Comments on: Magneto Movie Maybe?

By: GMAC

GMAC — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:41:50 +0000

I think it’s kind of a catch 22 if producers and studios are looking for success in a current project before green-lighting a subsequent one. What if XMO: Wolverine busts at the box office? It’s possible. But if it does poorly, should that necessarily affect other genre-related films? What if Wolverine busts because it’s bad and fans hate it? I’ve seen some clips, and as a long, long-time fan of the X-Men, Wolverine, Deadpool, and the story lines, I have to say it looks terrible. Not trying to be mean, but from what I’ve seen, they totally got Deadpool wrong, and eliminated the possibility of using the source material for a spin-off movie for that character, the Blob looks ridiculous, and the timeline issues look like they might be a problem. How old is Cyclops supposed to be in the X-Men movies? If he’s in high school in Wolverine, and this movie is set 20 years before the first X-Men movie, Scott should be nearly 40 in X-Men 1. These are the issues that die-hard fans notice and can’t let go of.

Wolverine looks like a hastily thrown together project to keep the barn door open and milk a little more money out of fans like myself that have been waiting 20+ years for these characters to be done justice on the big screen.

If Magneto is a good script, and the Donners believe in it, it shouldn’t matter how XMO: Wolverine does. Do you think Iron Man 2 will get shelved if Wolverine does poorly? I don’t think so, because Downey, Jr. and Favreau make an awesome movie, and every movie stands on its own merit, even sequels.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:44:06 +0000

I hate that we have to see how Wolverine does first. Magneto would be a way better movie… How many times do we have to see Wolverine getting operated on in a big tank before we can shift the focus to someone else in the franchise. Now a Holocaust/Revenge/Mutant story that HASN’T already been told is something I’d be interested in!

By: James

James — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:24:44 +0000

No offense to Xmen/ Magneto fans!!!<< but im kinda gettin bored with them all. 3 was enough. Marvel and DC’s (etc etc) so big they can replace all the crappy movies (im talkin to u, chihuahua movie!) with their characters both new and old… more giant robots… women in spandex… I’d be happy. But there’s always room for Magneto I guess. I’m just getting impatient.

By: Kaneda979

Kaneda979 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:05:56 +0000

Wow, I thought this thing was already being made. Well that sucks. So that means if people want the Magneto movie to happen, they HAVE to go see Wolverine, whether they want to or not?

Well I am going to see Wolverine anyway, he is my fav Marvel super hero. However, the more I see of the film of late and the more of the crappy product placement and bad marketing, my hype for the film keeps growing smaller and smaller. I guess I’ll just be going to see it with lowered expectations.

Honestly, now I want to see the Magneto movie more then Wolverine. The script just sounds so much better and so far the film isn’t being over flowed with great characters comic book wise, but are mostly all being used badly movie wise. Hince the Wolverine movie. Plus Magneto is my fav Marvel villain. >_<

By: Slushie Man

Slushie Man — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:36:41 +0000

As I said, there’s lots more to it then that and its TOTALLY different then Hannibal Rising.

By: Mladen

Mladen — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:52:08 +0000

Maybe Sabretooth will get lobotomised and grow beautiful silky blonde hair in this one to bridge the gap to the original X-men movie.

By: David Lopan

David Lopan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:55:33 +0000

They’ve had the magneto prequel in “pre production” status on imdb forever. I never really saw a need for it but it is an interesting story. It has potential to be better than the wolverine story, I think.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:40:02 +0000

This is the origins movie that I have been waiting for. Yeah, I like Wolverine as a character, but a Magneto movie is what would really have me interested!

By: 3R!C

3R!C — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:14:34 +0000

Sounds a little too similar to Hannibal Rising.

By: HAZMAT

HAZMAT — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:35:34 +0000

I would love a Magneto movie..hes so awesome…not just his powers..but the way he talks and the way he does everything makes him pretty cool

You know who I would like to see play Magneto? The guy who played prince Caspian in Narnia 2

Obviously like Rodney said, you have to tie it up well with Xavier and Cerebro and the hollocoust but i think that another think that MUST be in this movie if it gets made is Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Polaris

I would like all of the above to be bad^^^^ and I want them to tell this story from the “villains” point of view (Magneto of course) and then have him and his family go in different paths then Xavier and have them fight Xavier and some young X-Men…no one wins at the end but obviously thats the beginning of the Brotherhood

Have young beast, cyclops, jean, storm, gambit, iceman and colossus be the x men against those charcters I mentioned^^^

Well, thats what I would like to see if this gets made. Theres 100 different routes this movie could take and still be awesome