# "X3" Trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328 "2005-12-06T08:01:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/21 "2005-12-07T02:42:22Z")
Brett Ratner is the eighteenth worst director getting regular work in Hollywood. > [@Apos](#): > > Just so you know, the director doesn’t generally write the script. On average, the director, the producer, and the editor are the most significant contributors to a film’s quality, in that order. The writer is lucky if his level of participation cracks the top five. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/22 "2005-12-07T18:23:04Z")
I thought the trailer looked fantastic. Massive destruction! Angel! Beast! What’s not to look forward to? Hugh Jackman, Ian McCellan and Patrick Stewart are all still involved, so I’m confident I’ll like the movie, no matter who the director is. ( Did anyone else think the President looked like Palpatine?) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/23 "2005-12-07T18:38:02Z")
With Patrick and Ian, I could make a good trailer. As far as the _movie_ goes… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/24 "2005-12-07T18:44:39Z")
Man, Famke Janssen has a nice butt. It’s good that they’re keeping (apparently) the underlying parallel between mutants and homosexuality that Singer introduced in the first two. I’ll be happy to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/25 "2005-12-07T20:45:19Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > It’s good that they’re keeping (apparently) the underlying parallel between mutants and homosexuality that Singer introduced in the first two. I’ll be happy to see it. Singer introduced? That subtext has been around way longer than the movies. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/26 "2005-12-07T21:44:17Z")
Introduced _in the movies_, foolish pedant. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/27 "2005-12-07T23:29:11Z")
Oooh, naked shapeshifter table dance! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerous_Nan_McGrew)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/28 "2005-12-08T01:59:10Z")
I am left speechless except for two words: Fastball. Special. _vibrates with excitement_ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/29 "2005-12-08T20:32:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Trailer worked on my mac, but not on my PC. Seems to make sense…being an [apple.com](http://apple.com) link. It would make sense, except I can’t see it on my Mac. I’ll try again on my newer Mac, at home. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/30 "2005-12-08T21:58:20Z")
Doesn’t work on any PC or Mac that I’ve tried. _scratches head_ ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/31 "2005-12-09T02:00:57Z")
If you can’t see it, make sure you have Quicktime version 7 on your machine. 6.5 will not work. And you don’t need to get iTunes with it, there is a text link to a clean install of Quicktime on the Download page. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/32 "2005-12-09T02:42:26Z")
Yeah, I’m pretty sure you need the newest, bestest (so they claim…) Quicktime. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/33 "2005-12-09T03:08:58Z")
If people still can’t get it working, i’m sure one of us who have seen it could…describe it for you, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/34 "2005-12-09T03:09:53Z")
As much as I detest Brett Ratner, I was really impressed by that trailer. It was the talk of the office in the afternoon, too - one guy cued it up on his computer, then had to replay it three or four times in a row as people kept coming over to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/35 "2005-12-09T04:46:10Z")
Here’s another hint. I had to right click and select ‘open this link’ for it to play. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/36 "2005-12-09T04:59:03Z")
Hmm…ok, in the start of the trailer, when they are walking towards us, who is that other girl on the right? The one in the middle is rogue, so I’m guessing it’s Shadow Cat. Which is funny, because it’s clearly not the same girl who played her in the last movie, who was alreay not the same girl who played her in the first movie. And I see colossus on the left! Woo! There was not NEARLY enough of him in the second movie. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/37 "2005-12-09T06:27:06Z")
> [@from IMDB](#): > > [http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2440YZMHF47H102OACI2GQDRVU](http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2440YZMHF47H102OACI2GQDRVU) > > [http://ww2.sharebigfile.com/index.php?download=VLrvKE5KORsiIWUxXzGQ](http://ww2.sharebigfile.com/index.php?download=VLrvKE5KORsiIWUxXzGQ) > > (Divx 6 required). They’re .avi’s ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/38 "2005-12-09T06:29:00Z")
Oh and in case those don’t work, you can find other links here > **[IMDb: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows](https://www.imdb.com/)** > > IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. Find ratings and reviews for the newest movie and TV shows. Get personalized recommendations, and learn where to watch across hundreds of streaming... [IMDB registration required] ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328/39 "2005-12-10T04:58:52Z")
I’m wondering how Juggernaught will work. Will they go the full Gem of Cyttorack (sp?), or just make him some kind of uber mutant? I wouldn’t fault them for going the latter, since introducing magic into the movies could cause a lot of non-fans to groan out loud. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x3-trailer/334328.md?page=1)