Why I think X-Men: First Class might bomb!

first article so it kinda sucks

Sorry but all this is, is another fanboy STILL bashing FC even though we have had some great reviews... great clips of the film etc... learn when to accept it will actually be GOOD!

Other than the first point, this is less about why the movie may be unsuccessful than why the fan community may not like it. While a lot of people are talking about the things they don't like about FC, they're still mostly going to see it. The fan community really isn't that significant compared to general audiences, so even if fans hate it, it can still make money. They've been advertising a good bit, and what they've shown seem like it will be able to draw a decent crowd. The only thing that could really cause it to bomb is if the movie sucks as a stand alone movie so it's unenjoyable for general audiences and word of mouth/ critical reception kills it.

other continuity problems:

1. beast gets his blue fur, but in X2 he doesn't have it.

2. Emma is a grown woman, but in Wolverine teenager

3. Havok is Cyclops's younger brother and the film takes place in the 60's. So that makes Cyclops AT LEAST in his 50's during the other x-films.

The bottom line is, there is no chance in hell this movie will bomb. non-comic fans will eat this movie up, simply because they don't know any better, and surprisingly, there are a lot of comic fans who still want to see it, regardless of all continuity issues. i suppose those people just don't care about good movie making, and keeping the continuity correct.

Also, yes, X3 and Origins were terrible movies...to us comic fans. unfortunately, most of the general public liked them.

condogburglar@ thank you at least you didint compain about my article
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abwchris@lol i guess not

thats my problem with the film,no respect to the source & its own movie continuity.

it won't bomb,it'll probably gross the most money out of all the comic book movies out this year.

@ corndogburglar

the age difference between moria mctaggert in first class & in x-men 3,they both look the same age.

i also believe they've got a scene featuring stryker in first class & he looks the same age as he does in x-men 2.

@ hellsing

didn't hear it,seen it.

nice article. nice topic. good job man

Exactly @ kylum616!

That an many other issues blinded by Fox fans! : P

It won't bomb, the general public doesn't care about source material and continuity, they'll just see it because X-Men is in the title. [frick] Fox.

ncreb@ OMG i totaly fogot that and thr reasen why i think i spell bad is becuse well im not that smart

i am sick of all the ppl one here complaining about continuity tho....in comix no1 complains when continuity changes but in a movie its such a terrible thing apparently...i mean its a diff director and writer jus like when a new writer goes to a comic he mite change certain things... y is it different for this movie? and plus the continuity shouldnt matter could it was described by the matthew vaughn as not necessarily a reboot but a movie in terms of how star trek did it where they can change continuity

@ banekill

the image inducer is the only excuse people have for it, but they've NEVER mentioned that thing exists in the movies. haven't even hinted at it. so you can't use that as a genuine excuse, especially with all the changes between the movies and comics.

@corndog burglar gotta say I hated X3 even when I wasn't into comics, couldnt stand that film, at the point when Prof X died I refused to pay any attention to the rest of the film, and just cried myself to sleep in the theatre. OK maybe I didn't cry my self to sleep, but I refused to watch the rest. Point is, I was part of the general audience back then, and I just thought the film was complete shit.
But you can't say anything about good movie making because no one has seen the film, and film making is not merited by how faithful it is to a comic. Movie making is merited by narrative, acting, and directing, and maybe score. If there were continuity discrepancies within the film, like something happening at the beginning like the mansion blowing up and the mansion being completely rebuilt in the next scene, then fair enough. But film making isnt even measured through continuity within a franchise.
Take the Spider-Man films. In Spider-Man 1, Peter mentions being fired from his job by Dr Conners, and JJ asks for 'Eddie' which is a nod to Eddie Brock. Spider-Man 2 shows Dr Conners to be Peter's college professor, and Spider-Man 3 shows Eddie Brock getting his job at the Bugle and meeting JJ for the first time, and those films are linked closer than First Class is to X-Men 1.

&@Lee we could say that you're blinded by your hatred of FOX that you've already dismissed this film without giving it a chance. FOX, while most of their films are generally shit, have produced a few gems in the past.
X-Men 1 and 2 were pretty good films, and you forget FOX also distributed one of the most famous film series' ever made: Star Wars.
If the film sucks, then you were right, but even if on the day it's released, 90% of the people on this site who bother to watch the film say it's great, you still wouldn't bother going to see it, and would continue to degrade it despite never seeing it and all the positive stuff that seems to be heard about it.

this is just... horrible

@Corndogburglar oh right, I get you. Yeah well, couldn't really expect FOX to get that right, I'm just saying I think this movie could be good, I still don't like FOX, I just dont mind some of their X-Men films.

@ yankeeman

i guess there COULD be a time changing event, i just think its a little ridiculous to think that with all the other spoilers we've seen, especially now, that we would have heard about it. just look at the main page, its loaded with First Class stuff. There's no way we wouldn't have heard about it by now. With Star Trek, we knew exactly what we were getting. with this, you would think they would want everyone to know there's some kind of time change happening, that way so many people wouldn't be hating on it and refusing to go see it.

also, Singer seems to have a lot to do with this. just about every article that mentions Vaughn's work on it also mentions him working alongside Singer. Singer obviously has his hands in the Kool Aid.