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And I don't care how much bad cred Singer's been getting, he definitely didn't do away with characters so readily before Apocalypse; and it doesn't make sense for him to have dropped out of the picture like that and suddenly take all the blame, from everybody. It stopped being his work at Apocalpyse for me.
Pretty much every X-Men film features at least one notable recast, with building disregard for continuity each time. I wonder if Dark Phoenix will break the rule.
What???!! This statement makes no sense. AT ALL. Singer was the director. All choices made in X-men Apocalypse or any other movie he directs are ultimately his final decision and approval as director. If something wasn't working in a film, he's responsible for fixing it. He has the power to change anything from story, character arcs, where an actor should stand or how they will move, in some cases what type of performance an actor should give for a particular scene, how characters should look, to production design, to visual effects style, to shot choices, has the final say as to how the shots look and how they should be blended together, how many takes to do of a particular scene or scenes, to what kind of film score a scene needs. That's the director's job.....both in pre-production, production and post-production. He's in charge of that. People need to educate themselves on film terminology and descriptors.x-er:And I don't care how much bad cred Singer's been getting, he definitely didn't do away with characters so readily before Apocalypse; and it doesn't make sense for him to have dropped out of the picture like that and suddenly take all the blame, from everybody. It stopped being his work at Apocalpyse for me.
Pretty much every X-Men film features at least one notable recast, with building disregard for continuity each time. I wonder if Dark Phoenix will break the rule.
Props to "The Wolverine" for achieving the impossible, telling a story within continuity with no recasts.
What???!! This statement makes no sense. AT ALL. Singer was the director. All choices made in X-men Apocalypse or any other movie he directs are ultimately his final decision and approval as director. If something wasn't working in a film, he's responsible for fixing it. He has the power to change anything from story, character arcs, where an actor should stand or how they will move, in some cases what type of performance an actor should give for a particular scene, how characters should look, to production design, to visual effects style, to shot choices, has the final say as to how the shots look and how they should be blended together, how many takes to do of a particular scene or scenes, to what kind of film score a scene needs. That's the director's job.....both in pre-production, production and post-production. He's in charge of that. People need to educate themselves on film terminology and descriptors.
You can also blame his current diminished presence professionally to some of the decisions he's made in his personal life that seem to have spilled out into his professional life. Studios have to consider all these factors.
Here's what we know:
* Singer pitched the film as a disaster film that explored mutant origins
* Days of Future Past had an incredible marketing campaign, Apocalypse had a completely nonexistent campaign outside of a few things here-n-there.
* The original screenplay explored the Beast-Mystique relationship more in depth.
* Kinberg ghost-directed a bunch of scenes in Apocalypse.
What???!! This statement makes no sense. AT ALL. Singer was the director. All choices made in X-men Apocalypse or any other movie he directs are ultimately his final decision and approval as director. If something wasn't working in a film, he's responsible for fixing it. He has the power to change anything from story, character arcs, where an actor should stand or how they will move, in some cases what type of performance an actor should give for a particular scene, how characters should look, to production design, to visual effects style, to shot choices, has the final say as to how the shots look and how they should be blended together, how many takes to do of a particular scene or scenes, to what kind of film score a scene needs. That's the director's job.....both in pre-production, production and post-production. He's in charge of that. People need to educate themselves on film terminology and descriptors.
You can also blame his current diminished presence professionally to some of the decisions he's made in his personal life that seem to have spilled out into his professional life. Studios have to consider all these factors.
Reese: Thats not right. Shes a super-minor character. The characters name is actually Yukio, an assassin but whos an adult assassin, so we just aged her down. Shes such a minor character, we thought we could pretty much get away with anything.
And Shiolis amazing. I really think we have to do her more justice going forward not as though we did her injustice, but she just didnt have a lot of screen time. Id love to explore the Yukio character more.
Wernick: Fox has a bible of all 400-plus characters that they have rights to. We generally, when were building out a movie, look at that list, and kind of go through and go, Oh yeah, yes, yes, no, love that name, oh those powers are cool, and we build that cast that way. Yukio jumped out at us as just a character we would love to see further explored.
https://www.cbr.com/deadpool-2-spoilers-screenwriters-rhett-reese-paul-wernick-interview/
Soooo...this reddit summary....
What???!! This statement makes no sense. AT ALL. Singer was the director. All choices made in X-men Apocalypse or any other movie he directs are ultimately his final decision and approval as director. If something wasn't working in a film, he's responsible for fixing it. He has the power to change anything from story, character arcs, where an actor should stand or how they will move, in some cases what type of performance an actor should give for a particular scene, how characters should look, to production design, to visual effects style, to shot choices, has the final say as to how the shots look and how they should be blended together, how many takes to do of a particular scene or scenes, to what kind of film score a scene needs. That's the director's job.....both in pre-production, production and post-production. He's in charge of that. People need to educate themselves on film terminology and descriptors.
You can also blame his current diminished presence professionally to some of the decisions he's made in his personal life that seem to have spilled out into his professional life. Studios have to consider all these factors.
sounds boringSoooo...this reddit summary....
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Soooo...this reddit summary....
I don't think those spoilers sound all that bad tbh. Especially since we haven't seen the film to see how it works in screen.
Really it just sounds like the way the film has been described for a while now, more a drama then a comic book romp. Presumably in a similar tone to Logan.
I have a feeling Singer didn't like the idea of directing X-Men Apocalypse as Prequel #3 instead of as X5, especially with (1) Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique as one of the main protagonists and also, (2) how does it make sense to put Jennifer Lawrence's white face up there for more than 50% of the movie when her character is usually blue? I would throw in a third point (3) why the hell is she back for a fourth film if she has repeatedly stated comicbooks are beneath her level of intellect ???
Both Singer and the fans wanted an X-Men #5 with Stewart, McKellen, Paquin, Marsden, Jackman, Page, etc. If I had my name put on a cheap rip-off of a film that I didn't agree with making and that seemed to have a lot of Jennifer Lawrence's stamp all over it, I would be pretty darn pissed. And I'm not sure where I saw this, but one of the actresses did state that Singer had not been on the set of XMen apoclaypse very often.
You don't need any more proof than his work then and his work now. Personal life should be put aside. Mozart liked to have his butt licked by his partners but we all still listen to his music and you can't deny the influence of classical music on popular music nowadays can you? Singer is practically one of the founding fathers of CBMs in the 2000s. What's J Lawrence?
I can't even name five characters after having recorded four Xmen films... I'd rather be in the Marvel Avenger films ? To me this translates to, I don't give a hoot about any of this, I just want all this money you're making from the comics. (insert stupid Jennifer Lawrence laugh)
I don't think those spoilers sound all that bad tbh.