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The War Has Begun: A Mess Of X-Men First Class Clips Show All Manner Of Mutant Mayhem

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (21)

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Well, it appears that now, less than two weeks away from the pretty highly anticipated release of X-Men: First Class, Marvel and Fox are moving forward with a full-court press, and now we have seven, count ‘em seven, brand new clips from the movie. They’re short, but you know what?

They’re pretty fuckin’ sweet.

It’s interesting. The more I see of the movie, the more I realize that Matthew Vaughn has decided to create an entirely new mythos using the X-Men universe. No, this is not the comic book origin of the characters. The characters are all wrong, the events don’t mesh with the canon, the chronology is fucked. We finally see Sebastian Shaw, and he doesn’t quite match the sheer Machiavellian menace of the book’s character. But I said it before, and I hold to it: this isn’t the X-Men we grew up with, because let’s be honest — comic books fuck around with chronology and retconning and stories so much, getting a clear history of anything is near impossible.

What they’ve done is something that isn’t too uncommon in comic books — they’ve taken characters from the existing universe, and made it into something wholly new. And as I’ve posited before, as long as they’re loyal to the theory of the universe and characters? I think I can live with it. I think. The advance reviews of the film have been surprisingly positive. So perhaps this will work. We shall see.

Regardless, here are the clips. They’re a little spoilery. They’re very heavy on action, and you finally get to see Shaw and Emma Frost in action. If you pieced together all of the clips that they’ve released, you can probably figure out the movie almost entirely, so beware. But they’re certainly worth the watch if you’re on the fence. I’ve gathered them from all over the damn place, so forgive the different formats, and some of them have ads, but suck it up.

Enjoy.

I have to say, though — January Jones isn’t working for me at all as Emma Frost. Ah well, no one bats a thousand.









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Comments

Michael friggin Ironsides...

Perhaps he won't be the death knell I fear him to be.

Posted by: Protoguy at May 26, 2011 6:16 AM

Fassbender sounds like Bono. I'm not complaining, I just thought he was gonna go into a "Rattle And Hum" speech.

Posted by: Jay at May 26, 2011 7:32 AM

Good Lord, the timbre of Fassbender's voice is at the same frequency as my loins...

Posted by: Wilz at May 26, 2011 7:43 AM

Ugh yeah the casting of Emma Frost is awful. She seems more like a spoiled teenager than a majestic... queen I guess.

Posted by: camytaru at May 26, 2011 8:12 AM

I've never seen something with January Jones in it and now I'm glad. That clip of her is pretty terrible.

Posted by: Yastobaal at May 26, 2011 8:23 AM

Agree on the Jones performance. Pretty awful. It's too bad too, because you can tell that the line was written for her to be the devilishly-smart, aristocratic bitch we know and love.

Posted by: superasente at May 26, 2011 8:52 AM

Uh...the word is "wouldn't," sweetheart. Not "wun-dt."

Posted by: superasente at May 26, 2011 8:57 AM

Wooden't

Posted by: I Need More Allowance at May 26, 2011 9:05 AM

I've finally realized why that publicity shot of Fassbender that always gets used looks so funny.

ACCIO METAL!!

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at May 26, 2011 9:08 AM

Man, January Jones may have a smokin hot bod, but damn, that's it. That scene wanted to evoke memories of Sharon Stone being interrogated in Basic Instinct; instead we got...that.

Posted by: jthomas666 at May 26, 2011 9:19 AM

Goddamit they broke. Even with my post Wanted hate of James Mcvoy even with my distaste of January Jones all these clips look fucking awesome. I will watch the goddamn movie. I hope you now Vince Vaughn you damn devil

Posted by: Minto at May 26, 2011 10:05 AM

Netflix

Posted by: logan at May 26, 2011 11:22 AM

I would love to think that this is Pajiba being what it is, hating on Jones -- but that one clip with her was goddamn awful.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at May 26, 2011 12:03 PM

What's the matter, logan, when you can't purposefully confuse Joanna and Courtney you don't have anything to say? That's the problem with schtick, m'boy.

@TK: Honestly, I feel that's what Bryan Singer started with his movies. The continuity was already FUBAR'd at that point, but he nailed the characterizations, the tone, and the basic themes. It looks like Vaughn is simply building off of that, and I love the idea. Unless they're adapting a specific storyline, I'm a huge, huge fan of composite comic adaptations. Most of these super heroes are too old to tell a faithful story with all the characters people want to see, so it's best (though not necessarily easy) to mix things up. It's basically no different than the Age of Apocalypse, or any Elseworlds title.

I think this issue is compounded with a title like the X-Men, which is just confusing, really, in its history. Confusing may even be too nice a word. Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman ought to be easier to adapt generally, just because there are fewer characters, fewer continuities to deal with. Really, only Raimi's first Spider-Man and the Daredevil movie come closest to adapting specific comic book storylines, and only one of those is worth a damn.

I've gone off on a tangent. Time to stop. But, all in all, I am X-cited. /rimshot

Posted by: RobP at May 26, 2011 12:05 PM

hey get out of magneto's helmet sebastian!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: superking at May 26, 2011 1:36 PM

I still can't quite get used to Six Degrees of 60's Hair

Posted by: Protoguy at May 26, 2011 1:48 PM

RobP,
You better not be talkin' to me, bub. (snikt!)

Posted by: The_Other_Logan at May 26, 2011 1:51 PM

it's looking pretty good but i agree that january jones is the weak link here. the delivery of that line made me think: what's betty draper doing in this movie? yikes.

Posted by: splinter at May 26, 2011 6:04 PM

I've never seen Mad Men so I was one of those on the "don't careish" side of the January Jones argument.

I put up with a screwed up chronology and Halle Berry as Storm for two movies when I was hoping for a tad more accuracy and someone with more of the Angela Basset kick-ass style like N'Bushe Wright or Naomie Harris. I was more than willing to give anybody chance.

The rest of the cast better make up for Jones. They better.

Posted by: Four Eyes at May 26, 2011 10:29 PM

Heh, Fassbender sounds like Dylan Moran.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoLIU2NI66w

Posted by: Arlene at May 27, 2011 7:40 AM

The only thing interesting about January is her name

Posted by: Candy at May 27, 2011 12:54 PM