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X-Men Apocalypse

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    #62
    FunLover18
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    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.


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    #63
    Bacchus
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    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.


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    #64
    pmasterson95
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    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.


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    #65
    EoinMcLovin
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    kUVIRCe.jpg


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    #66
    Jon Stark
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    Is that official? I'm surprised by how much they stuck to the source material.


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    #67
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,892 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    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.


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    #68
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,892 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    still taken from teaser clip shown at X-Men SDCC Panel
    r8SIMny.jpg


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    #69
    Slydice
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    EoinMcLovin wrote: »
    still taken from teaser clip shown at X-Men SDCC Panel
    r8SIMny.jpg

    Low quality vid of it. Probably gonna get taken down:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsK0BnN4Wg


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    #70
    brianregan09
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    Looks like Ivan Ooze from the Power Rangers movie lol


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    #71
    pmasterson95
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    Guess Storm will definitely be a Horseman.


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    #72
    McLoughlin
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    pmasterson95 wrote: »
    Guess Storm will definitely be a Horseman.


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


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    #73
    pmasterson95
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    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.


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    #74
    Dogowner55
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    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


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    #75
    pmasterson95
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    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.


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    #76
    pmasterson95
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    Come and see while you can



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    #77
    Bacchus
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    Great to see Quicksilver is back for this. Looks great (the movie, not the cam quality ;))


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    #78
    Slydice
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    pmasterson95 wrote: »
    Come and see while you can

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

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    #79
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,892 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    oscar-issac-1373-ew.jpg

    ew-cover-1373-xmen.jpg


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


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    #80
    FunLover18
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    There's definitely going to be backlash over Psylocke's costume.


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    #81
    pixelburp
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    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 :D


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    #82
    pmasterson95
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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    There's definitely going to be backlash over Psylocke's costume.

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


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    #83
    FunLover18
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    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.


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    #84
    pmasterson95
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    #85
    pixelburp
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    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


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    #86
    Jon Stark
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    Disappointed with the look of Apocalypse, I always found his to be one of the more memorable and class designs in any comic book.


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    #87
    McLoughlin
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    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


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    #88
    PhiloCypher
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    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.


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    #89
    Riddle101
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    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.


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    #90
    brianregan09
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    Anyone else think magneto borrowed antmans costume for this minus the helmet


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    #91
    Bacchus
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    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.

    wishmaster.jpg

    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.


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