complete agreement about your comments about the acting.
Me, three. What an utter waste of talent in Watenabe and Strathairn and most egregiously, Binoche!
Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.
Cordelia ,'End of Days'
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quester - May 26, 2014 6:47:15 pm PDT #26959 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Una - May 26, 2014 7:42:22 pm PDT #26960 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Don't get me wrong, I love me some Kitty, but seriously.
Gris - May 27, 2014 3:26:29 am PDT #26961 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Apparently in the comics there is a storyline where she phases herself back in time. Not so much others though.
Kalshane - May 27, 2014 4:45:39 am PDT #26962 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Kitty phasing back through time was the original Days of Future Past storyline in the comics. They changed the time traveler to Wolverine for the movie. Whether that was actually a good idea or not is debatable. (I haven't actually seen the movie yet.)
Of course, if they were insistent on doing the cast merge, then Wolverine wouldn't have much to do in this movie since in the comics (30 year old comics spoiler) he dies horribly right near the beginning of the future storyline and he's not involved with the First Class group.
I understand Wolverine is the movie's big draw, but it's a shame that Kitty gets sidelined for what is one of her iconic storylines in the comics.
Jessica - May 27, 2014 4:59:30 am PDT #26963 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Whether that was actually a good idea or not is debatable. (I haven't actually seen the movie yet.)
I think for the franchise, giving that storyline to Wolverine was the right call - the comics audience knows who Kitty Pryde is, but in the movies, Ellen Page is a new cast member, so there's no emotional resonance to be gained by putting her in the middle of the First Class cast. But Old!Wolverine plus Nu!Professor X = wacky hikinks! Angsty wacky hijinks, but still.
That said, Hugh Jackman was totally phoning it in and the movie would have been better without him as the star.
sj - May 27, 2014 7:08:54 am PDT #26964 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Whether that was actually a good idea or not is debatable. (I haven't actually seen the movie yet.)
There was the problem that in this timeline Kitty wasn't alive in the 70s to jump back into her past self.
Jessica - May 27, 2014 7:31:13 am PDT #26965 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That's a handy excuse, but I don't think it's a legitimate argument, given how many other retcons this franchise has already been through.
Kalshane - May 27, 2014 7:42:53 am PDT #26966 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Well, they could have done a future-future and then present storyline to get around the age issue, but then they couldn't have linked casts. And of course, they wouldn't have been able to potentially reboot their universe with that method.
Of course they could have gone with straight up physical time-travel and kept Kitty as well.
But Wolverine is the face of the franchise.
EpicTangent - May 27, 2014 8:20:03 am PDT #26967 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
X:Men, non-spoilery silliness. When we first see James McAvoy, I couldn't figure out who he was reminding me of, then I got it- Lieutenant Dan! Even before the return to the wheelchair. Never would have said that McAvoy & Sinise resembled one another, but I guess something about the long hair, blue eyes, and bad attitude...
SuziQ - May 27, 2014 8:23:29 am PDT #26968 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Hah, Epic. I had a similar feeling but didn't have the ah-ha until I read your post. I agree.