Binge Movie Aftertaste – X-Men Retrospective w/Matthew Goudreau and Mike Batchelor: X2: X-Men United (2003)
Before Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe took over all things comic book, there was 20th Century Fox and X-Men. If someone wants to see what the comic book film landscape looked like, just take a look at 1989’s Punisher and 1994’s Phantom. But then came Blade (which we’ll cover eventually), a movie that came out in 1998 and proved that cinematic movies based on comic books could indeed be financially successful. And after a lot of false pretenses and multiple script changes, Marvel’s X-Men was finally ready to roll before cameras with little known director Bryan Singer behind the camera. Little did we know that not only would this franchise have a lot of peaks and valleys, but the Mouse House would eventually swallow its rights up whole. Will Garrett, Matt, and Batch enjoy the ride up to and through this year’s Dark Phoenix?
After the original X-Men was released and a proven success, director Bryan Singer determined the second film in the franchise was going to be his next project. Repeatedly coming out in the press and proclaiming that the second X-Men film was going to be his Empire Strikes Back, Singer reunited his cast and also brought newcomers Alan Cumming and Kelly Hu aboard. The result is still looked at by many to be one of the best superhero films ever made.
Join Matt, Batch, and myself as we get to the bottom of whether or not that last proclamation is true, and whether Singer made do on his promise. And come back next week for our review of Brett Ratner’s X-Men: The Last Stand.
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)
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