Ha, "clean-up". Here's hoping he scrubs pretty hard on those X3 and Origins stains.
I really liked First Class. I thought it was second only to X2. But ultimately, the X-Universe needs to get back to focusing on modern adventures. Fox's plans for developing their own interconnected Marvel movie universe (like what Marvel has done with the Avengers) doesn't really work if they keep their main "X" title set 50 years in the past. They'll be doing Fantastic Four, Deadpool, and probably various other X-Men spinoffs, and they want to be able to have a cohesive film universe with the potential for crossover event movies (like Avengers), so they gotta move X-Men back to the present eventually. I too would like to see more of what they started with First Class, but they can't keep the franchise there. What they are doing with this movie is a great way to adapt a classic comic story and bridge the two time periods. I think it's a really cool idea. Superheroes, time-travel, alternate timelines, the opportunity to "fix" some of the crap that was done in other movies..... sign me up! But they absolutely MUST keep the Magneto theme from First Class. Maybe they'll eventually try to keep the two franchises (present and past) running concurrently. That would be pretty cool, actually. But either way, their plans for their Fox-Marvel film Universe necessitates re-starting the present day X-Men films.Chris Will said:
I'm hoping that the returning cast from the first three movies are more extended cameos than having 50 percent of the screen time. In other words, we seen them in the glimpses of the dystopian future that the "First Class" cast is trying to avoid. Because I agree, the exploration of this alternate American history infused with mutants is a much richer world to play with than yet another film set in the modern day. When Vaughn was still attached, he had a terrific Idea for the pre-credits sequence:Chris Will said:
I guess they needed her but I can't say I'm thrilled to hear that. IMO, she overacts in just about everything. How on earth she is constantly rated as one of the best Bond girls ever I will never understand. I thought her performance in that Bond film was the worst thing I have ever seen her do, and her X-Men appearances aren't much better.
Jose Martinez said:
That is so true. What in the world were they thinking with X3! Why kill one of the most consistent & recognizable character (Scott/Cyclops) from your story after a whopping 2 episodes (and 2:00 minutes of a 3)? It was one of the stupidest thing I've seen done in these films. After the Avengers success, you know some Fox (& Marvel) executive was sitting there thinking "Would someone tell me again why we did that ". Perhaps this new film will redeem all of the mistakes of the X3 film (parts of which I really did enjoy), and continue to move it forward again. I'm fine with Halle Barry and others returning. I like the sound of that.
