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Iceman Rocks in New X-Men: Days of Future Past Trailer!
Check out Iceman, you guys!
Did you see it? How cool was that brief, half-second clip of Iceman going full ice-slide? Badass!
What’s that? The movie is about much more than just Iceman, and he probably won’t appear much at all? Yeah, I guess…but seriously, that looked awesome! As did the rest of the trailer, I suppose. I’m a little lukewarm about X-Men: Days of Future Past right now. Everything about it looks cool, but I’m a little afraid that there’s going to be too much going on. There are dozens of characters, both new and returning, and the plot involves some complicated time travel. I’m worried that the film is just going to be too convoluted!
That trailer doesn’t necessarily assuage my fears. That trailer is filled to the brim with all sorts of insanity, one second after another. That they managed to squeeze in a few seconds of Iceman doing his thing is a perfect example that X-Men: Days of Future Past might just have eyes bigger than its stomach.
The film is out on May 23.
Movie Quicksilver Looks Like a Huge Dork
I’m not the first person on the Internet to say this, and I won’t be the last, but Quicksilver from this year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past movie looks like a huuuuge dork!
They took his name way too literally
He looks like the kind of guy who whines to Magneto whenever he calls him ‘Pietro’.
“But DaaaaAAAAaaad, my name is Quicksilver! Why don’t you ever take me seriously!?”
And I can just picture actor Evan Peters whining like that. This movie just took a big hit in credibility. I like the theory floating around the web that director Bryan Singer is purposefully trying to tank the character so that nobody takes him seriously when he shows up in The Avengers: Age of Ultron, where he’s probably going to be treated with much, much more respect. That sounds to me like exactly the sort of jerk move FOX would pull. They’re the ones who quickly found a way to squeeze Quicksilver into their X-Men movie after Joss Whedon announced he was using him for the Avengers sequel.
At least most of the other characters look good. Join me after the jump to see some of my favorites.
The X-Men Are Gonna Be Time-Traveling in Days of Future Past!
The first trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past has hit the web, and I’m…feeling kind of low key about it. It’s a rather somber affair, frankly.
I’m legitimately worried about Days of Future Past. It’s going to be stuffed to the gills with characters, many of them brand new, and it’s going to feature a complicated time travel plot. Neither one bodes well for a contained, uncomplicated film. But hey, it’s not like I’m no gonna see it. Also, Iceman is rocking a gnarly beard, so that’s something!
At Trask Industries, the Future is Giant Robots
In one of the funnest marketing stunts of all time, the people behind X-Men: Days of Future Past have started up a whole, legit-looking website for Trask Industries, makers of the Sentinel robots.
It’s a pretty neat site. There isn’t a lot about the new movie, but I rather enjoy when companies go this extra mile just to be awesome. I hope somebody had a lot of fun designing and implementing that website. Also, if you didn’t know, Peter Dinklage is playing Trask. So that’s jut badass. Again, click here to visit the promotional site. It’s a fun way to kill a few minutes of afternoon.
Sentinel Head!
X-Men: Days of Future Past is on full display at Comic-Con International, including the first look at the movie’s Sentinels! Now, Sentinels were on my list of things I want to see in the movie, so I hope that means someone at Fox – perhaps even Bryan Singer himself – is reading my blog. Because that would be awesome. But even if they’re not, you can all enjoy this first look at movie Sentinels after the jump. Just in case anybody is trying to avoid spoilers, I’m gonna hide the pics for now.
Or you can click here and check out some other cool promotional materials.
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