGU show. Even more so than me with Statham as Union Jack.
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A strong choice. He understands comics better than most directors.
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IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME, THEN ASK YOUR MOM ABOUT HOW I MADE HER WATCH IT WHILE I FUCKED HER FROM BEHIND!!!!1
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Translate the old school costumes - start at the Neal Adams era with the Sentinels and then go right into the Len Wein/Dave Cockrum Giant Size story ending with the death of Thunderbird. Magneto needs to rest for awhile.
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Singer has become overrated. Sorry, but it’s gotten to his head.Yes, he did bring back the SuperHeroes back on film and he’s done it well with X-Men, but I have to say that X-Men II wasn’t that great, good yes, great no.
Then he jumped ship and did what every kid growing up with Superman wanted to do, direct Superman. He got a budget that was simply ridiculous, so much he did a Peter Jackson and built a fully functioning freaking farm with wheat and everything in the middle of Australia and then used it unwisely. Instead of re-building up the character he destroyed it or showed us stupid things like a very young Clark running around with glasses.. Euh.. Ok.. Why did he wear glasses when he was young? The idea that Supe’s was gone for many years was for me a very good idea to explain 9/11 and the rest of the stuff that went on. But Singer found a way to really scrap that. He made him go to Krypton and back, even if he knew that the damn planet exploded. Sending him off to space to try to find others like him, ok, to Krypton, no..
The there’s the whole “Clark has two lines”; “Superman the peeping Tom!”; “Lane, the anorexic kid Pulitzer prize winner worst-mother of a kid who likes to leave him at school alone or take him on dangerous assignment bitch”, “Perry-calm-as-a-bat White?!? WTF”; “Jimmy I’m so retarded that I act like the kid in the 50’s television show and make Robin from the Batman Adam West TV series seem like the most fertile man in the world character is completely useless to the whole story line”; “I’m really Cyclops from X-Men but I’m playing a guy who took on a shitty mother and her kid in, so I’m actually the most lovable guy in this flick that owns a multi-million dollar house right on the water with a Chopper Pilot and a Journalist combined salaries character” and finally “I’m Lex Luthor, who was able to let stand an old bag’s half-dead not completed signature on a Will that gave me millions of dollars in court against her family and is now planning another f*cking real-estate venture that just doesn’t make any sense at all”.. All great characters.. yeah right.. All this under the direction of Singer.
If he gets “carte blanche” again like he did for Superman, he’ll ram the X-Men’s new life to hell. It’s not because he did one good X-Men that he’ll actually do it again. As far as “getting” the characters, sorry but the one Superhero EVERYONE gets he didn’t. So, hopefully he actually is gonna do a WB flick and leave X-Men alone. While the last flick was a total disaster, it was rushed by Fox and any Director would’ve crashed and burned under those terms for that kind of movie.
Singer please leave it alone, you did one that was very good, you brought the Heroes back to screen, can you just accept it and move away now while you haven’t scraped any Marvel heroes yet…
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what part of SGU is the coolest thing on the planet dont you fucking understand???????????? !!!!!! your moms like my dick
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How'd ya like THEM apples? Jackass.
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Mar 22, 2010 8:41:56 AM CDT
MERRICK --- MAKE SGU TALKBACK coz it got coolllll!!!!
by dioxholsterreturns
you underestimated its coolness. PEOPLE NOW SAY ITS MUCH BETTER THAN BSG!!!!! ITS ROCKING BABY!!!!! RUSH WILL KICK ASS1111
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THEN WHO IS THAT WOMAN I FUCK EVERY TUESDAY??????
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Mar 22, 2010 8:45:39 AM CDT
Robert Knepper cast on Stargate Universe!!!!!!!!!!!
by dioxholsterreturns
Robert Knepper will play Simeon, a member of the Lucian Alliance, in a story arc spanning six to seven episodes
Simeon is a dangerous Lucian Alliance soldier. He was a seasoned criminal before being recruited by the Alliance. He’s strong and intimidating but more crafty and wiry than big and muscular. Scary in that you’re never sure what he will do. He also holds secrets that are desperately sought after by Earth and those on board Destiny — secrets he would die or worse, kill to protect. He’s an antagonist for several episodes before he finally comes into serious conflict with Robert Carlyle’s character Rush and they are forced to face off.
http://tinyurl.com/y8vlxxe
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FOR TREATING ME BADLY ALL THESE YEARS!!!!! NOW IM CREDABLE BITCHES!!!!
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YOU OWE AINTITCOOLNEWS THAT, YOU TRASHED STARGATE FOR NO REASON AND NO U REALIZE YOU MADEA MISTAKE COZ I KNOW YOU SECRETLY WATCH IT. ET TU BRUTE DUDE ET TU BRUTUE
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Shut the fuck up and go back to writing scripts for your BSG rip off show. BTW BSG is dead - the ending officially sucked galactic balls.
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Haven't you people been burned enough? Stop trying to kick the football, Charlie Brown.
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Let some new kid take on FIRST CLASS. I really don't hear Joe Public, or the fans, clamoring for a young X-Men prequel. I'd rather see Singer fix what THE LAST STAND broke before the end of this decade, at the rate things are going.
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You'll never be able to enjoy it cos' you'll always be bitter and negative. How can you enjoy any movie with that outlook on life?!
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She already got the powers. No need for SFX,
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She already got the powers. No need for SFX.
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Mar 22, 2010 10:25:05 AM CDT
Fine, Whatever, Just Keep Him The F*** Away From Superman
by laserpants
The XMen have already been hopelessly ruined -- both by X3 and a series of AWFUL comics coming out of Marvel since the early 90s -- so it doesn't really matter what they do now.Superman, on the other hand, hasn't really reached even half of it's full potential yet. The unintentionally hilariously bad Donner films tried, and were good for their time (loved it when I was 5, can't stand it now), but need to be relegated to history as a novelty. NOW is the time for Supes to FLY. And I have confidence that it will under Nolan's capable godfathering. Just keep that half-wit, hissy-fit-throwing queen Singer AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE FROM THE MAN OF STEEL. Please. PLEASE?!
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Surely we must have the technology to pull that off by now.
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Didn't you see Fantastic Four: The Rise Of The Suck? It was amazingly awful, but not quite as amazingly awful as FF1: The Sucking Begins.
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Keep Singer away...if you base these fantasy stories in reality, you never get to the meaty stories. No Apocalypse, no space travel, no Mr. Sinister experiments. Take the franchise away from Singer and reboot with a trilogy in mind. Perhaps start with "Night of the Sentinels and move toward Genosha and Friends of Humanity, capped of with some Days of Future Past...epic anyone?
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Fuck Singer and Ratner. Give Zach Snyder the green light to make Kingdom Come and use guys like Eastwood and Connery for all the old super-heros. It will own all our asses and be one of the top comic book movies of all time.
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Zack Snyder is the preeminent super hero director.
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I don't think he understood one line of Watchmen. Ironically, he managed to do about as well as could be suspected for a book that NEVER should have been made into t movie. Either way, I honestly think he had no idea what it was about, and certainly was unable to translate the multi-layered narrative into a cohesive whole; opting instead to forgo nuance or adaptation and just used the comic as a series of storyboards to shoot the movie and then shoe-horned in several scenes of ultraviolence to keep the cheap seats interested when he realized most of the *action* in the book is realized in dialogue and ideas, not fisticuffs and compound fractures.
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...you're a douchey, goochey-lootch. I can't stand your movies anymore. Please stop and go work at a carwash. Thank you.
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Mar 22, 2010 11:17:26 AM CDT
"It was just nice to know someone who understands these charact
by the_one_man_gang
DUMB.was this supoosed to be sarcastic?
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Mar 22, 2010 11:29:13 AM CDT
Singer IS NOT "someone who understands these characters"
by immortal_fish
Apart from Xavier and Magneto's ideaology, HOW EXACTLY did Singer the honor the source material? Wolverine is a 5-foot 60 something in the comics. In Singer's movie, he's a 6-foot 30 something chick magnet. Nightcrawler is a self-loving extrovert that studied to be an orthodox catholic priest. In Singer's movie, he's an introverted self-loathing pagan. Rogue was a saucy, confident, powerful woman in the comics. In Singer's movie, she's an unconfident, screaming little girl. Ororo thought she was a god in the comics. In Singer's movie, she said, "Oh my god!" and lost her accent between films. There isn't 15 years between Scott and Jean in the comics unlike the movie.Beaks, like some of you here, clearly does not have an understanding of what he's writing about. That stupid anime of Wolverine from last year is equally faithful as anything Singer has done.
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Mar 22, 2010 11:40:18 AM CDT
Singer Honoured The Source Material With His Homosexuality
by laserpants
The plight of he mutants, how they are ostracized, hated, and hunted, being a thinly veiled metaphor for homophobia and racism. I just blew everyone's mind didn't I? Nobody had that figured out? Man, I must be some kind of friggin' genius! (Not.)
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I don't know how "Galactus the Space Cloud" even passed review. Oh wait, I know...the comic book consultant was probably screaming "Noooo! No!" while the exec was saying" Are you fucking dumb? A space giant in a movie about a rock man, a fire man, a stretchy man, an invisible girl, a silver space alien surfer and magic evil guy in a suit of armor? The audience will never believe it!"
Also they should fucking reboot X-men. I mean, the trilogy arc was fucking the dumbest thing ever. Follow the Goddamn star wars trilogy formula, except mutants and giant robots. It should have been
X1: Xmen vs magneto, sentinels alluded to
X2: Now magento is gone so the,Xmen captured by sentinels, darkest time
X3: Xmen break out, fight sentinels, Magneto returns and helps them "for now"
that took me about five minutes. The whole mutant registration act is a great allegory, but its not exciting, its not xmen, its not mutants fighting each other and/or sentinels, which is what would get asses in seats, kid approval, and fanboy approval, plus spawn a shitload of toys.
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Mar 22, 2010 11:47:26 AM CDT
Reboot XMen, Reboot FF, Reboot Daredevil, Bury Ghost Rider, Et A
by laserpants
(Not including Blade) The only good Marvel movies have been Spiderman 1 & 2, XMen 2, and Iron Man. All the rest have ranged between mediocre to awful. So you could pretty much reboot them all. X3 left the XMen francise more or less a**raped, thereby justifying a reboot. I didnt' bother seeing Wolverine as it looked totally retarded and Wolverine is totally lame. (Remember when he was cool, though? Like for 5 minutes in the 80s?)
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Seriously, why does Fox insist on these stupid prequels? Why can't they move forward? Prequels are almost always failures. It's all a feeling of been there done that. Move on...
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First of all, I'm a big gay hairy homo myself. Second if there was evidence he wouldn't be walking free now would he? I live in LA and have it from a source close to the industry that he likes 'em young. Brad Renfro is dead so he can't testify that all the rumors from the apt pupil set were true or that he had sex with Singer when he was 15. Again I have no proof just repeating what I was told and therefore condemning an ahole like singer!
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Is never happening then.
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"It was just nice to know someone who understands these characters is once again guiding the franchise."
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Now all we need for the characters are gay little boots and stalking mentalities...and a piss poor sub standard female lead....wait a secondd!
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at anyone saying there was some big quality drop of in X-3 compared to 1 and 2. There wasn't. The first two weren't amazing and the last one isn't as bad as people say. In fact the battle scenes in X-3 were quite a bit better than the first two. Not that those scenes are the most important part of these films but none of the films were according to canon so singling out one of them for not sticking to the original comic story lines is pretty damn stupid.
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with the original characters from the comics. With the X-Men "broken" Xavier turns to new recruits from the school. Logan cameos for no other reason than to pop the middle claw to Xavier at the idea of Logan training the new recruits. Storm goes back to Africa to take care of some "bznis" so you get Halle Berry's unworthy ass out of the way. And just bypass the others, altho Peter Rasputin may be worth keeping around in some form. Yeah baby, yeah!
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..."Jack & the fucking Beanstalk," right? It's been done. The likes of Mickey Mouse & Bugs Bunny did it for cripes sake, enough already.
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How else to explain this unbreakable psionic hold on us?
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People are complaining about Singer not understanding the characters, and you think James Cameron will do any better? Did you see Titanic? Did you see Avatar? The only thing even remotely close to a real character in either movie was the "unsinkable" Molly Brown in Titanic, and she was on screen for maybe five minutes.
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My 1992 Wolverine casting choice was Willem Dafoe. He's short, has a great voice for saying shit like "bub" and "I'm the best there is", he can play a total psycho, and he has those John Buscema cheekbones. Fuck - I'd cast him NOW.
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You have NO taste. X3 has spectacle? X3 IS a spectacle more like. A hugely embarrassing one.Superman really was poor though.
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Even a Bollywood film director would have been able to understand X-men characters better than Singer did !
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he's doing X-Men 4 or Avengers, im telling you! He let it slip at the Kick Ass premiere that's he's doing a comic book movie WHAT THE FUCK IS IT!?! PRECHEAR!?!?! SOMEBODY MUST KNOW!
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Fuck all y'all.
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im telling you people, it's happening.
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singer was lucky enough to meet Christopher Mcquarrie, without Mcquarrie's talent, we would never have heard of Singer. Xmen 2 was good, but the rest of his movies have bland action, horrendous costume design, miserable production design, just boring rich kid hack craptism. he got the job because of who his rich mother was, and it shows. he's garbage, so im glad to see him off the xmen and i hope he is off the xmen for good.
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Bryan Singer will finally fulfill a lifelong dream of putting a giant cock or two on screen....In 3-D!!!
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He never follows through, either because he's a commitment-phobe or he over commits himself. Remember he was supposed to do "Logan's Run"? And "The Mayor of Castro Street" based on the life of Harvey Milk? Then he was to direct BSG, now he's just producing. Then he was to return to the helm of the X-Men franchise. Now that looks like it's falling through. Bryan Singer stories are a waste of time AICN. Most of the time they never lead to anything.
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Dafoe is always great
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Not great. It could of used A LOT more epic scenes like the airplane rescue. Kevin Spacey hamming the camera didn't help either. Still not a bad film.
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First two thirds, great. Final forty minutes terrible.
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Mark my words, this is how the reboot fetish will end.. Tears!
Blade IV. Damn it New Line, fast track this bad boy with just Snipes as stated above..
Have him go crazy at a Twilight convention or something just let the motherfucker ice skate uphill again! -
Oh fuck off with your false tolerance bullshit. I called Singer a fag because of his shitty rendition of Superman. And you would never have anything to do with a gay guy if you could help it, so don't give me your hypocritical bullshit.
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Meaning it's not quite diarrhea, but it's still shit. I tried to get into it, because I've really want to like something with "Stargate" in the title ever since the original movie.
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if there's still any chance of him being involved. Let him direct but don't let him write a single word. And that goes for rewrites, changes, edits etc.
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Fuck off with your claims that you aren't homophobic. If you were any kind of man, gay or straight you would admit that you are a big self-loathing gay hater.
Calling someone a fag because you hate their movie is bullshit. If I think you made a shitty post I call it a shitty post. I don't call you a fag even though you probably are one. Why don't you and the rest of your buddies (if you have any that aren't virtual) go and teabag each other! http://tinyurl.com/cqrm3x -
I can confirm that Singer is well rooted with his involvement on Jack and the Giant Killer and he is very passionate about the project. He is scheduled to begin work on Battlestar Galactica: The Motion Picture as well which I would assume will follow his stretch on X-Men: First Class.
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Some of those were pretty good.
But some were way off, but you were 18... i can forgive.
Who doesnt love Keitel, but even then he would have been too old for Wolverine.
Xavier: Timothy Dalton
Beast: Kenneth Branagh
Cyclops: Ethan Hawke
Jean Gray: Sean Young
Angel: Josh Lucas
Iceman: River Phoenix
Magneto: Rutger Hauer
Mastermind: Ian McShane
Sabretooth: Dolph Lundgren
Scarlet With: Jennifer Connelly
Quicksilver: Thomas Kretschmann
Toad: Clifton Collins jr
Wolverine: Russell Crowe
Gambit: Jean Claude Van Damme :)
Psylocke: Monica Belluci
Nightcrawler: Mark Dacascos
Storm: Angela Bassett
Rogue: Shannon Doherty
Sunfire: Brandon Lee
Director: Ridley Scott
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Listen you ignorant prick...you dont know me so you do not know who i know nor do you know what I would tolerate....someone as fucked in the head as you i would not tolerate, I do in fact know a few people who are gay, my cousin and two friends, and they are way better people than the likes of you and your homophobic bullshit. Go back to mommy and daddy's basement and stay there you small minded asshole. People are people no matter what, i dont judge people because of how they choose to live unlike you. Even someone as small minded as you has their right to an opinion, but to inject prejudice into it is fucking retarded, like you.
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Yeah I can say what I like you fucking douche. You have so much anger in you I'm sure you have latent homo feelings THAT'S why you're getting defensive. I have nothing against gays but you are so fucking eager to see what you want to see you've decided to spew your retarded monsense. You obviously have homosexuality constantly on your brain. And Merlin I'm sure you would know all about T-bagging. I hope you get ass raped by a 12 inch. And if you catch something nasty that would be a bonus.
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...as the blatant homophobe that you are. Now it's just one small step to admitting you deep and abiding (not so) secret love of gay internet porn and to accept the fact that you're really a big nelly bottom and you can stop being a toilet troll and walk proudly into a gay establishment and be rejected by all the men you hit on. You see, being gay and ugly, you would have to make up for it by having a pleasing personality, and let's face it.. you're a douche bag!
As to your rant, I'm sorry but I can't stop laughing whenever I glance up at it. If that's the best you can do then you really are in trouble as you are as big a pussy on the internet as you are in real life.
Seriously, though, in regards to these rape fantasies, you really need to seek out professional help. I think you should see a psychiatrist who can evaluate you and start you on a med regime as you definitely have a mood disorder, feel isolated and have an unprovoked need to lash out at people. You'l also need to see a therapist who can help you sort this all out and coordinate your care with your prescriber. I would also strongly reccomend some group therapy as you will need to learn to communicate and get along with other people--one's you like as well as one's you dislike. That's part of being an adult. And it's part of finding some happiness in your life, because right now you are very lonely.
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Keep up the good work, and by the way, cool moniker! :)
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FUCK YOU ALL!!!! Fucking idiot, bitter nerds with myopic 20/20 hindsight that is sheep driven without a valid opinion of their own. You fucking shot great big lumps of geek goo over SR when it came out. Everyone from Harry downwards raved and wet themselves over it for days. It’s only now, because you are either too intellectually impaired to form your own opinions, or too much of a cowardly fuck to voice one, that you bash and bash.
And now the fucking cunts hindsight view is that X1 and X2 weren’t that good, despite what you all said at the time. Despite the fact that they re-launched comic book movies the way we have them now, grown up and serious. Without them, no Spiderman franchise, not Bats Begins and no Dark Knight but that’s OK because your fucking backwards revisionist retardation is all conquering and you are the same bunch of fucktards that, after the prequels, now say “Actually Star Wars isn’t very good at all!”. Fucking miseries who just like a whine.
And now all you have is Singer’s sexuality? Motherfucking please!!!!! You are fucking idiot turds, to a man!
Until you have ever met a gay person, seen a grown woman naked in real life and actually been able to form a cognitive and coherent argument about what is a good and bad movie, your opinions are as worthless as your lives.
Here is the opinion of Ian Nathan who is only one of the head reviewers on one of the worlds premiere movie publications so, you know, unlike the majority of the fuckwads here actually understands things like structure, mythos, spectacle and above all what makes a movie work. Read it, then cry to yourself until you summon up the courage to end the worthless, pitiless misery that is your empty life.
Review as follows:
With the inspired appropriation of John Williams’ majestic 1978 theme music raising acres of gooseflesh, Superman flies again, bringing mankind what Marlon Brando’s Jor-El called "the light to show the way". Like the flag-waving hero of Richard Donner’s Superman movies, the boy from Krypton comes bathed in nostalgia, reverence and oodles of religious symbolism. The result is that most beatific of superhero’s most magnificent screen incarnation yet.
Bryan Singer is a besotted man, with a determination that Superman belongs to the movies. Amongst the visual razzmatazz, those dreamy effects and gilded edges, he references Casablanca, Close Encounters, Citizen Kane and Titanic, films in the widest possible sense. If Steven Spielberg were to have made a Superman movie, it would surely have this sense of wonder, exaltation and romance.
The story loosely follows on from Superman II, with Lois Lane’s memory of his true identity wiped by a kiss. Singer stays fully in touch with the heartache that murmurs beneath that iconic blue suit — the idea that our hero’s divine nature acts as a barrier to love. Clark’s unrequited love for Lois and her crush on Superman are the soul of the story, far more central, say, than the mind-blowing action sequences clamouring for your attention. This may confound those just looking for a regular can of fizzy action juice, but will taste like fine wine to the growing legion of Singer fans who admire his dedication to adding emotional weight to summer thrills. The news that Lois is the mother of a five year-old boy and engaged to newcomer Richard White (James Marsden) sends the Man Of Steel into meltdown, the unfolding emotional conflict steering the movie. While such sentimental concerns could become cloying, Singer, as with his X-Mens, finds the perfect middle way to explore the conflict within his characters.
Kate Bosworth brings an eager intensity to the star reporter; even though she lacks the world-weary wryness of Margot Kidder, she fully evokes Lane’s conflict and tough exterior. But the greatest victory is Brandon Routh. The resemblance between Routh and Christopher Reeve is uncanny (when he first turns around as Clark Kent, you’d swear it was 1978) and, while proving every bit as wholesomely heroic, Routh even adds his own melancholic touch.
Singer has built a larger, worldwide arena here: Superman traverses the globe, not just the US, in his fight for "truth and justice…" (references to the "American way" are conspicuously absent), and consequently Spacey’s eloquent Lex Luthor is a further-thinking and far crueller customer than Gene Hackman’s. His diabolic and rather complicated masterplan is inevitably fuelled by shards of that dreaded green kryptonite, while Parker Posey’s moll makes delightfully dimwitted fun of his megalomania.
And such dastardly deeds do, naturally, furnish the movie with a series of breathtaking action sequences. While symbolically carrying the world on his shoulders, he literally carries continents across his broad back. More than that, though, Singer realises it isn’t enough to believe a man can fly; these are flights
of emotional expression, exhilarating in their sense of freedom set against rapturous skylines. Indeed, the film floats in a preposterous, magical America forever bathed in golden light. Singer has reinvigorated an American icon, with a film that sits happily in the upper tiers of Superman’s grand pantheon.
Verdict
It’s all about heart — not that the spectacle falters; this is the finest popular entertainment since the Rings trilogy closed. Superman doesn’t fly — he soars. 5 STARS -
Ty sir I like my moniker as well..lol..regarding my posts, i find it quite funny that this assclown umbral is telling me how I am filled with anger and how i must have homosexuals on my mind (and must be one), simply because I defend them. I came along and had a problem with his prejudicial remark and he gets so angry and defensive, and tries to turn the tables on me because I called him out for his immature and idiotic statements. It's quite clear he is a immature moron who has some sort of problem with gay people, despite his claims to the contrary."You are so fucking eager to see what you want to see you decided to spew your retarded nonsense" is what he said in his above post. So let me get this right, he says he has no problem with gay people then why does he say anyone who stands up for Singer is a closet fag (thereby indicating he thinks of Singer as a fag)? Like only gay people will defend Singer? But were not supposed to think he has a problem with gay people right? Whatever I am done with this fuckwad, he is a waste of time, and I wont feed his obviously desperate need for attention. Poor diluted creature.
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Well, you have some pretty good choices too. Love the Brandon Lee pick.
Oh, yeah, i remember i had Iman (Bowies wife) pegged for Storm.
http://tinyurl.com/yaopckv
Your Basset choice may make more acting sense though. Wasn't she supposed to play her too?
I maintain that Circa 92 Dolph Lundgren, would have been an AWESOME colossus, obviously someone at Marvel thought the same, Check this Deadpool video
from them, at 1:48
http://tinyurl.com/y8g3ob4
I saw Colossus Working for Magnetos team. You know since he's metal? He would doubt Magnetos cause, thinking about defecting to X-Men. But Magneto could literally bend him to his will.
As for Keitel: You gotta remember, Back in 92, Russel Crow wasn't that well known, or a Movie Star. Sure, i had seen him in Proof(great little australian movie, which also stars Hugo Weaving) and Romper Stomper, where he plays a skinhead.
Yeah, once again 18, casting big names.(who cares about such silly things as a budget, eh?)
I don't think i had a director pegged though. I think i wanted
'the guy who did Terminator 2'.
Nowadays, directors are much more known to the audience i guess, nah, it's probably because im getting older.
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Doh, i messed up the Tinyurl links, again, just remove the p tags.
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And back in 92, he looked like this:
http://tinyurl.com/y9q7og8
http://tinyurl.com/y9t6a4x
and of course the Piano (93). (second best datemovie after Titanic)
http://tinyurl.com/ych22yo
http://tinyurl.com/ya28tub
Now, would they have gotten Harvey to wear Yellow Spandex?
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Mar 26, 2010 2:45:45 AM CDT
Why do you keep calling it Jack and the Giant Killer?
by the_goddamn_batman
It's Jack the Giant Killer, right?
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Mar 27, 2010 5:10:32 PM CDT
Bryan Singer to Producer & not Direct X-Men: 1st Class
by merlin_ambrosius
Although whoever directs will work from a script which was developed by Bryan Singer, and which was written by Jamie Moss.
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