Days of Future Past Peter Dinklage as Bolivar Trask - Official Thread

[danoyse]

Keep it up, you always have something negative to say about my posts.

In fairness, overuse of the icon never helps a discussion.

 

[marvelrobbins]

There was No Indication of when the trilogy took place except for magnro at begining of X-Men.It doesn't matter what a car and song were used In X2.

With Xavier and Magneto now established as being In mid to late twenties In 1962 that now reconns The trilogy as being In mid 1990's.

If Bryan Singer wants Peter Dinklage to play Boliver trask then that Is who he Is playing.He's not going to anything that Brett Ratner did In Last Stand to get In way of his vision.Especilly since that was a Trask In name only.No matter what people think of January Jones' performance First Class had better emma Frost than so called emma In
Origins.Bryan SInger Isn't ignoring origins or Last Stand but he has basiclly admitted he's not going to be salvisly bound to them as correcting some things means some reconning of things In Origins and Last Stand.

People should be more excited of Dinklage as villain putting him In league of Ian Mckellen,Brian Cox,and Michael Fassbender.

 

[Great Mind(s)]

There was No Indication of when the trilogy took place except for magnro at begining of X-Men.It doesn't matter what a car and song were used In X2.

With Xavier and Magneto now established as being In mid to late twenties In 1962 that now reconns The trilogy as being In mid 1990's.

If Bryan Singer wants Peter Dinklage to play Boliver trask then that Is who he Is playing.He's not going to anything that Brett Ratner did In Last Stand to get In way of his vision.Especilly since that was a Trask In name only.No matter what people think of January Jones' performance First Class had better emma Frost than so called emma In
Origins.Bryan SInger Isn't ignoring origins or Last Stand but he has basiclly admitted he's not going to be salvisly bound to them as correcting some things means some reconning of things In Origins and Last Stand.

People should be more excited of Dinklage as villain putting him In league of Ian Mckellen,Brian Cox,and Michael Fassbender.

Uh it absolutely does matter what car and song were used in X2, and cell-phone, and other technology and the fact that it's set in the not too distant future. Dude, the trilogy is NOT set in the 90s no matter what way you try to look at it.

How does Xavier and Magneto being in their 20s in the 1960s have anything to do with when the OT is set? They're old and wrinkley and could be any age...
But this is...not the topic...
I'm real excited about Dinklage being a villain...don't think it's Trask though. Just how I don't think Senator Kelly will be the Senator being assassinated in the 70s.

 

[def28]

Take with grain of salt but MTV heard its Trask.

http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/02/15/bolivar-trask-peter-dinklage-villain-xmen-days-of-future-past/

 

[SuperT]

Interesting that the article brought up Trask's two children - especially Tanya.

 

[JP]

Hoping MTV is correct. Dinklage as Trask is genius.

 

[marvelrobbins]

Uh it absolutely does matter what car and song were used in X2, and cell-phone, and other technology and the fact that it's set in the not too distant future. Dude, the trilogy is NOT set in the 90s no matter what way you try to look at it.

How does Xavier and Magneto being in their 20s in the 1960s have anything to do with when the OT is set? They're old and wrinkley and could be any age...
But this is...not the topic...
I'm real excited about Dinklage being a villain...don't think it's Trask though. Just how I don't think Senator Kelly will be the Senator being assassinated in the 70s.

Xavier and Magneto are 60 or a little In early 60's.They aren't In their 70's.That would mean they would be about 80 In DOFP.And that's not right.You also are forgetting It's also easier to say Beast was In mid 50's when you match up up first class and last stand than say beast was In his 60's.

 

[X-Maniac]

Uh it absolutely does matter what car and song were used in X2, and cell-phone, and other technology and the fact that it's set in the not too distant future. Dude, the trilogy is NOT set in the 90s no matter what way you try to look at it.

How does Xavier and Magneto being in their 20s in the 1960s have anything to do with when the OT is set? They're old and wrinkley and could be any age...
But this is...not the topic...
I'm real excited about Dinklage being a villain...don't think it's Trask though. Just how I don't think Senator Kelly will be the Senator being assassinated in the 70s.

If you are going to get fussy about visual set-dressing and backdrops, perhaps you want to bear in mind that the Twin Towers were visible in X1, and obviously they weren't there any more after September 2001. So, on that basis, X1 can't be any later than 2001.

See? We can all use arguments of music, phones, scenery. But you have to bear in mind we do have a definite date from the First Class setting during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the opening scene with young Xavier and Magneto in 1944. Go forward from those dates and it's obviously not way ahead or the pair of them would be dead.

 

[Great Mind(s)]

Except..it's not the 1990s for cryin out loud! And even up to September 10th 2001 is still the not too distant future from 2000 when X1 came out...

And also who is to say Xavier and Magneto aren't in their 70s in the OT and that they're not in their 80s during DOFP? That isn't stated on screen in these films but 'the not too distant future' IS clearly, stated twice in two separate movies. Not, 'the not too distant past'... I say we move this discussion to the news/speculation thread...

 

[Angamb]

Hoping MTV is correct. Dinklage as Trask is genius.

agree! its such an smart choice, with all the irony of it.

a small man feels threatened by the mutants and ends creating giant size robots to protect the humans, dominating the mutants, multiplying their size.

really inspiring by Singer and crew, if true

 

[Great Mind(s)]

Singer is cleaning up continuity errors from the past movies...why would he create more on top of them?

 

[marvelrobbins]

Hoping MTV is correct. Dinklage as Trask is genius.

This reminds me back In 2010 after kevin bacon was cast most assumed It was sinster untill one source said it was sebsastan Shaw(and MTV was dead wrong In calling Shaw a c Villain.True longtime X-Man fans know apart from Brotherhood Incarnations the X_Men greatest foes were Hellfire club) and It seems like It's similar here to where others assume others and them one source was tipped on truth.

Dinklage as Trask Is genius casting.Few are going to care that Brett Ratner
had someone named Trask In Last Stand.Especilly since It was changed to black
and his first name wasn't mentioned and no Indication of his being scientist.

It seems to me Bryan Singer Is tweaking the DOFP story so Trask who deigned the sentinles Is target of Brotherhood or was killed originally In
Brotherhood attack on government.

Assuming no CGI trickary Is involved having Dinklage play face of antimutants
In DOFP Is bold and great choice by Bryan.Plus Dinklage Is an award winning actor.Plus It's smart to actully get creator of sentinles Into film.

 

[Great Mind(s)]

This reminds me back In 2010 after kevin bacon was cast most assumed It was sinster untill one source said it was sebsastan Shaw(and MTV was dead wrong In calling Shaw a c Villain.True longtime X-Man fans know apart from Brotherhood Incarnations the X_Men greatest foes were Hellfire club) and It seems like It's similar here to where others assume others and them one source was tipped on truth.

Dinklage as Trask Is genius casting.Few are going to care that Brett Ratner
had someone named Trask In Last Stand.Especilly since It was changed to black
and his first name wasn't mentioned and no Indication of his being scientist.

It seems to me Bryan Singer Is tweaking the DOFP story so Trask who deigned the sentinles Is target of Brotherhood or was killed originally In
Brotherhood attack on government.

Assuming no CGI trickary Is involved having Dinklage play face of antimutants
In DOFP Is bold and great choice by Bryan.Plus Dinklage Is an award winning actor.Plus It's smart to actully get creator of sentinles Into film.

I think it's ridiculous. No one will notice Trask was already in a movie Singer has stated a few times he's not ignoring? Yeah they made him black...and that's worse to the source material than making him a dwarf? I love Dinklage, but casting him as Trask is just another continuity issue in a whole mess of them.

 

[Duran Man]

Trask? Okay.

 

[Angamb]

If true, I think Trask will work for the goverment but in the shadows.

With an actual senator/politician as the target of Magneto.

this way, we'll have a pretty fine roster of characters on the 70's from the human side: Nixon, the politician and Trask.

This is an EPIC movie, according to Singer, so the political aspect of the 70's would need a decent number of characters. not just Nixon and Trask.

 

[JP]

I think it's ridiculous. No one will notice Trask was already in a movie Singer has stated a few times he's not ignoring? Yeah they made him black...and that's worse to the source material than making him a dwarf? I love Dinklage, but casting him as Trask is just another continuity issue in a whole mess of them.

I don't see what continuity errors there are in having Dinklage play Bolivar Trask, a scientist who creates the Sentinels, and having someone called Secratary Trask in TLS.

If Bill Duke had a prominent role and was refereed to as Bolivar Trask and had similar ideals and motives, THEN it would be a continuity error. At this point, it's not in the least.

 

[marvelrobbins]

Trask presented as scientist and white Is better than making him Black and not scientist.Making him dwarf Is a change but It would be better than Trask In name only from last Stand.

Bryan Singer Isn't ignoring last Stand and Origins but he has clealry said he Isn't going to slavilsy bound to what Ratner did In Last stand and the committie at Fox did with Origins.
He's not going to leave out the creator of sentinles because of what Ratner did In Last Stand.Remember Bryan was one who decided to bring In emma frost In First Class Ignoring origins Emma.Same as using Moira In film Ignoring Last Stand Moira(and she was going to have an even bigger role In film when he was going to direct) and It was he who devoled story for first class which had xavier and Magneto go their own way In 1962 and Xavier crippled.There Is almost certinly going to be some reconning being done In DOFP.

 

[Angamb]

yeah, Bill was a nod.

They never said he was the creators of the sentinels. Brett and the writers maybe had a plan for him for next sequel, but since that didnt happen....

yeah, its not a real error.

 

[def28]

Really liking the idea of him as Trask. As long as they dont portray the character as Stryker pt 2 he should be a great and needed addition to the film. Someones gotta be creating these things.

 

[marvelrobbins]

If true, I think Trask will work for the goverment but in the shadows.

With an actual senator/politician as the target of Magneto.

this way, we'll have a pretty fine roster of characters on the 70's from the human side: Nixon, the politician and Trask.

This is an EPIC movie, according to Singer, so the political aspect of the 70's would need a decent number of characters. not just Nixon and Trask.

I think there Is very good chance Trask Is target of brotherhood.Trask Is working on weapons for government as so called defense against Mutants reporting to white house.We will likely see Trask In meetings with Nixon.That also means Bryan will have to get a good actor as Nixon.Maybe Kevin Spacey as Nixon.I would love to see him In X-Men film.

I also think they will have brotherhood attack pentagon Instead of senate.Remember Bryan was In Washington eather for looking at location or researching for stuff to be recreated In Canada.

Remember at this time the Us had pulled out of Vietnam and watergate Is
begining to blowup In press.So you have plenty of 70's Intrigue to put DOFP story In middle of.

The Avengers had ailen Invasion of New York so with X-Men to compate they have battle between X-Men and Brotherhood outside pentagon.

 

[GoldGoblin]

He plays Wolverine from a alternate dimention.

 

[Angamb]

this would lead to possible interesting twists to original arc.

Maybe Magneto and his brotherhood kill a politician in the 70's, something the x-men have to prevent, like in the comics, but at the same time, maybe the x-men will have to stop or even kill Bolivar Traks before so his Sentinel proyect wont see the light of day.

if the first sentinels are already created in the 70's, Bolivar's death wont prevent the use of the sentinels in upcoming months/years.

So it would be a nice plot poin if the x-men have to stop Bolivar or even joining the brotherhood to do it.

I know it could feel like something similar to X2, but still interesting possibilities

 

[Majik1387]

Is M.O.D.O.K. too out of left field for character possibility?

 

[marvelrobbins]

Over at MTV before the tip It was suggested If Peter Dinklage was playing Trask having a televised debate between him and James Mcavoy on Mutants.

I think here Trask could have devolped plans and blueprints for sentinles but the are not able to make plans Into reality for years.Explaning why Sentinles wouldn't be used till after last Stand.That way you keep sentinles for future scenes.

The X-Men In 1973 are going to be put In tough situation since Trask Is working on weapons against Mutants.The X-Men are sworn to protect a world that hates and fears
them.

 

[SlamAdams]

Is M.O.D.O.K. too out of left field for character possibility?

I would say he has questionable rights issues. I don't know who what studio has dibs on him