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Re: X-Men Age of Apocalypse Trailer
« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2016, 03:12:26 AM »
Really all of these seem like odd choices for a shape-shifter. Well except for the reverse mohawk. That's always a good look.

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Re: X-Men Age of Apocalypse Trailer
« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2016, 05:14:33 AM »
All I really need is the ridiculous gorget/mantle and the aforementioned contrasting mouth-to-ear line (which looked pretty good on that pic of what I'm assuming is an action figure or statuette).  The giant A on the belt would be a bonus (stylise it to look Egyptian, and then say it's actually the symbol for En Sabah Nur).

My main issue with the movie look is the purple skin and no mouth line.  One wonders if they're actively trying to create confusion with Thanos.
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Re: X-Men Age of Apocalypse Trailer
« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2016, 07:02:41 AM »
Shameful in what way?

I'm sure it'll look better on screen, but he does look kinda cheap so far.

For my money, the actors face is fitting (and I think he'll do a fine job), but they need to replace the body with cgi so as to make him massive, not Hulk size mind you - but somewhere between that and normal human would have been nice.

Actually, even the head needs some cgi to correct the mouth.

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Re: X-Men Age of Apocalypse Trailer
« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2016, 07:35:27 AM »
For my money, the actors face is fitting (and I think he'll do a fine job), but they need to replace the body with cgi so as to make him massive, not Hulk size mind you - but somewhere between that and normal human would have been nice.

On the one hand, getting someone like The Rock, say, to play Apocalypse might have been interesting from a basic build and voice perspective.  I can definitely appreciate the disconnect between their choices and how Apocalypse is normally drawn in the comics.  On the other hand, I'm thinking back to all the people who said Hugh Jackman was too tall to play a convincing Wolverine, and I'm willing to extend the benefit of the doubt on that score (I know some small minority of people are still upset about that, but frankly its obvious they matter exactly not at all).

I also remember Cameron's choice of Robert Patrick to play the T2.  The obvious choice was to pick someone even larger than Arnold to play the T-1000, because that would then provide an obvious visual cue that this was a more powerful and menacing terminator.  But by going the exact opposite direction, they actually managed to play the visual disconnect in a way that subtly conveyed the notion that the T-1000 was significantly more advanced than Arnold's T-800, because it had to be for that tiny frame to be throwing Arnold's much larger frame around.

Given that they do seem to be touching on Apocalypse's shape changing abilities in the movie (the previews apparently shows him at least changing size significantly) it is possible that his "normal" size being "not huge" might make it all the more dramatic when you see that his size is really anything he wants it to be.

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« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2016, 08:01:42 AM »
He's already got the lips/ears thing going on in the movie.
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Re: X-Men Age of Apocalypse Trailer
« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2016, 08:14:00 AM »
On the one hand, getting someone like The Rock, say, to play Apocalypse might have been interesting from a basic build and voice perspective.  I can definitely appreciate the disconnect between their choices and how Apocalypse is normally drawn in the comics.  On the other hand, I'm thinking back to all the people who said Hugh Jackman was too tall to play a convincing Wolverine, and I'm willing to extend the benefit of the doubt on that score (I know some small minority of people are still upset about that, but frankly its obvious they matter exactly not at all).

I also remember Cameron's choice of Robert Patrick to play the T2.  The obvious choice was to pick someone even larger than Arnold to play the T-1000, because that would then provide an obvious visual cue that this was a more powerful and menacing terminator.  But by going the exact opposite direction, they actually managed to play the visual disconnect in a way that subtly conveyed the notion that the T-1000 was significantly more advanced than Arnold's T-800, because it had to be for that tiny frame to be throwing Arnold's much larger frame around.

Given that they do seem to be touching on Apocalypse's shape changing abilities in the movie (the previews apparently shows him at least changing size significantly) it is possible that his "normal" size being "not huge" might make it all the more dramatic when you see that his size is really anything he wants it to be.

No, I agree it won't be bad at all - it fits the connection with ancient Egypt which worked well I thought.

I can see what you mean with the Terminator, not being restricted by the skeleton and its limitations - much like Wolverine with his ability to exceed those same limitations - makes him a handful, and Robert Patrick also did a great job of making him just ooze evil...

Actually it reminds me of how I initially felt about Hugh Jackman playing Wolverine - not that his size was going to be the issue, but did he really "get" the part, and even more than that did he actually want to play the part - I think he's more than proven that yes he can and yes he did.

Hopefully (from what I can tell the answer is "yes"), the same is true here.


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Re: X-Men Age of Apocalypse Trailer
« Reply #26 on: March 23, 2016, 07:40:27 PM »
For more unusual looking characters like Apocalypse, a mix of actor and CGI is usually the best way to go.
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Re: X-Men Age of Apocalypse Trailer
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Re: X-Men Age of Apocalypse Trailer
« Reply #28 on: April 27, 2016, 12:26:51 AM »
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Well I'm pretty sure the giant Apocalypse Vs Xavier is a mental battle.
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Re: X-Men Age of Apocalypse Trailer
« Reply #29 on: April 27, 2016, 01:14:01 AM »
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Well I'm pretty sure the giant Apocalypse Vs Xavier is a mental battle.

It kinda has to be, or else Xavier has gone completely bonkers.