I’m just saying…

Don’t worry, Eric. I’ll get to QC in a bit. Something else demands my attention at the moment.

And that something is X-Men 3.

The new trailer is out, and I’m really really pondering over it. I’m taking all the input I can from really only out of context visual stimuli. And as I’m watching, I’m hearing the echoes of many heated nerd conversations between my X-Fan peers. We’re really weary about this new installment. Mostly because Bryan Singer is not at the helm. Neither is David Hayter (who, in addition to having written the first two X-Men flicks, is Solid Fucking Snake). So who do we have?

We’ve got Brett Ratner. Yeah. Rush Hour Brett Ratner. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed Rush Hour 1 & 2. They were very entertaining. But they’re not X-Men.

Whatever, I’m just not comfortable with anyone who’s not Bryan Singer doing X-Men.

Watching the trailer, I’m seeing a lot is being borrowed from the Ultimate X-Men series, as well as bits and pieces from Grant Morrison’s run (it seems). However, if you’re an X-Fan and you are interested in peeing your pants, check out the Extended Cast List. There’s a lot of goddamned mutants right there. We can probably expect an all out mutant war between Xavier’s School and Magneto’s Brotherhood. And that has definite autourinational potential.

Oh, and Kelsey Grammar as Beast. And he looks great. And Vinnie Jones as Juggernaut? Not at all a bad choice.

The casting is turning out to be stellar so far. With the exception, of course, of Halle Berry as Storm. But then again, she got involved in X-Men before she won the Oscar and became a tremendously self-important bitch (or so I irrationally believe).

Anyway, I’m excited, and cautiously optimistic. If I were able, I would be very inclined to cryogenically freeze myself until the release of X-Men 3. Because the suspense is slowly murdering me.

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