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So Bryan Singer just called regarding Matthew Vaughn's X-MEN: FIRST CLASS... I'm quite excited now.
Hey folks, Harry here with a great update on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS that just came from Producer: Bryan Singer - who tells me he's been working on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS for over a year now and with the looming August 31st, filming date approaching - he wanted to clarify some of what it is they're doing. First off - the film takes place in the 1960's. John F Kennedy is the President of the United States. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X are on TV doing marches. There is a spirit of a hopeful future that was prevalent in that time. We will see how Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr met - and how they dreamt of a future with Mutant & Human kind. They're going to be in their late twenties. Xavier - as played by James McAvoy will not be in his wheelchair to begin the film - but we will see how he wound up in a wheelchair. I asked if McAvoy would have a nice shiny chrome dome - and folks. We're going to see Professor X when he still had hair. We'll see McAvoy and Fassbender's Magneto formulate what it is they are attempting by creating the X-MEN. Now Bryan wanted us to know this is not the conventional FIRST CLASS comic - but rather a new beginning for X-MEN. Set in the 60s - Vaughn is technologically inspired by JAMES BOND's tech of the time. The costumes will be far more comic bookish than we've seen before - and while Scott and Jean aren't here - Cyclops' brother Alex Summers aka Havoc will be, as played by Lucas Till. With January Jones and Kevin Bacon playing Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw - we will be getting the HELLFIRE CLUB. I commented that the HELLFIRE CLUB has always felt like something that it would be wrong to modernize, as it felt as though it were something specific to the swinging Hefner era of the 60s... and Bryan said that's exactly why they're making use of the HELLFIRE CLUB... the dress and the costumes associated with that glorious period of the X-MEN... belong in the 60s. I asked if Kevin Bacon would be sporting that little ponytail with the ribbon - Bryan laughed and said, "We'll see". In regards to the cast, Bryan was especially excited to land Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy/Beast. Nicholas was set for FURY ROAD, but their start date shifted which opened up his availability for FIRST CLASS. Also - Rose Byrne is playing Moira MacTaggert, I liked her in KNOWING. And I think she's fairly perfect for Moira. The cast list over on IMDB is correct (with the exception of the Rosamund Pike rumor). Looks like filming will begin with Xavier at Oxford University in the 60s. And Bryan is excited that the film is going to have a much more international feel than the prior X-MEN movies. They'll be shooting in England & the United States - and they'll be representing other locales around the globe as well, but would only tell me that Russia (aka The Soviet Union... CCCP) will be amongst them. He doesn't want to show all the cards just yet. But the International flavor will give the film a more James Bond vibe... I get the idea that this is going to be something quite special. How can I say that based on a quick conversation with Bryan? Well... folks, this is the first time that we're going to get a silver age MARVEL story. That's incredibly exciting to me. Hearing Bryan actually saying that the costumes will be far more reflective of what we saw in the comics - well that is exciting. But more than that... I just can't wait to see young vital versions of Xavier and Magneto played by excellent actors in their prime. But more so... This is the time for Matthew Vaughn to shine. I loved KICK ASS, but it didn't have the namebrand of X-MEN or the scope that those stories have. Here, everything that Vaughn has can be put on display. Having Vaughn work in a James Bond-esque period - that was the period that the X-MEN first came to life. There's potential for something amazing. There are characters that we're not being told about though. Bryan said so. And we can all speculate as to who they are. We know we're going to have Darwin, Young Raven Darkholme, Banshee, Havok, lil Mystique, Azazel, Emma Frost, Beast, Xavier, Magneto and a female Angel. So... who's missing? Well - I'm kinda hoping for Donald Pierce and Harry Leland - myself. How about you? Oh, I just remembered, I asked Singer when we can expect our first look at some of the costumes and the look they're going for and he told me to expect something in about a month, if not sooner. So seems like we'll begin to have a clue pretty soon.
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...directed by Singer.
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Right but you LIKED Serbian Film......
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Sounds odd. But a 60s setting does get me excited. I've gone from "meh" to interested in this.
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...he said Kurt Russell was laughing...after he woke up.
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does sound pretty cool. Previous Xmen movies left me cold
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They can't find my house again.
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Then I got to say thats straight up BS and whats with the female angel? But diggin it takin place in the 60's
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..about this.
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Sounds like there's a lot going on here
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I am in the minority that actually enjoyed "Knowing", but the worst part of the film is Cage and Byrne's acting.
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We'll be there in five minutes or it's.........guns engine.
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I want my breadsticks. :(
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Why is it so difficult to do a kick ass (pun intended) movie that shows the first class from the comics? You get guys like singer involved and it becomes more about the costumes then the story. Is it so hard to put a story together based on this (http://www.comicvine.com/x-men-x-men/37-6694/)? Superman Returns was HORRIBLE. This will probably be about the same, but at least we'll get some really hunky guys for singer to drool over during shoots and some gender neutral female stars that are covered up to the neck.
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A ridiculous mess of actors, characters, and storylines that don't go together in the least.
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Been saying it since the first X-MEN film. This sounds like the film I've been waiting to see.
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Harry, he is sooo you! Ask Brian to hook you up.
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and I like her in Sunshine.
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I don't know how they can expect people to buy into this after the colossal flop that was Wolverine.
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Harry just got a call from the producer. This movie just guaranteed a good review from him.
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Nevermind. It's not like they give a fuck about continuity at this point.
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He's back on tour in 2011. Book your tickets early to avoid disappointment kids!
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Honestly, it doesn't sound that great to me. Just seems like they didn't know how to fix the abortion that was X-men 3 but Fox needed to keep the money machine rolling so they went the all-too-often used prequel route. <p> No Jean and Scott? They on vacation somewhere? Lame.
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fuck Wolverine. We've got Matthew Vaughn on this. Have you seen Kick Ass?? And this will be silver age. And they'll have the costumes from the comics for a fucking change. Great casting, awesome characters. I'm liking everything I've heard about this production so far.
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...Because the individual bits of news about this were all over the place. Now it at least seems to have some sort of vision to it. It still seems very odd, and I hate to lose out on Sir Ian and Sir Patrick as they were by far the best thing going with the prior films. But now Im at least somewhat interested again.
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Bryan Singer clarified a few things about XMFC? Why do you have to mention that he CALLED you...and in the headline, no less. Shameless.
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And look what happened. I have faith in Vaughn and Goldman, but I also fully expect Fox to interfere to the point of ruining the entire film.
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Haven't bothered to look up the woman playing Angel, but I would assume they mean the Angel that Grant Morrison thought up around the "Here Comes Tomorrow" arc. She was a black teen with fly wings and could vomit acid. Had about 8 kids with bird-boy The Beak.
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But I'll believe it when I see it. And by 'see it' I mean a trailer, not the movie. I skipped Wolverine and I'm still planning on skipping this, unless Vaughn sneaks an end run around the Fox execs waiting to ruin it.
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Young Raven Darkholme is Lil Mystique...just sayin'
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If you are going for a sixties James Bond vibe, then go all the way.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 7:48 p.m. CST
Why would Harry pass up an opportunity to name drop?
by SierraTangoFoxtrotUniform
He has to constantly remind us that he still thinks he has pull and relevance in Hollywood. If he were as good at reviewing and being a webmaster as he is at name-dropping, we'd be on the best site in the world. Right now, at best, this site is maybe top 1000 in movie site ratings. Maybe. And that's on a good day.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 7:48 p.m. CST
I'm guessing Magneto cripples Xavier
by BP_drills_america_a_new_asshole
Xavier is hanging by his fingernails from a great height. Magneto has the chance to save him but lets him fall. Next scene - a bitter Charles in his wheelchair. Across the city Magneto is scowling in his new helmet. That's how it ends folks.
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How awesome would it be to have a Superman or Batman movie set in the 30's or 40's? I can guarantee that we have MAD MEN to thank for X-MEN:FIRST CLASS being set on the 60's.
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Whatever he says I don't think we'll see the matching leotards from the comics. Maybe a touch but you know they'll be modernized.
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Any thought to reprinting some of the great articles and pics of the past to educate the youth?
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You do know the crust is a breadstick. In fact, when you don't eat the crust we just cut them up and viola, breadsticks.
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And why the hell does Diablo Cody get way more ink and love than Goldman does, especially around here? Jane Goldman has only written or co-written Stardust, Kick ASs, The Debt (probably up for Oscars), X-Men First Class and now she's even at work on Kick Ass part 2. And if you accuse me of being up her asshole, Jesus, I'd love to be!
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Look - just make them real characters - not shallow - that's why we liked the comics as kids. We could relate to them.
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I have been reading the X-Men comics sonce the 60's and they are in no way James Bond-esque. I have a feeling this will be a big travesty for fans. If you want that BOND vibe, why not make NICKJ FURY, AGENT OF SHIELD. I hope they can manage to salvage this...
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And boy that worked out great didnt it
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I think that's a reference to the look and feel of the early James Bond films, not necessarily the espionage elements.
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New X Men villain - Breadstick
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We're aiming for a soft rollout on Oct 1st, but there are some coordination issues between my camp and the existing camp that may cause whatever we do on the 1st to be smaller than I would have liked. - We'd love to do some reprinting of vintage articles - the rights issues on that are still a bit complicated, but hopefully within a year we can do some of that.
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The first x-men was set slighty in the future (so perhaps 2001 or 2002) wolverine wasn't clear on its timeline but the majority of it seemed to take place in the 80's (or late 70's). But emma frost was like 18 in wolverine - now she's older in a story that is set before those events?? <P>Plus X-men opened with an 11-12 year old magneto in a concentration camp during WW2... so if this is early 60's then he should be in his 30's not 20's, <P>Plus beast is in this and he was in X-3, so was he supposed to be like 80 in x-3?<p>Mra Targart was also in x-3 but if she's in this and is the same age as Xaviar, then she should have been in her 60's in x-3 but she appeard to be 40's at the oldest.<P> this is worse then the rocky movies where he came back from russia in part 5 and his kid had aged 6 years..and then 16 years later he de-aged for rocky balboa and only appeard in his early 20's, I fucking hate when they just ignore ages..star trek did it too when scotty mentions admiral archer and his beagal..you know 150 year old archer and his 90 year old dog...cause that makes sense JJ
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I'll anxiously await X:FC on Netflix. You won't pay me to go to another X-Movie after Wolverine. And I'm embarrassed that I went to see that one.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 8:03 p.m. CST
As much as I want to get excited about this being set in the six
by Peter Franks
I then remember that Fox is the studio behind it. And I remember that they won't ever spend the goddamn money to do the X-Men justice on the big screen. I don't want to rain on any parades here, just a friendly reminder before all our hopes are dashed...again.
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and said Harry's Inception review sucked.
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That is all.
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If you're going to make a film about the first class, why wouldn't you have the original line-up? The most frustrating thing with these goddamn adaptations is that they're already fucking written...they have been for decades. Just. Film. The. Goddamn. Books. How fucking hard is that?
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Aug. 20, 2010, 8:08 p.m. CST
Are they still going to wear shitty black leather costumes
by canvasseamonkey
and just be flat out boring?
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that Bryan Singer's X-Films (while the second was semi-decent) are NOT the fucking X-Men. Keep that black leather Matrix costume shite the fuck away from my Marvel U. At least we may get that rectified as Vaughn showed with Kick-Ass that he's not afraid of color in his heroes supersuits.
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two old men, Magneto and Xavier/ Mckellen and Stewart, being the main stars of a comic book movie. Giving them their youth back means the characters can have a proper go at each other, like we want them too.
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I fondly recall those articles and pics and I still have several early 70's issues that I pull out from time to time. The George Pal (standing on a crate) interview with Ron Ely is a favorite of mine.
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I'm confused. I read it was a reboot, then I read it wasn't, and now, by the sounds of this, it is. Someone clear this up for me.
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cause besides the opening montage wolverine never looked like the time line it was supposed to be set in. They better not do some retro futuristic 60's that actually looks like 2010, and I want JFK and martin luthour king to appear, establish this in the real world around real events and people, but in a forest gump way not a watchman way
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... by a producer's call. Three socks were soiled during the call alone.
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No Marvel Girl and Cyclops? How the hell can you do X-Men First Class and NOT have Jean and Scott? I think Wolverine 2 is looking better all the time!
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No. Really.
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Really, First Class without the leader of the X-Men, u kidin me?
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Frustrating isn't it? There is plenty of great source material out there. Pick it up, make the minor story and character tweaks necessary to bring it to the big screen and make it happen. The problem is everybody in Hollywood has to put their own "stamp" on things.
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Most overrated "funnybook" character ever! I wish Claremont had gotten his wish to kill him off early on.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 8:29 p.m. CST
this is the complete opposite direction that I was hoping for X-
by bishopfan85
X-Men is already turning into Star Trek: The Next Generation focusing too much on the whole "symbolism" of mutants representing minorities and homosexuals in other words being too technical and not enough fun. I was very much hoping that if there were any new X films that they'd go a more future Sci-Fi blockbuster action route with maybe some Cable/Bishop(did my AICN name give it away)/Gambit/Wolverine (with eye patch)/Sentinels/Brood/Apocalypse/Forge/Phoenix/Guardian/Skrulls action
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Or Even Bob Dylan
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That will build on the mutant universe? So if it's a hit.....than you do a First Class Part 2.....and possibly an Xmen 4? <p> I don't get how Beast is in this but no Jean or Cyclops and we are going to have a female angel. I mean, Angel was always pretty feminine so I don't know if my fandom should be annoyed by that or not. <p> Harry should play Mojo when they introduce Longshot into this universe.
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This flick centres round McAvoy and Fassbender. Everything else is just padding. Cyclops would be brushed aside, without the attention the charactr deserves. Again.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 8:34 p.m. CST
Wolverine Origins Fucked Up the Entire Series' Continuity
by evolution1085
So now the girl who saved Scott and could turn into diamond wasn't Emma Frost, even though she's billed in the movie as Emma Frost, and Cyclops' now younger brother is active before even he's supposed to be alive... i understand the "movie universe" is different from the comics, but all they do with these "reimaginings" is ruin all the good stories they could tell by making them near impossible with the lineups they want to use... If you want to tell a real xmen origin story and reboot the franchise, do a first half movie with Xavier and Magneto becoming ideologically polar opposites, then have him go after the nuclear silos and Cyclops, Jean, Beast, Angel and Iceman save the day... until that point, bring on the bootleg workprints
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Aug. 20, 2010, 8:35 p.m. CST
Wouldn't Havok be about Scott's father's age...
by HarryKnowlesNonExistentInceptionReview
...How does it make any sense for him to be Scott's brother in this?
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there is no Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, or Angel (male). <p> Again, the film industry just doesn't get it. Too bad. They have no idea the potential they are missing.
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like Transformers 2 for being the exact same thing?!!
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Perfect casting. Uhm... can Harry act?
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Aug. 20, 2010, 8:39 p.m. CST
No Jean, Cyclops or Wolvie = SKATING ON THIN ICE
by BP_drills_america_a_new_asshole
Those three characters are amongst the most recognizable to the general movie audience who saw the first three films but haven't read the comics. Omitting them is a very risky gamble which may or may not pay off.
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No Cyclops? No Scott Fucking Summers? Not just an original team member but, THE FIRST FUCKING X-Man??? The character gets screwed over in the other three movies, and now he isn't even included in this!?!? And as "Head Geek" you are ok with this??? "Quite excited now"? This is just bullshit...I pass on this cluster fuck of a movie
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...with Professor X being shot in the head with bullet that causes baldness.
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I liked X-Men and thought I loved X2: X-Men United. But in hindsight, I realize that what I liked the most about X2 was the promise of what X3 could potentially be: a story that actually featured Scott and Jean, two characters that have anchored many a great X-Men story but none better than the Phoenix Saga. When X3 did show up, it was the exact opposite of what I wanted to see. The Wolverine film only ventured further down that hole. 20th Century Fox has simply mishandled a franchise that could have been synonymous with quality films rather than just big name-recognition box office (which frankly anything as popular as X-Men would get regardless of what the movie is like...a fact that 20th Century Fox seems to know quite well). I was willing to accept that it was the departure of Brian Singer that hurt the franchise most, but in hindsight, Superman Returns was quite dull and it was clear that Singer was focused more on putting interesting ideas into the movie than the idea of making an interesting movie. And clearly, X2 without the payoff of a quality Phoenix Saga-infused story is actually just a pretty good sequel to X-Men instead of the epic standalone comic book adaptation I'd like to believe it was. Hearing about First Class and Matthew Vaughn, I had hope for this movie in spite of Fox's and Singer's proven track records. Perhaps with a proper reboot of sorts, Singer could help realign a franchise that could never seem to achieve the hype it promised. But now I see that this is no reboot, just a silly '60s prequel. Just like with Superman Returns, Singer is more preoccupied with the interesting ideas of setting his "mutants-are-another-word-for-anyone-who-is-oppressed" themes in a different historical time period than he is with making an X-Men movie that can live up to the potential the first two X-Men films demonstrated. And 20th Century Fox is just happy to slap an X in the title and watch the money stack itself up for them in neat little piles. It's disappointing to see, but not surprising. The ONLY remaining saving grace may be Matthew Vaughn, whose proven track record in interesting movies makes him the Wild Card. I'm not excited about the prospects of this film and I fear the worst for the end result. Fox and Singer have so far not given me a reason to expect otherwise. Matthew Vaughn: Prove Me Wrong.
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Is this a reboot or is it a prequel? Vaugh and Singer are talented people, so I'm excited about the possibilities of this film either way, but as far as I know they have never made it clear how the film fits in with the previous installments.
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Thanks for ruining 2 superhero franchises you piece of shit!
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I thought Havoc was younger than Cyclops. If they wanted to use a "summers" kid,to stay in continuity with the movies they will be screwing up the continuity of anyway, they should of given this "summers" mutant, a name like Vulcan. <p>No Cyclops or Jean Grey? and New Age X-men characters in the 60s? This is going to suck. We will get at least five minutes of Vaughn and Goldman, scene and dialog, I hope.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 9:06 p.m. CST
Just because it's called "The First Class", doesn't mean...
by Shermdawg
...it's the first class Xavier taught. Think about it. Also, after reading that, there's no way anyone should be confused if this is a reboot or not.
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That could do wonders for this project.
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Breadstick: "Meet my sidekick." <p> *A hush falls over the crowd as a small figure emerges from the darkness.* <p> "You can call me....Dipping Sauce."
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..."ahhh hell no!"
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That's the only way this could actually work. I don't mind them futzing around with Havok's timeline and such given the fucked-up hash they made of the first 3 films' continuity and chars. This could actually be good. <p> OTOH, Singer has GOT to stay out of production. The man is a drab, cheerless filmmaker who is ashamed of comic books and their flights of fancy and has done everything to try to suck all the life and energy out of their high-flying concepts. X-Men 2 was GOOD, not GREAT, and it was hamstrung by his dowdy, blah approaches to the X-Men, black leather, thin characters, etc. The first film was just mediocre. Singer cannot be heavily involved, because he is ashamed of these properties and his scripts are passe.
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I'll just fucking bet.
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work Hugh Jackman in? You know they are going to.
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with writing the screenplay this might all work out...
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I know they are going out of their way to not call this a relaunch/reimagining of the series but that has to be what this is. New director with all new actors set in an entirely new time period makes this that by default. If this makes money then what we will see is another two or three movies with this cast paving over the previous movies. Which as far as I'm concerned isn't a bad thing. Top of my list in things to fix is casting an African as Storm.
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The enemy of the breadstick is. MOLD!!
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Watchmen <p> James Bond (Quick thinking to pull the dream sequence out of this movie) <p> Segregation. By way of mutants being a race under oppression. An allegory. Which makes Rogue, the "Uncle Tom" of mutants. <p> Everything, except for a movie, that doesn't take itself seriously. Put a few more months on the production. Let Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman turn this around.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 9:26 p.m. CST
Now THIS is what started me coming here in the 1st place!
by RETURN_of_FETT
These kind of exclusives made AICN a Hollywood hub.</p><p>I'm still resertving judgement based solely on the incredible shittiness of Superman Returns, but with Vaughn at the helm I'm reasonably sure this will be cool.
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and not the 60's? Wasn't it created during Byrne and Claremont run?
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...it is Angel Salvatore a.k.a. Tempest played by Zoë Kravtz. (sheesh)
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So apparently January Jones can only "act" in the 1960s?
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someone clarify, please!
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hard to imagine fox allowing something so funky and fun to happen. Maybe...just maybe...they actually learned their lessons with everyone hating S3 and Wolvie so badly, where they realize, yes, they made a shitload of money, but if they make an incredibly awesome and unique one...they will make twice that amount? One can hope. Let Singer and Vaughn have their way with this and I predict one of the coolest, funkiest, funnest superhero movies ever.
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....the 60's is stupid to do and it messes the time line up. Somewhat sick of Singer too.
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The blackbird was a yellow submarine.
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He's his WAY older brother or possibly grandfather?
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They were the prelude to Jean becoming Dark Phoenix. She was The Black Queen under the control of Jason Wyngarde aka Mastermind.
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No wonder the nerd alarms are going crazy. Dumbfucks the funny books don't even follow any time lines, they fuck them up all the time. GET OVER IT nerdlings then maybe you can enjoy the MOVIE version of the X Men.
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Marvel Girl, Rogue, Storm, and Jubilee were an all girl Motown group called The Marvelettes.
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who cares. its just a movie. you really sit at home and look at calenders to figure out why the timelines for movies in a franchise don't add up perfectly? and then get mad about it? we live in the real world, that shit is impossible. who fucking cares? and why? i actually want to know..
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The purists will complain about the lack of Scott and Jean, timeline issues and this throwing all sorts of characters into a blender and see what comes out and the casual observer will be spending the entire movie going "where the fuck is Wolvie???"<br />
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Yes, Hellfire was created by Claremont, however I think Harry was referring to a 60's 'vibe' that seemed to exist. From the clothing to the hedonism- can easily see some Hefner/swinging sixties sex clubs, Hellfire seemed to straddle both the sixties ad eighties - bypassing the conservative 70's.
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Cyclops lets the world know his dilemma by singing, "(i cant get no) satisfaction", he there after, becomes a household name.
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Despite Bryan Singer being awesome on both X1 and X2,I have no interest in this reboot crap. I wont be seeing this OR the new Spidey...or the new FF...or anything else Sony/Fox does in an attempt to keep Disney from taking full control of the Marvel Universe.
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Early on a fall morning, a lone taxicab deposits Jean Grey at the Tiffany's jewelry store on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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Angel is a draft dodger. No pun intended.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 9:54 p.m. CST
vaughn should be making these kind of announcements/reveals...
by vincebell
dont you guys think? look at all the shit he just dropped - unless vaughn gave the ok, then i really think singer overstepped his boundaries here. i wonder if singer is butt hurt that he isnt able to do this film, & if he's gonna be getting in vaughns way throughout production. again, if vaughn is cool with this, then i withdraw everything i said, but id much rather hear stuff from the director & not the producer who really wanted to direct but cant bkuz he's gotta do a beanstalk movie. we'll see.
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I think they fucked up calling this X-Men First Class, and fucked up calling X-Men Origins Wolverine, Wolverine should have simply been called Wolverine and this movie should have been called X-Men Origins<br />This movie per the plot summary from Fox :<br />"Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN. "<br />X-Men First Class should be about a younger Scott, Jean, Beast, hell you could add Havok to that one and should be a different movie
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first appeared in the 1980s but they were based on an episode of the BBC TV show 'The Avengers' from the swinging 60s. Diana Rigg (Emma Peel) was a kind of Black Queen in bondage type gear and the name Emma was used for Frost. Jason Wyngarde/Mastermind's good looking face (as well as his name) was based on guest actor Peter Wyngarde (who starred in another TV series called 'Jason King'). The Avengers episode was called 'A Touch of Brimstone'.
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Beast built the common microwave, developed the pill, and recorded star trek.
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Kubrick;s wife just revealed that the cult of Scientology has stolen their daughter, Vivian! They even brought a Scientology "handler" to Kubrick's funeral so no one from the family could talk her out of it. Let's bring the film geek wrath on these brainwashing, slave-laboring, family disconnecting bastards!
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Guh. This is just an attempt to reach out and jerk of the coveted international audience. Fuck that. X-Men is a product of the good ol' U.S. of A.
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when I (and a few others, I think) thought of it merely as "X-Babies", there has been practically nothing but news that has made me grin ear to ear. I'm sold, I recant my earlier (way earlier) objections. I'll pay for a ticket for this.
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and not because of Hit Girl or Big Daddy, but because Vaughn set out to make a twisted version of 'Spiderman I', and he succeeded brilliantly. Kick-Ass has its flaws, but I find it more entertaining and repeatable than any other movie of the past couple years. <P> Now I don't know much about - or read any - comics or graphic novels, but I also think Matthew Vaughn's 'Stardust' is a great movie. <P> There is something that really appeals to me about Vaughn's style of directing - he doesn't overextend himself or get too ambitious with story. He doesn't make many mistakes. He has good comic timing and his films are quick-tempo, entertaining and effortless. He is quickly becoming one of my favorite directors. <P> I would not care at all about X-men: First Clas under normal circumstance, but Vaughn has me very interested.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 10:15 p.m. CST
So this makes 5 movies where Cyclops gets the shaft...
by christonomist
Is there not a single Cyclops fan at that entire studio?
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Vaughn will follow this news up with some production art. <p> All jokes aside, David Benioff is a great screen writer, he couldn't repel being canned, during Wolverine: Origins. I hope Jane Goldman knows how to route herself around this barring.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 10:21 p.m. CST
I hope they make John Lennon a Mutant..and his power Bulletproof
by Neck_Lucas
now THATS fucking with a timeline
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Thanks for posting that. I was about to post the same info, but yours was even better because I completely forgot about the Wyngarde reference. Another fun fact is that Emma Peel's bondage gear in that episode was too hot for TV and that episode wasn't shown in America during the 60's.
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I don't think anyone in their right mind would be asking for X-Men to go the way of "mindless blockbusters" like Terminator 2, what I'm saying is that the X-Men franchise sounds like it's headed towards being comparable to Star Trek the Next Generation when it would be much better if it was like the much more adored Star Trek reboot. Better not to use any analogies because what I'm really looking for is a substantial, in depth, action filled (with an intelligent story) well paced Sci-Fi Action Drama with a strong and intense musical score and unforgettable "moments" that makes the film unforgettable. A period piece X-Men movie featuring characters I was never really in love with may be golden but it's not what I was hoping for.
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didn't meant T:2, meant Salvation...sorry...sorry everybody!
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Aug. 20, 2010, 10:30 p.m. CST
Guys, why are you debating the merits of an X-Men movie
by Detective_Fingerling
its fairly obvious that this is the new James Bond movie. XmenJamesBondXmenJamesBondXmenJamesBondXmenJamesBond
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Just accept that this is a different version of the story. You may call it "what if...", "elseworld" or something, maybe it'll make you guys fell better. So the characters are introduced in the wrong order, so what? The movies can go in their own direction. A direct adaptation in no guarantee and it never was.
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!!!!
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Since some of the members of the team, like Havok, weren't even around for the first class!
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but this sounds sooo epically stupid. Fox and Singer really don't get it at all. STOP CHANGING THE CHARACTERS AND STORYLINES TO SUIT YOUR OWN PERSONAL HELLISH VISION. KEEP THE SPIRIT OF THE CHARACTERS INTACT. JESUS TAP DANCING CHRIST.
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He was Xavier, Chuck Xavier.
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It will just be a short cameo, and it will be something super lmae, like one character will bump into him and he'll be all "watch it bub", or like the characters will finish a scene and then Wolverine will have a boba fett like walkon where he nods at the camera but other characters in the sene don't seem to aknowledge him, If hugh can't do it, then leiv schrieber will apeear to really fuck with continuity even more
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What utter crap. "Hey Kids! Watch me shit all over the original X-Men and make it mine!" No original team. No respect for Stan and Jack. What the fuck is this line up? Nightcrawler and White Queen, but no Cyclops and Marvel Girl? "First Class?" WTF? We're going to "find out" how Xavier got in the wheel chair? You mean, we'll find out how they're going to change that (and everything else) from the comics. Rose Byrne is "perfect" for the Irish Moira? "Silver Age" spelled F-U-B-A-R.
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FOX and Rothman thats who. I don't think the general audiences will care for an X-Men movie featuring Xavier and Magneto as the two main characters. THE FIRST CLASS IS CYCLOPS (who gets the shaft yet again), MARVEL GIRL, BEAST, ANGEL, AND ICEMAN.<P>Nice of Singer and Company to fuck up continuity with these characters. I guess Scott Summers in the future will be banging a grandmotherly looking White Queen. But then again, FOX and company are the one's who fucked up Deadpool's origin. There's a reason why he's called "The Merc with a Mouth" guys.
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Aug. 20, 2010, 11:18 p.m. CST
Watch..they are going to "Gump" the x-men into old footage of JF
by Neck_Lucas
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....it still sounds like $h17. The 60's is just stupid. Emma Frost de-ages for wolverine. Cyclops' younger brother Havoc is now way the fuck older and Cyclops isn't in, neither is Jean. Just film the freaking comic books that were created. There are a ton of fucking stories and they pick this crap? Shyamalan fell to Uwe Boll levels with the Last Airbender and it looks like Singer should join him. Stop fucking up good comic franchises already. I'm sick of the whole mutant racism junk... we already saw that...old story...move on.... Fuck it, just reboot the whole thing after this abomination kills the franchise.
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Because its going to be such a collosal fuck up that it will finally kill this franchise once and for all.
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Which some of the other characters in the current X-Men movies wouldn't that that much sense because of the timeframe, Wolverine is old as fuck and doesn't age... why not throw him in there? Besides what happened in the first X-Men of corse, but atleast grab Jackman for a scene without him interacting with X and Mysterio and the rest.
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He wouldn't remember it.
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Vaughn has talent, Singer's approach kinda worked for X-Men. It being a prequel though is going to destroy this potential franchise before it even goes off the ground. Just like when Michael Bay did the TCM prequel. How did Leatherface get his chainsaw? It was just lying there and he took it. Ooh, how awesome, how exciting, we really needed to see that, didn't we?
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He has made the two xmen movies this prequel is based on. He wrote the story outline, has been working on the movie for over a year, wanted Vaughan to direct (as he wanted him to take over x3 orginally). He is working very closely with Vaughan and Goodman. He is the fucking producer!
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It's a reboot, not anal cancer. I just don't get it.
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Someday.. Maybe they can generate a good X-Men film.
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It doesn't exsist as far as I'm concerned. Seems this film making team are doing the same thank god. It's a piece of shit which doesn't deserve any place in the movie xmen world. Seeing as this is a prequel to the first 2 xmen movies, Cyclops wouldn't even have been born. Would be stupid to crow bar him in to this story. Plenty of chances to give him a story in the upcoming sequels to the prequels.
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......They're giving Spidey a new love interest in the next Spidy movie and it looks like it will be a movie invention and not even Gwen Stacy. Face it comics fans... the super hero movie is on it's way out... studios will fuck them all up and we'll have to wait for a reboot 10 - 20 years down the line.
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that there is the marvel comic book world and a marvel movie world, you might be able to chill the fuck out a bit.
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Just because the first four movies fucked over Scott Summers doesn't mean they have to drop the character entirely. Scott and Jean ARE the early X-Men, and leaving them out is like making a Superman movie without Lois- it could be fun, but where's the love?
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I'm quite curious how Marvel will stand by the movies they themselves are not making. It is obvious that Marvel Studio has something special going on that will continue to encapsulate the history of Marvel comics on screen. With word going out that their next big push after the Avengers will be to explore the more cosmic elements and characters Marvel studio movies are set to be huge. However, how sucky is it that we won't get to see Spidy swing past The Baxter Building on his way to help Dr. Strange. How utterly craptastic that we won't get to enjoy seeing a scene where Wolverine throws down with the Hulk! Fox and Sony Marvel films will be divorced from Marvel Movie cannon. Not having Spiderman part of Marvels cannon just won't do. Shame on you D.C.! All your characters are under one roof and you have never appreciated having the ability to tell powerful (and profitable) stories using them together.
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The only thing surprising about this mess is that it isn't titled "X-Men Rising" or some shit.
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Master Mold. Which is actually...well I'm sure you get it.
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SENTINELS!!! Jesus christ. They had the perfect 3rd movie: Magneto pulls off some crazy shit, the government deploys Sentinels, Beast freaks out and joins fully with the X-men. Picard and Gandalf realize they need to team up to defeat the Sentinel menace but they still argue about with, way to go about doing it. Meanwhile, Scott and Jean are going through their own shit. At the end Jean sacrifices herself as the Phoenix, flies into outerspace after saving the world. The government feels bad about the Sentinels, so Frazier is elected president. Which leads to Xmen 4: In Outerspace
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It was. Sebastion Shaw and all that was Claremont's gig.
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Anyway with Jackman
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Good night.
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Wolverine will cameo. There, a complete sentence.
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Every time someone involved in a movie pimps it out as the cure for cancer, we can't buy into it. Robert Kirkman is currently pimping the adaption of his comic series. You can't believe what he says. Stan Lee praises every movie based on one of his comic books. You can't buy what he says! Anybody involved in one of these things can't shit on it, no matter the quality of what they're seeing with their own eyes. FIRST CLASS sounds like a disaster. Bryan Singer has earned his geek points but his optimism can't be trusted.
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As long as Bryan's the producer, the tone will be the same as his previous X-Men. That's a big 'meh'.
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Really Bryan ? It's not the spandex or the color. If you're creative enough, you CAN make that work.
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... asking why the elaborate hoax around weeks delay on the years biggest movie, and a ho-hum nonsensical mess of a review when it did come, AND then quickly followed that abortion-or-words with a disgusting pre-release review of a B movie, Piranha 3D. Harry couldn't think of an answer, so he retreated (read: wheeled quickly) to his sock drawer for comfort.
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best in the mid 80's with their post-punk/Nagel-esque aesthetic brought to you by JRjr and writing duties by Claremont in his prime. Days of Future Past and Rachel Summers with her compelling story, and the uncomfortable, suspicious and altogether ballsy addition of Magneto as their mentor seeking redemption. A 60's or anachronistic 60's alt present milieu is better suited to the Fantastic Four.
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I'm not crazy about that decision. Mr. Sinister would've made more sense. Oh well, still interested in the movie.
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but you are trying too hard. Anyway this will suck but will make lots of money like X3. And don't forget Singer was the one behind the horrible Superman movie. And this is a super rush job...but won't matter as long as people pay to support sh*t.
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If it's the 60's original, why not Marvel Girl the way it should be?
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Why? Just have a different character, it's not like there's a lack to choose from.
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Matthew Vaughn is a hack.
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yneway, you crack me up.
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It debuted in 1980. WTF?
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Aug. 21, 2010, 2:20 a.m. CST
umm....<br> Raven Darkholme *IS* Mystique... why list her twice?
by ShiftyEyedDog2
<br><Br>I think someone beat me to it, but it bears repeating. <br><Br>
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Sounds to me like too many cooks in the kitchen. My guess is they have to run this into the ground as a total mess, which it already is, and when the movies are so bad no one wants to see them anymore, the rights will go back to marvel. And it won't be soon, I figure 10-15 years before that happens. Executives don't have "love" for the projects, they see franchises, money, toys- this is the current business model. As for Singer, all I can say is that some people ride a couple of successes for far too long, because it is easier for an executive to trust "Bryan Singer, director of the hits X-MEN and X-MEN 2" than it is to trust the Bryan Singer who hasn't done a sucessful film in quite a long time; I would also hazard a guess that his superiors don't want to lay it down for him the way it actually is, i.e. he isn't being challenged on his authority as a geek movie maker, because hey, he just MIGHT have another surprise hit in him...same goes for Shymalan...you know. It's like dating the same shallow woman over and over again, hoping that THIS time, she'll fall in love with you, instead of remembering that what made the first 2 xmen, superman the movie, and batman begins stand out was the boldness and chance taking in the approach to the characters. setting it back in the 60s is a gimmick, expensive, unnecessary, and a mistake. I myself will hope for a proper 80s era Claremont x-men that references the original 60s cast as the starting point, complete with sentinels, an x-jet with shi'ar technology, genosha...the possibilities are staggering. and the stories were GREAT. Green Lantern will probably shift popular conception as to what is POSSIBLE, and the xmovies will become even more dijointed. i could be wrong though.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 2:22 a.m. CST
What happened to "Just got off the phone with..." ???
by Motoko Kusanagi
Y'know, like, in the good old AICN days...
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he single handedly killed the Superman movie. Nice work Singer!<p>All the credits you gained from Usual Suspects and the first X-men Movie you killed with your shitty vision of the Man of Steel!
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that is all.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 2:24 a.m. CST
Bryan Singer Called Offering Set Visits......
by HarryWhereIsYourInceptionReview
In exchange for hyperbole review.
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What Herry's getting at is the vibe of the group is right out of something you'd see on the campy tv shows of that era, and would be best suited then rather than the modern day X-flicks. It has absolutely nothing to do with when they debuted in the comics.
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it was a wrong number.
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Because the list of mutants present bores the shit out of me. Seriously, no Cyclops? Why must Fox fuck Scott Summers out of a proper chatacterization every go-round? A Connery-Bond-esque X-Men sounds pretty interesting, more so than the actual X-Men present. Can't we just forget about Wolverine and X3? They dont count anyway. I'm usually never this bitter, but i'm conflicted now after being so excited. In the end, I'm sure Matthew Vaughn can pull a great movie out of Jane Goldman's tits. Seems to be working thus far.
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...not the same person?
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I don't think it's any coincidence that this article came out not a few days after the production was called into question over the timelines involved. I for one am intrigued by the period that's being captured, the cast and the characters. However you can still see a lot of negativity in this TB alone, and I think that's from the belief that this will be a rushed, hackjob. I think it would go a long way to quell fan's fears and to engender a positive buzz if we could hear from Vaughn on this, especially as to how he will get a finished film into cinemas within 9mths.
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no no, i totally know what yer saying. i know that singer has put in a lot of work, and is passionate about this franchise/made films/etc.. i guess what im saying is that the facts are that he is not directing anymore and these kind of reveals usually come from directors. im just wondering if he should let vaughn be the guy to dictate when/where/how we find out spoilers of any nature. again, like i said before - if vaughn is ok with this then i absolutely withdraw my comments. does that make sense? because i do absolutely agree with you, he has put in the time & paid his dues, and i can imagine he's disappointed that hes not able to direct this one.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 4:46 a.m. CST
Nolan doesn't need Harry. Singer kinda does.
by BP_drills_america_a_new_asshole
Nolan's a great film maker (duh, stating the obvious there) and he doesn't need a fat goof like Harry pimping his films for him. Hence no "So Chris Nolan just called..." article for Harry and his consequent mega shit on Inception.<P>Singer has pissed off most of the world with Superman, and he knows most people are highly skeptical about First Class. Hence his call to give Harry some admittedly juicy reveals. Now Harry feels happy, he feels "connected" he feels like he's "inside". And AICN will pimp this movie till it comes out. And unless it is a complete steaming pile, we'll get a gushing review from Harry. And Harry will give Batman 3 a very lukewarm review even though it will be about ten million times better than First Class. Harry is just so fucking predictable with these things. He fails to comprehend that people ONLY call him if they are seriously concerned their movie will tank. No one gives a fuck about him per se.
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He will be so overwhelmed with the masterful film-making prowess he won't be able to contain himself. Just like when he cried during Godzilla when he was given a full expense paid trip to New York, holed up in a luxury hotel, meals covered, entertainment money, and a limo ride to and from the movie theater. It was just so...so...beautiful.
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...Contageous, sort of like HIV.
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that harry knowles utters. He will like a film and be ripped apart for that. but he will cheered if he hates a film. actually i dont trust a word that talkbackers utter somethmes.
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"Scott Pilgrim" does suck-worthy box office, and know Singer calls Harry. The studios are realizing how fickle the geek community can be and are panicking over future projects, so...ring, ring. Hello Harry? It's me, Bryan.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 7:27 a.m. CST
The Audience Of WOLVERINE Just Called...
by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS
And said "I ain't watching anymore of this X-Men shit."
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With no Scott or Jean, this fits in with being a prequel. Given the ages of Nicholas Hoult and Kelsey Grammer, it makes sense that Beast would be in his early twenties in the 60s. Singer haters can shut their faces. At least he didn't fuck up the character of Ra's al Ghul or give Batman a stupid voice, so there!
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And said "Did Emeraldboy just post something on AICN and not mention me? What the fuck?"
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Aug. 21, 2010, 7:30 a.m. CST
Superman from SUPERMAN RETURNS just called...
by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS
And asked "Any of those X-men guys need anything lifted into the air, because I'm free if they do. Let them know that."
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why cant we just be optimistic?? McAvoy and Fassbender are solid in everything they do, Vaughn and Jane Goldman are too.
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because they keep changing the characters..time lines....plot points. Fuck they are changing everything. Why call it X men? Why not just set the whole thing on Spain during the Spanish inquisition. Have Xavier be a Muslim with an blonde hair with the ability to shoot ice beams from his nipples. Have Magneto be a albino female with the ability detect people's relgious preferences. Fuck this crap. I'm selling my X men blu rays on ebay as we speak. I no longer have any interest in this franchise. And of course Harry will gush all over this movie when it comes out because Singer called him, ergo he has to kiss his ass. I await his review where he compares the experience to watching it with his grandparents when he was a kid on a warm summer night in 1980. Sigh.
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Bring in Scott and Jean. Cyclops was THE FIRST X-MAN. He's the leader. He's the prize pupil. You can't do a young X-Men story without Jean. Give us the original lineup! Iceman, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, and Angel. Wolverine isn't necessary to this story. Chuck the old movie continuity and start anew. Spidey's getting a reboot, why not the X-Men. If this "Silver Age" approach works, maybe we'll actually get a good FF movie...
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.. and by doing that just bought himself a good review regardless of how dire this turns out.
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..called Harry to tell him and now Harry raves it`s a "Must see turd - I wanked 4 times over this, I cried, it reminded me of my childhood"...
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...that being an adopted homosexual won't give him super powers?<P>Four movies in and the guy is still working out his issues. I couldn't care less, but wish he wasn't bastardizing the source material of comic characters in the process.
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They add all these fanboy moments in that are shallow as fuck. Why do we need to see Xavier with hair and not in a wheelchair then become the normal Xavier? It's fucking stupid to have that kind of detail in a movie. Talk about lowbrow.<p> Hey can we see Storm before her hair went white then OHSHITSON! Look what turns her hair white? Oh wait - OMG She didn't used to be black!?<p> Come on you know it's retarded.
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Yes, I kow it's out of context... but I'm a democrat and that's how I roll.
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cause this sounds stupid even by x-men standards. a "first class" film with almost none of the original members - yup, sounds like a fox production!
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Or Fantastic Four for that matter?
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not First Class (since the movie isn't about the original five). Scott Summers, the first X-Man gets the shaft yet again!<p>Hopefully when this movie BOMBS, FOX will give up and sell the rights back to Marvel/Disney.
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If Patrick Stewart is gay, he's doing a great job of covering it up, you know with the whole ex-wife and kids thing. Especially since the mack daddy is seeing a 31 yr. old right now. And if you want to complain about the Superman Returns casting fine, but I think he did an excellent job casting X-Men and X2 by and large.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 9:59 a.m. CST
"There is a spirit of a hopeful future that was prevalent in tha
by conspiracy
Really? The 60's were only "hopeful" if your parents fed you the bullshit Hippie view of life. The 60's were possibly the most unstable, violent, frightening time on this planet Harry...Tens, maybe hundreds of Millions died in the various wars, Socialist pogroms, and government empire building schemes.</p><p>I like you dude...but stop seeing the world through idealized Hollywood glasses and pop a fucking book once in awhile.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 10:03 a.m. CST
Patrick Stewart is so fucking Manly he turns Gay men Straight,
by conspiracy
Seriously..that fucker is such a Mack, such a bad ass high living poon hound, and does it all with such clas and style that Gay men begin to see the light and develop a desire for hot fresh cunt in order to emulate and be as manly as he is.</p><p>Patrick Stewart...Thespian, expert Swordsman, fucking Professional.
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Of all the MArvel films that have come out, two SCREAM for reboots...THE FANTASTIC FOUR and THE X-MEN. It is way past time when they should completely rework these comic-to-film entrie. X-MEN could be soooo great if they would just start ov er and SCIK TO THE CONTINUITY SET UP IN THE EARLY COMICS!!! You don't have to have Wolverine, Storm or any of the other New X-Men characters. Stick with Xavier, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Angel and Iceman and the early days of Professor X's program. All these filmmakers are doing right now is further crewing up what is already broken beyond repair. It is a fucking shame that the people at Marvel Studios can't get this franchise back and make a film that would truly be worthy of this property.
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...When whats associated with that title is a well known book? Call it Xmen: Rise of the Mutants or XMen: Beginnings. Calling it First Class and not making it ANYTHING like the books or about the initial 5 is like having a movie called Wolverine:Warrior of Madripoor and the whole movie set in Ireland as he beats up people in Irish pubs.
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i dont know about ALL those actors you named, but Bryan Singer likes to leave a strange "gay mark" on his films. We don't see other directors like the Watchowski brother doing this. homophobia? fuck no, its an observation.
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he would like his testicles back..
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To hell with this movie. I'll be skipping it.
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It better be a darn accurate depiction. That means everyone smoking all of the time ala Mad Men. I want to see Charles and Erik puffing away while discussing mutants place in society. I also want to see black people being treated like shit, rampant sexism and people driving while sipping a beer. No PC bullshit. I'm warning you Singer and Vaugn, if you pussify the era I'm coming to get you with an eight gauge.
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Synger promised once and now he's delivering what everybody is doing in their franchises since Star Trek movie which is to go back to young days.
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"apparently"
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Thought that between AICN & JoBlo, I kept up on all the geek news. This is the first I've heard it confirmed Bacon was playing Shaw. Not super thrilled w/ that casting, but I'm so glad it isn't Mr.Sinister. That's way too big a baddy for this flick.
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. . . is RETARDED.
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As are the steaming piles of feces known as Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis.
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You need to know this and it needs to be said. Repeatedly. It is destroying my X-Men movies. It destroyed my Superman movie -- the gayness, of this Bryan Singer -- and it seems to be destroying anything this, very gay, director touches!<p> Gay!<p><p> Always the most fun part of Singer-related talkbacks, is watching talkbackers stumble through their issues with sexuality, by vilifying Singer for his. <p> Good times!
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this guy is a train wreck and the other Xmen films were shit.
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What's Xavier doing at Oxford? And which college is he at? I can see him as an Exeter or Lincoln man...somewhere on the Turl.
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There's so little to >love< from the recent trilogy (as apposed to mark off as merely not-so-awful) that a new, more expressive and stylized iteration for me is kind of welcome. <p> I wouldn't imagine much would have me very interested in the film up to now, but a "Silver Age" spin on things, as tempered as it may well end up being, has piqued the part of me that still likes having itself piqued. <p> Be interesting to see how invested in their aesthetic they are when they give throw down these upcoming costume-designs.
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I have no idea why so many people hold this in high regard. The final thirty minutes are AWFUL. The opening hour is pretty darn good, I'll grant you, but a bad final reel (and this is BAD) removes any chance of a movie being awarded a gold star. <p> As another minor niggle, the movie steals too much from Wrath of Khan, with Jean Grey in the Spock role at the end (saving the ship by sacrificing herself, being set up for a regeneration in the next movie) and The Once and Future King taking the place of A Tale of Two Cities.
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Its one of the best superhero movies ever. Anyone ragging it is trying to earn some silly internet fanboy creed. As for this idea, its going to wreck the entire continuity and screams of reboot. Marvel needs to get this franchise back soon. As for Singer being gay, so what? X-Men is about civil rights and there is no better person to steer this ship away from the utter crap that was X-3. People need to get over it.
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to say it needs a reality check. How insecure does a person have to be to name-drop constantly? Harry, these celebrity "friends" only call you and pretend you be your pal b/c they have something to promote and you give great reviews to shitty movies. If you couldn't pimp their movies, you'd be just another fat nerd who they wouldn't give the time of day to. To quote Hit Girl, "Wotta douche."
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. . . directly from Singer and you douches think he shouldn't mention it? Why don't you tools go bitch to your cities about your favorite playgrounds not being fun enough?
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is a matter of opinion. I myself don't like it because the depictions of the characters are off. Cyclops continues the trend set up in the first Xmen film of being an unlikeable wimp. Storm is not the African regal goddess that she should be. Xavier once again serves no purpose other than to be incapacitated again just like the first film. It is all Wolverine's story which is not what the Xmen are all about. In summation, X2 is a good film, just not a good Xmen film.
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with his films so far. It was the gayness that was to blame and you know it. Case in point: his superman is such a non role model that he knocks up his woman and then abandons her for absolutely no reason. She hates him as much as we do for the entirety of the film. There is nothing on display in this movie except a dysfuctional parallel of singer's own gay life. I blame the gayness for these decisions. I doubt that a hetero man could have conceived such a weak vision for what is supposed to be the übermensch.
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The problem with Superman Returns lied with Superman himself. He was not heroic. He leaves Earth for years and doesn't even have the decency to say goodbye to the women he loves. The act of a coward. He comes back then tries to hit on Lois knowing she has another boyfriend. He mopes around through the whole film and is just unlikeable. Donner's Superman was the story of essentially an immigrant coming to a new land accepting it as his new home. That is all thrown out the window in SR as he leaves for several years without telling anyone. Please. That movie sucked donkey balls in 100 degree weather.
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There. Now go turn on some pg13 bullshit and suck it down. You are of the new age of suck
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Still waiting Harry..3 days later
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Singer: "So. You're married." <P> Summer: "Yeah. Crazy, huh?" <P> Singer: "Does he have a brother?"
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And throwing it at the wet nurse.
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Couldn't get past the stupidity and ignorance inherent in that sentence.<P>Can't be less interested in Marvel Movies.<P>Well, that's a lie...<P>They haven't greenlighted NAMOR: FIRST SWIMMER yet.
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because he'd forgotten Jon Favreau's phone number and figured Harry would have it.
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Who did one of the better superhero movies of this decade will go down in movie history as the guy who single-handedly cluster-fucked the movie continuities of the greatest superhero franchise. LMAO!!
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Aug. 21, 2010, 12:58 p.m. CST
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as young JUGGERNAUT, or just "Juggy"
by Tigger Tales
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but I let it go straight to voice-mail.
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make that "franchises". Let´s not forget Superman.
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Try it!<P>It doesn't matter which you insert as "one of the better superhero movies" (as long as you forget the "this decade" part, because that fukks it up) and which you insert as "greatest superhero franchise."<P>You can be wrong EITHER WAY, or "right," depending.<P>Well done, Metahuman. Well fukking done!
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Aug. 21, 2010, 1:03 p.m. CST
DANIEL CRAIG as Xavier's mentor, Dr. Herbert Strangelove...
by Tigger Tales
... a hip scientist with vested interests in humanities. Also drives an olive oil powered van.
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I mean, they're going to want to re-boot that one in a few, too.<P>Or is Bryan holding out for NAMOR:FIRST SWIMMER?<P>Somebody should call him and ask.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 1:05 p.m. CST
CLAIRE DANES in a role as Hank McCoy's estranged whore mother.
by Tigger Tales
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has a nice ring to it.."singer"..get it.."singer"
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I have nothing against a silver aged movie IF the X-men class were correct which they are not, it should be as we all know Scott, Jean, Hank, Bobby, and Warren.
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Surfer show up with no apologies. And galactus, fantastic 4, doctor doom and especially hippie dr strange. And Stark's dad building disneyworld. Fuck yeah! Bring on the Austin Powers marvel universe
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wasn´t X2 this decade? that´s the one I meant with "one of the better sh movies". Definitely not Superman, LOL.
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Why would they announce they're doing FIRST CLASS then say but it's set in the 60's when Xavier had hair and we'll throw in loads of X-Men that weren't introduced until the 90's?<br><br>It reminds me of the Fantastic Four movies. Masively popular since the 60's with the comic set up, Fox decides the main villain, up there with Darth Vader as one of the most iconic of all time, should instead be a former member of the team?<br><br>Superman? hey, let's give him a son, never had one in the classic comics but never mind!<br><br>I like Vaughn but think he would have done something GREAT with a 'classic' X-MEN set up rather than this.
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Though, if I were a prick, I could argue that was still last decade.<P>For some reason I always associated the X-MEN movies with the 90's.<P>I'mma dummy.
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I was under the impression that this was a reboot with teen versions of the X-Men-X-Men 90210 of sorts...this now has my interest!
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Ah - I see now. Christopher Nolan didn't bother to kiss your ass, so you fell asleep on Inception. Bryan Singer gives you free trips to the set and 'exclusive interviews' and you're very excited. Fucking shill
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the secret origin of Charles Xavier's baldness?<P>  ‍‍‍‍<br> WHAT  ‍‍‍&zwj</br> was I thinking?
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He, I think we´re still in the same decade as in 2003, Lol. Will have to google it, since I´m a dummy, too ;-)
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Will wait and see on this as there isn't a character beyond Hank McCoy that I'm into however I like the vibe/sound of the film so we'll see. I understand no Scott and Jean yet (too young I suppose)...watch and wait.
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Ahh, ok, you´re right. A deacade starts year zero and ends year 9. My bad!
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Me am dumb Bizarro metahumanslayer. gahh drool
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themepark ride. At Stark World. We even see Stark's dad working with the architects ensuring that his element schematic is worked into the park design.
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Started losing his hair at puberty when his psychic powers first manifested. Was completely bald by the time he earned his doctorate at 18. If McAvoy is too vain to shave his head, get another actor.<p>Sigh... Havok? Banshee? Darwin? Angel the Fly Girl? Vs. Shaw and the Shadow King? Ya know, instead of First Class this should be called Second String.
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BSG ended only about a year ago, and Caprica is just getting started. They need to wait and take their time to do a great Battlestar, and not merely a good one (I'm looking at you JJ-Trek). If done right, BSG could be the best big budget Hollywood space opera since the original Star Wars (episodes IV-VI).<P>Also, the idea of going back and basing it on the old Battlestar continuity is the wrong approach. Singer seems to want to do what he did with Superman Returns. His BSG movie would pick up years after the end of the old series. Wrong idea. They need to reboot so that the masses who have no clue about BSG get the epic and devastating origin story about the destruction of the 12 colonies of Kobol.<P>As for X-Men, it sounds interesting going back to the 60's. I dig the idea of the Bond style they want to emulate in terms of designs and costumes. Although, I wonder if Hollywood is gonna plunder the Bond-verse for the next few years since 007 is stuck in movie limbo due to MGM's problems?<P>Sentinels would be awesome though. Although, didn't they come later in the X-Men timeline?
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prototype themepark roller coaster. It's powered by the new element stark senior has just invented. The coaster spins wildly out of control, ragdolling Xavier and shearing off his hair at high speeds against flaming concrete walls. This cauterizes his hair follicles. His spine is irreversibly shattered and Stark decides that the element that controlled the coaster is too powerful. So he destroys the designs but inbeds them in the architecture of the park in the hope that his son might harness the power
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The X-Men are Scott and Jean. You can bitch and whine all you want about fucking Wolverine (the most ridiculous and completely fucking WORTHLESS character ever shit out of Marvel Comics) and Gambit (equally worthless), but Scott and Jean are the heart and soul of the X-Men and because of all the fanboy bullshit and their constant sucking off of a short, dumb, hairy Canadian whose only power is that he heals from shit and has knives in his hands, we're never getting a great X-Men film. This plot line, the character line up and everything else about this impending sack of shit reeks of some bullshit one-shot that focuses on characters I never gave a piss about anyway.
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This is absolutly awful casting.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 2:11 p.m. CST
So it won't sync up with the other films, or the comics
by Dapper Swindler
or any other alternate version of the x-men. Just the 9385th reimagining.
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I'm still not clear on this: is it a complete re-boot of the franchise, or is it a prequel to the current X-Men (and by default Wolverine) movies? I like the idea of it being a prequel, and can forgive some age/timing lack of cohesion if the story is good. Be a little bummed if it's a complete reset though,
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Really?
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Hair just gets in the way of all that telepathy stuff.
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That's not our sector.
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He is your master now.
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2010: THE YEAR OF SCOTTPILGRIMFAN.
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DAWSON'S X-MEN<P>X-MEN: FIRST BONER
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Even as a teen. Can I assume McAvoy wants the part but doesn't want to shave his head for it? Can't stand him anyway. I shall also make the assumption that Magneto not only confines him to his wheelchair, but to a future of folicle jealousy too.
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HE'S MUCH FUNNIER THAN ROBERT DENIRO!
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ALL HAIL SCOTTPILGRIMFAN!
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We are the future...
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Edgar Wright is a genius and people who disagree are just jealous.
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RESPECT HIM!
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Welcome to the revolution...
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The future is now...
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Deal with it...
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... ON ACID!
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We are the future...
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It's so true...
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'It really is a game-changer' - Rolling Stone.
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I said don't go riding today.
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I let it go to voice mail.
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He just wanted to tell me about his new upcoming blockbuster 'Return to Summer School'.
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He wanted to make sure I knew what an influential figure he is in the film industry.
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He wants out of that fucking box.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 3:19 p.m. CST
It's obvious why twenty-something Xavier HAS to have hair.
by Subtitles_Off
Bald and mopey = POWDER.<P> Nobody's gonna pay to see that again.<P>Not even in 3-D.
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He just wanted to assure me that his epic Viking movie is still a go. With or without that prissy DiCaprio.
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You ripped my joke!
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...and told me I the dress I was wearing is just asking for rape.
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Told me not to wear the green dress.
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You know he didn't.<P>What he said was "my fucking viking movie is a fucking go, cunt - you like that? Oooh, yeah! Leonard Di Caprio is nothing! If he gets raped by a pack jeeeeews, I won't give a shit. You can stay in the house. NO! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! I gave you everything. God DAMN it!<P> Other than that, how're things goin'?"
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It must be said.
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Up there, in the corner?
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whimpering, "I really miss you, Sugar-tits."<P>Mel's been drinking again.
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Did you make it already in the talkback? If so, my apologies. I didn't see it.
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He said he just beat the shit out of Michael Cera in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
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Good line though.
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It was an obvious joke. I used Edgar Wright anyway.
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She assures me her tits are okay now.
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Why not just have the original team? Why fuck up the continuity? A female angel? Count me disinterested.
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Hold's up a big, lighted arrow that flashes VAGINA - THIS WAY!!! <P>The arrow is even phallic-shaped.<P>Bryan still goes the wrong way.<P>The crossing guard holds the sign pointing the wrong direction.<P>We laugh and laugh. Every time.<P>Good times.
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...and told me all about 'second breakfast'.
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He said "Why no obit on aicn?"
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nonsense. Will we ever get people who really and truly KNOW comic books to make these movies?
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Move toward the light, Ed. Move toward the light.
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... but the phone kept falling out of hands.
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From Fellowship of the Ring. I can't hear a Scottish accent without thinking of that hobbit saying, "What about second breakfast?"
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He and Garth Ennis are drunk off their asses.
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They suggested I pen a sequel to Tango & Cash. I said, in all seriousness, "that's a good idea." <p> They insisted we get Michael J. Pollard back or it's a no deal. <p> I asked Kurt if Tango was related to that character. He said, "Maybe". Then he shot his gun boots at me....OVER THE TELEPHONE!!!!!!!!!!!
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Morrison gets all weepy and wants to see it, and that ain't the way Garth rolls.
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to be at this. Jeez havent you people learned that Singer is poisen. After his take on Superman this man shouldn't touch these characters with a 100 ft pole. Nothing and I mean nothing from the comic world or the genre
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Aug. 21, 2010, 3:44 p.m. CST
While this premise sounds good remember FOX IS THE STUDIO!!!!!!!
by The Founder
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That does not really work for me. At all. I could have seen him as Sinister, but I don't see him at all as the burly, aristocratic Shaw. <p> Also, I have zero faith in Singer after what he did to Superman.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 3:47 p.m. CST
Havok?? Why?? If Darwin is in it just have Vulcun/3rd Summers br
by The Founder
This would seem more logical. I've no idea why we are getting an Alex Summers who is supposed to be Scott's brother but is old enough to be his father now. Why not just have it Scott's father and have it that he's a mutant. FOX and Singer have already screwed up the history to where it can be nothing but an alternate earth Xmen story.
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We don't do second breakfasts, just fried ones. I will consider second desserts though.
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♪♫♪♫ I'm ready."♪♫♪♫<P>♪♫♪♫ You ready, Dave?♪♫♪♫<P>♪♫♪♫ I'm ready."♪♫♪♫<P>♪♫♪♫ You ready, Slick?♪♫♪♫<br><br><br><br> ♪♫♪♫ That Singer's poison!♪♫♪♫
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Aug. 21, 2010, 3:49 p.m. CST
Do they even have the budget to pull off a 60's period???
by HollywoodHellraiser
Doing period pieces on tv is kinda easy but a major film = grander scale!<p>They will most likely half-ass it and make it too modern or just have some in costumes and limited shots!
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Sinister too. Shaw just never did anything as a villian for me. At least Shaw is an enemy who has history with Xavier before the Xmen was really formed.
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You seeing avatar next weekend? I think those extra 8 minutes might make the film
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...and acknowledges that he's box office poison. Nice guy, though.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 3:55 p.m. CST
Emma Frost is finally back in the age bracket she belongs.
by The Founder
It seems that everyone has forgotten that Emma was never the same age as the xmen . Somehow she's been deaged. While she was never dipicted in Xavier's age group she should be in Banshee's age range. In this movie she should really be a teen.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 3:58 p.m. CST
Don't know why but I think FOX is gonna fork over 150 mil for th
by The Founder
They might. I really think they are going to give a sizable budget. They aint gonna spend probably what we'd all like but I think they'll give the between 130-150.
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He's wondering why no one has asked him to play Sinister yet.
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He said 'Teen Wolf 3' is a go.
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I remember reading that Marvel Earth's tech is more advanced then ours despite being the same time period. I mean cerebro, The Sentinals and the stuff Reed and Doom come up with as well as Stark. The Shield Helicarrier? No way doeas the current tech on our planet right now allows for something like he Hellicarrier to exist. Hello people it's obvious that it's not going to be the 60's tech on our Earth, it'll be more advanced.
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He said, "Haters gonna hate."
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He said, "Hide your kids, hide your wives, and hide your husbands... 'cause they rapin' everybody out here." I told him, "Don't you think I fucking know this?"
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That will make the film visually distinct and iconic. There was always something about the black and gold that set the classic X-MEN apart from the Avengers. It made them a solid team not a bunch of established heroes that gathered together. Marvel needs that now that they have an Avengers film already in the works.
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They both confirm 'ass to ass' in 'Black Swan'. Apparently, Aronofsky would have it no other way.
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Just to breath heavy into the phone.
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He didn't say anything, he just stared silently with a slight worried look on his face. <br><br> We were using skype btw.
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he said "Singer wanted to use me long and slow but I wouldn´t let him! So he did Brandon long and slow!"
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...I gave him a five minute destiny sermon.
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he said: "That stuff just doesn´t fly with me!"
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ass? Anyone? Yeah crickets. That's what I thought. Everyone is now busy jerking off.
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... to let me know that we're only a moth away from the 'Supernatural' premier.
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He said: "Why didn´t they remake Superman 4 instead of 1? WHY??"
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He said: "I have to cut back on the donuts if I´m to fit into the suit!"
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He said he's never heard of Harry Knowles.
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He said: "Singer also wanted to do nuts stuff with me! I didn´t let him."
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Chronologically yes. But take out the kid and you almost have a shot by shot remake of 1.
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New seasons of Supernatural and Smallville are BOTH premiering on the same night. Quint's going to fucking hate that.
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Shit, all that was missing was Lois thing fucking poetry while she flew with him, LOL
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thing>thinking
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He said, "No no no no no no no."
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One for sucking since season five, the other being unjustly renewed after a perfect series finale.
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He said: "Shermdawg wants me to sit at home playing with my nuts! Singer already wanted to do the same , but I didn´t let him!"
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Reading these comments makes me realize how really and truly old I have become. So much heartfelt passion and detailed analysis of a comic book movie. In a thousand years I couldn't make myself care as much as that. Damn my own cynical oldster ness.
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He said:"But we had at least 3 good episodes since season 5! No really!!"
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He said he's coming for jameskpolk's cynical old ass.
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He said he and McG are about to meld into one godlike being.
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He's wondering why nobody talks about him anymore.
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here's how I know he's making shit up: He just said Tom Welling volunteered to give up donuts.<P>Tom Welling would pass up a donut like he'd do a fucking sit-up.
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He just said that Ryan Reynolds has got nothing on these abs.
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He said:"We wanted Uwe Boll to direct a season of Smallville, but he didn´t want to compromise his artistic integrity by fucking up Superman´s continuity!"
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He said: What´s a sit-up? I only know stand-up!"
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THe same thing should be done with Fantastic Four!
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giant radiation cloud, and NONE of them lost any of their hair!
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The casting of that douchebag who played red-mist was fucking retarded. That kid was about as menacing as a care bear, and the final scene was a joke because of it.
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Marvel science is so damn tricky!
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What am I thinking?
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THAT was KICK-ASS' problem.<P>You nailed it.
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his abs were too busy calling Tom Welling's abs pussy.
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Not that I care about the mainstream, it's just that things seem to be getting pretty niche with a 60s timeline, and a boatload of characters most non-fanboys have prob not heard of. Watchmen struggled partly b/c people did not know what the movie was supposed to be about. Could be same here. As long as it's weird and interesting, fine by me. I'm more interested than before. With only mild expectations.
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They're in the corner crying like pussies.
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He called me too and said... <p> You don't have to come and confess we gonna find you!
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but they´re too busy drowning right now!
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but they´re too busy drowning right now!
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He said: "STOOOP!"
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I'm meeting him at Applebee's in an hour. Got to get ready.
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He said:" Now I get it!"
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Must be the Dick Grayson "Batman."<P>Bruce Wayne's got more class.
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he said:"What´s a Patman?"
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the kid's the only one of these knobs these days that'll play a superhero in spandex. Without a special rubber muscle girdle.<P>Kid's got guts.
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He said he's wearing his costume and you know NO ONE can tell the difference between Bruce and Dick by just their lower face.
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Just called's going to hell!
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GL´s costume is CGI.
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If he starts whining about not wanting to share the onion fries, you'll know it's him.
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clinging up the arsehole tights.
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He said:" I read reports about you!" I hang up and called Tom Welling´s abs, they´ll take care of him.
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offa their wounded feewings?
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I wanted a fucking James Bond theme'esque movie I'd watch a fucking James Bond/Harry Palmer/Bourne movie. I want an X-Men themed X-Men movie for a fucking change!
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But, he's in hell from blaspheming.<P>And, he's as likely to see an X-Men-themed X-Men movie as you are.<P>(The godzillaplexxes in hell play nothing but chick flicks and 3D cartoons, 24/7.)
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LOL LOL LOL
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Aug. 21, 2010, 5:33 p.m. CST
What exactly is Havok's power anyway?
by HarryKnowlesNonExistentInceptionReview
The power to shoot out concentric, template-drawn, perfect circles? Or the power to make really poor fashion choices upon choosing a costume?
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Let´s go "yo Momma is so..." now Nah, just kidding!
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"I have the mutant ability to perfectly design a room's decor!"<P>"Um, nah. You're just gay."
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wishing they had the mutant strength to rip open another box of fukkin donuts.
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And the legit cast doesn't hurt either. I'll probably see this now.
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He said: "I love to do single handed stuff!"
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half excited, though.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 5:43 p.m. CST
Singer probably set it in the 60's...
by HarryKnowlesNonExistentInceptionReview
...because he's a fan of Mad Men.
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Razorback and his "mutant ability to drive any vehicle".
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..was dialing Tom Welling´s abs. They didn´t pick up, though. They´re busy with the THE_CHOPPAH situation right now!
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He said James McAvoy is a pussy for not shaving his head for the movie.
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how Xavier was conceived. Also, how did Magneto learn to attach his cape? Why is Mystique blue? Why is Beast called Beast? We must be told in this prequel!
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You'd think it'd be magnets, but that's where they get ya. <P>Marvel likes to shock the comics readers.
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They fukkin zag.
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He said:"Ommmmmmm!"
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Wiling to be the 60's timeline was approved beacuse of Mad Men. I'm excited, either way.
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Young Erik spots young Xavier making adjustments to his souped-up wheelchair. "That's wizard, Charlie!"
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and he looked at Mommy Xavier that way he sometimes did, when he was drunk.<P>And Mommy Xavier said, "Don't you even think about it!"<P>But he did. He thought real hard.<P>Real hard.
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Ahhh, velcro! That solves my next question: how does he put his boots on.
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He said: "Gimme back my wheels!
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...but not a good XMen: First Class Movie. Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel and Beast. Singer painted himself in to a corner with the XMen movies and now he CANT do a REAL XFC which is a shame because Id love to see that crew in a 60s era movie. Guess they didnt have the balls to re-boot it and do it right. Cerebro tells me this will be a fail... a massive mess of meandering mutant mediocrity much like WOLVERINE and X3. What a shame....
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Gross!
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I don't care if he has the mutant ability to wash his hands!
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He said:" Itried to scan THE_CHOPPAH´s mind. I tried, I really did!!"
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Yeah, but he can only manipulate hand-wipes...
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One foot at a time. (rim-shot!)<P> I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your servers.
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He said:"MY KEYBOARD ONLY DOES CAPS, I NEED TO BUY A NEW ONE!"
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Is the entire script in capitals as well?
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Blame Harry for starting up 'just called' jokes. If he wasn't so intent on letting everyone know that filmmakers call him, people wouldn't feel the need to mock him.
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He's suing a cat for using his likeness without permission.
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he said he has the mutant ability to ruin socks.
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He said he's set to play Kermit in the live-action muppet film being developed by Francis Ford Coppola.
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He said:"Patrick Stewart just called. He said:"Christopher Reeve just called. He said:"Harry Knowles just called..."
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He said: "MY NEW KEYBOARD ALSO DOES CAPS ONLY, I DON´T GET IT!"
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Nice info, Harry, but I just don't have any hope for this one. Prequels are counter-productive because existing sequels dictate where the story can go. We all know who will live and who will die, and this will rob the film of any tension. Can anybody name a good prequel? Godfather Part II, but that runs alongside an ongoing narrative, so serves more as flashbacks. Prequels are lazy filmmaking and only serve to dilute and/or contradict establish elements (midichlorians). Add to that the rushed production and the fact that is a Fox film and this doesn't sound promising.
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He said:"TOO MANY JUST CALLED JOKES MAKE ME WRITE PORNOGRAPHY IN CAPS!"
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it said: "I won´t let him find my Caps Lock, no I won´t, no I won´t!"
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it said: "I´m so tired of writing four letter words, I need a new job!"
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Since X1 fans have been complaining and it was a big reason people hated X3! Why can't they bloody make a decent X-Men film that respects the history of the comics. It really isn't that hard!
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it said: "Only angry people use Shift to write all Caps! And dumb people, too."
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it said: "I don´t know THE_CHOPPAH and he doesn´t know me!"
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Most of the characters are 80s Claremont era creations! And what's this shit about the costumes looking more like the comics? Jesus Christ, read between the lines people! It means there isn't any money in the costume department budget and they're throwing together anything with the cheapest materials possible. Swinging 60s vibe, goddamn but you people are fucking gullible. Try 1960s production quality with awful, ridiculous looking costumes, shitty FX and lousy acting because 20th Century Fox is only giving this movie nine and a half months from filming to release and the production stuff is gonna have to do a half assed rush job on just about everything. This movie is going to FUCKING SUCK but since Singer tickled Knowles' hairy asshole with a near meaningless status update that'll almost certainly guarantee at least a halfway decent review (or at worst a gentle criticism).
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it said:"See what I mean? Sigh!"
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He said, "Keep up the 'just called' jokes. All this laughter is giving me a helluva workout.
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He said:"I LIKE THAT HOMO TWIST, TELL ME MORE!"
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He's still hasn't seen that porno.
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All he said was, "EVVVVEEEERRRYYYOOONNNEE!"
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they said: "We have a warrant for arresting THE_CHOPPAH, but we refuse to follow him into the gutter!"
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Good point.
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I made no such call!
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Are you sure? Sounded just like you.
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Just read the damn comics instead of watching the movies and stop demanding that everything be Sin City. It's been ten years. They clearly established in X-Men that it was NOT going to be a frame by frame retelling of the entire series. <p> It's the cinematic universe of the X-Men. If you're going to shit on an alternate X-Men mythos, aim for Ultimate X-Men for fuck's sakes. This movie hasn't even started filming yet.
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Busting on The Wolverines like that.
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I think you just described the Mandolorians.
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Wondering why Larry brought his name into it. Nobody's talked about him for six or seven years.
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99% of working Hollywood.<P>Somebody get this man off the phones and ON a camera, dambit.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 6:51 p.m. CST
Just here to say you should drop by the usual place sometime.
by anonymoose
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it said:"ARGGGGGGH!"
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Wonderin' if somebody's gonna come pick this Welling kid up and take him home before he goes into a sugar coma.
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He's still hungry.
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But they've re-arranged the furniture, and I'd stub my toe.
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He's on his way to pick up Tom Welling at Dunkin' Doughnuts. Somebody's gotta do it.
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Russell Crowe threw the phone at somebody.
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He's tired of being confused with Bryan Singer.
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And give me alpha flight: the movie! Am I right? No? Fine then.
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Tell the Rosenbaum kid to bring a crane.<P>And a clean tee-shirt. Black really shows donut spew pretty bad.
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they said: "Fuck it, Nolan doesn´t want us!" Grabs another donut! "Munch munch!!"
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It's sick and tired of being confused for Zack Snyder, too.
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That would actually be amazing. I bet Chainsaw is really old and ugly right now.
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"Does anybody remember laughter?"
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But it's locked away in a shelter somewhere.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 6:58 p.m. CST
RPLocke still has the winning "just called" joke, by the way.
by Subtitles_Off
Three hours on.
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He said, "If you were a morbidly obese ginger kid, you'd devote your life to a fantasy world too. Just sayin'."
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They cut off Harry's cell account months ago after Jon Favreau bitched about it. He's just making sh!t up.
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It said:"It´s so dark here, and it smells like shit!"
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Except for the ones about the disabled and the diseased. Those hurt my feelings like Ryan Reynolds muscles hurt Tom Wellings'.<P>But, Stevie Wonder? That was  ‍‍‍‍<br> classic.  ‍‍‍&zwj</br>
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I don't have those keys. Gave 'em back to the landlord.
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I told him my bike was unprotected and he said, "Don't worry, I've got some luscious locks."
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He said: "What´s that up my ...?"
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That was inspired. <P>Weird.<P>But, inspired.
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They've got video of Tom Welling going apeshit at a Dunkin' Donuts.
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... look to adapt some Garth Ennis stuff. The constant homosexual debauchery would be right up his alley... or up his ass. Whatever he feels like.
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He said:" It´s all a lie, Tom Welling is camping in front of my house right next to Brandon routh!"
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to say "Nghuuhghghawwwwwwyeaaaah"
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he said:"uhhh..uhm...ehh! I´d like to be...uh...ya know...but ...uh...Nolan...uh...good director...uh"
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I know zilch about Cable.
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Wants to know how you get stink out of your suits.
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he said:"Nooooooooo!"
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Like it was YOUR fault.<P>
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she said:"I´d help Brandon with that one, but I don´t really know...!"
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"What DEƒUCK® was I thinking with that name?"
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*waves*
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... is that it should've been obvious.... but it wasn't. It's kinda surreal.
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But he did have really strong comedic timing.
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you'd still be on the phone.<P>Fukker can't leave anything alone with one or two sentences. Has to go on and on and on for hours about stupid sh!t.
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He said:"I never lie!"
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The kind of thing you wish you had said.
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He's perfectly fine with a strip club at Ground Zero.
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He said:Sorry, the line went down. So where was I? Oh yeah. And then Brandon bitch slapped Welling in the abs and Welling threw a donut to his mug, but wait that was just the start of it....."
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"Hello!!! I've been standing here forever. It's not my fault youse guys is a buncha dumbasses!"
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he said:"I don´t see what´s so funny here!"
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Aug. 21, 2010, 7:25 p.m. CST
FORGE to be playedby MARTIN STARR but voiced by Nancy Cartwright
by Tigger Tales
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Not the abs we deserve, but the abs we need.<P>Or, do we kinda deserve them but not need them? We've got Ryan Reynolds' abs.<P>Those are the abs that are perfectly suited for our wants-needs-desserts.
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low, I know!
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they said:"Uhh...dahh!"
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Brandon Routh doesn't have any abs.<P>Where'd they get a phone?
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... is likely to send Singer into 'rape mode'.
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you got me there!
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I dropped it on the floor. Ugh-ugh was all I heard.
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Missed a beat, there.
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Aug. 21, 2010, 7:32 p.m. CST
Introducing SETH MACFARLANE as the voice of CEREBRO build 1.0
by Tigger Tales
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Wanted to remind us they still suck.
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He said, "Did you see it? Did you see my cock in 'Antichrist'?"
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He said:"I suck!"
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Yeah, they saw it, and they thank Willem a whole fucking lot for reminding them.
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he said:"I´d like to meet this Pete Ross person!"
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He says he realizes it's been awhile since his bare ass has been on screen... but he hopes to get back in the swing of things real soon.
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I don't belong here, do I?
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he said:"I´d like to meet this Harvey Keitel person!"
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They're fucking pissed.<P>Gillian Anderson's tits, I've never shown them, but I made them look at Willem's castration.<P>My eyes are on strike.
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They were ready to believe them.
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He said:" What are tits?"
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Wants to beat DEƒUCK® outta Mickey Rourke's face for recommending that plastic surgeon.
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who ya gonna?
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he said:"Mickey Rourke's face? That´s where my abs went!"
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Aug. 21, 2010, 7:42 p.m. CST
DAVID HAYTER as Xavier's sexually repressed professor colleague
by Tigger Tales
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Said something pithy and queer that she thought was oh-so clever.
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He said:"Wait, there´s more to the sto...!" I hang up on him!
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Strangely enough, she tells me she named her tits Langly and Frohike.
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And I hung up on the dumb bitch.
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Christopher Nolan: The Ever-ready Bunny© of unnecessary exposition.
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He said:"Gillian Anderson named her WHAT??"
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Aug. 21, 2010, 7:47 p.m. CST
featuring CHRIS ELLIOTT as Sabretooth's gay American roommate
by Tigger Tales
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You got Gillian Anderson on the line, willing to tell you secrets about her tits! Like you're gonna hold her while you take a call from some poser-emo wannabitch!
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Fuck this guy, he already destroyed Superman and now he's doing it to the X-Men. They might as well put him in a charge of the Spiderman reboot so he can just kill the genre for good.
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She said, "Remember my awesome nude scenes in 'The Piano'? Now that little girl that played my daughter is showing her tits regularly on HBO. Isn't that kinda fucked up?"
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Aug. 21, 2010, 7:51 p.m. CST
MILO VENTIMIGLIA as Terry Steele, Magneto's personal trainer
by Tigger Tales
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he said:"She´s showing her WHAT?"
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Wanting a show of hands. Anybody excited about his new movie.<P>(Yeah Subs, you can hold both of them up, but we're only gonna count the one.)
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Meanwhile, some thug's stealing his bike.
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Wanted to know what all this hair was all over the bike he just stole.<P>Smells of fried dough.
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Laughed real hard.<P>Thanks bunches.
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it said:" Where the fuck are you, idiot? It´s 2 am."
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can we expect the automatically positive review no matter how bad the movie is, Harry?
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When I was 8 I loved silver age comics and wow this movie made me explode and cry and there was this one part where a character everyone else says is TARDED really got to me by saying "Caca poopoo peepee" but I understood it, I GOT it and DAMN if you love lesbians and drive ins this movie is for you!
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He said the new underwater sets for PoTC 4 look like shit.
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He said "Fuck you, i'm glad you'll be dead in less than ten years." <p> I said "Liver wait! Listen I'll exercise, cut down on drinking, and-" <p> He hung up on me. I punched him in the liver(yes even livers have little livers) and that shut him up.
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He didn't hang up, though. He just said click.
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That should help me score some trim. If you girls are listening I like the landing strip. Not too much but a little something. <p> Bald pussy has no personality. They all look the same. That seems to be the trend though. Has for years. Better then the full on bush but just trim it and leave a little, especially if you're a red head girl.
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But only if the carpet matches the drapes. There are plenty of deceivers out there.
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You can spot a true redhead. Look at their eyebrows. That's(no matter what color) the color of their carpet.
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...I'm sure this has already been pointed out but The Hellfire Club wasn't in the X-Men in the sixties. They didn't appear until either the late 70s or early 80s. Interestingly enough Claremont and Byrne got the idea from an episode of The Avengers which DID air in the 60s. They, in turn, got it from the real Hellfire Club, a group of extra creepy British nobles from the 1700s.
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...would stick Havok in a movie and leave out Polaris.
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cant help bet feel that (and bare with me here) jj's star trek had an influence on singers treatment for "first class". before that film you ll notice everybody stayed away from primary colors and "retro cool" designs. im all for it i think the look of thelast four films are too grey and morbid for x men.
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the liver thing was damn funny, i can't stand bald pussy, i want a woman to look like a woman, i prefer the big bush!
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wonder if that shit glows in the dark?
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he said 'Dream a little dream of me.'
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...and said, "It's okay to dream bigger."
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Bwa-ha-haaaa!!
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Remember when it had that Streetfighter vibe? Russians? Africans? Native Americans? Irishmen? etc...I'm worried we won't ever see what worked in the heyday of "The X-men" as a comic.
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darlin'. <p> Hell, I never even called him by his name.
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turns out, the kettle IS black.
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He retired again.
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Why do you all hate the things that are perfectly fine? Indy 4, Iron Man 2, Inception, and now this. You people need to stop hating everything just to hate it.
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and see. The film could be good.
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Sounds like another big X-mess, only this time set in the 60's.
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a lot of absolute shit in that top 10 list, SP guys must be really happy to see that absolute shite like Vampires Suck have almost got the 2 week SP box office in one week<br />Still haven't seen a release date for SP here in HK, China or Japan, so in all likelihood they wont get much box office from here with it being downloaded or sold as cheap pirated copies once its released on DVD in the US later this year or early next
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Append as necessary.
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Wasn't she in X-Men Origins Wolverine I'm confused? That's the only thing I don't get. Wolverine was garbage btw, I trust in Singer, and Vaughn we'll see, just give it back to Marvel please.
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Why can't they just do a real fucking X-Men movie?? Ugh. I hate you Singer!!! (Not really, but this is NOT what I wanted to hear.)NO CYCLOPS?? REALLY???
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With Singer and Vaughn involved this movie is going shit on everything else coming out.
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If I still have my part time theater job when it comes out then I'll see it cause it'll be free, but otherwise probably not. Hopefully though,it won't entail some wholesale weapon to be used on the entire muntant and/or human population. All 3 movies revolved around this plot. X1: Mutant Machine, X2 Xavier mutant killing machine, X3: Mutant cure.
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I'm assuming this will be about what Xavier and Magneto try to do together, whereas the Scott/Jean/Bobby/Beast/Angel team was what Xavier formed after he and Magneto had a falling out, and I'm assuming the team Magneto and Xavier form together is the "First Class" and will subsequently disband at the end of the movie to make way for the official team in the sequel.
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Aug. 22, 2010, 3:15 a.m. CST
ELIJAH WOOD now casted to play 21 year old BRUCE BANNER
by Tigger Tales
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WTF!.... really, harry is exited for this? really? why, ok i dig the Sebastian Shaw and White Queen idea, and knowing the little i know about harry, he prolly stop listing after the said Emma Frost was in it. but I question his taste on liking this idea (plus i still remember his whole bitchfit over the Emma Frost having the diamond form in wolverine, so his comic book knowledge is lacking). since the first X-men movie I've been barely on board and slowly they lost my interest, but now they had a chance to do it right, make cyclops the leader he was suppose to be, all the fans wanted were the five original x-men and fucking singer can't even deliver that? can fox just please give up the rights? or maybe Disney might find a loophole? get marvel the rights back. please give marvel the rights back
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Emma Frost is supposed to the same age as Scott Summers. If you work it out,then by the time the 1st X-men movie takes, Emma Frost would be in her (what) late 60's early 70's. I am very confused, somebody explain this to me.
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Aug. 22, 2010, 4:42 a.m. CST
"Rose Byrne is playing Moira MacTaggert, I liked her in KNOWING.
by That_Girl_From_The_Lowes_Commercials_GARGANTUAN_FOREHEAD
I lol'd at that. <P> What an absolutely RIDICULOUS film that was. <P> "Knowing"... lmao
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Aug. 22, 2010, 4:44 a.m. CST
I have to say...
by That_Girl_From_The_Lowes_Commercials_GARGANTUAN_FOREHEAD
I've been expecting the worst for this film since i heard about it, way back when... but this is actually some pretty inspired casting and character selection. <P> Count me curious...
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Aug. 22, 2010, 4:46 a.m. CST
Thinking about X-Men 3...
by That_Girl_From_The_Lowes_Commercials_GARGANTUAN_FOREHEAD
Still makes me want to disembowel Brett fucking Ratner... <P> The more Singer, the better ;-)
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Aug. 22, 2010, 4:48 a.m. CST
OMEGA FUCKING RED.
by That_Girl_From_The_Lowes_Commercials_GARGANTUAN_FOREHEAD
MUST be in this flick. <P> Oh how i love me some Omega Red...
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Aug. 22, 2010, 5:23 a.m. CST
Harry, this is Harry Leland, the man you should play in this fil
by RickSlamu2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Leland http://tinyurl.com/357umap http://tinyurl.com/38bgbnu http://tinyurl.com/2vcqc6d or you could let Clancy brown play him.. http://tinyurl.com/36x7u3l
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I just hope they avoid the heavyhanded, shallow "antimutant bigotry" stuff, but I doubt it. I get that this has always been an X MEN theme, but acting like anyone worried about people like Magneto, Juggernaut, Phoenix, etc, is a bigoted nut is just simplistic and foolish...IMHO.
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just a suggestion.
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Aug. 22, 2010, 7:21 a.m. CST
X-3 and Wolverine Origins do not exist in Bryan Singers universe
by dailysportspages
He produced and directed X-Men and X-2. <br> He had nothing to do with X-3 and Wolverine Origins. <br> Now he is back producing First Class. <br> And he is reversing the established timelines of characters involved specifically in those movies. <br> <br> Emma Frost was never shown to be a teenager in any of Singers movies, that was in Wolverine Origins. Lets not forget that her backstory has her originally being close to joining Xavier in his first batch of mutants... but for some reason she decides to join the Hellfire Club instead. <br> Angel was never in the Singer movies, so he could realistically still appear as part of the original team. <br> In fact im starting to think that First Class is the name of the movie not because it shows us the adventures of the first class, but shows us everything that lead up to their creation. <br> All of the things that needed to happen for Xavier to form the X-Men. In fact, i doubt we will see anything like the X-Men as a real group of heroes most of this movie. If anything it might just be a scene at the end where we see Xavier finally start the process of creating this First Class of X-Men.<br><br> Remember that a lot of stuff happens in the history of the X-Men franchise before there even is an X-Men team created. It could also be that this "First Class" is composed of mutants who declined to actually join Xaviers institute but helped him early on anyway. <br> We know that Tessa/Sage was in the Hellfire club as a spy for Xavier even before the X-Men existed. She is the one who finds and helps Xavier when his legs are crushed. So it fits perfectly in this story. Hell they probably brought in Azazel to use him in place of Lucifer and have him be the one to cripple Xavier. <br><br> We also know that Beast "in the movieverse" is known to the X-Men team as a former early member who is now retired in academia. Well that can easily be written into this movie as having the large majority of Beasts history and service to Xavier happen prior to the creation of the X-Men. Yes, he is part of the X-Men when they are created, but either due to his age, desire for non violence, or his academic goals... decides to leave the team only after a few missions. <br><br> The same exact thing could be said about Angel, by the time the X-Men movie rolled around Angel has already left the team for whatever reason. <br><br> People forget that even in the comics continuity the team quickly dropped some of the original characters for newer ones.<br><br> <br> If you think of this movie and then think of all the other X related movies that have come out, then the continuity is all out of whack.<br> But if you only use the Singer directed and produced movies as being in continuity... then nothing that has been proposed in First Class is out of line. <br> The black girl chosen for Angel Salvadore/Tempest could probably just be a codename for young Storm. Remember that in Singers universe Storm is someone that Xavier knows for a while. Its also like that in the comic books. Xavier has adventures with her at least twice before she joins the X-Men. Once when she is a little girl and then once as a teen. <br> This could very well be her teen interpretation, which would tie back in with the whole Shadow King rumor that has been going about.<br> Storm could easily be one of the first replacement X-Men to join the team after original members Beast and Angel decide to leave.<br><br> X-1 could easily start someway in the middle of the entire X-Men story. <br> So there is a lot of time for Angel and Beast to leave and Storm to enter the picture.<br><br> Oh and as far as the Wolverine cameo... how bout a little Days of Futures past? <br> At the end (or maybe as a prologue at the start) of the movie have Xavier decide not to go forward with the Massachusetts Institute due to some of the negative effects of what has transpired in the movie. The deaths of some mutants, the advice by some that creating a team of mutant soldiers would not be good for bringing peace, and the actions of Magneto make him question his plans for creating the X-Men, etc... <br> And thats when an old crusty silver haired Wolverine arrives from the future to warn Xavier of the devastation that has happened due to their not being a centralized mutant force trained to deal with what happens in the future. <br> Thats when Xavier decides to create the First Class, using his Mutant allies (Moira, Beast, Sage, Emma Frost, Havox, Darwin, Tempest) and Cerebro to help him find the right recruits... starting with Jean, Scott, Warren, and Bobby... who are joined by Beast who agrees to help lead them in their first few missions only, just long enough for Scott to assume his role as Team Leader.
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and they want sly's oscar back. sly never figured out it was a joke. but after seeing the expendables, they want it back with some urgency.
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Aug. 22, 2010, 8:06 a.m. CST
Dailysportspages..,.
by That_Girl_From_The_Lowes_Commercials_GARGANTUAN_FOREHEAD
Right. Like i said... <P> OMEGA FUCKING RED.
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that means it will be Austin Powers....WITH POWERS!
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Aug. 22, 2010, 9:46 a.m. CST
I got the best fucking idea, EVER!
by That_Girl_From_The_Lowes_Commercials_GARGANTUAN_FOREHEAD
So check it out... <P> Int. Xavier's MANSION - DAY <P> Children and some Teenagers (all DORKS) are walking down the hall when... <P> KABOOOOOOOM!!! <P> OMEGA FUCKING RED appears out of NOWHERE, and starts TEARING SHIT UP! Children are being tossed around the halls like RAG DOLLS and shit, Tentacles and Tendrils are flying ALL OVER THE PLACE! Jubilee lets out a BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM as she is IMPALED and unfortunately for her, DISEMBOWELED by one of OMEGA FUCKING RED'S AWESOME TENDRILS!! <P> V.O. (off screen, LONGSHOT screams like a little BITCH, as he is RIPPED TO SHREDS, blood and entrails flying EVERYWHERE... including the air) <P> Just then... SNIKT!! A shadowy figure emerges from the stairwell... <P> "Hey BUB, i think you missed a spot." <P> OMEGA FUCKING RED sneers, letting out a snide grunt. And then he responds all cocky-like: <P> "I'm the OMEGA FUCKIN RED, BITCH!" Then charges... <P> V.O. (off screen, LONGSHOT SCREAMS LIKE A BITCH... AGAIN) (Fuck DEATH. He's Fucking LONGSHOT) <P> Wolverine steadies himself, bracing for the inevitable impact from this oncoming FREIGHT TRAIN known as: <P> OMEGA FUCKING RED <P> BLAMMO! The 2 connect in a stunning display of muscles, sweat, blood, and a tiny bit of FECAL MATTER... <P> They crash through about a DOZEN WALLS or so, before they come to a stop... On top of Kitty Pride. (She is killed INSTANTLY, due to her tiny frame, and general GAYNESS) <P> (After they remove themselves from the bloody and decimated CARCASS of Kitty Pride... Wolverine PLUNGES his Icy-Cold, Adimantium DEATH-PHALLUSES into OMEGA FUCKING RED'S ginormous chest. <P> Wolverine glares at him, confident that he has delivered the KILLING BLOW to his archnemesis... <P> OMEGA FUCKING RED just laughs. <P> "Puny insect. Your skillz are no match for me! I'm fucking OMEGA RED, BITCH! And i have MASSIVE TENDRILS!" <P> Just as Wolverine nods his head in agreement, OMEGA FUCKING RED grabs Wolverine's PACKAGE and VIOLENTLY RIPS IT OFF (Balls included) <P> Wolverine cannot even let out a BITCH SCREAM, as he is in complete and utter SHOCK from what just happened to his MEAT AND POTATOS... <P> Wolverine... is DEAD. *audience totally gasps* <P> OMEGA FUCKING RED stands up, with a sly grin on his AWESOME FACE. He starts strutting away like he owns the damn place when... <P> KABLAMOOOO!!! <P> Something HUGE crashes through the GAY LITTLE WALL of the mansion... <P> OMEGA FUCKING RED looks perplexed, as he gazes into the eyes of none other than... <P> SUPER AMAZING OMEGA FUCKING RED!! <P> *"omega fucking red" VIOLENTLY SHITS HIS PANTS* <P> SUPER AMAZING OMEGA FUCKING RED is a clone of OMEGA FUCKING RED. He's really super-BADASS. He's basically OMEGA FUCKING RED, but BIGGER, OMEGA-ER, REDDER, and he also has 4 AWESOME TENDRILS instead of OMEGA FUCKING GAYWAD'S pussy-like 2. <P> And he has a WAY worse attitude... <P> To be CONTINUED?!??!?
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Harry, c'mon, your nerd fu needs some practice.
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Aug. 22, 2010, 10:31 a.m. CST
*wonders if "crow3711" will stalk him in THIS talkback...
by That_Girl_From_The_Lowes_Commercials_GARGANTUAN_FOREHEAD
*waits patiently*
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Singer just didn't understand Superman whatsoever, and it was sad and awful. For some reason, he really understands the X-men, he nailed it both times. I don't hate X3 either, it's the least of the 3, but way better than spidey 3, it short-changed the fuck outta dark phoenix, but the character was right. In Spidey 3, not only was Venon not right, but his original story wasn't even there.
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....to say, contrary to malicious rumours (as per above), he is NOT gay, and recently took a role in Piranha 3-D, (as 'Stunt Piranha #12')where he enjoyed sucking on Kelly Brook, Riley Steele, and Ashlynn Brooke's mammary glands....
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...Jerry O'Connell is hung like an amoeba....
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Aug. 22, 2010, 11:37 a.m. CST
Shane Hurlbut just called Christian Bale
by Get_Me_An_18-Man_Fire_Team_In_12_Hours
He says he was looking at the light.
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wolverine 2. so goes the rumours.
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This movie sounds worse and worse as more information is leaked....lets do a first class movie-reboot but not include most of the first class, turn one of them into a girl, and change some people into little kids and bring in other obscure characters and make them important....what kind of drugs do you have to be on to make and X-Men movie???? I know the only reason why they are allowed to do this is because its not under Marvel Studios. They would never allow this abortion of the source material to be made.
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it's nice to see Sly's movie doing well but the fact that shit like Vampires Suck is #2 is what we should all be up in arms about.
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Aug. 22, 2010, 12:39 p.m. CST
Oh and to those who thought Singer made good X-Men films....
by hipnosismag
- He had Angel trying to cut off his wings (in the comics, Angel tried to kill himself when he had his wings cut off) - Xavier and Juggernant weren't brothers - Iceman and Angel weren't X-Men till later - Calisto got turned into the Flash - Blob could make himself fat at will - Pyro was an X-man - Mystique was covered in scales - Nightcrawler was covered in tattoos - Colossus wasn't Russian - They didn't wear their costumes because they thought they looked gay I could go on and on....he made changes just to make them and its insulting to someone who reads the books and is a fan of the source material. I bet if he made Wolverine a 12 year old girl who's power was to bake cakes people would have been pissed, but that's what Singer does, he changes things just to change them. Its insulting.
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If directors and writers do say 'fuck the fanboys,' I wouldn't blame them, because you people sure give them reason to. What a bunch of douchebags on this site. So Singer called, Harry. You bitch when this site repeats scoops. You bitch when we finally get something exclusive. If I was Harry, I would have canceled the talkback function years ago. If you want the comics, read the comics. With the exception of vanity projects like Sin City, you will NEVER see a direct comic adaptation on the screen. Often because it wouldn't work. But more importantly, why would I want to see the exact same story? Where's the suspense? Where's the nuance? Different writers interpret the comic universe in different ways. Why can't the movies be their own entity inspired by the comics. As long as the spirit of the comic is faithfully translated, though, obviously that's going to be highly subjective. But damn, let's see how this works out, first. I give Singer and Co props for doing something different that we've never seen before. A big-budget period superhero film. Oh, and hipnosismag, most of the things you were bitching about were in X-Men 3, which Singer had nothing to do with. And most of you have no idea to make a real script work in a creative way given budget limitations. For the most part, I found Singer's differing interpretations interesting. But like I said, if you like the comics stories, you have thousands of them already. I'm looking forward to this one.
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"Because it wouldn't work."<P> "Why would I want to see the same story?"<P> "None of you know how to make a real script work."<P> "I found Singer's interpretations interesting."<P>"I'm looking forward to this one."<P> Well, la-di-da.
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I am a writer and I know that many of the things they changed in the X-Men movies were changed out of vanity, not to make the story work better...if anything, most of the changes detracted from the story. And also, if you did your homework, you'd know that most of the stuff I talked about was in X-Men 1 & 2, not 3. You say us fanboys cry and whine, and you know what, if you are going to make and X-Men movie, make it about the X-Men. Don't change everything and call it an X-Men film. Its when people become complacent with crap, that the studios will continue with it. Movies like Sin City and Watchmen follow the books closely and they stand out as the best comic films. Even if the filmmakers take the characters on new stories, there is no need to change the characters so drastically just in order to make them yours...they aren't Singer's, they are Marvel Comics....
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Bullshit. They're just not trying hard enough to make it work. They didn't fuck with Spider-man or Superman's costume and NO ONE complained about it.
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Aug. 22, 2010, 1:01 p.m. CST
Well, Sailor, they kind of fukked with Superman's costume.
by Tom_Wellings_Donut_Abs
They made it different colors and put a skinny wimp in it.<P>But, I know what you mean.<P>Hey, oisin, you know what WE REALLY HAVEN'T EVER SEEN YET? A true, honest-to-no-tampering adaptation of a comic book that sticks to the silliness of a comic book without being made all ridiculously "believable" for the "more sophisticated" movie audience.<P>You know the audience that is so sophisticated they flock in droves to watch robot cars fight.
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I wanted to be Tom Welling's Abs!!!<P>Unfortunately, I'm out of user accounts.
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It's not like the threads are as important to the character as Bats, or Supes, or Cap, or Spidey, or... <br><br> And Wolverine has always been more interesting looking without the mask thanks to the muttonchops.
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They're just not as important for these characters. Some stylish fatigues and jackets....like we saw in X2 worked well enough.
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....even that lost a little pizzaz when they gave them to every other character in the funny books.
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You only bust them out on special occasions.
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I'd like to know your theory about goatees, vis-a-vis douchebags.
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Off the top of my head, I can't think of anyone other than Bishop having one.
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But I couldn't understand a damn thing the mumbling bastard was saying.
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He's got a ridiculous 'sugar hangover' from last night's Dunkin' Donuts freakout.
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the book would be full of them.<P>That is, if you hold to that theory. I'm not saying I do.<P>Lettuce see...<P> Tony Stark...douche.<P> Stephen Strange...not a douche. (Or is he? never read him.)<P> Oliver Queen...never used to be a douche, but I think he's been letting his goatee grow longer.
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Battlestar Galactica? The next Superman. Doesn't this guy have like eight movies in the pipe? I'm glad to see he's finally making one.
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I think, aside from raising a little money, all he has to do is go to meetings and blow the young stars.
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I will make no more "Bryan Singer's sexual preference" jokes.<P>Promise.<P>I won't judge any of you who do, though. "Bryan Singer sexual preference" jokes are sometimes really funny.
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I've been trying to "get" that darned handle since yesterday.
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but a promise is a promise.
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It has decided, all of a sudden, to consider a 65% weekly drop-off a success anyway.<P>Box Office is scared of being beat up by 'roided grandpas, so Box Office'll say whatever they tell it to say.
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Nicholas comes from the greek phrase 'nico laos' (victory for the people).
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...that Bryan Singer can't be trusted because of Superman Returns. But don't most agree that Valkyrie was pretty badass... despite Tom Cruise's presence?
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The 'First Class' comics were a re-imaging the original class in a modern setting. The original five students. <p> The only reason to steal a 'brand' in the corporate world is because you feel you have an inferior product. I see it often at work.<p> It isn't a stretch to say the producers of the First Class movie feel they have an inferior product before the movie is even made.<p> Too bad they got the rights because after this abortion is consigned to the dustbin of history someone will still want to make X-Men movies, but this stolen brand will prevent them from using that title.
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But I know that will never happen as long as Bryan Singer is involed in X-men movies that will NEVER happen!
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Anyone rememer that little chestunut? Anyway, wasn't Vaughn sposed to do X3? FF should have been 60's.Hopefully XFC gets it right. And I wish William Goldman was writing. "You would not have lasers for your eyes." "No, why do you ask." "Nothing, it happens my father was killed by a man with laser eyes." "Sorry to disappoint." GOLD!
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If anyone has seen The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus how about the perfect Mad Jim Jaspers Tom Waits would make. That is exactly how I always pictured him like Mr.Nick throw in the rest of the Alan Moore story line from Captain Britain and bam awesome Excalibur movie anyone agree
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I think any little bit of Tom Waits in a movie makes a better movie.
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Wanted to thank nico for being the one AICN Talkbacker who went and saw VALKYRIE.
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You are right...it isn't just homophobia. Its heterosexism. The fact that you would never say 'what the fuck...damn straight people trying to leave their mark hiring straight actors all the time' is the very definition of heterosexism. Assuming everything should be straight, and that there are only a certain amount of gay chips to be dealt out. Identifying 'normal' as 'straight' is, in fact, kind of homophobic, even if it isn't intentionally hateful.
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Pretty sure the Emma Frost casting won't let down straight men. What the fuck more do you want?
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It's not prostate cancer...we're all very relieved
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I do think having Lex Luthor thrust from behind while a kneeling Superman whimpers is inappropriate suggestion. Not for an episode of "OZ," (sorry about the really, really old reference, but I haven't kept up) but for a movie about a comic book superhero that isn't gay, yeah. It is what it is.<P>When the heterosexists take over "Glee," you have this repentant, non-homophobic heterosexist's permission to vent a few righteous "what the fucks" of your own.
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FOX News has them lathered up into a rabid froth over some Islamic Cultural center.
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...of discourse going on here...<P> BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!<P> As you were, gentlemen. Carry on.
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He wants to know what he's gotta do to clear all this misunderstanding up. He says he's been trying to explain what that song really means for 26 long years. He wishes he never wrote it.
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I know this has probably been said already...but..THE HELLFIRE CLUB?!!! Hell no...WHY NOT BRING IN THE SHI'AR EMPIRE AND LILANDRA..oh wait that right no jean grey....THIS MOVIE IS SO WRONG IN SO MANY WAYS..AND SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT HARRY LILAND..well with no wolverine..its pointless..I will NOT PAY for this movie to view it in any way..stay true to the books damnit...
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I thought this was going to be the first class, HENCE THE NAME!!! How can you have the first class without the first class.. as in CYCLOPS, JEAN, ICEMAN, ANGEL, and BEAST?? Anything else will not due. And WTF is Emma Frost doing there? Darwin??? Young Raven Darkholme (okay, but not if she's on the team), Banshee (too soon!! He was one of the replacements ala Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Storm, Sunfire, Thunderbird) Havok (But not Cyclops??? WTF?!?! Azazel (WHO? WTF?) Emma Frost (Why?), Beast (HOLY SHIT... THEY GOT ONE MEMBER RIGHT?!?!, Xavier, Magneto and a female Angel (FEMALE ANGEL?? WTFuckity FUCK?? Why not just make a NEW MUTANTS film instead of fucking up the first class?
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Were in those old GameCube X-Men video games: the first was all about the Sentinels, the second was about Apocalypse.
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Hello, hello, baby; <BR> You called, I can't hear a thing. <BR> I have got no service <BR> in the club, you see, see… <BR> Wha-Wha-What did you say? <BR> Oh, you're breaking up on me… <BR> Sorry, I cannot hear you, <BR> I'm kinda busy. <P> K-kinda busy <BR> K-kinda busy <BR> Sorry, I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy. <P> Just a second, <BR> it's my favorite song they're gonna play <BR> And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh… <BR> You shoulda made some plans with me, <BR> you knew that I was free. <BR> And now you won't stop calling me; <BR> I'm kinda busy. <P> Stop callin', stop callin', <BR> I don't wanna think anymore! <BR> I left my hand and my heart on the dance floor. <BR> Stop callin', stop callin', <BR> I don't wanna talk anymore! <BR> I left my hand and my heart on the dance floor. <P> Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh… <BR> Stop telephonin' me! <BR> Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh… <BR> I'm busy! <BR> Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh… <BR> Stop telephonin' me! <BR> Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh… <P> Can call all you want, <BR> but there's no one home, <BR> and you're not gonna reach my telephone! <BR> Out in the club, <BR> and I'm sippin' that bub, <P> and you're not gonna reach my telephone! <p> Call when you want, <BR> but there's no one home, <BR> and you're not gonna reach my telephone! <BR> Out in the club, <BR> and I'm sippin' that bub, <BR> and you're not gonna reach my telephone! <p>
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...and I ignored him. Because if you ignore Kanye West... he'll go away all on his own.
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All he said was, "Braaaaaaahhhhhmmmm!"
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He told Bryan Singer&Company to "dream bigger" when making the X-Men movies. Chris said leaving out Scott Summers is like leaving out the American Way from the Superman movie.
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The call dropped.
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They announced a line of cock socks, inspired by Harry Knowles.
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They don't want to be metaphors for gays anymore.
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Many are trying to fit in the expected ages of the 'First Class' characters with the established film continuity. But in the beginning of the first X-Men film, it was stated that the movie takes place 'in the not too distant future'. So whereas the movie came out in 2000, its time frame had to be later... which only complicates things further.
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That is all.
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that would be much better.
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... and said get over it, it's a movie.
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and he said this movie is going to be as bad as Harry Knowles trying to pick up a dropped potato chip during the 5 second rule.
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There wouldn't be continuity without a story to tell. That's kind of the whole point. So it's hard to 'get over' something that's integral to storytelling.
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I've heard it's because he was hit by a rolling cart. But I've also heard it's because he's just so damn fat.
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we're sending Plisken in now
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It was hard to make out what it was saying. <P> You expect me to make a cruel fat joke here, but it was because it's a damn wheelchair! We're in Amurkah, dammit. Speak English!<P> Fakkin' wheelchairs! They tekkin our jahbs!
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how stupid I think any idiot is, trying to tell me I should RUN not WALK to something as unapologetically brain-dead as PIRANHA 3D."<P> You wanna pretend everybody is a moron? Go ahead. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, I'm still gonna hold on to my beliefs.
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done my homework? As in, seen the actual movies? Yeah, got that covered, dude. Lessee - Angel, Juggernaut, Callisto, the character you're calling Blob (who wasn't Blob, by the way - it was a completely different character from X-Statix, called Phat - nice homework, buddy), all X-Men 3, not Singer. And changing things for vanity's sake? What's your evidence for that? I don't think you have any idea what you're talking about. <p> Sin City and Watchmen the best comic films? Are you fucking kidding me? First of all, Watchmen doesn't fit your 'faithful adaptation' guidelines at all because of the changed ending. And it was only faithful in that it got the look right. It was clear Snyder didn't really understand what Moore was trying to do, thus it was an empty adaptation. Sin City is what it is - if you like that kind of thing. I didn't think Miller's original was all that to begin with. But yeah, it was a vanity project for Miller (are there any other kind for him?) without mass appeal. And pretty juvenile at that. <p>In the first X-Men, Singer got to the heart of what X-Men was all about. Was I personally happy with all the changes? No. But I thought the changes did serve the story. Especially Rogue. How can you possibly do Rogue straight from the comics, with the whole Carol Danvers thing? That's a whole other property, for one, and it's all about cosmic space stuff and doesn't fit. The Wolvie and Rogue relationship was iconic for all the mentor relationships Logan has had with younger female characters, like Kitty Pryde, Jubilee, and later, Armor. They're both outsiders. I loved the Rogue character in the movies, which was why I was so pissed off about how she was screwed with weak writing in the 3rd one. And Pyro worked because you needed a former student who would go to the darkside. I wish Mystique had been more of an equal with Magneto, rather than just a henchman. I wish Bobby had been more wisecracking, I wish Sabretooth had been more than just a wrestler (or better yet, saved for a film with the Marauders). I wish Halle Berry had been Angela Bassett or Gina Torres. It wasn't perfect, but Singer has done right by the X-franchise overall. And I have some confidence. <p>And I'm not doing any of these stupid 'so and so called jokes.' So yeah, I am better, Tom Welling's stupid talkback name. 'la di da'? Nice comeback, by the way. Grow up.
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He said "Mmmm mmmm mmmmmmm!"
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Aug. 22, 2010, 10:03 p.m. CST
Tom Welling's stupid talkback name's ass just called.
by Subtitles_Off
Asking oisin to kiss him.<P>
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She said, "Crazy, huh?" then hung up.
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Well played.
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Hey Harry, we'll give you $100 if you say you're excited about the x-men movie. Just say Brian Singer called.
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And this doesn't sound like a reboot, but an unnecessary prequel.
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It's Fox still trying to keep their bastardized continuity. I'm forgetting about this already.
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moment of silence for B Arthur
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into the StarkWorld prototype themepark roller coaster. prototype themepark roller coaster. It's powered by the new element stark senior has just invented. The coaster spins wildly out of control, ragdolling Xavier and shearing off his hair at high speeds against flaming concrete walls. This cauterizes his hair follicles. His spine is irreversibly shattered and Stark decides that the element that controlled the coaster is too powerful. So he destroys the designs but inbeds them in the architecture of the park in the hope that his son might harness the power
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You have a lot of wishes for the films, for someone who thinks bryan singer did x-men right. How long had people been waiting for such a popular franchise to hit the big screen "live". He was chosen, made the movie, we were happy to see them on the screen. We should be happy Fox took the rights for the movie. It was by chance that Bryan Singer was chosen as a director. But, four movies out they are about to make a mistake, by confusing Lex Luthor with Charles Xavier and Roger Moore. I'm not going to mention any of the other mistakes.
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No Cyclops, and this is going to a prequel to X-Men. Instead I'm getting Scott's brother? I Am OUT! Fuck Singer, Fuck your Superman Returns treatment of X-Men and NO I fucking your films. I don't give a fuck if Harry and rest of these AICN bastasrds hate Brett Ratner I think his film was more faithful than Singer's crappy X-Men. For christ sake he hired old men to play Charles Xavier and Magneto! WTF is wrong with you guys at AICN? Singer makes shitty superhero movies!
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he said he's going to sort all these issues out when he meets with Singer today.
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How can you possibly have a "first class" without Scott Summers?!?! I mean seriously. And you are gonna have Alex in there? In the sixties? Really? I guess the secret characters are Cable as an old man mentor to Professor X and near the end theirs a love scene and Corsair the baby pops out! Come the fuck on. Just rename the damn thing already cos this isn't Xmen First Class in any way shape or form. I don't care if Harry is gonna get his rocks off seeing a young Xavier and Magneto frolicking together in the free love 60s playing with their James Bond era sex toys.
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before the typo police show up from Genosha.
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Sorry to let you all down but With such a busy shedule and Batman 3 ramping up for an April start date, I just didn't have the time to contribute much to this new x-men film. I did however have musings with Bryan singer a few months ago, back when he was still attached to direct, and I was very interrested in where the series would be going, but there comes a time when you just have to much on your plate and for me thats right now. That said, Matthew Vaugn is a great visonary so odds are he could do a better job then even i could, and i really look forward to seeing where they go with this. As always though, If i hear any big news i'll be sure to pass it onto you guys or update my twitter (which sadly I'm aware i have been negegting, but I intend to update it more frequently with all my new projects)
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Sorry to let you all down but With such a busy shedule and Batman 3 ramping up for an April start date, I just didn't have the time to contribute much to this new x-men film. I did however have musings with Bryan singer a few months ago, back when he was still attached to direct, and I was very interrested in where the series would be going, but there comes a time when you just have to much on your plate and for me thats right now. That said, Matthew Vaugn is a great visonary so odds are he could do a better job then even i could, and i really look forward to seeing where they go with this. As always though, If i hear any big news i'll be sure to pass it onto you guys or update my twitter (which sadly I'm aware i have been negegting, but I intend to update it more frequently with all my new projects)
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...Hugh...Jackman...Cameo.
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...Wolverine sequel announced, David Slade to be directing...Singer has been ORDERED to make this a prequel and try and fit in "continuity" as best he can. This is series is fucked. Hopefully I will be alive when 30 years from now they start again and base on the films ON THE FUCKING SOURCE MATERIAL.
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Superhero ones, no less? Didn't Superman Returns pretty much remove him from consideration for more or less anything save an intervention?
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So the climax so X-men; Origins; Wolverine involved the Three Mile Island Nuclear meltdown in the third act, which happened on March 28, 1979. During this film Scott summers was 14 to 16, which worked for his age in x-men and x2. but Scott's YOUNGER brother Alex is going be a teen in the 60s??! And Emma frost is 18 - 21, (and silver fox's sister) in 1979, so shouldn’t she be a baby in the 60s??!!
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Has he ever made a bad film? From usual suspects right to Valkaryie, they have all been great. Suoperman Returns seems to be the one fanboys cling to in calling singer a bad director, but bottom line is that returns was not a bad movie, it may have fallen a bit under it's own weight, but that doesn't make it a bad movie, it's actually quite enjoyable and it made a fair buit of money at the box office
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Let's just hope for a great and entertaining movie. If we're honest, comics don't even follow the timelines and continuity. I rencently visited my local comic shop and saw several X-Men titles. I can't even tell you what's going on in the X-Men these days because stories are broken up all over the place. Hell, when I last read the Uncanny X-Men, Emma Frost was a villian, now she's good. Why hold movies to comic time anyway? We suspend belief every time with comics by ignoring the fact that Cyclops and Jean should be in Depends by now. No one complain about comic characters ever aging, so don't complain when movies play with the timeline. Just think of the movies as one of many versions of the comic. You know, I remember a time when I could only dream of getting comic movies when I was kid reading the Avengers, X-Men, Captain America and the Justice League. I will grant you all that many of the comic movies haven't been the greatest and many have outright sucked but I'm glad they are still trying. I'm still waiting for the one comic movie that's going to blow me away but at least Hollywood is paying for them.
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When was the last time you read an X-Men comic? Because Emma Frost has been working with Xavier since about 1995.
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http://tinyurl.com/238n86x <p> And when you wake up out of your diabetic coma and post this shit, give me credit, fat man.
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Usual Suspects was okay, but WAAAAAY overrated. Apt Pupil SUCKED. Valkyrie SUCKED. Superman Returns SUCKED SO HARD IT WAS EMBARRASSING. XMen 1 & 2 were pretty good, I'll give the twink that. Get the fuck over yourself, doucebag.
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cool, an X men movie without any of the headlining mutants. What will fox think of next? A batman movie with only robin and the Comissioner? <p> This is destined to bomb. Fox couldn't even succeed in making a real X-men or fucking Wolverine movie. Now X-men: High School is going to be good? Man, people are delusional.<p>Whoever sold those rights to Fox should be fired.
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Yeah! Forget about linearity. Its all just concepts, nothing has to make sense from episode to episode or movie to movie! You'd probably complain if they tried making a movie that had no consistent timeline within itself!
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I'll be honest, the last X-Men story I followed was the Madelyn Pryor storyline. I think I was in middle school. I still have copies of all my X-Men comics. I have the first comic in which Rogue appear. I've actually given them all to my son. I have to say that I have dabble in comics since then but haven't collected in forever. Just recently I've gotten back into comics by reading Y The Last Man graphic novels and following The Walking Dead series. If I were to get back into the X-Men I wouldn't even know where to start. But yeah, the last time I saw Emma Frost, she was wearing panties and garters. And redkamel, a Robin movie done right would be very interesting.
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Patrick Stewart and Brandon Routh aren't gay. What's your point anyway? Who cares if Singer is a homosexual? Who cares if he casts gay men like Spacey and McKellan in his movies anyway?
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Aug. 23, 2010, 10:41 a.m. CST
Hard to have continuity when your franchise has more spinoffs th
by WickedJester
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Stupid cutoff
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Aug. 23, 2010, 10:44 a.m. CST
Btw, seems a lot of Harry's posts have included "(Name) just cal
by WickedJester
AintItNameDropping.com
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Try putting everything from God Loves, Man Kills; The Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past and Inferno into a movie. Where do you want them to start? And don't get me started on the characters. Emma Frost looks young as hell in the comics today. In the 80s she looked older than Scott. I dare anyone to explain how I can get caught up with what's going on with the X-Men Universe this day after not reading the series since Inferno. I think the general public would be worse off. They don't care, they just want to see an entertaining movie. All the movie has to do is get the characters right and have a great script. I will concede that not having Scott and Jean in a First Class movie is a hard one to swollow since they are general viewed as the first students. But I'll overlook that as long as it's good. I just can't see this movie being worse than X3 or Wolverine Origins.
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are what everybody involved in working on or even just seeing this movie should be getting. Caused by fear of yet another crap superhero movie. <br><br> Make a movie about the early years of Xavier and Magneto. Their friendship and its breaking. Maybe a love triangle. Xavier's accident. Magneto's turn to the dark side. That's a movie. Shoving Havok and Banshee and Beast and some version of Angel and Emma Frost and Hellfire Club and Mystique in? Give me a goddamn break. Didn't anyone learn from X3, from Spiderman 3, from Iron Man 2, or Wolverine? Throw too much shit into one movie and nothing really gets developed, no one watching feels invested in the characters, and you get a trainwreck. <br><br> Despite a somewhat lackluster Superman, I'm glad Singer is back involved. But still, this is still the studio that screwed up both the Dark Phoenix story and the character of Wolverine - probably two of the most beloved stories/characters in comic history - should have been slam dunks. And Kick-Ass was fun but there wasn't anything in there that makes me think he's the right guy for this. Hopefully the First Class trailer will give me any confidence, but all this news sounds like the same type of thinking that brought us X3 and Wolverine.
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Every couple of years or so, X-comics will have an event that acts as a 'jumping on point' for new readers, that explains what's going on and who's who without boring veteran readers. Companies like Marvel and DC have been doing it for decades and have it down to an art form. So yeah, it might be a little confusing if you were to go out today and pick up some X-Men comics, but remember, when you got into it in middle school, X-Men had been publishing for about twenty years... and you still managed to take interest.
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My wishes were character details. My argument is that Singer got the spirit of the X-Men right, especially in the foundation. There was potential for growth which X3 just shat on. Now I'm hoping with First Class, they can get things back on track.
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Way to be a fag.
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Should have been Xavier meeting Magneto while working in a hospital in Israel healing a catatonic Gabby Haller. She doesn't have to be turned into gold by Nazi super-scientists, but maybe brutalized by the explosive terrorist Strucker twins (instead of their father). Throw in Xavier's confrontation with the Shadow King and meeting young Storm, Gabby's schizo son Legion, even some Juggernaut step-brother stuff updated to Viet Nam. That could be an amazing epic story THAT IS TRUE TO THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHARACTERS. Much better than warmed over second string 70's members and random horrible Y2K villains thrown in for no reason.
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....this film could either be surprisingly good.......or a clusterfuck. <P> Let's take a look at Fox's record.....<P><P><P> Hmmm....looks like a clusterfuck is likely in order.
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so we can get a Shazam movie. It seems like a no brainer. As far as the X-Men are concerned, I hope this movie leads to a reboot of the whole series back in the hands of Marvel Entertainment. While I enjoyed X1, X2 and X3 is watchable; I think Singer put the series in a corner by focusing too much on Wolverine. It doesn't really matter with Wolverine and Storm but I would have gone with a younger cast for the rest of the team.
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Xmen Origins-Wolverine and X3...blech! Two of the biggest turds I've ever seen. Sure, they made a lot of money for the studio but so do those Vampires Suck/Meet The Spartans movies, and nobody's praising those turkeys.
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the whole gay movement is just a fad anyways, i don't think anyone that is gay actually enjoys it . they just say they are gay to get back at their parents or to seem like the victim. It's safe to say that there has never really been a gay person in the history of the earth, just somep people looking for shock value
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M. Night Shymayalan's never fukked up a movie so bad by basing it on such an impossible twist.
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with one ex-wife.<P>SERIOUSLY<P>What does it matter what Brandon Routh's sexuality is?<P>It only matters that, instead of portraying Superman as an idealized hero, he played the character as a bent-over, whining nancy-pants.<P>Dude may be the nicest, kindest, gayest, straightest, best dude on the planet. All I know is: He can't act, and he doesn't impress me as superheroic, at all. It isn't his fault. It's the casting director's and Singer's.
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He got married last year.
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even though it appears as if they are
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Outlaw24 has the right of it. Without Cyclops and Phoenix (well, Marvel Girl, I s'pose), this is useless to me. And the more information that keeps coming out about it makes me all the warier. I like Matthew Vaughn's work, but I have my doubts that until this franchise is out from under 20th Century Fox, anything good will come of it.
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The Wachowski Bros. are a terrible example for any point you may wanto to make. One is LGBT and they only have one good movie between them, even if the new ones continue to be moneymakers.
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It's like they bought the name for Terminator and brought you Robocop.<p> You might like the movie - but it's still deceptive.<p> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_First_Class<p>
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were the only gay actors in X-Men and Superman Returns. Routh is NOT gay. Stewart is sooo NOT gay. Spacey? who knows, who cares? So apparently somehow, Fareal's completely speculative innuendo based on no evidence whatsoever wins out over convincing evidence from the actors and their relations themselves. Right.
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That is even WORSE, because he was the GAYEST Supes ever. The overtones were Cream, Curelean Blue and Flamingo Pink instead of Yellow, Blue, and Red. Are you sure he's not bi? It just seems like Reeves would have knocked his ass clean OUT in one punch.
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Anyone?
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He'll show you good, multi-cultural X-men content. If you turn this into a 60s version of the new GI Joe...
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Aug. 23, 2010, 5:55 p.m. CST
didnt X-men 2 & 3 turn you people off to all this?
by DioxholsterReturns
i cant bear to watch anymore. X-men 3 was dumber than twilight
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this just lost my interest. he is the 1st X-Man, somebody here said talk to Claremont.......i agree, it doesn't have to exactly like the books but come on, at least the main X-players. and please no more Wolverine, i'm so tired of that character.
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exactly like they did in the comics. As a pawn of Mystique, taking down this big shot super-hero (Ms Marvel) who only needs to be introduced as an established hero, and who gets took down by this little girl with powers. one-two punch. Guess it was too easy!
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They could be college friends that form the initial team that paves the way for Xavier's school and HIS first class.
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Aug. 23, 2010, 7:35 p.m. CST
"First Class" means you get to have the cool comfy seats yo
by DioxholsterReturns
with the deserts and the fancy treatment. cant wait to see how Xavier and Magneto act in an airplane with a crazy gay flight attendant.
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So, the entire time they're in the X Men jet?
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NUFF SAID!
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Aug. 24, 2010, 2:30 a.m. CST
Ronnie "The Glove" Stark, that is... just released from jail.
by Tigger Tales
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... this should be called what it is: another reboot.<p></p> Singer is good, don't get me wrong. However, I remember it uder HIS watch that Bobby was a teen student in "X-Men" ... and that Kal-El became an emo stalker (with a CHILD???) in "Superman Returns"<p></p> I trust the quality will be good under Singer, but I've just never gotten why the need to mess with an established history?<p></p> No matter how popular pre-movie Wolverine got over the years, the word "X-Men" was always associated with Jean & Scott (and Hank, Warren, & Bobby ... and Xavier of course).
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Here we go. Now Singer is going to try and copy James Bond? The X-Men should have been something like The Expendables; a team comprised of badasses, but all we got was leather clad leftovers from the soap opera. And since SUPERMAN RETURNS was just a mess, I except the same thing from First Class. Besides, no Jean or Scott you know the story is going to be a mess now. The 60s is a great era for the beginning of the X-Men but Singer just doesn’t get me much hope for this movie. Singer can say that he’s copying the comics exactly, but that don’t mean I will believe him. Until some pictures start popping up and a script shows up, no dice Singer. <p> Harry your a fucking tool.
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taas long as the fight took place after 95... actually reeve would probabaly still win. Listen i liked routh as supes, and I don't think he's Gay, but I will admit his superman was made to be far too much of a pretty bo. However I don't blame him for that, that was singer's decision and I commend routh for being able to play it the way he was told to play it. but supes really needs to be more mencaing and confident, In fairness routh's clark Kent was amazing though
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how come nobody is talking about that Thor footage up at seriousissues.net?
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"Ok guys, it's the early days of the X-Men in the next movie...any ideas?" <br><br> "Ummmm how about we make it center on Prof X and Magneto? You know, that divergent path stuff, friends torn apart...you know, like we kept referring to in the last few. But maybe we go back REALLY focus on it, so maybe there's not a million mutants running around the whole time. Like X3. I heard that wasn't well received by the fans." <br><br> "No, we definitely need lots of mutants running and jumping and blowing stuff up and flying. But since it's the early days we could start at the beginning, like Xavier's...."<br><br> "First...class??"<br><br> "BRAVO!"<br><br> "YES!"<br><br> <br><br> "Ok, so who should we put in the first class...hmmmmm" <br><br> "Hmmmmm...."<br><br> "Beast. Definitely Beast."<br><br> "Ok yes....who else..."<br><br> "Hmmmm..."<br> "Ummm..."<br> "Well.....first class...hmmm"<br> "Uhh....I guess ummm..."<br> "Havok?"<br> "YESSSSS!!!!"
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that had potential to be funny. Something went wrong though.
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Agreed. I should've focused used more of my sense of humor than on my sense of disgust.
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It's either this or Green Lantern I reckon. Singer, Vaughan & Goldman, thats some pedigree!
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But he's doing the Avengers already. At least he would have given Cyclops the credit he deservers. Singer only treated the character as an extra to give Wolverine the spotlight.
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Singer was supposedly gonna give Scott his spotlight in X3&4.
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they should have done this first. I always liked the Hellfire Club, but it doesn't feel right outside of the Dark Phoenix saga the way it was meant to play out. That story had the Hellfire Club, the first appearance of Kitty Pryde, great Wolverine moments, and probably the defining story arc for Jean Grey. I'll go see this and probably even enjoy it, but it just feels wrong to use the Hellfire Club as the villain without using their manipulation of Jean Grey that transformed her into Dark Phoenix.
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Why didn't you guys slap the dogshit outta that tool Singer and tell em to start from scratch. This is such garbage! For some reason Singer has it in for Cyclops and this was his time to shine how are you gonna have the first class without the first class members... They have the girl with the flywings named ANGEL in this. You're tellin me she's been in the game longer than Cyclops? And Jean And LOGAN for that matter give me a freakin break!!! there have never been an X-Men movie made just 4 Wolverine movies and now this. The people in charge are destroying this franchise
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. . . due to the lack of exclamation points. Not having them when there are always three or four after every title must mean he's SUPER-excited. It's palpable.
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You know, I was pretty excited when I heard that First Class was being created. To me, the original 5 of X-Men and X-Factor was my favorite lineup. I really liked the FC mini series that came out a couple of years ago. We would finally get a film that would do Scott some justice and show why Scott and Jean are so important to the X-men. I figured, okay we'll at least get 3 young versions of Hank Scott and Jean. I heard about Banshee being cast and figured that it could be a good replacement for Angel. But now, this post has crushed any of my hopes. Yes it could be a very interesting movie, but it sure as hell isn't what I wanted. Hell, I'd take a movie version of X-Men Evolutions at this point. The sad thing is that I think the X-Men Origins: Wolverine version of Scott will be the best version that we'll ever see.
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Made him look like the dumbass goofball he was in the first 2 X-men movies
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Made him look like the dumbass goofball he was in the first 2 X-men movies
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Are we going to get Hank McCoy AND Beast too? Maybe both Logan AND Wolverine will make a cameo since both Charles Xavier and Professor X appeared in Wolverine.
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Is this not going on any continuity at all? Is this a reboot-reboot? Should I forget about everything that I have read?
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And Forget about the nightmare that was X-3. In fact why don't we blame X-3 as one of Victoria Principal's nightmares like Alien 3 and Star Trek 3, and Terminator 3. Does anyone see a pattern here or is it just me?
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I might accept Dark Navy Blue Leather as an alternative to Black but that's about it.
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...he wants to play Marvel Girl, but only if Kevin Zegers will agree to play Cyclops! He also says that he'd settle for Zac Efron but only if he doesn't have to wear the uniform with the lime green mini-skirt because that is not his color!
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Aug. 26, 2010, 9:49 a.m. CST
Get a restraining order keeping Ratner 1000 miles from anything
by chadiwack
I'm just saying.
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So far, I reallly like what I'm hearing about your vision and feel for the era this movie is set in. <P> but...<P> as far as your selections for the roster of Xavier's first class?<P> The only reason I can think of for including this girl Angel is to "red shirt" her, having her die early on. Only to be replaced by the real Angel, WWIII. And leaving out Scott and Jean?<P> OK, here's your analogy: I'm Hollywood and I'm gonna make a Bible movie.<P> It's about how Noah leads the Israelites out of Egypt, and Jesus' 12 disciples help them escape by building the Great Wall of China across the Red Sea.<P> Sounds like a blockbuster! Think anyone will notice if I "improve" the source material a little? You know, some things just don't translate well to the big screen!
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I like x-men here and there and I have to say so far hollywood has treated this comic like crap sooooo I am not going to get excited one bit until I hear good things.
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He actually thinks Harry still matters!
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... and said not even the comic writers care about continuity anymore, so why should filmmakers?
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C'mon, Singer - no one forgives you for the reach around you labeled Suerman Returns. Even though this is set in the 60's, we'll have gay rods all over the place - they'll have all the best lines and preach gay propaganda.
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Closet case.
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Scott, Jean, Bobby, Warren, and Hank were the first five. How in the hell is Alex Summers in this when he was not introduced until later? Then again, hollyweird says continuity be damned. As I stated Hollyweird is surely trying to kill the comic book movie.
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The (3) level method of the Hollyweird rape of the pockets of millions!
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Portman and Kunis ass to ass. I can really see that in my mind's eye.
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look we didnt want a reboot we wanted a good movie that wasnt X3 instead we suffered that and now have this bollocks as well
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