Comics Official X-MEN: LEGACY Discussion Thread

[OutcryX]

Ryan Reynolds did nothing for the Hannibal King character(his smart azzedness was essentially Deadpool anyways)

He did a good job as Wade Wilson...the Deadpool was, well, i dunno what that was..

...sooo Hope he doesnt make Hal Jordan a sarcastic azz

and then more Deadpool....

...and i like Nic Cage

 

[Manic]

Reynolds did nothing for Hannibal King because nobody watched Blade 3, and those who watched it hated it. You can't have any impact on a character when you're in a crappy and unpopular movie.

 

[iamlegend]

Reynolds did nothing for Hannibal King because nobody watched Blade 3, and those who watched it hated it. You can't have any impact on a character when you're in a crappy and unpopular movie.

That, and King was the fourth lead character in the film at best, after Blade, Drake, and Jessica Biel (I refuse to accept that she was playing a character).

As for the Ghost Rider thing...

Nic Cage hasn't been an "in" actor since the late 90s or so. The National Treasure movies are the only things he's done in the last ten years that have garnered any serious interest, and they're really, really tame and family-oriented.

Plus, he just doesn't fit the genre the way guys like Snipes and Reynolds do.

 

[UraniaChang]

Okay...

1. Cage shouldn't have played Ghost Rider because he's untalented and uncharismatic, and his career is a Hollywood Anomaly.

2. "rugged pretty boy" means to be both ruggedly handsome and a pretty boy. Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds can pull off both, depending on costuming and how much facial hair they grow. Not every actor can pull off both. Leonardo DiCaprio can't pull off rugged to save his life, and Russell Crowe is a handsome man who sure as hell ain't pretty.

Thanks for the answer, though I did not really mean for one, I sorta undertand it, but in Asia, pretty is pretty, handsome is handsome, there isn't much in between.

Btw, Ryan Reynolds is really average imo, the Deadpool in my imagination shouldn't be played by that guy in the first place, I kind of like Cage, but he really doesn't have much clue in picking scripts.

 

[OutcryX]

i look forward to Season of the Witch and The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Kick Ass...all starring or featuring Nic Cage.

 

[iamlegend]

Btw, Ryan Reynolds is really average imo, the Deadpool in my imagination shouldn't be played by that guy in the first place, I kind of like Cage, but he really doesn't have much clue in picking scripts.

I think in a movie that was actually about Deadpool and written by a competent scribe, Reynolds could nail the character. Because, more than anything else, he knows the character, knows what people would want from it, and has respect for that.

As opposed to the actors and actresses that wander onto these sets with no real clue about the 10, 20, 30+ years of history stand behind the character they're getting ready to play.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

I think the Deadpool movie will be very good. It sounds like it's heading in the right direction.

As for Nic Cage, every one of his movies is essentially him playing Nic Cage as the profession the characters in.

 

[UraniaChang]

I always found him weird when the part of him wielding [FONT=georgia,times new roman,times,serif]katana[/FONT] of the trailer running on TV.

There's just something amiss that I can't put into words.

It's probably more because he's not a Japanese, or even an asian.

 

[iamlegend]

I think the Deadpool movie will be very good. It sounds like it's heading in the right direction.

As for Nic Cage, every one of his movies is essentially him playing Nic Cage as the profession the characters in.

Agreed on Nic Cage.

I absolutely despise Deadpool's mainstream character and his place in Marvel right now, but I have high hopes for the film (because I have no issue with Deadpool outside of the 616-verse. I just don't like how he fits there, and how stories are being molded to wedge him in more and more often).

But I'm worried about it... first because of its attachment to Fox, and also because I just don't think they could possibly capture a good amalgram of Deadpool's wacky, fourth wall breaking side and his serious, deeper side on film at the same time. I just feel like that won't work nearly as well in a mass marketed film that has to make sense to non-comic readers.

 

[katie_girl09]

I don't understand why people praise Reynolds so much for his Wade. He had, like, 1 line. Seriously. I wasn't all that impressed by him at all.

 

[Manic]

I didn't even see the Wolverine movie. I refuse to help the box office take of whack s***.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

I don't understand why people praise Reynolds so much for his Wade. He had, like, 1 line. Seriously. I wasn't all that impressed by him at all.

He was better than Taylor whatshisface who had more lines and sucked to high hell as Gambit.

 

[iamlegend]

He was better than Taylor whatshisface who had more lines and sucked to high hell as Gambit.

Nothing can save a poorly written and poorly directed film...

*Note: I'm in no way defending a young actor that got his "big break" on a pathetic, oversexed teen-soap drama piece of crap show. Just saying that they could have had an Academy Award winner player some of the supporting roles in this flick... and the characters still would have sucked.

And so we're clear on Reynolds as DP... people didn't necessarily like what they saw in Wolverine (how could you, it was awful...) - they just believe that Reynolds can carry the role in a DP-centric movie with (hopefully) a better writer and better director.

 

[katie_girl09]

He was better than Taylor whatshisface who had more lines and sucked to high hell as Gambit.

... And...?

Nothing can save a poorly written and poorly directed film...

True. The problem with the Wolverine movie was that it was very poorly written. You can't really see the characters come out as they are supposed to when they aren't exactly written in-character. Which is why I'm baffled at the praise Ryan Reynolds has gotten over his 3-minute Deadpool. I just don't feel that he stood out enough to merit it.

*Note: I'm in no way defending a young actor that got his "big break" on a pathetic, oversexed teen-soap drama piece of crap show.

I used to think that was what FNL was before I watched a couple of episodes. I still don't watch it or anything, but it's far from being "over-sexed" or soapy.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Taylor Kitsch was a good Gambit.

Ryan Reynolds is gonna be awesome as (the real) Deadpool.

Friday Night Lights is a great show.

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[Havok83]

Does someone need to give all these New X-men kids, a paternity/maternity test? First Pixie had her paternity in question and now we find out[blackout] Destiny is Blindfold's great grandmother and that she has some brother who sounds like is a villian. Who is her brother? [/blackout]I have no clue where they are going with that one

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I hope the Blindfold's brother thing gets dropped and forgotten

 

[UraniaChang]

Must be a pain in the ass during Christmas time, bacause the mutants never know how many relatives they have.

 

[Havok83]

I hope the Blindfold's brother thing gets dropped and forgotten

Her brother is Mikhail Rasputin maknig her Colossus' little sister...haha

 

[Manic]

Now accepting all bets. 2:1 Blindfold is a Summers.

 

[OutcryX]

who are her parents? destiny is her granny.

 

[Havok83]

Now accepting all bets. 2:1 Blindfold is a Summers.

oh god, I hope not. Her mother died in childbirth. Maybe she is Katherine Summer's daughter, who had twins. The brother she was protecting her from was Vulcan, which Destiny forsaw and left in some cryptic letters which she passed down

 

[OutcryX]

please dont give this x-crew any ideas

 

[Manic]

I had a thought. If Ruth is Irene's grandkid, then there's an opportunity for some character interaction with Rogue. Irene was Rogue's foster mom alongside Mystique.

 

[OutcryX]

i wonder if Ruth's brother is Trevor..Destiny's ORIGINAL grandkid that has the exact same powers as Franklin Richards that was in X-factor back in the day..not the team. the book..he should still be a kid...