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Post by Wolverine10005 on Aug 30, 2019 21:50:31 GMT
This is interesting. Please be honest. Who is the most iconic, faster, cooler and memorable Quicksilver? Tell me. I wanna hear you. -----------> The main X-Men universe (X-Men + Wolverine) has been altered via time travel twice, not just one ("Days of Future Past"). This means that the timeline depicted in "First Class" (1962), "The Wolverine" (2008) and the post-apocalyptic future of "Days of Future Past" (2023) was already a massive divergence from the original, untampered version of history (the X-Men trilogy; X-Men Origins & Logan). X-CONTINUITY x-continuity.blogspot.com There are extensive sections explaining more about incongruences and contradictions in the saga.
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Post by kleinreturns on Aug 31, 2019 0:37:57 GMT
MCU's Quicksilver is the better of the two, he was actually a real character not a gimmick/excuse to show a slo-mo CGI style action/humor set piece, plus Johnson's Quicksilver actually had limitations and his tragic past and his rising above his pain and loss to sacrifice himself for others beats just being a convenient plot device to free Magneto from jail in DOFP (and even after all that CGI slo-mo cheese, Magneto did NOT give a sh!t about "Peter" after he broke him out and saved him from the guards Magneto COLDLY WALKS AWAY from "Peter" without even saying a word of appreciation).
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Post by politicidal on Aug 31, 2019 1:50:31 GMT
X-Men Quicksilver (Evan Peters) easily. ATJ has his moments (a rarity from him imo) but really isn't that interesting. Peters' version was funnier and more likable. Plus he provided two of the reboot series' best moments.
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Post by James on Aug 31, 2019 3:15:06 GMT
X-Men Quicksilver. At least he made it for more than 1 movie.
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Post by hobowar on Aug 31, 2019 4:33:06 GMT
Pietro had a character arc which puts him ahead of almost all the FoX-Men characters in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2019 5:10:43 GMT
I didn't like either. The MCU movies were a lot better and by that logic, the MCU Quicksilver was more of a drag on his way better universe. At least X-Men Quicksilver and the X-Men movies were about the same, so X-Men Quicksilver wins for me.
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Post by Archelaus on Aug 31, 2019 6:02:11 GMT
X-Men Quicksilver
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Post by bud47 on Aug 31, 2019 16:02:29 GMT
MCU Quicksilver was a better translation of the character from the comic books. He was a hero that actually helped defeat Ultron. His costume, powers, personality, relationship with his sister we're all adapted faithfully. Even if he didn't stand out as much against the rest of the characters, it was still Quicksilver. X-Men Peter wasn't really Quicksilver in any way other than his powers and supposedly being the son of Magneto (never really confirmed in the films beyond my "mom once knew a guy"). His big highlight in DOFP is just him running around a kitchen flipping pots and pans and giving wedgies to security guards. However, he gets praised because his scenes are the most fun and humorous, so they stand out more against the more dull scenes.
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Post by poutinep on Aug 31, 2019 17:27:03 GMT
Those two scenes in DOFP and Apocalypse were awesome (haven't seen DP yet) but as far as character goes I prefer the MCU's...
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Post by sostie on Sept 2, 2019 8:57:09 GMT
Those two scenes in DOFP and Apocalypse were awesome (haven't seen DP yet)... Well don't hold your breath for any awesome Quciksilver action in DP...it isn't there.
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Post by Wolverine10005 on Sept 2, 2019 12:25:09 GMT
Those two scenes in DOFP and Apocalypse were awesome (haven't seen DP yet)... Well don't hold your breath for any awesome Quciksilver action in DP...it isn't there. In the opening action piece (VERY long), Quicksilver is the main X-Man.
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Post by sostie on Sept 2, 2019 12:54:06 GMT
Well don't hold your breath for any awesome Quciksilver action in DP...it isn't there. In the opening action piece (VERY long), Quicksilver is the main X-Man. I don't know how you can decide who is the the "main" X-Man...a team effort, none of which would be feasible without Nightcrawler (and in turn could not do what he did without Cyclops), but regardless, the two action pieces that involve him are not as lengthy, interesting or as inventive as any in the previous films...in fact I'd go as far as saying pretty forgettable...and then he is absent from the film. If he is a reson to see DP, I'd say don't bother.
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Post by poutinep on Sept 2, 2019 13:23:04 GMT
Those two scenes in DOFP and Apocalypse were awesome (haven't seen DP yet)... Well don't hold your breath for any awesome Quciksilver action in DP...it isn't there. just watched it yesterday
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2019 19:40:14 GMT
In the opening action piece (VERY long), Quicksilver is the main X-Man. I don't know how you can decide who is the the "main" X-Man...a team effort, none of which would be feasible without Nightcrawler (and in turn could not do what he did without Cyclops), but regardless, the two action pieces that involve him are not as lengthy, interesting or as inventive as any in the previous films...in fact I'd go as far as saying pretty forgettable...and then he is absent from the film. If he is a reson to see DP, I'd say don't bother. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the point of the topic with this jump-in effort but I agree with the team effort and there being no real "main" X-Man. One of their strongest features is their solidarity as a team. Divided we fall kind of thing. They're all characters, but the X-Men as a concept and a team is almost like its own character. Wolverine or Cyclops could show up and do some damage, no doubt, but when the (all the) X-Men show up, then you're in trouble.
I think it was one of the themes of the comic and the cartoon. As a team as a team, always as a team. Strength in togetherness. Like the team itself is Professor X's beliefs about unity and peace rolled into one metaphor.
It'd be really too bad The Dark Phoenix sucks so much. That story in general is one of the franchise's strongest hitters. The animated series was awesome unlikely to be outdone, save for the pages of the comic from whence it came.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Sept 2, 2019 19:44:30 GMT
MCU because he is in a better movie.
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Post by hobowar on Sept 2, 2019 21:43:27 GMT
MCU because he is in a better movie.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 4, 2019 16:34:35 GMT
Neither are memorable, but I'll take MCU. X-Men Pietro has no personality whatsoever and is so overpowered that they have him show up for one fun f/x scene in each film and then they forget he exists, otherwise he'd resolve the plot by himself.
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Post by thenolan on Sept 5, 2019 14:13:32 GMT
Neither are memorable, but I'll take MCU. X-Men Pietro has no personality whatsoever and is so overpowered that they have him show up for one fun f/x scene in each film and then they forget he exists, otherwise he'd resolve the plot by himself. It was MCU pietro that had no personality. he was bad in the role. bad acting, bad accent. We know the twins were wasted in Age of Ultron. The entire movie was waste. MCU killed him off because the one from Fox actually had personality and got more attention.
Neither did justice to the character in the comics as they had no real story in the films but Evan Peters been the better actor of the two and also staring in a much much better movie gave him a better good will to the one from MCU.
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Post by thenolan on Sept 5, 2019 14:18:11 GMT
MCU because he is in a better movie.
Only hard ass MCU fans believe this. The same people that don't understand how good time travel works.
Endgame is not even better than DOFP talk of Age of Ultron, one of the worst MCU movies that is never mentioned in their 23 movies.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Sept 5, 2019 14:23:32 GMT
MCU because he is in a better movie.
Only hard ass MCU fans believe this. The same people that don't understand how good time travel works.
Endgame is not even better than DOFP talk of Age of Ultron, one of the worst MCU movies that is never mentioned in their 23 movies.
Don't bother talking to me sock puppet. I'll just block you like I did to your original identity.
BTW, attacking a fandom is against the rules.
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