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Josh Boone's X-Men spin-off New Mutants described as a horror movie
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Escape Goat
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Sounds like a disaster
Frozenprince
Banned
Oh god that sounds fucking awful.
MadLaughter
Member
They said similar BS about the Fantastic Four reboot.
NealMcCauley
Member
... Demon Bear?
Mr. Poolman
Member
X-men: Check
New Mutants: Check
Excalibur:
I see their plan to never make a decent live action of a comic book I liked goes well underway.
New Mutants: Check
Excalibur:
I see their plan to never make a decent live action of a comic book I liked goes well underway.
Frozenprince
Banned
Marvel/Disney owns Captain Britain IIRC.
LordOfLore
Banned
A real ass scary villain.
Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
Sigh. This more than anything is why I want the X-Men back at Marvel
Yep, straight from the comics.
I was a huge fan of the early New Mutants comics, starting with issue #1. It could very easily work as a Hughes/horror mash up. The comic was filled with Native American supernatural stuff, demons from hell, possession - the kids were literally stalked as they tried to learn and bond.
It all comes down to if they get a good script or not ... it could easily be terrible. But, the concept, it isn't that far from the comics origins.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
If it's freaky in a good way it could work.
The only good part of that movie was when they first got their powers and were horrified.
The only good part of that movie was when they first got their powers and were horrified.
Frozenprince
Banned
I'm confused how New Mutants/X-force even works in the X-Movie universe.
Just do the best New Mutant's line where Magneto runs the team.
Simple, easy, writes itself.
Just do the best New Mutant's line where Magneto runs the team.
Simple, easy, writes itself.
Charles Brandon
Member
oh no a giant bear. So horrific.
A giant bear would scare the shit out of me.
The Silver
Member
hey man, play Condemned 2, bears are 2spooky
Messofanego
Banned
We already got John Hughes with X-Men, that was X-Men Evolution and I loved the teenage school aspect of it.
Hey, if you want to go smaller in scope with a superhero movie, I'm all for it instead of these world-ending stakes that just get so predictable all the time. It's why I'm excited for Logan.
Hey, if you want to go smaller in scope with a superhero movie, I'm all for it instead of these world-ending stakes that just get so predictable all the time. It's why I'm excited for Logan.
Charles Brandon
Member
You're not a superhero though (presumably).
Anyway, it's not so much that it wouldn't be scary if that happened in real life, it's more that it doesn't seem like the sort of thing that would be scary to see in a film.
LordOfLore
Banned
A gigantic bear that has powers and stalks you wherever you go and you can't kill it.
NealMcCauley
Member
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
This could work.
All depends on the execution, though (as it goes with anything).
All depends on the execution, though (as it goes with anything).
Charles Brandon
Member
It just sounds ludicrous to me
When I was a kid of a lady that owned a comic store in small town 1980's Canada, The New Mutants was the spin-off I craved. Sunspot was my favourite.
Wish someone would make that shit. Even Cannonball as Cyclops-lite was cool, plus Mirage and Karma had great powers and Wolfsbane could be your comic relief-tough guy.
Wish someone would make that shit. Even Cannonball as Cyclops-lite was cool, plus Mirage and Karma had great powers and Wolfsbane could be your comic relief-tough guy.
SamuelSupreme
Banned
Dear god
Demon Bear is just a big bear in kind of the same way as Cthulhu is just a big Squid-man.
It's a predatory nature elemental. A bunch of scared teenagers who barely understand their powers try to stand their ground against a primordial god that is just pure hunger and rage. Doesn't even recognize human rationality.
DO NOT underestimate how terrifying the demon bear can be if handled appropriately.
Depends how it's done, but indeed the early NM stuff was freakishly dark.
From Demons, to rape backgrounds (both physically and psychically), to posession, to child abuse, and then some.
Selene in particular was a particularly scary vilain, with her habit of sucking people dry of their lifeforce/ vitality to only leave a dessicated husk behind (quite literally, her power seems straight out of the horror movie LifeForce).
From Demons, to rape backgrounds (both physically and psychically), to posession, to child abuse, and then some.
Selene in particular was a particularly scary vilain, with her habit of sucking people dry of their lifeforce/ vitality to only leave a dessicated husk behind (quite literally, her power seems straight out of the horror movie LifeForce).
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
Sounds like a Swamp Thing / Man-Thing story.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Haha wow, didn't expect Demon Bear to ever be in a movie
That's actually cool
That's actually cool
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
I like the idea but I doubt they could do it justice.
Hope I'm wrong though.
Hope I'm wrong though.
If kept comic accurate this could be amazing. LOL at all those saying it's automatically terrible I am assuming you all know the new mutants but never read much because that is a defining storyline of the brand.
Which also fills me with hope since it's the first time it seems like someone at fox actually knew the book before getting tapped for the film.
Edit: especially since they would have to change the origin anyway since the comic origin of the New Mutants was that Xavier under brood influence was gathering the kids for their genetic code for implantation of brood eggs.
Which also fills me with hope since it's the first time it seems like someone at fox actually knew the book before getting tapped for the film.
Edit: especially since they would have to change the origin anyway since the comic origin of the New Mutants was that Xavier under brood influence was gathering the kids for their genetic code for implantation of brood eggs.
Charles Brandon
Member
Cthulhu is creepy as fuck but that's mainly because you don't see him very often. If he was just chasing after people all the time going RAAAAAAAAAAAR he would be shit too.
It works in the comics. It's not one of Claremont's best stories, but the Bill Sienkewicz artwork sells it.
I would bet it translates poorly on film.
This is probably the biggest concern. I also think this is maybe...too high-stakes a narriative to also introduce the audience to all the protagonists.
Demon Bear is a second movie plot, if it translates at all.
Charles Brandon
Member
TBH I really like the idea of a horror-themed superhero movie but trolling aside this really isn't doing it for me.
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Shades of Fant4stic body horror
Edit: yeah yeah we all thought the same thing, I did so... slower
It's automatically terrible because Fox is producing it.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
Some of Rob Liefeld's drawings have horrified me, so I could see it if they based it on that era.
Duane Cunningham
Member
Wait, the fact that they're basing this off the Demon Bear storyline is fine with me... that means somebody is actually familiar with the comics.
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