Mutant Hysteria

Just watched X-Men: The Last Stand two days ago and subsequently watched it again with my folks the next day after some netsearches done to review some overlooked details. Watched the usual run of comedy movie trailers, the occasion modern suspense or horror movie trailer and the piece de resistance, the latest Superman Returns movie trailer. The trailer gets to show more as to what's going to transpire in this movie. Its like they combined Superman I and II elements sans the Kryptonian villain trio led by General Zod. (Snootchy Bootchies!!! Hahahaha... ;) ) Kevin Spacey is shown to be the actor for Lex Luthor, mainstay big bad and foil to Superman. I noticed they used some elements of Gene Hackman's Luthor acting with a more maniacal twist like he is protrayed in the current comic setup. The Fortress of Solitude is shown once again besides its small-screen appearance in Smallville. A scene showing Supes rescuing a jetliner going down was pretty hairy in terms of superheroic factor since it was usually shown easy-peasy in the comics in some point. It's one superhero movie franchise worth watching again anew. On to the main portion of this blog. The movie about mutants.

X-Men: The Last Stand is the supposed final movie of a trilogy of movies even though there's loose talk of subsequent sequence though talk of spinoff movies are discussed. >>>>Spoiler Mode Engaged<<<< The movie starts off with a timeline 20 years prior to the current setup where Professor X and Magneto visit the Grey residence to sell the Greys the idea of having Jean Grey enrolled in Professor X's School for Gifted Youngsters. A brief demonstration of power was done by Jean which features cameos of Stan Lee and well-known X-Scribe Chris Claremont. Scene fast-forwards and shifts 10 years later elsewhere showing a young Warren Worthington III manifested his mutation and self-mutilates himself to hide it from his father. This brief scene acted as the catalyst or starter of events which will create the conflict in the movie. Move to the present. The US Government has now created the Department of Mutant Affairs which features a familiar blue-furred mutant as its secretary. Dr. Hank McCoy aka Beast is played by Frasier and Cheers Kelsey Grammer. He gets briefed in a presidential meeting regarding the hunt for Magneto which shows that Mystique was apprehended during an attempt theft which brings to light a mutant cure synthesized from a mutant in a pharmaceutical company's custody. The impact of such a cure to the mutant population is pretty distressing given how such a cure can be used as weapon if non-compliance occurs. Scene goes to the X-Mansion, with the much anticipated Danger Room sequence. It was full tilt action in the scenario involving X-Men Storm, Wolverine, Colossus, Rogue, Iceman and Shadowcat against a Sentinel in a familiar Days of Future Past setting. Sentinel was shown as a haze-obscured outline and the severed head was there to show for it after Wolvie and Colossus execute the familiar Fastball Special. All the X-Men are still shaken with the loss of Jean Grey but the worst hit was Scott Summers. Scott Summers get withdrawn and all mopey and whiny that he gets a psychic summons from Jean that leads him back to Alkali Lake, the site of her demise. Dr. McCoy visits the mansion to inform Professor X about the news he received from the earlier meeting. After the news of the cure was made public, scene shifts to a town hall meeting of sorts for mutants. Magneto openly issued his recruitment call to add ranks to the Brotherhood and gets new recruits when he was approached by Callisto, Arclight, Psylocke and Kid Omega. As to not exhaust all the details since my memory is starting to fail at this point, I'll just critique the relevant points. Jean Grey returned as Dark Phoenix and kills Cyclops in short order during a kiss. Angel makes an appearance but not yet established as an X-Man. Other mutants that were shown were Jamie Madrox, The Multiple Man and unstoppable X-Men baddie Juggernaut. They remade Juggy as a mutant and no connection to the mystical Ruby of Cytorrak as in comic canon. Dark Phoenix joins in with Magneto's Brotherhood after a failed psychic duel of will between her and Professor X. The Blackbird gets to go on another outing but is now shown to have cloaking tech like the Helix from the Mutant X tv show though it gets destroyed by Dark Phoenix due to collateral damage. Combat roster for the main fight scene is comprised by the same group in the Danger Room sequence but with the addition of Beast. Teamwork really pays off against an opponent who knows your moves or senses you too well. Wolvie sticks his claws into Dark Phoenix to end her threat to the world. Magneto ends up depowered but not for long. Prof X somehow survived, if one were to sit out the ending credits to see the scene. Storm gets to do a lot more stuff than just altering the weather. >>>>Spoiler Mode Disengaged<<<<

The throughput in my brain is just flooding and barely enough to process out to get my review ahead of the rest who would post their reviews by Saturday or Sunday. I apologize for rushing this but its just the rush from watching the movie that got to me even though it was 90 minute movie. It should have be made longer given how much potential stuff it can be covered with a longer screening time. This movie goes out with a bang for sure and not a whimper as expected with Cyclops short appearance time.