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Reply #35 on: April 17, 2015, 02:32:29 PM

I think Psylocke becoming Asian is Jim Lee's fault.

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Reply #36 on: April 17, 2015, 04:34:03 PM

X-men is written as a 'family' story - they're brothers and sisters in a struggle against oppression.

Of course they all sleep with each other.

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Reply #37 on: April 18, 2015, 10:30:15 AM

wut.

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Reply #38 on: April 18, 2015, 11:02:29 AM

I think he's saying don't go to jgsugden's family reunions.  why so serious?

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Reply #39 on: April 18, 2015, 07:23:22 PM

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Reply #40 on: April 18, 2015, 07:32:47 PM

I think he's saying don't go to jgsugden's family reunions.  why so serious?

Reunion, wedding, singles club. When they're all the same thing it cuts down on the travel costs I imagine.

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Reply #41 on: July 17, 2015, 12:59:16 PM



Apocalypse, Storm, Psylocke - from an EW special.  Not sold on the look of Apocalypse, if I'm honest.

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Reply #42 on: July 17, 2015, 01:04:05 PM



Apocalypse, Storm, Psylocke - from an EW special.  Not sold on the look of Apocalypse, if I'm honest.

I guess I am alone because really like it, I can definitely see some Egyptian Pharaoh influences on it.   Apocalypse was always going to be a hard one to do though since his suit was almost robotic if I remember correctly.  I am not sold on the actress they got to play Psylocke though.  Something about her look, she looks more like the British Betsy Braddock then the Japanese ninja telepath.  We know Psylocke, Storm and Magneto are going to be two of the four horsemen, any word on who is the third and fourth?
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Reply #43 on: July 17, 2015, 01:06:50 PM

Munn looks fine as Psylocke, I just can't believe they got her to squeeze into that costume.

As for Apocalypse, if I didn't know it was Oscar Isaac playing him I would never have been able to tell. Seems weird that you'd take an actor with his charismatic, smokey good looks and turn him into PURPLE PHARAOH.
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Reply #44 on: July 17, 2015, 01:08:29 PM

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Reply #45 on: July 17, 2015, 01:16:09 PM

Apocalypse looks awful.

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Reply #46 on: July 17, 2015, 01:19:50 PM

Keep in mind that's pre-cgi and that apocalypse is a shapeshifter.  I'll wait to see how it pans out in the theaters.
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Reply #47 on: July 17, 2015, 01:25:35 PM

Man, what a lost opportunity by not casting Arnold Vosloo.
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Reply #48 on: July 17, 2015, 02:43:26 PM

I guess I am alone because really like it, I can definitely see some Egyptian Pharaoh influences on it.   Apocalypse was always going to be a hard one to do though since his suit was almost robotic if I remember correctly.  I am not sold on the actress they got to play Psylocke though.  Something about her look, she looks more like the British Betsy Braddock then the Japanese ninja telepath.  We know Psylocke, Storm and Magneto are going to be two of the four horsemen, any word on who is the third and fourth?

I like Psylocke and have no issues with her looking like British Betsy Braddock.  Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?  Also, costume is straight out of the books.

As for the last horseman, it's going to be Angel. Or Archangel - don't know if he'll have feathers or metal wings.

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Reply #49 on: July 17, 2015, 03:24:30 PM

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Reply #50 on: July 17, 2015, 04:27:43 PM

The look of wistful remembrance that comes across every man's face at the end. Hilarious.

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Reply #51 on: July 17, 2015, 06:19:16 PM

The 1990's called, they want their costumes back.


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Reply #52 on: July 17, 2015, 06:19:26 PM

I actually think she looks fine (and I do mean FINE) as Psylocke, I've just always doubted her acting ability. I even think Apocalypse looks ok as well, but I've always hated that character (and Mr. Sinister who was pretty much just a different powered version of Apocalypse) so I didn't really care how close to the books they got.

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Reply #53 on: July 17, 2015, 06:27:07 PM

Psylocke is not a character who is particularly complicated if they're doing 90s X-Men shit, though. She just has to look like she's taking a shit when she shoots psychic knives and be a bit emo about something something. She doesn't get genuinely interesting until quite recently.
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Reply #54 on: July 17, 2015, 06:39:22 PM

The main problem with Apocalypse is he's not....big.  He looks like some dude in a purple suit and while muscly it's not this giant imposing thing.  They really should have pulled off some LOTR height tricks to make him simply a size larger than humans should be.  It's putting him next to those actresses that is the most jarring, he looks so absolutely average in size and he really shouldn't.

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Reply #55 on: July 17, 2015, 07:11:07 PM

He's a terribly-designed character in the comics who largely doesn't have a personality beyond "BAD GUY". I think anything you get that isn't outright fuckstupid is a bonus. He looks ok in these pictures.
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Reply #56 on: July 17, 2015, 07:24:00 PM


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Reply #57 on: July 17, 2015, 08:09:19 PM

Now THAT I'd see.

Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something.  We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Reply #58 on: July 18, 2015, 02:52:33 AM

Wow. So they've finally dropped the leather look and actually put heroes in costumes.  Nice.  Munn looks great.  Apoc came along after my interest in reading/collecting X-Men waned so I don't care much about him either way.  New Storm looks cool as well.  I liked the last two X-Men movies so I'll wind up watching this I'm sure. 
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Reply #59 on: July 18, 2015, 09:43:18 AM

Apoc is way too small - he looks like an evil dark elf.

Storm isn't black enough. (The actress is half-black) Storm is supposed to be from sub-Saharan Africa and is usually depicted as very dark skinned. Part of the reason her character design works is that her white hair contrasts her dark skin -  looking close to Caucasian it's not nearly as effective. I suppose there aren't many young black actresses around, but still.

Also it's not racist if I want a character to be more black, not less!

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Reply #60 on: July 18, 2015, 12:19:50 PM


Storm isn't black enough. (The actress is half-black) Storm is supposed to be from sub-Saharan Africa and is usually depicted as very dark skinned. Part of the reason her character design works is that her white hair contrasts her dark skin -  looking close to Caucasian it's not nearly as effective. I suppose there aren't many young black actresses around, but still.

Also it's not racist if I want a character to be more black, not less!

This kinda bothered me as well.  I like my Storm how I like my coffee, strong and black.

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Reply #61 on: July 18, 2015, 04:01:24 PM

Were people saying Halle Berry wasn't black enough back in 2000?  Facepalm

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Reply #62 on: July 18, 2015, 04:03:23 PM

Were people saying Halle Berry wasn't black enough back in 2000?  Facepalm

There were so many things more wrong with storm then it was hard to say.

edit to add: The main complaint was still that Berry's Storm wasn't powerful, regal enough to be Ororo Munroe.  Storm is supposed be the literal embodiment of nature and needs the gravitas of character to pull it off. This is a woman that was worshipped as a god and needs to behave appropriately.
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Reply #63 on: July 18, 2015, 04:29:50 PM

When I think of storm I picture a young trim Viola Davis.

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Reply #64 on: July 18, 2015, 04:42:01 PM

If you're talking about fan-casting Storm, then someone like Danai Gurira would be a better fit.  But let's be serious, the entire Fox X-Men franchise barely pays lip service to most of the characters anyway so singling out Storm is kind of silly.

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Reply #65 on: July 18, 2015, 05:08:06 PM

The actress is black enough to play young Halle Berry, which is who she is actually playing.

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Reply #66 on: July 18, 2015, 05:27:34 PM

The actress is black enough to play young Halle Berry, which is who she is actually playing.

Who wasn't a good storm to begin with.

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Reply #67 on: July 18, 2015, 05:48:45 PM

When I did a quick google search of black actresses Tika Sumpter seemed pretty good to me, in terms of look.

The big problem I had with Berry is that Storm should be commanding and Berry just isn't that. When she tries to play at being commanding it just comes off as silly. In terms of someone who can play that role Angela Bassett comes to mind.

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Reply #68 on: July 18, 2015, 06:13:01 PM

It's like 15 years to late to complain about Halle Berry as Storm, they are basically committed to the look now.

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Reply #69 on: July 18, 2015, 06:20:17 PM

It's like 15 years to late to complain about Halle Berry as Storm, they are basically committed to the look now.

They aren't committed to shit.  The new prof X still has hair for fucks sake and as said above, the first xmen movies were 15 years ago, no one gives a shit who played storm previously.

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