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Title: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: burningdoom on July 16, 2015, 04:10:23 pm
Man oh man, do I want to see this now after seeing Olivia Munn in that outfit. (http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/forum/images/emoticons/Drooling.gif)

(http://www.ew.com/sites/default/files/i/2015/07/15/ew-cover-1373-xmen.jpg)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJYt_VBofmc/VafBQvQEF9I/AAAAAAAAKHE/VPFuX8HLFw8/s1600/IMG_4353.JPG)
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: kamikazekeeg on July 16, 2015, 05:08:28 pm
Apocalypse is looking small, but the designs look cool.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: tafk on July 16, 2015, 05:56:09 pm
Two puns on the cover ........... my god EW at least have some decency.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: tripredacus on July 17, 2015, 09:46:24 am
I am excite!
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: fighterpilot562 on July 17, 2015, 11:10:44 am
Screw Olivia Munn, she stole my man.   8)
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: foxhack on July 17, 2015, 07:01:38 pm
(http://cinemania.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/brother.jpg)

Yeah... sorry, but that ridiculous Apocalypse design isn't helping at all. I mean, it's still better than this...

(http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/43242/_1401475260.jpg)

... but not by much.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: burningdoom on July 17, 2015, 07:38:33 pm
Better than?   :o
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: gf78 on July 20, 2015, 03:25:52 pm
I saw the EW cover and thought Apocalypse looked....well, ridiculous. 

Olivia Munn is hot, but I'm a bit concerned if her "acting chops" will be up to snuff.  And from what I can tell, her costume looks like a campy Halloween outfit.  I know...it looks like her costume from the X-Men runs back in the 90's and I'm down with that.  But imagine Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in Spandex and well...you get the idea. 

What looks good in the comics doesn't necessarily look good in film.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: burningdoom on July 20, 2015, 03:53:17 pm
^ Her costume is EXACTLY as it is in the comics. While Apocalypse looks stupid, her costume is spot-freaking-on.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: gf78 on July 21, 2015, 10:57:09 am
^ Her costume is EXACTLY as it is in the comics. While Apocalypse looks stupid, her costume is spot-freaking-on.

Yeah, I said it looks just like it did in the 90's during the Jim Lee run of the series.  I just don't think it looks good in real life.  And I'm a bit annoyed that Halle Berry isn't Storm. 
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: burningdoom on July 21, 2015, 11:46:19 am
Really? Halle Barry was a TERRIBLE choice for Storm. I mean in the comics and cartoon Storm was a strong-willed, and forceful woman who took lead all the time. Halle Barry did not come off as that, at all.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: gf78 on July 21, 2015, 01:43:06 pm
Really? Halle Barry was a TERRIBLE choice for Storm. I mean in the comics and cartoon Storm was a strong-willed, and forceful woman who took lead all the time. Halle Barry did not come off as that, at all.

Not saying Halle Berry was a good choice, but that since she was the actress who portrayed Storm all this time, it sucks when they switch actors. 
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: burningdoom on July 21, 2015, 01:52:55 pm
^ The movie is set in the 80s. So all the characters are supposed to be younger.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: gf78 on July 21, 2015, 02:20:09 pm
^ The movie is set in the 80s. So all the characters are supposed to be younger.

Yeah...but the girl playing Storm now doesn't look anything like Halle Berry.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: fazerco on July 21, 2015, 03:00:37 pm
^ The movie is set in the 80s. So all the characters are supposed to be younger.

Yeah...but the girl playing Storm now doesn't look anything like Halle Berry.

If memory serves me well, in the comics Storm changed also a few times  ;)
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: gf78 on July 21, 2015, 03:30:40 pm
^ The movie is set in the 80s. So all the characters are supposed to be younger.

Yeah...but the girl playing Storm now doesn't look anything like Halle Berry.

If memory serves me well, in the comics Storm changed also a few times  ;)

Yes.  She had long hair, short hair, Mohawk, long hair again...etc. 

I'm just not a fan of changing actors or when actors portraying a "younger version" of a character look nothing like their older self.  I guess this is just really par for course with the X-Men movies though.  James McAvoy looks nothing like Patrick Stewart.  The young beast looks nothing like Kelsey Grammar.  Etc.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: burningdoom on July 21, 2015, 04:02:04 pm
That's just the reality of movies. Actors don't play the same characters forever. Yet in the comics, artists can portray characters the same way for decades.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: fazerco on July 22, 2015, 02:49:52 pm
That's just the reality of movies. Actors don't play the same characters forever. Yet in the comics, artists can portray characters the same way for decades.

Usually it also changes a bit with a new artist.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: madmax on July 30, 2015, 02:59:02 am
I'm excited to see which direction they take the series in since they gave it a fresh start. It's a shame that they did that and then it seems that the main actors are distancing themselves away from X-men.

They refreshed the story arc, showed all of the X-Men together at the end of the last movie and then they drop out. Seems like they'll have to stick to the 80s actors now...
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: foxhack on July 30, 2015, 08:36:33 pm
I'm excited to see which direction they take the series in since they gave it a fresh start. It's a shame that they did that and then it seems that the main actors are distancing themselves away from X-men.

They refreshed the story arc, showed all of the X-Men together at the end of the last movie and then they drop out. Seems like they'll have to stick to the 80s actors now...

Well, all of the actors from the past fifteen years are much older than they were back then, especially Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. There's only so much you can do with makeup and CGI. And they want to move on, so it's fine.
Title: Re: X-Men: Apocalypse Movie Thread
Post by: madmax on July 31, 2015, 04:33:16 pm
Well, all of the actors from the past fifteen years are much older than they were back then, especially Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. There's only so much you can do with makeup and CGI. And they want to move on, so it's fine.

I understand why they needed to move on and I accept it. I just feel like it's a shame, they were such an integral part of the X-men series for me.