X-Men: Days of Future Past

[Niltusk]

Only on this board would we worry about which political party supports Mutant persecution more.

 

[Frank]

Reagan? Um... so does this mean the 80's are the new 70's?

 

[CelticPredator]

It's probably not from the movie. But a logical progression of events set forth by THE DINK.

 

[batfan08]

Wait, if Hinckley's a mutant, does that mean that Jodie Foster is, too?

 

[Dr.Mirakle32]

To be perfectly fair, most of the human villains in the X-Men comics lean towards being hardcore, right-wing, conservative types.

 

[karamazov80]

I always knew Nancy was a mutant. I bet this is all Al Haig's doing.

 

[batfan08]

I always knew Nancy was a mutant. I bet this is all Al Haig's doing.

Suddenly, I'm wondering about the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers...

 

[Dr.Mirakle32]

Don't like it, don't watch. And like Celtic said, mutants are an allegory for gays/other minorities. Historically, what types of political groups have been toughest on them?

No reason to get upset, that's just how it is and it makes sense within the context of the story.

 

[karamazov80]

From the beginning the mutants that X-Men focused on were a group that society at large treated with fear and hatred because of something they had no control over. In that sense, it was a pretty transparent reference to the Civil Rights movement, and they naturally would have enemies among groups that wanted to maintain the status quo. So, they've had lots of religious and other right-wing enemies over the years. Seems like a very logical conflict for this team. Similarly, Captain America had some left-leaning opposition in the '70s comics due to (incorrect) perceptions of his being an agent of the American authority that Nixon represented.

 

[DiFabio]

Right wing comic heroes > dem left wing liberals comic heroes

 

[karamazov80]

Right wing comic heroes > dem left wing liberals comic heroes

Where do you see Batman fall Fabio? He obviously doesn't believe the law goes far enough, and tries to establish a police state in Kingdom Come. He's also a billionaire industrialist. But on the other hand, he's anti-gun, he fights corruption, and always seems to protect and have sympathy for those who are weak/oppressed. . .and is a billionaire philanthropist.

He needs to pick a damn side IMO. Like Wally West.

 

[Deckard]

I don't think Stans beholden to Marvel and they tell him to "watch his mouth". The guy is Marvel, he's is modern day pop culture and the reason for all these movies, he can say whatever he wants. I highly doubt someday Stan is going to retire and suddenly come out against all those "damn queers."

 

[DiFabio]

Where do you see Batman fall Fabio? He obviously doesn't believe the law goes far enough, and tries to establish a police state in Kingdom Come. He's also a billionaire industrialist. But on the other hand, he's anti-gun, he fights corruption, and always seems to protect and have sympathy for those who are weak/oppressed. . .and is a billionaire philanthropist.

He needs to pick a damn side IMO. Like Wally West.

He's a fascist with his own law so I'd say right wing. Then again there are different Batman interpretations. Frank Miller's is definitely right wing, but Joel Schumacher's, uhhhhh.

 

[DiFabio]

The X-Men are the gayest superheroes ever and they're all bratty teenagers in these films.

And their leader is a cripple who cheats by reading other people's minds.

The only good one is the anti-hero with the claws and the guy that can shoot lasers out of his freakin' eyes (who is underused in all the films). The only interesting stories are when they face extinction from dudes that look like James Lipton or big *** robots (who aren't even featured in any of the films except a throwaway gag). There are 6 million X-Men movies and about 7 to 8 more planned and only 1 or 2 of them are redeemable.


All facts.


I dread seeing yet another film where a old bald mind guy plays chess with an old gay metal guy as well as pointless blink and you missed em cameos. That and magical lasers and nonsensical powers being regurgitated on the screen.


Oh and First Class if for hipster mutants.

I hope Picard is in this. They never said what happened when he went into another dudes body (get your head out of the gutter, that's not what I mean even though it is the X-Men).

I also want to know if Gandalf, aka, David from Prometheus got his magical jewish powers back after touching a chess piece at the end of X-Men III: The Final Class.

I forgot I made this post in here.

 

[karamazov80]

"damn queers."

Not many people know that this was originally going to be Thing's catch phrase. "It's Clobbering Time" was tossed in at the last minute, due to objections from Jack Kirby.

 

[Spartan Rex]

Not many people know that this was originally going to be Thing's catch phrase. "It's Clobbering Time" was tossed in at the last minute, due to objections from Jack Kirby.

Glad I'm not P.C. so I could laugh at that.

 

[batfan08]

Political Correctness sucks.

 

[Deckard]

Not many people know that this was originally going to be Thing's catch phrase. "It's Clobbering Time" was tossed in at the last minute, due to objections from Jack Kirby.

Poor guy wound up paired with a Fantasic Flamer to boot.

 

[Spartan Rex]

Poor guy wound up paired with a Fantasic Flamer to boot.

... also funny.

As was the liking muscle bound guys in colorful spandex.

 

[jye4ever]

If mutants were real humans would be so jealous of their powers that they would either call for their extermination or do the opposite and try to buy them some mutant friends.