Show #29 - May 26
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X-Men: The Last Stand, reviewed by yours truly and my special guest Logan!
Music, as always, by Mayerson.
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If you guys see Superman Returns be sure to do it at a IMAX theather because the first 20 minutes will be in 3D!!!!!
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None of your business, at 5:39 PM
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None of your business, at 5:42 PM
What happened after the credits- very cool... But I wish Nightcrawler had come back, it would have been better with him in it. The Beast-Perfect. Juggernaught- a mutant? Ok I'll let that one go for the movie's sake....
In the showing that I attended, When Angel first spread his wings 1/3rd of people in the theatre laughed when they saw it, the guy was trying too hard to flex the muscles and people laughed as if it was a comedy, I felt sorry for the guy when they did that.
OK- a light hearted rant: They should have weaved the Enron (spelling?) crystal into the Jean/Pheonix plotline. (Jean's body lands near the crystal in the bottom of the lake, the crystal being there before this for years. Jean is restored by the crystals power- but the power becomes more sentient and wants to take over Jean's body. Then in movie#4 The Shi'ar Empire , Starjammers, and Scott's father could come to Earth because- of course - they have to stop this powerful threat to the Universe- the power of the Pheonix-and to take the crystal. Just an idea...
As far as the outcast "Punk Rock" thing- they look punk for a reason I think-these street kids-they were meant to be outcasts and have an edgy image. I believe this was the movie's take on a band of mutants called the Morlocks that were in the comics of the 80's , a lot of the Morlocks did dress punk- although outcasts, they were nice people in the comics- well most of them.
A movie can take on it's own story from the comic book- when the tangent is a GOOD one- but this thing with Jean and the Pheonix could have been handled much better than it was.
Magneto is a great character as you've stated- he has glimpses of compassion and heart even though he is ruthless. He's right-yet he's wrong- this goes into a Marvel tradition that is a theme within it's villians. Marvel's greatest villians COULD have been great hereos-except for one event in their lives that turns them to the other side. If that one event didn't happen- these villians would have been great heroes- that theme was portrayed brilliantly with Magneto in this film.
The evolution of Wolverine as a team member is right on point. Magneto could have destroyed Wolverine's skeleton-he's done so before in the comic. But I think that he spared Wolverine because I think that he sees Wolverine as a man on th edge- who may perhaps- one day- be convinced to switch sides to Magneto's team as Pyro did- due to the rage Wolverine has. But of corse we know Wolverine would never switch sides..
I did really enjoy this movie, and I enjoyed this episode of I Read Comics, I look forward to your next show.
P.S. Those TV ads before the previews....yes....very annoying.....I had to sit through that dumb Fast & whatever twice....
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Blogger, at 8:56 PM
Okay, I'm gonna stick my neck here and said that I don't like the movie.
I just think that Ratner didn't give enough emphasis on the characters to make us care for them.
Overall, it's a disappointment for me
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Chafid, at 7:32 AM
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