tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post5373400785382340203..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (2016) in SPOILERVISIONSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-64709280829652449552016-06-03T19:53:40.597-04:002016-06-03T19:53:40.597-04:00The one thing I take away from every single superh...The one thing I take away from every single superhero film is that we non-super powered humans are nothing but collateral damage. For example, in Man of Steel, there is absolutely no reason Kal-el can't get Zod to chase him outside the city. Superheroes throw villains casually through buildings, which presumably have people in them. The building collapses, but you never see the heroes going in to those buildings to find survivors. I think the directors get so wrapped up in showing the eye candy, they forget that just about every one of these heroes is a human being and if they can destroy so casually, they must be psychopathic. So just how heroic are these people, really?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-46073708716750101552016-06-02T09:29:13.736-04:002016-06-02T09:29:13.736-04:00And they'd rather do Mr. Sinister before a Pho...And they'd rather do Mr. Sinister before a Phoenix Saga?<br /><br />Kinda falls into chicken-egg territory......hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-13882118426113776202016-05-29T21:18:34.898-04:002016-05-29T21:18:34.898-04:00hobby, I think the problem is the opposite of what...hobby, I think the problem is the opposite of what you claim. I think a big reason for the lack of tension or momentum that Zach notes is that everyone took for granted that hardcore comics fans would know all about Apocalypse and would be so thrilled to see him on screen that they didn't have to do anything to make him interesting as a personality to the casual viewer. The same goes for the post-credits scene. While hardcore mutant fans presumably got excited at the mention of the Essex Corporation, the casual fan most likely shrugged and wondered why they waited all that time to see nothing really promising.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-7056453726134731032016-05-29T19:35:22.731-04:002016-05-29T19:35:22.731-04:00If we didn't already have evidence that these ...If we didn't already have evidence that these films aren't written so much for the comics fans but instead for the casual fans the producers feel some sort of kinship to, it's here. Purists will have a field day with the flaws in this one.<br /><br />Someone at Fox should tell Simon Kinberg to let someone else draft a screenplay for the next X-movie, because, quite frankly, he is too casual a fan, if you get my drift.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-40356104454907143802016-05-29T12:06:20.441-04:002016-05-29T12:06:20.441-04:00Great review. I agree that the dramatic tension wa...Great review. I agree that the dramatic tension was almost non-existent here. Definitely a big step back from Days of Future Past. <br /><br />- ZachZach Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082822697901306809noreply@blogger.com