Apocalypse X-Men Apocalypse News and Discussion - - - - - - - - - - - - Part 40

[kguillou]

Did anyone else listen to the Empire Podcast with Bryan Singer? The guy asked about if Apocalypse was meant to be a one-off villain (regarding his death) and he said,[BLACKOUT] "Apocalypse is destroyed, some Horsemen survive, he has very unique powers, it's a 'anything goes' situation with his demise.. I want it to be 'non-specific'." So could he return in a future movie? It seems like he has planned for it perhaps with Apocalypse transferring his mind into Psylocke who walked away.[/BLACKOUT]

Aww, why'd Singer have to ruin it by saying THAT? I mean, its not a big deal and probably wont end up being the case but still....

 

[Nerial]

The audience care about havok because he was in FC and DOFP aswell as apocalypse so he isn't a new character, but honestly i don't see how his death could have had any impact at all even if the quicksilver scene felt more serious, there isn't many ways it wouldn't have been embarrassing, its not like before apocalypse left he set the jet to blow and havok was just to close to it... no havok blew the jet up and killed himself.

I mean even if you think well its havok so he went out creating havok... then you could still have done it way better then that.

I'll be freak, I didn't like the movie overall and I can see where people are annoyed by the swift tone shift between Havok's death and Quicksilver's scene.

However, we knew Havok was going to die...but the general audience didn't. Quicksilver's scene is done completely in Quicksilver's point-of-view, and because of that, it's lighthearted and fun. He thinks he saved everyone and he wasn't stressed about getting everyone out. It makes sense for him, and until it's over, the audience doesn't know 100% that Havok is dead.

It's only acknowledged after, when Quicksilver says, "I think I got everybody," that we realize he didn't. But there is definitely a tonal shift there that does feel off. I can see it from both sides of the argument.

If that was the only problem with the film, then this would have been a great film.

 

[RLAAMJR.]

Aww, why'd Singer have to ruin it by saying THAT? I mean, its not a big deal and probably wont end up being the case but still....

To keep us hyped?

 

[fobi]

Did anyone else listen to the Empire Podcast with Bryan Singer? The guy asked about if Apocalypse was meant to be a one-off villain (regarding his death) and he said,[BLACKOUT] "Apocalypse is destroyed, some Horsemen survive, he has very unique powers, it's a 'anything goes' situation with his demise.. I want it to be 'non-specific'." So could he return in a future movie? It seems like he has planned for it perhaps with Apocalypse transferring his mind into Psylocke who walked away.[/BLACKOUT]

I guess that's an interesting theory,

Spoiler

Psylocke did seem to be the only worthy horseman other than Magneto.

 

[GuestStar2004]

Aww, why'd Singer have to ruin it by saying THAT? I mean, its not a big deal and probably wont end up being the case but still....

it will go the same direction as singer saying in the DOFP commentary that the FC characters killed off screen could come back

 

[kguillou]

Oh you know what? My bad. I misread psyonic's post. I thought everything he wrote was what Singer had said. I didn't pay attention to when the quotation marks ended. I'm completely cool with what Singer said.

I listened to the podcast myself and it was a good listen. it was nice hearing Singer and Kindberg's thought processes.

 

[The Infernal]

Are you guys happy with the new, comic-booky suits?

Filed it under 'good try, but must do better next time'.

 

[imaperson2]

Kind of bummed out that the lullaby was cut from [BLACKOUT]Magneto's family death scene..[/BLACKOUT]. It was something Bryan kept talking about, along with the mall scenes. Don't hype something up and then fail to include it. Still, while there are several things that didn't work for this film, I enjoyed it immensely. Both my wife and I liked it more than Civil War even and I understand that's sacrilege. Haha

 

[ciscostudent561]

lol @ costumes

its battle armor or go home!
Anyway
sup guys where do i fit in here

 

[ciscostudent561]

Kind of bummed out that the lullaby was cut from [BLACKOUT]Magneto's family death scene..[/BLACKOUT] Still, while there are several things that didn't work for this film, I enjoyed it immensely. Both my wife and I liked it more than Civil War even and I understand that's sacrilege. Haha

no its not
tons of folks have said it. I totally enjoyed Apocalypse more.
Civil is not TDK or DOFP for that matter in terms of film quality. Just look at its overall score.

 

[ImSGirl95]

Civil is not TDK or DOFP for that matter in terms of film quality.

Agree. Civil War is better than both!

 

[RadioSha]

Agree. Civil War is better than both!

 

[jaymes_e06]

Kind of bummed out that the lullaby was cut from [BLACKOUT]Magneto's family death scene..[/BLACKOUT]. It was something Bryan kept talking about, along with the mall scenes. Don't hype something up and then fail to include it. Still, while there are several things that didn't work for this film, I enjoyed it immensely. Both my wife and I liked it more than Civil War even and I understand that's sacrilege. Haha

Literally everyone I know personally who watched both all said they liked X:A better.

 

[kguillou]

I think Civil War is a better film but...I think I probably had more personal enjoyment and thrill coming out of this than CW. I loved the stakes and the emotional core of this series and we finally got some kick ass X-Men action. The inner 7 year old kid in me that grew up with the 90's cartoon was so giddy.

 

[ciscostudent561]

Agree. Civil War is better than both!

 

[daddydivine]

Seriously... its better than DOFP. I dont know why people are putting dofp in the same catagory as TDK.

 

[daddydivine]

no its not
tons of folks have said it. I totally enjoyed Apocalypse more.
Civil is not TDK or DOFP for that matter in terms of film quality. Just look at its overall score.

If we are going to use score as proof than XPOC is pure garbage.

Wait. Isnt dofp like one percentage point ahead of civil war...

 

[RadioSha]

Seriously... its better than DOFP. I dont know why people are putting dofp in the same catagory as TDK.

Civil War doesn't even make it to my five favorite comic book movies ever. If I was to rank them during this particular day it would be

TDK
The Avengers
Spider-Man 2
X-Men: DOFP
Guardians of the Galaxy

I love DOFP. And I really, really liked Apocalypse

 

[jaymes_e06]

it will go the same direction as singer saying in the DOFP commentary that the FC characters killed off screen could come back

Right... this is a comic book film after all.

 

[jaymes_e06]

Civil War doesn't even make it to my five favorite comic book movies ever. If I was to rank them during this particular day it would be

TDK
The Avengers
Spider-Man 2
X-Men: DOFP
Guardians of the Galaxy

I love DOFP. And I really, really liked Apocalypse

CW imo was weak I was expecting something spectacular but i was like this the whole film. I was literally looking at my clock waiting to gtfo of there half because I had to go to work right after but also because of boredom.

 

[kguillou]

[BLACKOUT][/BLACKOUT]You know what, I think this movie comes down to this: I think this is one of those movies that either hits your sweet spot or doesn't in terms of what you want to see from an X-men film or. If this film checks your boxes then you will be very happy (like me) or you could just feel like "I'm really not interested in seeing this."

I went in wanting to see X-Men fight Apocalypse and finally display what they are capable of and I got that in spades and even some bonuses like [BLACKOUT]Jean unleashing the Phoenix for REAL this time and a PROPER Weapon X sequence [/BLACKOUT]that absolutely made me giddy. If these things dont do it for you then this film isn't going to resonate with you.

 

[The Infernal]

Seriously... its better than DOFP. I dont know why people are putting dofp in the same catagory as TDK.

Yeah. That's a new one on me too.

 

[marvelrobbins]

Literally everyone I know personally who watched both all said they liked X:A better.

Civil war is good but i like apocalypse better.only CB film of 2016 so far that borders on bad Is BVS.

 

[ciscostudent561]

DOFP is the most well executed and acted CMB outside of TDK when you base it by film standards and not subjective fan boy reasonings. 99% of fan boys don't study the art or the technicalities of film but what to make objective analysis? Oh c'mon get out.

Its
1)TDK
2) DOFP
and a far drop to the next CMB Movie

 

[RadioSha]

DOFP is the most well executed and acted CMB outside of TDK when you base it by film standards and not subjective fan boy reasonings. 99% of fan boys don't study the art or the technicalities of film but what to make objective analysis? Oh c'mon get out.

Its
1)TDK
2) DOFP
and a far drop to the next CMB Movie

I think Spider-Man 2 is the perfect comic book superhero movie. It's everything anyone ever wants from a superhero story.