X-Men The Official MCU X-Men News and Discussion Thread

[psylockolussus]

The final version is better. Rogue should have been with the rest in the X-Temple from the start.

 

[CB Fan]

Rogue cut is better but both cuts lack too much in exciting action to me. The storyboards for the action scenes that were included in the Rogue cut extras were epic and did not get put onscreen.

 

[SumT]

I agree on that front. The movie likely had one of the biggest budgets of the X-Men franchise (if not the biggest) but the action/spectacle felt underwhelming. One would guess having the all those mutants, the original cast more the newcomers like Blink, Sunpost, Bishop.... Fox would have done something much bigger in terms of action, but Storm, Iceman, Magneto.... felt really below their true potential.

yeah, we finally saw the awaited ice-slides, but there is something about Bryan Singer movies that always have that hit-miss approach (one character has the stand-out scene, while the rest get poor action). He chose Quicksilver that time, but everyone else felt really poor to me. Blink powers were cool, tho. But I expect better from Storm and Iceman. even Magneto. They had a full army of sentinels... Magneto alone could have destroyed them all in 10 seconds if want it.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

All those characters and underwhelming action, yet no growth or lines for Storm except "BOBBY!" and "We can slow them down!", even with the Rogue Cut (the nerve of them calling it that) not one single character development for Rogue, just another rescue mission where she is the damsel and must be saved to yet again prop Wolverine, then Bishop, Blink and the rest of them are just there for the VFX.

Fox couldnt handle an ensemble to save their lives nor could they respect these characters or the source material.

 

[CB Fan]

The best action in fox-men came from First Class imo. Those action scenes were exciting although it’s trash how they did Darwin.

I knew the action would suffer the moment Singer stepped in to direct DoFP. You got three omega level mutants (although I guess they’d be class 4 based off the Last Stand) in the fight for their lives and gave the most lackluster action sequences, shame. It’s the reason I don’t rate that movie too highly.

 

[SumT]

action aside, I think the movie is a really great movie, in terms of emotion, concepts, settings, many dialogue scenes and more.
The problem I have with Dofp is that its mostly a prequel movie, when the most interesting part is the post-apocaliptic future with the biggest and most interesting roster. Kinberg/Singer always wasted most x-men, it doesnt matter if it was the original trilogy, Dofp, Apocalypse or Dark Phoenix. Most x-men are always wasted. We can forgive if its just one movie, but when is movie after movie after movie.... no excuses accepted. They just didnt care about 90% of the X-Men and only used them because they knew the audience wanted to see the popular mutants, and the studio too, for promotional reasons. But the creative team never really cared about them, since the scripts never explored them as individuals with their own stories, pasts, conflicts, personal connections and more. A real shame.
This is basically the main reason the franchise kept doing worse and worse and worse worldwide, but Id bet the studio, producers and Kinberg still dont get it and are likely wondering "what went wrong?"

 

[JP]

Two set pics on the internet. One of James Marsden and Benedict Wong, and another of Marsden and Ian McKellen (in costume).

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Two set pics on the internet. One of James Marsden and Benedict Wong, and another of Marsden and Ian McKellen (in costume).

We sure the Marsden and McKellen one is legit? It looks like a candid from the 2000s.

 

[Silvermoth]

Looked legit to me but who knows. Anyway fun times ahead.

Hope Ian is ok. He’s had some health issues lately

 

[psylockolussus]

Crazy how X-Men 1 is turning 25 years in July! I didn't even see in theaters!

 

[Scarlet Spider]

I saw it on opening weekend with my best friend. We literally spent most of the 90's dreaming about an X-Men movie and who would be in it.

 

[JP]

I was there opening weekend, too! 25 years is crazy.

 

[psylockolussus]

I didn't have an internet connection and own computer during that time, and I was 11. I remember borrowing the movie's physical copy from my cousin. Then fastforward to 2003, I remember first seeing X2's promotion on E!. Then when we saw the movie, the mall we went had so much X-Men displays, all the Xs on the ceiling, and the comic books are placed inside a glass box. I was hooked!

Even though I already knew X-Men from the cartoons and Capcom games in the 90s, it was only in 2003, I really went through a deep dive with the X-Men mythos.

 

[Silvermoth]

I saw the first one on dvd and was like but then I saw the second one at the movies and I was like

 

[psylockolussus]

I saw the first one on dvd and was like but then I saw the second one at the movies and I was like

I remember watching the DVD of X1 and X2 so many times in anticipation for X3. And oh, the special features of those DVDs, were so extensive!

 

[omegamutant]

I saw the first X-Men movie on a random weekend with my cousins. Made my parents buy me all the action figures and PS1 games that came out after that movie lol. For X2 I was there opening weekend as I loved the first movie lol. Good times

 

[psylockolussus]

Simpler times!

Sucks how we didn't get more sequels after X3. The franchise should have been in X-Men 7: The Final Reckoning, by the time 20th Century Fox was sold.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[BobJM]

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[psylockolussus]

I want to see Omar Sy back as Bishop.

I feel like the new mutants in DOFP were a bit random choices, except for Bishop.

 

[Silvermoth]

I remember watching the DVD of X1 and X2 so many times in anticipation for X3. And oh, the special features of those DVDs, were so extensive!

Yeah I watched the x3 trailer a million times. I thought it looked ace!

And then…

 

[Silvermoth]

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I wonder if it’s weird having a British guy play a guy with Indigenous Australian heritage? Probably I would be the only one to find it weird

 

[psylockolussus]

Yeah I watched the x3 trailer a million times. I thought it looked ace!

And then…

I liked the background music they've used for the trailer.

 

[BobJM]

Yeah I watched the x3 trailer a million times. I thought it looked ace!

And then…

The X3 trailers are still great to this day; I still revisit them every now and then & still think what could have been lol.

 

[Sawyer]

The X3 trailers are still great to this day; I still revisit them every now and then & still think what could have been lol.

These two hitting in close proximity really had me thinking that everything was going to work out for the best…





And then, well…