Okay, X-fans take a gander at this new version of the X-Men: First Class international trailer. The film hits theaters everywhere this June.
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The first trailer for X-Men: First Class has been making its way around the ‘net and I finally decided to post it here. What little we see here doesn’t make me feel much better about the project, but I do like the design of the classic X-Men costumes. The film stars Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Dr. Moira MacTaggert (Rose Byrne), Emma Frost (January Jones), Azazel (Jason Flemyng), the Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Havok (Lucas Till), Angel Salvadore (Zoë Kravitz), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), and Professor X (James McAvoy) and hits theaters this June.
What a waste. Writer/artist Howard Chaykin gives us a glimpse at Magneto‘s first time in costume and what should be electrifying is as bland and forgettable as anything Marvel has put out in the last five years.
Aside from the obvious fact that this story makes no sense whatsoever for anyone who knows X-Men continuity, the idea of Magneto slumming around Brooklyn for a few months, falling in love, and putting on his costume for the first time to fight a Golem formed by the nightmares of the many young mutants (apparently Brooklyn is full of mutants) who live there, is even more ill-conceived than it sounds.
I’m a big fan of the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. In fact, when written well, he’s my favorite X-Men character. Sadly, in terms of talent, Chaykin is a far cry from either of Magneto’s creators. This Magneto is roguish, boorish, and less than a pale shadow of the man who would come to torment the X-Men for years to come. Best forgotten, leave this one on the shelf where it belongs.
[Marvel $2.99]
For those who haven’t been reading this title this is a pretty good place to start. The X-Force team (Wolverine, Psylocke, Deadpool, Archangel, Fantomex) makes their way to the moon to kill a small defenseless child. Why you ask? Well, it turns out that child is the recently resurrected Apocalypse with four brand spankin’ new Horsemen to do his bidding.
The story introduces all four of the new Horsemen and lets them wipe the face of the moon with these X-Men. This works well enough, even if it has one major flaw. As “edgy’ as Marvel wants us to believe this title is there’s no way it’s going to let any of these characters kill a defenseless child who isn’t even sure what he wants. This means the stakes here are far smaller than Marvel would like us to believe.
Even with this limitation the team itself works well in its own dysfunctional way. And I will give credit to writer Rick Remender for breathing some much needed life and charm back into Psylocke. For at least an issue I actually cared about the character again. Worth a look.
[Marvel $3.99]
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