With the somewhat tepid box office for X-Men Apocalypse, the future of the franchise is somewhat questionable. Sure they'll probably make more films, but it seems uncertain what the proper direction will be, and how they'll get audiences on-board without Wolverine and most of the characters stuck in the 80's.
At the same time, Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy were a pretty massive successes, and an indication that audiences are more open to less serious and less overwrought heroes that don't take everything very seriously. Quicksilver, as he's portatyed in the Singer X-Men films, obviously fits the bill. Quicksilver's action sequences were pretty much every one's favorite part of Days of Future Past and Apocalypse.
There's obviously hurdles to overcome -- one of those things being that Quicksilver is simply too overpowered to create sequences with genuine, believable tension. He either has to be nerfed in some fashion or end up facing foes that are somehow immune to his speed abilities. I think talented writers can get around this.....I assume the creative team on The Flash TV series does so on a weekly basis, but since I don't watch the show I can't say how successful they are at creating believable scenarios.
The second hurdle would be that I'm not sure if Quicksilver's actor can really carry a big-budget film. Most of people's praise of the character has been his abilities and his action setpiece moments - not in his dialogue, delivery, or characterization. This may prove to be a tougher hill to climb.
I also suppose there's the additional issue that while the Quicksilver setpieces are fun, refreshing moments in the X-Men movies, those setpieces would lose their effect if somebody made an entire movie full of them. They're effective in the X-Men films precisely because they clever, quirky breather moments in a movie that otherwise maybe takes itself a little to seriously. That contrast makes them welcome and refreshing, but 90 minutes of slo-mo fights could just get boring and redundant.
What say you? Is Quicksilver good enough to carry his own film?
At the same time, Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy were a pretty massive successes, and an indication that audiences are more open to less serious and less overwrought heroes that don't take everything very seriously. Quicksilver, as he's portatyed in the Singer X-Men films, obviously fits the bill. Quicksilver's action sequences were pretty much every one's favorite part of Days of Future Past and Apocalypse.
There's obviously hurdles to overcome -- one of those things being that Quicksilver is simply too overpowered to create sequences with genuine, believable tension. He either has to be nerfed in some fashion or end up facing foes that are somehow immune to his speed abilities. I think talented writers can get around this.....I assume the creative team on The Flash TV series does so on a weekly basis, but since I don't watch the show I can't say how successful they are at creating believable scenarios.
The second hurdle would be that I'm not sure if Quicksilver's actor can really carry a big-budget film. Most of people's praise of the character has been his abilities and his action setpiece moments - not in his dialogue, delivery, or characterization. This may prove to be a tougher hill to climb.
I also suppose there's the additional issue that while the Quicksilver setpieces are fun, refreshing moments in the X-Men movies, those setpieces would lose their effect if somebody made an entire movie full of them. They're effective in the X-Men films precisely because they clever, quirky breather moments in a movie that otherwise maybe takes itself a little to seriously. That contrast makes them welcome and refreshing, but 90 minutes of slo-mo fights could just get boring and redundant.
What say you? Is Quicksilver good enough to carry his own film?
