weekend stuff

[cornerofmadness]

Well tomorrow I head back to OH. Yesterday we went to the lake for the holiday. Seriously, some people are beach people, I'm a lake person. Didn't matter that the water was only 60 odd degrees, I was in it. It was a good time for all my aunt's non-stop complaining.

went to see the X-Men movie tonight with my parents. Spoilers under the cut.



Okay, yeah it wasn't as good as the first two but I still enjoyed this and so did the Rents. Did I wish there were more characer development? Yes, especially of Warren. He was lovely to look at but rather wasted. This was a short movie. there would have been time.

Did I wish they hadn't wasted Rogue? Yes. SHe was nearly totally pointless in this movie and that was a shame

Did they surprise me? Oh yes. There were twists I wasn't expecting.

But it was fantastically imagined with the FX and it was enjoyable enough. I was leery of Kelsey Grammar's inclusion as Beast but I liked him. You could see he was having fun. I wish the director would have had Berry back of the Bitch Button since Storm was unbearable but since I don't think much of her as an actress maybe he did the best he could with what he had to work with. Phoenix's outfits made her look like she robbed a goth mutant's closet. They didn't suit her.

Oh and the trailer they showed for Ghostrider looked cool and I don't even like Nicholas Cage

Comments

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

an explanation would have been nice. but I am highly offended that they don't seem to realize that a lot of people seeing the movie are already X-Men fans and would have NO trouble with three blue mutants and can tell Gambit from the others.

[its-art.livejournal.com]

Apparently, movie producers believe their audience are simpering morons who can't tell the difference between Alan Cumming, Kelsey Grammar in a huge suit and Rebecca Romijn.

I know I'm always getting them confused.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I told my parents sthis and they nearly stroked laughing. Mom's like they figure kids could tell the difference on the cartoon but adults CAN'T at the movies?

[its-art.livejournal.com]

Ah, but on the original cartoon, Nightcrawler only appeared twiced and on Evolution Mystique and Beast were only reoccurring. So those kids wouldn't get confused. It would be DIFFERENT in a movie....

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*biggest eyeroll ever*

If they were so worried, they could have handed out cheat sheets at the door:

Nightcrawler=Skinny, has tail, German accent
Beast=The big one who sounds like Sideshow Bob
Mystique=Boobies

And you know, it's not like it's a coincidence Nightcrawler and Mystique are the same colour... Duh, they're mother and son. And if they were sweating it SO much, they could have gone for Grey-Beast (granted, it's not as well known, but hey *shrug* They had him in his human for in X2).

And just on the Gambit thing.... I dunno WHAT the producers are thinking... Gambit and Wolverine are NOTHING alike. I mean, yeah... They're both more on the fringe of the X-Team, but wildly different in their roguishness. I mean smooth Cajun charm vs barely buried animalistic nature? They're like on different continents of roguishness.

Sorry. My comic book geek is forcing its way. Is it any wonder I have absolutely no problem writing Andrew?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

none. that's what i was thinking, look I've been reading X Men since it practically came out, never once was i confused (unlike the manga I'm reading now which is really WTF?) THIS is what happens when you let money men who know nothing of the fandom run the show

[its-art.livejournal.com]

I've only been reading the X-books since 2000 (Yeah, I'll admit it... I got into X-Men regularly after the first movie. Prior to that, I only watched the cartoon). In those six years, I've been able to learn pretty much everything that happened in X-Men since 1963 and been able to followed every single bit. It's honestly not that hard. Even the casual fans I know are able to follow it. I mean, yeah... My brothers don't know what a Fastball Special is... But they sure as hell can tell the difference between Henry McCoy and Kurt Wagner.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

My mom funnily enough was a huge fan of the cartoon and that started her reading the books. She's a big Wolvie fan. Even if you were slightly confused Kurt has a tail, Hank is furry