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Topic Started: Dec 5 2005, 08:41 PM (516 Views)
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first look at X-Men 3 or X3
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For you toy/statue/figure collectors. Sideshow Toys has some amazing items. Here's a couple of them.

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I want both. These are the types of things I want to add to my basement.
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Well then... here's another. Although the movie was pretty bad, I love this statue and is one of my all time favorite comics.

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And with the lights on, it's cooler!!!

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Fing X_MEN Dude!!! God I love it.



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nice, Bub
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Cara and I just watched X2 last night.
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From my brother in law for Christmas. He had my name this year.
Sorry about the size......
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Ellen Page on Playing Kitty Pryde
Source: Edward Douglas
March 24, 2006

After the thriller Hard Candy played at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals last year, 18-year-old Ellen Page from Nova Scotia suddenly found herself getting a lot of attention. One role that came out of it was to become the third actress to play Kitty Pryde AKA Shadowcat in the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand.

Superhero Hype! recently spoke to Page, who was in New York promoting Hard Candy about what went into playing the role, particularly the phasing thing. "There's actually not that much green screen," she admitted. "Obviously, my running through walls skill isn't completely honed, so yeah, there's green screen holes in walls. But it was fun to act in leather suits."

Page's character in Hard Candy, a 14-year-old who winds up in a cat-and-mouse game with a sexual predator, is a real badass, and we wondered if we'd see that intensity carried over to Kitty. "No, I don't plan on carrying Haley onto anything else, obviously," she said. "I would like to be very separated from that."

Since the Kitty Pryde played by two other actresses only had a cameo in the first two "X-Men" movies, we asked if she has a larger part in the new movie and whether she might appear in some of the planned prequels. "Of course, yeah, a little more," she responded to the first part, but wasn't so sure about the second query. "I do have a multiple picture thingie, but it doesn't mean that those movies will [happen]… but to be honest, you know about as much as I do."

X-Men: The Last Stand opens on May 26, but you can taste for Ellen Page (so to speak) in Hard Candy, which opens in limited release on April 7.
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If I were still a huge X-Men fan, I think I'd be very eXcited about this show

Wolverine and the X-Men

probably the best animated presentation of the X-Men yet.













Hey, Greg. Do you remember that X-Men trade paper back we had where the X-Men were in space? It seemed like it was the introduction of Shadow Cat and the art looked like animation cels. Was that from an actual animated film?

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Pryde of the X-Men on wiki
Pryde of the X-Men intro
This still stands as the standard for X-Men on film in my nostalgic mind.
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Wraps Principal Photography!
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Friday, 23 May 2008

It's a wrap for Wolvies' principal photography that has currently been shooting in Australia and earlier in New Zealand.

Marvel's Kevin Feige told IESB that X-Men Origins: Wolverine has just wrapped principal photography in Australia and that there are only a couple of weeks left for some pick up shots second unit will be taking care of.

Several sources close to the production have described X-Men Origins: Wolverine as a gritty 70's type of action film.

Leading up to the events of "X-Men," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" tells the story of Wolverine's epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe.


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New X-Men Origins: Wolverine Set Report!
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June 13, 2008
An anonymous source dropped off this big X-Men Origins: Wolverine set report at Superhero Hype! headquarters late Thursday:

I was recently on the set of "Wolverine." I was nobody special, just an extra. But the experience was an incredible amount of fun and I wanted to pass some of that on. I'm not a part of the cast other than the small role I played as an extra.

First of all, the preliminaries!

I can't tell you much about the specifics of plot, etc. This is because as a nameless extra, I do not know much, and because what little I know is covered under an Non-Disclosure Agreement. However, what I can say I will, and what I can speculate I will.

Now on with our story!

I was a part of the WWII, Omaha Beach scenes (photos of this have hit the net, so no spoilers there). From what I can gather, Logan (aka Wolverine) is pretty much the Eternal Soldier archetype. By this I mean he is by nature a warrior and is drawn to wars and conflict. The D-Day landings at Omaha Beach are iconic in American military history. It makes perfect sense from the character story to have this landing as a setting for some of his history.

About 70 extras were hired on for the shooting of the beach landing scenes (plus stunt guys plus stars). These extras were a mix of normal extras and trained army personnel. I fall into the latter category being a member of the Australian Army Reserve. The casting directors wanted to leaven the bread of actors with some real-life soldiers in order to give the scenes a little bit of added realism. I think it worked well.

On day one of the shoot the army blokes were given command of small units of the WWII soldiers. They were given ranks - corporals, sergeants and one officer. Their role in the landings was to lead their troops up the beach. As every Australian soldier is trained in this sort of small-team leadership, this proved to be no problem. All of us were thrilled at having been given rank for the shoot.

Morale was high on the set. Every single extra was there for the love and fun of it. Sure, I doubt people would have done it for free, but no-one was there just because of the money. The chance to play soldiers alongside one of the coolest comic-book characters ever created? Every single one of us out there was willing to give it 100%. And we did.

The week before we'd all been gathered and trained in the weapons & assault techniques of the time - those of us who had trained in modern techniques had to forget what we knew and start again. The weapons we were using were the real deal WWII issue weapons and so safety was a priority. We had to learn how to fire and handle these weapons just like the real soldiers. After our training, we all had bruises and bumps, but we felt good about knowing what we had to do.

The filming was done up near Newcastle to the north of Sydney, Australia. We filmed from sunrise to sunset. The days were long and cold. Such is life. All of us extras kept in our mind the guys who wore these uniforms some 60 years ago in Normandy - if they could do it, so would we. None of us wanted to disgrace the uniforms we wore.

We wore the uniforms of the 29th Infantry Division. The 29th landed at Omaha and fought their way across Europe to push back the Nazi war machine. They were heroes. Which part of the 29th were we? Well we landed at Omaha under heavy fire, so that makes us the 116th regiment, I would have thought. We weren't the first off the boat, but we were still in the first wave. If you're a history nut, some of the details might be a little sketchy, but these things happen in the movies. A good estimate, if you really want to know, is that we were C Company of the 116th regiment of the 29th Infantry Division. We charged off the boats, quite a few of us fell under the guns and the bombs, and the rest of us - led by Logan and a few others - fought their way up to the cliffs and the German bunkers. Back in 1944 that's pretty much how it happened, so that's good enough for me.

The beach scenes were a lot of fun to do. We all got covered in sand, soaked through from the surf, choked on smoke and were buffeted and deafened from explosions. We charged up that beach so many times we all sweated half our body-weight. But every time we lined up to go again, we gritted down and gave it our best. It was fun. And we wanted to do as good a job as we could.

Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber, it must be said, seem like really great blokes. I know everyone says that about the stars, but it is true about these guys. When the set was being dressed with all the explosives, Hugh went and signed autographs and spoke to the crowd that had waited so patiently to see him. When he could, Hugh swung by and gave a few words of encouragement to the 70-odd extras. Liev, obviously not as big a star in Australia as Hugh but still a name-to-conjure-with, had something of a sly smirk on his face most of the time and seemed to be genuinely enjoying himself on the set. Liev & Hugh ate alongside the rest of us and both of the guys got wet and covered in sand & explosive debris just like the rest of us. (Every time an explosion went off near them the sand would stick to the make-up on their face! I recall coming out of one take and with another extra and the four of us - Hugh, Liev, the other extra and myself - were all looking at each other and grinning as we spat sand out of our mouths and blinked it out of our eyes.)

It's an odd thing about Australians as a people. We're generally not seen as respectful polite folk. We're loud and brash and arrogantly friendly. Yet no-one from us plebians amongst the crew bothered the stars. We all figured, "well, I guess they're busy so we'll just leave them to it." Sure, we all know they're normal blokes and when the opportunity arose - lunch queues, costuming, and other casual encounters - we all spoke and joked with each the stars just as they did with each other. But for the majority of the time, no-one bothered these guys and left them to get on with their job. This attitude could be seen with the crowd on the beach too. They waited patiently. They didn't yell or cheer or carry on. When asked not to take photos with long range cameras, they agreed. (Well most did, Australians have never been too good at obeying regulations!) When asked to move out of shot, they did so without protest. A couple of school groups came down to watch and got impromptu lessons from their teachers about movie-making and the Normandy landings. (We extras were thrilled at one point to see a group a children imitating our charges up the beach!) In short, it was all very civilized and pleasant.

For the final scene of the shoot the special effect guys went all out - and didn't tell us what they were doing. We figured it was just another charge up the beach. We had picked our spots to dive, take cover and die according to the lie of the land. On the call of "action" we set off and the world went to hell! The effects guys had basically rigged the entire beach to simulate mortar explosions and machine-gun fire - and to a much greater degree than ever before. Sand and smoke and noise obscured everyone's view. No-one could see and hear a thing. People dropped and took cover, on instinct as much as on training. Time slowed. (Everyone said this afterwards - when the explosions went off, everything moved into slow-motion. Not that it mattered. People were still confused and disorientated, and no-one could see or hear a thing beyond a few feet.) I recalled the words of one of the lieutenants from the Omaha Beach landings: "there are two types of people staying on this beach - dead guys and guys who are going to die." I couldn't see a damned thing - I had sand in my eyes and my ears were ringing - but I was supposed to be leading. I had a job to do. I charged forward anyway, hoping I wouldn't run head-first into one of the barricade that were scattered across the beach. As I went forward I found blokes on their guts, taking cover from the explosions. I grabbed them and screamed at them to get moving up the beach. I even kicked a few. I took what shots I could with my M1 rifle, but mainly I just kept moving and pushing the blokes along up the beach and away from the killing zone. When they moved they just did as they had trained to do - took a few steps, took cover, fired if they could and them moved again. When the director yelled CUT we all just kind of stumbled around and tried to blink the sand and smoke from our eyes.

We were told later that the look of confusion and disorientation in soldiers who, while shot all to hell, ADVANCED ANYWAY was just what the director wanted. We did the best we could and I cannot help but be in awe of those blokes who fought under conditions much worse back on Omaha Beach, June 6th, 1944.

Let me say one last thing about the production. The production itself was incredibly well and professionally done. Everyone had their jobs and everyone did them. The actors & extras were extremely well taken care of by the production crew. We were well fed and accommodated in nice hotels. We were well trained and drilled by some excellent military advisors - guys who knew their history and their weapons. As a result of all of this, morale was very high. No-one had a problem with going the extra mile - wading through chest high surf or diving around the beach as explosions went off around us. All of that was fine because we were well looked after. It was a valuable lesson of leadership that can apply to the film-making, corporate and military worlds equally.

So what happens on D-Day in the "Wolverine" film? Well think about it! Logan regenerates. Most soldiers don't. Logan is also "a bit tasty in a fight." So are there any prizes for guessing which cigar-chomping hero ends up charging up the beach and taking out some Germans? No, Logan wasn't the only one to get all the way up the beach. Yes, Logan is one tough cookie, but the rest of the soldiers there weren't just waiting around for regenerating mutants to save the day. Three platoons land with Logan & Creed. 1st platoon, which includes the heroes, gets pretty badly chopped up. 2nd platoon get's hurt bad, but gets up the beach and fights alongside our heroes as they advance with the remnants of 1st platoon. 3rd platoon get hurt bad as well, but they're a little off to the side. I was one of the soldiers who made it up the beach. I did fire-and-movement up the beach and moved my troops along with me. I even got to fire off a few shots alongside "the man" himself. Maybe you'll see me in the film, but I doubt it. I was just a nameless Technician from the 29th Infantry Division - just so much set dressing. Sure, I did a few cool things - I got to step in, take command of a platoon and lead them up the beach; I got to blaze away at Nazi side-by-side with Logan and Creed; I got to run around and play soldier with a great bunch of blokes - but at the end of the day, I was just a part of a larger team that made, what we all hope, was a great scene you will enjoy when you come to watch the film.

From what I hear the release date is mid way through 2009. I'll see it first chance I get and for damned sure I'll be staying to watch the credit, yelling like a cowboy when I see the names of all the guys & girls I worked with for two glorious days in June 2008.
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Rant: First Look At Gambit In ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’
 
Some of you may have seen a brief glimpse of the infamous “ragin’ cajun” from leaked footage of the X-Men Origins: Wolverine teaser trailer that debuted at the Fox panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

For those who did not (and even those who did), we have the first official photo of Gambit thanks to Empire Magazine. This comes just days after a new picture of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine was released.

If you didn’t see the low-quality leaked videos but you’re excited to see the trailer for this movie like me, then you’re in luck as the official trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine debuts alongside The Day The Earth Stood Still on December 12th. That’s just two weeks away!

As for the image, this particular picture does not impress me. In those clothes with that face, I don’t see Gambit anywhere. It looks like some random shot from a poker movie. I imagine he’ll look much better and should resemble the character more when in uniform working for Weapon X… or perhaps not. Where the heck are his red eyes! How about the trench coat he is never seen without? Is that really supposed to be Remy LeBeau? Did I just say Weapon X?

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The Gambit character entered the Marvel universe in 1990, appearing in Uncanny X-Men (issue 266). However, it was not until the hit cartoon X-Men, the animated series that Gambit earned his massive fan base. The show lasted about 5 seasons and is by far my favorite cartoon of all time. It is where Gambit and Wolverine became my favorite X-Characters.

Just thinking about it brings back fond memories of all the guys in elementary school trading the Marvel cards. Gambit is still one of my favorite characters although I can’t say the same for Wolverine anymore with how overused he has become - not only in the comics, but obviously in the movies. I would even go so far as to say, the character has been partly ruined by Marvel.

I personally preferred Wolverine as just a part of the team as opposed to the central focus or for some crazy reason, the leader (The Last Stand, anyone? Even the new cartoon is called Wolverine and the X-men). As a side note, the new X-Men series has aired nearly a dozen episodes in some regions and is set to air in the U.S. in January. In this show, Wolverine is the leader of the X-Men and the real leader (Cyclops) is a background character. Without exaggerating, there’s been a complete trade and Cyclops has taken Wolverine’s exact role from the original nineties cartoon (the quiet angry badass).

To me, Wolverine was awesome back in the day because he was the dark and dry support character with the short temper, sometimes-questionable morals and a mysterious past. He was the gruff man’s man who chilled out, drank beer and smoked while lying back on the couch with feet up.

Rules were not a priority of his but when crap hit the fan, you sure as hell wanted him on your side. However, you always feared he could go over the edge and might not always be easily restrained. When asked to do something he didn’t want to do, he’d argue or disagree but he had a heart of gold when it came to protecting his own – and this made him a father figure to several young female X-Men team members throughout the years.

Now? Well, now he’s the goody two-shoes who appears in like 328 comics a month – or something close to that. His mystery is gone, his coolness factor has dropped and what made him more awesome then most has faded. That being said, the character is still tons of fun to read (there’s a reason he got so much attention in the first place) and I love watching Hugh Jackman play him in the films. I just wish he could be used better to make other characters better as well, rather than inappropriately overshadowing them (and the story).

All right - now back to Gambit.

Known for being the resident ladies man of the X-Men, Gambit is part of one of Marvel’s most well-known (and complex) relationships with fellow teammate Rogue (played by Anna Paquin in the X-Men trilogy).

In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Gambit is played by Canadian Taylor Kitsch of Friday Night Lights and The Covenant fame. I think it’s cool that he’s a fellow Canadian but I actually was a supporter of the idea of Josh Holloway (who plays Sawyer in Lost) taking the role in the feature films and I’m saddened this did not come to fruition.

It’s obvious they needed a younger actor to play the part in this film as it is a prequel to the X-Men trilogy while completely out of any form of continuity. I love Gambit but he does not belong in this film. I understand that saying that doesn’t mean anything because Fox Studios’ take on the X-Men is far from what is in the source material. But I’m easily able to enjoy the films and separate the films from the rest of the Marvel material and take it for what it is.

I loved the first X-Men film, liked the second but really despised the third. The footage I saw of X-Men Origins: Wolverine makes me think it could be a fun ride. I just hope they don’t screw characters up as much as the story already is - or this is going to go from fun to frustrating and disappointing. Specifically, Deadpool had better have his scars and costume and Gambit had better throw some cards that glow and make that sweet sound similar to the cartoon. We can already see that they’re not giving Gambit his trademark visual feature of black and red eyes; they best not pull another Colossus and make him have no accent.

Wow…all of this over one picture I barely talk about.

What do you think of the picture? What do you expect from the film? What do you think of the use of the Wolverine character?

X-Men Origins: Wolverine hits theaters May 1, 2009 while Wolverine and the X-Men airs in the U.S. on January 23, 2009.
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Trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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