X-Men: Days of Future Past (Bryan Singer)

Professey Chin · 02-08-2013 7:52pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

Please please let this be true!

Apparently its more a case of righting some wrongs then erasing completely such as giving cyclops a proper shot & showing a properly powerful rogue.

02-08-2013 10:33pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

Please please let this be true!

Problem with doing that, is that it would make a lot of The Wolverine pointless.

Sad Professor · 02-08-2013 10:43pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Problem with doing that, is that it would make a lot of The Wolverine pointless.

Which would be... good, no?

02-08-2013 10:47pm

Sad Professor wrote: »

Which would be... good, no?

Much as I felt the Wolverine was a disappointment I did like the manner in which they portrayed Wolverine and his inner demons. There's a lot to be said for ignoring The Last Stand though I do like that so many of the characters were killed off. Hopefully Singer will do something interesting with this and concentrate once more on story over spectacle.

jill_valentine · 02-08-2013 10:54pm

I like the Sentinal designs, but the heads do cut a little close to the nu-Cylons, IMHO.

constitutionus · 07-08-2013 10:27pm

ahem.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/178577-bryan-singer-reveals-full-size-sentinel-on-the-set-of-x-men-days-of-future-past

squeeee !

theres a viral vid on the site too showing some of it.

senordingdong · 07-08-2013 10:31pm

Really sounds like he's cramming ALOT into it.
Hope the film doesn't suffer from it.

Mitch Connor · 08-08-2013 7:48am

Deleted User wrote: »

Problem with doing that, is that it would make a lot of The Wolverine pointless.

It would surely depend on the way the time travel stuff works on the characters involved. if they still remember the original time line, then everything that did happen would still have happened for them - so Logan would still have experienced all he did including

killing Jean

and the issues he had over it.

Bacchus · 08-08-2013 8:35am

senordingdong wrote: »

Really sounds like he's cramming ALOT into it.
Hope the film doesn't suffer from it.

If there's one director you'd trust to handle this movie with its huge cast and complex plot it's Singer.

Nervous Wreck · 08-08-2013 8:45am

Bacchus wrote: »

If there's one director you'd trust to handle this movie with its huge cast and complex plot it's Singer.

There's plenty of directors I'd trust much more with it tbh. He's got a few decent films under his belt but I don't really get where all the love comes from tbh.

Bacchus · 08-08-2013 9:21am

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

There's plenty of directors I'd trust much more with it tbh. He's got a few decent films under his belt but I don't really get where all the love comes from tbh.

X-Men, X-2 & First Class were all a cut above any of the other X-men movies and their spin offs. He just gets the balance right when it comes to the X-Men. Safe hands imo.

Deano7788 · 08-08-2013 11:13am

Bacchus wrote: »

X-Men, X-2 & First Class were all a cut above any of the other X-men movies and their spin offs. He just gets the balance right when it comes to the X-Men. Safe hands imo.

But he didn't direct First Class, Matthew Vaughn did.

Otacon · 08-08-2013 12:17pm

Bacchus wrote: »

X-Men, X-2 & First Class were all a cut above any of the other X-men movies and their spin offs. He just gets the balance right when it comes to the X-Men. Safe hands imo.

Since then, he has made Superman Returns and Jack the Giant Slayer...

Loughc · 08-08-2013 1:06pm

Otacon wrote: »

Since then, he has made Superman Returns and Jack the Giant Slayer...

Yea but to be fair what director hasn't made a bad movie? His work on X-Men and X2 shows he can handle the X-Men universe.

Deano7788 · 08-08-2013 1:14pm

I'm not entirely convinced that they have shown that though. As much as I love them, X2 especially, they've always come across to me slightly as Wolverine feat. the X-Men. I don't think they ever really showed him handling a large cast particularly well. There's a touch of that this time as well, with the reveal he'll be the one going back in time.

I'm just naturally worried whenever I see these massive casts as well, and this one is really big. There was a period of time where there a new member or 2 was revealed every week. It can just make the movie feel too full.

Nothing would please me more if he could pull if off though.

Otacon · 08-08-2013 1:18pm

Loughc wrote: »

Yea but to be fair what director hasn't made a bad movie?

Matthew Vaughn?

X-Men: First Class
Kick-Ass
Stardust
Layer Cake

Loughc · 08-08-2013 1:39pm

Otacon wrote: »

Matthew Vaughn?

X-Men: First Class
Kick-Ass
Stardust
Layer Cake

You win, I've nothing to say back to that. Well played sir, well played.

Bacchus · 08-08-2013 1:46pm

Deano7788 wrote: »

But he didn't direct First Class, Matthew Vaughn did.

Oops yeah, but he was producer on it so it's only other X-Men movie he's had an input to. My point being that the X-Men movies he's been involved with so far have been far superior to the rest. With him at the helm, I think this could be a great X-Men movie.

Regarding Superman Returns. I quite enjoyed that but it was far too wrapped up in trying to be like the Donner films.

Corholio · 08-08-2013 8:24pm

Otacon wrote: »

Matthew Vaughn?

X-Men: First Class
Kick-Ass
Stardust
Layer Cake

Kick Ass was pretty meh to be honest. Never got the hype about it. It seemed a very young girl cursing seemed to be its ultimate aim.

Nervous Wreck · 11-08-2013 1:58am

Watched the first X-Men last night for the first time in ages and it's awful. X2 saved the bacon big style. Singer has in no way shown that he can handle the big cast. X-Men was terrible, save some cool moments. X2 is defo an enjoyable flick but can not be forgiven for dispatching Cyclops and Prof X so early on and not utilising two of the main characters of the universe properly. I hope DOFP is great, trust me, but Singer is definitely not the *best* man for the job.

jebus84 · 11-08-2013 2:07am

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Watched the first X-Men last night for the first time in ages and it's awful. X2 saved the bacon big style. Singer has in no way shown that he can handle the big cast. X-Men was terrible, save some cool moments. X2 is defo an enjoyable flick but can not be forgiven for dispatching Cyclops and Prof X so early on and not utilising two of the main characters of the universe properly. I hope DOFP is great, trust me, but Singer is definitely not the *best* man for the job.

my feeling is well just see the original cast for 5mins at the start and that will be it,with only wolverine and prof x being used during the 70s time line,its the only way he could manage such a large cast,i would of loved Vaughn to do it but it wasnt to be,no point in moaning about it now its out of our control

Nervous Wreck · 11-08-2013 10:38am

jebus84 wrote: »

my feeling is well just see the original cast for 5mins at the start and that will be it,with only wolverine and prof x being used during the 70s time line,its the only way he could manage such a large cast,i would of loved Vaughn to do it but it wasnt to be,no point in moaning about it now its out of our control

Oh I'm not moaning, just disagreeing that Singer is the best man for the job. I'm hoping you're wrong about the way it'll work tbh but you're probably right! Hopefully it'll be done like the comics where it shifts between the two times....

krudler · 11-08-2013 1:14pm

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Watched the first X-Men last night for the first time in ages and it's awful. X2 saved the bacon big style. Singer has in no way shown that he can handle the big cast. X-Men was terrible, save some cool moments. X2 is defo an enjoyable flick but can not be forgiven for dispatching Cyclops and Prof X so early on and not utilising two of the main characters of the universe properly. I hope DOFP is great, trust me, but Singer is definitely not the *best* man for the job.

X1 doesn't hold up at all, it looks cheap as hell too the effects and costumes (Sabretooth especially) are absolutely awful. X2 however is one of the finest comic book movies ever made.

Nervous Wreck · 11-08-2013 1:21pm

krudler wrote: »

X1 doesn't hold up at all, it looks cheap as hell too the effects and costumes (Sabretooth especially) are absolutely awful. X2 however is one of the finest comic book movies ever made.

I agree, it's fine. Good even. But shoulda been better. I rewatched X2 last night and was stunned at how boring the Jean & Storm story was, how Cyclops disappeared for the larger part of the film, how unemergent the kidnapping of Prof X felt and how the character with the most screen time after Wolverine was the, fairly bland but decently portrayed, Iceman. Very enjoyable movie, I really do agree, and defo one of the better. But Singer gets. Little too much credit for it, I reckon.

Bacchus · 11-08-2013 7:41pm

krudler wrote: »

X1 doesn't hold up at all, it looks cheap as hell too the effects and costumes (Sabretooth especially) are absolutely awful. X2 however is one of the finest comic book movies ever made.

The effects and action in X1 didn't date very well alright but at the time it was so fresh... probably the first good comic book adaptation since Batman Returns and Blade. Between X1 and Blade, comic book movies became mainstream. I think it's important to remember that when looking back on X1. It's a movie made 13 years ago when comic book movies were a joke (the Batman sequels, Judge Dread, TMNT etc.) and it managed to became a hit. Singer did that.

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

I agree, it's fine. Good even. But shoulda been better. I rewatched X2 last night and was stunned at how boring the Jean & Storm story was, how Cyclops disappeared for the larger part of the film, how unemergent the kidnapping of Prof X felt and how the character with the most screen time after Wolverine was the, fairly bland but decently portrayed, Iceman. Very enjoyable movie, I really do agree, and defo one of the better. But Singer gets. Little too much credit for it, I reckon.

Storm has always been a weak point in the movies. She's a boring character whose powers probably needed a much bigger budget to do justice. I would defo agree that she is the weakest link in the chain. Who do you think should get credit for X2 so, if not the director? Do you credit/blame Singer for X1?

jill_valentine · 11-08-2013 7:48pm

Honestly, I enjoyed X2 at the time, but I wouldn't watch it again. The effects might hold up better, but the story and villain is a bore. I far, far prefer the first one.

And the less said about X3 the better, Jaysus....

johnny_ultimate · 11-08-2013 7:48pm

Singer is a workmanlike director who is occasionally graced with good material. I've enjoyed several of his films, but at the same time I wouldn't consider him in any way distinctive or above average. He can tell a story clearly, coherently and energetically, which certainly puts him a notch above the more obnoxiously mediocre likes of Brett Ratner. But certainly I could imagine even his better films not varying too wildly in the hands of any generally competent director - and no doubt there's many who'd do a considerably better job.

pixelburp · 11-08-2013 8:07pm

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Oh I'm not moaning, just disagreeing that Singer is the best man for the job. I'm hoping you're wrong about the way it'll work tbh but you're probably right! Hopefully it'll be done like the comics where it shifts between the two times....

I'd agree that the likely set up would be that the future scenes, featuring the characters from the original X films will be used as a framing device, bookending the rest of the film set in the 1970s. It logistically makes most sense too, because anything more complex would require the original cast for longer and that'd spiral costs.

jebus84 · 13-08-2013 12:33am

ive seen the footage from comic con looks good,has the music from the last scene from inception gives an epic feel to it

Bowlardo · 14-08-2013 4:19pm

jebus84 wrote: »

ive seen the footage from comic con looks good,has the music from the last scene from inception gives an epic feel to it

Jesue not again. song is done to death

Otacon · 29-10-2013 3:05pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2zYHWDZKo

Wow.

irish_stevo815 · 29-10-2013 3:08pm

That sent shivers down my spine....it looks so awesome

titan18 · 29-10-2013 3:17pm

That was one damn cool trailer

Rubber_Soul · 29-10-2013 3:20pm

I guess Singer liked a few of the Man of Steel trailers then eh. Does the music seem poorly mixed there to anyone else?

Edit: Shazam tells me the first song isn't Bridge of Khazad Dum like I thought it was.

Marty McFly · 29-10-2013 3:27pm

I'm not sold on it at all after seeing the trailer. After X Men First Class was really looking forward to this but that trailer has kind of killed my enthusiasm.

Otacon · 29-10-2013 3:45pm

StarshipPooper wrote: »

Edit: Shazam tells me the first song isn't Bridge of Khazad Dum like I thought it was.

I think it is from the Sunshine soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2RqYYdMMms

Mal-Adjusted · 29-10-2013 5:05pm

First Class was a breath of fresh air for the X-Men films but i have to say, looking at this trailer, it seems to be a return to the wolverine fest of 2 & 3, so i might give it a pass, at least in cinemas.

constitutionus · 29-10-2013 5:19pm

thought the trailer was shyte TBH.

Im still looking forward to this one but i got no notion from that trailer WTF its about.

makes me glad for the viral stuff.

Otacon · 29-10-2013 5:24pm

constitutionus wrote: »

thought the trailer was shyte TBH.

constitutionus wrote: »

i got no notion from that trailer WTF its about.

But.. but.. but.. that's exactly what I want from a trailer!?

constitutionus · 29-10-2013 5:25pm

the captain amercia one did a much better job.

pixelburp · 29-10-2013 5:33pm

While I knew he was going to be involved in the time-travel plot, I'm a bit worried just how much Wolverine will feature in this. He doesn't need to be front & centre in another film really, and if his presence relegates what goes on between Xavier & Magneto, it'll be deeply disappointing. There's a lot going on in that trailer, it's giving off a bit of a Kitchen Sink vibe; hopefully the 'current day' appearances of the X-Men team are just fleeting cameos...

Soft Falling Rain · 29-10-2013 6:18pm

The Xavier voiceover line of

"I'm going to ask you to do what I once did for you"

is an interesting one. Would they dare send out Wolverine in a blaze of glory by making the ultimate sacrifice or will the character continue to be the flogged dead horse that keeps on giving (even though I did like The Wolverine)?

Corholio · 30-10-2013 1:44am

People saying they're not going to see it because of 1 trailer??

I thought it was good in that it was a 2 min trailer that shows a lot of characters but doesn't tell too much about the film. Way better than the endless stream of trailers that give away 70% of the film.

Kiith · 30-10-2013 3:27am

I think it looks great. Love the story from the comics, and really enjoyed First Class, so hopefully they'll mix the two together well.

Plus, Xavier and Magneto are brilliant together (in both timeslines), so more is definitely a good thing.

Pepe LeFrits · 30-10-2013 11:16am

Urgh, another cast crossover movie with Patrick Stewart!

Naw, I'll be going to see this for sure.

GorillaRising · 30-10-2013 12:57pm

Really liked the trailer, but also worried about the focus that seems to be on Wolverine...

...which brings me to Bryan Singer; I just don't have much confidence in him.

I really wasn't a fan of his X-Men movies either.

Professey Chin · 30-10-2013 1:05pm

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Urgh, another cast crossover movie with Patrick Stewart!

Naw, I'll be going to see this for sure.

Ill not hear a bad word about Star Trek Generations :pac:

poundapunnet · 30-10-2013 4:15pm

Off topic: that sunshine music is way overused, but I loooove how it's used here in a wee fan video (spoilers for seasons 1-4 of breaking bad), especially at the end.

On topic: I liked the trailer, does look a bit crowded and Wolverine heavy but I'll let myself get my hopes up. Wouldn't even be bothered paying attention if it hadn't been for First Class so yeah, disappointed at the change of director but we'll see sure. I haven't read the comics anyway so I don't have any specific hopes to be dashed, just your general "ooh I hope this is good" ones.

senordingdong · 30-10-2013 7:23pm

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

First Class was a breath of fresh air for the X-Men films but i have to say, looking at this trailer, it seems to be a return to the wolverine fest of 2 & 3, so i might give it a pass, at least in cinemas.

Yes.
+1 x 1,000,000

Wolverines presence looked abit much alright. But the trailer gave no real indication of wtf is going on.

Also, will it not feel abit tacky-as-**** having Xavier back around!?

Sad Professor · 30-10-2013 8:13pm

It’s a teaser trailer, folks. Don’t worry, the full trailer containing the entire plot condensed to 2.5 minutes including the ending will be out closer to release. You can complain about that as well.

X-Men: Days of Future Past (Bryan Singer)

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