X-Men: First Class

Rico · February 10, 2011, 06:48:57 AM

We are getting the first trailer for this movie tomorrow via Facebook and here's a new pic from the film.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/02/09/x-men-first-class-trailer/

http://www.facebook.com/XMenMovies

Geekyfanboy · February 10, 2011, 02:50:22 PM

Here is guys.. what do you think... I like it..

X-Men: First Class - Official Trailer

Meds · February 10, 2011, 02:59:32 PM

Yup just watched it from your facebook link. Looking good :D

Rico · February 10, 2011, 03:03:44 PM

Interesting trailer. Looks to be keeping a very serious tone to the movie. I'm hopeful.

X · February 10, 2011, 03:09:09 PM

so, this is a reboot instead of a prequel. I like it.

Rico · February 10, 2011, 03:22:52 PM

Quote from: X on February 10, 2011, 03:09:09 PM
so, this is a reboot instead of a prequel. I like it.

Huh?!? How do you get reboot out of that trailer? They even show clips from the other films.

KingIsaacLinksr · February 10, 2011, 03:24:37 PM

Quote from: X on February 10, 2011, 03:09:09 PM
so, this is a reboot instead of a prequel. I like it.

Seems like a prequel to me, since it shows the movies that came before.

King

X · February 10, 2011, 03:40:32 PM

Quote from: Rico on February 10, 2011, 03:22:52 PM
Quote from: X on February 10, 2011, 03:09:09 PM
so, this is a reboot instead of a prequel. I like it.

Huh?!? How do you get reboot out of that trailer? They even show clips from the other films.

Easy. Emma Frost was introduced in X-Men Origins Wolverine. She was still a kid when she met Charles at the end of the movie and he was bald at that point.

Hank McCoy also has a cameo in X-Men 2 where he's still human looking. He changes to Beast looking between X-Men 2 and X-Men Last Stand.

If it's a prequel, they aren't using the things that they established in the prior movies. And that's only from a few seconds of observation.

I do like how they introduce Azazel in that trailer, he's Nightcrawler's father.

I do like that they got the daughter of Lenny and Lisa to play Angel. I think she works well for the role.

Rico · February 10, 2011, 03:46:25 PM

I think you are picking at a few very minor details. On the Beast subject, his appearance has altered several times in the comics over the years. I really don't think they are trying to say the previous three films are not part of this universe. For one, that seems rather silly. Personally, I'm not really a big fan of the characters they picked for this. It's not the First Class based on the comics. But I'm a big enough X-Men fan to give it a look anyway.

P.S. Plus - the biggest reason this seems like a prequel is how much they point out things they've show in the other films. Including using footage from those movies.

X · February 10, 2011, 03:59:27 PM

Quote from: Rico on February 10, 2011, 03:46:25 PM
I think you are picking at a few very minor details. On the Beast subject, his appearance has altered several times in the comics over the years. I really don't think they are trying to say the previous three films are not part of this universe. For one, that seems rather silly. Personally, I'm not really a big fan of the characters they picked for this. It's not the First Class based on the comics. But I'm a big enough X-Men fan to give it a look anyway.

P.S. Plus - the biggest reason this seems like a prequel is how much they point out things they've show in the other films. Including using footage from those movies.

True, they are minor details, but they conflict with the established story of X2 X3 and XO Wolverine. If it is a prequel to those stories, they aren't doing a good job at continuity. That being said, I don't think it needs to incorporate those other films. I actually hope that it doesn't. X3 destroyed the franchise by killing off most of the main characters.

There are rumors that this is the first in a new trillogy and I hope that's the case. I also hope that it leads to a better franchise than the last one and I plan on seeing it. From what I've seen, it might be loosely based on the other movies, but I'm not sure that it's a true prequel in that it fits seamlessly with the established story.

Rico · February 10, 2011, 04:03:58 PM

I think you are taking things a little too literally. I mean how many times have we seen continuity messed with in Star Wars, Trek, etc.? Movie makers are always willing to toss out certain things when they want. For some reason they picked this group of characters. If a few minor things conflict to what has been shown before, I think they probably feel either most people won't notice or care about that.

X · February 10, 2011, 04:19:02 PM

Quote from: Rico on February 10, 2011, 04:03:58 PM
I think you are taking things a little too literally. I mean how many times have we seen continuity messed with in Star Wars, Trek, etc.? Movie makers are always willing to toss out certain things when they want. For some reason they picked this group of characters. If a few minor things conflict to what has been shown before, I think they probably feel either most people won't notice or care about that.

If they aren't beholden to what was shown before, why call it a prequel? It looks like it can stand on it's own as a film and doesn't need the other trilogy. I don't think it's me taking something too literal. Either it's a prequel or it's not. If they are ignoring stuff from the other movies, regardless of their reasoning, then it's not a prequel. It's like saying Baby Loony Toons were the prequel to the Loony Toons.

Maybe they are ignoring Wolverine and the cameo of Beast in X2. If that's the case, it makes better sense as a prequel.

Rico · February 10, 2011, 04:56:36 PM

If you look online, everyplace I find describes this as a prequel. Not a reboot. Whether you feel it's that or not, I hate to say, doesn't really matter. The people that made the film are calling it that, advertising it like that, creating trailers showing that, etc.

The film is a prequel to the first three movies,[2] set during the 1960s, with John F. Kennedy as president of the United States. X-Men: First Class parallels the history of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. The villains of the film will be the Hellfire Club.[3] The plot is as follows:

"Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men."[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_First_Class_%28film%29

X · February 10, 2011, 05:03:55 PM

Quote from: Rico on February 10, 2011, 04:56:36 PM
If you look online, everyplace I find describes this as a prequel. Not a reboot. Whether you feel it's that or not, I hate to say, doesn't really matter. The people that made the film are calling it that, advertising it like that, creating trailers showing that, etc.

I totally agree, but at the same time, they can call it whatever they want to call it, but it doesn't mean that it's accurate. In the long run, I don't care what they call it. Is it a prequel? Sure, it takes place before the other X series. Is it a prequel that matches the former movies? Not really.

I have no doubts that there will be a bunch of people that will be commenting sooner or later on how it doesn't match the other movies. I'm willing to bet money that there will be quite a vocal group that will come out on the subject.

Rico · February 10, 2011, 05:29:24 PM

I think you are missing part of my point. Even if everyone that see this film says it isn't a prequel or a true prequel - the people that made it are calling it that. They made it. Not me - not you. The "Star Wars" prequels have things that don't add up or fit perfectly with the OT, but Lucas called them prequels. I get what you are saying, but so far from this one little trailer I don't see anything glaringly huge to give most people a problem thinking of this as a prequel.