Dammit Bryan Singer It’s Not All About You
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?Bryan Singer, director of the two good X-Men movies, is now officially signed on to direct the X-Men prequel First Class. All well and good, right? Wrong. Because — you know, all I have to do is repeat the article title of the LA Times’ recent interview with him:
Bryan Singer on ‘X-Men: First Class’: It’s got to be about Magneto and Professor X
NO. NO IT DOES NOT, SINGER. The whole point of the fucking movie is that it’s about the formation of the X-Men, their early days. There’s no absolute need to have Magneto involved at all. Plus, it might be noted, that MAGNETO’S BEEN THE BAD GUY IN ALL THREE X-MEN MOVIES, INCLUDING THE TWO YOU’VE ALREADY DONE. We’ve seen Magneto. We know his deal. I think I speak for most nerds when I say PICK SOMEONE ELSE. It’s not like the X-Men are hurting for enemies here. Apocalypse, Mr. Sinister, the Hellfire Club… hell, I’ll take Mojo at this point. Just something new, please.
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