The second trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix was released last night, and it gave us quite
the insight into what struggles face our favourite group of mutants.
And it’s not great...at least not for Mystique.
But, we’ll get to that later.
Hey guys, welcome back to Beyond the Screen, I’m your host Lucy McPhee -- and if you
don’t know me, which you guys don’t...you should know that I’m a huge X-Men fan.
And more controversially -- I’m a big fan of X-Men First Class, through to Apocalypse.
Yes, I loved Apocalypse, I paid to see it four times at the cinema.
Sue me!
Anyway, personally, I’m excited for this latest installment in the franchise -- however,
most fans are not.
So, let’s just jump into it.
Also, be sure to stick around until the end of the video where I’ll be responding to
a few of your comments, let’s dive in.
To begin, Dark Phoenix already has a lot of pressure riding on it, considering it’s
major plot points have already been told in X-Men 3: The Last Stand.
So, in order to get out of that films shadow, Dark Phoenix needs to bring something HUGE.
Now, the trailer itself is pretty light in way of plot, but it does successfully showcase
what’s in store for Jean Grey, following her fateful mission in space with the X-Men
squad that leaves her permanently transformed into the Phoenix.
As Jean’s powers grow, it seems the rest of the X-Men are turning to Magneto for answers
-- but with Jean becoming powerful enough to take the entire team down, he doesn’t
seem like he will be of much help just yet.
Now, if the trailer seems familiar to you, it’s because this film has already been
done, except by Brett Ratner and starred a much older group of X-Men.
As we know, Last Stand focused on this entire plot, except in less “world ending” sort
of way.
But with the franchises timeline resetting itself following Days of Future Past, this
has given Fox another chance to tell the story again, just, in a better way.
This time around, it seems some character roles have been turned on their heads, and
some plot points may have been switched around in order to at least give us some surprises.
Now, towards the beginning of the trailer we see Jean come face to face with Mystique,
who is trying to calm down the powerful mutant.
We then see Jean use the Phoenix force on Mystique, sending her flying across the street.
Could this be the last time we see our favourite blue, shapeshifting mutant?
It may very well be, considering the next shot we see is of Jean crying, stating, “She
was my friend” before we see her standing over a grave.
Say it ain’t so.
Not J-Law!
Now, one of the biggest questions we all have is, who is Jessica Chastain playing?
She makes multiple appearances in the trailer, as a platinum haired entity, aiding Jean and
seemingly pushing her further into the darkness.
Stating, “If you stop fighting that force inside you, if you embrace it, you will possess
the very power of a god.”
Bad news bears.
Dark Phoenix has had a lot of setbacks over the last few years.
The film was originally filmed in 2017, with it set to be released in 2018, before it eventually
got pushed back to February 2019, and then June.
The reasoning for this?
Well, Fox screened the film for a number of test audiences, and guess what?
They hated it.
So, this sent the film back into production, with a number of scenes reshot.
However, according to numerous reports, viewers still aren’t too happy with the film.
I guess we'll just have to wait and find out for ourselves.
Are you guys looking forward to Dark Phoenix?
What were your thoughts on the trailer?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below.
Before I go though I just want to respond to a few comments from one of our last video,
Top 10 Actors Who Dated After A Movie Role.
Veronica Tresner said “What about Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart after the premier of Riverdale”
-- Well, this what just specifically a movie list -- but if you guys want Top 10 Actors
Who Dated After A TV Show, then leave me a comment below.
BatmanFanForever 08 said “Why does this video feel weird” -- because it is weird.
Plain and simple.
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