Days of Future Past Which Beast do you prefer? Kelsey Grammer's Classic Beast or Nicholas Hoult's Cat?

Which Beast do you prefer?

  • Kelsey Grammer's Original/Classic Beast

  • Nicholas Hoult's Cat Beast

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they both looked like a man in a beast suit. they moved just like a normal human and had normal proportions, whereas real beast should have longer arms than normal human.
the best way is to make him a cg character. that way he can look and move like a beast.
 
They gave a shout out to Kelsey Grammer's Beast on Saturday Night Live. It's very sneakily done. LOL
 
The cat-beast in XM:FC is one of the few faults of the film for me. Didn't think it was well done. Looked like it was from Sesame street.
 
OsGom said:
I think both captured Beast well at various points in the characters evolution. In FC I thought they captured his nerdiness but also his distain for his physical mutation.
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I didn't really like his nerdiness. Hank has always been a fun, outgoing, confident guy. The way he was portrayed in FC seemed to be based more on a stereotype of a smart teenager who's into science rather than the character's actual personality in the comics. Hoult did a good job, and I liked the character, but half the time I felt he looked and acted more like young Scott Summers.
 
Having looked at pics of both classic Beast and Cat Beast with pics of Beast In First
Class he defently looks more like classic Beast than cat Beast.Not as perfectly like classic beast for some but certenly more than the cat Beast In present comics.
 
roach said:
i loved Kelsey as Beast...it was one of those inspired castings...like the minute you hear it you agree with it...like when Patrick Stewart was cast as Xavier.
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Personally I found it bland and uninspired. Kind of obvious. You could say Patrick Stewart is not much different, although Patrick Stewart, in my opinion is a much better actor and had a lot more to work with (in terms of writing). Fraiser is very similar to Beast, so I don't dislike the casting but Kelsey Grammer comes off a tad like a character actor in X3. Like they paid him to show up and do Fraiser, except in a Muppet Costume. He reminded me of the cartoon version, good, but lacked depth and lacked true character.

Honestly, this is one of those persistent problems they've had since the beginning. It became especially pronounced when they killed Cyclops. As much of a jerk as Cyclops can be there is a lot of dramatic potential to be found in his personal friendships with Beast, Iceman and Angel. Wolverine doesn't act as the glue for those guys since he's typically doing the loner thing. Cyclops provides a much better anchor for those characters because he's more believeable as a confidant.
 
Shadowlord X said:
The cat-beast in XM:FC is one of the few faults of the film for me. Didn't think it was well done. Looked like it was from Sesame street.
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I very much agree with this. I feel that Matthew Vaughn needs a second set of eyeballs to tell him when he's verging on cheese-ball territory. And there was a lot of cheese in First Class. It's been said that Singer pretty much was a hands-off Producer. I hope for this next one (Singer is producer for the next one right?) he becomes more involved.
 
I really didn't care for cat-eyed Beast in First Class.

Kelsey's make-up wasn't perfect, but I felt like I was looking at Beast, for the most part. The one thing I'd have done is give him an appliance to wear for the upper-lip/nose area so that it's more creature-like instead of just a man's nose and mouth. Otherwise, I think he looked great, and I liked the color -- verses First Class's washed-out, sky-blue.

I also didn't care for Nick Hoult's interpretation, so that may add to my dislike for his appearance, but... I basically disliked it from the first promo image. I felt like the insecure teen angle wasn't the best choice. An erudite, wise-cracking Beast is the way to go.
 
Beast upper-lip/nose area was just a man's nose and mouth before his secondary mutation cut in
 
nose is pretty normal
 

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SpitCurl said:
I really didn't care for cat-eyed Beast in First Class.

Kelsey's make-up wasn't perfect, but I felt like I was looking at Beast, for the most part. The one thing I'd have done is give him an appliance to wear for the upper-lip/nose area so that it's more creature-like instead of just a man's nose and mouth. Otherwise, I think he looked great, and I liked the color -- verses First Class's washed-out, sky-blue.

I also didn't care for Nick Hoult's interpretation, so that may add to my dislike for his appearance, but... I basically disliked it from the first promo image. I felt like the insecure teen angle wasn't the best choice. An erudite, wise-cracking Beast is the way to go.
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I agree with you there. While I didn't mind the look of Beast in First Class, the characterization left me somewhat wanting. Could have been much better.
 
Kelsey's Beast is almost pitch perfect. It's a shame the make-up and movie couldn't have been better for him. He is truly a perfect actor for the part.

Hoult did a GREAT job, was in a better film and had more to do as an actor. But, yes, the Beast from the original, actually, ALL the animated series have skewed more toward the way Kelsey portrayed him, and that's "my" Beast.

-R
 
Much prefer the new version. Beast looks friggin' vicious in First Class. I liked him in Last Stand but something about cat-like Beast that even in the comics appeals to me more. Plus the makeup was miles better than the "just pour some paint on him" look. I liked that it was even a little gray as a nod to Beast's original transformation.
 
I think Beast was done well in both movies, both in terms of character and makeup. If I had to pick one look, though ... I think I'd go with First Class Beast.

And, I just have to point this out: With all the problems that X3 had, the movie at least had Kelsey Friggin' Grammer as Beast. 'Nuff said. :)
 
Leenie said:
I think Beast was done well in both movies, both in terms of character and makeup.

And, I just have to point this out: With all the problems that X3 had, the movie at least had Kelsey Friggin' Grammer as Beast. 'Nuff said. :)
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I agree with your post but took out the one part I don't...I can't choose between the two, I enjoyed both...can't choose between them.
 
Kelsey Grammar did a good job for the role and Beast was the best new character in X3. Like imagine if X3 was a great film, everybody would have praised him so much.
 
They did the two looks purposefully. I know in this case it's in reverse, but his looks do change from Beast to Cat.
 
I think both actors did great as Beast but neither of them were given good enough looks for such a great character by the X-crew. Kelsey Grammer is playing definitive Beast so he is the master while Hoult it the pupil in training. My favourite comic look for Beast is Beast Beast (Ape Beast) over Cat Beast but Grammer's Beast, while looking ok when wearing a business suit, looked way below par in action scenes. Also he didn't look very beastly, more like a blue guy with claws but human beard and hair. I'm sure they can improve that look a lot.
 
Hoult was good, but Kelsey Grammer was perfect casting, in my opinion. His portrayal of Beast was a definite highlight for me in a lackluster film.
 
I missed a scene in X3 where they would have showed Beast in the lab, as a doctor, in his lab coat.

Thats the Beast I wanted to see in the theatre. And doing a few more acrobatics, to show the contrast between a really smart mutant but with a beastly look and moving like an acrobat, with one or two funny lines, in a smart way.
 
Kelsey Grammer's performance was one of the only good things about X3. i thought it was perfect casting.
 
Kelsey Grammer was brilliant as Beast.

Perhaps we will see First Class Beast opt to try to change the way humanity sees mutants, by deciding on a career in politics.

Knowing that mankind isn't ready for a blue furry mutant in government, he invents (or is is given) an image inducer to use until he feels mankind is ready to accept more obvious mutants in high-profile public positions. That would explain the X2 scene.
 
i just remember the scene in first class when he first walks out all blue and furry and it reminded me of Teen Wolf for some reason
 
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