X-Men: Apocalypse | Final Trailer | 4/25/2016
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Every Single Secret Revealed in the Last X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer
The final X-Men: Apocalypse trailer arrived this morning, and while it didn’t lack for action, this one also told us a lot more about the relationships and backstories that will make up the emotional bits of this movie. We combed through the whole thing to break it all down for you!
This trailer begins with what I honestly believe is the only shot of this sign in existence.
Professor X is teaching a class and, in the voiceover, says, “Things are better. The world is better.” This is because irony has decided to make Professor X its bitch.
He finishes the line not in class, but in this single shot, which makes it look like it’s part of his conversation with Mystique, who has arrived to warn Professor X about someone. Probably Apocalypse. (Also note his lilac v-neck. Professor X wears nothing else in this trailer.)
“Just because there’s not a war doesn’t mean there’s peace. He’s coming.” This is ambiguous enough that it could be Apocalypse or just a general warning about Magneto.
We see the ancient pyramid again, with an ankh inside a triangle—a very Apocalypse-ish symbol.
The biggest tragedy in this movie is definitely turning Oscar Isaac from his normal Oscar Isaac self into an Ivan Ooze-themed Oscar Isaac. Meanwhile, Moira MacTaggert is telling Professor X things we’ve heard her say before. “Some call him Apocalypse,” etc. She and Mystique seem to be hellbent on getting Professor X to do something about dangers.
Moira continues, “He’s been amassing mutants to take their powers.”
We’ve seen this sand destruction effect in previous trailers, but on a massive scale, and in a modern setting. This little vignette tells us that it’s how Apocalypse’s powers are going to manifest in this movie, and that he can also use it on individual people, not just cities.
This is Angel in what we’re calling “Mutant Fight Club.” This movie had better explain how rich kid Warren Worthington III ended up here.
Every shot of Psylocke with her weapons is glorious, but they all seem to come from this one fight.
Professor X, once again in his lilac v-neck, this time on a rocky outcropping. This is the first time in one of these trailers we’ve seen him anywhere but the mansion or in the office with Moira. He’s saying “Erik, don’t join them.”
First of all, this scene implies that Magneto’s not an unwilling participant in whatever Apocalypse is doing. Second of all, this probably takes place after Magneto (with Apocalypse) levitates Professor X’s wheelchair in the mansion and, presumably, hightails it out of the mansion with him. Which does explain why Mystique has to step up, but doesn’t explain why he’s begging Magneto not to join the people it appears he’s already joined.
This shot is both epic and appears to be the same rocky terrain as Professor X’s conversation with Magneto.
Angst-neto: “Whatever it is you think you saw in me, I buried it with my family.”
And we flashback to Sad-neto cradling a... child? And there’s a head with a ponytail on the ground? Is this flashback proof we’re going to finally see Magneto with Magda (Quicksilver’s comic book mom) in the movies?
This hand shot is of Apocalypse—it matches how his hand looks in the sand scene earlier in the trailer. But wow does it also look like it could be Nightcrawler’s or even Mystique’s. Lots of blue people with textured skin in this movie.
Blah blah blah destructioncakes. (Welcome to the landmark party, Australia!)
The theory about Professor X being kidnapped is semi-confirmed by Beast saying “They took him, Raven. The world needs the X-Men.” She responds, “I’m not a hero.”
“The students look up to you,” he responds. When would that have happened? In between Days of Future Past and now, has she stopped by to visit a bunch of times? Her strolling in to talk to Professor X earlier in the trailer does seem to back that assumption up.
“If I’m going to teach your kids something, I’m going to teach them to fight,” she voice-overs. This image isn’t just because this outfit is absurd, but to show that Mystique visits Mutant Fight Club a couple of times.
We’ve seen versions of this fight between Angel and Nightcrawler before, but now we have a better understanding of the context. Also, note Nightcrawler’s outfit: the sequined lapels and the frilly shirt seem to be a shout-out to his circus past.
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“Follow me,” says Mystique, as she and Nightcrawler teleport out of what looks like a riot in the Mutant Fight Club. Note that she’s wearing the black leather and t-shirt outfit from the rest of the film. So either she visits twice or she mutates into a new outfit for some reason.
It’s kind of hard to tell through the accent, but Nightcrawler says, “You’re her!” to Mystique. Hints of their comics relationship, maybe?
And the hits just keep on coming for Mystique, for whom green lighting indicates big revelations—this time, that Magneto is Quicksilver’s father. Shocker, I know.
Her reaction is appropriate.
Quicksilver’s “He and my mom, they did it” is less appropriate.
In addition to being cool, the trailers have set up certain X-Men to Horseman match-ups; Angel and Nightcrawler earlier, and now Storm and Cyclops.
And Psylocke and Beast. We haven’t seen a one-to-one match for Magneto yet, unless you count Professor X’s emotional appeal. Interestingly, it’s Mystique who goes up against Apocalypse.
Psylocke’s pleased look during her fight with Beast is everything, by the way.
Here we have Stryker arriving at the school and a shot of a helicopter flying over a landscape that, to me at least, looks like the Alkali Lake facility from X-2. We’ve kind of got the vibe that Stryker’s going to do the “invade the school, kidnap the students” thing for a second time. Before he did it before. Time travel.
Among the students ducking a mansion explosion (I’m guessing) is Jubilee.
“Forget everything you think you know. None of it matters,” says Mystique in what looks like Cerebro, which is a weird place to go full drill sergeant mode. Also, this scene must take place before the mansion goes boom.
More destruction as Mystique intones “You’re not students anymore.”
Mystique is knocking someone out back in the outfit from the first time we see her in the Mutant Fight Club Crowd. She looks like she’s near some sort of control system? Again, she either changed after this—if whatever she’s doing here caused the stampede and that’s when she grabbed Nightcrawler—or she went back again in different clothes.
“I’ll take everything from them,” says Magneto. Betting on “them” being less the X-Men and more humans.
And Cerebro explodes.
The big circle behind Mystique as she says “You’re X-Men” proves this is more likely to be Cerebro and not the Danger Room, but man is Cerebro getting a workout in this movie. Charles sees Apocalypse’s mind and power there, Mystique gives a speech, it explodes. This happens:
Psylocke gets knocked off the Blackbird.
We’ve seen these shots before, but now we can compare them to Ancient Egyptian Apocalypse’s sand trick on the three unlucky men earlier. And we can connect Plaid-neto to it.
As Mystique and her crew come to get the students captured by Stryker, we see that they’re less trapped than one might have guessed. “Well, you’ve been busy,” Mystique says.
Cyclops: “We had a little help.”
Of course it’s Wolverine. I swear, the whole Stryker subplot is jammed in here for the sole purpose of putting Wolverine in this movie
The final X-Men: Apocalypse trailer arrived this morning, and while it didn’t lack for action, this one also told us a lot more about the relationships and backstories that will make up the emotional bits of this movie. We combed through the whole thing to break it all down for you!
This trailer begins with what I honestly believe is the only shot of this sign in existence.
Professor X is teaching a class and, in the voiceover, says, “Things are better. The world is better.” This is because irony has decided to make Professor X its bitch.
He finishes the line not in class, but in this single shot, which makes it look like it’s part of his conversation with Mystique, who has arrived to warn Professor X about someone. Probably Apocalypse. (Also note his lilac v-neck. Professor X wears nothing else in this trailer.)
“Just because there’s not a war doesn’t mean there’s peace. He’s coming.” This is ambiguous enough that it could be Apocalypse or just a general warning about Magneto.
We see the ancient pyramid again, with an ankh inside a triangle—a very Apocalypse-ish symbol.
The biggest tragedy in this movie is definitely turning Oscar Isaac from his normal Oscar Isaac self into an Ivan Ooze-themed Oscar Isaac. Meanwhile, Moira MacTaggert is telling Professor X things we’ve heard her say before. “Some call him Apocalypse,” etc. She and Mystique seem to be hellbent on getting Professor X to do something about dangers.
Moira continues, “He’s been amassing mutants to take their powers.”
We’ve seen this sand destruction effect in previous trailers, but on a massive scale, and in a modern setting. This little vignette tells us that it’s how Apocalypse’s powers are going to manifest in this movie, and that he can also use it on individual people, not just cities.
This is Angel in what we’re calling “Mutant Fight Club.” This movie had better explain how rich kid Warren Worthington III ended up here.
Every shot of Psylocke with her weapons is glorious, but they all seem to come from this one fight.
Professor X, once again in his lilac v-neck, this time on a rocky outcropping. This is the first time in one of these trailers we’ve seen him anywhere but the mansion or in the office with Moira. He’s saying “Erik, don’t join them.”
First of all, this scene implies that Magneto’s not an unwilling participant in whatever Apocalypse is doing. Second of all, this probably takes place after Magneto (with Apocalypse) levitates Professor X’s wheelchair in the mansion and, presumably, hightails it out of the mansion with him. Which does explain why Mystique has to step up, but doesn’t explain why he’s begging Magneto not to join the people it appears he’s already joined.
This shot is both epic and appears to be the same rocky terrain as Professor X’s conversation with Magneto.
Angst-neto: “Whatever it is you think you saw in me, I buried it with my family.”
And we flashback to Sad-neto cradling a... child? And there’s a head with a ponytail on the ground? Is this flashback proof we’re going to finally see Magneto with Magda (Quicksilver’s comic book mom) in the movies?
This hand shot is of Apocalypse—it matches how his hand looks in the sand scene earlier in the trailer. But wow does it also look like it could be Nightcrawler’s or even Mystique’s. Lots of blue people with textured skin in this movie.
Blah blah blah destructioncakes. (Welcome to the landmark party, Australia!)
The theory about Professor X being kidnapped is semi-confirmed by Beast saying “They took him, Raven. The world needs the X-Men.” She responds, “I’m not a hero.”
“The students look up to you,” he responds. When would that have happened? In between Days of Future Past and now, has she stopped by to visit a bunch of times? Her strolling in to talk to Professor X earlier in the trailer does seem to back that assumption up.
“If I’m going to teach your kids something, I’m going to teach them to fight,” she voice-overs. This image isn’t just because this outfit is absurd, but to show that Mystique visits Mutant Fight Club a couple of times.
We’ve seen versions of this fight between Angel and Nightcrawler before, but now we have a better understanding of the context. Also, note Nightcrawler’s outfit: the sequined lapels and the frilly shirt seem to be a shout-out to his circus past.
`
“Follow me,” says Mystique, as she and Nightcrawler teleport out of what looks like a riot in the Mutant Fight Club. Note that she’s wearing the black leather and t-shirt outfit from the rest of the film. So either she visits twice or she mutates into a new outfit for some reason.
It’s kind of hard to tell through the accent, but Nightcrawler says, “You’re her!” to Mystique. Hints of their comics relationship, maybe?
And the hits just keep on coming for Mystique, for whom green lighting indicates big revelations—this time, that Magneto is Quicksilver’s father. Shocker, I know.
Her reaction is appropriate.
Quicksilver’s “He and my mom, they did it” is less appropriate.
In addition to being cool, the trailers have set up certain X-Men to Horseman match-ups; Angel and Nightcrawler earlier, and now Storm and Cyclops.
And Psylocke and Beast. We haven’t seen a one-to-one match for Magneto yet, unless you count Professor X’s emotional appeal. Interestingly, it’s Mystique who goes up against Apocalypse.
Psylocke’s pleased look during her fight with Beast is everything, by the way.
Here we have Stryker arriving at the school and a shot of a helicopter flying over a landscape that, to me at least, looks like the Alkali Lake facility from X-2. We’ve kind of got the vibe that Stryker’s going to do the “invade the school, kidnap the students” thing for a second time. Before he did it before. Time travel.
Among the students ducking a mansion explosion (I’m guessing) is Jubilee.
“Forget everything you think you know. None of it matters,” says Mystique in what looks like Cerebro, which is a weird place to go full drill sergeant mode. Also, this scene must take place before the mansion goes boom.
More destruction as Mystique intones “You’re not students anymore.”
Mystique is knocking someone out back in the outfit from the first time we see her in the Mutant Fight Club Crowd. She looks like she’s near some sort of control system? Again, she either changed after this—if whatever she’s doing here caused the stampede and that’s when she grabbed Nightcrawler—or she went back again in different clothes.
“I’ll take everything from them,” says Magneto. Betting on “them” being less the X-Men and more humans.
And Cerebro explodes.
The big circle behind Mystique as she says “You’re X-Men” proves this is more likely to be Cerebro and not the Danger Room, but man is Cerebro getting a workout in this movie. Charles sees Apocalypse’s mind and power there, Mystique gives a speech, it explodes. This happens:
Psylocke gets knocked off the Blackbird.
We’ve seen these shots before, but now we can compare them to Ancient Egyptian Apocalypse’s sand trick on the three unlucky men earlier. And we can connect Plaid-neto to it.
As Mystique and her crew come to get the students captured by Stryker, we see that they’re less trapped than one might have guessed. “Well, you’ve been busy,” Mystique says.
Cyclops: “We had a little help.”
Of course it’s Wolverine. I swear, the whole Stryker subplot is jammed in here for the sole purpose of putting Wolverine in this movie
MotherFuck Bryan Singer...
Call Them Impractical, But the Original X-Men Costumes Are About Individuality
“Gritty realism” has been the name of the game for superhero movies for some time now. And although some of the X-Men films have been decent, the costumes have a glaring problem: mutant heroes clad in black leather are completely antithetical to everything the characters stand for.
For starters, flashy costumes tell us a lot about the characters’ backgrounds and relationships to each other. A unitard might seem ridiculous on Nightcrawler, until you consider that he was originally an acrobat. Likewise, it’s no coincidence that the costumes for Wolverine and Cyclops are essentially palette swaps, as they represent opposing methods of leadership.
But more importantly, the X-Men comics have often used the struggles of mutants as a metaphor for civil rights movements throughout the ages. In that way, colorful uniforms are a celebration of pride in being part of a marginalized group, a celebration that’s utterly lost when the mutants are dressed in identical suits that resemble motorcycle gear. This choice becomes especially confusing when other films—like Deadpool, or even Kick-Ass to a degree—are able to bring comic book costumes to life in a believable way.
The final nail in the coffin comes when kaptainkristian shows us some footage from behind the scenes of the first X-Men film: the actors are barely able to move in these drab leather bodysuits. For reasons practical and metaphorical, maybe Spandex was the way to go after all.
Call Them Impractical, But the Original X-Men Costumes Are About Individuality
“Gritty realism” has been the name of the game for superhero movies for some time now. And although some of the X-Men films have been decent, the costumes have a glaring problem: mutant heroes clad in black leather are completely antithetical to everything the characters stand for.
For starters, flashy costumes tell us a lot about the characters’ backgrounds and relationships to each other. A unitard might seem ridiculous on Nightcrawler, until you consider that he was originally an acrobat. Likewise, it’s no coincidence that the costumes for Wolverine and Cyclops are essentially palette swaps, as they represent opposing methods of leadership.
But more importantly, the X-Men comics have often used the struggles of mutants as a metaphor for civil rights movements throughout the ages. In that way, colorful uniforms are a celebration of pride in being part of a marginalized group, a celebration that’s utterly lost when the mutants are dressed in identical suits that resemble motorcycle gear. This choice becomes especially confusing when other films—like Deadpool, or even Kick-Ass to a degree—are able to bring comic book costumes to life in a believable way.
The final nail in the coffin comes when kaptainkristian shows us some footage from behind the scenes of the first X-Men film: the actors are barely able to move in these drab leather bodysuits. For reasons practical and metaphorical, maybe Spandex was the way to go after all.
I'll still go see it, but this recap is funny as hell, especially the nicknames for Magneto. lol
get the feeling she wont be making it to the credits..
Psylocke wearing high heel pumps doesn't deserve to live
get the feeling she wont be making it to the credits..
but I will reserve my opinion
peace
Can't somebody catch this dude with a naked boy already to get him up off of the franchise, please.
This rucking video & article is vexing me even more
The COLORS are what drew my young big headed ass to the comic in the first place in during the Proteus story.
Fuck Singer's nambla loving ass
MotherFuck Bryan Singer...
How do I make ^^^^this bigger, like big as fuck?
Call Them Impractical, But the Original X-Men Costumes Are About Individuality
“Gritty realism” has been the name of the game for superhero movies for some time now. And although some of the X-Men films have been decent, the costumes have a glaring problem: mutant heroes clad in black leather are completely antithetical to everything the characters stand for.
For starters, flashy costumes tell us a lot about the characters’ backgrounds and relationships to each other. A unitard might seem ridiculous on Nightcrawler, until you consider that he was originally an acrobat. Likewise, it’s no coincidence that the costumes for Wolverine and Cyclops are essentially palette swaps, as they represent opposing methods of leadership.
But more importantly, the X-Men comics have often used the struggles of mutants as a metaphor for civil rights movements throughout the ages. In that way, colorful uniforms are a celebration of pride in being part of a marginalized group, a celebration that’s utterly lost when the mutants are dressed in identical suits that resemble motorcycle gear. This choice becomes especially confusing when other films—like Deadpool, or even Kick-Ass to a degree—are able to bring comic book costumes to life in a believable way.
The final nail in the coffin comes when kaptainkristian shows us some footage from behind the scenes of the first X-Men film: the actors are barely able to move in these drab leather bodysuits. For reasons practical and metaphorical, maybe Spandex was the way to go after all.
Can't somebody catch this dude with a naked boy already to get him up off of the franchise, please.
This rucking video & article is vexing me even more
The COLORS are what drew my young big headed ass to the comic in the first place in during the Proteus story.
Fuck Singer's nambla loving ass
at least he don't look like a damn purple goblin anymore
They looks like a gay teen Disney characters
After I read earlier today she considered leaving the series because she didn't like doing the Mystique make up. That plus now Mystique is the leader of the X-Men, I'll wait for the Blu-ray rip.
Looks like trash..
Beast still looks like a bad joke. Mystique running the show. Cyclops is still a unsure pussy without a proper visor. Storm is not cast properly. Apocolypse...where do i start.
Oh, and where is Darwin comic coons?!??
Beast still looks like a bad joke. Mystique running the show. Cyclops is still a unsure pussy without a proper visor. Storm is not cast properly. Apocolypse...where do i start.
Oh, and where is Darwin comic coons?!??
MotherFuck Bryan Singer...
Call Them Impractical, But the Original X-Men Costumes Are About Individuality
“Gritty realism” has been the name of the game for superhero movies for some time now. And although some of the X-Men films have been decent, the costumes have a glaring problem: mutant heroes clad in black leather are completely antithetical to everything the characters stand for.
For starters, flashy costumes tell us a lot about the characters’ backgrounds and relationships to each other. A unitard might seem ridiculous on Nightcrawler, until you consider that he was originally an acrobat. Likewise, it’s no coincidence that the costumes for Wolverine and Cyclops are essentially palette swaps, as they represent opposing methods of leadership.
But more importantly, the X-Men comics have often used the struggles of mutants as a metaphor for civil rights movements throughout the ages. In that way, colorful uniforms are a celebration of pride in being part of a marginalized group, a celebration that’s utterly lost when the mutants are dressed in identical suits that resemble motorcycle gear. This choice becomes especially confusing when other films—like Deadpool, or even Kick-Ass to a degree—are able to bring comic book costumes to life in a believable way.
The final nail in the coffin comes when kaptainkristian shows us some footage from behind the scenes of the first X-Men film: the actors are barely able to move in these drab leather bodysuits. For reasons practical and metaphorical, maybe Spandex was the way to go after all.
They will have costumes close to the 90s era outfits. You see mystic wearing it but altered.
Marvel has a more grounded approach to representing their hero's having bright ass spandex should be left in the comics and cartoons...
If they were to actually do this in a movie it would look gay as fuck and silly...
Marvel been using the same time line none stop with out having to do any reboots since 2003, the Xmen time line is also extensive and long, no way your going to merge the two at this point with out some major reboot..
Maybe if they one day reboot the whole universe then they could merge, but at this point it would do more harm than good..
MotherFuck Bryan Singer...
Call Them Impractical, But the Original X-Men Costumes Are About Individuality
“Gritty realism” has been the name of the game for superhero movies for some time now. And although some of the X-Men films have been decent, the costumes have a glaring problem: mutant heroes clad in black leather are completely antithetical to everything the characters stand for.
For starters, flashy costumes tell us a lot about the characters’ backgrounds and relationships to each other. A unitard might seem ridiculous on Nightcrawler, until you consider that he was originally an acrobat. Likewise, it’s no coincidence that the costumes for Wolverine and Cyclops are essentially palette swaps, as they represent opposing methods of leadership.
But more importantly, the X-Men comics have often used the struggles of mutants as a metaphor for civil rights movements throughout the ages. In that way, colorful uniforms are a celebration of pride in being part of a marginalized group, a celebration that’s utterly lost when the mutants are dressed in identical suits that resemble motorcycle gear. This choice becomes especially confusing when other films—like Deadpool, or even Kick-Ass to a degree—are able to bring comic book costumes to life in a believable way.
The final nail in the coffin comes when kaptainkristian shows us some footage from behind the scenes of the first X-Men film: the actors are barely able to move in these drab leather bodysuits. For reasons practical and metaphorical, maybe Spandex was the way to go after all.
Agree 100%.
I don't like it either. I think she shouldn't even be wearing heels. Go with more of the ninja look. Or what she wears now.
She doesn't like the process of having to sit for hours to apply the body paint and mskeup. She needs to take her A list celebrity ass and do something else. Her being such a key member in these films is a storytelling issue.
Well....
Marvel has a more grounded approach to representing their hero's having bright ass spandex should be left in the comics and cartoons...
If they were to actually do this in a movie it would look gay as fuck and silly...
while i agree a literal copy of wolverine from comic to screen wouldn't work we still manage to see adaptations like those of Spiderman, Captain America, Thor, Vision Superman, Batman, Flash, Deadpool and others stay true to costume color and style but for wolverine it would be an impossible task............ Why cause you don't like yellow?
Pure Bullshit.
cosplayers can do this , big budget studios cant do better?
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If you haven't notice marvel tends to make their guys outfit more functional and less costume-ish and the X-Men are no different, they are more like powered solders rather than spandex wearing superheros rocking mask and looking like weirdos...
Even the Avengers tone down their shit from the comics this is why Spiderman looks so strange in the trailer something that Tony mocks him with when calling him under-roos...
Even Captain America suit was mocked as being too superhero-ish...
fuck this pedo directed flick
Same thing, the Panther has a functional suit of armor not a fashion statement that say I'm cool... If you notice only Thor and the Vision wear capes in the Marvel movies (And Thor takes his off every opportunity he gets) and the very few that actually wear mask, most of them wear them as a form of protective armor..
sorry but thats laughable so panther cause he needs armor is ok in spandex armor but spidey who needs a light stretchable suit due to agility and powers is stupid just in spandex
and again please explain how wolverines yellow suit shouts "I'm cool" cause i think im sitting in the cheap seats and must of missed it.
Why would he need such a loud ass mask, and if the X-Men are a team of super solders why would he be wearing such a costume?sorry but thats laughable so panther cause he needs armor is ok in spandex armor but spidey who needs a light stretchable suit due to agility and powers is stupid just in spandex
and again please explain how wolverines yellow suit shouts "I'm cool" cause i think im sitting in the cheap seats and must of missed it.