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Monday, March 06, 2006

My Mutant Ability? To Cry Like a Little Girl.

It Has Come.

Now go watch it. Go on. I'll wait.


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Oh, Futurama. You so funny. "He's really showing us what a man with a cannon in his chest can do." Anywhoski - All set?

So there ya go. Another X-Men: The Last Stand trailer.

Firstly, this isn't the final trailer. There will be one more airing in theaters at some point - possibly in front of V for Vendetta, or so I've heard.

Secondly, it looks horrible. Yes, the part where Colossus and Wolverine and all the others take on the Brotherhood looks like it could be badass. And I do think the race between Juggernaut and Shadowcat could be really cool.

But everything else looks, well, pretty much like crap. Another bad weather joke ("You of all people know how quickly the weather can change"), so more spotty casting (lookin at you, Ben Foster), Wolverine's still a rugged individual, and again a mutant is being used to wipe out the other mutants. Ya-awn.

Oh, and one thing I'm not really happy about is a little bit of a spoiler. Highlight the following text if interested: So, according to a bunch of internet reports and a hint in the trailer, it appears that Cyclops is killed (he's lying down on the beach when Storm & Wolverine come looking for Jean Gray/Phoenix). That's what we in the biz call "weak sauce". Cyclops isn't dynamic or that intriguing, but he's the strong, dependable, reliable, altruistic leader type that stoically and bravely leads his troops into battle. If you're goin to have a final showdown, he has to be there, acting as the muscle of Xavier's dream against Magneto's mindless hate. I know James Marsden isn't the best actor, but Come On! If you're going to bury the franchise, at least give their fearless leader some respect.

Anyways, the point is this movie is going to continue to break my little nerd heart. How can you choose a person to direct this movie that says he would be on Magneto's side? Ugh.

Come on, V for Vendetta. My nerdly nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

4 Comments:

Blogger --Robert-Campbell-- said...

This movie looks great! Dean, what are you talking about? However I would prolly think them panning by some old X-men covers would be great; I just really like the X-men. However I do have one major gripe, how come I'm not Angel? I'm beautiful, I have wings....

12:14 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

All I know is that I first saw the full trailer on Monday and haven't been able to think of anything else. I think it'll be damn fine mainstream American entertainment. Of course it won't be profound or beautiful or thought-provoking, but dammit, our country is too trashy to spend that much money on something that genuinely deserves merit. I watched the cartoon and read some comics and would love III to be true to the original franchise, but if that were the case, Angel's wings would probably be made of cardboard. And how much fun is that on an IMAX screen?

1:11 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

did volkswagen steal "representin' Deutschland" from the Whitest Kids You Know in their latest commercial? have you guys seen it? yknow, the one with Ulie Kunkel (aka Karl Hungus) pimping some guys ride? this has me fired up for some reason

12:50 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/moore_psychic2006.html

i burst out laughing at work when i read this (mainly the intro). when asked to explain what was so funny, the rest of the newsroom stared at me like a dog that'd just been shown a card trick. i just wanted to share it with some people who know who thurston moore and david foster wallace are. perhaps you will laugh also. perhaps not. i do often miss the mark completely in the "watch/read/listen to this, it's hilarious" area of life.

3:40 AM  

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