Days of Future Past Have you seen X-Men: First Class? Post here!

[ThisYearsGuy]

But it's been mentioned on here so many times. It's a minor thing - at least to most people!

So what do you want from the X-Men franchise? A reboot with the original 5? A Singer-directed film? For Marvel to reclaim the rights? Are you generally okay with First Class, or do you dislike it intensely?

How many times have I seen this post recently lol. I think the better question is what do you want from this forum?...

I'm curious to know, are in in any way affiliated with Fox? Related to Matthew Vaughn? Friends with Jane Goldman? Because you seem to abhor any negative comment towards First Class. I can't speak for others but in answer to your quoted question perhaps it isn't always about what characters/director/timeline, some people just want a good film!

 

[Doctor Jones]

Geez, calm down. He was pointing something out that he just discovered.

Roach is an easygoing poster here. One who I wish we had more of.

 

[danoyse]

Did anyone else appreciate the hell out of The Usual Suspects incorporated into the Bad Hat Harry production logo?

****ing awesome. I couldn't help but say awesome out loud.

Yes! Just as awesome as using a line from Jaws as a production company name.

Just saw it for the 2nd time. And it's even better the second time. Theater was about 2/3 full and the audience seemed to love it. Big cheers for the cameos and lots of laughs during the training sequences. They even picked up that Charles was using the narration for the first two movies as pickup lines.

Not only did I think Wolverine's cameo was more Wolverine-like than anything he did in his own movie, the scene between Raven and Hank said more about the cure plotline than anything in X3.

 

[roach]

But it's been mentioned on here so many times. It's a minor thing - at least to most people!

So what do you want from the X-Men franchise? A reboot with the original 5? A Singer-directed film? For Marvel to reclaim the rights? Are you generally okay with First Class, or do you dislike it intensely?

but guess what not everyone has been in this thread to have seen it. I came here to discuss X-Men:Fc and how it fits into the other movies.

I generally liked the movie...it wasnt without its flaws but I liked it. Sorry if you cant peg me into one of your 3 fanboi reasons for hating the movie

 

[danoyse]

Hey everyone -

X-Maniac doesn't work for Fox.

roach was just making an observation.

Let's not all jump to conclusions or start sniping at each other. Thank you.

 

[roach]

Geez, calm down. He was pointing something out that he just discovered.

Roach is an easygoing poster here. One who I wish we had more of.

why thanks I try to be...maybe im using an angry font

 

[roach]

Hey everyone -

X-Maniac doesn't work for Fox.

roach was just making an observation.

Let's not all jump to conclusions or start sniping at each other. Thank you.

or maybe I work for WB..muahhahahahahahahaht:

 

[X-Maniac]

I'm curious to know, are in in any way affiliated with Fox? Related to Matthew Vaughn? Friends with Jane Goldman?

No, no and no!

Because you seem to abhor any negative comment towards First Class. I can't speak for others but in answer to your quoted question perhaps it isn't always about what characters/director/timeline, some people just want a good film!

I'm curious about people's standpoint, what they want to see. Some people will attack the film in any way because they hope (foolishly) to help Marvel reclaim the rights, or are just anti-Fox. Don't tell me you are that naive to think there isn't sometimes an element of sabotage going on?

I think we did get a good film. I can find hardly anything wrong with it. And, of course, the endless raising of continuity niggles is going to be frustrating if one is a regular visitor...

I accept some people won't like it, but the RT score indicates it was overall a very decent instalment in the series. Frankly, I'm baffled at some of the negativity - I thought it would widely be seen as a return to form for the series, especially after the reception on here for X3 and Wolverine!

 

[ThisYearsGuy]

Hey everyone -

X-Maniac doesn't work for Fox.

Lol I'm guessing that's from my post - Sorry, it was more rhetorical I suppose. I haven't posted much at all on here before but I just felt roach and others were being beaten down a bit for comments that seem to be perfectly acceptable on a forum in my opinion.

Anyway, I've posted my thoughts on the film - perhaps I'll be back when the next X-flick that grabs my attention rolls around (fingers crossed there will still be one).

 

[roach]

"you homo-sapiens and your guns." wow powerful line right there

 

[roach]

No, no and no!



I'm curious about people's standpoint, what they want to see. Some people will attack the film in any way because they hope (foolishly) to help Marvel reclaim the rights, or are just anti-Fox. Don't tell me you are that naive to think there isn't sometimes an element of sabotage going on?

I think we did get a good film. I can find hardly anything wrong with it. And, of course, the endless raising of continuity niggles is going to be frustrating if one is a regular visitor...

I accept some people won't like it, but the RT score indicates it was overall a very decent instalment in the series.

yet my comments have nothing to do with any of that....and if anyone thinks that views on a message board will kill the positive word of mouth they are foolish...

....however I think that you'd like for someone to have a fanboi-ish view of this movie so you can discount their opinion. Does it matter if I hate Fox if I saw a plot hole or didnt like the Beast make-up????

and sometimes discussing a film with others about plot holes makes the plot holes disappear....like in another thread when someone questioned if brass or gold could crush diamonds...and I opined that if someone could control the metal then its possible to crush diamonds

 

[Donut]

I am going to make the cameo line my voice mail. So that when people call me & I don't answer they hear a certain mutant telling them to do the f word thing

 

[Papa Burgundy]

dude...the last hour of this movie i got really giddy. it actually felt a bit like xmen when they put the suits on, when magneto started owning fools and all of the well acted beach scenes.

 

[BMM]

Just going on his appearance and the date of birth for the actor himself (1953). And if he's an early student of Xavier's, then he's presumably in his 30s/40s, on a par with the other students like Jean and Beast.

The Vietnam conflict has a longer history, long enough that without knowing exactly what Stryker did there we can't rule out that he was there at that time.

Not a nitpick (since I've been accused of this) - just pointing out that in all likelihood, Stryker was an adult as of this film, not a little boy. Heck, I'm an adult and my parents think about me, so I'm not suggesting otherwise.

Agreed. It could go either way.

 

[X-Maniac]

yet my comments have nothing to do with any of that....and if anyone thinks that views on a message board will kill the positive word of mouth they are foolish...

....however I think that you'd like for someone to have a fanboi-ish view of this movie so you can discount their opinion. Does it matter if I hate Fox if I saw a plot hole or didnt like the Beast make-up????

and sometimes discussing a film with others about plot holes makes the plot holes disappear....like in another thread when someone questioned if brass or gold could crush diamonds...and I opined that if someone could control the metal then its possible to crush diamonds

I'm just surprised at the amount of nitpicking and negativity. I find it baffling. With Singer back on board, and Vaughn directing, not to mention a great cast (though not the megastars like Jackman), I thought there would be a widespread sense of relief and delight at the series getting back on track. It's left me puzzled about what people actually want from the series if they can spend so much time picking this film to pieces. I'm absolutely baffled at the reaction.

 

[roach]

I'm just surprised at the amount of nitpicking and negativity. I find it baffling. With Singer back on board, and Vaughn directing, not to mention a great cast (though not the megastars like Jackman), I thought there would be a widespread sense of relief and delight at the series getting back on track. It's left me puzzled about what people actually want from the series if they can spend so much time picking this film to pieces. I'm absolutely baffled at the reaction.

no one is picking it to pieces...i think you are over reacting

 

[Doctor Jones]

Yes! Just as awesome as using a line from Jaws as a production company name.

Just saw it for the 2nd time. And it's even better the second time. Theater was about 2/3 full and the audience seemed to love it. Big cheers for the cameos and lots of laughs during the training sequences. They even picked up that Charles was using the narration for the first two movies as pickup lines.

Not only did I think Wolverine's cameo was more Wolverine-like than anything he did in his own movie, the scene between Raven and Hank said more about the cure plotline than anything in X3.

Yeah, I love it too. Including the aninmated exchange between Brody and Harry at the end of every House episode. t:

I didn't reazlie his pick up line to the girl was the opening line to the first film. That's cool. I'm seeing this again tonight so I'll be sure to pick up on things I didn't get the first time.

Also I think using that cure subplot in this was kind of a make up for how poorly they treated it in X3. I still can't believe Rogie cured herself.

I mean if I were Bobby I'd be pretty pissed I couldn't get some of Anna Paquin but still...

 

[Deaths Head II]

The cure actually had a message in FC unlike X3. In X3 Rogue learned you should change who you are for some boy whereas Hank was told "Mutant and Proud."

 

[By your Command]

The cure actually had a message in FC unlike X3. In X3 Rogue learned you should change who you are for some boy whereas Hank was told "Mutant and Proud."

Everytime I saw that part in the movie, I kept remembering that scene with Hank seeing his hand turn human in X3, the mutant and proud thing kinda elevated that scene for me.

 

[BMM]

I'm just surprised at the amount of nitpicking and negativity. I find it baffling. With Singer back on board, and Vaughn directing, not to mention a great cast (though not the megastars like Jackman), I thought there would be a widespread sense of relief and delight at the series getting back on track. It's left me puzzled about what people actually want from the series if they can spend so much time picking this film to pieces. I'm absolutely baffled at the reaction.

I'm not. I think there are genuine criticisms of the movie, but you could see this coming from some posters a mile away. In fact, I think that because Fox didn't produce an obvious stinker (despite the liberties taken), and that a lot of people seem to be enjoying First Class, it's making some detractors even more upset.

 

[roach]

Also I think using that cure subplot in this was kind of a make up for how poorly they treated it in X3. I still can't believe Rogie cured herself.

i dont think that was a nod to X3 but more a nod to the comics...Beast going from human to blue and furry was pretty much spot on...

He becomes a research scientist at the Brand Corporation, a genetics research facility. His assistant, Linda Donaldson, quickly becomes his girlfriend. Hank isolates a "hormonal extract" allowing anyone to become a mutant for a short period of time, and uses the mutagenic serum on himself to disguise his appearance while foiling an attempt to steal his research.However, he waits too long to reverse the process, leaving him permanently transformed. He has grown gray fur (which later turns blue) all over his body and acquired sharp ears, elongated canine teeth, claws, the ability to run on walls and ceilings like a spider, enhanced senses, an accelerated healing factor, and a feral side he struggles to control. He briefly joins the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants when Mastermind wipes out his memory, but quickly recovers. When the Beast is wounded, he is aided by Patsy Walker, and then reunited with his old girlfriend, Vera Cantor. Back at Brand Laboratories, he discovers his girlfriend Linda Donaldson is a Communist spy, and they break up. It was at this time that he joined the Avengers

 

[roach]

Everytime I saw that part in the movie, I kept remembering that scene with Hank seeing his hand turn human in X3, the mutant and proud thing kinda elevated that scene for me.

however we know the cure didnt work in X3 so the theme is no matter how your try to change yourself you cant

 

[roach]

In March 2011, Shuler Donner revealed that the film(X4) was in "active development at Fox," saying, "We took the treatment to Fox and they love it...And X4 leads into X5.

I did not know this

 

[BMM]

Although I wasn't as much a fan of the make-up as I thought I would be, based on the trailers, I think the Beast transformation scene was great.

 

[By your Command]

however we know the cure didnt work in X3 so the theme is no matter how your try to change yourself you cant

Exactly, I know, I just think that if you see that scene as a continuation (which it is and isn't) of the Beast character, is like a little moment where he is reminded of all that happened before, and how that represents what he wanted and what he knows he shouldn't want anymore.