X-Men: Apocalypse - May 27, 2016

[RIDDICK]

1. Silence
2. WarCraft
3. Captain America

 

[karamazov80]

Screaming for Vengeance is a good battle cry for post Singer pool party lawsuits.

Yeah, but during the pool party they also played some classic Priest!







Earthquake, breaks the Richter scale
The more that you resist
The more the pain you'll feel

I'm blazing on to glory
There's thunder in my veins
And nothing stands before me
Forever I'll remain

Hard as iron
Sharp as steel
Stop for no man
You better beg and kneel

 

[Darkseed]

1. Silence
2. WarCraft
3. Captain America

But...but...but where is BvS

 

[jye4ever]

Yeah, but during the pool party they also played some classic Priest!







Earthquake, breaks the Richter scale
The more that you resist
The more the pain you'll feel

I'm blazing on to glory
There's thunder in my veins
And nothing stands before me
Forever I'll remain

Hard as iron
Sharp as steel
Stop for no man
You better beg and kneel

Good stuff!

Ehhhh.....

Let me go shower now.

 

[pturtle]

I'll be honest, I liked the trailer, I didn't love it, but unlike DOFP I'm not sure if this is going to turn out good. Or maybe I'm just getting bored of this franchise now that I know it won't have an end. The MCU has had a negative influence on almost all genre films now. I like when franchises have an ending, but now because of the MCU everything is serialized, filmmakers are limited in making the best movie they can possibly make. All these movies just seem like they are catering to fans, or a specific demographic which is just making everything far too predictable and generic now. I miss the days when filmmakers weren't making movies that we wanted, but making movies we didn't even know we wanted, like The Dark Knight, X2, Spider-Man 2, Batman 89, I'll even throw in Donner's unfinished Superman 2.

These days I even appreciate the failed attempts at producing something new and fresh such as Fantastic Four. I'll take another failed Fantastic Four reboot with an original idea, over Antman 2, Iron Man 4, Avengers 10 etc.....

I would have liked if Singer's X-Men films ended with DOFP but that's just impossible these days, now that everything is milked to death. Hopefully he's doing something different with Apocalypse, something that's sets it apart from the other films in the franchise because just like every of franchise out there right now, I'm starting to get fatigued.

There's only two superhero films coming out that actually look different to me, and that's Deadpool which I don't even think looks very good so far, and Suicide Squad which I do think looks pretty cool so far. I also like what they're doing with Leto's Joker. Everything else just looks like the same tired, predictable filler we've been watching for the past 5 years.






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[jye4ever]

My name is Star Wars, i'm here to rescue you.

 

[karamazov80]

These days I even appreciate the failed attempts at producing something new and fresh such as Fantastic Four. I'll take another failed Fantastic Four reboot with an original idea, over Antman 2, Iron Man 4, Avengers 10 etc....

I would prefer fun, disposable entertainment over mediocre garbage. Hopefully X-Men will be neither, though.

 

[pturtle]

I would prefer fun, disposable entertainment over mediocre garbage. Hopefully X-Men will be neither, though.

I feel like those movies I listed are one in the same though. Age of Ultron, whether you consider it mediocre or crap doesn't matter, at the end of the day it's disposable garbage that won't be talked about 20 years from now. Even though F4 turned out to be crap, it's sort of legendary crap, if that make sense, I can see John Schnepp making a documentary on what went wrong. Hell, the Incredible Hulk is pretty much forgotten now, in 2 years The Dark World will probably be erased from our memories too, then The Wolverine, and Iron Man 2 etc...




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[YoNoSe]

The Mulberry Bush is gettin bigger.

 

[YoNoSe]

The only thing Thats changed is that the studios are getting more organized. Blockbuster movies getting milked goes back to JAWS, and serialized stories long before.

The honeymoon is definitely over but I'm still enjoying the movies. Much like the source material.

But I'm also not as invested in these things as some people here.I'm not going to fall on my sword over Josh Trank OR Joss Whedon. I go see the ones I'm interested in and then carry on with my life. If I haunted threads with some weird agenda (not saying you) I guess I'd be "fatigued" too.

 

[Rulk]

Sorry for my rant, but are you really excited for Civil War when you know they're already filming Infinity War 1 and 2? The superhero fatigue is real.

I wouldn't even be surprised if in 2 months Fox announces the sequel to X-Men Apocalypse and title is Apocalypse Returns or something, practically ruining any hype I originally had.

I think Fassbender and McAvoys contracts mature at the end of Apocalypse

Since the continum is so convoluted, I believe Apocalypse may usher in a full blown reboot of XMen franchise.

I could see them doing spinoffs like Uncanny Xforce etc etc

The story arcs logically worth exploring would be Xtinction Agenda, Legacy Virus, maybe even tie in with MCU and the House of M

The Phoenix Saga would be worth the reboot... I still cant believe how bad Ratner ****ed things up

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Sorry for my rant, but are you really excited for Civil War when you know they're already filming Infinity War 1 and 2? The superhero fatigue is real.

I wouldn't even be surprised if in 2 months Fox announces the sequel to X-Men Apocalypse and title is Apocalypse Returns or something, practically ruining any hype I originally had.

"Superhero fatigue" may be real for you but not everyone.

I'm personally still excited for Civil War to hit the theaters as I am for Deadpool, BvS, X:A and SS.

The only thing Thats changed is that the studios are getting more organized. Blockbuster movies getting milked goes back to JAWS, and serialized stories long before.

The honeymoon is definitely over but I'm still enjoying the movies. Much like the source material.

Yup, I love seeing my childhood heroes on the big screen.

But I'm also not as invested in these things as some people here.I'm not going to fall on my sword over Josh Trank OR Joss Whedon.

You mean like all the armchair directors/critics in this forum seem to be?

I go see the ones I'm interested in and then carry on with my life.

Same here.

If I haunted threads with some weird agenda (not saying you) I guess I'd be "fatigued" too.

IMO, pturtle doesn't "haunt" threads but I know one or two Freaks who do.

 

[jye4ever]

I'm like the ghost of Christmas past.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

I'm like the ghost of Christmas past.

I wasn't thinking of you as "haunting" posts with a strange agenda, just two other Freaks.

You're like that friend who makes the rounds & visits his circle of friends and brings one of three things; a 12 pack of beer, a bag of weed or a pizza/tacos/burgers.

 

[YoNoSe]

IMO, pturtle doesn't "haunt" threads but I know one or two Freaks who do.

Yeah, I didn't mean to imply anything negative about pturtle. It's pretty clear who's here to talk about movies and who's here for wish fulfillment.

 

[YoNoSe]

Jye isn't a ghost. He's the mayor.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Yeah, I didn't mean to imply anything negative about pturtle. It's pretty clear who's here to talk about movies and who's here for wish fulfillment.

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that you meant pturtle.

Yeah it's pretty clear who's here for wish fullfillment.

Jye isn't a ghost. He's the mayor.

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[jye4ever]

I wasn't thinking of you as "haunting" posts with a strange agenda, just two other Freaks.

You're like that friend who makes the rounds & visits his circle of friends and brings one of three things; a 12 pack of beer, a bag of weed or a pizza/tacos/burgers.

Jye isn't a ghost. He's the mayor.

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that you meant pturtle.

Yeah it's pretty clear who's here for wish fullfillment.

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Who am I kidding, I'll be there for Cap 15 in 2030.

 

[pturtle]

Yea, no agenda here fellas!

I have no problem with the MCU pumping out movies left and right, they’re the trendsetters but I wish other studios like Fox and WB actually had their own ideas these days instead of copying. The novelty of these X-Men movies is going to wear off quickly for me if they start coming out every year. Once the whole “universe building” trend ends, I’d like to see studios start making one shots.

I think Fassbender and McAvoys contracts mature at the end of Apocalypse

Since the continum is so convoluted, I believe Apocalypse may usher in a full blown reboot of XMen franchise.

I could see them doing spinoffs like Uncanny Xforce etc etc

The story arcs logically worth exploring would be Xtinction Agenda, Legacy Virus, maybe even tie in with MCU and the House of M

The Phoenix Saga would be worth the reboot... I still cant believe how bad Ratner ****ed things up

Something like this would work for me, but I would like to see the core characters have a definitive conclusion.

 

[jye4ever]

Well, we had almost 30 years of cinematic one shots, what's happening here is that we're getting 20 years worth of universe building within 7 years time so yeah it's exhausting.

But we also need to take into consideration that universe building in Wall Street terms really stands for studios mitigating risk, relying on franchise building and the global market. The movies need to be spectacles while ceding characters and storytelling to Netflix.