As a Kitty Pryde fan, I don’t own many movies that I’m embarrassed by. She doesn’t get referenced in too many non-X-Men films. There is 25th Hour and then there’s 2008’s Superhero Movie. Which was one of those parody movies. This one uses mostly the first Spider-Man film for inspiration. The best scene of the movie is when the main character, Dragonfly, goes to the Xavier School for the (Non-Asian) Gifted.
The Kitty and the Kitty wannabe happens at the 0:22 through :028 mark.
Thanks to YouTuber Movieclips for hosting the video! I did not think it was going to be on YouTube at all. Now, if I can only find that Edward Norton talking about his desire to walk through walls like that character from the X-Men.
If I remember correctly, Superhero Movie, wasn’t that bad, it may be one of the better parody films. Disaster Movie has a fun Batman cameo, so I will count that one as one of the better ones as well.
I love the X-Men Legends games, the second one being my favorite of the two. I wish the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games were more like the these ones. The first Ultimate Alliance was the closest and the second game was okay, it tied in with the then current Civil War storyline and that was cool.
The first game, I really liked but only once you can recruit Emma Frost. Then I will play the rest of the game as Emma, Cyclops, Wolverine and Beast – the Astonishing X-Men team. If only it had New Game Plus, a feature that all RPG type games should have! Imagine if Star Ocean 2 had that feature? It would be even better of a game! Chrono Trigger started that and more should follow!
X-Men Legends II, does in fact, have New Game Plus, thus, I’ve played it the most.
X-Men Legends II has this great moment when you run into Kitty Pryde, who I wish was a playable character.
Thanks to YouTuber 40warrior for hosting the video.
I thought I would check YouTube and wasn’t really expecting to see this section of the game as a video. Pretty awesome that I can have the thought and the Internet can provide it.
Kitty shows up at the end of the first minute of the video. There is a little lag but don’t worry, its a PS2 game so there were huge lags from the loading screen and the saving function.
She has a unique conversation with Colossus that I like that the video creator took the time to record. Oh that Scarlet Witch is a hussy!
Watching the video again has made me want to play the game so much!
Thanks to 20th Century Fox for hosting this video!
So glad the Broncos won, that made my mother-in-law very happy!
This wasn’t a bad trailer, it felt short at 30 seconds but YouTube states it is 44 seconds, but it moved so fast! Also, nothing new was really shown, as far as I could see.
New was the nuclear missiles firing.
I really do wish Iceman could be in this film.
Psylocke slicing through a truck was bad arse! Olivia Munn wants her own solo film so bad and I want it too!
I don’t think I realized that this was coming out Memorial Day weekend.
My wife asked me if I knew who Storm’s actress was. She’s Alexandra Shipp but I don’t recognize her from anything. She was in an episode of Switched at Birth, so that’s where my wife probably recognized her from. She is also in Straight Outta Compton, a film I still need to watch. Yet another reason to do so.
The ad was only 30 seconds with 13 seconds added for the other links and such.
Not to shabby.
Someone asked me if Hugh Jackman was in this and as far as I could tell, he isn’t but that seems like a shame as he’s in every single one of these X-Films but we have to start getting use to him not being there and we might as well start with this film. I can see him in the post-credit scene setting up Wolverine 3 but they barely finished the script for that film, so it is too late to tack it on now. Though he could just be doing some random activity and it would count as being in the film.
Rob and Brian aired my ninth voicemail! Mine airs and the discussion from 21:22 – 23:34. This one is about how sad I was about Alan Rickman dying and not caring for the finale of Secret Wars 2015.
The guy did segue the voicemail into a discussion of Love Actually, a film that I only watched because of how the guys enjoyed it. It really is quite good. I would still rank Die Hard over it, for better Christmas movie.
The guys did hip us to this awesome YouTube video –
Lila Cheney featuring Dazzler& The New Mutants – I Will Steal Your Heart
Thanks to Greasy Pig Studios for hosting the video.
Crazy how dedicated to the New Mutants this video is. I like Josephine Hies as Magik,
Legendary Inker Bob Wiacek worked his magic this issue! Pacheco’s art is amazing, as per usual, but there is something that makes this issue pop out.
While checking to see if Bob Wiacek was on Twitter, he isn’t, but I found this link to a commercial that he did – way back in 2003 – with 50 Cent and G-Unit
Thanks to YouTuber and Marvel Legend, Bob Wiacek for hosting his own video! I subscribed so hard to his channel.
How cool is that!?! Pretty darn, I say!
Warren Ellis, one of my Top Five favorite Kitty Pryde writers – Claremont, Humphries, Davis and Byrne. Ellis started his run with issue 83 and went until 103. We will be reviewing five of his issues, this month. This issue, Ellis brings Lockheed back after a two year absence, ever since issue 76!
The very first page is the villain, Mountjoy’s face as he says it’s a tasty world.” We’ll learn more about him later.
The second page has, this issue moves pretty fast and is pretty awesome – Jean Grey, at the Xavier School, picking up the mail. Alistaire Stuart has some to the X-Men, trying to get in touch with Excalibur. Talk about being on the wrong side of the pond!
At the same time, 7am, in an expensive chunk of New York real Estate – Shinobi Shaw, the Black King, is still awake. Shaw isn’t happy, as the London branch is up to something but he has no connections to the Inner Circle there. Martine, his assistant, is bored. Shaw has to reach out to Brian Braddock, as he has a standing seat at the table.
If it is 7am in New York, then it is noon on Muir Island Medical Research Station. Which four hours doesn’t seem like Excalibur should be that out of touch with what is happening, state side.
Nightcrawler is bouncing a soccer ball off of his own head. He is debuting a new look, shaved head and a goatee. I like this era of a fun swashbuckler Nightcrawler. It was Amanda’s idea, for the makeover. Colossus and Kitty are hanging out with him.
Picking up on a thread, from way back in Excalibur 76! Kitty is still wanting to check on her father. Which was twenty issues ago, so nearly two years have passed – in our time.
Kurt whiptails the ball to Kitty (hard!) and she tosses it to Colossus, who bounces it off of his own head.
There is no chance of Kitty’s parents ever getting back together.
Kitty doesn’t like loose ends, and that reminds Kurt that Amanda has been bugged by a loose end for some time now. Kurt kicks the ball back.
Mile High Comics is having a giant X-Men & Spider-Man sale! Uncanny X-Men 122 -128, 130 – 139, are $13.00. They must have been out of 129.
Colossus catches the ball, no hands mister! Colossus advises Kurt that he should be direct with Amanda.
Meggan arrives, also sporting a new look! – which I like. Kurt has a phone call. Jean is on the phone. Meggan also points to Lockheed, who is no longer sulking about. Lockheed has been protesting the Pryde & Wisdom relationship. He has taken measures to letting his protest be known, as he is chewing on Wisdom’s pants.
The Inner Circle of the London Hellfire Club. Instead of Black and White houses, they have Black and Red, they must be checkers fans. Black is mad at Red, as the events of Excalibur 88 – 90 (the always helpful editor, Suze, lets us know) regarding the Dream Nails storyline, have tampered with the Hellfire Club’s goals. Now they have to move up their plans, and in a hurry.
The Red King mentions that Wisdom has killed a lot of people. The Black King (I wish they would name check each other) wants to make sure that the final steps of the plan, are done correctly. Black Air, the British version of SHIELD, in a way, needs to be tighten up, as Dream Nails, was one of their operations. This lady, with long finger nails, does magic and she is getting inpatient.
There is an ad for Generation X, the made-for-television film, which is set to premiere February 1996, to FOX.
Kurt, Kitty and Colossus take the call and Jean and Scott are on the other line, they are talking through a fancy big screen television phone.
Cyclops warmingly greets Kurt and Kitty, leaving out Colossus. Jean starts with wanting them to tell Brian that his sister, Psylocke, is still in a coma.
Thanks to the always helpful, uncannyxmen.net, Psylocke is in a coma, thanks to Sabretooth. Uncanny X-Men 328 – 330.
Kurt realizes the two X-Men didn’t greet Colossus and asks Colossus to come into view of the camera. Cyclops and Colossus reference that Colossus was experiencing head trauma, when he joined Magneto and now that has been fixed.
Jean turns the camera around, to reveal Alistaire Stuart. Which is weird that he stood by, silently, as these peeps exchanged pleasantries.
Stuart and Colossus are wearing pretty much the same outfit. So they are both, brunettes wearing brown trenchcoats, which is an odd choice for Pacheco to make.
Kitty asks Alistaire to explain why he is in America. Like an idiot, Colossus, asks who this guy is. Like really? I get that you don’t know him, but clearly Kurt and Kitty do, so maybe just stand there, listen and soak in the information. If you have questions, ask afterwards. You dummy.
Alistaire explains that Black Air, the sinister product of the peaceful WHO agency.
Great scene of the three Excalibur teammates whispering if they should believe him.
Kurt states that he is on his way. Kitty is seen stating that she is going to ask Brian for the Midnight Runner and that she is going to bring Meggan along. I’m sure the speech balloon tail should be pointing towards Kurt.
Muir Island gets a second call and Kitty takes it. Shinobi Shaw wants to talk to Brian.
Eastern England. Sebastian Shaw, who isn’t dead (but Shinobi thinks he is, as that is how he became a member of the Upstarts) and he is meeting with Scratch, with Black Air. In exchange for a box, Shaw receives some files. What is in the box, is what Black Air needs and wants. Shaw and Tessa (Sage) leaves and we could follow their adventure in X-Man 15. I own issues 12, 13, 16, 26 and 60 – so I won’t be taking that trip. With Onslaught looming, the titles are going to start crossing over.
Back at Muir Island. Kurt leaves with Meggan, in the Moonlight Flit. Now, uncannyxmen.net points out that this is an error. As earlier, Kurt states that he will ask for the Midnight Runner and now is flying the Flit. My No Prize solution, as Brian will leave, next issue in the Runner – is that Brian didn’t want lend Kurt the Runner and gave him the Flit.
The Flit is a complete medical plane, it has no weapons and is completely voice operated, as sometimes, you can’t be saving someone and flying a plane. Just read X-Men 25, and how hard it is to fly a plane with a wounded Wolverine and bad weather. The Flit doesn’t have weapons as Brian doesn’t want to fight anymore.
Brian has a videoconference with the younger Shaw. Psylocke was always more into the Hellfire Club – for the parties and their father liked it for business reasons, Brian was never really into it. Shaw mentions how one of the Inner Circle isn’t who they say they are. Back in a Bishop miniseries (I know!) a character, Mountjoy, was introduced. He is a shape-stealer, instead of a shape-shifter. He takes on the shape of a person, as he digests that person. Sort of like a Warwolf, but with a longer process, I guess?
I like how the footnote states that it happened in the pages of a Bishop series but a page turn, you get everything you sort of need about the character. Also great is the transition of Shaw telling Brian about Mountjoy to Kitty telling Brian about Mountjoy.
Brian decides that he will join the Inner Circle. I wonder what happens to the current Bishop, once Brian arrives?
Meanwhile, Wisdom and Lockheed are having a disagreement. Wisdom wants his clothes back and Lockheed wants Wisdom gone. This is so great!
Douglock is still trying to find his place in the world. He tried to view it through the lens of logic but now he is going to give chaos a shot.
On the way back to Muir Island, the Moonlight Flit is attacked. I wouldn’t have minded seeing the scene of Meggan meeting Cyclops and Jean Grey. The issue ends with the Flit, falling out of the sky.
X-Facts, the current version of Bullpen Bulletins. Wolverine’s title reaches the 100th issue mark. Will he get his adamantium back? The second wave of Analagam are coming. Spider-Boy is the issue I remember the most. Cable and Nate Grey meet up. Those are the featured stories. Issues coming out in February –
Uncanny X-Men 331
Cable 30
Generation X 14
Wolverine 100
X-Factor 121
X-Man 14
Excalibur 96 – When the malicious Mountjoy inflitrates the newly-established HELLFIRE CLUB in London. Shinobi Shaw comes to EXCALIBUR for help! By Warren Ellis & Carlos Pachaco!
X-Men 51
X-Force 53
Storm 3
Professor X & the X-Men 6
Magneto & the Metal Men 1
X-Patrol 1
I own only one of these. Now I wish I was keeping track, of all of these past Wish List.
Swordstokes, the letters page. Letters are from – Mark Shakespeare / Jon Prive of Bucks County, PA / Chris Wright of Moody, ME / Robert Jones / Rockwell N. Greene of Overland Park, KS / James Binnington of Coloma, MI / Catherine D. Kobasiuk of Mastic Beach, NY / Tom Malinowski of Bloomingdale, IL / Doud Ohmer of Covington, KY / Steven J. Wolfe of Mexico City, Mexico. Three pages of letters!
Next Issue : Join Us for Harpoons, Dogfights and Turncoats.
For once, we are actually going to read the next issue! Please, come back in two days!
Actually, this is Olly Murs’ song that features Demi Lovato
Thanks to OllyMursVEVO for hosting the video
I’m not that aware of Olly Murs but I really dig this song.
Really Don’t Care
Thanks to YouTuber DemiLovatoVEVO, for the rest of the videos.
Which features Cher Lloyd, who I also am not that familiar with. This was my first video of Demi’s that I saw.
Heart Attack
My favorite sections are the ones that feature her in the white outfit and the black inked hands but not with the ink around her neck. There is something that is haunting about those brief moments.
One draw back is, around the two minute mark, it sounds like an alarm clock is going off. That isn’t great.
Give Your Heart A Break
I’m pretty sure this was the first song of hers that I heard.
I was hoping for a fifth video but I couldn’t really settle on another one of hers, so I’m going with her version of
Frozen
Which is lame, I know but I dig the song.
Demi is also featured on The Vamps “Somebody To You”
Thanks to TheVampsVEVO for hosting the video!
Like the video itself, Demi seems to be just tacked on to the track. Take her out of it, and it still stands as a decent song.
The main gal is Laura Marano, who is very pretty but way too young. Reminds me of a slightly younger Danica McKellar.
Her latest video – Cool For The Summer – \
is pretty great! I guess that answers the question if she still has body issues. She’s in killer shape!
She also assisted Fallout Boy in their hit song, Irresistible –
Thanks to FallOutBoyVEVO for hosting their video.
Joey Fatone also shows up, as this video is a play off of NSYNC’s Bye Bye Bye video but with action figures instead of puppets – which is better.
For my money, I like Fallout Boy’s solo version of their video –
Which is super fun to watch and great use of the audience!
To get it back to Demi, she has this video, that features Sirah – Waitin for You –
That is super intense! Demi doesn’t blink, once! Well, she does but the look she is giving me (the viewer) I can’t stop thinking about how mad she is at me or us.
I’m super late on this but I figured better late than never.
This trailer actually looks pretty good, and I think Singer has a good grasp on Apocalypse.
Is it me or does Sophie Turner not look great as Jean Grey? I’m sure I’ll come around but those opening shots are not flattering to her.
Always great to see X-Men in live action.
So glad to see Rose Byrne back.
I didn’t recognize Lucas Till as Havok, for the longest time. I had to look at the cast list to figure it out. Its all that long hair he has! I can’t wait for the scene with him and Tye Sheridan, as Cyclops. I wonder if the two will have a quick fight or not.
Makes perfect sense that they would have Jennifer Lawrence not be Blue Mystique, as much as possible – with her Oscar and her hating the make up process. Perfectly understandable.
So thrilled to see Nightcrawler and Jubilee, again!
I really do need to see more Michael Fassbender films.
Alexandra Shipp, on the other had, looks incredible as 80s Mohawk Storm!
Strong hints that Storm, Magneto, Psylocke and a fourth person – are the Horsemen.
I wonder if we’ll get a bunch more Quicksilver in this? I know people loved his scenes from Days of Future Past.
Am I the only one who wasn’t expecting Archangel in this? All we are missing is Iceman and we can have the Original Five in a movie! I’m hoping they can sneak in him in there, but he’ll just be a baby but I want it so much!
I know people are not liking how Apocalypse is looking but he looks good to me, in those brief shots. That voice is dead on, though.
I’ll never stop being taken back by images of the Twin Towers still standing.
How great is that final shot sequence?
Pretty flipping great!
Thanks to Tumblr user, youncehaunted, for the two images!
Surprised they only went with showing us Olivia Munn’s beautiful face but they could have given us some extended scenes with her in the classic Psylocke ninja costume –
There is a special place in heaven for Louise Mingenbach, the costume designer for making the above possible!
My wife heard this song and wants it put on her iPod. Once I can buy her another gift card, I’ll do so but I’m mostly putting this on here so that I can find it later.
Is that 13 Hours film just now coming out? The way Hastings has been promoting it, since October, I thought the film was already coming out on DVD.
Hastings has also been advertising the 5th Wave film as well, which looks decent.
Eric Bana will be in The Finest Hours, always nice to see him acting.
Kung Fu Panda is only on its third film, I would have thought they were at four or five, by now.
February
The Choice has both Tom Welling and Alexandra Daddario – so that’s pretty awesome.
The Coen Brothers are back with – Hail, Caesar! It has a slew of A-Listers – George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill, Dolph Lundgren and Clancy Brown. Of course, Frances McDormand is in it.
Price and Prejudice and Zombies is coming out – the trailer does look fun.
Deadpool, out on the 12th! Which we will be celebrating here on S&FwM!
How to be Single – features Dakota Johnson (nice that a studio is giving a chance to be in another film) and Alison Brie (all it takes to get me to watch a film is to put her in it – I’ll eventually get around to it).
Zoolander 2 looks to be pretty fun. I didn’t know Olivia Munn was suppose to be in it. I imagine, like the first one, it will be cameo heavy. I would like to see Billy Zane come back.
Triple 9, has Kate Winslet, Woody Harrleson, Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman – good to see her getting work already!) and Anthony Mackie.
March
Fun House is a bio-flick that has Tiny Fey and Alfred Molina.
London Has Fallen, an action movie, with Gerald Butler, Aaron Eckhart (who I haven’t seen in a while), Morgan Freeman and Jackie Earle Harley (nice that he’s coming back, again).
Me Before You, has Jenna Coleman, who really should be in more things.
Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale and Natalie Portman – is finally coming out!
In time for Easter, is Ann Rice’s Christ the Lord, starring Sean Bean.
The final (maybe?) Divergent film – Allegiant – is coming out. I can finally buy my wife that box set. Except, it is Part One of Two, good grief Hollywood!
Midnight Special, a science fiction film – has Michael Shannon and Kirsten Dunst in it.
Batman v Superman comes out on the 25! I got some plans for posts to celebrate that film.
They are making a film based off of the life of Hank Williams, starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is getting a sequel.
April
Keeping Up with the Joneses, a title I thought wouldn’t get reused after the Demi Moore film – which wasn’t too bad. Gal Gadot is going to have quite the year! Isla Fisher is in it, which is nice as I haven’t seen her in a while, as well. Jon Hamm and Zach Galifianakis, means this is going to be pretty funny.
Green Room, a crime thriller, has both Patrick Stewart and Alia Shawkat – here’s hoping they have some scenes together!
Another Barbershop film? Good for that franchise, I wanted to watch Beauty Shop, as it has Kevin Bacon in it – but I haven’t yet.
Best Man Holiday is getting a sequel, Wedding. Taye Diggs and Morris Chestnut, pretty much everyone is back for the film.
Criminal, an action thriller has an amazing cast! Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice Eve, Gal Gadot (!) and Ryan Reynolds. Gadot’s role in Batman v Superman must not be that big, as she had a bunch of time to film these other roles.
Someone is trying to revive the Amityville franchise.
The (unneeded) live action version of the Jungle Book is coming. It has to be better than Alice in Wonderland, right? When will it be Dumbo or Little Mermaid’s turn?
The Huntsman sequel is coming, as well – hopefully Cedric Nicolas-Troyan didn’t ruin his marriage for this one.
Eddie the Eagle, based off of the life of the first man to compete at the Olympics in skiing for England. Hugh Jackman and Christopher Walken are in it, but neither of them are Eddie.
In the rein of New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day – we are finally getting . . . Mother’s Day! A slew of people are in this! Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Hilary Duff and Sarah Chalke (not sure why she doesn’t act more).
Nine Lives has Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner and the comeback kid – Christopher Walken.
Ratchet & Clank are getting a movie!?! That isn’t like ten years too late.
May
Captain America : Civil War out on the 6th! I have a plan to celebrate this film.
Going in Style, reunites Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine.
Someone is making a Snowden biopic with a side of thriller. Oliver Stone is directing, so one is probably better off just Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be portraying Snowden, not sure if he will have the mole or not. Shailene Woodley will be in it, as well, as his girlfriend, I think I recognize the name from. Melissa Leo an Timothy Olyphant are in this, both have other films coming out so 2015 was a busy year for them to get work. Zachary Quinto is in this as is Nicholas Cage and Tom Wilkerson.
They really are going forward with the Angry Birds Movie, also a few years late. The trailer wasn’t that good, or at least, not in the direction I thought they were going to go in.
Neighbors 2, I should watch the first one as I do like Rose Byrne but I rarely see her films.
Shane Black as a new film, Nice Guys, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe.
Alice Through the Looking Glass, it must have made enough money for a sequel – Tim Burton is not directing but Johnny Depp will be in it.
X-Men Apocalypse on the 27th! I got big plans for this film!
June
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel is out on the 3rd, I should come up with some sort of post for that day. I don’t think I used all of my ideas for when the first film came out.
Referring to sequels – Conjuring 2 comes out (I have no interest in it) but Now You See Me 2 finally comes after being teased. Looks like everyone is back for it and they included Daniel Radcliffe, in a fun casting choice.
Warcraft, based on the game, finally arrives too. Also, years too late.
After years of Ellen DeGeneres wanting it to happen, Finding Dory arrives.
Independence Day’s sequel also comes. I wonder why it didn’t get the July 4th slot? That seems like a missed opportunity. I bet Will Smith regrets not doing it now.
July
Steven Spielberg brings Roald Dahl’s classic (that I didn’t read) BFG to life.
Purge 3 also comes out, maybe we will get more answers to how that whole thing came together as that’s all I’m mostly curious about.
I didn’t even know Disney was making a life action Tarzan film! In an inspired piece of casting, Alexander Skarsgard (who I also don’t know why he isn’t cast in and for everything) is Tarzan, but this isn’t an origin story (praise for that!) but Tarzan has to come back to the Congo to broker a deal. Which seems odd but I like the idea of Tarzan, after living in London for years, getting to go back home.
Ghostbusters comes out, and I should try to do something for that.
A new musical, La La Land, is coming and it reunites Emma Stone with Ryan Gosling (the Gos!) also JK Simmons is in it so I’m already sold!
Ice Age, a franchise I have yet to watch a full movie of, is back.
A new King Arthur movie is coming, with Charlie Hunnam in the lead – so he gets to rock his own accent. Eric Bana is in this too!
Stark Trek Beyond appears to keep being pushed back, a week at a time. I have a couple ideas to tie-in with this film’s release.
Another Bourne film is also coming, still not titled. Matt Damon is back and co-writing it as well.
August
Suicide Squad is out on the 5th but I don’t have any plans for it.
They are finally remaking Ben-Hur, a film I never had any interest in. Morgan Freeman is in a slew of films, this year.
Pete’s Dragon is being remade, which is a shame as the original is a classic. My wife loves that first one.
Sausage Party is Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s return to form. Not excited about Kristen Wiig being in it but I bet the film is still good.
Todd Phillips has a new film, Arms and the Dudes – starring Jonah Hill (who is also in Sausage Party).
September
We’re getting a new Bridget Jones movie! This time, Renee Zellweger has a baby with Colin Firth (I imagine). Does anyone know if she put on any of that sweet healthy weight? Last time I saw her, she was as thin as a door – which didn’t look attractive, at all.
Apparently there is a Popeye movie coming, but there isn’t even an active link.
A remake of Magnificent Seven is coming, which makes sense. That’s one of those movies, I’m surprised isn’t remade every ten years – with that year’s most popular actors. The names I recognize are – Denzel Washington (where has he been, since Flight?), Chris Pratt (of course), Ethan Hawke (a surprise) and Vincent D’Onofrio – who should get more work just from his turn as Kingpin!
October
The Accountant, an action thriller – has a great cast. Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick (so I’m already sold), Jeffrey Tambor, JK Simmons and John Lithgow.
Gambit is out on the 7th and I’ll be making October, Gambit Month here at S&FwM!
Ron Howard and Tom Hanks reunite for Inferno, making this a Dan Brown trilogy now. Felicity Jones – who I still only really know from Amazing Spider-Man 2 but she has rocketed to success after that film – and I can only imagine, not due to her work in that film as she was barely in it.
Ouija must have made money as it has a sequel.
Kate Beckinsale is back for another Underworld film. She must need a new car.
Tom Cruise is back as Jack Reacher, this time bringing Cobie Smulders, so now I’m interested.
November
Doctor Strange is out on the 4th and I’m going to be having Doctor Strange Month here at S&FwM!
The last relic of the 80s is finally getting a film – Trolls! Anna Kendrick is lending her voice to this animated film.
Harry Potter’s spin off – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – comes out, this time JK Rowling is co-writing the film. I haven’t heard much about the book, but a few peeps have asked about both the film and the book, at Hastings.
Michael Keaton will be portraying Ray Kroc (of McDonald’s fame) in The Founder, though I’m not sure why they are not going with a more McDonalds theme name. I get why they are not calling it “Kroc” but it seems odd. Nick Offerman and Patrick Wilson are also in this, as is Laura Dern.
December
The first Star Wars spin off film – Rogue One, comes out.
Assassin’s Creed, starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, arrives. I’m all excited about the film, though I only played the first two games but they are pretty fun.
Jennifer Lawrence’s second film of the year comes out, Passengers – a science fiction drama piece that also has Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen and Laurence Fishburne in it.
Jumanji is getting a remake, so in one year, two Robin Williams’ films are being remade. Ideally, no one remakes Patch Adams – unless it is a truer adaption – which wouldn’t take much.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is going to be a Christmas movie – Hastings has been showing a trailer for it, for the longest time now. It strikes me as the X-Men but from the Ruins timeline – so I’m like two people who have had that thought, I bet. The trailer is so annoying, as the grandfather character is about to pick up the story when the grandson wants it told from the beginning. At the end, he wants to know when he can hear the rest – like, bitch, you were about to get more story before your dumb request! You bitch! Maybe I shouldn’t be so angry but Hastings airs it as much as they air Adele’s Hello video – which is a lot.
Thanks to Quirk Books for hosting the trailer.
It is for the book, as it was uploaded May 31, 2011 so the boy and grandfather shouldn’t be in the film – but it would be nice if they were – as I’m familiar with them now.
But I’m not wrong, am I? The boy wants more, he’s going to get more but then asks for a recap. Which I get, it is for our benefit but you watch this, once every twenty minutes, for four hours – over the course of two days – it wears on you.
Back in 1992, I was eight, my father had bought this game and the Spider-Man and Captain America in Doctor Doom’s Revenge.
I enjoyed the Doom game as I could actually play it. The X-Men game, I feel like I just played until all of my people were dead and restarted it. I’m not sure if I was just too young, I didn’t have the instruction manual or was just too new to video games on the PC.
I didn’t know who any of the characters were. Shadowcat just had kicking and punching abilities and on the map, she could walk through walls. I couldn’t find any footage on YouTube of people playing her in the combat section but here is a video of the dungeon crawling portion.
Thanks to YouTuber wookiefable for hosting this video.
Here is a cool video of the beginning of the game :
Thanks to YouTuber xtcabandonware for hosting the video.
Apparently someone actually beat the game, so that was fun to discover this video :
Thanks to YouTuber WestheCrayon for hosting the video.
I wouldn’t mind being able to play this game.
Pretty decent line up of characters too!
It wasn’t until I was looking at these videos that I realize that this is an Alternate Universe version of the Fall of the Mutants, which is pretty cool concept for a game.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 