X-Men Apocalypse

Jon Stark · 09-05-2015 6:24pm

Yeah I'd be surprised if they don't get a few films out of the new additions. I mean Sinister is surely a gimme after Apocalypse?

With Fassbender and McEvoy I'd say they were just contracted for 3 films and thus the uncertainty. Offer them the right money and I'm sure they'll keep going.

Not surprised if Lawrence wanted out genuinely but I'd be surprised if Hoult would turn down a solid gig, that is unless he's sick of it at this stage.

pixelburp · 09-05-2015 7:22pm

Well Hoult and Lawrence themselves both endured the most makeup time so stands to reason they'd get sick of those 5am starts to be plastered with blue paint.

Must say, of the myriad of superhero flicks out there, the xmen films still keep my interest, and I'd swear the lack of a shared universe is part of it. DoFP was a better, more thrilling ensemble movie than Avengers 2 was.

Jon Stark · 10-05-2015 2:15am

DofP and The Wolverine were fantastic films.

pmasterson95 · 26-05-2015 9:33pm

Singer has confirmed we will get Caliban in Apocalypse. Almost certainly he will be one of the Horsemen alongside Angel/Archangel.

Also with the Morlock Angel Dust appearing in Deadpool we could see Caliban cameo in Deadpool. They are probably going to start entwining and expanding the universe.

pmasterson95 · 29-05-2015 1:46pm

Interesting Cyke is combatting Storm in some of the concept art while Jean hides. Some form of training or could Storm be the final horseman?

FunLover18 · 29-05-2015 2:40pm

Did Pepsi pay to have their logo on the concept art?

pmasterson95 · 18-06-2015 1:36pm

Dear god theres another Magic Mike thing with Tatum a stripper. Kinda makes me fear Gambit will just be a shirtless Twilightesque character aimed at teen girls.

FunLover18 · 18-06-2015 2:16pm

pmasterson95 wrote:

Dear god theres another Magic Mike thing with Tatum a stripper. Kinda makes me fear Gambit will just be a shirtless Twilightesque character aimed at teen girls.

Rupert Wyatt has been confirmed as director, he did Rise of the Planet Of the Apes which gives me hope

BMMachine · 18-06-2015 3:19pm

I have time for Channing Tatum if hes cast correctly. Gambit though... not really

pmasterson95 · 06-07-2015 2:33pm

Unsuprisingly Singer has pretty much confirmed that Apocalypse will mark a new beginning for the X-Men-verse and the younger group will spearhead things. I really like how they have rebooted things here rather than binning what was they embraced it and continued on a different route.

FunLover18 · 06-07-2015 7:39pm

pmasterson95 wrote:

Unsuprisingly Singer has pretty much confirmed that Apocalypse will mark a new beginning for the X-Men-verse and the younger group will spearhead things. I really like how they have rebooted things here rather than binning what was they embraced it and continued on a different route.

So, it's a reboot?

Kind of annoying given that some of the cast have appeared in the previous films. Given Jackman is hanging up the claws, and Lawrence is also going does that mean the end of DOFP with Mystique-Stryker is going to be left as some weird unfinished plot. I try to ignore it but the continuity and inconcisencies in this series does bother me.

Bacchus · 06-07-2015 9:04pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

So, it's a reboot?

Kind of annoying given that some of the cast have appeared in the previous films. Given Jackman is hanging up the claws, and Lawrence is also going does that mean the end of DOFP with Mystique-Stryker is going to be left as some weird unfinished plot. I try to ignore it but the continuity and inconcisencies in this series does bother me.

It's not a reboot. DOFP was the "reboot". This is the first of the new rebooted timeline that will depart from the original timeline/cast completely. That's my take on it anyway.

pmasterson95 · 07-07-2015 11:31am

FunLover18 wrote: »

So, it's a reboot?

Kind of annoying given that some of the cast have appeared in the previous films. Given Jackman is hanging up the claws, and Lawrence is also going does that mean the end of DOFP with Mystique-Stryker is going to be left as some weird unfinished plot. I try to ignore it but the continuity and inconcisencies in this series does bother me.

Nope its not a reboot or at least not in the same way as Fantastic 4 where you just bin whatever you saw on screen before and start at zero. (like the many Spiderman reboots and now Marvel are rebooting again)

The first 3 movies were the first trilogy of films. First Class was the origin story of Charles, Raven, Hank & Erik. This was the origin story of the same 4 characters we saw as adults later in that first trilogy. Those four movies are all part of the one timeline (along with the Wolverine movies).

But what DoFP did was it set out a new path and a new future. The events we saw in the first trilogy will not occur again as the timeline has been altered thanks to Logan. This is how for example they can completely remake Deadpool, Deadpool had a horrible backstory in Origins:Wolverine but thanks to the revised timeline he can have a completely different origin story hes not tied to what was saw in Wolverine Origins. Similarly Angel (Ben Hardy) appears to be born much earlier in this revised timeline than he was in the original timeline. Thats what I liked about combining the cast of each trilogy in DoFP it embraced and acknowledged what had happened to Shadowcat, Iceman, Storm, Ink, Wolverine, Magneto while also creating a new future (for the Lawrence, McAvoy, Fassbender) where they (Fox) can kick on and expand the franchise without being tied to the first trilogys continuity, for example the original timeline had no mention at all of Quicksilver as an X-Man or even his existence but since Wolverine went back in time and changed the events Charles is now well aware of Peter and can call on him again in this revised timeline.

Everything that happened did still happen so its not a conventional reboot at all.

EoinMcLovin · 11-07-2015 8:32pm

Jon Stark · 11-07-2015 9:01pm

Is that official? I'm surprised by how much they stuck to the source material.

EoinMcLovin · 11-07-2015 9:03pm

Jon Stark wrote: »

Is that official? I'm surprised by how much they stuck to the source material.

Yeah they are been handed out at comic con and a few sites have reported about it.

EoinMcLovin · 12-07-2015 3:19pm

still taken from teaser clip shown at X-Men SDCC Panel

Slydice · 12-07-2015 3:53pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

still taken from teaser clip shown at X-Men SDCC Panel

Low quality vid of it. Probably gonna get taken down:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsK0BnN4Wg

brianregan09 · 12-07-2015 4:02pm

Looks like Ivan Ooze from the Power Rangers movie lol

pmasterson95 · 12-07-2015 5:22pm

Guess Storm will definitely be a Horseman.

McLoughlin · 12-07-2015 5:25pm

pmasterson95 wrote: »

Guess Storm will definitely be a Horseman.

Horsemen were confirmed at Comic Con as spoiler just encase

Storm Angel Magneto and Psylocke

pmasterson95 · 12-07-2015 5:28pm

McLoughlin wrote: »

Horsemen were confirmed at Comic Con as spoiler just encase
Storm Angel Magneto and Psylocke

Well then I need to find comic con vids haha. The third one suprises me but the others were expected.

Dogowner55 · 12-07-2015 5:30pm

pmasterson95 wrote: »

Well then I need to find comic con vids haha. The third one suprises me but the others were expected.

Makes sense with magento's survival of the fittest

pmasterson95 · 12-07-2015 6:06pm

Dogowner55 wrote: »

Makes sense with magento's survival of the fittest

I was kinda thinking since his DoFP speech he would form the first Brotherhood of mutants with Toad, Ink, Havok and maybe Mystique.

pmasterson95 · 13-07-2015 7:18am

Come and see while you can

Bacchus · 13-07-2015 8:33am

Great to see Quicksilver is back for this. Looks great (the movie, not the cam quality

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Slydice · 13-07-2015 8:02pm

pmasterson95 wrote: »

Come and see while you can

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

EoinMcLovin · 16-07-2015 5:47pm

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/462511-x-men-apocalypse-photos-psylocke#/slide/1

FunLover18 · 16-07-2015 5:56pm

There's definitely going to be backlash over Psylocke's costume.

pixelburp · 16-07-2015 6:23pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

There's definitely going to be backlash over Psylocke's costume.

Well at the risk of being knee-jerk, it does look like a good reason why comic costumes probably don't translate too well into the 'real' world of live-action film. It and Storm's cape look a bit daft - but then this film is set in the 80s

pmasterson95 · 16-07-2015 6:25pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

There's definitely going to be backlash over Psylocke's costume.

**** I never thought of that. God thats gunna be utterly ridiculous.

FunLover18 · 16-07-2015 6:30pm

pixelburp wrote:

Well at the risk of being knee-jerk, it does look like a good reason why comic costumes probably don't translate too well into the 'real' world of live-action film. It and Storm's cape look a bit daft - but then this film is set in the 80s

I don't the 80s argument will work, it's not like it's an period piece that has to be historically accurate. I'm not going to get on my high horse about this though because although it is needlessly skimpy (not to mention impractical), Olivia Munn is hot.

pmasterson95 · 16-07-2015 6:44pm

pixelburp · 16-07-2015 6:48pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

I don't the 80s argument will work, it's not like it's an period piece that has to be historically accurate. I'm not going to get on my high horse about this though because although it is needlessly skimpy (not to mention impractical), Olivia Munn is hot.

I don't think you need any kind of high horse though, the costume looks bloody ludicrous - like 90% of superhero costumes really.

Superman, Spiderman, maybe Batman too gets a pass but by and large I don't think it's a coincidence most costumes get changed for film adaptations imo. I've often preferred the more subdued designs anyway, costumes that look practical but still epic; I really can't stand the more OTT / colourful / skimpy designs

Jon Stark · 16-07-2015 7:11pm

Disappointed with the look of Apocalypse, I always found his to be one of the more memorable and class designs in any comic book.

McLoughlin · 16-07-2015 7:21pm

Jon Stark wrote: »

Disappointed with the look of Apocalypse, I always found his to be one of the more memorable and class designs in any comic book.

Looks like a Power Rangers villain reject

PhiloCypher · 16-07-2015 7:43pm

I think they all look great, but that's just me .

Edit - I didn't scroll up, the on set one looks a bit naff alright(shades of Ivan Ooze) but I'm sure it will look better on film.

Riddle101 · 16-07-2015 7:53pm

Apocalypse should look physically imposing and intimidating, but I just don't get that vibe from that photo.

Overall it's certainly moving in a different step with the costumes. It looks more like the comic costumes, but compared to the previous movies is a bit of a step back.

brianregan09 · 16-07-2015 7:57pm

Anyone else think magneto borrowed antmans costume for this minus the helmet

Bacchus · 16-07-2015 8:09pm

Jon Stark wrote: »

Disappointed with the look of Apocalypse, I always found his to be one of the more memorable and class designs in any comic book.

He looks a bit like the WishMaster to me. It's quite a generic look for such a huge villain.

Ah well, it's all in the performance. Hopefully, he makes for a formidable foe.

brianregan09 wrote: »

Anyone else think magneto borrowed antmans costume for this minus the helmet

Magneto looks well I think.

oxygen · 16-07-2015 8:12pm

Oscar Isaacs looked more intimidating and ethereal in ex-machina. He just looks goofy here

DoYouEvenLift · 16-07-2015 8:23pm

It'll look better on film but if that picture is from a shot in the movie then it's probably safe to assume he'll actually be that size in the movie? Because he's shorter than the women...feels like bane all over again

oxygen · 16-07-2015 8:27pm

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

It'll look better on film but if that picture is from a shot in the movie then it's probably safe to assume he'll actually be that size in the movie? Because he's shorter than the women...feels like bane all over again

He's a short actor, but with all the blue out looks like an elf, in person he can carry himself allot better

pmasterson95 · 16-07-2015 8:28pm

Is Shipp really that tall? Or is Storm wearing heels?

DoYouEvenLift · 16-07-2015 8:31pm

oxygen_temp wrote: »

He's a short actor, but with all the blue out looks like an elf, in person he can carry himself allot better

Most actors seem to be short but they're made look taller with camera angles etc. but it's just if they're doing a shot with him directly beside the two like that and he's around their height then maybe they won't be making use of angles to make him bigger.

Corholio · 16-07-2015 8:48pm

Olivia Munn tho.........

oxygen · 16-07-2015 8:49pm

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Most actors seem to be short but they're made look taller with camera angles etc. but it's just if they're doing a shot with him directly beside the two like that and he's around their height then maybe they won't be making use of angles to make him bigger.

I thought that was a shot of them filming,not a movie still, so camera angles wouldn't come into play. But really, do you need to be tall to protray centuries old menace, shouldn't that be on the actors skill set. They choose a tall actor to play wolverine, which IMO missed the fundamental character point

Corholio · 16-07-2015 8:54pm

Apocalypse's costume looks very disappointing on first impression, will wait for him in action to judge better though.

pmasterson95 · 16-07-2015 8:57pm

oxygen_temp wrote: »

I thought that was a shot of them filming,not a movie still, so camera angles wouldn't come into play. But really, do you need to be tall to protray centuries old menace, shouldn't that be on the actors skill set. They choose a tall actor to play wolverine, which IMO missed the fundamental character point

Well Apocalypse is at least 7 foot tall and towers over majority of mutants. When Genesis matured he also grew to a similar height. If you wanted a small Wolverine you would surely have wanted a tall Apocalypse?
Besides I'm not concerned about height. I wonder how they will handle his powerset, I imagine he'll be watered down.

OwaynOTT · 16-07-2015 9:14pm

pmasterson95 wrote: »

Well Apocalypse is at least 7 foot tall and towers over majority of mutants. When Genesis matured he also grew to a similar height. If you wanted a small Wolverine you would surely have wanted a tall Apocalypse?
Besides I'm not concerned about height. I wonder how they will handle his powerset, I imagine he'll be watered down.

His height may have been downsized but going on the end of credits scene his powers are still super sized.
He was making a pyramid one himself.

X-Men Apocalypse

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