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Thoughts on X-Men 3

PsychoticDan
11-03-2006, 05:11
I've seen a bunch of the dailies. I've also seen some cut scenes with effects and it looks good. If you like that sort of thing, you should see it.
New Sans
11-03-2006, 05:24
Trailer looks good to me at least, but sort of wish they stayed away from the phoneix angle.
PsychoticDan
11-03-2006, 05:28
Yeah, I'm not really sure what the story actually is, but the acting looks decent and the effects look good... Also the diologue doesn't sound too stupid
Dobbsworld
11-03-2006, 05:28
I hope Grammer can pull off the Hank McCoy character without coming across as Frasier in makeup.
PsychoticDan
11-03-2006, 05:31
well, you're not gonna forget the fact that he played Frasier. He's kinda like that Herman Munster guy in that respect.
Teh_pantless_hero
11-03-2006, 05:39
I hope Grammer can pull off the Hank McCoy character without coming across as Frasier in makeup.
Are you kidding? Beast is Frasier in make-up.
Dobbsworld
11-03-2006, 05:42
Are you kidding? Beast is Frasier in make-up.
Though not necessarily in mannerism and presence. I just want to see Kelsey Grammer try to be Hank McCoy, and not the other way 'round. Beast was always a fave of mine...
PsychoticDan
11-03-2006, 05:42
Well, if that's the way you see that character you will not be disappointed because the makeup doesn't hide the Frasier.
Dobbsworld
11-03-2006, 05:46
BTW, when did they make Nightcrawler a fervent church-goer? The nightcrawler I remember from the John Byrne days was a bit of a tail-chaser and budding bon vivant of the Studio 54-era New York. Partied in jacuzzis with more than one girl, that sorta thing.

I check in years later, he's practically flagellating himself for his sins. Yick. Way to ruin a good thing.
Cannot think of a name
11-03-2006, 05:52
BTW, when did they make Nightcrawler a fervent church-goer? The nightcrawler I remember from the John Byrne days was a bit of a tail-chaser and budding bon vivant of the Studio 54-era New York. Partied in jacuzzis with more than one girl, that sorta thing.

I check in years later, he's practically flagellating himself for his sins. Yick. Way to ruin a good thing.
I think it made him a far more dynamic character and asked a lot of compelling questions about being who he is. I think it was a great way to go with that character. Lady's man hero is cliche.
Free Mercantile States
11-03-2006, 06:08
XM3 looks awesome. It's rather hard to tell exactly how the various plot elements link up to form a cohesive storyline, but if they do, it looks like it'll be great.
Dobbsworld
11-03-2006, 06:34
Lady's man hero is cliche.
I hadn't thought of him as a "lady's man" so much as a rampant sensualist, which I find altogether more appealing. The later redux seemed like the cliche.
Sdaeriji
11-03-2006, 06:41
I think it made him a far more dynamic character and asked a lot of compelling questions about being who he is. I think it was a great way to go with that character. Lady's man hero is cliche.

I think pious repentant hero and ladies man hero are both pretty cliched.
Naxder Drol
11-03-2006, 07:45
I kinda surprised they haven't brought Apocalypse into the picture. I've heard that X3 will be the final film, and many main characters end up on a first name basis with the Grim Reaper. I would have thought Apocalypse would show up, seeing as he is the original mutant...
Dobbsworld
11-03-2006, 07:47
I've heard that X3 will be the final film
You don't kill the goose that lays golden eggs.
Katganistan
11-03-2006, 07:50
We may not see X-Men films per se, but I've heard we can expect Wolverine to get his own... and probably Magneto... how long before they all get their own "miniseries"? ;)
Cannot think of a name
11-03-2006, 07:52
You don't kill the goose that lays golden eggs.
Sure, you let Joel Schumacher direct it.
Dobbsworld
11-03-2006, 07:56
I just wanna see six-storey-tall, pink-and-purple Sentinels rounding up suspected mutant teenagers at shopping malls. Seriously. I can just picture it - chasin' em through parking lots, crushing cars along the way, netting 'em and flying off en masse with their rocket-boot thingamabobs.

Classic!
Ham-o
11-03-2006, 08:17
I've seen a bunch of the dailies. I've also seen some cut scenes with effects and it looks good. If you like that sort of thing, you should see it.
haven't seen any trailers or clips, but the second movie owned, so i am looking forward to the next one
Delator
11-03-2006, 08:30
I've heard that X3 will be the final film, and many main characters end up on a first name basis with the Grim Reaper.

I've heard the same myself, and if a few of those names prove accurate, I will most likely not watch this film...




...or at least not pay for it. :p
Undelia
11-03-2006, 08:40
I just wanna see six-storey-tall, pink-and-purple Sentinels rounding up suspected mutant teenagers at shopping malls. Seriously. I can just picture it - chasin' em through parking lots, crushing cars along the way, netting 'em and flying off en masse with their rocket-boot thingamabobs.

Classic!
Fucking lol!

There's a reason they change the stories when they make comic books into movies.:p
Dobbsworld
11-03-2006, 09:08
Fucking lol!

There's a reason they change the stories when they make comic books into movies.:p
Well, I'm willing to give on the colour scheme, but the rocket-boots are a keeper.
BackwoodsSquatches
11-03-2006, 10:03
BTW, when did they make Nightcrawler a fervent church-goer? The nightcrawler I remember from the John Byrne days was a bit of a tail-chaser and budding bon vivant of the Studio 54-era New York. Partied in jacuzzis with more than one girl, that sorta thing.

I check in years later, he's practically flagellating himself for his sins. Yick. Way to ruin a good thing.

Nightcrawler was always very religious.
He just occasionally liked to flirt with the ladies.

One of his favorite exclamations was "Saints and Angels Preserve Me!"