Okay, I have no doubt it will be flashy and fun and big budget and all of that.
Okay, well, maybe not fun.
As much as I enjoy the "classic" cinematic X-folk, I really enjoyed First Class a lot. It had a freshness, a verve, a solid sense of drama but also of breaking free from the past.
The emphasis in this trailer on (a) the old folks and (b) sonorous, depressing, ominous whateverness, both cause me to worry that we're going to be getting something that takes itself far too seriously.
We'll see.
(Also, if they don't do a poster that includes in some fashion a nod to the original iconic "Days of Future Past" cover — http://goo.gl/FVqjQf — I will be sorely disappointed.)
(h/t +Doug Dunfee)
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JUST RELEASED
The trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past is here.
"We need you to hope again"
You sir, know way more about this stuff than I 🙂
Well, I don't know much more about the movie than what's there in the trailer. And that there will be Sentinels.
On the other hand, I was buying comics when that issue of Uncanny X-Men came out, so I know a bit about the original story (which this resembles only the teeniest bit).
Agreed +Dave Hill …especially on the poster. Which reminds me, did you ever see the one they did for City of Heroes in that vein?
Of course, I can't find it now, but I'll keep looking….it was pretty funny.
+Mark Means No, I didn't — sounds amusing. It's one of those amazing iconic shots that's been used in a dozen places, though. I remember even when it came out how incredibly cool it was (back when time travel stories in the MU were incredibly rare).
That didn't look anything like the Days of Future Past I read. :/
Well, it does appear there's (a) time travel involved, (b) a mission from the future to change the past, (c) Wolverine, and (d) Sentinels. Aside from that …