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Jmacq1 · 01-25-2011, 10:45 AM

I think First Class is looking pretty crazy. Right now that could either be "crazy awesome" or "crazy stupid."

However it's got some good actors and a good director, and some of the images that've been floating around I think look very intriguing. The idea of a "superhero period piece" is kinda cool, I think.

On the flipside, it's already a continuity nightmare even if you gloss over some of the more easily glossed-over bits (like saying that the final battle in Wolverine wasn't supposed to be the "Three Mile Island Incident" in 1973 and that the "Emma" (as she's credited) that turned to diamond and was Silver Fox's sister isn't "Emma Frost" (Or conversely ignoring the portion of the first X-Men movie that says "In the not-so-distant future" and change it to "not so long ago"). There's still Havok, who is either going to be WAY older then Cyclops (to an unrealistic degree) or perhaps even changed into his uncle, father, or cousin or something.

Then again, if the acting is good and the story is fun...I could really care less if they do some continuity-trashing. At this point I suspect the only reason this isn't a "reboot" is because Hugh Jackman still feels like he's got a Wolverine movie or two left in him.

Another thing that gives me hope for the movie: By and large the original X-Men films were "trailblazers" for the modern super-hero movie. In a lot of ways they were...subdued, shall we say...perhaps a bit too firmly grounded in a sense of reality. While this approach can still work (and quite well, see Nolan's Batman films), we seem to be seeing a shift in the superhero movie genre where they're starting to embrace some of the crazier and more "out there" elements of the superhero genre. Green Lantern is including the whole "Cosmic Corps of Law Enforcers" and Thor is giving us the realm of Asgard and the craziness that goes along with it. These are things that previous comic-book movie directors have avoided because they seemed "too silly for general audiences."

I think if First Class embraces its (for lack of a better term) "comic-bookness" it may be a helluva good time.

01-25-2011, 10:45 AM	#16
Jmacq1 Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 697	I think First Class is looking pretty crazy. Right now that could either be "crazy awesome" or "crazy stupid." However it's got some good actors and a good director, and some of the images that've been floating around I think look very intriguing. The idea of a "superhero period piece" is kinda cool, I think. On the flipside, it's already a continuity nightmare even if you gloss over some of the more easily glossed-over bits (like saying that the final battle in Wolverine wasn't supposed to be the "Three Mile Island Incident" in 1973 and that the "Emma" (as she's credited) that turned to diamond and was Silver Fox's sister isn't "Emma Frost" (Or conversely ignoring the portion of the first X-Men movie that says "In the not-so-distant future" and change it to "not so long ago"). There's still Havok, who is either going to be WAY older then Cyclops (to an unrealistic degree) or perhaps even changed into his uncle, father, or cousin or something. Then again, if the acting is good and the story is fun...I could really care less if they do some continuity-trashing. At this point I suspect the only reason this isn't a "reboot" is because Hugh Jackman still feels like he's got a Wolverine movie or two left in him. Another thing that gives me hope for the movie: By and large the original X-Men films were "trailblazers" for the modern super-hero movie. In a lot of ways they were...subdued, shall we say...perhaps a bit too firmly grounded in a sense of reality. While this approach can still work (and quite well, see Nolan's Batman films), we seem to be seeing a shift in the superhero movie genre where they're starting to embrace some of the crazier and more "out there" elements of the superhero genre. Green Lantern is including the whole "Cosmic Corps of Law Enforcers" and Thor is giving us the realm of Asgard and the craziness that goes along with it. These are things that previous comic-book movie directors have avoided because they seemed "too silly for general audiences." I think if First Class embraces its (for lack of a better term) "comic-bookness" it may be a helluva good time. Last edited by Jmacq1; 01-25-2011 at 10:47 AM..