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Kevin Bacon Will Menace X-MEN!! But In What Guise??
I am – Hercules!!
Entertainment Weekly confirms rumors that Kevin Bacon is indeed playing a villain in “X-Men: First Class.” No word on which villain, but my money’s on the 100-year-old Nathaniel Essex, better known to funnybook fans as Mr. Sinister. But Bacon also could just be playing another angry army guy who doesn’t think the president knows what he’s doing.
Bacon is new to the superhero game, though he did have a superpower in “The Hollow Man” and he fought the uncanny in “Tremors.”
“First Class,” a prequel examining the early days of Xavier’s school for the gifted and his relationship with Eric “Magneto” Lensherr, comes to us from the "Kick-Ass" team of writer-director Matthew Vaughn ("Layer Cake") and screenwriter Jane Goldman.
Matthew Vaughn himself kicks ass, and that is why I am excited about this movie.
The cast so far:
Charles Xavier: James McAvoy (“Wanted”)
Eric Lensherr: Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”)
Emma Frost: Alice Eve (“She’s Out Of My League”)
Hank McCoy: Nicholas Hoult (“About A Boy”)
Sean Cassidy: Caleb Landry Jones (“No Country For Old Men”)
EW has also indicated Lucas Till ("Hannah Montana: The Movie") could be negotiating to play Cyclops' kid brother, Alex "Havok" Summers, who can expel plasma blasts. AICN sources have suggested Aaron Johnson, who played the title role in "Kick-Ass," will play Scott "Cyclops" Summers, though another Entertainment Weekly story indicates Johnson will not be in "First Class." Fox has yet to weigh in on Cyclops casting.
Fox plans to release "First Class" next June.
Find all of EW’s story on the matter here.
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huh?
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Hopefully the savage land plays a part in this.
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notice the lack of 'first' gayness.
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I wouldn't mind seeing Sebastian Shaw, though. Emma Frost kind of hints towards the Hellfie club.
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see..cuz its Kevin Bacon....
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And I still have no idea what is powers are.
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They fucked it all up too much to stick with continuity on this. If it's a prequel and Wolverine's in it then that makes no god damned sense.
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when they're just going to bitch about how he looks when the first pic comes out?
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Charles Xavier wont let him DANCE!!!!! Wirework ensues.
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If this movie is intended to set up the current continuity with the X-films I want nothing to do with it. First class should be Xavier, Magneto, Cyclops, Beast, Jean Grey, Iceman, and Angel. Throw in the Brotherhood and keep Wolverine the hell away from this. Do it like the damn source material and introduce other mutants in future installments.
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I remember reading UNCANNY in junior high and thinking THIS GUY IS FUCKING SCARY!!!..... still kinda scared this movie might turn out lame....gonna pray & I don't believe in god !!!!.....
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BUT it works!
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in making X-Men:Last Class.
NO ONE FUCKING ASKED FOR THIS SHITTY FLICK.
Every geek I know would rather have X-Men 4 than this shit. -
Jul 15, 2010 5:03:25 PM CDT
This lettuce and tomato deffinately does need a dose of
by beyondthunderdome2girls1cupbillcosby
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...we'll be all the better for it.
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I'd love a reboot with a good director and cast, and minimal studio interference. X-Men 4? I wouldn't see X-Men 4 if you paid me, after X3.
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I wasn't a huge fan of the X-babies idea (although it would be nice to see Cyclops done with the proper respect(Marsden had great potential in the role but no one seemed to realize it.)) But I'll spring to see Mr. Sinister on the big screen (maybe allude to Apocalypse, even?). It sounds a bit like a pipe dream though. Given the history they'll probably just make Essex into another rogue army guy.
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Kevin Bacon would have made a great Havok to Fred Ward's Wolverine in a movie version of their mini-series which featured art by John J Muth. (I think it was Muth)
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Total pipe dream. Name doesn't work in a halfway serious movie. Wouldn't feel right going up against the 'first class' either; he's a latecomer and just too big and far-reaching a villain for a 'first class' pic.
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along with Sharlto Copley as Hulk.... my goodness there have been some good ideas here recently
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About the first group of teenage X-Men.
It was an AMAZING comic that had no Magneto or Emma Frost BTW
My defining memory of it was a scene where the teenage X-Men head to a Coffee A-Go-GO and Warren Worthington - referred to as 'third' - shouts back that they've got girls dancing on the tables, while a teenage Jean Grey struggles to keep a young 'Iceman' from seeing in the window.
It was great. I doubt this movie is able to capture the charm. Fuck, I doubt the movie will be anything but a pompous bore-fest about anything but Xavier and Magneto exploring some homo-erotic fixation the movie makers have with THAT relationship. -
Keen to see McAvoy and Fassbender together.
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My fanboy dream years ago would have been a Wolverine v Sabretooth movie with Fred Ward and Rutger Hauer as Sabretooth. Might still work.
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That punks overratted
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Back Story from Wiki for those who don't know what his powers are
Writer Chris Claremont conceived Mister Sinister as a new villain for the X-Men, having felt "tired of just going back to Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and the same old same old" Claremont recalled:
"Dave Cockrum and I were over ideas and what we were coming towards was a mysterious young boy - apparently an 11-year-old - at the orphanage where Scott (Cyclops) was raised, who turned out to be the secret master of the place. In effect what we were setting up was a guy who was aging over a lifespan of roughly a thousand years. Even though he looked like an 11-year-old, he'd actually been alive since the mid-century at this point - he was actually about 50 [...] He had all the grown up urges. He's growing up in his mind but his body isn't capable of handling it, which makes him quite cranky. And, of course, looking like an 11-year-old, who'd take him seriously in the criminal community? [...] So he built himself an agent in a sense, which was Mister Sinister, that was, in effect, the rationale behind Sinister's rather - for want of a better word - childish or kid-like appearance. The costume... the look... the face... it's what would scare a child. Even when he was designed, he wasn't what you'd expect in a guy like that." -
We sure about that? Absolutely clear right?...
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Powers and abilities
Mister Sinister is a genetically altered human with superhuman physical and mental abilities. He was granted powers through genetic alterations by Apocalypse, and throughout the years has used genetic material from other mutants to grant himself a truly vast array of superhuman abilities. Mister Sinister possesses superhuman strength, stamina and reflexes, as well as the psionic abilities of telepathy, telekinesis, and mind control. Additionally, he has the ability to psionically paralyze a foe or "turn off" the power of another mutant. Mister Sinister is capable of energy projection and flight through telekinesis.[26] Using genetic material from the mutant Courier, Mister Sinister gained complete control of his body at the cellular level, allowing him to shape-shift,[27] regenerate [28] and be virtually immune to injuries.[29][30] The character has exhibited the ability to teleport, though the Beast believes this is accomplished through his tesseract headquarters.[31]
Mister Sinister is also a scientific genius, with expertise in the fields of biology, genetics, cloning, physics and engineering. The character is a master manipulator and planner, with decades of genetic research at his command. -
Is every superhero franchise going to be rebooted back to when the main character was a teenager? I can't wait to see Bruce Wayne dealing with the heartbreak of acne.
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Great news. hHe plays a great villain.
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He appeared way after the original group. Why him? It's not logical.
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Every time Herc calls comic books that I want to puke.
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Isn't it a little unfair to sick someone like Mister Sinister on the teenage X-Men ?
The guy has a whole organization of his own in addition to his powers. In fact, that's what makes the freak so dangerous - he's a brilliant scientist.
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... Josh Whedon, which is NONE!!!!
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pure speculation on Herc's part, right? (No doubt based on his vast ahem "funny book" knowledge) Has anyone seen a script to support this??
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Sinister is a great villain and would fit into the whole X-Men: First Class as a someone that would want their DNA as well as someone Magneto would be opposed to as well. I just don't see Bacon in that role, its best suited for CGI with someone like Tony Todd as the voice or hire the guy who did the voice in the cartoon. Bacon is better as an evil solider even though its basically the same as Stryker. No loving the casting regardless of who the director.
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...Bernie Madoff...I imagine there's nothing he won't do.
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Interesting to see I'mm not the only person who ever considered him to play Logan.Not sure if he'd work or not, but I just want a Wolverine who isn't so damn tall, pretty, and young.
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... about mmmy bad spelling innn the previous post.
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like Trask or Hodge. Are they really going to whip out Mr.Sinister for X-Men Begins?
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Can't wait to see you guys tear out your hair in homophobic rage when you see this costume: http://tinyurl.com/265eg7g accurately adapted for live action. Looks like something Liberace would wear to a goth club. Sinister is gayer than Northstar cornholing Jean Paul Valley. You know it, I know it, and the American people are going to know it soon enough. -
with the original team. Its the perfect opportunity, why not?
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Wolverine in his own damn franchise a couple of years from now. Do a proper Sabretooth/Logan flick.
I'm not sure which potrayal of Sabretooth irks me more; the mindless beast in X-1 or the atrocity that was Mr. Naomi Watt's take on it.
The closest anyone has come to portraying any character that comes close to how Sabretooth should be played (in my opinion)was Chuck Connorsturn as Skorsezy (sp) in the old "Werewolf" tv series. That's how I see Sabretooth; grizzled and sinister. -
Jul 15, 2010 6:06:59 PM CDT
If Mr. Sinister is the X-Men's next best villain...
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They must have a lame Rogue's Gallery.
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of Kevin Bacon
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Yes, he seems way to powerful for teenage mutants. However, I'm positive that his powers will be watered down like Magnetos, Rogues, and just about everyone else's.
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for 2nd degree of Kevin B.: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Mrs. Pamela Voorhees
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Well said, sir.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=CErapf79rqM
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Pointing out that you didn't type FIRST is just as lame as typing FIRST!Also this is cool news, I read about this rumor the other day somewhere and they also mentioned he might play Sinister. I hope Sinister is like a background villain or something pulling the strings. The main villain unfortunately needs to be a human to help the initial divide between prof. X and Magneto.
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Kevin is going to be playing Jason Wyngarde (ie Mastermind) not Sinister, where did the idea that Sinister is going to be in the picture come from?
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Every time I think of what the movies did to Rogue - turning the X-Men's most hyper-combative character into a weepy helpless girl I want to puke.
I can live without Ms. Marvel's powers, she's been depicted quite well in other media like X-Men Evolution without those. But always with the heart of a warrior. As in she don't 'run away' from nobody. She run at them, then they fall down, then they maybe die. Christ. -
some studio exec's 'itty bitty brain.
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Pick something that represents his current work FFS, even Clash of the Titans would be more fair to Nic than AAB.
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Jul 15, 2010 6:31:30 PM CDT
My sources tell me that Bacon will reprise his role of...
by mr. nice gaius
..."Fenwick" for X-MEN:FC. The classic character from DINER will ignite the divide between Professor X and Magneto by making a bet that neither one of them can order and eat the entire left side of the X-Mansion's dinner menu.And unlike Boogie, Fenwick will actually get Carol Heathrow to go for his pecker!!!
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You guys do know that Logan ages very slowly,right?.....fred ward is a great actor but way to fucking old to play old to play CANUK!!! Come on guys....
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Sinister and the x-men..get together and form a dance at xaviers school..but eric and charles says there wont be no dance....then sinister yells lets dannnce!!!!....
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Sinister and the x-men..get together and form a dance at xaviers school..but eric and charles says there wont be no dance....then sinister yells lets dannnce!!!!....
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Sinister and the x-men..get together and form a dance at xaviers school..but eric and charles says there wont be no dance....then sinister yells lets dannnce!!!!....
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Jennifer Lawrence will be playing the role of Mystique
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Anybody remember the Brood? The mutant massacre? Probably but most people I know would have no idea what I was talking about.
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It has to be Sinister, but lose the silly red diamond and knock off-Hellraiser threads
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Do you remember the Dark Phoenix Saga? Night of the Demon? Proteus?
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amen, brother! I always thought Sinister looked like Colossus' cross-dressing brother. Lipstick and everything!
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Do it right! You've already done the CGI homework for Angel. Don't fuck this up!
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. . . I always think of Colossus snapping that guy's neck. Was it Riptide? He spun super fast like a whirlwind and threw out sharp objects. He hit Kitty and Peter said, "make peace w/ your Gods, little man." SNAP. That was a big deal that he killed someone. Good times, I tell ya'.
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So because X-Men 3 sucked then that automatically means we need to fucking reboot the entire franchise?
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. . . what was Night of the Demon? I remember everything else you mentioned. Wow. Proteus! I feel tempted to go dig out my comics. What a dork!!!
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it shit all over several characters... both killing them off and... even worse... betraying their ideals. Magneto instantly turning on Mystique without remorse was a fucking travesty. I'm not necessarily or reboot... but I think Fox should pretend X3 never happened. What a disgusting joke.
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It's just too much to expect out of cinema. Who'd have ever thought we'd be getting better quality out of TV over movies ?
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And A Few Good Men.
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into the ocean- filling an entire fucking ocean with black death was only enough to power a half million cars for a year. I figure we stop pouring thousands upon millions of ocean's worth of black,ultra-death-shit into the air and cancer will instantly vanish overnight. That's why they can't track it down- it's in every fucking air molecule you are breathing. Mass just changes form people. It's dense. It's shit we are at this moment evolving ourselves to even be able to breath. This is some great pot I'm smoking- it's dense- it's the shit. It's changing form right now in front of me. I wonder how many Mexican ganglords this little bud right here forced into the kidnapping racket? Man I'm so glad America plugged it's asshole. They've got a 3rd world shithole on their doorstep that will kidnap them where they used to take cheap vacations and an ocean of shit to clean up. I have some great ideas to fix this place- Soylent Green for starters
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Naturally
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him. Mastermind would probably the character he would play.This movie is still going to suck.
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didn't Marvel just put Jeoff Loeb (sp) in charge of it's tv division. Hopefully that will mean more than just animated fare.
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Perfectly fucking summarized, deezlbub. The only possibly gayer costume I can think of, off-hand, is Stryfe: http://tinyurl.com/26nbajr And MNG, I think it's funny how costumes in comic movies are such a catch-22. Stray too far and try to "street" up the costumes, and fanboys cry rape. But stay too close to the classic-but-still-fruity canon design, and the fanboys yell "gay!" Not much room for error.
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come on guys get with it!!! Do you want me to update the site for you???? http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810128131/video/20889623
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As much as I like Fincher, I just can't get behind a pic detailing how some dudes got rich by creating FaceBook.
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I was and always WILL be a fan of the earlier incarnations of The X-Men..Professor X, Magneto, Cyclops, Jane Grey, Iceman, Angel, Beast, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Collossus and the chick/kid with the inviso powers (what was her name again?).
I was a bit worried that he first X-men Movie would suck..which surprisingly I thought didn't and the second film was pretty good...but the third movie? Just pure horrible crappy garbage that harkened back to the days when the Movie Studios made really suck ass Superhero movies!
So, I am kinda apathetic when it comes to the news about X-men: First class...I dunno..maybe I will be pleasently surprised and it will be pretty good... -
Dammit
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Something that should be played at cons waiting in lines for Chris Claremont's or Jim Lee's autographs.
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Compared to Stewart, McKellan, Jackman and even Paquin, this is a joke. I know the arguments against Rogue, but she was a teenager when the X-Men took her in and there is no way they could explain the whole the whole Ms.Marvel thing even in the first two films which were great by the way.
X-Men 3 is the most disappointing movie I have ever seen. Wolverine was just ok, but it needed another draft with someone who knew who Deadpool was as well as how Wolvie lost his memory. Also, Jason Wyngard was supposed to be Stryker's son, Jason, who had the same powers. I just think this is going to be more of a clusterfuck then what Avengers or Batman 3 may need up be. -
Bacon can play morphius. I would say Johnny Depp in a Burton film but it would have to be rated R sleepy hollow Burton. Also delroy lindo needs to be a superhero elder something or other in some movie. He could shout, "Stowwp eeteeen my sessamee gaake!!!" Then hit someone with a table.
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At least psychologically, that because one of the three movies was bad, a continuation isn't even given a chance. Don't get me wrong, I hated X-Men 3 as much as anyone, hated Spiderman 3 probably more then most, but I don't really understand why the story needs to be recast and restarted. Even if the new X-Men is good (which, well, I don't have a lot of faith in), won't there be a good chance of the next one or the one after sucking too? Do we reboot it again? Just doesn't make sense, especially since the first had a pretty decent cast including Patrick Stewart, Halley Berry, and Hugh Jackman. Same with Spiderman, I have really no desire to see the first one remade and don't really see the point. Also, McAvoy as Xavier? He's a good actor but seems to be horribly cast. For me the real shame is how these franchises are squandered by studios because they see them as shows for teenagers. The writers seem less then impressive as well. One of the writer's (Josh Swartz) notable experience has been on "Gossip Girls" and "The O.C." Jamie Moss' only other screen credit is for "Street Kings," which I don't remember but scored an unimpressive 38% on RT. Jane Goldman did work on Kick-Ass with Matthew Vaughn, but then again she also worked on Stardust with Matthew Vaughn. Badly cast, unimpressive writers. Yeah, color me excited...
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I can live without the Ms. Marvel stuff for Rogue - it's been done successfully elsewhere, including the comics. But I can't live with Paquin weeping and wailing in fear all the time. It was nothing less than awful.
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why not him? Who cares if he already played the Hulkamaniac...Ed Norton gotta eat.
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Watch and see. May be wrong but, I think Vaughan would've probably cast another Brit since Sinister is British. Hell I'm being funny I don't know but I think Bacon is gonna be Shaw, especially with Emma there.
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The reason for wanting a reboot is not that X-Men 3 sucked. It's that X-Men 3 sucked, then Wolverine sucked AND screwed up what little sense of continuity they had going. So yeah, if half the series is shit and they aren't even logically connected, there's nothing stopping them from wiping the slate clean.
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maybe.
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She didn't have the invulnerability like she did in the comics, so it made sense for her to be terrified at times. Granted, I also like powerhouse ass kicker Rogue, but she does cry quite a bit in the comics about her powers in the comics. I would have preferred Kitty Pryde since that is who she acted like at, but its more of a what if Rogue never fucked up Ms.Marvel in the movies. I thought she did a good job with what she had. Its not like she is writing the script.
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Jul 15, 2010 8:17:03 PM CDT
I thought Anna Paquin was an ugly gap-toothed bitch...
by mjs_cold_dead_pale_corpse
and in I was right.
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What a miserable, useless character she was in the movies. I just want to fuck. No kidding? Let's just strip those powers away then- ok off ya go- go fuck. Real fun for the audience.
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. . . where Paquin's Rogue is screaming and fighting w/ the Blackbird controls. Talking bout popping out of the film for a few seconds. So bad . . .
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. . . . . . w/ just Thor & Odin talking. Dimmer lighting does those costumes good.
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They both got piggy noses!
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I do!
If it didn't get so confusing I'd say that series where Havoc almost takes over the world and has that other dimensions Jean Grey as his woman would be cool to see.
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Rogue loses her powers and gets jiggy every once in a while in the comics. I believe she is the only X-Man to ever get in on with Magneto.
Put that in a movie.
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I'm so sick of them. Where's my fucking 'Magnus Robot Fighter' movie???
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I am a hardcore fanboy. HARD. CORE. I and my friends are your target market. This cinematic abortion you call an X-Men movie and the upcoming Spider-Man reboot shitfest? These are the things that are going to kill your adamantium goose. I have ZERO desire to see these flicks,nor do anyone else I know. When these come out I'll be having my own double feature of the Singer and Raimi flicks,and all y'all can just go fuck yourselves....actually,strike that. You'd probably have to give yourselves a puberty re-boot beforehand....
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He's staring in The new James Gunn movie "Super". As a villain even.
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....this movie I don't know about, but if they can put things back on track in X4 I'd say just continue on. Then again I liked X3 even though it had it's flaws and issues. We know for a fact one day Xmen will be rebooted one way or the other because inevitably the actors will age or leave the series or whatever....but so long as they are still up to it I wouldn't mind at least one more shot a sequel featuring all the regulars from the X trilogy. Bringing back prof. x, Jean and Cyclops could be major plot points of a new film.
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via a 1 degree separation with the Hanna Montana generation... sign of the apocalypse?
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I thought hey were going for an all English cast and crew.
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kevin bacon as sinister would be sick
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Director Ben Affleck definitely learned how to shoot action.
Must've been paying attention while working with the likes of Joe Carnahan, John Woo, Michael Bay, etc.
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continuity wise they can use reality altering mutants the way Star Trek used time travel, breaking the sequel/prequel rules and hitting reset if they want.
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been waiting for that mother for ages
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of the timeline, I don't think Cyclops should be past infancy in this film.
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Will I ever see Cable?
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1. If you were to draw that suit, what color would it be? Just green? Looks like some heavy shading would require lots of black ink, black and green.
2. If the suit is made of green ring energy like the tanks, hammers, boxing gloves, energy blasts and whatever else comes out of that ring, why would it have white material and black material when everything else he forms is all green?
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Where did the idea come from that Sinister would be in this movie? Seems like an unlikely character for them to adapt, and I would never guess Bacon was hired to play someone like that. My money is on Shaw as the villain, being as Emma's already in the movie. Surely they will want to tie as many characters together as they can, they love that nice compact plotting and character development that makes it feel "Hollywood" instead of believable.
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It's a good bet that the baddies will be the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, since Mystique and Magneto will be in this. So doubt Bacon would play a major mutant villain. I'm guessing he will play some type of political character, senator, congressman, etc. whatever.
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He is not better known to funnybook fans as Nathaniel Essex. If you read funnybooks in this day and age, you already know Nathaniel Essex is Mr. Sinister.
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... that new Will Ferrell cop movie looks like pureed, recycled dogshit, doesn't it?
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He was my Wolverine casting too, but this was a decade or two ago. I don't care how old he is he would have been better than Huge Ackman.
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Next movie after this.
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why are actors interested in this crap? look at inception, thats what we need not stupid meaningless outdated superhero movies
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he ain't gonna stay purdy forever
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Sorry, but coming back and pointing out you didn't say first is as lame as having actually said it. You just need to rise above it entirely!As for this, well, who knows. I don't mind seeing mutants throwing powers around but I can't believe this is the best direction to take the series in... although they did work themselves into a silly corner in part 3. Can any superhero franchise ever make it past 3 without imploding and being rebooted or dropped?
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And this movie will be even worse. End of franchise.
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You make a good point about "reboot because one was bad". Imagine if Star Trek had rebooted every other movie because the odd number ones were mostly bad. This need to restart everything is insane.
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That makes this movie worth watching.
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Vaughn should be directing Superman instead of Ex-men
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its a reboot, fair and square.
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Either...Calvin Rankin aka Mimic. He has the combined powers of all the 'first class' X-Men. Just wait and see.
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Literally everything I hear about this movie sounds shit. I'm not even that thrilled at Vaughn. Either give us X-Men 4 or reboot the fucker. Prequels ALWAYS suck. No exceptions. Ever. Except for Temple Of Doom.
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I'd rather watch Crystal Skull
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Lex Luthor Real Estate Villain Extraordinaire will be the big bad in this movie
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...for a villain. I always enjoy seeing him, but I think the only time I saw him playing a bad guy was in “Hollow Man“....
ANYHOW... just googled the guy playing Hank McCoy. Didn't know they had cast him yet. Didn't know that it was the brat from “About a boy“. Saw the picture. Aaaaand I'm out!!!! Come on, don't you all see that they're turning the mutants into another Twilight?? Don't want anything to do with that! -
Temple of Doom was fun and fresh like your asshole, Drsambeckett
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Crusade was the best. So fuck you.
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His role will be more of a scientist type, he will be Nathaniel Essex.
Maybe at the end we get to see a glimpse of Sinister, but most likely in a sequel.
He could also be Black Tom Cassidy, or Jason Wyndgarde, William Stryker are all possibilities.
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Xavier wasn't much older than the team.
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Sebastion Shaw
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Would someone please confirm?! I've read so many mixed messages on this film I am so confused. I personally want it to be a reboot (although I hate that phrase) as I did not love any of the Xmen films very much- however this is still produced by Fox right? Blimey...
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I am not going to defend Crystal Skull since well defending that movie on the internet would just lead to more useless name calling and fanboy agnst. Doom had a good villain and idea, but the execution was off. Willey was fucking annoying from the start. Indy gets possessed by drinking purple drank and its dark for the sake of being dark. Shortround is the best part of the flick and when the kid actor is the best part of the movie then you are in trouble. Having said that, the Indy films are still quality even with Kingdom Skulls issues like nuking the fridge, the swinging scene and William Hurt's character. I thought it was a good, but as great as Raiders which really is either the number 1 or 2 greatest action flick of all time. Die Hard being the other one.
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Most likely, with Emma appearing, and Sinister possibly appearing (and how could he not?), this film is not only a way to tell a new story, introduce some new characters, but repair the damage done in X3 by setting up X4, which is pretty much what everyone complaining wants.
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Fucking great.
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...what purpose would that serve in this continuity? If anything, Emma will be a student caught in a love triangle with Scott and Jean before losing out, siding with Magneto's Brotherhood, and used as not only love interest for, but the means to resurrect/find Cyclops in the next proper installment. Sebastian Shaw and The Hellfire Club unfortunately would just complicate matters.
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Poll: Which power is lamer?
Remember, M.E.L. can eat anything...and without gaining weight, a skill increasingly important in modern day America. -
....we see if the next Wolverine bounces back and turns out good. The Japan saga should be in the next Wolverine and hopefully they will do it right. By the way, a new pic of Thor and Odin has been released and the costumes look better under the right lighting. http://codecrackx15.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/lighting-does-wonders-for-the-thor-outfits/
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Alice Eve is the same age as McAvoy. Unless they cast Johnson as Cyclops and use the age difference as an in-joke, Emma Frost must be a villain or aide of Xavier, surely? If she's teacher they'd need to explain her absence in the recent films. Assuming, of course, they give a shit about continuity, which, by the way, isn't some geek obsession, but simply fucking plot coherence.
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Not after First Class. It would retread ground that doesn't need to be (for them). We'll get this, Wolverine 2, which IS set in Japan (the first confirmed that), X4, and possbily Deadpool....then I'd imagine sequels, and possible recastings in the main series. Marvel won't get this property back for decades.
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Remember, this film spans twenty-some years. We don't know what periods the casted actors fit in.
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The X-Men frnachise as done on the big screen has been fucked up beyond all hope. They need to let the mutrants lie for about five-ten years...THEN start over anew. Get a new cast, a good director, and let someone write a decent script. GO YOUNGER seemes to be the fix-all for these superhero reboots right now, and I got some bad news for the suits making the decisions. That ain't gonna work.
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They (Fox) can't do that. The rights would revert back to Marvel. That's part of the reason this is being fast tracked.
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Or so the consensus appears to be. I have no idea who this cat it.
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BringingSexyBack, all ya need to know is, he's BringingScottyBack.
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That's good. Scott is one 'a my favorite characters of all time.
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It totally sucks for a movie.
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As it is - one would have thought they'd be in the middle of filming by this point in time, given the amount of FX needed for the Xmen franchise - and that's not counting if Fox continues hopping on the post-pro 3D barf-train.
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And I suspect that will remain the case until Battle Angel Alita or whatever she's called.
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Jul 16, 2010 8:34:30 AM CDT
If it weren't less than 1yr til showtime, I'd be more excited
by vawitch
*darn board cut off my header*As it is - one would have thought they'd be in the middle of filming by this point in time, given the amount of FX needed for the Xmen franchise - and that's not counting if Fox continues hopping on the post-pro 3D barf-train.But I think Bacon would do great as Mr. Sinister - and one of the more appropriate villains given the movie's set-period & characters (both Summers brothers).Though I am curious w/ a "First Class" not having Jean, Bobby or Hank - but having Banshee & Emma?
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It's all speculation at this point, but Laura Shuler-Donner has been dropping X4 hints and wishes for years, this flick here is concentrating on Scott's early days at the school, introducing his current comic book squeeze and like everyone's figuring one of his arch-nemesis' (Sinister). Why go to the trouble of setting all that up if you're not gonna tkae it somewhere when you eventually go back to the main series? We'll probably get an alternate reality, captured mutants, clone of Jean, excuse to correct the problems X3 brought about.
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...all they gotta do is move shit over to the Age of Apocalypse.
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I don't want to see Wolverine ever again. That character has been so raped it's not even funny to Redbull_Werewolf. I want a new, prettier Phoenix and the return of Marsden as the true leader of the gang. Purge Berry, bring in an Iman-type nubian. And is it just me or wasn't Colossus one of the most interesting characters in the funny books? He's non-existent in the movies. Gah what a clusterfuck the X movies have been.
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It was a little like Mike Myers playing Dieter playing Nightcrawler.
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Where does this leave the Wolverine sequel? You know the prequel's sequel?!!??
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And he looks 20 years older than Xavier. But that's not his fault. Stewart's a vampire.
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2012
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When do we get to see Bouncing Boy bounce off the screen in 3D?
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Never caught it in theaters. Is it worth watching? I loved X1 and X2 and hated X3 with an undying hate.
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....but the people that really hate it, are mostly Deadpool fans. So it depends on what era of funny books you followed.
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involving Hellfire Club, Sentinels, THE BROOD (that would be batshit crazy awesome). let's face it, everything from the return of Jean Grey onward is convoluted shit. the writers have failed to create either new characters or storylines of note, instead rehashing Phoenix variations for 25 years. LAME
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Jul 16, 2010 9:37:16 AM CDT
YOU CAN DVR IT, BUT WE GUARANTEE YOU WILL STOP AND DELETE IT
by bringingsexyback
within 10 minutes.
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I would kill to see Apocalypse as a villain in an X-men movie. If they do make Mr. Sinister the villain in this movie it gives me hope that we could see Apocalypse sometime down the road since he is responsible for Sinister.
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is just about to get a whole lot easier.
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Chuck Connors was the shit as Janos Skorzeny on Werewolf. Good template for what Sabretooth could have been like...if people who actually new a fucking thing about comic books made movies.
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What's a Nubian?
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. . . starting up the school. Meanwhile Frost is doing the same thing. Mystique will be someone that choses Frost's school over Xavier's. I'm so hoping Bacon is someone like Bolivar Trask (Sentinels!) and not some crazy powerful bad guy that the brand new students couldn't possibly take on.
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Nubian
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Peter Fernandez, best known as the title character's voice in the animated "Speed Racer" TV series, died Thursday from lung cancer at age 83, Anime News Network reported.
Fernandez not only voiced Speed himself, but also his brother Racer X and several other characters in the English-dubbed adaptation of Tatsunoko's "Mach Go Go Go" anime series, the Internet site said. He also directed the voice cast and even wrote the lyrics to the signature theme song used in the show imported from Japan in 1967. He later played Lupin III, Daisuke Jigen, and President Jimmy Carter in a dubbed version of "Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo."
His voice can be heard in such dubbed anime titles as "Astro Boy," "Gigantor," "Marine Boy," "Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars," and "Superbook." He made a cameo appearance as an announcer in the 2008 live-action "Speed Racer" film, Anime News Network said.
Corinne Orr, the actress who played Speed Racer's romantic interest Trixie and younger brother Sprittle Racer, spoke with Fernandez as recently as last week, the Anime News Network said. The two had worked together on 200 productions, and she noted that he was a big star on radio and Broadway and had starred in the 1949 film "City Across the River" where Tony Curtis only had a bit part."
Orr is the last surviving member of the "Speed Racer" main cast.
Orr told the Web site, "His great joy was doing all these conventions and receiving the acknowledgement and accolades from all his fans at the end of his life."
Producer and anime distributor William Winckler told Anime News Network that he was glad that renewed interest accompanying the 2008 live-action Speed Racer film, Fernandez "finally got the attention and respect he deserved from the general public and mainstream press." -
When John Ritter is signing autographs as a superhero a very very young pre-footloose Bacon makes fun of him.
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How the heck does Hugh Grant play Wolverine? C'mon, Logan/ Wolverine was a midget. He was Napoleon on Steroids. Oh, this franchise is so lame and over with. The best thing about it all was Frasier as Beast. Storm was weak, no flying skills at all.
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Time to get Bacon'd.
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Pierce is a good idea if they were doing Hellfire Club based story. But Wyngarde is also a member of the Hellfire Club as well as several incarnations of the Brotherhood of (Evil) Mutants (with Magneto, Havoc, etc) as well as a member of Factor 3 with Banshee. Also though Pierce is an interesting character I'm not sure how he (or even worse Sebastian Shaw) shows there powers in the movie. Bionic limbs arent that interesting, and Shaws ability to absorb kinetic energy, doesnt really help him against most of the classic X-Men and isnt really visually impressive. On the other hand, they can go crazy with Masterminds powers and make whatever they want happen (they could also do with with Proteus or Legion, but dont expect either wayward child of a prominent X team member to show up).
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That is all
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Hilarious thought, BuffDaddy.
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Another site is saying he will be Shaw. Which makes sense since the White Queen will be in this movie. It's not like she declared herself the "White Queen" It was a name given to her by the Hellfire Club, So if you have White Queen, you have to have the Hellfire Club.
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Why do so many equate happiness at a casting choice with masturbating oneself to orgasm? It's quite a revolting picture, when you think about it.
"Oh...yeah....Bacon...as...Uhhhh...Mister...Sinister...yeah...yeah...Bacon...sizzles...sizzling...Bacon...Sinister...yeah...YEAH....YEEEEAAAHHHHHHHHHhhhhh...."
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so i can play 6 degrees with my smurfs
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Sebastian Shaw grows these huge mutton chops, and Bacon has no ability to even grow sideburns.
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The sequel that dared to be a prequel and not retread the original film. That movie has balls, and one of John Williams top three scores.
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That's the first name that came to mind when I thought of Bacon.
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write a kick ass Predators review.
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The properties they do have to work with are so difficult to pull off. They could do X-Men in their sleep, and it would lend itself so well to the style that seems awkward to shoehorn Thor & Cap into.Instead we have Fox slowly trashing the franchise and making Jim Henson's Twili...er, X-Men Babies.These licensing deals are probably the reason Marvel is able to make films now, but it's tragic that they don't have X-Men or Fantastic Four to work with. Fox, do the honorable thing, and just admit you can't handle these films.
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http://tinyurl.com/23wfdyx
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Just look at Thor. Only fags will be interested in seeing that. Don't get me wrong, X-Men is pretty gay already but it would definitely be supergay if Marvel films had anything to do with it.
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that was my first guess too. That would be old school and cool.
Mimic is also a good one for a reboot.
I think it's too much to ask for it to be Sebastian Shaw, although that WOULD kick ass. Don't know how they would do the Hellfire club story justice w/o Wolverine down in the sewers, though.(not that I'm saying Wolverine should be shoe-horned into this, because that would be a BAD idea).
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is the best of the Indy films. Period.
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the peeps have been expecting sentinels far longer than Essex, a fan-favorite character with an admittedly overcomplicated backstory. Based on a throwaway scene in X3 - a throwaway movie - sentinels are already in the movieverse. Bottom line: expect Bacon to play Bolivar Trask. BTW, Sinister should be played by Mitt Romney (not political, the fucker just looks like him - side choice: gabriel byrne) and Apocalypse by Shaquille O'Neal (behold the ASHAQUELLYPSE!).
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We want to see Shaw, Leland, Pierce and Wyngarde!We also want to see Christina Hendricks as Jean Grey in the Black Queen costume!
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reboots, but this is done for a reason. The head honchos in charge are trying to appeal to all of those Twilight fan audience. This is why movies will be crappy for awhile just like after Titanic the studios realized there was a huge untapped female audience, thus chick flicks went into over-drive. Comic book movies won't be the same until these young Twilight fans grow up and grow a pair, in other words when these crappy movies stop doing well. Until then Spidey and X-Men will be going through puberty. I'm just surprised Green Lantern is at least cast right age-wise, though that suit needs to go, Spawn wants it back!
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Im out, IM OUTTTTTTTTTTTTT of this project no thenks il wachit on line thanks
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I really feel like they scapegoated X3. I'm not a comics fan so I can only judge the movie and it wasn't that bad. My guess is they are too cheap to pay for that large well known cast. Better to reboot and save the money. Same audience will go.
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...and BAM! you got Apocalypse.
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