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Dark Phoenix Review Thread(RT: 22%)
- Thread starter ManaByte
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The government gave him some land for him and his mutants to hang out
Also Selene who is nothing like comic Selene and just a henchman with a knife and telepath just so magneto can distract Xavier for like a minute
I'm a dumb comic nerd and even I had no idea who it was until Slayven brought it up because he read the cast list
They were obviously supposed to be Skrulls at one point
and shiar apparently Chastain was supposed to be lilandra before the reshoots
it wouldn't be a problem if it was used as a soft reboot full cast but that comes into a clash in Day of Future Past that is happening in the new Soft Reboot era where Old Cast characters in the DoFP conclusion are still cannon in the resolution of DoFP
I think their bigger problem is they have terrible scripts apparently for the last two movies, lol. If they had gotten that right, I don't think anyone would really care about the time stuff.
I guess mastermind isn't hot enough theh could use lady mastermind
Wait wasn't mastermind in the dark Phoenix story
Just trash, that character could have been the big bad themselves. Hell argueably have a decent shot against even a pheonix jean grey
Yeah that's nuts, sounds like they were literally playing darts at times.
At least Dazzler got to use her powers unlike Jubilee in the last movie.
probs on ice on but may get a reboot as a villian in an early 2030 movie
I'm going with this theory to make myself feel better: All of the Fox X-Men movies are movies within the world of Logan. Which explains Logan's scowl anytime anyone mentions the past exploits of the X-Men, because they grew up watching shitty movie adaptations of his life.
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The 100% were. They changed them to the "asparagus people" D'Bari Empire in the reshoots, even though they don't look like D'Bari and the D'Bari can't shape-shift like Skrulls.
Originally Beast finds out that they are called Skrulls before the UN attack.
LOL now you got me imagining them running to find another race they could use. I wonder how close were they saying fuck it, call them Brood
They honestly might just grabbed the first race of aliens that came up in a search for 'X-men Dark Phoenix Aliens' that wasn't the skrulls or shi'ar.
The good thing is no one will remember this movie in 5 years so Feige doesn't have to avoid these things they wasted
For real got to know how what they did to get the D'bari, they obscure as fuck and you bound to encounter other aliens before them digging into x-men lore.
i thought the d'bari were the race whose planet was destroyed by the phoenix? like why wouldn't they use them to start with instead of going to Skrulls for some reason?
If you need a disposable race of aliens to have murdered by the Phoenix the D'Bari are a prime choice.
Y'all remember the episode of the Office where they read the agent Michael Skarn script and realize Michael had originally called the idiot sidekick Dwight because one lone "Dwigt" was left behind after he copy/pasted?
I wonder if the Dark Phoenix screenplay has one lone Skrult.
I was hoping to see it in theater this weekend.... Is it really that bad?
For reference, I really enjoyed the latest Godzilla.
For reference, I really enjoyed the latest Godzilla.
Because they were just some species that planet got destroyed by Phoenix no one cares about them besides that
The shiar on the other hand are actually important and involved in the whole plot and an actual threat to the xmen and knowledge of the Phoenix
it's also hilarious how she probably was supposed to be lilandra but called Vuk here even though Vuk was just an avengers villain that annoyed because Namor
Apocalypse: AFTER TEN THOUSANDS YEARS IM FREE TIME TO CONQUER EARTH
Lol Apocalypse is literally Rita Repulsa
As long as someone does a sweet backflip off of a tree, I'll allow it.
I mean, Mystique is a shapeshifter. She can look like whatever she wants. Of all the characters who've been recast, she's the one who's Actresses need the last resemblance.
I mean really none of it matters, I think the audience is willing to give all that stuff a pass. You have to have a decent script with the movie, that's all that matters. If you don't have that, you have nothing. No director, no cast, no story logic or continuity logic is doing shit for you.
The thing that sucks about this franchise being so mishandled and now needing to be rebooted is how much the cast has been wasted. The x-men franchise may have been hit or miss but damn was the casting on fucking point. Very few franchises have a cast as perfect as this one and I'm actually a little sad we won't see some of them used again. There will be some big shoes to fill when it's rebooted.
Outside of Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, and Ian McKellen, I won't miss any of them. Especially the First Class cast and onwards, they're all very replaceable.
Quicksilver was hardly a character, right? I doubt his setpieces would be less fun with any other actor.
I thought he had a fun energy to him even outside the big setpiece action scenes, but I admit he's a pretty minor character all things considered.
I mean they're good actors for sure, but the idea of them being recast is perfectly fine with me. Never really got attached to them when all is said and done.
As for Evan Peters, I definitely won't miss him. Outside of his big superspeed moments, what else does he really have?
That's a lot of these characters. What do they bring to the table other than 1 or 2 cool power sequences?
I saw it Monday, so I'll repost my "mini-review" from Facebook:
"Dark Phoenix was actually...good? Wait, what? Just finished an employee screening of the movie, and while I won't go into specifics since it's not out yet, I will say I actually really enjoyed it. I have some issues with a few things, but overall, it was a solid, entertaining movie. X-Men: The Last Stand continues to be the low point of the series. Yes, even lower than Apocalypse (at least that one is watchable and goofy).
I admit it's not that high of a bar to be better than Apocalypse and The Last Stand, but I was pleasantly surprised. Sophie Turner was so much better in this one than her last putting as Jean Grey. She seemed more comfortable and natural in the role this time. Her American accent was definitely better too."
My biggest issue with the movie is that the antagonists are uninteresting and underdeveloped. I think having a bit more to flesh them out would have elevated the movie further. Overall, it's far from a dumpster fire. Much better than Last Stand and Apocalypse (a low bar, I know), but I thought it was entertaining and watchable.
"Dark Phoenix was actually...good? Wait, what? Just finished an employee screening of the movie, and while I won't go into specifics since it's not out yet, I will say I actually really enjoyed it. I have some issues with a few things, but overall, it was a solid, entertaining movie. X-Men: The Last Stand continues to be the low point of the series. Yes, even lower than Apocalypse (at least that one is watchable and goofy).
I admit it's not that high of a bar to be better than Apocalypse and The Last Stand, but I was pleasantly surprised. Sophie Turner was so much better in this one than her last putting as Jean Grey. She seemed more comfortable and natural in the role this time. Her American accent was definitely better too."
My biggest issue with the movie is that the antagonists are uninteresting and underdeveloped. I think having a bit more to flesh them out would have elevated the movie further. Overall, it's far from a dumpster fire. Much better than Last Stand and Apocalypse (a low bar, I know), but I thought it was entertaining and watchable.
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I'd hesitate to say good after first viewing but it wasn't bad by any means and I didn't notice the reshoots. Antagonists were just vehicles for Phoenix.