X-Men: First Class

[settiai]

This post could also be titled: No, really, don't ask why I'm awake at 5:00am. *headdesk* I fell asleep for, like, twenty minutes. Then I woke up. And was wide awake. This was around, oh, 3:00am. Have I mentioned lately that insomnia sucks? Because it really, really, really does.

Anyway, yes. I finally (finally, finally) watched X-Men: First Class

Comments

[deathisyourart]

I like Darwin and refuse to believe that he is dead. REFUSE! *stomps foot*

I was surprised to see Angel included, since the actual first class had Warren Worthingon III. I don't know why Marvel allows for several characters in the same verse to have the same nickname, but I digress... if they wanted to up the female quotient, that's awesome and all, but choosing to use a relatively recent and young character with the same nick as a character that was there... seems like an odd way to go.

I also kept looking for Moira's accent and then remembering that in this version you can have any accent you want. :P

[deathisyourart]

And I went off topic there a little without ever making my point.

I thought that Darwin's death was a foreshadowing device. Shaw thought that because nuclear energy brought about the mutations that lead to the "mutants" and their powers, and because of his own ability to use and not be harmed by all that energy, that all mutant-kind would survive the nuclear war he was planning. Darwin's death, for me, showed that no matter how quickly you can adapt or mutate you can't survive a nuclear war, and Shaw's plan (as well as those missiles aimed at the beach at the end) would get everybody killed.

[settiai]

... huh. I hadn't thought about it being foreshadowing, but that would make some sense.

[tartary_lamb]

I remember reading somewhere that "Angel Salvadore" is her given name and that -- in the comics, anyway, which I admittedly haven't read -- her nickname is "Tempest" (though that wasn't used in the film).

Which is, frankly, more appropriate for Riptide, though he's never actually named or given a single speaking line. So there's that. Um.

[deathisyourart]

I have admittedly missed A LOT of the books over different periods, but I always just saw her referred to as Angel and didn't think she had another name. Thank you for letting me know about her nickname!

[settiai]

Unless I'm mistaken, the Tempest nickname is fairly new. A couple of years ago, I think? She lost her powers after House of M, and started going by that name when she got new ones using technology.