Get one of these X-MEN FIRST CLASS posters exclusively from Bigfanboy.com at The Women of Sci-Fi show this weekend, January 29-30. Through special arrangement with 20th Century Fox, we’ll be giving away one of these beauties to EVERY pass holder while supplies last – we have 3000 of them! Don’t miss your chance to hang one of these beauties on your wall.
If you’ve not been paying attention, this is apparently the week of X-MEN FIRST CLASS movie news and photos. Now there’s even more. We’re treated to the official teaser poster, which I have to say is perhaps the best X-poster to date, in my opinion at least. I want this on my wall now!! Check it out above. But there’s more. The fine folks at SlashFilm got some pretty juicy quotes from director Matthew Vaughn regarding the first X-MEN FIRST CLASS cast photo that leaked on the net this week. The shot, featuring all of the mutants in costume, met with great criticism and speculation over its legitimacy, though multiple sources “in the know” claimed it to be authentic. We even updated our post with a higher-quality version of it. Apparently Vaughn was none too happy with the photo, and wanted to set the record straight. Get ready for some f-bombs to drop!
“I freaked out on them yesterday. I don’t know where the hell that came from. I don’t think it’s a Fox image. It’s not a pre-approved image. When I found out, I said, what the fuck is this shit, and Fox is running around trying to figure out what happened as well. I agree. It’s like a bad photoshop, which maybe it was by someone. It didn’t reflect the movie. I was shocked when I saw it. I was like ‘Jesus Christ’…”
“I’m a fan of X-Men. We’re not bastardizing X-Men, I’m trying to get them back to being whole again.”
“The costumes are blue and yellow as well, because fuck it, lets take it back it the original. Also, by the way, those costumes are hardly in the movie. The main costumes are like these cool 60’s James Bond…”
“Imagine the Cuban Missile crisis and discovering that mutants exist, both at the same time.” … “The actors are so great. Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are very very hard to replace. When I’m watching Fassbender and McAvoy you just think, it sort of reminds me of Daniel Craig doing Bond, you kind of forget there were other people playing him. And that’s what I feel about these two.”
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There’s also a few words from Vaughn to reassure fans that he’s done his homework on the X-MEN comic lore, and wants to give them the best possible experience.
“I’d say this is more like Casino Royale than [JJ Abrams] Star Trek. If you think about it, Casino Royale just totally rebooted Bond — they kept what they wanted and got rid of what didn’t work. You sort of saw Bond become a double O for the first time and yet it didn’t seem to matter [what they changed]. I think my rule is to make a stand alone movie that is as good as possible and do as many nods and winks towards the comics and the other films, but not get tied up in knots worrying about that. It’s sort of a stand-alone movie in my mind with a reboot being a real reboot. Because if you’re a stickler for continuity, in X3 when you see Patrick Stewart…. well, I don’t want to give away anything about the plot but we’ve been as respectful of the other movies and comics as we I can feasibly can be without compromising the story.”
There are more quotes from Vaughn in the SlashFilm article, which is where the two new photos premiered as well. What are your thoughts on X-MEN FIRST CLASS? Ready to be blown away? Already sick of hearing about it? Want to see much, much more? We’re keeping tabs on it for ya. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!
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About the Author
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff.
Marvel Movie First Looks: X-MEN FIRST CLASS poster & more pics, Magneto & Prof X using powers, plus Matthew Vaughn upset about first photo
Get one of these X-MEN FIRST CLASS posters exclusively from Bigfanboy.com at The Women of Sci-Fi show this weekend, January 29-30. Through special arrangement with 20th Century Fox, we’ll be giving away one of these beauties to EVERY pass holder while supplies last – we have 3000 of them! Don’t miss your chance to hang one of these beauties on your wall.
If you’ve not been paying attention, this is apparently the week of X-MEN FIRST CLASS movie news and photos. Now there’s even more. We’re treated to the official teaser poster, which I have to say is perhaps the best X-poster to date, in my opinion at least. I want this on my wall now!! Check it out above. But there’s more. The fine folks at SlashFilm got some pretty juicy quotes from director Matthew Vaughn regarding the first X-MEN FIRST CLASS cast photo that leaked on the net this week. The shot, featuring all of the mutants in costume, met with great criticism and speculation over its legitimacy, though multiple sources “in the know” claimed it to be authentic. We even updated our post with a higher-quality version of it. Apparently Vaughn was none too happy with the photo, and wanted to set the record straight. Get ready for some f-bombs to drop!
Click on the image to see it full-size
There’s also a few words from Vaughn to reassure fans that he’s done his homework on the X-MEN comic lore, and wants to give them the best possible experience.
There are more quotes from Vaughn in the SlashFilm article, which is where the two new photos premiered as well. What are your thoughts on X-MEN FIRST CLASS? Ready to be blown away? Already sick of hearing about it? Want to see much, much more? We’re keeping tabs on it for ya. Tell us your thoughts in the comments!
Click on the image to see it full-size
About the Author