![]() ![]() The 2011 film is a prequel to the original X-Men and is set primarily during the early 1960s, notably at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. I need the space so this book joins the Culling. X-Men: First Class is the fifth film in the X-Men film franchise. In fact, this can be a good gateway comic for new and young readers to start with the Marvel Universe. Overall, this is a fun book to read, easy and light with great stories and art. It is handy to read and lends itself to an excellent travel reading companion. It is smaller than a regular trade paperback but it is larger than manga digest. I find myself enjoying this Marvel GN trim size. ![]() I really liked that Dean Haspiel has an art style that evokes Mike Allred’s he’s a creator whose independent comics work I must check out. In the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Erik's vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them. With James McAvoy, Laurence Belcher, Michael Fassbender, Bill Milner. I wished he used his style more, instead of the glimpses he offered in some panels. X-Men: First Class: Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Doe’s aping of the original miniseries’ Roger Cruz’ style ended flat. I was initially excited for Juan Doe’s chapter, given his reputation for his striking Marvel covers but I ended up impressed by Plati’s Jean Grey story instead. Still it has an interesting artistic line-up, mixing industry veteran in Howard Chaykin, with relative newcomers like Nuno Plati and Juan Doe and someone with indie cred like Dean Haspiel.Ĭhaykin gave a well drawn contribution as expected. This compilation does not have Parker in any creative capacity but various creators working on the one-shots. One that nails the characters motivations and mindsets in a refreshing but respectful and realistic way.I tried out this collection of X-Men First Class one-shots because I enjoyed the two miniseries and specials penned by Jeff Parker. Currently you are able to watch X-Men: First Class streaming on Disney Plus, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, DIRECTV, USA Network. Matthew Vaughn transitioned what was originally planned as a Magneto origin story into a wonderfully balanced comic-book adaptation. Overall, First Class makes good with its new cast and setting. In fact, my favorite part of the film involves Charles & Erik recruiting, and subsequently training everyone. Everyone has their own arc and moment to shine. But even as much as these characters could have felt like throwaway characters, Vaughn managed to build them into the story in a creative way. No one was really asking for characters like Azazel, Riptide, Angel Salvadore, Havoc, Darwin, Banshee, or even more Mystique. Going back to the fun stuff though, the rest of the mutants are made up of mostly throw away heroes and villains. This film and Days of Future Past nail the relationship between those two more so than any X-Men film to date. But it uses it in a way that doesn't exploit that event, instead, gives a reason for there to be tension between Charles & Erik. First Class is set in the 60's, and uses the Cuban Missile Crisis as the film's climatic sequence. Something the new trilogy of X-Men films does incredibly well is use the decade the films are set in to enhance the overall story they were going for. Much like the film itself, McAvoy and Fassbender put their own spin on the characters, but bring enough similarity in their performance to understand the connective tissue between the pairs. Perhaps, some would say that the two of them have outdone their counterparts, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan (I, myself being one of those people). I don't think we could have dreamed of a better pairing to take over the roles of Professor X and Magneto than James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. Luckily, casting was something 20th Century Fox had no problem with. Setting an X-Men film in the 1960's meant having to recast all of the recurring characters. Vaughn does a wonderful job balancing the two. But there's something to be said for a mutant story that poses similar thought provoking questions and themes like before, while also making a fun adventure out of it. ![]() The original X-Men trilogy took itself very seriously and rightfully so. Up to this point, I liked most of the X-Men films, but even the people who have loved the series would say that there wasn't much "fun" to be had. In large part, the strengths of the film lie with Matthew Vaughn's direction. Even though the continuity has since been mingled with even more, this film did such a great job of resetting the universe without tarnishing what came before. There are a lot of great things about First Class, but I think the one that sticks out to me the most (even after years and tons of viewings) is that it works as both a reboot and prequel.
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