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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:58 pm Post subject: X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) |
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Not the most popular of the X-Men movies -- but hey, I like it.
That scene where Magneto stands in the middle of the highway and casually flips cars and trucks aside with a wave of his hand it pretty impressive.
And some of the new mutants we meet in this one are awesome. An impressive amount of imagination went into characters like the guy who can instantly split into a few dozens copies and then come back together just as fast.
I'm a little unclear on how a mutated gene could cause a thing like that . . . but I love it anyway.
One thing that did bother me was the way Magneto ripped up the Golden Gate Bridge just to transport his followers across the bay to Alcatraz. Couldn't Magneto have slapped together a metal platform quick as a wink and floated the whole crew across?
And didn't anybody involved with this film point out that when you detach the ends of a suspension bridge, it stops "suspending" and falls down!
That goes for the huge horizontal support cables as well as the flat part the cars drive on. If the whole shebang isn't structurally sound and anchored at the ends, it isn't a bridge anymore, it's a generous contribution of high grade steel to the bottom of 'Frisco Bay.
Just a thought. _________________ ____________
Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:42 am Post subject: Re: X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) |
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Bud Brewster wrote: | And didn't anybody involved with this film point out that when you detach the ends of a suspension bridge, it stops "suspending" and falls down! |
That's assuming Magneto isn't suspending the suspension in the process. It all comes down to a suspension of disbelief. _________________ ...or not...
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:41 am Post subject: |
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I totally enjoyed this movie as well as the previous X-Men films. Never understood all the dislike of this movie.
The theme of mutants being able to decide to remain mutants or take the cure was a compelling one, as well as Magneto & his followers just wanting to be who they are & feeling threatened by mankind.
The climatic battle at the end is stunning. I especially loved how Kitty fakes out Juggernaut.
Its also the first time we see all of the original X-Men together in one movie. Scott, Jean, Hank, Bobby, & Warren.
Although all 5 do not share a scene together, it still was awesome to have them up on the silver screen. |
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) |
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orzel-w wrote: | Bud Brewster wrote: | And didn't anybody involved with this film point out that when you detach the ends of a suspension bridge, it stops "suspending" and falls down! |
That's assuming Magneto isn't suspending the suspension in the process. It all comes down to a suspension of disbelief. |
True, true. And of course, it increased the movie's tension for the audience, especially the ones whose suspension of disbelief was hampered by their keen knowledge of bridge construction. Those particular audience members were suspicious of the way the bridge huge in the air, after the bridge's suspension cables had been severed. _________________ ____________
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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I hate to say it but this edition of "Everything Wrong With . . . " didn't strike me as funny as some of the others. Still, it's worth watching.
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Everything Wrong With X-Men: The Last Stand In 9 Minutes Or Less
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Thinking Outside the "Plot"!
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The moral of this high underrated movie is that the normal humans and the mutated X-Men can't really live together because they are so radically different.
Frankly, I think Professor Xavier's dream of peaceful cohabitation is unrealistic.
Guys, if you think my attitude is pessimistic and unrealistic, just tune into CNN for a few hours and watch what's happening to our own country.
Current events have shown that black people and white people are still hard pressed to treat each other fairly — even after all the years we've struggled to change.
Police officers nation wide are acting like it's "Open Season" on black Americans, and demonstrations across the country are desperately trying to alert our country to the racism which is tearing us apart!
With these tragic events in mind, it's obvious that in the fictional world of the X-Men, "normal" people are highly unlikely to ever feel comfortable around the kinds of mutated human these movies depict. However, the fictional world of the X-Men offers a unique solution.
The mutants' collective powers gives them the ability to do something remarkable. Here's what I came up with.
~ A Question for the Members: Could the global mutant community combine their awesome abilities to terraform Mars and convert it into an Earth-like environment which could be a "safe harbor" for all mutants on Earth?
~ My Theory: I think this is the perfect solution!
The mutants would be free to employ there abilities to convert the Red Planet into an "all mutant" society, free from the bias and intolerance of normal humans who both fear and hate them.
After this Martian civilization has been establish, new mutants born on Earth would be sent to Mars, where the benevolent mutant government could find them good homes and raise them to develop their abilities.
The biological parents of these mutant offspring could be allowed to accompany their children to Mars and live with them for a period of time so they could help raise them during their early years.
But at some point — as their kids grew older — these parents would understand that their children will be better off on Mars without them. The parents would return to Earth so that there "special offspring" could continue their mutant training in a society which both accepted them and nurtured their special skills.
The net result of all this would be an Earth inhabited by "normal" humans and a Mars inhabited by mutants who don't feel the need to hide their abilities or feel threatened by humans who feel threatened by them.
Professor Xavier's theory that mutants are the "next step in human evolution" would be confirmed. Humans are . . . in a sense . . . evolving into Martians. ![Cool](images/smiles/icon_cool.gif) _________________ ____________
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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Forgive me for blowing my own horn, but I just re-read my post above from over a year ago . . . and it knocked my socks off!
The whole idea of having the combined powers of the global mutant community terraform Mars and create a "mutant utopia" is terrific! And I'm willing to bet the the late Stan Lee would be crazy about this idea!
Hopefully this reply will attract a little attention to this sadly neglected thread and encourage some of you folks to do what I love to do more than anything else!
"Play with ideas," in the words of best-selling science fiction author Larry Niven.
And All Sci-Fi has been the best place to do that since I created the first version back in 2006! _________________ ____________
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I've always wondered why Juggernaut was among Magneto's Band of Evil Mutants.
As any well-read Marvel comic book reader knows, Cain Marko (Professor X's step-brother) was not a mutant, just a normal human being exposed to a strange alien crystal in a jungle temple somewhere, which made him unstoppable and incredibly strong!
His only connection to the X-Men was his 'family' links to Charles Xavie. And since he used to bully him in their teenage years, those links are extremely tenuous anyway!
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So, let me get this straight . . .
If a person isn't born with mutant powers, even if they acquire powers in some way later in life that affects them physically, they are NOT a mutant?
I'm just askin' . . . ![Confused](images/smiles/icon_confused.gif) _________________ ____________
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Bud Brewster wrote: | So, let me get this straight . . .
If a person isn't born with mutant powers, even if they acquire powers in some way later in life that affects them physically, they are NOT a mutant?
I'm just askin' . . . ![Confused](images/smiles/icon_confused.gif) |
There's the chink in the idea of mutants relocating to Mars where they can be one big happy family. Sooner or later the Mars mutants will separate into factions of those who are mutants at birth and those who acquire mutant powers later in life. (I'm thinking here of Gangs of New York [2002] where the "native born" population and the immigrant population are in conflict.) _________________ ...or not...
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Well said, Wayne!
What we need is a flashy new "musical extravaganza" which tells the story of the conflict between the true-blood mutants and the late-comer mutants — a jazzy song-filled production which rivals West Side Story!
It'll be filled with sappy songs and dancing characters who dazzle the audience with inhuman acrobatics and aerial feats! This movie will make all the previous Hollywood musicals look hopelessly earthbound and mundane!
Trust me, Wayne baby . . . you're gonna love it! _________________ ____________
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