Super Hero/Comic Book Movies

[Brian]

Favreau not Returning for Iron Man 3?

[inadvertent imitation]

Well, that sucks. 

[Morgbug]

I went to this on Saturday with SWMBO and enjoyed it.  Far from the greatest movie ever but good enough for popcorn.  Won't say it's good enough for a sequel but I'm sure that's on the way regardless. 

The question in my mind though is this: What was the point of this being in 3D?  Aside from my general dislike of 3D this went waaaaaaay beyond that.  Throughout the movie I kept slipping the glasses down to see if there was anything happening and other than being blurry the answer for the most part was no.  So I guess this then is how they jack movie prices by $3?  And the ad at the start telling me to be green and recycle my glasses?  Kiss my ass.  If you'd let those responsible enough to retain their glasses and pay a reduced fee if they bring them it'd be a hell of a lot more environmentally friently than repackaging the damn things for every 3D movie that comes out.  Gimme a break. 

If you are interested, then see it.  If you've got the option to watch it in 2D for a reduced price, you won't be missing much of anything. 

[Master_Phruby]

I'd say that is true about all 3D movies.

[Scott]

I went to this on Saturday with SWMBO and enjoyed it.  Far from the greatest movie ever but good enough for popcorn.  Won't say it's good enough for a sequel but I'm sure that's on the way regardless. 

The question in my mind though is this: What was the point of this being in 3D?  Aside from my general dislike of 3D this went waaaaaaay beyond that.  Throughout the movie I kept slipping the glasses down to see if there was anything happening and other than being blurry the answer for the most part was no.  So I guess this then is how they jack movie prices by $3?  And the ad at the start telling me to be green and recycle my glasses?  Kiss my ass.  If you'd let those responsible enough to retain their glasses and pay a reduced fee if they bring them it'd be a hell of a lot more environmentally friently than repackaging the damn things for every 3D movie that comes out.  Gimme a break. 

If you are interested, then see it.  If you've got the option to watch it in 2D for a reduced price, you won't be missing much of anything. 

Green Hornet?

[iFett]

Green Hornet?

I keep getting those two confused as well....Shame on me for not knowing my comic book characters!

[Morgbug]

 

Yeah, green hornet.  I saw green and jumped    Loser. 

Guess I was more irritated by the 3D, or lack thereof, than I thought. 

[Brian]

First look of the main cast (in costume) from X-Men: First Class.  A bit shadowy to see too much, but it gives you an idea of what things will look like.

[BillCable]

Can anyone name them all?

Emma Frost's outfit certainly looks... supportive.

[efranks]

Can anyone name them all?

Emma Frost's outfit certainly looks... supportive.

No.  But you can spot Beast and Mystique easily enough, along with Emma.  And I know that James MacAvoy is the Professor so he's easy to spot on the end.  I guess that makes the dude in front of Emma, Magneto then.  And Rose Byrne, in green, gets you your Star Wars connection for the film, but I'd have to look her up to see who she's playing.

And yes, that outfit does look supportive.  January Jones is a hot girl and that outfit hits all the right curves.

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[JediJman]

Looks like the following...

Magneto - Moira - White Queen - Darwin? - Beast - Havok - Angel (as a chick) - Mystique - Professor X

Darwin is the only one I'm not too sure of.  Keep in mind they have to eliminate characters that were too young or introduced in the other movies, so no nightcrawler, colossus, wolverine, etc.  I read that Havok and Angel would be in it, so must be those two.  I thought I read Banshee was in here too - maybe that 4th guy from the left is a revamped Banshee?  I'm surprised there is no Cyclops or Marvel Girl - they always seemed like the foundation of the X-Men to me, but seems like those two are pretty well snubbed in the movies.

[efranks]

Isn't Havok, aka Alex Summers, supposed to be younger than Scott Summers?  Maybe this film should be X-Factor: The Wonder Years rather than X-Men.

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[McMetal]

We've finally crossed over the threshold of the Abyss..COMIC BOOK EU!!!

 

[Dressel Rebel]

Angel (as a chick)

Wait wait wait.  Wait.  They're makin Warren Worthington a chick for this movie?

[JediJman]

We've finally crossed over the threshold of the Abyss..COMIC BOOK EU!!!

 

Not really.  Find me any movie adaption of a comic that doesn't diverge from the original storyline in some way.  Iron Man was one of the most faithful IMO, and that put the creation of the suit in the wrong war, erased 200 issues of plot to bring about Iron Monger, and made Obadiah into Stark's business partner instead of an industry competitor that aggressively takes over the company. 

As for Warren Worthington III, that Angel already appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand, played by Ben Foster.  If I recall, they showed him as a kid in that movie as well, so there's no way he would have been born when Xavier and Magneto were in their 20's.  It also wouldn't make sense from a plot perspective since he's not even an X-Men in the later films.

I'd rather they just went without an Angel, but I do appreciate Marvel's dedication to continuity in their flicks.  I'd rather have something of an alternate Marvel Universe in the movies than multiple movies selling completely different plot lines for the same character.  I really like the way they are drawing the Avengers together by running origin movies for each character seperately and it's kind of nice to see the sense of continuity maintained for X-Men as well.