Movie News & Miscellany

Hailey Knight · Jul 16, 2015

Has anyone heard of this X-Men: Days of Future Past - Rogue Version? Supposedly a different version of the movie with Rogue being a major player. Seems weird that there'd be an alternate version of an entire movie. It was released yesterday.

Ravenpoe · Jul 16, 2015

Zero Esc said:
Has anyone heard of this X-Men: Days of Future Past - Rogue Version? Supposedly a different version of the movie with Rogue being a major player. Seems weird that there'd be an alternate version of an entire movie. It was released yesterday.

From what I've heard, it's really just more of a director's cut, longer and with scenes and plots that were originally cut for time or pacing added back in.

CynicismKills · Jul 16, 2015

Storm/Apocalypse/Psylocke:

Munn looks like a rushed cosplay, and Apocalypse looks like Ivan Ooze.

GasBandit · Jul 16, 2015

He's so tiny! Isn't Apocalypse like 8 or 9 feet tall?

CynicismKills · Jul 16, 2015

GasBandit said:
He's so tiny! Isn't Apocalypse like 8 or 9 feet tall?

He's generally pretty huge, yeah, that was the other thing that stood out to me.

Ravenpoe · Jul 16, 2015

CynicismKills said:
Storm/Apocalypse/Psylocke:

Munn looks like a rushed cosplay, and Apocalypse looks like Ivan Ooze.

I'm hoping these are future costumes, and that the present costumes will look a lot better.

GasBandit · Jul 16, 2015

CynicismKills said:
He's generally pretty huge, yeah, that was the other thing that stood out to me.

I think anybody smaller than Jason Momoa is bad casting for Apocalypse. He might even be a bit on the narrow side.

CynicismKills · Jul 16, 2015

Magneto's looking pretty slick, though.

[DOUBLEPOST=1437095756,1437095697][/DOUBLEPOST]Rumors are floating that the Apoc we're seeing isn't the final, post-power drain form, and after he's dined on some Mutants he'll be much bigger and more in line with the one people know from the books.

Frank · Jul 17, 2015

GasBandit said:
He's so tiny! Isn't Apocalypse like 8 or 9 feet tall?

I saw quick little photo shop. Add some mouth lines and a bit of size and he looks a lot better.

Too fuckin' purple though, but that could be lighting. He seems more blue on the cover of the magazine.[DOUBLEPOST=1437121868,1437121734][/DOUBLEPOST]

CynicismKills said:
Magneto's looking pretty slick, though.

[DOUBLEPOST=1437095756,1437095697][/DOUBLEPOST]Rumors are floating that the Apoc we're seeing isn't the final, post-power drain form, and after he's dined on some Mutants he'll be much bigger and more in line with the one people know from the books.

Psylocke looks just fine here too, and Magneto looks rad. Of course, the years long crush I've had on Olivia Munn (and Fassbender for that matter) means it's hard for me to dislike either.

Hailey Knight · Jul 17, 2015

Ravenpoe said:
From what I've heard, it's really just more of a director's cut, longer and with scenes and plots that were originally cut for time or pacing added back in.

I looked more into it. It seems like it's just an extended edition; the ad I saw made it sound like something else. I need to stop believing ... anything.

tegid · Jul 17, 2015

It's 'the Rogue cut' just because there was a whole story thread about Rogue that didn't make into the theatrical version.

PatrThom · Jul 17, 2015

That whole photo just looks overly purple/orange. It's not helping.

--Patrick

fade · Jul 17, 2015

Hmm. I'm still okay with not using the X-Men costumes in real life. Psylocke looks all slouchy and uncomfortable.

drawn_inward · Jul 17, 2015

But she wouldn't be Psylocke unless she is wearing a ninja-thong!!! :rage:

GasBandit · Jul 17, 2015

I never liked Psylocke as a character, to be honest.

@Li3n · Jul 17, 2015

If they wanted an Apoc that didn't look gaudy, they should have gone with a colour scheme more akin to this:

imo, ofc.

filmfanatic · Jul 17, 2015

@Li3n said:
If they wanted an Apoc that didn't look gaudy, they should have gone with a colour scheme more akin to this:

imo, ofc.

For me, I actually like the look of the armor. It sort of has an Ancient Egypt feel to the touches, which I dig. I think you're right about the color scheme, though.

@Li3n · Jul 17, 2015

No, the armour is fine (well, besides the head part) its the colour that just scream at your eyes too hard.

And no face lines... for shame.

Celt Z · Jul 17, 2015

The color of his face is a little too matchy-matchy. It needs some contrast to the armor.

CynicismKills · Jul 17, 2015

GasBandit said:
I never liked Psylocke as a character, to be honest.

I don't honestly know much about her save that she's been like two or three different people, I guess?

drifter · Jul 17, 2015

I remember being really confused as a kid when I picked up an issue of X-Men or something and all of a sudden Psylocke looked Asian and had psionic hand daggers. At the time I thought it was just the artist drawing her differently, didn't realize I missed a ton of backstory.

evilmike · Jul 17, 2015

Was Psylocke was the "patient zero" of 90's comics?

fade · Jul 17, 2015

CynicismKills said:
I don't honestly know much about her save that she's been like two or three different people, I guess?

She was Irish, then ninjas got popular, so they came up with a cockamamie scheme to turn her into a Japanese ninja.

Celt Z · Jul 17, 2015

fade said:
She was Irish, then ninjas got popular, so they came up with a cockamamie scheme to turn her into a Japanese ninja.

I think she is/was Captain Britain's sister, so not Irish, but the rest is pretty accurate.

filmfanatic · Jul 17, 2015

evilmike said:
Was Psylocke was the "patient zero" of 90's comics?

I can't necessarily speak to that, considering when I think '90s I think "Dark and Gritty", but she certainly was swooped up by the ninja fad. She was originally the psychic sister of Brian Braddock (also known as Captain Britain), but then she was abducted by the Hand and her mind was transferred into the comatose body of a skilled ninja named Kwannon.

Hailey Knight · Jul 17, 2015

If that purple guy is Apocalypse, that's terrible. I thought I'd never seen that X-Men character before, but @lien's picture--I have seen that character. But the movie screenshot version was unrecognizable to me.

filmfanatic · Jul 21, 2015

Rob McElhenney (creator, writer, and co-star of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) will be directing a movie adaptation of Minecraft.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/464019-rob-mcelhenney-to-direct-the-minecraft-movie

CynicismKills · Jul 21, 2015

So at first I was thinking why, but then I realized there are throngs of kids that go to a convention centering around the game. This movie could be two hours of the PC walking in a straight line and it would make billions.

drawn_inward · Jul 22, 2015

CynicismKills said:
So at first I was thinking why, but then I realized there are throngs of kids that go to a convention centering around the game. This movie could be two hours of the PC walking in a straight line and it would make billions.

They could just compile the hrs of gameplay from Youtube and put a sound track on it. Kids love that stuff. And, by kids, I mean me. Let's play Minecraft!

Hailey Knight · Jul 24, 2015

Jurassic World 2, Godzilla 2, and Avengers 3 will be releasing summer 2018.

ThatNickGuy · Jul 25, 2015

Well...seems Adam Sandler is taking the news well.

AshburnerX · Jul 25, 2015

ThatNickGuy said:
Well...seems Adam Sandler is taking the news well.

That's the face of a man who has to live without his soul.

ThatNickGuy · Jul 25, 2015

AshburnerX said:
That's the face of a man who has to live without his soul.

I made sure to mention his name, because for a second, I honestly wasn't sure who it was. I've never seen him look so deflated.

GasBandit · Jul 25, 2015

Dear god, are we sure he's actually still alive and not a reanimated shambling abomination?

PatrThom · Jul 25, 2015

GasBandit said:
Dear god, are we sure he's actually still alive and not a reanimated shambling abomination?

You're not kidding. He looks like he's gearing up to play Leon in a remake of The Professional.

--Patrick