I forgot that was a thing. What was even the point of that anyway? Was it just Sony and Fox's way of sticking it to Marvel Studios at the time? There was absolutely no cross-promotion necessary as DOFP was a highly anticipated reunion of the OG X-Men cast.
Marc Webb had a contract with Fox to do a movie for them and it stalled his contract negotations for ASM2. Eventually Fox allowed him to do ASM2 under the condition that Sony promoted their next X-Men movie. They figured by putting a scene in the movie itself, it would seem important like all the MCU movies credit scenes, despite there being zero connection between the two.
That sounds familiar. At the very least they could have picked a more dynamic scene than Mystique sneaking onto the base to talk to Havok. It was so random.
Are we finally getting Patrick Bateman Luthor.
Good point. I’m a fan of the Hoult casting and think he could also get an intimidating look as Lex with a few more pounds of muscle on his frame. And so far this trainer has proved ..super-effective.
You mean like turning Dash’s teacher into a villain?!
He left Pixar after siding with Lasseter over the sexual harassment allegations.
Similar plot but with the characters swapped is something that's not uncommon in sequels, even Toy Story 2 is guilty of it with Buzz being the one having to bring Woody back down to earth in that case. I would have minded it much less with Incredibles 2 had the villain been more interesting, as you said.
Toy Story 2 has the exact same kind of issue for me. The Woody plot line, amazing. The Buzz plot line? Meh at best. So yeah, it's certainly common. But that doesn't mean it's a great trope. In both cases, I enjoy Incredibles and Toy Story much more than their sequels. They're not BAD by any means. They just are not nearly as good as their amazing 1st installments. I am hoping Incredibles 3 can be a Toy Story 3
Similar plot but with the characters swapped is something that's not uncommon in sequels, even Toy Story 2 is guilty of it with Buzz being the one having to bring Woody back down to earth in that case. I would have minded it much less with Incredibles 2 had the villain been more interesting, as you said.
Also on the topic of Incredibles 2, Bob Odenkirk's character was one of my favorite parts but him being a full-on caricature of himself was a weird choice because Pixar had never really done that before or since. I would have thought it to be tacky if I wasn't such a fan of Odenkirk.
To me I feel like there's no wrong choice for the best Toy Story movie as long as it isn't 4.
