Apologies if this has been posted, but I don’t see it anywhere. There’s a trailer for Logan, due out in March of next year. Apparently, it looks like it’s taking cues from the “Old Man Logan” storyline, which I’ve not read.
Trailer here.
Just for fun, a black and white version.
I’ve gotten chills watching this - it looks like it might actually be good.
Oh, and just for your convenience, a link to the song in the trailer. You’re welcome.
Looks great! So now I actually have 2 MCU movies to look forward to; I’pretty sure that’s a new record for me.
Logan’s not MCU – the X-Men movies take place in a totally separate universe (with multiple timelines). MCU are all the movies made by Marvel/Disney, along with a few TV series on ABC and Netflix (and, I believe, the future Spiderman movies), and nothing else.
It may be taking some of its cues from Old Man Logan - which I’m rather indifferent to - but it ALSO seems to be introducing X-23/Laura. And that, I’m liking very much. If Fox is smart, they’ll find some way to get her character back into the timeline of the current X-movies.
(and what is an X-Men story without time-travel shenanigans, after all?)
Screw Logan and the horse he rode in on! I have had enough of being burned by the X-movies. I thought Wolverine was going to be great. Seriously. Wolverine in Japan were the best Wolvie ever was and they ruined it. Then X-Men Apocalypse all sucked.
The trailer does look good, but I’m all out of good will.
I just hope he’ll be driving a Spider-Mobile at some point.
New trailer looks even better. So freaking excited about this movie.
I dunno. The first trailer made it seem like it was some future dystopia, but this one has convenience stores with Pringles and Charles looks about the same age as the films set in current times, but Wolvie’s healing factor is depleted or something and you’d expect that to be a long time from now. I’ve got misgivings.
I appreciate that it’s not Old Man Logan after all. That series was pretty messed up anyway.
Saw the new trailer last night. Was left quite confused as to why I would want to watch the film; it’s not very compelling. 
Yeah it looks like what we took as dystopia or post-apocalyptic was just… Texas. Seems about right.
They could never really do Old Man Logan, so I’d rather they just lift some elements (cropped hair and in one scene he’s clearly wearing a duster and a road trip) and tell a new story.
I started to read the wikipedia page on Old Man Logan to see what the storyline was about, reached this line and cannot stop laughing:
I’m not a comics guy so I’m sure this has some deep roots that will be appreciated by the comics set and I’m not blaming the film makers…
…but…
…good Lord, the “Little girl is really super dangerous killer monster” is so God damned trite these days. Honestly, I’d be more surprised or ‘shocked’ if a little boy got to be a master assassin who could barely control his powers. But, nope, gotta be a girl 'cause ain’t that just so subversive?
As I alluded to above, X-23 (“Laura”) is an established character with ~10 years of history behind her. And, honestly, her All-New Wolverine book is probably one of the best, if not the best, comic book that Marvel is putting out right now. (her supporting cast includes her pet wolverine, Jonathan.)
In fact, the other top books probably include Ms. Marvel and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. But - to be clear here - you’d prefer fewer representations of women in comics and comic book movies as main characters?
If it’s any consolation, Laura’s story (and Kamala’s and Doreen’s) isn’t drawn from the same well that Whedon has so thoroughly poisoned, and done other unspeakable things to. Her story arc is more of a humanization one, rather than a girl-becomes-badass one.
Sure, I said as much in my post: I’m sure this has some deep roots that will be appreciated by the comics set and I’m not blaming the film makers…
That said, it’s “new” to me and I roll my eyes to see us returning to this well.
That’s a bizarre question. Do you think the only role for women in comics & film is as 10 Year Old ‘Innocence Lost’ Murder-Bots? Because, unless you do, I have no earthly idea how you arrived at that question. If I said “Man, I’m sick of these cliche Asian computer nerds” would you take that to mean that I’m against Asians in film or would you take the sane route and assume that I’m actually just opposed to the overused pairing of Asian+Nerd? :dubious:
Didn’t see Fantastic Beasts, did ya?
Nope.
It’s the same trap that Doctor Strange blundered into with the Ancient One - they got rid of a rather questionable stereotype by casting Tilda Swinton… and were lambasted for eliminating one of the few chances an Asian would be cast in a comicbook movie.
Although the X-Men franchise is slightly better on that count with female characters, if they tried to eliminate an extremely popular character because Some Guy On The Internet doesn’t like that archetype, they’d get both barrels in the face.
The solution for that is to be open to more roles for Asians in comic movies, not to cling to tired worn-out tropes.
That’s neither here nor there towards suggesting that finding a particular trope to be tiresome is a sign of misogyny and wanting fewer women in movies. Rescued damsels in distress are pretty worn out but I’m guessing people who say so aren’t accused of wanting less women in film versus maybe coming up with a couple new ideas.
Marvel effed up that one on their own… cast an older Asian actress and you’d have heard not a peep about it. Wise old mystical Asian male mentor to a male protagonist is a trope and stereotype… wise old mystical Asian female mentor to a male protagonist…is not.