X-Cops > X-Men
The first two Bryan Singer-directed X-Men movies were all right, but I’m afraid compared to this new trailer for the Hong Kong flick Future X-Cops, they just don’t hold up. I mean, both X-Men and X-2 had a severe lack of:
? Cyborg hitmen
? Bulletproof metal bat wings
? Men with multi-headed dragons for arms
? People throwing occupied roller coasters at each other
? Andy Lau pulling off M. Bison’s Psycho Crusher move
? Andy Lau also driving a flying mini-jet into a woman, then proceeding to drive it and her through three or so walls
? Some dude spinning a Ferris wheel around — by hand — so fast that the cars fly off
Advantage: Future X-Cops. Sorry, Wolverine. I’m afraid you’re no longer quite the best at what you do. (Via Gamma Squad)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.