Brian Fowler Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Hell, he also said The Wolverine was going to be the last time he played the role back before they started filming it. I assume that he's conflicted about still doing this same role 14 years later at 45, wanting to try new things, and getting some big fucking paychecks. Paychecks have been winning so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 They should continue winning too. He's awesome as Wolverine, at least as far as the X-Men movies go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I doubt the studio is going to want him past 50ish anyway, so he might as well ride it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 An X Force movie would just be the worst. I really don't want to see Cable and Shatterstar and giant guns in a movie. The 90s were awful. Ron Liefield was awful. I guess there could be some entertainment value in using CGI to make actors look like his drawings and just going full bonkers with the whole thing. I would much rather see an X Statix movie than an X Force movie, which you could do without making the convoluted movies even more so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I'd be more positive about an X-Force movie if they used the Remender Uncanny X-Force team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuroresuFan Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 One part that confused me watching DOFP, I understand that by infusing the Sentinels with steel from the railroad tracks he had physical control over them but how was he able to control their programming? Even when the Sentinels powered up during the press conference, Trask and Stryker didn't give any verbal commands to stop them or pull out any remote device to shut them back down. Magneto was able to control them from a distance and give one a verbal command to attack Beast and Wolverine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 One part that confused me watching DOFP, I understand that by infusing the Sentinels with steel from the railroad tracks he had physical control over them but how was he able to control their programming? Even when the Sentinels powered up during the press conference, Trask and Stryker didn't give any verbal commands to stop them or pull out any remote device to shut them back down. Magneto was able to control them from a distance and give one a verbal command to attack Beast and Wolverine. He changed their programming with the railroad tracks too. Because Hollywood doesn't understand computers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Saw X Men last night, and I know that my opinion is super skewed because I don't much like the X Men movies outside of the Nightcrawler White House sequence, but I'm having a hard time thinking of another director being handed blockbusters that is as visionless as Bryan Singer is. Did anyone else walk out of there sort of dumbfounded and annoyed except for the Quicksilver stuff, which was great? If not I don't want to be the one guy screaming IT WAS KIND OF BAD in the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APO Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 One part that confused me watching DOFP, I understand that by infusing the Sentinels with steel from the railroad tracks he had physical control over them but how was he able to control their programming? Even when the Sentinels powered up during the press conference, Trask and Stryker didn't give any verbal commands to stop them or pull out any remote device to shut them back down. Magneto was able to control them from a distance and give one a verbal command to attack Beast and Wolverine. He changed their programming with the railroad tracks too. Because Hollywood doesn't understand computers. I don't think he changed their programming, just disconnected the detection device. The main one he used to distract Hank and Logan turned around and tried to go after him too after Beast used his serum to fool it into thinking he's a human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Saw X Men last night, and I know that my opinion is super skewed because I don't much like the X Men movies outside of the Nightcrawler White House sequence, but I'm having a hard time thinking of another director being handed blockbusters that is as visionless as Bryan Singer is. Did anyone else walk out of there sort of dumbfounded and annoyed except for the Quicksilver stuff, which was great? If not I don't want to be the one guy screaming IT WAS KIND OF BAD in the corner. I'm not entirely sure why you didn't like it, save for the "lack of vision." Could you give us some more detail? Did you not like the time travel stuff in general, or were unable to suspend your disbelief for it or what not? I will say that it was the first X-Men movie that really felt like it embraced the fact it was an "X-MEN MOVIE." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Saw X Men last night, and I know that my opinion is super skewed because I don't much like the X Men movies outside of the Nightcrawler White House sequence, but I'm having a hard time thinking of another director being handed blockbusters that is as visionless as Bryan Singer is. Did anyone else walk out of there sort of dumbfounded and annoyed except for the Quicksilver stuff, which was great? If not I don't want to be the one guy screaming IT WAS KIND OF BAD in the corner. I'm not entirely sure why you didn't like it, save for the "lack of vision." Could you give us some more detail? Did you not like the time travel stuff in general, or were unable to suspend your disbelief for it or what not? I will say that it was the first X-Men movie that really felt like it embraced the fact it was an "X-MEN MOVIE." Sorry, stayed vague for spoilery things. Things I liked: Quicksilver and Blink, Fassbender and McAvoy's performances and chemistry. Iceman's beard. I agree with you that this is the first movie that Singer has allowed to be an X Men scale of a movie, but I feel like, even when what is happening on screen is big and epic, his movie feels very small. Does that make any sense? This is one of those days where I wish I had Jae's powers of talking about shit. The movie didn't make any sense from a continuity standpoint. To it's credit, it never seemed very concerned with it. I'm still not sure, after four movies in it's timeline, when the X Men movies are set. Are they present day? I ignored the weird timeline for First Class because it was sort of a stand alone thing but when you line these movies up they're a nightmare. Why was Xavier alive in The Wolverine? I thought that bump had something to do with this movie? And if the purpose was a reboot, they've rebooted to square one of a 14 year old movie? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuroresuFan Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 One part that confused me watching DOFP, I understand that by infusing the Sentinels with steel from the railroad tracks he had physical control over them but how was he able to control their programming? Even when the Sentinels powered up during the press conference, Trask and Stryker didn't give any verbal commands to stop them or pull out any remote device to shut them back down. Magneto was able to control them from a distance and give one a verbal command to attack Beast and Wolverine. He changed their programming with the railroad tracks too. Because Hollywood doesn't understand computers. I don't think he changed their programming, just disconnected the detection device. The main one he used to distract Hank and Logan turned around and tried to go after him too after Beast used his serum to fool it into thinking he's a human. I was trying think about the scene where he's reviewing the film he took from the meeting in Paris & thought perhaps there was more detailed blueprints that might have shown him how to gain control of them. Funny that I'm perfectly fine with a guy lifting and levitating an entire stadium but I'm all "Hey! He doesn't have the username/password for the Sentinels program!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 The railroad tracks cracked their magnetic shielding and he was able to reprogram them with his magnetism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Timey Wimey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Timey Wimey It wasn't so much that it exposed problems with their time travel story as it exposed major problems with their movies making any sense in relation to each other, which wouldn't be a big deal if they hadn't already confirmed that Apocalypse will bounce between the two timelines as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Remember the outcry from the organization that governs the opinions/ rights/ whatever of people who were adopted as kids, when they got all pissy when Thor claimed of Loki, "He's adopted," when Loki's misdeeds were under discussion? I'm surprised there's been no resounding complaints about the casting of an actor with a real mutation (dwarfism) as a villain in a film about pretend mutations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Timey Wimey It wasn't so much that it exposed problems with their time travel story as it exposed major problems with their movies making any sense in relation to each other, which wouldn't be a big deal if they hadn't already confirmed that Apocalypse will bounce between the two timelines as well. To be fair, that might be the most accurate part of their 7 film X-Men adaptation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Does Fassbender remind anyone else of Alberto Del Rio? Something about his face and mannerisms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Does Fassbender remind anyone else of Alberto Del Rio? Something about his face and mannerisms... I couldn't place it when he wouldn't let Xavier out of the cross armbreaker but you're completely right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buy Me a Burrito Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I saw it on Sunday. Overall I liked it, but at the same time it was just sort of there for me. I liked First Class a lot. It was fun and despite the younger mutants being shit, it at least had a spirit of fun that the Marvel Studios movies had. This movie was just all stern looks and leather suits. I just didn't have fun watching it outside of the Quicksilver stuff. Also, the Paris talks concluded in early '73, right? Magneto quoting James Brown's "Payback" ("I don't know karate, but I know crazy") is sort of off because that song wasn't released until November of '73, and I don't believe that he had the time to go see James Brown in concert after being sprung from prison. So there's my review. It was worth watching once, but I don't think I'll seek it out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 What I don't understand is how Trask had a flat screen computer in 1973. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 What I don't understand is how Trask had a flat screen computer in 1973. Timey Wimey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Magneto had advanced copies because he's fucking Magneto and nobody is going to say that he can't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 X-Men has already passed 300 million worldwide. It's almost certainly going to pass The Wolverine by the end of next weekend, and maybe First Class as well. It really has completely rejuvenated the franchise at the box office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 It's long been established in fiction that the existance of Super Powers (or Magic) in a world allows technology to advance much faster or slower than it otherwise would. Even if nobody has super powers related to the ability to advance technology... it's an Arm's Race. They only invented armour piercing bullets because someone else invented armour and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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