Empire just debuted the above image from Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class, one of the many superhero movies hitting theaters this year.
Empire tells us that featured in the pic are Kevin Bacon as Shaw, the leader of decadent mutant bastards, The Hellfire Club – and January Jones as his right-hand woman, the telepath Emma Frost in their secret lair.
Empire also writes that this image is “yet another indicator that Matthew Vaughn’s 60s-set prequel will have a visual flair that sets it apart from the previous X-movies.” Really? I’m sorry, but I was talking about all the superhero movies coming out this year last night at my Rango screening and someone said to me this film looks like it may be the best of the lot. I winced at the thought, after all, haven’t we already seen all these people in action? Do we really need to go back and hear about their origin story? Didn’t Bryan Singer already do a bang-up job introducing the origins of Magneto?
One of the main reasons Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise has done so well and continues to be highly anticipated is do to his creation of a world of characters. Gotham is just as much a character as Bruce Wayne and the baddies he’s up against. Iron Man did a good job creating a character and a personality, but the second film didn’t do a good enough job expanding the universe for most people’s tastes. With First Class it just looks like it’s the same old characters and the excitement we are supposed to feel seems like it’s supposed to be centered on the fact these characters are on screen, and not because of who or what they are.
This is obviously just me feeling a bit of superhero fatigue at the thought of discussing so much spandex over the next few months and the months we’ve already been through, but I wonder, are any of you are feeling the same thing?
X-Men: First Class hits theaters on June 3 for a look at the first trailer I’ve added it directly below if you missed it before.
