Vkunia - Wolverine was Born with Bone Claws , the Metal Adamantium was added later by STRIKER in the Weapon-X program. It eventually gave Wolverine CANCER .
Vkunia - SABERTOOTH is Wolverine's actual Brother . Sabertooth he has Actual Claws (like Animal) while Wolverine has Retractable Bone Claws. Sabertooth & Wolverine fought Togeather in many wars . Both Sabertooth & Wolverine have nearly Unlimited Healing ability.
Overall, the cast does a very good job of bringing these characters to life, but watching Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen on screen together is such a gift. They actually became really close friends while filming this and X-Men 2. Their friendship is amazing.
People in the entertainment business can know of each other, but if they aren't called to work together they may never get to know each other. But watching two classically-trained, veteran British actors at work really contrasts what too often passes for "acting" in Hollywood.
@@danieldickson8591 okay... the were both in the same theater group in 70s. They worked together. So I'm not sure what you comment has to do with anything...
My biggest gripe with the X Men movies is that they never really do Cyclops justice. In the comics he is such a bad ass tactical genius and great field general.
My biggest gripe is that Magneto moved the Golden Gate Bridge, a stadium and a giant satellite dish with little effort, but he couldn't escape his plastic prison until Smurfette roofied a lard lad. Was it made of some sort of magic, mutant ability-blocking material, or this just a terrible, _terrible_ plot hole?
Fun fact: Kevin Feige’s (head of the MCU) first gig in the entertainment industry was working as an assistant to Richard Donner's wife Shuler Donner, who produced the X-Men movie. All the producers thought the hair was ridiculous, but it was Kevin who kept slipping X-Men comics into Hugh Jackman trailer and was like “No Hugh, it needs to be bigger”. So Kevin has been influencing comic book movies long before the MCU.
"Are you trying to tell me that Magneto is Polish?" Magneto was a German Jew, whose family fled to Poland after WWI. His experiences during WWII are what shape his entire world view, and why it is in such opposition to Professor X's.
Why would you flee to Poland after ww1 as a german jew? Germany didn't treat jews bad until the nazis, Poland treated all non poles like crap in the interwar years. In fact he reason so many jews were in Germany is they fled to Germany from Russia prior to ww1.
@@B_B-420 Ask him about something that he didn't write? His backstory is that after the Nazis rose to power, and Kristallnacht took place, Magneto's family then fled to Poland.
@@wyterabitt2149 In 1935. WWII started in 1939. What I said was correct. His family fled Germany after WWI (which ended in 1918), and before WWII (which started in 1939). The scene of him bending the gate is in 1944.
@@B_B-420 Kristallnacht happened in 1938. After ww1 either means any time after until right this second, which is fairly meaningless time scale, or somewhat immediately after. His family leaving is directly related to the rise of nazism which is far more related to ww2, and actually takes place after the first invasions that are a part of the history of ww2 (invasion of what was at the time Czechoslovakian land by Germany in 1938).
Shout out to the truck driver! For those that don't know, the guy playing the truck driver is actually George Buza, the voice actor for "Beast" of the original X-Men 1992 animated series! Even though his role here is very minor, George Buza had said in an interview that his experience on the set was highly positive and encouraging. Bryan Singer (the film director) phoned him out for his audition and told George that they wouldn't even be making the movie were it not for the massive and unexpected success of the X-Men animated series, so having him for this cameo role was a small token of his gratitude for his work as Beast. *BONUS THING YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN: George Buza was also one of the very few actors at the time that actually KNEW alot about the comics around when the X-men animated series was first being put into production. It's rumored that during his audition he initially wanted to be Wolverine, but he instead was offered the role of Beast which he took immediately because he knew he couldn't pass up an opportunity to play an X-men character.
Everybody keeps telling Logan they saved his life, but they're all greatly underestimating his ability to regenerate. Dude is practically impossible to kill.
Nah, The Hulk is tough to kill, Lobo is practically impossible to kill. Despite some writers going bit overboard with what Logan's healing factor can do, you can still nuke him or throw him into the sun or burn him with radiation. Or you want to be simple, just drown him. With metal bones, he'll sink like a ton of bricks.
@@CalciumChief Honestly not sure he wouldn't just out-regenerate the hypoxic damage. He probably wouldn't be happy about it, but that's kinda Logan's jam.
@@CalciumChief he was actually nuked once, and healed from that. Drowned, too. He said his lungs would just keep healing and he would drown again, over and over. At one point the comics made him essentially immortal. Talk about going overboard with what he can heal from. 😂
What was a nice touch at the very end of X-Men, at 32:59, was the fact that Xavier checkmated Magneto. Not with a high value piece, like a Rook or Queen, but with a pawn. That shot right there was perfect for Xavier. He values ALL the chess pieces, even the pawns. :-)
I always assumed that was supposed to be the joke - you expect her to say that line but she says the other line. Like an anti-joke. I dunno, either way it didn’t work.
Joss Whedon was TRYING to give her an offhanded wisecrack, but Storm in the comics doesn’t do wisecracks. He got what he was looking for later, with Agent Coulson’s “So that’s what this does…” from The Avengers.
@@ericjanssen394 well in joss whedon's script for this movie it was toad's wisecrack where the set up was always "do you know what happens when a toad does ___?" And storm threw his gag back in his face with the infamous line. the final script cut out all that context and weirdly left that punchline in.
The way they left that line for me, one of the worst lines in movie history. lol. You know what happens when I eat food. The same thing as everyone else.
this was the point where studios were still KINDA ashamed of comic books & tried to downplay some of the more outlandish elements of them- like the uniforms.
But in retrospect, it made that period special. Like we will never have another Comic book based movies that are also grounded in reality and are being subtle regarding the outlandish elements. Furthermore, back then there was a huge focus on high-elevated drama and the actors were being told to act in a very normal and grounded way rather than super-hero way. FOX also excelled in the cast as they chose major league actors who fit their vision that is mentioned above. I feel like, today, if we are going to have the FOX X-men from this movie against a hypothetical X-men from Disney's Marvel, I would relate more to the FOX ones and I would feel that they are superior than whatever Disney has to offer. I don't know, it's because I'm from that period I guess.
yeah, it's much better the terrible wigs, horrible colours and fake bellies 🤦 this was suposed to be an action drama, more than anything else... heroes in pajamas are ridiculous and childish and the whole idea of the superhero is nazi and supremacist, Alan Moore proved it in the 80s, and I don't know how any adult person can take it seriously
Nope. He looks like he’s about to break a hip at any moment. McKellan looks nothing like Magneto from the 90s animated series or the comics. Bad casting.
I don't think that's true. Unless they were both on the screen at the same time there's no reason for both brothers to be used. Shawn Ashmore played "both" parts himself. Aaron Ashmore has his own claim to fame. He played Jimmy Olsen on Smallville during the later seasons. So I guess you could say the Ashmore twins are a divided family; one's a Marvel guy and ones a DC guy!
@@PlumbPitiful I seem to recall a shot where Bobby and "fake" Bobby were both visible at the same time. The real one was walking away in the background as Mystique stepped out. Of course, it's been a long time since I watched the movie, so I may be remembering it wrong. On a related note: the teleporting basketball playing kid shown during Xavier's explanation of his school was played by triplets.
The origin of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, a role he still owns to this day. Also one of the three that brought comic book movies from the brink of death after Batman and Robin. 3:50 I'm here everyday and you don't hear me make a big deal out of it. 4:30 Think it used to be vague before and now they say his family fled to Poland. Also, Magneto is probably the best example of what you call a sliding timescale. Magneto was probably somehwere in his teen during WW II, but now it kinda wouldn't work simply cause of the fact he'd be close to a hundred in real life now. So if they introduce him in the MCU, they'd probably change it to his father or something. Or you can just use some comic book explanation and say he's keeping himself younger (X-Men Evolution actually did an episode about that). 8:31 Funny you should accidentaly say that about Wolverine, cause he's been born in the late 19th century. So was Mystique for that matter. 17:42 BTW, missed the Stan Lee cameo there. Might've been his first movie cameo since 1989's The Trial of the Incredible Hulk too. 27:24 Well, Toad is also Darth Maul, so maybe that's why Magneto hired him.
???? There was one year between B&R and X-Men and it was the year Blade came out. B&R killed Batman movies for like a decade but it hardly put a dent in comic book movies.
@@chrisleebowers One year? B&R came out in 97 and X-Men in 2000. Blade did come out in 1998 and it kinda helped Marvel get enough confidence go through with the X-Men. Also, yeah it kinda did put a dent in comic book movies. In the 90's you had Steel with Shaq, Spawn, Nick Fury movie with Hasselhoff, and Batman movies were on decline that ended with B&R.
The Holocaust isn't the only human tragedy that's capable of providing the MCU with a back story for Magneto. You could easily make Magneto Cambodian and show him being a survivor of Pol Pots killing fields. That occurred in the 70's. There are plenty of 40 and 50 year old actors who would be able to play the part believably. (But that would require Hollywood to present Socialism as something other than rainbows and unicorns. So the chances of it happening are practically non existent)
@@CalciumChief Excuse me, TWO season years, 98 AND 99 which then also includes "Mystery Men" and "Virus" A "decline" that ended with B&R? There were hits all through the 90's like Ninja Turtles, "Men in Black" "The Crow" and "The Rocketeer" and then even duds like the ones you mentioned didn't stop Hollywood from greenlighting every comic book they thought they could make a movie out of.
A lot of people try to retcon it and make a big deal out of Blade, but the reality is Blade had NO real impact on the revival of the Comic Book Movie genre. Even had Blade completely failed at the Box Office X-Men still comes out.
@@Ambaryerno Thank you, I've been saying that for years. Blade, while in it's own right a good film, wasn't seen as anything more than a vamp film back in 98(certainly no one I knew acknowledged it as a comic adaptation). X-Men, on the other hand, was pretty much the be all and end all of Marvel properties during the 90s (thanks primarily to the animated series). I think the primary reason for MCU fanboys making such a huge deal out of Blade is that they don't want to admit that it was truly X-Men that made the MCU possible and if you need any further indicators, MCU father Kevin Feige's first producing job was on X-Men.
@Markus Jackson Yes it is from the comics, which they did not want to use originally, but it was Feige who convinced them to to keep it comic accurate. At least that was my understanding.
Before the timeline stuff... Toad was played by the same actor that played Darth Maul. If you plan to continue these, get used to shifting timelines. There are three different series in this series. X-Men features this cast. X-Men First Class has a different cast and is set in a different time, with one movie that connects them. Then you have the Logan Trilogy, exploring three major moments of Wolverine's life. These actually work as standalone movies, which is good, because you can't go into any of them carrying your opinion from the one before. One of these has Deadpool in it...Sort of. It's not a good version of Deadpool, but still played by Ryan Reynolds. This explains some of the jokes in the good Deadpool movies. In fact, once you see all of these, go back and watch Deadpool to get the roughly 400 jokes aimed at this set of movies.
Some fun facts about this movie: Hugh Jackman's terrified reactions when he meets Ian McKellen are real; he was told Magneto was going to tear open the train car, and assumed that meant ripping off the door, not tearing the entire car in half. They did this using hydraulics, and had to rush in with fire extinguishers after the shot because sparks were falling everywhere and catching on fire, with some of the actors almost getting burned. Jackman had to look back at the footage and study his movements and reactions for matching in subsequent shots, because he was basically panic-dancing from being scared out of his mind. The scene is covered in detail in the "making of" documentary. Also, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos accidentally kicked the senator for real in the helicopter scene. Also, Ian McKellen actually declined the role of Gandalf because he was busy filming this; director Bryan Singer changed the filming schedule so McKellen could finish his scenes first at the end of 1999, and then travel to New Zealand in January 2000.
The mutant struggle has always been a metaphor for the Civil Rights movement with Magneto willing to get mutant rights "by any means necessary" like Malcolm X was and Xavier having a "a dream that they would be judged by the content of their character" like Martin Luther King Jr. was
When this came out it was largely held as the best superhero movie to date. And it mostly holds up. The acting from Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellum, Hugh Jackman and Anna Paquin is stellar. The dialogue may be a little cheesy but we are also comparing it to the Avengers, that is a very high benchmark to meet, and many people still expected dialogue that you might see in a comic, like one liners.
I think cheese is fine, in the right amounts and the right places. Pacific Rim is pretty cheesy, but that's sorta the point, and it works. It gives X-Men its own tone.
Heh, I remember going to a Star Trek convention in '97 or '98, in Albuquerque, NM, and seeing a guy selling a copy of a script called "Wolverine and The X-Men," which he claimed was in production currently, and had attached Patrick Stewart for the role of Professor X. I refused to believe such flagrant perfidy, and mentally cursed the seller for trying to bilk cash from innocent fans, to pay for memorabelia of an impossible dream. Then I wnt and stood in line for 150 minutes to get Mr. Stewart's autograph on a headshot of Captain Picard.
20:43 "Oh. No, he opened the ceiling for her on purpose" I like your reactions, but No, he DIDN'T open the ceiling for her on purpose. You missed it because your commentary and aversion towards Toad climbing the wall and his tongue at 20:33 but if you rewatch it, you'll see that Toad took Scott's visor which resulted in his eyes firing off involuntarily, and to make sure no one around him got hurt, he looked up to draw the beam away. He didn't look up to help Storm, he looked up so innocent bystanders wouldn't get hurt because of him.
You missed Stan Lee in the beach scene, he's off to the right. Originally there were 5 X-Men: Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Marvel Girl (Jena Grey) and yes they wore yellow spandex. Magneto's band of evil mutants included Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver along with Toad and Mastermind (master of illusions).
Yeah, the yellow spandex more of a jab specifically at Wolverine since that is his most recognizable look thanks to the 90's cartoon and Jim Lee's drawings.
Man, I fought SO HARD to get into this film. I'd given up on acting, then saw they were making this. I've collected X-Men comics since I could read, and always had a strong connection to Cyclops, so when I heard about this, I started trying to contact someone, ANYONE involved in the production. I sent email and snailmail to Marvel, Fox, Brian Singer, Stan Lee, Patrick Stewart... everyone I could think of... and Cyclops was the last part cast, so I kept hoping. But then they cast Marsden. He was adequate, but I like to think I would have done better. With my history of stage work, my ability to perform using my body rather than my eyes is better than a film or tv actor would have, and I know that character as well as I know myself. What a joy it would have been, it would have given me so much exposure, it could have launched my career. Cyclops was a smaller role, so I wouldn't have had to carry the film. I would have been in a position to learn from some of the finest actors in the world, Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellan, to say nothing of Hugh Jackman. Ah, what could have been. Then I saw it. I was prepared to hate it, but I actually enjoyed it.
@@jeremyfrost2636 Here and there. I was in an episode of American Gods, but I've never seen the episode to know if I made it onscreen or to the cutting room floor. Just the one scene.
@@STNeish It's gotta suck when you're in one scene, and give it your all, and then they don't use that scene. It never occurred to me before that that might happen to an actor but it probably does occasionally and that's sad. I hope they used your scene.
@@jeremyfrost2636 Actually, it happens all the time. It can be disheartening, but a lot of my time was spent on the stage, so the experience of doing the scene was the real joy. Seeing it would just have been icing. But then, I might still see it one day.
This movie probably does a better job than any of the others with characterization. Even Scott got that moment where he makes the promise to Prof X that he'll look after everyone. As far as I recall, that's the last on-screen personality trait they ever allow him.
@@frugalseverin2282 it's mentioned in this one too. the line is in this reaction at 13:58. also there's got to be a statute of limitations on something so core to a character that has been around for nearly 50 years at this point and was the biggest comic book character in the world for a time.
Before Hugh Jackman was cast as Wolverine, Russell Crowe, Aaron Eckhart, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jean Claude van Damme, Viggo Mortenson, Thomas Jane, Jackie Earle Haley, Kiefer Sutherland, Keanu Reeves and Glenn Danzig were considered. Terence Stamp David Hemblin and Christopher Lee were considered for Magneto. Eric Mabius, Tom Cruise, Edward Burns, Jonny Lee Miller, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Owen Wilson were considered for Cyclops Lucy Lawless Maria Bello Julianne Moore and Selma Blair were considered for Jean Grey Janet Jackson, Angela Bassett, Mariah Carey, Rachel Luttrell, and Jada Pinkett Smith were considered for Storm. Christina Ricci, Natalie Portman, Evan Rachel Wood, Drew Barrymore, Katie Holmes, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Katherine Isabelle and Sarah Michelle Geller were considered for Rogue. Richard Donner, James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, John McTiernan, Danny Boyle, Robert Rodriguez, Paul Anderson, Brett Ratner, Stephen Hopkins, Irvin Kershner, and Paul Verhoeven were considered for directing the film.
Dougray Scott was cast as Wolverine, but the filming of Mission Impossible 2 ran over schedule so they found Jackman at the last minute. Like 1 week before filming started
I saw this before I knew Hugh Jackman performed in Broadway. I found it hard to believe until i saw his opening act when he hosted the Oscar's one time.
"Dancing makes studio executives really really nervous. I mean after all I am Wolverine, and Wolverine does not do high kicks. So this year I'm afraid *I won't dance, don't ask me...* STOP." ruclips.net/video/AwtulJAKdTI/видео.html
apparently there was supposed to be this thing where Toad would ask "Do you know what happens..." and it was gonna be a thing so that then Storm would say it back to him and it made sense... but.. they deleted the context.. so her wisecrack makes no sense. Idk if this is totally true but it would explain her random "joke."
Oh, Cyclops and Wolverine have gotten into full-out brawls over Jean. Also, the actor playing Toad was Ray Park, martial artist, stuntman and actor. He was Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. They dubbed over his voice though.
Fun fact: Originally, it was Russell Crowe who was supposed to play Wolverine. However, there ended up being too many scheduling issues between this movie and (I believe) Gladiator, which came out in the same year. Crowe then suggested his good friend, Hugh Jackman, for the part, and the rest is history.
Close, it wasn't Russel Crowe who was originally cast it was Dougray Scott, he initially signed on but due to reshoots on Mission Impossible II he had to pull out and then Jackman joined in, on the recommendation of Crowe
"Oh he has a heart" Actually in Canada (Lutham City) there are 'Good Samaritan' Laws (which in effect) state you cannot leave/abandon anyone in a life-threatening situation when you are capable of helping. It's sort of an extension of the Canadian Psyche as the winters here are so brutal being abandoned in the middle of one would be a death sentence (save for those trained). Logan/Wolverine is Canadian and, even though he's lost his memory, may still have this 'cultural trait' ingrained in him.
One of Hugh Jackman's most memorable performances was in the 1998 London revival of _Oklahoma!,_ in which he plays Curly, the romantic lead. It is available on video and you should definitely watch it. It's a great production of the musical and Jackman is one of the best Curlys ever. Also, he's currently (July 2022) on Broadway as Prof. Harold Hill in the revival of _The Music Man,_ opposite the wonderful Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo.
21:32 - No, the ultimate kick in the gonads was when Magneto pulled all of Wolverine's Adamantium out of his body in X-Men Fatal Attractions Vol 2 (1993).
Speaking of which I wonder if Adamantium will now make its long awaited debut in the MCU? They couldn't use it before because it was connected with the X-Men and the X-Men were controlled by Fox. So Vibranium was the dominant MCU element But now that it's all under one roof...
Adamantium in the comics is an alloy of Vibranium, so it could appear any time now, but seems like it would be likely to appear in the forthcoming Black Panther sequel or in the Armour Wars show as examples of illicit technology being developed around the world.
Fun fact: during the Liberty Island fight, Jackman gave a primal scream, and everyone thought he was just really in character. Turns out the harness he was wearing wrapped around his junk.
I liked the first 2 X men Movies. After that, they kinda lost me. My only real complaint about the first 2 is the love triangle with Scott, jean and Logan. Scott is Jean's guy. END OF! I feel they really did Cyclops a disservice in this series.
The dynamic between Sir Ian McKellen (Magneto) and Sir Patrick Stewart (Professor X) is amazing. Since doing the 'X-men' films, the two have been the Epitome of Friendship Goals. They have done plays on Broadway together, and McKellen (who has long been a figure of gay equality in Great Britain before his fame as Gandalf or Magneto) even officiated at Stewart's wedding to Sunny Ozell in 2013. They had known each other about 40 years before 'X-Men' and just have become BFFs since then. How much? Look up their names together...you'll find pictures that are heart-warming to the nth degree (including a couple of full-blown kisses on the mouth!). Just prior to being cast as Logan/Wolverine, Hugh Jackman was making his mark in the theater. He was playing Curly in the National Theater revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Oklahoma' in London. The show was captured on video for TV and is available. He has since done other musicals on stage ('The Boy From Oz' playing the late Australian pop star and songwriter Peter Allen, winning a Tony for Best Actor, and currently in the B'way revival of 'The Music Man' as Professor Harold Hill) and on-screen (as Jean Valjean in 'Les Miserables' earning an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, and 'The Greatest Showman' playing P.T. Barnum). The actress who played Mystique was Rebecca Romijn, who was married to John Stamos (Uncle Jesse of 'Full House') at the time. Currently, she is on the Paramount Plus series 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' playing Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley aka Number One, the First Officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise. I'll save who replaced her as Mystique in 'X-Men: First Class' until later...hint: the new actress won an Oscar, and tripped on her way to the stage to accept it!
There has been the Scott/Logan conflict for years. It was even there in the 90's animated show. Throw the love triangle stories in there with Jean and they got intense. However, they were not always at odds. Much like the Tony/Steve dynamic of the MCU, they were at their best when working together, balancing each other out. Logan respected him as a leader because he was an awesome leader and a tactical genius. Scott was annoyed often by Logan, but knew his experience, perspective and skill were unsurpassed. They could have done something neat in these Fox X-Men films. Unfortunately they made it the Wolverine show. Cyclops was made into an annoyed, stiff, chad that everyone hated. Such a waste, especially considering James Marsden played him. Check out Comic Book Girl 19's videos talking about how awesome Cyclops really is (not in the Fox X-Men films).
Welcome to the X-Men movies. Coming from the perspective of a long-time X-men reader, I found some of them to be very, very good, some to be acceptably entertaining, and some to be just .... "why? Why did you make this movie?" Hugh Jackman, Charles Xavier, and Ian McKellan were all so brilliant in their roles, which was kind of a blessing and a curse. Blessing because the obvious, a curse because it led to the movie executives focusing on them to the detriment of so many other great characters in the X-Men. Anywho, looking forward to watching more of them with you.
- this was the first modern comic book movie adaptation that showed the superhero genre can be taken seriously and with gravitas. There would be no Spider-Man by Sony or the MCU without this movie. - the original comics were made during the civil rights movement so a lot of themes about tolerance, differences, etc reflected the times - Hugh joined 3 weeks into shooting and this launched his Hollywood career - some comic nerds hated the fact that Wolverine, Professor X and Magneto were the leads and the other mutants were supporting roles, but if you are gonna make a feature film (and not a TV series), you can only follow a few characters before it gets overstuffed. The writers took a page from The Matrix and let Wolverine be the audience's eyes (like Neo found the real world) as they entered the world of X-men and the conflicts - Bryan Singer, being gay himself, was and still is the perfect writer-director for this project, having directed masterpieces like The Usual Suspects and crafting themes of societal difference to keep this comic book story grounded (until he got canceled by Hollywood recently for being creepy). - James Marsden was suggested from his previous movie Gossip costume designer to audition and he went in 4 times for Cyclops. His friends from home mailed truckloads of comic books to him in LA because he asked them "who is this Cyclops?" before auditioning. Then he had to wear platform shoes for some scenes because he is 5'10" compared to the 6' Famke who is Jean Grey and the 6'2" Hugh. - Ian McKellen filmed Lord Of the Rings right after this film. Legend for being in two back-to-back successful film franchises.
@@Hirnknaker Blade is a good one too! I think because of the R-rating and more mixed reviews, it didn't appeal to the masses as much as X-men. But it definitely helped.
You figured out the great tragedy of the story of Charles and Erik: they're good friends, they both want what's best for mutants, and both of them are neither completely right nor completely wrong on how to make that happen.
X-men was awesome and yes its cheesy. But it's the kind of cheese. And it's the first time the world witness a great and kind Australian actor. Hugh Jackman.
That's awesome you remembered so much of the animated series! How long ago was that? Since you're open minded to animation, I highly recommend the X-Men Evolution series that has real good character development. Also, the motion comic for Astonishing X-Men is a fantastic way to experience one of my fav X-Men storylines.
Fun Fact: In the Statue of Liberty scene when they find Mystique on the ground, the security guard is the legendary David Hayter, he wrote the screen play for the film and voices the most iconic video game character in history "Solid Snake." Also Toad played by Ray Park is the iconic sith Darth Maul (Never give him a double-bladed lightsaber, he will out shine you with his staff technique lol )
Cheesy sure, but still a great movie. I think I saw this several times in theaters. Wolverines lines especially with cyclops are great. Love this movie and the next is just as good or better.
@@claytoncourtney1309Yeah, I don't understand that either. This movie was a lot different in tone than what was common among blockbusters up until that point. I always thought of it as a surprisingly "modern" movie. No hate on late 90's movies, they're awesome, but those movies I think of as cheesy.
That's the movie version of how Rogue got her hair streak. She actually got it from Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel. That's why she could fly and had super strength in the cartoon, she drained Danvers completely, put her in a coma for 20 years or so and kept her powers minus the energy blasts.
Creating protagonist and more importantly antagonists with genuinely appreciable points of view make for the best conflict. I can say without spoiling anything that as you go on with these you will appreciate the depth of this and the choices made. Great stuff underneath the flash. You'll enjoy Hugh Jackman/s work with Wolverine. He's a great character and a better actor to portray the part you will probably never find. The interplay and relationship between the characters of Xavier and Magneto are similarly complex and deep.
Fun fact Hugh Jackman did not know that wolverines are real animals and thought it is some word play on wolf. He actually studied wolves for the movie and tried to mimic them a bit.
It's sad that this franchise is remembered with such animosity cos it all started right here. 1978's Superman and 1989's Batman were kind of isolated auteur projects that no one really capitalised on. This was the where _the formula_ began. X-Men 2, I still consider a highlight among this two decades long comicbook phenomenon.
@@DeltaAssaultGaming That’s a separate point. They are better films (well actually - my preference is for _Batman Returns_ ) but they’re more indicative of those particular directors’ works than what became the current comicbook film. _X-Men_ is the one that gets the ball rolling with lore and world building and ensemble casting and genuine interest in the source material and little carrots that set up subsequent chapters - all the tricks that can be expanded into the larger money printing machine. It’s funny you mentioned it actually because one of the things I find so stifling about the Marvelfication of cinema is that it does squeeze the director’s personality out of the project, so you end up with this assembly line of flatpack IKEA movies that, yes, are functional pieces of furniture but they sort of become indistinguishable from one another.
So ready for your Kenobi reaction. Kenobi takes place 10 years after revenge of the sith. Revenge of the sith reaction is your most viewed video. Kenobi also takes place obviously before a new hope.
Toad was played by Ray Park, who also physically portrayed Darth Maul in the Star Wars prequels The Phantom Menace and Solo (he was voiced by somebody else).
I thought that rogue was extremely underpowered in this film as in the Comics she is as every bit as powerful as Captain Marvel and yes the cheese runs strong with this one I find all the X-Men films very cheesy in fact mature cheddar.
That's because she zaps Captain Marvel. Who was part of the X-Men for a while, I wonder if that's a character the could have used under their deal. But for whatever reason they didn't decide to go that route.
Agree, too bad. In the Cartoons her powers were Great and she Could fly . she also had a ALIEN race connection. too bad this was not Explored in the Movies. but, Guess they wanted to give Jean Gray more Screen time.
No Rogue absorbs Captain Marvel’s abilities in the comics and puts her in a coma when she was with the Brotherhood of mutants under Mystique’s tutelage. Mystique adopted Rogue but then Rogue left the Brotherhood after she saw what Mystique used her to get Carol’s powers. Rogue joins the X-men afterwards. All this is in the animated series.
@@markplott4820 Actors can train. Alan Cumming and Kelsey Grammar weren't exactly tough guys before X-Men. I think they just didn't want get into aliens and keep everything about mutants. (We never got into The Brood, or Longshot and Spiral and Mojo or any of the other classic adversaries that weren't mutants or mutant-haters)
The best films came out in the early 2000's; The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Gladiator, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Donnie Darko, Amelie, Spirited Away, City of God, 28 Days Later, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kill Bill, Sean of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Billy Elliot, Snatch, The Descent, Children of Men... And then it all fell apart after the 2008 writer's strike, with the exception of the odd gem.
A distinction worth knowing is that natural mutation can be influenced by mutation, but natural selection and mutation are two entirely different concepts. _Mutations_ are random and constantly occur all the time. Anything that changes someone's DNA could cause mutations, so eating different things, being in different environments, etc. People get mutations all throughout their lives, but most are quite insignificant. _Natural selection_ itself doesn't create mutations. It is merely the process of deciding which mutations live on (heredity, survival of the fittest, etc.) In the X-Men universe, there are some people born with the x-gene, which is what cause people to manifest different powers. Some could be different at birth, but most mutants 'activate' around puberty.
Fun Fact: the original Wolverine was created with the idea that the metal claws were part of his gloves. It was John Byrne that changed it to coming from his knuckles. Byrne's "head canon" was that Logan actually found popping his claws very pleasurable; symbolic of something ... else... The Claremont/Byrne/Austin (inker) line is, to my mind, some of the finest X-Men (heck, comic) books ever written.
26:29 ,it's really funny ,Logan hate flight and also kinda hate cyclops and then cyclops accidentally made a bad landing ,can you imagine how frustrated Logan is 🤣
In the comics, there have been a number of times that Xavier has disappeared or presumed dead and Magneto has inadvertently ended up becoming the new Headmaster or leader for the X-men as part of him can never leave the friendship behind he has with Charles. The Age of Apocalypse, someone goes back in time and kills Xavier and Magneto takes on the mantle that would have been Charles' role. Its an interesting dichotomy between the two and they honestly got two perfect actors to portray it.
Toad is played by stuntman Ray Park, who played Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I. Professor X is played by Sir Patrick Stewart, who remains best friends with Sir Ian McKellen (Magneto) to this day. Sir Patrick's other best-known role is Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation; Famke Janssen, who plays Jean Grey, guest-starred on Star Trek: TNG in the early 90s. Another of the cast of this movie with a Star Trek connection is Rebecca Romijn, who plays Mystique, and who is currently playing Number One on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
I remember the hype for this one not being so high. I was 9 when this came out and I had to beg my mom to take me to see it in theaters and there was only 4 people in the theater.
The yellow spandex exchange between Scott and Logan refers to when the 2 characters first met in the comics. Logan went by weapon x and wore a yellow costume
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Vkinia - X-Factor was an American sanctioned Mutant group by US Government , and Alpha Flight was the Canadian Version.
Vkunia - Wolverine was Born with Bone Claws , the Metal Adamantium was added later by STRIKER in the Weapon-X program. It eventually gave Wolverine CANCER .
Vkunia - SABERTOOTH is Wolverine's actual Brother .
Sabertooth he has Actual Claws (like Animal) while Wolverine has Retractable Bone Claws.
Sabertooth & Wolverine fought Togeather in many wars .
Both Sabertooth & Wolverine have nearly Unlimited Healing ability.
Vkunia - Toad played by Ray Park , also was Darth Maul in the Phantom Menese.
14:37
More like Anyone can write this movie :D
Overall, the cast does a very good job of bringing these characters to life, but watching Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen on screen together is such a gift. They actually became really close friends while filming this and X-Men 2. Their friendship is amazing.
Huh, I would have thought they knew each other well before X-Men, both being English stage actors and all, but apparently not.
@@szeddezs they've known each other since the 70s. But only became really close a couple decades ago.
People in the entertainment business can know of each other, but if they aren't called to work together they may never get to know each other. But watching two classically-trained, veteran British actors at work really contrasts what too often passes for "acting" in Hollywood.
@@danieldickson8591 okay... the were both in the same theater group in 70s. They worked together. So I'm not sure what you comment has to do with anything...
My biggest gripe with the X Men movies is that they never really do Cyclops justice. In the comics he is such a bad ass tactical genius and great field general.
Not really. He’s mostly an arrogant ass.
None of them are done to their max potential, not even Wolverine. Rogue really needed to have her full powers by X2 but licensing wouldn't allow it.
in the comics he's also a jerk
@@JulioLeonFandinho Cyclops only became "a jerk" because he was exposed to the Phoenix Force.
My biggest gripe is that Magneto moved the Golden Gate Bridge, a stadium and a giant satellite dish with little effort, but he couldn't escape his plastic prison until Smurfette roofied a lard lad. Was it made of some sort of magic, mutant ability-blocking material, or this just a terrible, _terrible_ plot hole?
Fun fact: Kevin Feige’s (head of the MCU) first gig in the entertainment industry was working as an assistant to Richard Donner's wife Shuler Donner, who produced the X-Men movie. All the producers thought the hair was ridiculous, but it was Kevin who kept slipping X-Men comics into Hugh Jackman trailer and was like “No Hugh, it needs to be bigger”. So Kevin has been influencing comic book movies long before the MCU.
Yes and he told them to let them wear the comics suit but the director didn't want it coz it's ridiculous.
"Are you trying to tell me that Magneto is Polish?"
Magneto was a German Jew, whose family fled to Poland after WWI. His experiences during WWII are what shape his entire world view, and why it is in such opposition to Professor X's.
Why would you flee to Poland after ww1 as a german jew? Germany didn't treat jews bad until the nazis, Poland treated all non poles like crap in the interwar years. In fact he reason so many jews were in Germany is they fled to Germany from Russia prior to ww1.
@@DaDunge I dunno, I didn't write X-Men. Ask Stan Lee. Lol.
@@B_B-420 Ask him about something that he didn't write?
His backstory is that after the Nazis rose to power, and Kristallnacht took place, Magneto's family then fled to Poland.
@@wyterabitt2149 In 1935. WWII started in 1939. What I said was correct. His family fled Germany after WWI (which ended in 1918), and before WWII (which started in 1939). The scene of him bending the gate is in 1944.
@@B_B-420 Kristallnacht happened in 1938.
After ww1 either means any time after until right this second, which is fairly meaningless time scale, or somewhat immediately after.
His family leaving is directly related to the rise of nazism which is far more related to ww2, and actually takes place after the first invasions that are a part of the history of ww2 (invasion of what was at the time Czechoslovakian land by Germany in 1938).
6:57 "This IS Laughlin City"
Shout out to the truck driver! For those that don't know, the guy playing the truck driver is actually George Buza, the voice actor for "Beast" of the original X-Men 1992 animated series! Even though his role here is very minor, George Buza had said in an interview that his experience on the set was highly positive and encouraging. Bryan Singer (the film director) phoned him out for his audition and told George that they wouldn't even be making the movie were it not for the massive and unexpected success of the X-Men animated series, so having him for this cameo role was a small token of his gratitude for his work as Beast.
*BONUS THING YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN: George Buza was also one of the very few actors at the time that actually KNEW alot about the comics around when the X-men animated series was first being put into production. It's rumored that during his audition he initially wanted to be Wolverine, but he instead was offered the role of Beast which he took immediately because he knew he couldn't pass up an opportunity to play an X-men character.
Omg I never knew that! Thanks for the fun fact!
Bryan Singer hadn’t even read the Chris Claremont comics, and learned everything he knew from the ‘92 cartoon. Which is the best way to do it. 👍
And he's coming back for the new animated show!
@@ericjanssen394 The Claremont era is some of the best, but having all that in your head while making a streamlined adaptation would be a nightmare.
Everybody keeps telling Logan they saved his life, but they're all greatly underestimating his ability to regenerate. Dude is practically impossible to kill.
except with a Adamatium bullet
Nah, The Hulk is tough to kill, Lobo is practically impossible to kill. Despite some writers going bit overboard with what Logan's healing factor can do, you can still nuke him or throw him into the sun or burn him with radiation. Or you want to be simple, just drown him. With metal bones, he'll sink like a ton of bricks.
@@CalciumChief Honestly not sure he wouldn't just out-regenerate the hypoxic damage. He probably wouldn't be happy about it, but that's kinda Logan's jam.
@@CalciumChief he was actually nuked once, and healed from that. Drowned, too. He said his lungs would just keep healing and he would drown again, over and over.
At one point the comics made him essentially immortal. Talk about going overboard with what he can heal from. 😂
Rogue could have killed him. Watch the movie again then get back to us. Just like Deadpool Wolverine is not immortal.
The way Wolverine knew that mystique wasn’t storm was by her scent. He can pick up scents from everyone like an animal.
i actually would love if they kept in movies his comics “animal” side in sense of connecting to animals, great stuff
But mystique can’t make fake claws. They made so many plot holes. Made cyclops irrelevant. Didn’t show that sabretooth can heal too.
Also in x 2, it should have been a Wolverine weasel that Logan meets at the lake in the beginning and not a wolf.
What was a nice touch at the very end of X-Men, at 32:59, was the fact that Xavier checkmated Magneto. Not with a high value piece, like a Rook or Queen, but with a pawn.
That shot right there was perfect for Xavier. He values ALL the chess pieces, even the pawns. :-)
Cool observation!
That's a fun little fact to keep in mind when X3 comes around. Gonna avoid spoilers here, even minor ones, but if ya know, ya know.
28:01: Storm’s line about “what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning” should’ve been “It croaks.” 🐸
I always assumed that was supposed to be the joke - you expect her to say that line but she says the other line. Like an anti-joke. I dunno, either way it didn’t work.
Joss Whedon was TRYING to give her an offhanded wisecrack, but Storm in the comics doesn’t do wisecracks.
He got what he was looking for later, with Agent Coulson’s “So that’s what this does…” from The Avengers.
@@ericjanssen394 well in joss whedon's script for this movie it was toad's wisecrack where the set up was always "do you know what happens when a toad does ___?" And storm threw his gag back in his face with the infamous line. the final script cut out all that context and weirdly left that punchline in.
The way they left that line for me, one of the worst lines in movie history. lol. You know what happens when I eat food. The same thing as everyone else.
I think that was the expected build-up.
6:53: Fun Fact, Vicky: The guy who gave a ride to Rogue was the voice of Beast in the X-Men cartoon!
Thanks for sharing that tidbit.
You said exactly what I said, all the way back in 2000!
Scott: "What would you prefer, yellow spandex?"
8 year old me: "Yes!"
this was the point where studios were still KINDA ashamed of comic books & tried to downplay some of the more outlandish elements of them- like the uniforms.
YES, Fox studios, as a matter of fact, I DO expect yellow spandex!
But it's impressive how much of the superhero comic-book style they actually put in.
But in retrospect, it made that period special. Like we will never have another Comic book based movies that are also grounded in reality and are being subtle regarding the outlandish elements. Furthermore, back then there was a huge focus on high-elevated drama and the actors were being told to act in a very normal and grounded way rather than super-hero way. FOX also excelled in the cast as they chose major league actors who fit their vision that is mentioned above. I feel like, today, if we are going to have the FOX X-men from this movie against a hypothetical X-men from Disney's Marvel, I would relate more to the FOX ones and I would feel that they are superior than whatever Disney has to offer. I don't know, it's because I'm from that period I guess.
yeah, it's much better the terrible wigs, horrible colours and fake bellies 🤦
this was suposed to be an action drama, more than anything else... heroes in pajamas are ridiculous and childish and the whole idea of the superhero is nazi and supremacist, Alan Moore proved it in the 80s, and I don't know how any adult person can take it seriously
WELL SIR"PALADIN" WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER YELLOW SPANDE------- WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ian Mckellen as Magneto is the best thing about these movies, IMO.
@Christian Anderson Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman ?
@@RM-qj8cs all three were amazing in this franchises and the supporting cast is just as talented
Him and Patrick Stewart as Xavier.
Nope. He looks like he’s about to break a hip at any moment.
McKellan looks nothing like Magneto from the 90s animated series or the comics. Bad casting.
@@DeltaAssaultGaming It's the "real" world. Not comics or TV shows.
Fun Fact: In the scene where Mystique poses as Bobby coming from the elevator, “fake” Bobby was played by his real-life twin brother.
I don't think that's true. Unless they were both on the screen at the same time there's no reason for both brothers to be used. Shawn Ashmore played "both" parts himself. Aaron Ashmore has his own claim to fame. He played Jimmy Olsen on Smallville during the later seasons. So I guess you could say the Ashmore twins are a divided family; one's a Marvel guy and ones a DC guy!
@@PlumbPitiful I seem to recall a shot where Bobby and "fake" Bobby were both visible at the same time. The real one was walking away in the background as Mystique stepped out. Of course, it's been a long time since I watched the movie, so I may be remembering it wrong.
On a related note: the teleporting basketball playing kid shown during Xavier's explanation of his school was played by triplets.
@@PlumbPitiful they did use his twin for that scene as confirmed on the dvd commentary
@@dklounge7082 ... Really? I have both the DVD and the blu-ray. I'll have to check that out. Thanks!
This is the movie that showed my late wife why I like comics so much. She got hooked once she watched it.
Let’s all be here to say we can be with her throughout the entire X Men series with her through this. I’m excited for this personally.
And you are not alone! o/"\o
Dude what? Did you pass 5th grade? How is anyone supposed to understand what you're trying to say?
when she gets to logan lol
If she talks about clothes and hair as much as she did this time, hell no.
My wife's great grandparents were from Poland. I absolutely LOVE her Polish family. They're so genuine, and their traditional food is amazing.
Unless polska kielbasa from an American supermarket counts, I've never had traditional Polish food. I need to rectify that.
7:37 - Hugh Jackman was born in 1968.
The origin of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, a role he still owns to this day. Also one of the three that brought comic book movies from the brink of death after Batman and Robin.
3:50 I'm here everyday and you don't hear me make a big deal out of it.
4:30 Think it used to be vague before and now they say his family fled to Poland. Also, Magneto is probably the best example of what you call a sliding timescale. Magneto was probably somehwere in his teen during WW II, but now it kinda wouldn't work simply cause of the fact he'd be close to a hundred in real life now. So if they introduce him in the MCU, they'd probably change it to his father or something. Or you can just use some comic book explanation and say he's keeping himself younger (X-Men Evolution actually did an episode about that).
8:31 Funny you should accidentaly say that about Wolverine, cause he's been born in the late 19th century. So was Mystique for that matter.
17:42 BTW, missed the Stan Lee cameo there. Might've been his first movie cameo since 1989's The Trial of the Incredible Hulk too.
27:24 Well, Toad is also Darth Maul, so maybe that's why Magneto hired him.
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There was one year between B&R and X-Men and it was the year Blade came out. B&R killed Batman movies for like a decade but it hardly put a dent in comic book movies.
@@chrisleebowers One year? B&R came out in 97 and X-Men in 2000. Blade did come out in 1998 and it kinda helped Marvel get enough confidence go through with the X-Men. Also, yeah it kinda did put a dent in comic book movies. In the 90's you had Steel with Shaq, Spawn, Nick Fury movie with Hasselhoff, and Batman movies were on decline that ended with B&R.
The Holocaust isn't the only human tragedy that's capable of providing the MCU with a back story for Magneto. You could easily make Magneto Cambodian and show him being a survivor of Pol Pots killing fields. That occurred in the 70's. There are plenty of 40 and 50 year old actors who would be able to play the part believably. (But that would require Hollywood to present Socialism as something other than rainbows and unicorns. So the chances of it happening are practically non existent)
@@CalciumChief Excuse me, TWO season years, 98 AND 99 which then also includes "Mystery Men" and "Virus"
A "decline" that ended with B&R? There were hits all through the 90's like Ninja Turtles, "Men in Black" "The Crow" and "The Rocketeer" and then even duds like the ones you mentioned didn't stop Hollywood from greenlighting every comic book they thought they could make a movie out of.
It's wasn't his first movie cameo since 1989, it might have been his first comic book movie cameo after that though.
X-Men (2000) revolutionized Superhero movies and is the very reason we have so many today😀
A lot of people try to retcon it and make a big deal out of Blade, but the reality is Blade had NO real impact on the revival of the Comic Book Movie genre. Even had Blade completely failed at the Box Office X-Men still comes out.
@@Ambaryerno Thank you, I've been saying that for years. Blade, while in it's own right a good film, wasn't seen as anything more than a vamp film back in 98(certainly no one I knew acknowledged it as a comic adaptation). X-Men, on the other hand, was pretty much the be all and end all of Marvel properties during the 90s (thanks primarily to the animated series). I think the primary reason for MCU fanboys making such a huge deal out of Blade is that they don't want to admit that it was truly X-Men that made the MCU possible and if you need any further indicators, MCU father Kevin Feige's first producing job was on X-Men.
Hugh Jackman's hairstyle in this movie was actually fought for by the now president of Marvel Studios Kevin Fiege.
Leader of the MSHEU
Oh please. Also he was right about the hair - it's silly, but it works.
@Markus Jackson Yes it is from the comics, which they did not want to use originally, but it was Feige who convinced them to to keep it comic accurate. At least that was my understanding.
@@TALONOFRAZGRIZ Your understanding is correct, unless literally everything I've previously heard on this matter is wrong.
The guy who played the frog dude is the same guy who played Darth maul in Star Wars
Before the timeline stuff... Toad was played by the same actor that played Darth Maul.
If you plan to continue these, get used to shifting timelines.
There are three different series in this series. X-Men features this cast.
X-Men First Class has a different cast and is set in a different time, with one movie that connects them.
Then you have the Logan Trilogy, exploring three major moments of Wolverine's life. These actually work as standalone movies, which is good, because you can't go into any of them carrying your opinion from the one before. One of these has Deadpool in it...Sort of. It's not a good version of Deadpool, but still played by Ryan Reynolds. This explains some of the jokes in the good Deadpool movies. In fact, once you see all of these, go back and watch Deadpool to get the roughly 400 jokes aimed at this set of movies.
Seeing people react to these in the context of modern superhero movies is always great.
Fox and Marvel did at least ONE thing right, they casted the perfect actors for their roles. I mean, Jackman literally IS Logan.
@@abnurtharn2927 Fox yes, marvel studios no
@@RM-qj8cs It's ok to have different opinions my friend ☺️
Honestly I think this film has aged very well as time has gone on.
@@SandmanGotBeer It has. X2 as well, and although it's not quite as good as the first two X3 is underrated I think.
Some fun facts about this movie: Hugh Jackman's terrified reactions when he meets Ian McKellen are real; he was told Magneto was going to tear open the train car, and assumed that meant ripping off the door, not tearing the entire car in half. They did this using hydraulics, and had to rush in with fire extinguishers after the shot because sparks were falling everywhere and catching on fire, with some of the actors almost getting burned. Jackman had to look back at the footage and study his movements and reactions for matching in subsequent shots, because he was basically panic-dancing from being scared out of his mind. The scene is covered in detail in the "making of" documentary. Also, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos accidentally kicked the senator for real in the helicopter scene. Also, Ian McKellen actually declined the role of Gandalf because he was busy filming this; director Bryan Singer changed the filming schedule so McKellen could finish his scenes first at the end of 1999, and then travel to New Zealand in January 2000.
The mutant struggle has always been a metaphor for the Civil Rights movement with Magneto willing to get mutant rights "by any means necessary" like Malcolm X was and Xavier having a "a dream that they would be judged by the content of their character" like Martin Luther King Jr. was
Magneto is Malcom X.
"Pick one."
Aaaaaannd that's the moment he became Wolverine.
Nah for me it was at the beginning when he smoked the cigar. I was so crucial of Wolverine cause he's one of my favorites.
When this came out it was largely held as the best superhero movie to date. And it mostly holds up. The acting from Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellum, Hugh Jackman and Anna Paquin is stellar. The dialogue may be a little cheesy but we are also comparing it to the Avengers, that is a very high benchmark to meet, and many people still expected dialogue that you might see in a comic, like one liners.
I think cheese is fine, in the right amounts and the right places. Pacific Rim is pretty cheesy, but that's sorta the point, and it works. It gives X-Men its own tone.
always thought this film was superior to the first avengers despite the mcu's build up
Well that’s a complete lie. Nobody thought this movie was better than Donner’s Superman.
Heh, I remember going to a Star Trek convention in '97 or '98, in Albuquerque, NM, and seeing a guy selling a copy of a script called "Wolverine and The X-Men," which he claimed was in production currently, and had attached Patrick Stewart for the role of Professor X. I refused to believe such flagrant perfidy, and mentally cursed the seller for trying to bilk cash from innocent fans, to pay for memorabelia of an impossible dream. Then I wnt and stood in line for 150 minutes to get Mr. Stewart's autograph on a headshot of Captain Picard.
20:43 "Oh. No, he opened the ceiling for her on purpose"
I like your reactions, but No, he DIDN'T open the ceiling for her on purpose. You missed it because your commentary and aversion towards Toad climbing the wall and his tongue at 20:33 but if you rewatch it, you'll see that Toad took Scott's visor which resulted in his eyes firing off involuntarily, and to make sure no one around him got hurt, he looked up to draw the beam away.
He didn't look up to help Storm, he looked up so innocent bystanders wouldn't get hurt because of him.
She literally had no idea what was going on during the Wolverine-Rogue healing at the end
You missed Stan Lee in the beach scene, he's off to the right.
Originally there were 5 X-Men: Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Marvel Girl (Jena Grey) and yes they wore yellow spandex. Magneto's band of evil mutants included Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver along with Toad and Mastermind (master of illusions).
Wolverine original suit was yellow with some blue highlight.
Yeah, the yellow spandex more of a jab specifically at Wolverine since that is his most recognizable look thanks to the 90's cartoon and Jim Lee's drawings.
No, the original X-Men costumes varied. Cyclops, Angel, and Beast wore blue & yellow; Jean wore a green minidress, and Iceman was all in white (ice).
@@CalciumChief That was his original look from his first appearance in the Hulk.
He wore brown and yellow when he attacked The Hulk. The yellow and blue outfit is the the one he's most associated with.
Man, I fought SO HARD to get into this film. I'd given up on acting, then saw they were making this. I've collected X-Men comics since I could read, and always had a strong connection to Cyclops, so when I heard about this, I started trying to contact someone, ANYONE involved in the production. I sent email and snailmail to Marvel, Fox, Brian Singer, Stan Lee, Patrick Stewart... everyone I could think of... and Cyclops was the last part cast, so I kept hoping. But then they cast Marsden.
He was adequate, but I like to think I would have done better. With my history of stage work, my ability to perform using my body rather than my eyes is better than a film or tv actor would have, and I know that character as well as I know myself.
What a joy it would have been, it would have given me so much exposure, it could have launched my career. Cyclops was a smaller role, so I wouldn't have had to carry the film. I would have been in a position to learn from some of the finest actors in the world, Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellan, to say nothing of Hugh Jackman.
Ah, what could have been.
Then I saw it. I was prepared to hate it, but I actually enjoyed it.
Gave up now?
Hope you're still acting.
@@jeremyfrost2636 Here and there. I was in an episode of American Gods, but I've never seen the episode to know if I made it onscreen or to the cutting room floor. Just the one scene.
@@STNeish It's gotta suck when you're in one scene, and give it your all, and then they don't use that scene. It never occurred to me before that that might happen to an actor but it probably does occasionally and that's sad. I hope they used your scene.
@@jeremyfrost2636 Actually, it happens all the time. It can be disheartening, but a lot of my time was spent on the stage, so the experience of doing the scene was the real joy. Seeing it would just have been icing. But then, I might still see it one day.
“Does he start dying everytime he gets aroused?”lmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This movie probably does a better job than any of the others with characterization. Even Scott got that moment where he makes the promise to Prof X that he'll look after everyone. As far as I recall, that's the last on-screen personality trait they ever allow him.
the metal isn't part of the mutation. the metal was from experiments they did on him. he had bone claws naturally
Yes. As the series progresses, she will get very familiar with the Weapon X program.
S P O I L E R A L E R T ! ! ! This is revealed in later films.
@@frugalseverin2282 it's mentioned in this one too. the line is in this reaction at 13:58. also there's got to be a statute of limitations on something so core to a character that has been around for nearly 50 years at this point and was the biggest comic book character in the world for a time.
bone claw is ready!! 3 minutes of playtime!
Good job on the spoilers sir....
9:01 The girl "I'm Rogue"
Vicky : "... oh! It's Rogue!... Ow... Ow..."
THAT ACCENT when you say "Ow" :D :)
Before Hugh Jackman was cast as Wolverine, Russell Crowe, Aaron Eckhart, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jean Claude van Damme, Viggo Mortenson, Thomas Jane, Jackie Earle Haley, Kiefer Sutherland, Keanu Reeves and Glenn Danzig were considered.
Terence Stamp David Hemblin and Christopher Lee were considered for Magneto.
Eric Mabius, Tom Cruise, Edward Burns, Jonny Lee Miller, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Owen Wilson were considered for Cyclops
Lucy Lawless Maria Bello Julianne Moore and Selma Blair were considered for Jean Grey
Janet Jackson, Angela Bassett, Mariah Carey, Rachel Luttrell, and Jada Pinkett Smith were considered for Storm.
Christina Ricci, Natalie Portman, Evan Rachel Wood, Drew Barrymore, Katie Holmes, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Katherine Isabelle and Sarah Michelle Geller were considered for Rogue.
Richard Donner, James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, John McTiernan, Danny Boyle, Robert Rodriguez, Paul Anderson, Brett Ratner, Stephen Hopkins, Irvin Kershner, and Paul Verhoeven were considered for directing the film.
Holy shit, I'd pay to watch a Jackie Earle Haley as Wolverine. I'm a bit bummed it didn't happen.
Dougray Scott was cast as Wolverine, but the filming of Mission Impossible 2 ran over schedule so they found Jackman at the last minute. Like 1 week before filming started
So glad Angela Basset didn't get her first marvel role in this. She was born to play Romanda in _Black Panther._
Thank goodness Stallone didn’t get the role of Wolverine. He doesn’t fit the role.
Bret Ratner directed X-men Last Stand. He isn’t a good director. He didn’t treat the cast well.
Toad was played by Ray Park, who was Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.
I saw this before I knew Hugh Jackman performed in Broadway. I found it hard to believe until i saw his opening act when he hosted the Oscar's one time.
"Dancing makes studio executives really really nervous. I mean after all I am Wolverine, and Wolverine does not do high kicks. So this year I'm afraid *I won't dance, don't ask me...* STOP."
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apparently there was supposed to be this thing where Toad would ask "Do you know what happens..." and it was gonna be a thing so that then Storm would say it back to him and it made sense... but.. they deleted the context.. so her wisecrack makes no sense. Idk if this is totally true but it would explain her random "joke."
Its true. It was in joss whedon's draft of the script and storm's line is the one line from his draft that survived lol.
1. Wolverine is my favorite X-Men because he's Canadian like me.
2. have a great time in Poland.
Oh, Cyclops and Wolverine have gotten into full-out brawls over Jean.
Also, the actor playing Toad was Ray Park, martial artist, stuntman and actor. He was Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. They dubbed over his voice though.
Fun fact: Originally, it was Russell Crowe who was supposed to play Wolverine. However, there ended up being too many scheduling issues between this movie and (I believe) Gladiator, which came out in the same year. Crowe then suggested his good friend, Hugh Jackman, for the part, and the rest is history.
oooh
Close, it wasn't Russel Crowe who was originally cast it was Dougray Scott, he initially signed on but due to reshoots on Mission Impossible II he had to pull out and then Jackman joined in, on the recommendation of Crowe
That explains it: it was war of the eyebrows...
no it wasnt him i was Dougray Scott who plays Sean Ambrose in MI2. ITS BECAUSE OF MI2 that hugh plays wolverine. YOURE WELCOME NEVADA CANADA!
Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen on screen together acting was like watching freaking Shakespeare.
"Oh he has a heart" Actually in Canada (Lutham City) there are 'Good Samaritan' Laws (which in effect) state you cannot leave/abandon anyone in a life-threatening situation when you are capable of helping. It's sort of an extension of the Canadian Psyche as the winters here are so brutal being abandoned in the middle of one would be a death sentence (save for those trained). Logan/Wolverine is Canadian and, even though he's lost his memory, may still have this 'cultural trait' ingrained in him.
yup
Canadian psychic?
@@DeltaAssaultGaming Autocorrect of psyche, I think.
Vicky : "I'm here in Poland... let's see X-Men"
People who know how it start : "Interresting fact..."
One of Hugh Jackman's most memorable performances was in the 1998 London revival of _Oklahoma!,_ in which he plays Curly, the romantic lead. It is available on video and you should definitely watch it. It's a great production of the musical and Jackman is one of the best Curlys ever.
Also, he's currently (July 2022) on Broadway as Prof. Harold Hill in the revival of _The Music Man,_ opposite the wonderful Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo.
Saw it on TV once, Hugh was great. His singing really impressed me 👏
21:32 - No, the ultimate kick in the gonads was when Magneto pulled all of Wolverine's Adamantium out of his body in X-Men Fatal Attractions Vol 2 (1993).
He doesn't have a metal mutation. He has bone claws. The military added Atomantium steel to his skeliton.
Adamantium*
Speaking of which I wonder if Adamantium will now make its long awaited debut in the MCU? They couldn't use it before because it was connected with the X-Men and the X-Men were controlled by Fox. So Vibranium was the dominant MCU element But now that it's all under one roof...
Also, WE LOVE SPOILERS!! WHOO HOO!
Adamantium in the comics is an alloy of Vibranium, so it could appear any time now, but seems like it would be likely to appear in the forthcoming Black Panther sequel or in the Armour Wars show as examples of illicit technology being developed around the world.
Maybe keep the comments that are explained in further movies to yourself. If she seems unaware then don't spoil it for her.
Fun fact: during the Liberty Island fight, Jackman gave a primal scream, and everyone thought he was just really in character. Turns out the harness he was wearing wrapped around his junk.
Damn!
I liked the first 2 X men Movies. After that, they kinda lost me. My only real complaint about the first 2 is the love triangle with Scott, jean and Logan. Scott is Jean's guy. END OF! I feel they really did Cyclops a disservice in this series.
The dynamic between Sir Ian McKellen (Magneto) and Sir Patrick Stewart (Professor X) is amazing. Since doing the 'X-men' films, the two have been the Epitome of Friendship Goals. They have done plays on Broadway together, and McKellen (who has long been a figure of gay equality in Great Britain before his fame as Gandalf or Magneto) even officiated at Stewart's wedding to Sunny Ozell in 2013. They had known each other about 40 years before 'X-Men' and just have become BFFs since then. How much? Look up their names together...you'll find pictures that are heart-warming to the nth degree (including a couple of full-blown kisses on the mouth!).
Just prior to being cast as Logan/Wolverine, Hugh Jackman was making his mark in the theater. He was playing Curly in the National Theater revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Oklahoma' in London. The show was captured on video for TV and is available. He has since done other musicals on stage ('The Boy From Oz' playing the late Australian pop star and songwriter Peter Allen, winning a Tony for Best Actor, and currently in the B'way revival of 'The Music Man' as Professor Harold Hill) and on-screen (as Jean Valjean in 'Les Miserables' earning an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, and 'The Greatest Showman' playing P.T. Barnum).
The actress who played Mystique was Rebecca Romijn, who was married to John Stamos (Uncle Jesse of 'Full House') at the time. Currently, she is on the Paramount Plus series 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' playing Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley aka Number One, the First Officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise. I'll save who replaced her as Mystique in 'X-Men: First Class' until later...hint: the new actress won an Oscar, and tripped on her way to the stage to accept it!
Best films in the series IMO:
1) Logan
2) Deadpool
3) Days of Future Past
4) X2
5) The Wolverine
X-Men is the most uneven big budget franchise. It has both the best and the worst superhero movies ever (Logan and the first Wolverine)
Toad was played by martial artist Ray Park who had previously played Darth Maul, although he was voiced by someone else.
I knew X Men almost my entire childhood, I’m so glad you are finally watching this incredible franchise 💯💯⭐️⭐️🌟
There has been the Scott/Logan conflict for years. It was even there in the 90's animated show. Throw the love triangle stories in there with Jean and they got intense. However, they were not always at odds. Much like the Tony/Steve dynamic of the MCU, they were at their best when working together, balancing each other out. Logan respected him as a leader because he was an awesome leader and a tactical genius. Scott was annoyed often by Logan, but knew his experience, perspective and skill were unsurpassed. They could have done something neat in these Fox X-Men films. Unfortunately they made it the Wolverine show. Cyclops was made into an annoyed, stiff, chad that everyone hated. Such a waste, especially considering James Marsden played him.
Check out Comic Book Girl 19's videos talking about how awesome Cyclops really is (not in the Fox X-Men films).
The original triangle was with angel and not wolverine.
Welcome to the X-Men movies. Coming from the perspective of a long-time X-men reader, I found some of them to be very, very good, some to be acceptably entertaining, and some to be just .... "why? Why did you make this movie?" Hugh Jackman, Charles Xavier, and Ian McKellan were all so brilliant in their roles, which was kind of a blessing and a curse. Blessing because the obvious, a curse because it led to the movie executives focusing on them to the detriment of so many other great characters in the X-Men.
Anywho, looking forward to watching more of them with you.
Honestly, I would love to see a series of X-men movies, where each one highlights a new group of different members.
*Sabretooth being terrifying *
VKunia: *Can I trim your eyebrows, please?*
- this was the first modern comic book movie adaptation that showed the superhero genre can be taken seriously and with gravitas. There would be no Spider-Man by Sony or the MCU without this movie.
- the original comics were made during the civil rights movement so a lot of themes about tolerance, differences, etc reflected the times
- Hugh joined 3 weeks into shooting and this launched his Hollywood career
- some comic nerds hated the fact that Wolverine, Professor X and Magneto were the leads and the other mutants were supporting roles, but if you are gonna make a feature film (and not a TV series), you can only follow a few characters before it gets overstuffed. The writers took a page from The Matrix and let Wolverine be the audience's eyes (like Neo found the real world) as they entered the world of X-men and the conflicts
- Bryan Singer, being gay himself, was and still is the perfect writer-director for this project, having directed masterpieces like The Usual Suspects and crafting themes of societal difference to keep this comic book story grounded (until he got canceled by Hollywood recently for being creepy).
- James Marsden was suggested from his previous movie Gossip costume designer to audition and he went in 4 times for Cyclops. His friends from home mailed truckloads of comic books to him in LA because he asked them "who is this Cyclops?" before auditioning. Then he had to wear platform shoes for some scenes because he is 5'10" compared to the 6' Famke who is Jean Grey and the 6'2" Hugh.
- Ian McKellen filmed Lord Of the Rings right after this film. Legend for being in two back-to-back successful film franchises.
Blade?
@@Hirnknaker Blade is a good one too! I think because of the R-rating and more mixed reviews, it didn't appeal to the masses as much as X-men. But it definitely helped.
26:48 Literally the best part of the movie
The actor who played toad is Ray Park, the actor who played Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode 1.
You figured out the great tragedy of the story of Charles and Erik: they're good friends, they both want what's best for mutants, and both of them are neither completely right nor completely wrong on how to make that happen.
The claws are not wolverines mutation power, his healing factor is, the claws are secondary… he also has a heightened sense of smell as well
Love the location reaction. Makes you more real and relatable. :-)
Back when less was more
Now that Disney owns the X-Men, everything will be overblown with CGI and memes
X-men was awesome and yes its cheesy. But it's the kind of cheese. And it's the first time the world witness a great and kind Australian actor. Hugh Jackman.
no its NOT "cheesy" ITS MASTERFUL!
Fun fact, the trucker who drops Rogue off at the bar is played by George Buza. He voiced Beast in X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES.
That's awesome you remembered so much of the animated series! How long ago was that?
Since you're open minded to animation, I highly recommend the X-Men Evolution series that has real good character development. Also, the motion comic for Astonishing X-Men is a fantastic way to experience one of my fav X-Men storylines.
Fun Fact: In the Statue of Liberty scene when they find Mystique on the ground, the security guard is the legendary David Hayter, he wrote the screen play for the film and voices the most iconic video game character in history "Solid Snake."
Also Toad played by Ray Park is the iconic sith Darth Maul (Never give him a double-bladed lightsaber, he will out shine you with his staff technique lol )
I went to see this on premiere night here. The most hilarious memory is when Mystique came on, and someone just yelled out "SUPER TITTIES!" 😅😂
Lol
I REMEMBER THAT! I WAS THERE WITH MY MOM AND DAD!
@@SB992REBORN LOOOOOL :D Imperial in Copenhagen? Or is this a common occurence haha
The yellow spandex remark alludes to the uniforms they wore in the comics for a while.
Cheesy sure, but still a great movie. I think I saw this several times in theaters. Wolverines lines especially with cyclops are great. Love this movie and the next is just as good or better.
Why is it described as cheesy? I do not see that at all. It is not Oscar winning drama but it is also not plan 9 from outer space.
@@claytoncourtney1309Yeah, I don't understand that either. This movie was a lot different in tone than what was common among blockbusters up until that point. I always thought of it as a surprisingly "modern" movie. No hate on late 90's movies, they're awesome, but those movies I think of as cheesy.
That's the movie version of how Rogue got her hair streak. She actually got it from Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel. That's why she could fly and had super strength in the cartoon, she drained Danvers completely, put her in a coma for 20 years or so and kept her powers minus the energy blasts.
Vicky, how long ago did you move from Poland to the US?
Saw this at the theatre with my parents! Cant believe it has been 22 years :)
Creating protagonist and more importantly antagonists with genuinely appreciable points of view make for the best conflict. I can say without spoiling anything that as you go on with these you will appreciate the depth of this and the choices made. Great stuff underneath the flash. You'll enjoy Hugh Jackman/s work with Wolverine. He's a great character and a better actor to portray the part you will probably never find. The interplay and relationship between the characters of Xavier and Magneto are similarly complex and deep.
Fun fact Hugh Jackman did not know that wolverines are real animals and thought it is some word play on wolf. He actually studied wolves for the movie and tried to mimic them a bit.
It's sad that this franchise is remembered with such animosity cos it all started right here. 1978's Superman and 1989's Batman were kind of isolated auteur projects that no one really capitalised on. This was the where _the formula_ began. X-Men 2, I still consider a highlight among this two decades long comicbook phenomenon.
Nope. Superman and Batman 1989 were better movies
@@DeltaAssaultGaming
That’s a separate point. They are better films (well actually - my preference is for _Batman Returns_ ) but they’re more indicative of those particular directors’ works than what became the current comicbook film. _X-Men_ is the one that gets the ball rolling with lore and world building and ensemble casting and genuine interest in the source material and little carrots that set up subsequent chapters - all the tricks that can be expanded into the larger money printing machine.
It’s funny you mentioned it actually because one of the things I find so stifling about the Marvelfication of cinema is that it does squeeze the director’s personality out of the project, so you end up with this assembly line of flatpack IKEA movies that, yes, are functional pieces of furniture but they sort of become indistinguishable from one another.
28:50 Vicky loved the Logan/Scott Who's Who Challenge dialogue:
Logan's quote : Vicky laugh
Scott's response : Vicky laught louder! XD
So ready for your Kenobi reaction. Kenobi takes place 10 years after revenge of the sith. Revenge of the sith reaction is your most viewed video. Kenobi also takes place obviously before a new hope.
Toad was played by Ray Park, who also physically portrayed Darth Maul in the Star Wars prequels The Phantom Menace and Solo (he was voiced by somebody else).
I thought that rogue was extremely underpowered in this film as in the Comics she is as every bit as powerful as Captain Marvel and yes the cheese runs strong with this one I find all the X-Men films very cheesy in fact mature cheddar.
That's because she zaps Captain Marvel. Who was part of the X-Men for a while, I wonder if that's a character the could have used under their deal. But for whatever reason they didn't decide to go that route.
Agree, too bad. In the Cartoons her powers were Great and she Could fly .
she also had a ALIEN race connection.
too bad this was not Explored in the Movies.
but, Guess they wanted to give Jean Gray more Screen time.
@@chrisleebowers - mainly because Anna Paquin was not very Athletic as Famke Jensen and Rebecca Romain .
No Rogue absorbs Captain Marvel’s abilities in the comics and puts her in a coma when she was with the Brotherhood of mutants under Mystique’s tutelage. Mystique adopted Rogue but then Rogue left the Brotherhood after she saw what Mystique used her to get Carol’s powers. Rogue joins the X-men afterwards. All this is in the animated series.
@@markplott4820 Actors can train. Alan Cumming and Kelsey Grammar weren't exactly tough guys before X-Men. I think they just didn't want get into aliens and keep everything about mutants. (We never got into The Brood, or Longshot and Spiral and Mojo or any of the other classic adversaries that weren't mutants or mutant-haters)
The best films came out in the early 2000's; The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Gladiator, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Donnie Darko, Amelie, Spirited Away, City of God, 28 Days Later, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kill Bill, Sean of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Billy Elliot, Snatch, The Descent, Children of Men... And then it all fell apart after the 2008 writer's strike, with the exception of the odd gem.
LOTR Rules!!!!!
A distinction worth knowing is that natural mutation can be influenced by mutation, but natural selection and mutation are two entirely different concepts.
_Mutations_ are random and constantly occur all the time. Anything that changes someone's DNA could cause mutations, so eating different things, being in different environments, etc. People get mutations all throughout their lives, but most are quite insignificant.
_Natural selection_ itself doesn't create mutations. It is merely the process of deciding which mutations live on (heredity, survival of the fittest, etc.)
In the X-Men universe, there are some people born with the x-gene, which is what cause people to manifest different powers. Some could be different at birth, but most mutants 'activate' around puberty.
The actor playing Toad also played Darth Maul in Phantom Menace. His elevator pose was a throwback to that
Fun Fact: the original Wolverine was created with the idea that the metal claws were part of his gloves. It was John Byrne that changed it to coming from his knuckles.
Byrne's "head canon" was that Logan actually found popping his claws very pleasurable; symbolic of something ... else...
The Claremont/Byrne/Austin (inker) line is, to my mind, some of the finest X-Men (heck, comic) books ever written.
The banter between Scott and Logan in both X1 and X2 is hilarious 😂😂😂😂💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
17:42: 😂
You missed Stan Lee’s cameo!
The actor that played Toad is also the same guy that played Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.
26:29 ,it's really funny ,Logan hate flight and also kinda hate cyclops and then cyclops accidentally made a bad landing ,can you imagine how frustrated Logan is 🤣
17:42 Vicky : "... it is not a mutant beach... OH I MEAN... OH..."
Segregation Story Intensify! xD
In the comics, there have been a number of times that Xavier has disappeared or presumed dead and Magneto has inadvertently ended up becoming the new Headmaster or leader for the X-men as part of him can never leave the friendship behind he has with Charles. The Age of Apocalypse, someone goes back in time and kills Xavier and Magneto takes on the mantle that would have been Charles' role. Its an interesting dichotomy between the two and they honestly got two perfect actors to portray it.
Toad is played by stuntman Ray Park, who played Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I.
Professor X is played by Sir Patrick Stewart, who remains best friends with Sir Ian McKellen (Magneto) to this day. Sir Patrick's other best-known role is Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation; Famke Janssen, who plays Jean Grey, guest-starred on Star Trek: TNG in the early 90s.
Another of the cast of this movie with a Star Trek connection is Rebecca Romijn, who plays Mystique, and who is currently playing Number One on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
You have done a good job of anticipating what characters will do with their particular abilities.
It's crazy how "normal" Hugh Jackman looks in this movie compared to the later movies.
You know you've hit it big time when you have your own commercials
24:04
The fact you study Atmospheric science made me laugh pretty hard here. 😂
I remember the hype for this one not being so high. I was 9 when this came out and I had to beg my mom to take me to see it in theaters and there was only 4 people in the theater.
The yellow spandex exchange between Scott and Logan refers to when the 2 characters first met in the comics. Logan went by weapon x and wore a yellow costume