The future of the X-Men on the big screen

[QUOTE=Force de Phenix;4614341]It's ridiculous when directors try to make a film whose length surpasses what they can actually show in theaters. It ruins movies because you can tell they wanted to fit in more than you see. I.E., Justice League.[/QUOTE]

In this case, it was likely done because of the June release date. It was an insanely crowded summer. Remember, this was originally going to release in the fall until Fox forced it to the summer so Alita could get the February date.

[QUOTE=Force de Phenix;4614727]Unless your Dave Cameron, Star Wars, or Avengers 4, I wouldn't write a script knowing it'll either not be shown, or it'll be extra on a DVD [B]people probably won't buy because the movie got bad reviews for not looking complete.[/B] I watched Justice League twice, and never knew there was a longer cut.[/QUOTE]

It’s actually doing fine on home media.

[url]https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=25786[/url]

Wouldn’t it be sweet if we saw the Savage Land on film? Superheroes and Dinosaur definitely seems like a winning combination for a crowd pleaser.

[QUOTE=The Shape;4614879]It’s actually doing fine on home media.[/QUOTE]

Even if it is doing well on home media, I think as a director, it's a disservice to your craft when you don't offer a cinema experience of your complete work knowing that you have to tell the audience, who pay and look forward to seeing the best, after they watch it, "I know it's not the complete, but wait until it comes out in a couple of months on DVD." I'm talking about Snyder.

Kinberg did reshoots to fix something, but it didn't help the fact that the whole story was rushed. He should've stuck with the Phoenix Saga.

[QUOTE=Force de Phenix;4614911]Even if it is doing well on home media, I think as a director, it's a disservice to your craft when you don't offer a cinema experience of your complete work knowing that you have to tell the audience, who pay and look forward to seeing the best, after they watch it, "I know it's not the complete, but wait until it comes out in a couple of months on DVD." I'm talking about Snyder.

Kinberg did reshoots to fix something, but it didn't help the fact that the whole story was rushed. He should've stuck with the Phoenix Saga.[/QUOTE]

I don’t think that was his call to make it that length(under two hours is unusually short for a superhero movie) but the studio based on Claremont’s statement about their being a lot of studio interference.

[QUOTE=The Shape;4614919]I don’t think that was his call to make it that length(under two hours is unusually short for a superhero movie) but the studio based on Claremont’s statement about their being a lot of studio interference.[/QUOTE]

I always assumed Kinberg had a pretty big say in the matters of the franchise. I wouldn't be surprised if it was studio interference but also wouldn't be surprised if it was his choice.

[QUOTE=manymade1;4615156]I always assumed Kinberg had a pretty big say in the matters of the franchise. I wouldn't be surprised if it was studio interference but also wouldn't be surprised if it was his choice.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=The Shape;4614919]I don’t think that was his call to make it that length(under two hours is unusually short for a superhero movie) but the studio based on Claremont’s statement about their being a lot of studio interference.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't believe that a first time director who was responsible for the franchise going awry would have enough say for much anything. Fox knew people would see the X-Men no matter what because they've been releasing duds. Disney Studios created a challenge for them they weren't expecting because name recognition didn't save them, and it was all they had.

[QUOTE=Force de Phenix;4615775]I wouldn't believe that a first time director who was responsible for the franchise going awry would have enough say for much anything. Fox knew people would see the X-Men no matter what because they've been releasing duds. Disney Studios created a challenge for them they weren't expecting because name recognition didn't save them, and it was all they had.[/QUOTE]

Kinberg wasn’t really responsible for X3 if that is what you are thinking. From what I understand he wrote a draft that was heavily rewritten by Zak Penn due to studio mandate because they felt it was too dark and expensive. Claremont has even defended the writers on that film and he HATES X3.

[QUOTE=Hybrid;4597545]Random thought, but can anyone totally see Ansel Elgort as Longshot?

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Just color his hair blonde, digitally alter his hands to have forum fingers, and have him do that sparkly eye thing he does when he uses his powers. I easily see it work.[/QUOTE]
He's a quite tall fellow, isn't he? Dancer or not, it might be hard to make him look like an acrobat. Personally, I think he would make a good Cyclops if the films decide to go with a relatively young (twentysomething) team.

Just curious...

If they introduce Elixir, how are they going to handle his potential story-breaker power? His omega biokinesis could probably make a lot of stories end much quicker, what with how he can cause instant death to his enemies and heal his allies no matter how bad their injuries are. He can do his death touch and kill people with it even if they're supposed to be invulnerable (because it bypasses all of that). He could probably walk up to people like Thor and Captain Marvel, just finish them with a tap if he were a bad guy.

Granted, Elixir isn't A-list, which might mean he won't appear for a while, but Feige said he wanted to expose more "marquee" mutants and that's what he is.

I get the feeling that with Elixir around, they'll try to have him struggle with his powers, have him get knocked out fast, have him conveniently not be there, or flat-out massively nerf his powers (the latter seems like a cop-out though). To be fair, Elixir is hardly the only overpowered monster the X-Men brings in, but he is one of the less talked about ones.

[QUOTE=Force de Phenix;4614727]Unless your Dave Cameron, Star Wars, or Avengers 4, I wouldn't write a script knowing it'll either not be shown, or it'll be extra on a DVD people probably won't buy because the movie got bad reviews for not looking complete. I watched Justice League twice, and never knew there was a longer cut.[/QUOTE]

I'm just saying that plenty of movies take it into theatres that are over two hours, and honestly few major movies that are much less than that.

Gambit to be rebooted in MCU without Tatum
[url]https://www.google.com/amp/s/wegotthiscovered.com/movies/gambit-rebooted-mcu-channing-tatum/amp/[/url]

It was cool that he tried and showed lots of appreciation for the character, it didn't work at the end but it may have been for the better, there is no information about Gambit on the MCU (if he even appears) but it could have way more posibilities than going solo.

[QUOTE=Purplevit;4640319]Gambit to be rebooted in MCU without Tatum
[url]https://www.google.com/amp/s/wegotthiscovered.com/movies/gambit-rebooted-mcu-channing-tatum/amp/[/url][/QUOTE]

WGTC is usually bullshit. This honestly just seems like speculation and obvious assumptions. Like, yeah, that movie is dead, no ****. Tatum won't be playing Gambit? Yeah, that's a safe assumption. Gambit will be on the first MCU X-Men movie? Possible, but I'm pretty sure no one already has info of what the MCU roster will be, cause probably not even the people working at Marvel Studios know that already considering it's not coming any time soon.

[QUOTE=phoenixzero23;4640481]It was cool that he tried and showed lots of appreciation for the character, it didn't work at the end but it may have been for the better, there is no information about Gambit on the MCU (if he even appears) but it could have way more posibilities than going solo.[/QUOTE]

Tatum did he best and I respect him for that a lot.

[QUOTE=Wiccan;4640489]WGTC is usually bullshit. This honestly just seems like speculation and obvious assumptions. Like, yeah, that movie is dead, no ****. Tatum won't be playing Gambit? Yeah, that's a safe assumption. Gambit will be on the first MCU X-Men movie? Possible, but I'm pretty sure no one already has info of what the MCU roster will be, cause probably not even the people working at Marvel Studios know that already considering it's not coming any time soon.[/QUOTE]

Will see. Ant Man 3 is rumoured for 2022. Gambit and Thieves Guilds can easily appear there.

Also half of X team can get solo Disney+ shows before first X-Men movie.

Not saying that it is true but easily cann be.