X-Men: First Class

So the X-men: First Class has been on the cards for an absolute age in one form or another.  Rumours of the Magneto origins, Xavier origins movies have circulated the web since before the Wolverine movie was a twinkle in the plot writer’s eye. 

Set in the 60’s when Magneto and Xavier were both young men before all of the issues arose that eventually made them arch enemies.  While the plot has been left pretty oblique, I can only assume that ‘First Class’ refers to the beginnings of the X-mansion and the institute. 

I am concerned that there will be a lot of plot holes or things that don’t match with the Xavier we have been presented with in the previous films.  For a start Scott, Jean, and the others who formed the first class of X-men in the comics knew Charles when he was bald, even in the Wolverine movie Charles, although he can still walk, is bald.  I wonder how much of Jean and Scott’s back story, if any, will be shown. 

Moreover, if Emma is supposed to be the White Queen already she is going to be significantly older than Scott and Jean.  I know they aren’t sticking to the comics verbatim but at the same time the Emma/Scott/Jean triangle was a major feature of quiet a few of the comic runs.  While I think, January Jones will make a credible Emma Frost, she certainly has the 60’s movie starlet to pull it off I am worried that some elements of the movie will become a little like the overly cheesy hero shoes from the same period – especially since many of the characters will have costumes much like the ones from the comics. 

There were lots of debate over the role of Xavier and Magneto – at one stage there was talk of using the software that is used to age the faces of missing children but in reverse to make Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart look younger – which is a touch odd in itself and despite the general concern over the people that have been cast I think the line up looks pretty good.  Despite the few age issues I have. 

At the moment the line up appears to be (Left-Right):

Micheal Fassbender : Eric Lensherr

Rose Byrne : Miora McTaggert

January Jones : Emma Frost

Jason Flemyng : Azazel

Nicohlas Hoult : Hank McCoy

Lucas Till: Alex Summers

Zoe Kravitz: Angel Salvadore

Jennifer Lawrence: Raven Darkholme

James McAvoy: Charles Xavier

(Not Shown)

Kevin Bacon: Sebastian Shaw

Oliver Platt: Man in Black

As a massive fan of Oliver Platt I’m incredibly glad that he’ll be appearing in First Class, although my internal type cast means that everything he appears in should simply be as varying shades of Porthos! He is capable of more than that I know but I find I don’t care – I simply want the sash that was a gift to him from the Queen of America.

Due to be released on the 3^rd of June 2011 First Class is set to be the first of a new trilogy directed by Donner.  I don’t want to judge the series too harshly just yet but there will be more details as I get them!  A few more stills attached! 

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EDIT:

HERE IS THE TRAILER! HERE
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