THE FIRST CLASS OF X-MEN GET PHOTOGRAPHED

Looks good to me, looking forward to the trailer.

I really like Fassbender as Magneto but completely unconvinced by McAvoy.  I know, I know, it's only a photo but if Fassbender can get across all sorts of brooding menace in one photo why can't he?

Mystique's head is like Sputnik.

Kind of looks like the suits the X-MEN warm up in before the big game.

Matthew Vaughan is one of my favourite directors working today so I'm really hopeful this will be good. X2 remains one of my all time favourite super hero films and it'll be interesting to see Vaughan's approach to the characters. January Jones is almost unrecognisable. If I didn't know she was playing Emma Frost I'd assume she wasn't in that picture.

I can't wait to see the trailer so I can get an idea of what the fuck this movie is supposed to be about. I don't mind the costumes, but this is an awkward leaked picture and I'm sure a better one will pop up soon.

Januray Jones is giving me two really good reasons to see this film...but in all seriousness, Fassbender as Magneto looks like a perfect bit of casting.

This film, like Captain America, has got my ticket thinks to the period setting. Hope it's good.

I haven't been following anything about this movie and, honestly, I'm not up to snuff on my X-Men lore anyways. So, could someone maybe explain who the characters are from left to right? I recognize Emma Frost and Beast (or is that Nightcrawler) and Mystique, but who are the rest? And isn't that red dude the bad guy in the Green Lantern movie (kidding, of course)?

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I haven't been following anything about this movie and, honestly, I'm not up to snuff on my X-Men lore anyways. So, could someone maybe explain who the characters are from left to right? I recognize Emma Frost and Beast (or is that Nightcrawler) and Mystique, but who are the rest? And isn't that red dude the bad guy in the Green Lantern movie (kidding, of course)?

Magneto, Dr. Moira McTaggart, Emma Frost, Azazel (Nightcrawler's Dad), Beast, Havok (Clyclops Brother), Angel Salvadore (Character from the Grant Morrison run), Mystique, Professor X.

Left to right I think it's

Magneto, Moira MacTaggert, Emma Frost, god knows, Beast (?), Havok, god knows, Mystique, Xavier. 

There's a better quality version over at BAD if anyone's interested.

http://www.badassdigest.com/2011/01/18/the-cast-of-x-men-first-class-highly-watermarked

I'm not sure what to think. The costumes don't look so bad, and I can picture them working on film. But the image itself is a silly photohop job. McAvoy looks too much like a kid here. January Jones has some nice assets, but has been photoshopped to look like Jessica Alba from the Fantastic 4 movies. The red dude's Azazel. Is the blue guy in the back supposed to be Beast? If so, he looks kinda goofy especially with that lighting. I have no clue why they went with the characters they went with. Cyclops and Jean Grey in place of those two generic X-Men behind Mystique would've made this a great lineup.

The article is updated with a clean version.

The more I look at it the more I like the pic. Call me crazy but much like Captain America it has a nice retro vibe to it.

I was under the impression that they were keeping Beast human in this film. Happy to see that they're going blue and furry. I wonder if this means that his look will now be a direct result of his initial mutation? Either way, I'm just really happy that Vaughan is a fan of the character.

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I was under the impression that they were keeping Beast human in this film. Happy to see that they're going blue and furry. I wonder if this means that his look will now be a direct result of his initial mutation? Either way, I'm just really happy that Vaughan is a fan of the character.

 

Hank McCoy was human in X2.  Reboot, reboot, reboot. Call it a soft reboot if it makes ya feel better.

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Hank McCoy was human in X2.  Reboot, reboot, reboot. Call it a soft reboot if it makes ya feel better.

I forgot that he popped up on the TV in X2. Thanks, Phil. I'm not someone who goes crazy over continuity. Just give me a jocular, verbose Beast and I'll be a happy man.
 

Hel-LO, January Jones!

Fassbender looks great.  I hope this finally gives him the Stardom Bump. 

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I forgot that he popped up on the TV in X2. Thanks, Phil. I'm not someone who goes crazy over continuity. Just give me a jocular, verbose Beast and I'll be a happy man.
 

I think they forgot too. And "not going crazy over continuity" is just what THIS Dr. Phil is prescribing. Fuck the continuity; let's party.

Thanks, Tim and Spike.  I guess I'll have to bone up on this Azazel cat. *Insert clever boning January Jones joke here*

I genuinely hope that Vaughan goes all-in on this and includes dimension-hopping demons and mystical realms in his version of X-Men (see: Azazel). Enough of this "how does it make sense in our world" nonsense. Go big or go home, Vaughan!

I said this one Dickson's link on FBook, but I see the subject has reappeared here so I'll repeat:

The movie's supposed to link more to the X-Men flicks than X-Men Origins: Wolverine did.

For one, Singer's a heavy producer on this one. Also, I dunno if anyone here recalls, but there was an interview where they said that they're re-shooting the opening origin scene of Magneto from the first movie, but adding a little bit more to what happens after. But they want to be so faithful that they're even blocking it the exact same way, to leave little doubt it's in continuity with the original.

And, also, Beast was mentioned as being one of Xavier's very first students in the third flick, so there you go.

Elisabeth Rappe, The pic of the team is...X-Cellent. I...Love the costumes as well! Havok, still doesn't make sense to me. At least in the comics, Havok is Cyclop's...Younger brother. I still think...Their father aka Corsair, Christopher Summers would have been a better fit.

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I said this one Dickson's link on FBook, but I see the subject has reappeared here so I'll repeat:

 

The movie's supposed to link more to the X-Men flicks than X-Men Origins: Wolverine did.

 

For one, Singer's a heavy producer on this one. Also, I dunno if anyone here recalls, but there was an interview where they said that they're re-shooting the opening origin scene of Magneto from the first movie, but adding a little bit more to what happens after. But they want to be so faithful that they're even blocking it the exact same way, to leave little doubt it's in continuity with the original.

 

And, also, Beast was mentioned as being one of Xavier's very first students in the third flick, so there you go.

I didn't see Wolverine so that doesn't factor into anything for me. 

But what does Singer being a producer really MEAN in terms of continuity? Laura Ziskin produced three Raimi Spider-Man movies and the reboot. Big shrug there.

As I also said on Dickson's FB page, the continuity math here just doesn't add up. How does the X3 prologue with digital/chemical peel Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan visiting Teen Jean Grey factor into this thing? Were the 70s really rough on Professor X and Magneto? Bah. BAH!

And Beast was human-looking in X2. I'LL KEEP SAYING IT!

I can't wait for the Marvel-comics inspired spin-off movie where they do nothing but explain their holes in the stupid continuity. 

I really hope they don't give a shit, but despite the "Beast is blue" stuff, I"m worried this will be like Wolverine and try to dovetail into the first two movies, pretending like people still care.  That movie made so little sense they should just not give a rats ass.  But rats ass I fear they give.

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I didn't see Wolverine so that doesn't factor into anything for me. 

 

But what does Singer being a producer really MEAN in terms of continuity? Laura Ziskin produced three Raimi Spider-Man movies and the reboot. Big shrug there.

 

As I also said on Dickson's FB page, the continuity math here just doesn't add up. How does the X3 prologue with digital/chemical peel Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan visiting Teen Jean Grey factor into this thing? Were the 70s really rough on Professor X and Magneto? Bah. BAH!

 

And Beast was human-looking in X2. I'LL KEEP SAYING IT!

 Laura Ziskin didn't direct any of the Spider-Man films. Plus, I'm willing to bet Singer is a bigger geek than her, considering how immersed he spent  almost a decade of his life in three superhero movies.

 Also, the first movie didn't take place in 2000. It took place "In the near future", which means that scene you're mentioning where they visit a young Jean Grey might as well have taken place in the late 90's.

It looks like a shitty team if some of them aren't full aware of their powers. Magneto and Frost looks really good. I could live without those two behind Mystique.

It's funny that I brought up the Austin Powers movies recently because, with the 1960's setting, I get the feeling that this X-Men will have a retro vibe. This is supported with Emma Frost's very swinging London-esque outfit. I have no reason to hate this. Vaughn is a very solid Director and Jane Goldman's magnificent tits demand that I see this on opening day. Just need a trailer now.

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And Beast was human-looking in X2. I'LL KEEP SAYING IT!

Easy to explain;

http://www.littlestuffedbull.com/images/comics/imageinducer/xmen4.jpg

I guess that technology broke in X3!  Heheheh

I would love for John Powell to score this (best X-men score!), though I'm afraid that Vaughn will resort to using 3 different composers as he did with Kick-Ass.

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I guess that technology broke in X3!  Heheheh

In Two and a Half X-men, he must have gotten called out for being an Uncle Tom mutant, so he's out and proud in X3.

So apparently this is "not an authorized image" and sites are being asked to take it down.

Some people are assuming that means the pic is fake. I'm assuming that means they aren't done photoshopping and want a high res version of that pic to be the first thing people see.

I say get the Beastie Boys to score this fucker. Their album, The In Sound From Way Out!,  has the type of 60's groove funk that I'd love to see in a movie. Fuck it, cherry pick from the score to Jess Franco's Vampyros Lesbos and throw in some Beat at Cinecitta for good measure.

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I didn't see Wolverine so that doesn't factor into anything for me. 

 

But what does Singer being a producer really MEAN in terms of continuity? Laura Ziskin produced three Raimi Spider-Man movies and the reboot. Big shrug there.

 

As I also said on Dickson's FB page, the continuity math here just doesn't add up. How does the X3 prologue with digital/chemical peel Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan visiting Teen Jean Grey factor into this thing? Were the 70s really rough on Professor X and Magneto? Bah. BAH!

 

And Beast was human-looking in X2. I'LL KEEP SAYING IT!

 Laura Ziskin didn't direct any of the Spider-Man films. Plus, I'm willing to bet Singer is a bigger geek than her, considering how immersed he spent  almost a decade of his life in three superhero movies.

 

 Also, the first movie didn't take place in 2000. It took place "In the near future", which means that scene you're mentioning where they visit a young Jean Grey might as well have taken place in the late 90's.

It looked a lot like the late 1970's to mid 1990's to me..   I thought that Hank McCoy was on TV in the first X-Men film..

I guess I'm the only one that thinks this photo looks horrible.

Dunno anything about this Angel character but Havok was one of my personal favorite characters from my days reading comics, so I hope they do something cool with him. Otherwise, everything looks goodish (hard to tell with the lighting).

Fassbender as Magneto is genius.

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I guess I'm the only one that thinks this photo looks horrible.

It looks like a promo for a TV show. I'm not feeling the cast as they didn't go iconic like Singers movies did with Patrick Stewart.

As I understand, this is Fox making an X-Men movie without Wolverine, Cyclops or Jean Grey, which is kinda ballsy. But, since they were folding the ideas from the aborted solo Magneto movie, I was kinda hoping for more of a focus on Xavier and Magneto. I don't really need to see more of an emphasis on the X-Team again, especially because Magneto is a great character and Fassbender is fantastic casting.

Also, re: Beast - I do believe in this film they showcase how he transformed, so he won't be furry the entire time.

Don't see much of a reason to mistrust Vaughn's casting instincts now. The guy hasn't made too many films but all of 'em have had great, enthusiastic casts.

I will only see this to support Jane Goldman's tits.

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 Laura Ziskin didn't direct any of the Spider-Man films. Plus, I'm willing to bet Singer is a bigger geek than her, considering how immersed he spent  almost a decade of his life in three superhero movies.

OBJECTION: Calls for speculation, your honor!

"Bigger geek" has zip to do with who calls what shots on these movies. She hasn't produced a film since Spider-Man 3, and has been producing Spider-Man movies for ten years. She's more exclusively immersed in superhero movies than Singer. She's still just a producer. Christopher Nolan is a famous superhero film director who's producing a Superman movie that will, we're told, feel nothing like a Chris Nolan superhero movie. Most importantly, Singer's X films aren't aging well and the thought that he might calling any creative shots in this one aren't a reason to break out the party hats. A slavish recreation of his X-Men prologue sounds like Hollywood at its fucking laziest and most leaden.
 

To those arguing about continuity. It's X-Men. There is no such thing as continuity in this title. It's in a state of constant retconning.  Everyone has at this point slept with everyone, or was someone's secret parent, or was a villain, or was a hero.

About the picture now. There's only one thing I can certainly make out. January Jones. Emma Frost. Slutty outfits. Thumbs up.

There's plenty to be sceptical about here but I am willing to give this the benefit of the doubt simply because the Vaughan/Goldman combo is consistently entertaining, the leads are good and interesting choices (particularly Fassbender) and I really dig the idea of the period setting.

That said, that Azareal fellow in the back there looks like me after 10 minutes on a Spanish beach, which is *not* a good thing.

The costumes look good, the photo is kind of silly. Love the casting. Could Azazel's inclusion play into Sebastian Shaw being the leader of the Hellfire Club? I would love them being a high society on the outside, secret mutant cult on the inside, especially if they were worshipping the Phoenix or something.

Can it be assumed that Emma Frost teaches Mystique how to dress?

Seems fine, I guess. My interest in the X MEN has kind of been depleted by this late date, period setting or not, so really at this point my interest is based entirely on Mr Vaughn's involvement. It's FOX, so I doubt he'll really be able to shine with their jackboot on his throat, but I like him (I am one of the original LAYER CAKESTERS, having seen the film in theaters back in 2004) so I wish him the best

Fassbender actually looks pretty great. The rest of the people wearing colorful make up look silly but I guess that just says I am not part of the intended audience here

MacAvoy though? Wow, that is looking like a major misstep in casting. I was never a fan of his to begin with, but he just looks ridiculous here even when he's part of a cast photo that includes people with skin toes in primary colors

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I said this one Dickson's link on FBook, but I see the subject has reappeared here so I'll repeat:

 

The movie's supposed to link more to the X-Men flicks than X-Men Origins: Wolverine did.

 

For one, Singer's a heavy producer on this one. Also, I dunno if anyone here recalls, but there was an interview where they said that they're re-shooting the opening origin scene of Magneto from the first movie, but adding a little bit more to what happens after. But they want to be so faithful that they're even blocking it the exact same way, to leave little doubt it's in continuity with the original.

 

And, also, Beast was mentioned as being one of Xavier's very first students in the third flick, so there you go.

I didn't see Wolverine so that doesn't factor into anything for me. 

 

But what does Singer being a producer really MEAN in terms of continuity? Laura Ziskin produced three Raimi Spider-Man movies and the reboot. Big shrug there.

 

As I also said on Dickson's FB page, the continuity math here just doesn't add up. How does the X3 prologue with digital/chemical peel Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan visiting Teen Jean Grey factor into this thing? Were the 70s really rough on Professor X and Magneto? Bah. BAH!

 

And Beast was human-looking in X2. I'LL KEEP SAYING IT!

lets not forget Emma Frost's appearane in Wolverine, as well as asian Patrick Stewart.  I guess Emma got younger over the next decade, and Proffessor X got really old, fast....