"X-Men: Dark Phoenix" appeared at the Wondercon Comic Con, exposing the internal exclusive footage, the Demon Woman has a lot of opinions about the current situation of the X-Men, especially that women are always rescuing men, with what team name or men? (The literal translation of x-men in the original x-men is x-men)
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As the founding series of superhero movie genres, X-Men has grossed $5.8 billion worldwide since 2000. The series' final chapter, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, is the sequel to 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse and the 12th installment of the entire Fox X-Men series, which also includes three Wolverine and two Deadpool.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Ginberg is an all-round filmmaker who joined the series as a writer and producer as early as 2006's X-Men: Battle of the Bulge. On March 27, the day before the premiere of X-Men: Dark Phoenix in Anaheim Wondercon, Mtime.com got the chance to preempt some of the film's footage.
For fans of the X-Men comic book series, the original Dark Phoenix comics by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum and John Byrne are one of the most exciting storylines in the series, focusing on the corruption and depravity of Lyn Gray, a mutant who can telepathize and control the air.
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The trailer released last fall also features footage of outer space and aliens, trying to differentiate it from the rest of the X-Men series through these space elements. The three 17-minute segments we see provide more information.
(The following contains spoilers for the clip)
The first clip is early in the film, where the first scene is of the X-Men highlighting moments, with Professor X (James McAvoy) directing the entire scene, and the assembled X-Men (including The Witch played by Jennifer Lawrence, Laser Eye played by Thiel Sheridan, Storm Girl played by Alexandra Sip, Quicksilver played by Ivan Peters, Nightcrawler played by Cody Smit McPhee, and Nicholas S. Holt's Beast) is trying to rescue an American spaceship damaged by solar flares, but it's mainly nightcrawler teleportation and Fastsilver's high-speed movement that comes into play. In the end, they managed to rescue a team of astronauts in danger, and some of Chin Gray's efforts during this period caused her to undergo some "transformation".
When they returned to headquarters, Professor X presented the X-Men's record as an excellent case study for the other "gifted" kids and students in the Mutant Academy. The Witch then expresses her opinion to Professor X, who feels that the X-Men have taken some unnecessary risks, while pointing out that Professor X is too concerned about the praise of the public and government leaders; in another shot, she points out that women are always rescuing men, so Professor X should consider "changing the name of the whole team" (x-men literally translates to X-men).
The final six-minute preview shows several of the X-Men (including Professor X, Stormtrooper, and Laser Eye) trying to stop Magneto (Michael Fassbinder) and others from killing Chin Gray.
The on-location motion footage that follows shows a brutal fist-to-flesh fight, and the entire handheld camera shoot was done by photographer Moro Fiora. Eventually, Magneto defeats the X-Men and enters a building to confront Chin Gray, or Dark Phoenix.
On the other hand, a mysterious alien who can transform into form (Jessica Chastain) is constantly whispering seduction to Chin Gray. Later, Magneto found the Phoenix far more difficult to deal with than he thought.
The official Chinese trailer
Taken together, these clips reflect X-Men: Dark Phoenix's attempt to present a broader, rather than refined, and sometimes crude narrative that shows the characters' core conflict.
As fans of the comics are familiar with, the story of the comic "Dark Phoenix" will inevitably have some shortcomings, and director Ginberg did not hesitate to shoot it when facing this story. Of course, we might as well wait a little longer to see if all the emotional potential they instilled in the film can be fully presented in the finished film.
Note: X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be released in the United States on June 7. Feel free to post your thoughts in the comments section, remember to watch the video of Cass's interview with Wondercon tomorrow, and stay tuned for the next two months as you follow the upcoming Cass and crew interviews, including how Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox will affect the future fate of the series.