Bryan Singer to Direct New X-Men Movie
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I wonder if Captain Picard and Gandalf the Grey/White( Patrick Stewart, Ian Mccelan) will be reprising their roles? Unlikely and unfortunate.
Team movies never, ever, ever work. The Maximum # of primary protagonists you can have while the audience still gives a shit is 3. BUT WAIT YOU SAY, WHAT ABOUT THE HOBBIT? WHAT ABOUT LORD OF THE RINGS?
Except, in the Hobbit, Bilbo is almost perpetually seperated from the dwarves during MOST of the dramatic bits. He gets seperated during the troll scene, goblin scene, in the forest, goes alone into Smaugs cave- he's the focus of the story, solo, and the dwarves are just a vehicle for him.
Meanwhile, Lord of the Rings starts with four characters (five if you count Gandalf), then add's a fifth (sixth if you count gandalf) then three more- except ONE of these is killed by the end of the first book, the hobbits split into two groups of two, and the characters people actually want to read about AKA Aragorn Legolas and Gimli (and later Gandalf) go off their own way, giving you THREE (theres the magic number again) focus's of narrative, and arguably the only characters of -real- focus are Aragorn and Frodo and the rest are supporting characters.
Avengers? It's going to suck. X Men movies? Sucked.
This one might work.
There is ONE exception. The Heist/Dirty Dozen situation. Oceans 11, Dirty Dozen (trope namer), etc, wherein you meet the characters one at a time and become introduced to them at the same time as the other characters are. No preconceived backstory, no continuity, just movie. This keeps the audience engaged.
Except, in the Hobbit, Bilbo is almost perpetually seperated from the dwarves during MOST of the dramatic bits. He gets seperated during the troll scene, goblin scene, in the forest, goes alone into Smaugs cave- he's the focus of the story, solo, and the dwarves are just a vehicle for him.
Meanwhile, Lord of the Rings starts with four characters (five if you count Gandalf), then add's a fifth (sixth if you count gandalf) then three more- except ONE of these is killed by the end of the first book, the hobbits split into two groups of two, and the characters people actually want to read about AKA Aragorn Legolas and Gimli (and later Gandalf) go off their own way, giving you THREE (theres the magic number again) focus's of narrative, and arguably the only characters of -real- focus are Aragorn and Frodo and the rest are supporting characters.
Avengers? It's going to suck. X Men movies? Sucked.
This one might work.
There is ONE exception. The Heist/Dirty Dozen situation. Oceans 11, Dirty Dozen (trope namer), etc, wherein you meet the characters one at a time and become introduced to them at the same time as the other characters are. No preconceived backstory, no continuity, just movie. This keeps the audience engaged.
Dear Fox, if you want me to see your X-Men movie:
YOU PEOPLE BETTER FUCKING PUT COLOSSUS IN IT!!!!
Seriously Fox, what the fuck is your beef with Colosuss? Did he kill your kitten when you were young?
YOU PEOPLE BETTER FUCKING PUT COLOSSUS IN IT!!!!
Seriously Fox, what the fuck is your beef with Colosuss? Did he kill your kitten when you were young?
They should just ignore the past 4 movies and just make "First Class" based on the actual freaking story. It'd be a lot better. Have it Cyclops, Jean, Beast, Angel, Iceman, Xavier, and Magneto. You can throw in Mystique and Juggernaut as well someone else as long as no one pulls any ridiculous appearances or plot twists in order to "re-invent" the series to a new audience.
I liked Bryan Singer's directing. I'll be eager to see the characters of this and the movie itself. I enjoyed the first X Men a lot.
Drone89 said:
gof22 said:
As a fan I wasn't happy but I liked Origins because it allowed for DEADPOOL:THE MOVIE!
Hugh Jackman was a great pick for Wolverine though.
Them having a way to tie X-men to the current more canon (Cannon? I don't know how to spell) universe would be baller.
A lot of people thought X3 was bad? lol, I didn't even realize that. I thought it was great, but then again I like almost everything.
Emma fucking Frost had better show up. They made such a big deal about her for the other movie, had a grand total of like 20 seconds screen time, and they if they don't even mention her I'm...Uh...wow, talk about wind out of your sails...Oh, I know. I'll rant about it on the interwebs! I at least want a reference to her as to why she disappears. Cyclops, Jean Grey, Quicksilver, and Toad were all featured in the last movie, so if they're actually counting it, then they'll be featured. Though, apparently Quicksilver has to pull an Emma Frost and go AWOL for the next billion parts of the story. Although, they'd have to ditch Wolverine, and pretend they haven't killed Sabertooth or Deadpool yet.
Well, seeing as how all the little mutants in the Weapon X facility in Wolverine Origins got picked up by Xavier, there's quite a large number of potential first class to pick from. My guess is that they might go with the first class, at least some of, the Ultimate X-Men starting line-up. Cyclops, Jean, Storm, Beast (pre-blue fur of course), and Colossus. That'd be my guess.
the second is a lot better I think, tho I also liked the first...but I really don't think a floating chair woulda been necessary (didn't have it in the comics really)Low Key said:
but to everyone who's talking about Storm...yeah I think she more or less (Halle Berry) hurt the script of the 3rd film by demanding more screen time (even if Brett Ratner couldn't have done it himself)WanderFreak said:
but with the new film...be to give Cyclops a new chance right? and please, more Colosuss
ummm well I actually liked Origins Wolverine, but eh that's just me
altho I gotta say again, X-Men 3 TLS was a bit...well, it left quite a bit to be desired
and Emma Frost?sudokucrazedman said:
altho in the comics she was originally some weird replacement for Jean Grey...thank goodness they changed that
actually come to think of it, I never liked the whole Pheonix thing
like...she just wouldn't die...became a god or something and oh goodness forget it already
the Cure...in itself would have been enough
but anyway yeah back to Origins Wolverine, it was a pretty cool glimpse at the young x-men to-be
think James Marsden could still play Cyclops?