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Why no Scott and Jean?
Quote from: gengoro on January 18, 2011, 09:59:18 PM
X-men: First Class First Image (http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/170731/)
Why no Scott and Jean?
Because they don't deserve this. They truly do not.
*added URL tags*
Well now Xavier, seems we haven't gotten over our 'bald' problem, have we? ;)
When I first heard of this movie, I thought it might actually be interesting; now, I'm not so sure...
I didn't know that Emma was a model for Victoria's Secret. :doh: And to top it off, it's January Jones (Mad Men) playing her!
I keep looking at that pic and keep telling myself, this movie is going to bomb, so bad.
emma got older and xavier got younger umm yeah
i expected crap, i got crap
:eek2:
AARRRRGH! I really don't get this cast line-up...If it's supposed to be the pre-X-Men film team (Mystique appears to be wearing an X-uniform), it doesn't make much sense (besides Beast being there). Jean should be there, Scott should be there...heck, Storm should be there (according to X-film "continuity"), Xavier with hair???...They've already shown an Emma Frost in the crappy Wolverine film, Azazel?...I'm totally confused.
Dana
Who wants to bet Wolverine shows up? :popcorn
I think this is based instead on Deadly Genesis... the idea of an early x-team that may have been swept under the rug. It would rock if they make it a period thing, like in the 50's or 60's... but smart money says it will be the here and now.
Quote from: lugaru on January 19, 2011, 02:43:33 AM
I think this is based instead on Deadly Genesis... the idea of an early x-team that may have been swept under the rug. It would rock if they make it a period thing, like in the 50's or 60's... but smart money says it will be the here and now.
Probably...Which will make even less sense, considering it's meant to be a prequel...Ugh!
Dana
Supposedly it is a period piece - there were some leaked set photos earlier with distinctly '60s styles.
That pic just makes me cringe!
Nine.
Nine is the maximum number of X-Men characters you can select without getting even ONE of the good ones.
So Beast and Magneto are OKAY.
Havok and Emma Frost suck and never matter except in relation to Cyclops. I don't know what an Azazeal or an Angel Salvador are. Xavier and Moira are creepy and whiny. Mystique never talks and makes you always wonder if she's someone.
I'd rather watch Wolverine kill people for 2 hours again.
When does Marvel get the X-men movie rights back?
Quote from: Talavar on January 19, 2011, 03:48:11 AM
Supposedly it is a period piece - there were some leaked set photos earlier with distinctly '60s styles.
So then...going by the opening of the (P.O.S) third movie, Xavier and Magneto worked together for at least well over 20 years...fighting side by side...as teammates.
:mellow:
Quote from: BWPS on January 19, 2011, 04:55:54 AM
When does Marvel get the X-men movie rights back?
When Fox sufficiently kills the franchise to the point that it's not even worth keeping anymore...
So possibly after this movie comes out.
Money cowwwwww!
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on January 18, 2011, 11:21:50 PM
emma got older and xavier got younger umm yeah
i expected crap, i got crap
Well, I think you rather summed up my thoughts.
Quote from: gengoro on January 19, 2011, 02:32:17 AM
Who wants to bet Wolverine shows up? :popcorn
hopefully not, because fox wanted the werewolf( i use that term loosely) from twilight to play a young version of him.
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on January 19, 2011, 05:18:58 PM
Quote from: gengoro on January 19, 2011, 02:32:17 AM
Who wants to bet Wolverine shows up? :popcorn
hopefully not, because fox wanted the werewolf( i use that term loosely) from twilight to play a young version of him.
Ughhh....*shudder*
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on January 19, 2011, 05:18:58 PM
Quote from: gengoro on January 19, 2011, 02:32:17 AM
Who wants to bet Wolverine shows up? :popcorn
hopefully not, because fox wanted the werewolf( i use that term loosely) from twilight to play a young version of him.
Which, of course, would make no sense at all, since in their own Origins movie they have already put forth that Logan has been around for quite some time, unless this is a 19th century period piece!
I'd rather watch a Deadpool movie than this. And I'm one of the apparently few people who freakin' hate Deadpool!
Yeah this looks awful. Who on Earth is okaying this? At least 3 looked reasonable.
This has FAIL written all over it.
The pic, which was hosted on MSN, was taken down almost immediately and was purported to be really bad photoshop work. That said, there was a recent screening of the trailer, and the Emma costume just might be accurate.
Quote from: Previsionary on January 19, 2011, 09:53:34 PM
The pic, which was hosted on MSN, was taken down almost immediately and was purported to be really bad photoshop work. That said, there was a recent screening of the trailer, and the Emma costume just might be accurate.
So there's a slim chance the movie may actually be worth something? (Though I doubt it...)
I can say this much. Miracole alluded to the picture "leak" and that it might have been a fake. She didn't outright say it, though. As I think I mentioned, Miracole is working in the wardrobe department on set so she should know. Her husband (actor Chris Burns) is working on the film, too. (Not sure in what capacity though I think it's crew not acting.)
I will say that while Miracole has said very little about the project, she has said that she is pleased with what she has been involved with.
Oh, and the two of them were snowed in on set back in December. Chris tweeted that much.
So... while I don't expect many... if any ... of you to be pleased with the final product... (I mean that's the norm here) I suspect that it will be better than the Ratner fiasco and Wolverine: Origins.
Oh, and Ryan Reynolds has higher hopes on the quality of a Deadpool spinoff than some of you guys. He hated what was done with Wade in Wolverine: Origins, too. He's apparently a bigger Deadpool fan than Green Lantern fan, though. (BOO!)
Yes, Hamrick. You've reported all of that before. That's your particular wont. Now that we've announced all the "norms" the forum has, new article time!
Quote from: http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/01/19/x-menfirst-class-three-exclusive-photos-and-a-report-from-the-stressed-out-set/The movie posters promise that "X-Men: First Class" will be released June 3, but on Tuesday cameras were still rolling on the Fox film's set and director Matthew Vaughn, making his biggest major studio feature film to date, sounded like a man running out of time. "I'm at that stage where I feel like a boxer against the ropes," the director said as his crew prepared for the next shot on a location set in Long Beach. "I'm just throwing punches and taking them as they come and making sure I don't hit the canvas."
In the pages of Marvel Comics, the X-Men have been the ultimate outsiders for decades — even other superheroes view the strange mutant crew with mistrust, prejudice and disdain. So it's fitting that "First Class," the fifth Hollywood adventure for the heroes, will arrive in theaters this summer with so much to prove and plenty of doubters. For the all-new cast (led by James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender), the challenge is to replace the familiar faces of the franchise; for producer Bryan Singer, the challenge is to recapture the affection of comic-book movie fans; and for Vaughn, the challenge is, well, to actually finish making the film.
"We're filming at the moment, we've a lot to get done," said a weary Vaughn, whose credits include memorable but modest-grossing indie fare like "Kick-***" and "Layer Cake." "I've never worked under such time pressure. The good thing about the independent world is I never even knew if I was going to get distribution. I'm used to finishing a film and then crossing your fingers that someone is going to like it. This is totally doing it the other way around. We've definitely got a release date and we've got to make it."
Vaughn is famous for firebrand candor and droll wit, and despite the hand-wringing right now among some Fox executives, the British filmmaker isn't turning meek under the pressure. Asked if he's concerned about the glut of superhero film competition this summer — with "Captain America: The First Avenger," "Green Lantern" and "Thor" – Vaughn said that, if anything, it's the other guys who should be nervous. "With 'Green Lantern,' I don't know about that one, I couldn't get my head around the trailer, to be honest ... look, I will say the following: X-Men as a brand is bigger than Captain America, Thor and the Green Lantern, all put together."
[...]
"First Class" is being described as an origin story by the studio, and it is set in the 1960s, the same decade that artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee introduced the uncanny X-Men into the cosmic melodrama of their expanding Marvel universe. McAvoy is taking on the role of young Charles Xavier, the leader of the X-Men, and Fassbender is Erik Lehnsherr, the man who will become the evil mastermind Magneto. McAvoy and Fassbender are taking over movie roles originated by Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, respectively, two esteemed actors who are practically revered among sci-fi and fantasy fans for their respective work in the "Star Trek" and"The Lord of the Rings" universes.
[...]
The plot of this film is still under wraps, but it presents a world where superpowered mutants are living in secret and don't face the public scrutiny and prejudice that are central themes in the earlier films, which are primarily set in the modern day. The friendship of future foes Xavier and Lehnsherr is the heart of the film — Singer says the two have a common cause and different approaches and he even used the life trajectories of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X as a sort of shorthand for their veering paths. Despite rumors to the contrary, Vaughn said the movie will be the first X-Men film without the most famous face of the franchise, Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, and key characters such as Cyclops, Storm and Jean Grey give way to new screen arrivals such as Emma Frost (January Jones), Azazel (Jason Flemyng), Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) and Havok (Lucas Till).
(http://latimesherocomplex.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/kevin-bacon-and-january-jones-xmen-first-class1.jpg?w=600&h=400)
More pics and information at the earlier link. Go check it out for yourselves.
This movie is such a mis-use of the source material that I can't see any fan going to see it with the expectation of seeing the pages of the comics come to the big screen.
This smells worse than Lobdell.
At least X-Men 3 was a decent stand alone story.
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on January 19, 2011, 10:49:13 PM
Oh, and Ryan Reynolds has higher hopes on the quality of a Deadpool spinoff than some of you guys. He hated what was done with Wade in Wolverine: Origins, too. He's apparently a bigger Deadpool fan than Green Lantern fan, though. (BOO!)
I'm quite looking forward to that project. I hope it gets off the ground, should be great.
I like January Jones, she is a good actress, but she is not the white queen. Plus, she is just so skinny, I want to force feed her a burger.
Officially released stills. (http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/01/20/x-men-first-class-director-gets-mad-we-get-magneto-in-his-helmet/) [MOD] Link contains strong language [/MOD]
Magneto looks kinda cool, odd costume though. I see what they're going for though.
His helmet looks a size too big.
Luxurious locks Xavier is saying "Ow! Migraine!"
Dana
BTW: Vaughn is incorrect..The original uniforms (not costumes) are black and yellow, not blue and yellow....And he calls himself a fan?
ALSO: Havok must not be Cyclops' brother in this film, then...If he is, then Alex has to be about 20 years older than Scott. This also means that Beast is way, way older than the X-Men (Cyclops, Jean, Storm, etc...) in the original three films (well, except for Wolverine).
Y'know what? I have faith in Vaughn, I've been pretty skeptical of the movie so far but that hellfire club picture just made me think that it will be a pretty cool period piece. He said it was going to be like Casino Royale, but maybe that's just code that it will be like Layer Cake, which i think is one of the coolest movies I've ever seen.
Hopefully the 60's gear they are wearing and acting like will remind me of the comics when the original five are hanging out in new York in their civvies.... Like that issue when they meet morbius, or the recent spiderman and the xmen series set in the 60s.
After x3 and Wolverine I think Fox may be actively trying to make up for past mistakes with Vaughn on xmen and aranofsky on wolverine 2
Quote from: detourne_me on January 21, 2011, 01:56:27 AM
Y'know what? I have faith in Vaughn, I've been pretty skeptical of the movie so far but that hellfire club picture just made me think that it will be a pretty cool period piece. He said it was going to be like Casino Royale, but maybe that's just code that it will be like Layer Cake, which i think is one of the coolest movies I've ever seen.
Hopefully the 60's gear they are wearing and acting like will remind me of the comics when the original five are hanging out in new York in their civvies.... Like that issue when they meet morbius, or the recent spiderman and the xmen series set in the 60s.
After x3 and Wolverine I think Fox may be actively trying to make up for past mistakes with Vaughn on xmen and aranofsky on wolverine 2
I think he was comparing it to Casino Royal in that it will be a reboot (a "soft" reboot, but still a reboot). I, personally would rather they "hard" rebooted the franchise and started with the actual original 5 X-Men.
Dana
P.S. I still happen to think an original X-Men (teens led by Xavier) TV series (in the style of Smallville) would be fantastic.
Oh yeah, that's quite apparent, I'm just projecting my own desires upon his words.
A tried and true tradition in fan circles I believe :P
LOL...I get ya.
The other article...
http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/01/19/three-new-stills-from-x-men-first-class/
Claims they are "still shooting" the film, that doesn't sound good...Does "still shooting" translate to doing re-shoots? Re-shoots don't usually indicate a good film is on the way, do they?...I thought they usually indicated there are problems.
Dana
Quote from: cmdrkoenig67 on January 21, 2011, 02:14:52 AM
LOL...I get ya.
The other article...
http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/01/19/three-new-stills-from-x-men-first-class/
Claims they are "still shooting" the film, that doesn't sound good...Does "still shooting" translate to doing re-shoots? Re-shoots don't usually indicate a good film is on the way, do they?...I thought they usually indicated there are problems.
Dana
Maybe Kevin Costner had a cameo appearance and they had to make sure his hairline was - okay, this joke is 15 years old.
Where is the Helfire Club pic?
Given what a far flung and not always good separate universe the X-Men movies have been, I'm strangely cool with this. You know, unless the first trailer comes out and it looks totally like "high school musical" with mutants or something.
Quote"It starts in 1942, and then works its way up to 1962. There are a lot of nods to the X-Men world and the X-Men movies, but it's definitely its own beast."
Vaughn is aware that, no matter what he does, the film may anger diehard fans: "Yeah, but I could tell those fans that they're wrong. One thing about the X-Men world is that, if you know your X-Men universe, every writer reinvented the storyline. I did my research, and none of the histories of the characters make any sense. Each writer just totally changed the history to make their plot work. So I can quite safely say that X-Men has a history of reinventing its history for the sake of the plot."
http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2011/01/james-mcavoy-and-matthew-vaugh.html
Here's the trailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrbHykKUfTM&feature=player_embedded
Hmm... not sure what I think about the intentional effort to tie its continuity to the first film.
This........actually looks decent...I'm not quite sure what to think.
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 10, 2011, 11:59:11 PM
This........actually looks decent...I'm not quite sure what to think.
Same. The Magneto helmet in the released photo looks kind of weird, and crooked.
I think we can all agree this looks considerably better than Wolverine! ;)
Quote from: docdelorean88 on February 11, 2011, 12:13:21 AM
I think we can all agree this looks considerably better than Wolverine! ;)
That isn't saying much...but yes, yes we can.
As a prequel to both Singer's X-Men films it looks like it might have a pretty good chance just on the trailer alone. Sure there is some glaring errors trying to wedge it into continuity with Fox's mess of a X-Men franchise including X-Men 3 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. They definitely have proven to me that the old school yellow and dark blue/black uniforms could have actually worked in the earlier films with the right costume designers behind it. Beast looks interesting since he gets his transformation during the course of the film and Magneto really stands out at being a real highlight as he fully understands his true place in mutant kind.
I will go see it in the theaters just for the sake of hoping it might finally be a worthy installment to pay full price for once again.
If it fails and the Deadpool spin-off along with The Wolverine doesn't look a possible option to save the mutant franchise.. then I expect FOX will finally release their rights and Disney/Marvel will quickly move in and take their chance in getting it rebooted once their Avengers franchise is standing on it's own without needing someone to hold it's hand.
- CQ
Ok, I'll see it. I'll enjoy it and then complain about it probably.
I liked the trailer.......This movie may actually be good......whoa!
Quote from: crimsonquill on February 11, 2011, 12:41:29 AM
If it fails and the Deadpool spin-off along with The Wolverine doesn't look a possible option to save the mutant franchise.. then I expect FOX will finally release their rights and Disney/Marvel will quickly move in and take their chance in getting it rebooted once their Avengers franchise is standing on it's own without needing someone to hold it's hand.
- CQ
While I wish that were true, it's unlikely. Even after a run of bad/poorly-performing movies, why would Fox give up a property that may yet make them money to give a competitor the opportunity to make money with that property?
The only way Marvel is getting the X-men film rights back is if they buy them back - something I hope they'll eventually do.
Quote from: BWPS on February 11, 2011, 05:21:22 AM
Ok, I'll see it. I'll enjoy it and then complain about it probably.
lol, it's good to see some honest fans!
I really do like the visual style from what I've seen in the trailer.
However, here is a quote from Matthew Vaughn:
"It's got a lot of teenage angst. The 'Twilight' girls will like it."
http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/627-x-men-first-class-mutates-history-in-new-trailer
Umm... uh oh? :banghead:
Wow. He's just horrible at interviews, stop interviewing him, everyone. Twilight and X-men do have some similar appeal, one is just the most horrible thing ever that girls love because they're insecure and wish they were special, and the other is one of the best things ever that both boys and girls love because they're insecure and wish they were special.
Quote from: BWPS on February 11, 2011, 05:23:27 PM
Wow. He's just horrible at interviews, stop interviewing him, everyone. Twilight and X-men do have some similar appeal, one is just the most horrible thing ever that girls love because they're insecure and wish they were special, and the other is one of the best things ever that both boys and girls love because they're insecure and wish they were special.
Ha! Well said, BWPS.
:huh: Seen the traler, not sure what to think about it. Looks like they're going to turn this x men in some sort of special task force against the cuba missile crisis. That raises a lot of question, especially toward continuity (how the hell does the government "forget" the mutants exist for almost 20 years? and no memory wipe, X would never agree)
So magneto and xavier are probably gonna get some serious character development, wich is probably the one thing that i look forward to in this movie (seeing them going from firends to foe, X learning to use his powers responsibly, etc)
On the other hand we have Azazel or whatever is his name. So he's probably gonna be confirmed as Nightcrawler's father (since he looks just like him and has the same powers), and i would like to forget this ever happened in the comics.
Overall it looks like it could be a decent action flick, and if i watch only the part where Xavier and Magneto interract, i think i could enjoy it (i somehow have faith in both actors to do something good with their character)