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On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:26 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You think fans are waiting for Jubilee, Psylocke, and Bishop? Intriguing > choices. Psylocke done right--once she's been transferred into the Asian > body and is basically a kickass ninja psi--would be awesome. > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Daryle Lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I've been saying all week since this story broke that Fox is over thinking > it.  They  saw the Star Trek trailer and tripped. They're on that  "apes, > science fiction is apes, the people want apes..."  jazz. > > All  anybody wants is to see Jubilee, then move on to Psylocke and Bishop > an nem. The audience is ready to move on.  > > What they NEED to do is focus on developing "Deadpool". THAT  could be > something. > > On Nov 22, 2008, at 10:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Speaking personally, i'm rarely a fan of "Young Whatever" superhero > stories when more can be done with the adults. And I never glommed on to > the decision to make Rogue, Ice Man, Pyro, and some others into young teens. > That was a stupid move to me, for all that I like Anna Pacquin... >  > **************************** > Will 'X-Men' Fans Accept a 'Gossip Girl' Script? > by Matt McDaniel    November 20, 2008 > > [image: Hugh Jackman as > Wolverine]<http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/movie-stills/gallery/1263/xmen-origins-wolverine#photo0> > Professor X and Magneto. Wolverine and Sabretooh. Serena and Blair? > > > It was announced on Wednesday that Josh Schwartz, the creator of the TV > teen dramas "The O.C." and "Gossip Girl," will be writing "X-Men: First > Class," another installment of the superhero franchise. Variety reports that > the new film will focus on the students at the Xavier Institute for Higher > Learning, rather than the adults like Wolverine and Storm. > > On paper the deal seems to make sense: Schwartz is a writer with a proven > track record for soapy high school angst; the comic book was originally > envisioned by Stan Lee to be focused on mutant teenagers and their issues; > and assembling the actors from the first three films has likely become too > complicated and expensive to do again. But will the younger-skewing take > alienate the true fans? > > The previous movie, 2006's "X-Men: The Last > Stand<http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808490830/info>," > was the most financially successful of the series, bringing in over $234 > million in the U.S. Some fans of the comic book, however, weren't happy with > the liberties the script took with the source material. Harry Knowles of > Ain't > It Cool News <http://www.aintitcool.com/node/23420> spoke out on how the > "Dark Phoenix" story from the book was shortchanged in the movie, writing, > "I truly truly truly hate how they treated it." Others took exception to how > major characters were killed off without much fanfare. David Cornelius at > efilmcritic.com<http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=14574&reviewer=392> > went so far as to call it "one of the very worst comic book films ever > made." > > So will Josh Schwartz's "First Class" franchise reboot push the core > fanbase further away? It's difficult to say just yet. While he gained more > notoriety for his shows about the rich and spoiled, Schwartz also co-created > the geek-turned-spy series "Chuck," which is peppered with allusions to > comics and sci-fi movies. And even if the fans reject this particular title, > the franchise is branching out into other directions that might please them > more. > > [image: Hugh Jackman as > Wolverine]<http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/movie-stills/gallery/1263/xmen-origins-wolverine#photo1> > Opening next year's summer movie season is "X-Men Origins: > Wolverine<http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808665084/info>," > a prequel with Hugh Jackman returning to his breakout role. It will tell the > story of how the mutant Logan was transformed into the metal-clawed > superhero, with Liev Schreiber stepping into the role of his nemesis, > Sabretooth. A brief montage of footage was shown at the San Diego Comic Con > this past July to great applause. There was also a quick shot of Ryan > Reynolds as Deadpool, another Marvel Comics character that may get his own > spin-off movie. > > Also in development is "Magneto," another "X-Men Origins" film about the > early days of Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr before the two friends > became enemies. David S. Goyer, the co-writer of "Batman Begins," is on > board to direct, but no cast has been announced. Ian McKellen, who so > memorably played the villain in the first three "X-Men" movies, said he is > unlikely to return for that movie, joking withEmpire > Online<http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22480> > that, "I don't think I could get away with playing a 19-year-old." > > Still, as a big fan of director Bryan Singer's first two "X-Men" movies, I > personally hold out hope that a teen-oriented "First Class" flick will still > deliver. Some of the most affecting moments in those movies were centered on > the younger characters. The scene where Rogue (Anna Paquin) nearly kills her > first kiss with her mutation or when Iceman (Shawn Ashmore) shows his > parents his abilities got to the heart of the dilemma that's been a part of > the X-Men stories from the beginning. With any luck, Josh Schwartz will turn > in a script that's more "X" than "CW." > > > >
