EXACTLY. Some are acting like disappointment in this film is a one off. We knew what we were going to get when the writer was announced. We saw in the trailers what we were going to get. The low box office and excitement isn't reaction to critics. I don't need critics to tell me I didn't like Apocolypse and I didn't like the whole Mystique and the Xmen. People are far less willing to "give it a try" with their money because Fox has simply not earned it. They have blown goodwill in their X-Men with mediocre movies, unrecognizable characters and focusing on Mystique, Wolverine, Charles and Magneto to the immense detriment of the actual teams of characters.
If they cared and wanted a Phoenix do over they should have wiped the board clean of the entire writing, production crew. Completely fresh ideas from someone who cares and respects the characters. They made their mistakes from the very outset from the first word with Kinsberg.
The X-Men have endured for decades in print and media for a reason. You don't have to reinvent the wheel. The characters have depth and motivations, loves, and enemies you can draw from that have worked for decades. Yet they keep deciding to focus on only a few of them. Some of Marvel's strongest and most dynamic women characters are X-Men. But you cram Mystique down audiences throats movie after movie and continue using Storm for CGI showcases.
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Apparently this was deleted soon after. Big Yikes.
Speaking of the original cast, where is Claremont’s take on Apocalypse at 32: 25.
I am thinking that possibly the biggest fault in the Fox films has been editing, maybe even more than the other issues. The characters that get the shaft in the final version tend to have decent scenes on the dvd - but always in the 'cut scenes' section rather than the theatrical cut. It's like they are constantly trying to focus on something other than the usual suspects but keep getting overruled by people who refuse to try anything new.
Dark does not mean deep.
Singer’s name is also on the second seasons of Gifted and Legion, which he wasn’t really involved with. Its liked how Stan Lee gets producing credits on all the Marvel based films.
The editing is the worst because it also does the usual suspects dirty and the plot. Which is surprising since this had an Oscar nominated editor. So I think it’s the studio’s doing.
I wonder how much money this will make on the first week.
Any estimates?