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The one where Wolvie lost his adamantium, his nose vanished and the stories got insanley complex and ridiculous?

So we can agree Jackman is the best casting? I know, Stewart as Xavier was THE pick for fans but really, Jackman just nails Wolverine perfectly with the tone, savage and even capturing it well for the 1970s parts of DoFP and his spin-off to make it work well.
Also loved Cumming as Nightcrawler, the showman and wished

Yeah, did enjoy that, showing Logan and Creed going from Civil War to Vietnam, showing Creed more savage and such, great work but sadly the rest of the movie couldn't live up to it.

Yeah, hard to argue X2 not the best of the bunch, just great in story and flow and such. I'd actually agree Days next for the mingling of the two eras and how it nails the tone of one of the best X-Men stories ever. First Class I'll put next and not sure Deadpool so high as much of the point is mocking the entire

In a way, it sort of makes sense that they're seperate from the MCU as it's been obvious in the comics how they are in thier own circles outside the main Marvel heroes. Constantly, you hear "we're the only ones who can save the world" taking it all on themselves rather than reach out to other heroes and how mutants

These movies are also important for showing that not being utterly hide-bound to the comic books is not a bad thing. Some may complain about the dark suits today but they were easier for a 2000 audience than the colorful spandex of the comics.

I actually thought Kitsch did well in the first Wolverine spin-off, wanted him included more.

It's still hysterical how fans complained about Paquin as Rogue, as "she in no way resembles a hot Southern sexpot." Then along came True Blood.

I know we're all supposed to loathe Last Stand but clearly, Ratner was doing his best with the shifting story which had to quickly integrate Whedon's "Cure" storyline from the comic. Plus, it has its moments. The bit where Magneto is asked "where's your ink?" and shows off his tattooed numbers with "I was marked

Yeah but it can still be that way without being Platoon like. The trailers looked cool but I admit worrying they were going to make it ultra-serious and dark and lack the humor of Star Wars which would be a bad move.

That was my take. Folks going "we WANT a war movie" sort of miss how damn dark and serious those are and didn't want a Snyder-verse take on Star Wars, some levity here and there. Keep the main tone and such but don't have to let it be some grimdark sci-fi tale, Star Wars is as much fantasy too.

On the one hand, a bit troubled, trailers looked cool and rather liked idea of a Star Wars movie putting the emphasis on the "Wars" part. On the other hand, I didn't want a Snyder-like "grim and gritty" tale, some levity to it, some hope and such, not overwhelmingly dark for the sake of darkness. I mean, look at the

Huh, forgot about this. Actually enjoyed the first two seasons but the loss of Milano sucked fun out of it although I agree Jes is a riot.

I never knew how badly I needed this in my life.

There's a great subplot in the Olivia Goldsmith book Flavor of the Month where a red-hot New York comic is told his sitcom pilot has been picked up. He immediately burns his bridges in NYC, firing his old agent, quitting his job, lives it up in a swank apartment and giving interviews on "I'm going to kick Seinfeld's

Here's something like that, a channel of a guy doing montages of opening credits of shows:

Now THAT'S how you end a short-lived show!

True story: The episode where he creates a "rock band" out of puppets and is stunned to see them becoming legitimately famous to the point where people claim to have met them in person, became an obsession with me and my sister. To this very day, we still quote the lead guy during an "interview" with a reporter:

I'll buy that for a dollar!

This show always reminds me of the Ellen Degeneres joke from her stand-up days: "I don't know if the guy who came up with My Mother the Car was on drugs or not, I won't say that. But the network executive who decided to buy it and put it on the air? Man, he had to be on something."