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X-Men: First Class Trailer: I Halted That Illusion, I'm Not Your Average Guy

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (61)

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Well, fuck. We’ve been knocking this one around for ages, and finally we have the first trailer for X-Men: First Class, directed by Matthew Vaughn (Stardust). Skepticism has abounded — to0 many characters, etc., etc. And the trailer…

… Well, it fucking works.

There’s a hell of a lot to process in there. Here’s what I noticed at first glance:

  • I’m thrilled with the Cold War/Cuban Missle Crisis setting.

  • Looks like Beast (Nicholas Hoult) starts out human, and eventually turns, well, Beastly.

  • Fassbender is chilling in his delivery of that last line.

  • I like that they’re re-using the sets for the mansion from the prior films.

  • Prototype Cerebro!

  • Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique — again, maintaining the same idea as the earlier films in terms of appearance. This is a good idea.

  • Emma Frost turning into diamond form, similar to the (horribly misused) version in Wolverine.

  • Havok!

  • That final shot is the mother of all money shots.

There’s a lot more in there. And a lot more that they didn’t show — Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw, Banshee, Darwin, AzazeI. I have to say that while it’s early, while it’s only 90 seconds of footage, while there’s much left to be seen… despite all of that, I’ll admit it — based on the trailer and the trailer only? I’m fucking sold.









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Comments

I'll watch it for the LIFTING A MOTHERFUCKING BOAT UP OFF THE OCEAN bit. Damn, I love superhero movies.

Posted by: Figgy at February 10, 2011 6:58 PM

McAvoy. Nuff said.

Posted by: Margrete at February 10, 2011 7:08 PM

That submarine was fricking awesome. That's all I'm gonna say about that.

Posted by: The_wakeful at February 10, 2011 7:11 PM

I'm surprisingly not as scared as I once was.

And eeeeeeeeeeeee Nicholas Hoult

Posted by: michaelceratops at February 10, 2011 7:13 PM

I love love LOVE that my birthday is in June. Every superhero movie feels like a birthday present.

Posted by: superasente at February 10, 2011 7:19 PM

This trailer had everything. If it sells me, a hardcore comic book connoisseur, then it'll do well this summer. On the heels of Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn deserves props for continuing the anti-Ratner streak.

Posted by: oroboros at February 10, 2011 7:27 PM

i'm dying to see the new Beast. frasier still haunts me.

n that shot of him jumping up to the ceiling was so sweet.

Posted by: haplo at February 10, 2011 7:29 PM

Michael Fassbender is very attractive and I would like to touch his swimsuit area.

Seriously though, this movie is filled with people I love and the trailer looks decent. I'm getting excited and no amounts of January Jones can change that. Maybe. Hopefully.

Looks like Beast (Nicholas Hoult) starts out human, and eventually turns, well, Beastly.

I need a full report on exactly how long before he goes full mutant. Because I just saw A Single Man and that boy drank all his milk, ate all his vegetables, and grew up to be face-meltingly hot. It'd be a shame to hide that face under so much makeup. Amiright? Anyone?


FINE. It's essential to the character. Blah, blah, blah.

Posted by: jM at February 10, 2011 7:33 PM

I'd have liked a more 60s-appropriate appearance to the proceedings, but that's a minor quibble. That was pretty slick.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at February 10, 2011 7:42 PM

I only want good things to happen to and by Matthew Vaughn. He ain't Nolan, he's my brother.

Posted by: schmerpes at February 10, 2011 7:43 PM

What does Magneto have that gun for while they're watching TV? Y'think he was showing off?

Posted by: superasente at February 10, 2011 7:44 PM

Don't worry jM, I'm with you there. I will only be happy if they turn him beastly at the very last second.

Posted by: squeeziee at February 10, 2011 7:58 PM

i just realized i wont be getting the Beast i've been waiting for all this time.

is everyone ok with Beast in a full x-men suit?

i want the underwear only Beast from the cartoon days!

Posted by: haplo at February 10, 2011 8:03 PM

MACAVOY!!!!!!!!

Posted by: MM at February 10, 2011 8:03 PM

There’s a lot more in there. And a lot more that they didn’t show — Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw, Banshee, Darwin, Azazel.

Gwah? Sebastian Shaw and Azasel were both in there (albeit briefly).

Posted by: Lauren at February 10, 2011 8:09 PM

ok. i can live with this.

and havok's blast was FUCKING SWEET.

Posted by: gp at February 10, 2011 8:20 PM

As a 5+ year card carrying member of the City of Heroes MMO, I will say there has been a lot of backlash about this film on the game's forum and I was curious to see what was being said about the trailer. So far it's vastly "mehs" unfortunately. For me, I loved it.

Posted by: Matt at February 10, 2011 8:28 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR ME INDEED!!

Posted by: franamadeus at February 10, 2011 8:31 PM

My nerdboner is raging and impressive.

Posted by: Fredo at February 10, 2011 8:36 PM

Yes, us fanboys all seem somewhat happy so far. Except that it makes the Beast in X-Men 3 in his 70s. Mystique too. And Angel Salvadore a teen hooker. Other than that...I'm in. Will be there midnight show.

Posted by: Sean at February 10, 2011 9:03 PM

The best action scene in all of the original xmen movies was the Nightcrawler vs Secret Service. So I am all for any Azazel related teleportion fu shenanigans.

Posted by: DS_McWerp at February 10, 2011 9:13 PM

I just had multiple nerdgasms!

Was that wrong?

Posted by: John W at February 10, 2011 9:15 PM

Sean: I half wonder if Vaughn is pretending the Rautnerfucking didn't happen and is just referencing straight back to Singer.

Can I just say Rose Byrne embodies everything I ever thought Moira would be on screen?

Posted by: Claire Allison at February 10, 2011 9:25 PM

Trailer looks pretty cool. But a trailer is worth only a bucket of warm spit. The real thing could blow some serious whale dick, just like its immediate predecessors.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at February 10, 2011 9:34 PM

Okay seriously, what the fuck? I thought TK was the comic fan on here, and yet he is actually excited to see Havok shooting straight, small beams of RED energy? Or that fact that Beast looks like a fucking cat, and is in fact a step down is visuals from X3. Any comic fan worth their salt, knows for a fucking fact that this movie might just be the WORST comic to film translation of all time. First Class had Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman, Angel, and Beast. So Fox, in all their infinite wisdom, put Housefly(Angel Salvadore), Banshee, Havok, Beast, Darwin, Azazel, Mystique, Prof X, Magneto, Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw, and Riptide all into the same movie? This has to be a huge fucking joke, or a final "FUCK YOU COMIC FANS" before they lose their movie rights for good. The people at Marvel must be laughing their asses off at how badly this movie is going to fail. Once the general population figures out that Wolverine ISNT IN THE MOVIE AT ALL, this bootleg of a film will cease to generate any revenue.

Posted by: Silverman at February 10, 2011 9:52 PM

Take it easy, Champ. Why don't you sit this next one out, stop talking for a while.

Posted by: The Other Agent Johnson at February 10, 2011 9:55 PM

Me + MacAvoy and his slightly wonky British teeth= bliss

Posted by: kidtiger at February 10, 2011 10:13 PM

you are all a bunch of idiots

Posted by: gregory Melissinos at February 10, 2011 10:17 PM

x-men 3 was the best of the movies

Posted by: fran at February 10, 2011 10:19 PM

Well, it's nice to have hope again.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at February 10, 2011 10:20 PM

you all should stop talking for a while
this movie isn't anything special and everyone acts like its the second coming of christ

Posted by: danny boy at February 10, 2011 10:22 PM

Dear gregory Melissinos/fran/danny boy:

Pick a handle and stick with it, dipshit.

Posted by: TK at February 10, 2011 10:25 PM

"Dear gregory Melissinos/fran/danny boy:
Pick a handle and stick with it, dipshit."


hahahahahahahahaha

Posted by: haplo at February 10, 2011 10:46 PM

This trailer was amazing. Having not read First Class, I'm psyched for this. Pajibanthusiasm is infectious.

Bonus: Sock puppet show in the comments section!

Posted by: AmbroseKalifornia at February 10, 2011 10:46 PM

fuck you you are an idiot go fuck your self

Posted by: greg at February 10, 2011 11:50 PM

idiots

Posted by: greg at February 10, 2011 11:51 PM

and it was the best

Posted by: greg at February 10, 2011 11:51 PM

I have a tiny little penis and I'm so very lonely. Will you please hold me? Please?

(sob)

Posted by: greg at February 10, 2011 11:52 PM

Greg shut the fuck up you worthless mistake of God.

Posted by: Silverman at February 10, 2011 11:56 PM

Havok shooting straight, small beams of RED energy?

Being a comic fan who thinks he's worth his salt, I'm okay with the above. I realize that circle blasty whatever things that normally represent Havok's powers in the comics looks neat, but the blasts here are more akin to Cyclops' in the original movies, which makes their relationship implicit visually (like Azazel's teleportation bamfs) without having to necessarily spell it out for the audience.

Besides, it's a prequel to a movie that adapted the comics liberally to begin with. Getting pissed off at the movies for not following the comics is a ship that sailed a decade ago. You love the comics? Great! So do I. I have a huge collection of them, and I can read them whenever I want. The movies are a different animal, and as long as the characters are translated appropriately, I can accept changes in continuity and chronology. Singer's movies did that sufficiently for my tastes, even with Halle Berry's unfortunate accent. It ain't the Bible -- which, fuck, gets liberally adapted every time (I mean, seriously, I don't remember Jesus singing and dancing in the original scripture).

Oh, and since we're on being close to the comics, Mystique is around 70. And check your math: Mystique is a teenager in this movie, which takes place in the 60s, X-Men was in the "near future", which would be a couple years ago at this point, which would make Mystique around 58 in the first movie. She's a shapeshifter, man, she can look as young as she wants.

Hataz gotta hate. Eeesh.

(And now, and a belated... NERD ALERT. Carry on.)

Posted by: RobP at February 10, 2011 11:59 PM

Hmm... I just realized something else. In regards to the Cuban Missile Crisis set-up, that's a very clever play on the first issue of the X-Men comic (and one of the first in the 90s animated series) wherein Magneto takes control of a missile base and tries to launch several rockets -- I don't remember the targets off-hand, but presumably they were in the US.

Oh, I am definitely down for this now.

(Sorry, I haven't had a chance to geek out, yet...)

Posted by: RobP at February 11, 2011 12:08 AM

First, I love love this trailer. I've just realised that I would happily pay good money just to see James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender be awesome together. (*Ponders that for a while*)

This trailer/movie does seem pretty polarizing. I've noticed some fanboy screeching about about not having the original line-ups and messing with the canon and whatnot. As a fangirl who can still work up a frothing rage about X-3, I can understand your fear and confusion. Just remember that are so many different X-Men universes and retcons, it's hard to define exactly what the canon *is.* Think of this as a different universe if it's that troubling to you. All I want is for them to tell this story well. So far, it looks very promising. And sexy.

Posted by: Jenne Frisby at February 11, 2011 12:15 AM

I dont want just the circles, I want BLUE cosmic energy. I dont care if the general audience doesnt understand that Havok is Cyclops brother, their fucking loss for not reading the comics or looking it up on wikipedia. I did not expect to see Havok in his normal power restricting suit, but I certainly didnt expect to see him wearing a hoodie with the fucking sleeves cut off. He looks like some douchebag from Abercrombie. As for Azazel, if people saw X2, and they see Azazel with similar looks and an identical tail, who just happens to be teleporting, and they DONT make the connection, people are dumber than I thought.

People say "The first X-Men movies were not good adaptions, but solid films". What was so good about them? Was it because nobody had seen X-Men in live action? Its just the "WOW" factor? Bryan Singer is to blame for this entire mess, not just Fox. Singer knows nothing about comic books apparently, even though he claims too. If he knew anything, and you know, respected them, he wouldnt have made any of these movies with the stories that they were made with. The characters have been translated poorly. Cyclops having 5 lines per movie? Halle Berry cast in the movie (I dont care if she was an extra, shes terrible.) Jean Grey was played well, but the lines she had were just terrible. Dark Phoenix walking around like a mute( she was talkative in the books.) Magneto being way too old and skinny. Iceman being a student, instead of one of the adults. Also, Iceman is Omega Level, yet he had trouble beating Pyro? If these movies followed the books even remotely close, Bobby wouldve turned Pyro into a popsicle with a snap of his fingers. What about sewing Deadpools mouth shut, pumping him full of other mutants powers, and having blades coming out of his arms. I could go on forever about nearly every character and how badly they were interpreted. Fox clearly has no idea how to translate any character except for Wolverine ( and not very well mind you).

Im assuming the last paragraph wasnt meant for me, seeing as I said nothing about the characters ages. Although I have problems with certain characters being alive in the 60's because if you were to follow Fox's "continuity", that would make Havok, Banshee, Housefly, etc etc. senior citizens. But Fox doesnt understand the meaning of the word, so I really have given up hope common sense would apply to it.

Posted by: Silverman at February 11, 2011 12:38 AM

rawr

Posted by: Protoguy at February 11, 2011 5:54 AM

Well, as a comic fan who was actually around in the 60's (when the X men franchise started), in the comic book universe, characters don't fucking age!

As for The Beast...when the X-men first came out, the Beast was a normal looking guy with abnormally huge hands and feet. Being a super scientist Hank McCoy sought to develop a serum that would make him "normal"

As is want to do in the comics...it went horribly awry and turned him into the blue furry his is today.

Anyway...

I'll go back to the home now.

And get off my lawn! Damned kids!

(Shakes fist impotently)

Posted by: Uncle JR at February 11, 2011 7:23 AM

Cautious optimism is the name of the game for zeke.

Posted by: zeke the pig at February 11, 2011 8:39 AM

I kind of want to bone Uncle JR now.

Posted by: admin at February 11, 2011 8:41 AM

Silverman: You've clearly been taking this much too seriously for much too long, and you've clearly seen every X-Movie, so far. How, after this long, have you not come to terms with these movies being different from the comics? I mean, really, you're complaints are the stuff that only the obsessed would care about; much of it needing decades worth of reading material to establish.

Every movie adaptation of a comic is going to be different from the source, unless they're adapting a specific storyline. Think of them as What Ifs or Elseworlds tales. You may still not like them as movies, but you'll never find any joy in anything if you're just looking for how they "ruined" every aspect of the comic, when really, it's your fault for not recognizing that they've made changes to tell a cohesive, new story. If the changes they make hurt the movie (like the Ratnerfucking) then it's time to spew the spite.

How does the song go? Get, get, get over it! HEY!

Just to be clear, I'll only defend the first two movies as being good and good adaptations of the characters to fit a the film universe.

Posted by: RobP at February 11, 2011 8:58 AM

Well now, this does erase the farty looking cast photo from my memory. I will see this and I will most likely enjoy it. FASSBENDER!

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at February 11, 2011 10:01 AM

Silverman - unclench man, your gonna hurt yourself.

Posted by: bokchoi at February 11, 2011 10:40 AM

Why is it so hard to understand that translating any written media to film is going to require many, many changes from the source material? One takes hundreds of pages (and in the case of comics, decades) to develop characters and story lines. Film does not have that luxury. For every bit that one person decries as being absolutely essential, another will shrug and say "meh, didn't bug me" because (and this is important) art is subjective.

I will see this movie with my family, because we love this genre of movie. Like most of the intended audience, a majority of my family has not read the comic books, much less diligently, so what will matter most is whether or not they tell a good, visually interesting story.

Posted by: Reba at February 11, 2011 11:14 AM

I had no idea Comic Book Guy was a real person. Best. Rant. Ever.

Posted by: schrome at February 11, 2011 1:31 PM

"so what will matter most is whether or not they tell a good, visually interesting story."

See, and I'd argue that they don't.
These are movies that make so little sense it surprises me every time. And given the source material, it's a disappointment as well. They can't even get the damn powers right, let alone giving any of the characters a discernable personality. Yeah, stuff goes splodey and bridges and ships and often people fly and blow up and all that good stuff, but in the end, it's a headshaker to me. I just don't know why they go where they go with so many good stories out there to draw from. The stories I've seen so far are awful and dumb as dirt, characters mindlessly shoehorned in without interest or logic. If you like that, great. I don't. Let's see if the enthusiasm remains the same when it comes out.

Posted by: Chickaboom at February 11, 2011 2:54 PM

Since we haven't ALREADY over-analyzed this trailer, here's an even more over-analyzed view: 75 screencaps from the trailer. Enjoy.

http://io9.com/#!5757431

Posted by: EJ at February 11, 2011 3:11 PM

Nobody loves me. Is it because I'm so ugly? Or is it my sheer, rampant stupidity?

Posted by: supremo at February 11, 2011 3:58 PM

If these movies followed the books even remotely close

When, in the history of all movies, has there ever been an adaptation of books, comics, video games, stories, myths, cave drawings etc etc that has satisfied the rabid fans of the original?

Posted by: branded at February 11, 2011 5:17 PM

Dark Knight?

it has to be the closest in history anyway.

Posted by: haplo at February 11, 2011 7:38 PM

Nah, even TDK has enough Haterade to go around.

Maybe it's like having poison oak, and you can't scratch that itch. No matter how much you want to, you know you shouldn't. But all the self control in the world can't make the physical irritation go away, so the itch gets worse and worse. You think you're going to go pull-your-out-kill-a-baby insane and then, one day, it just becomes unbearable and you scratch the hell out of that mother fucking itch because it needs to die, die, fucking die.

When that happens, no one is safe -- least of all... you!

Dun dunn dunnn!

Posted by: RobP at February 11, 2011 8:25 PM

wow. late to this conversation but i thought the trailer was good.

i collected x-men comics for years and years back in the 70s and i think most people who go see these movies aren't geeks. they just want a movie that looks good and tells a good story.

maybe that's what they'll get with this one.

Posted by: splinter at February 13, 2011 6:49 AM

My future husband is in fine form in this film. I hope James Mcavoy takes off his shirt in this film but unlikely I think. Sigh.

Posted by: tallulahc at February 13, 2011 11:43 AM

I thought I had seen everything. Then I see someone have a GODDAMN STROKE over the color of an energy blast. Amazing.

Posted by: Craig at February 14, 2011 12:37 AM