{"id":129104,"date":"2015-12-11T13:24:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T20:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/11\/the-x-men-apocalypse-official-trailer-drops.html"},"modified":"2015-12-11T13:24:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T20:24:06","slug":"the-x-men-apocalypse-official-trailer-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/11\/the-x-men-apocalypse-official-trailer-drops.html","title":{"rendered":"The &quot;X-Men: Apocalypse&quot; official trailer drops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huh.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it doesn&#39;t help that I&#39;ve never been a big Apocalypse fan &#8212; he was of those late 80s X-characters that were part of the metastasizing of the X-comics in that era (created by Louise Simonson, but I always associate him with Chris Claremont).<\/p>\n<p>That said, this trailer just doesn&#39;t do much for me, aside from seeming desperate to have Portentous Announcements and Fan-Servicing Imagery.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8230; while I&#39;m sure I&#39;ll see it sooner or later, at this point &quot;Later, on a long air flight&quot; seems the more likely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COvnHv42T-A' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/KSNNio3i28u'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huh. Now, it doesn&#39;t help that I&#39;ve never been a big Apocalypse fan &#8212; he was of those late 80s X-characters that were part of the metastasizing of the X-comics in that era (created by Louise Simonson, but I always associate him with Chris Claremont). That said, this trailer just doesn&#39;t do much for me, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/11\/the-x-men-apocalypse-official-trailer-drops.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The &quot;X-Men: Apocalypse&quot; official trailer drops&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14040,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/06\/wolverine-trailer.html","url_meta":{"origin":129104,"position":0},"title":"Wolverine trailer","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 6-Mar-09 3:21pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I've moderately enjoyed the X-Men movies, but, though I've never been a Wolverine fan-boy, the new Wolverine movie trailer has me a lot more excited than any of it's bigger-team analogs. 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The comic character has always been distinctive for the weird lip\/jaw\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Entertainment%2BWeekly%2Bcover.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":130754,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/25\/honest-trailers-does-x-men-the-animated-series.html","url_meta":{"origin":129104,"position":2},"title":"Honest Trailers does &quot;X-Men: The Animated Series&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 25-May-16 3:05pm","format":false,"excerpt":"God, I loved this cartoon, even though it was way past the era when I should have been watching cartoons (before that became cool again). I didn't love it because the animation was great -- it was ambitious but often awful. I loved it because it actually made an attempt\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27852,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/09\/using-zombies-to-educate-braaaiinnns.html","url_meta":{"origin":129104,"position":3},"title":"Using Zombies to educate BRAAAIINNNS","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 9-May-12 11:22pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This is an awesome idea. Really, I say that as a former teacher, a zombie apocalypse fan, a lover of geography, and someone who appreciates clever frameworks to get kids learning stuff they might not be interested in otherwise. Well done, Mr. Hunter. 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