Brian Fowler Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Forge is there, just off-screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I really enjoyed catching X-Men:DOFP tonight. I probably have more to say when I am not as tired, but I think the film did a good job of blatantly saying "Hey, the Last Stand NEVER Happened. Actually, when you show these movies to your kids down the line, JUST SKIP IT!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 IGN has a go ranking the X-Men films: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/27/ranking-the-x-men-movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 It was amazing.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I'd switch The Wolverine and maybe the first film above First Class, but I mostly agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 So I wonder if they'll have Professor X starting to lose his hair in Apocalypse so he can start transitioning to looking more like Stewart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 They basically handled the reboot of this series in the same manner that they did in the new Star Trek movies. It's basically just an alternate timeline without completely re-starting the franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 To be honest, I really didn't like it that much either. My two big bug bears is how Trask not only gets access to the White House. He basically gets laughed out of there by Congress, the next minute, he's in with the Defence Chiefs in the Oval Office just giving advice after the attack in Paris. Then after the sentinel attack, they let him into the Presidential bunker, even though its quite plausible he's responsible for it, given they're HIS robots? (And when was the last time someone portrayed Nixon without ridiculously exaggerated make up and prosthetics?) Really didn't like how little mind was paid to how urgent the situation was and how little time was at hand, but they all just bounced around from the US to Paris to London and back again at will, for no real reason. Even after the close call with Wolverine the first time around. When the whole film is based around stopping someone shooting someone else, and in the first half of the movie, you show someone being quick enough to stop bullets with ease.......why would you leave that guy at home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylonianfrost Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 When the whole film is based around stopping someone shooting someone else, and in the first half of the movie, you show someone being quick enough to stop bullets with ease.......why would you leave that guy at home? I've seen that [valid] point brought up and - to my mind anyway - there's a certain logic that Xavier, Wolverine, et al viewed him purely as a teenage thrillseeker (I'm not entirely certain how old he was supposed to be...) and perhaps a bit of a wild card in a situation that was that high stakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 It's also possible that Xavier, dealing with the loss of Banshee/Darwin/etc. doesn't want to send another teenager into battle? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 It's also possible that Xavier, dealing with the loss of Banshee/Darwin/etc. doesn't want to send another teenager into battle? You just fixed the movie, you brilliant son of a bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 There's a reason I technically have two of these, young Fresh. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 It's also possible that Xavier, dealing with the loss of Banshee/Darwin/etc. doesn't want to send another teenager into battle? If it's not in the script, it's not possible. He was fine with sending the kid into the Pentagon to break out Erik and then he needed someone to safely return their rental car. It would have been kind of great if instead of rental car they were like 'no more kids' though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 They basically handled the reboot of this series in the same manner that they did in the new Star Trek movies. It's basically just an alternate timeline without completely re-starting the franchise. Shit, does that mean that Age of Apocalypse is gonna end up with Singer ignoring years of established elements and just do 2 hours of cool looking shit that makes no sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 They basically handled the reboot of this series in the same manner that they did in the new Star Trek movies. It's basically just an alternate timeline without completely re-starting the franchise. Shit, does that mean that Age of Apocalypse is gonna end up with Singer ignoring years of established elements and just do 2 hours of cool looking shit that makes no sense? That sums up the Jim Lee era of X-Men pretty well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 The weird thing about Days rebooting the franchise is that Apocalypse apparently jumps back and froth between the present day and First Class timelines as well, so what exactly did they accomplish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Raising awareness for violence against half-men? Next stop is Westeros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Best X-men movie since X2. Here is McAvoy doing an impression of Patrick Stewart for Patrick Stewart. Bonus: Fassbender does Ian McKellen for Ian McKellen. http://youtu.be/VU0P9ZNw10I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I finally saw DoFP! It was good for an X-Men movie. I have no real affection for the X-men, so I'll leave it at that. I'm even more excited for The Flash this fall though. Thanks Quicksilver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buy Me a Burrito Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I saw Amazing Spider-Man 2 tonight. Overall I liked it more than DoFP. Garfield is a much better Spider-Man than Maguire ever was. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 Long Bryan Singer interview about the X-Men and its worth reading: http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1892 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Sounds like Apocalypse will go a little deeper into his past, as well as the future. Curious to see his transformation, that's what I'm worried about the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 As I've mentioned, I'm not really an X-Men fan, so is Bishop's power really energy absorption to power his gun? If so, that's the 90s-est power I've ever heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I don't think he needed the gun to release the energy in the comics, but it was definitely absorbing and releasing energy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 90's comics are great. X-Force is great, Venom is great, Gambit is great etc... Stop this nonsense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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