I've heard some dubious things about the script, and I feel like it has an "EVERY MUTANT EVAR!!!!" feel to it, but this is an impressive teaser.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
Woah!
So exciting!
I love the intense background beats. Gave me chills. And I can't say how much I love Patrick Stewart as Xavier.
I'm most excited to see the Beast. But I'm still alittle upset that Alan Cumming never appreciated his role as Nightcrawler and thus, by having his contract cut, removed the character from future movies. He's my absolute favorite X-Men and I'm sad to see him go (especially since the makeup and effects were so perfectly done for the character.) But having "Frasier" as the Beast almost makes up for it (though the Beast looks alittle short to me.)
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Anyone know where I can download the update I apparently need from Quicktime to make this thing play on my computer?
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
Ohhhhh...*melts into puddle on floor* Sooooo lovely.....
-pH
ps. Dear Alan Cumming, I want you. I need you. Be my Nightcrawler.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
boo to the lack of sentinels Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Stupid new Quicktime bundled with iTunes.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
And Jeez....that's a wicked awesome looking movie.
I like the revamped Storm look.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
It's not X-Men without Nightcrawler Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
One the one hand, I'm disappointed that Nightcrawler is gone, and even more disappointed that the director who had such vision with the first two films is not doing this one.
On the other hand . . . Kelsey Grammer and Patrick Stewart in the same movie? Heck yeah! I'd go even if it weren't an X-Men movie, just to see those two interact. That alone will be worth the ticket price.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
*still rolling on the floor, frothing at the mouth*
Is there something wrong with me that X-men gets me all hot and bothered?
-pH
Posted by sickinthehead (Member # 8711) on :
Beast looks less hairy than in the comics
Posted by Speed 2: Cruise Control (Member # 6765) on :
Wow, Lalo Schifrin is doing the score. That certainly ought to be interesting.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Grr, I can't get it to play.
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
Blasted thing won't play!!!
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
No Nightcrawler? he was my absolute favorite part of the last movie... I don't think I want to see this, now.
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
Oh geez, it's played part of it now....... salivating!!!!!!
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
OK, that date is marked in red on my calendar.... I'll miss Nightcrawler dearly, but this looks to be worth watching once or thrice
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Still not working for me, even after updating quicktime. Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
Meg, I have a pretty fast connection (Well, faster than 56k) and it didn't appear to be working for a long time - took a long time to see progress.
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
Beast kind of looks like Wolverine, only painted blue. Ken tells me otherwise, though.
I heart Hugh Jackman
Ni!
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Oh wow... the music is so creepy! Hugh Jackman is hot! And Ms. Grey is the PHOENIX!
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I do wish they had Gambit, though. I love him so.
Gambit, Crawly, Logan, and Prof X.
-pH
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Well, I keep getting the little broken quicktime symbol. Did it eventually load after that?
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Why does the lack of Alan Cumming mean the absence of Nightcrawler?
I loved his performance, but get another actor. More than anyone there his replacement would be minimized due to the makeup.
Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :
Well, I never got a broken QT symbol... That stinks!
Yeah, where's Gambit? He was awesome!
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Actually, I saw it somewhere else first. Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Hugh Jackman is already signed up for the Wolverine movie projected to be released in 2007
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Did you see a trailer somewhere else, AoD? Cause, if so, could you like it? Cause the linked one above is still not working for me. Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Wow....that looks so good. I can't wait. Do we have a date yet, or even a season?
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
"Cause, if so, could you like it?"
It's probably possible...
It's taking forever for my comp to download the stupid plugins to watch it
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
Beast looks like a blue Hulk to me. Anyone else think so?
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
I'm in...so where do I sign up? What...I have to wait til 5.26.06??? Noooooo
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Yeah, I'm disappointed by the loss of Nightcrawler too, but c'mon, it could've been SO much worse, I'm suprised, and incredibly happy that THIS much of the original cast has stayed together, expecially when the movie they're making is X-men. Hell, I was scared that there wouldn't even BE a third movie. Even after the major sucess of the second one, it seemed it would be impossible to keep up the all-star cast in place.
But now, it's being made, and the 26th of May can't get here too soon.
P.S. Anyone else think Patrick Stewart needs to be in more movies? Or SOMETHING? I think he seems so well suited for so many roles.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I adore Patrick Stewart. He should definitely do more movies and things.
Also, I totally cracked up at him in American Dad, and I don't even like that show.
-pH
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
quote:Originally posted by GaalDornick: Beast looks like a blue Hulk to me. Anyone else think so?
Uh... I'm going to have to say.. No... he doesn't..
He's not as hairy as the new comics, because the beast in the older comics is not that hairy.
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
And... I may not be an expert on the Xmen history but... it shows on the trailer Jean Grey walking with Magneto and his big bullies... I don't think she turned bad in the comics.... did she?
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
^^^I think she spent some time evil as Phoenix. Or something. Phoenix was pretty annoying to me, to be honest.
Problems: 1. No Brian Singer. When Singer opted to do a new Superman for WB and then X-men 3 later, Fox took this as a betrayal, and moved on without him. There was a lot of controversy because they wanted to cut Marsden (Cyclops) from the film as well, because he will also be starring in Superman Returns. I get the impression that they hurried this movie. A lot. Instead, they went with Brett "Rush Hour" Ratner, replacing the previous director (Matthew Vaughn) three months before shooting started. He's managed to make 1 decent movie, Red Dragon, but he doesn't have Singer's winning streak.
2. EVERY MUTANT EVAR!!!11!1 Judging by imdb.com, pretty much every mutant in the history of X-Men is in this movie, from Omega Red, to Juggernaut, to Emma Frost, to Callipso (who?). Being that this was already a threatening problem with the characters introduced in X2, I'm not sure if we can handle this.
3. Plot things. Phoenix? Curing mutants? War between X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants? How are they going to fit all this in? Suffice to say that I've heard (HEARD!!! Don't KNOW) that there will be some major characters dying of some pretty minor things. Very Wolverine-heavy, to say the least.
Cool teaser though. But I have my doubts.
Posted by Foust (Member # 3043) on :
Aye, Dark Pheonix. She did stuff like destroy solar systems.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
>>to Callipso (who?)
Probably Callisto.
And Juggernaut isn't a mutant.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
quote:Originally posted by Telperion the Silver: Hugh Jackman is hot!
That's the understatement of the year. Hugh Jackman could make me a dishonest man.
Well, maybe not, but he is on my list of "excusable indiscretions" Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
If anyone got the broker QT sign, you need the newer version of QT, that's what I needed to download in order to get it to play.
I dislike the Wolverine focus. I don't mind a Wolverine movie, heck, they could each have their own movie from the amount of backstory there is. But they've managed to screw up a lot of his history and past enemies over the course of the last two movies. Sabertooth and Lady Deathstrike were supposed to be old friends and then enemies of his, whereas in the movies he'd never known them.
Which means they will focus on the Canadian X project thing. Omega Red being in this movie really bothers me if they aren't going to do all the back story that goes along with it. I've forgiven them for mixing and matching up to this point, but I'm going to get very angry if they just rape the comics for characters to randomly toss into the movie!
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
I'm hoping they don't do any backstory at all. I thought the way Marvel focused so heavily on Wolverine for a decade and then revealed his origin took a lot away from the mystique of the character for me (I didn't read the origin mini-series for that reason).
Posted by JTruant711 (Member # 8868) on :
Beast... bah. Bring on the Phoenix!
This movie is going to be... ahem, bad___!
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I think they should have left off the Phoenix thing all together and just left Jean alive. It isn't necessary to have her be the Phoenix considering it has almost nothing to do with the direction they are taking this movie.
Any hope I had about this being more about plot and character development over flashy lights and special effects has officially been destroyed.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
quote:If anyone got the broker QT sign, you need the newer version of QT, that's what I needed to download in order to get it to play.
But...I DID download the newer version of QT! *sigh* maybe I'll try again with the downloading.
Edit: Grrrrrrr. I don't WANT iTunes!
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I know, I had the same reaction when it automatically downloaded iTunes with it.
But yI think you can get rid of iTunes and keep QT can't you?
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