Schlagwort: First Class
22. Mai 2014 / / Analysen

What to watch to understand X-Men: Days of Future Past

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This week the big release is X-Men: Days of Future Past and as indicated in our german review the movie is absolutely worth seeing on the big screen.
But what if you have never seen an X-Men movie?
With

  • 3 original movies (X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand),
  • one prequel (X-Men: First Class)
  • and 2 spin offs (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine)

this movie universe is starting to become as complicated as the comics it is based on. It might even be on the verge of alienating the uninitiated or those who have given up on comic book movie.

So in this article we have compiled different approaches in order to be able to enjoy this newest X-Men installment. Because, let’s face it, X-Men: Days of Future Past is not a movie for rookies.

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21. Mai 2014 / / Reviews

X-Men: Days of Future Past (Deutsch)

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Nach dem überraschend soliden X-Men: First Class wagt sich das mit frischen Leben angehauchte X-Men Franchise an das bislang größtes Projekt. Days Of Future Past vereint dank Zeitreise-Plot die Wolverine-Truppe aus den alten (frühe 2000er) Filmen mit den jungen Wilden des Quasi-Reboots. Dem Konzept nach zu urteilen konnte man nur ein ultimatives Fiasko oder aber einen Volltreffer erwarten.

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26. November 2013 / / General

Did Magneto bent the bullet that killed JFK?

23. September 2011 / / General

Women in comics and their zippers…


This article will be a dissection of a big problem our 21st-century society is facing: unreliable gears for superheroes. Especially the insufficient quality of zippers is something that is swept under the carpet way too often…

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10. Juni 2011 / / Reviews

X-Men: First Class


It is always good when a movie surprises you – even when some of the flaws that you feared would be in there are still there.

X-Men: First Class brings the X-Men back to its roots after the last two installments (especially Wolverine) managed to underwhelm but this time without the clawed mutant as its lead.

Helmed by director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) First Class tells the story of how Magneto and Professor X first met and links the mutant history to the Cuban missile crisis. Contrary to many prequels this movie actually succeeds in making the backstory interesting.

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2. Juni 2011 / / Analysen

The future of comic book movies (part 2)

For the Earth 2 version click here.

Note: Since I haven’t yet figured out an efficient way to edit pictures on Linux I must excuse myself for the uninterrupted wall of text.

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Comic book movies have long become a respected and reliable source for both creativity and entertainment, but it was not always like this.

They had to come a long and hard way to get past people’s prejudice since they were initially written of as brainless entertainment by a large group.

So when was this barrier breached?

Let’s look at the history of comic book movies and their pivotal years

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25. Mai 2011 / / Analysen

The future of comic book movies (part 1)

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A long time ago comic book movies ruled the cinema, people flocked to every property imaginable and it seemed as if those adaptions had become a reliable source for money, but then they vanished from earth, retreated to the niche they came from.

So what went wrong?

Let’s look at the history of comic book movies and
their eventual downfall.

If you want to check out the Earth 1 version click here.

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