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OT: Why is X-Men listed as a trilogy? There were only two films...
Actually there were three. X-men, X-men 2/X2 and X-men: The Last Stand. In fact, if you count Origins then there were four films.
No, there was X-Men, and X2. I've never heard of the other two, and suspect you are making them up.

uro vii said:
I actually thought the Watchmen was a pretty horrible film when I first watched it. I then read the novel and went back and watched it again. I hated it even more on my second watch.
It wasn't so bad, it just wasn't anywhere near as good as the original comic. Some elements were pretty stupid, but on the whole it was watchable. The main mistake was making it more of an action film, whereas the book was more intellectual.
 

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Batman Begins and The Dark Knight kind of took the super out of super hero. Batman's an odd superhero in the sense that the entire series has always been defined by the rogue's gallery he faces. Nolan has done an excellent job of grounding him firmly in reality, but Dark Knight more so gave us an insight into the bad guys, the real heroes of the Batman franchise.

I voted for the Iron Man series and more so the Avengers series of films as they are well planned, well executed and mostly well acted pieces that all fit seamlessly together. I think I appreciate the Avengers film set more for what they're trying to do, and largely, succeeding at.
 
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uro vii said:
SonicWaffle said:
OT: Why is X-Men listed as a trilogy? There were only two films...
Actually there were three. X-men, X-men 2/X2 and X-men: The Last Stand. In fact, if you count Origins then there were four films.
No, there was X-Men, and X2. I've never heard of the other two, and suspect you are making them up.
nope:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_The_Last_Stand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine
 

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SonicWaffle said:
uro vii said:
SonicWaffle said:
OT: Why is X-Men listed as a trilogy? There were only two films...
Actually there were three. X-men, X-men 2/X2 and X-men: The Last Stand. In fact, if you count Origins then there were four films.
No, there was X-Men, and X2. I've never heard of the other two, and suspect you are making them up.
I second this, i also want to know about this third spiderman movie people are talking about because the first two were excellent, theres no way they could fuck up the third ........
 

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uro vii said:
nope:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_The_Last_Stand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine
[link]http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanonDiscontinuity[/link]

Fanon Discontinuity is the act of fans mentally writing out certain events in a show's continuity which don't sit well, no matter if it's a single episode, a season-length arc, an entire season or even an entire series. If a plot or ending rubs one the wrong way severely enough, fandom can just decide that the offending events never happened. On the series level, events may fall under Discontinuity because the show is perceived to suck at that point. Events also get "discontinued" for particularly screwing up the characters or setting, and a show that starts to suck will end up screwing things up eventually anyway.
Slyjay88 said:
I second this, i also want to know about this third spiderman movie people are talking about because the first two were excellent, theres no way they could fuck up the third ........
MrDeckard said:
I enjoyed the two X-Men films, no one has made any more. I am going still say the Dark Knight simply because of Ledger.
See, these dudes get it! Maybe you just imagined these other two X-Men movies you claim to have seen?
 

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Slyjay88 said:
SonicWaffle said:
uro vii said:
SonicWaffle said:
OT: Why is X-Men listed as a trilogy? There were only two films...
Actually there were three. X-men, X-men 2/X2 and X-men: The Last Stand. In fact, if you count Origins then there were four films.
No, there was X-Men, and X2. I've never heard of the other two, and suspect you are making them up.
I second this, i also want to know about this third spiderman movie people are talking about because the first two were excellent, theres no way they could fuck up the third ........
While we're at it, would you mind explaining to everyone that the Daredevil and Ghost Rider franchises have not been opted into films as of yet?
 

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Dark Knight/Batman Begins. Then Iron Man and then Kick Ass. Never saw either Hellboy and I didn't keep up with X-Men
 
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SonicWaffle said:
[link]http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanonDiscontinuity[/link]

Fanon Discontinuity is the act of fans mentally writing out certain events in a show's continuity which don't sit well, no matter if it's a single episode, a season-length arc, an entire season or even an entire series. If a plot or ending rubs one the wrong way severely enough, fandom can just decide that the offending events never happened. On the series level, events may fall under Discontinuity because the show is perceived to suck at that point. Events also get "discontinued" for particularly screwing up the characters or setting, and a show that starts to suck will end up screwing things up eventually anyway.
See, these dudes get it! Maybe you just imagined these other two X-Men movies you claim to have seen?
Huh, I never really encountered Fanon Discontinuity before, nor did I realise people had a problem with the last two X-Men films. Well fair enough then, I admit my ignorance.
 

WakeTheDead1

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I didnt include x-men origins because a lot of people didnt like it a lot, but i didnt realize there was much hate for Last Stand
 

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cant believe you forgot watchmen, lol....and man, people are idiots...guys, the dark knight sucked, Iron Man and Kick Ass both had superior directors, writers, and actors....maybe it would have been a better movie if christian bale hadnt been doing that throat cancer thing, but as it stands the only decent thing in that movie was heath ledger as the joker.


seriously though, how come no one told christian bale to knock that shit off?

btw, note that this is all my opinion, not something i'm spewing as "the way it is" i do feel that anyone who voted for batman is probably a dumbass who was suckered in by the shiny new batman with all his dark grittiness...
 

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uro vii said:
Huh, I never really encountered Fanon Discontinuity before, nor did I realise people had a problem with the last two X-Men films. Well fair enough then, I admit my ignorance.
What last two X-Men films would these be? ;-)

WakeTheDead1 said:
I didnt include x-men origins because a lot of people didnt like it a lot, but i didnt realize there was much hate for Last Stand
Breaking character for a moment here, Origins was merely a bad movie. This is forgiveable, especially given the general standard of comic book movies. The script was crap, the acting wooden and it just wasn't any fun.

However, it is still the preferable of the two latter movies. Last Stand was awful dross from start to finish, killing off characters for no reason, woeful dialogue, actors who clearly couldn't be bothered anymore - even McKellen and Stewart, both brilliant actors, had clearly read the script and decided "fuck this!". I mean, this is the movie that made Beast shit. BEAST! One of the coolest X-Men, and they turn him into a twat.

Of the two, I was under the impression that Last Stand was the more hated. I mean, it was the reason they stopped milking the major franchise and wanted to concentrate on single characters. Then again, AFAIK that plan flopped after Wolverine - there were plans for a Magneto: Origins, but presumably they've now been scrapped.

The last I heard, they were re-booting the X-Men franchise and taking them back to when they were in high school. This may be a practical joke though, given the horrendously stupid cast list I've seen; [link]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270798/[/link]