# X-Men 2!!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 22, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745 "2003-02-22T07:52:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/1 "2003-02-22T07:52:08Z")
Has anyone seen the trailer for X-Men 2? It looks really cool.
[http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/x2/02/](http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/x2/02/)
My question is, as a lad who’s never read X-Men comics, does anyone have a source where I could learn more about the characters, the history, etc? My son knows all the characters. Unfortunately X-Men came out after I was an adult.
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### Author:  [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/2 "2003-02-22T07:58:06Z")
[www.marvel.com](http://www.marvel.com) has biographies of most of their major characters.
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### Author:  [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/3 "2003-02-22T10:19:49Z")
And [www.uncannyxmen.net](http://www.uncannyxmen.net) has an impressive listing of issue summaries.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/4 "2003-02-22T13:06:57Z")
Is there any way to save the trailers to the hard drive? Streaming them crashed my browser.
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### Author:  [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/5 "2003-02-22T15:23:39Z")
Right-click and chose “Save Target”.
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### Author:  [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/6 "2003-02-22T15:29:36Z")
I don’t think you can do that with the trailers on [Apple.com](http://Apple.com).
Dewey, what browser do you use? I use Juno and quicktime movies crash it, so I watch QT movies using IE and it works fine.
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### Author:  [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/7 "2003-02-22T15:35:55Z")
You’re right, it didn’t work. Apologies. It tried to save some HTML file.
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### Author:  [@Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreaming_of_Maria_Callas)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/8 "2003-02-22T16:03:10Z")
If you know something of HTML, you can look at the page source and find the direct address of the .mov file.
UnuMondo
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/9 "2003-02-22T16:18:07Z")
Naw, even the HTML doesn’t work for some reason – Apple has some kind of redirect thing, so if you save what’s in the HTML, you only get that one frame that says “Click X to Begin.”
Heck, I even tried browsing the IE cache. No go.
Actually, I take that back. I think I dug out the redirected location. For those of you having trouble, try saving [this link](http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/0391736c636417/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382f668c9329e0375e8177dec64930b38a50a78d709/X2-tlrD_480.mov) to your hard drive.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/10 "2003-02-22T16:33:34Z")
Nope, that’s not working either…Hmmm…
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### Author:  [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/11 "2003-02-22T17:43:48Z")
The easiest way is to get Quicktime Pro. Then you can save all them trailer-type dealies.
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### Author:  [@Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreaming_of_Maria_Callas)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/12 "2003-02-22T19:05:46Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Max Torque \*
> \*\*The easiest way is to get Quicktime Pro. Then you can save all them trailer-type dealies. \*\*
Yeah but Quicktime Pro costs money. That’s a problem.
(Using Linux, I’ve gotten used to not having to pay for software).
UnuMondo
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### Author:  [@TearsOfGlass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TearsOfGlass)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/13 "2003-02-22T19:16:46Z")
I really hope that this one will be better then the first. It looks good visual wise, but will there be a plot?
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### Author:  [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/14 "2003-02-22T19:37:10Z")
I’m seeing Storm, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Kitty Pride, Iceman, Pyro, Rogue, Magneto, Prof X, Mystique, Deathstrike
No sign of Sabretooth or Toad.
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### Author:  [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/15 "2003-02-22T23:03:54Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mothchunks \*
> \*\*No sign of Sabretooth or Toad. \*\*
Well, umm … didn’t they die in the last movie?
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### Author:  [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/16 "2003-02-22T23:08:34Z")
Takes a lot more than that to kill Sabertooth.
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### Author:  [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/17 "2003-02-23T03:44:47Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by SC\_Wolf \*
> \*\*Takes a lot more than that to kill Sabertooth. \*\*
That’s the comics. Doesn’t apply.
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/18 "2003-02-23T04:13:22Z")
Nonetheless, you did not actually see Sabretooth die, so he’s still fair game to be brought back in a sequel.
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### Author:  [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2003, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/19 "2003-02-23T08:33:36Z")
Sabretooth is not in the movie, nor is Toad.
They might be slated for a return further down the line, but not in X-2.
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### Author:  [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2003, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-2/156745/20 "2003-02-23T09:06:11Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \*
> \*\*[www.marvel.com](http://www.marvel.com) has biographies of most of their major characters. \*\*
The last time I checked the Marvel site, I was unable to find character biographies. I remember that they once had them (not just X-Men but all major Marvel characters), but since the site was revamped, I can’t find them. Do you have a more specific link?
I’m looking forward to seeing Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler. The trailer shows a little bit, but I want to see some teleportation. I fear that the movie will not include this.
_hopes that people realize that “Cumming” is Alan’s last name_
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