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"Where are their parents?" Most of their parents disowned them when they found out they were mutants.
3:45 so glad you picked up on this. 95% of the reactors think time stopped but you're one of the few who correctly deduced that Charles froze people's movements.
Awesome! Charles has some pretty incredible powers!
He froze time for just those people. They are not simply immobilized. They are unaware of the passage of time. They pick up exactly where they left off.
@@TheOneTonHammer He turned off their brains. They aren't aware time is passing but that's not really the same as stopping time.
I remember my brother used to think that one of Xavier's powers was to stop time. It wasn't until he mentioned it that I was able to correct him about this scene. haha
The opening scene with nightcrawler is my favorite part of any marvel film, teleportation is definitely the power I'd want
This was so great the first time in theaters
Then you would love the movie “Jumper”
Teleportation seems like a really cool power!
@diegopansini3152 only if you also love a predictable, badly written story, terrible cliche characters, and really horrible bland performances by all the actors.
@@hypersleepdialogues8889 Eh, I grew up on the movie, the special effects hold up well, and the cast is stellar regardless. I love it, I just wish they made a much better reboot. The concept alone is too amazing to ignore and it feels like they haven’t tried anything like it since
It is incredibly difficult to tell your parents the truth when it could mean they disown you, or, worse, turn you in to the authorities for being "different". Personally, I can understand Bobby's choice to not tell his parents about his abilities until he felt ready, and supported by people he has things in common with.
A good mom would be understanding, I hope. Sadly, it isn't always the case.
I read somewhere that the "tell my parents" scene was an allegory for "coming out," just like Charles and Xavier were allegories for Dr King and Malcom X, two civil rights leaders on the same side but with different approaches (one peaceful and one violent). One of the best things about core Marvel comics, is that creator Stan Lee often used his comic stories to bring current social issues to the forefront. Mutants vs non-mutants = civil rights unrest.
Also the mutant gene doesn’t usually kick in until puberty (or other traumatic experience stressing out your hormones).
Look at today’s society, parents are already terrified of their own children enough to never tell them no or discipline them; what if their hateful teenagers had the power to melt their brain if they said something offensive or disrespectful?
Oopsie, you’re forgiven, you’re a good mutant who just made a mistake. 😂
Case in point: Pyro would burn his parents to the ground.
Our generation had Bewitched. She chose to not use magic because she married a mortal without powers. Then she found out how useful her abilities were as a wife and mother. Then the nosy neighbors got involved and everyone found out she was a Witch. A good witch; with a bad witch twin.
Remember The Last Stand, Origins Wolverine, The Wolverine, Days of Future Past & Apocalypse have end credit scenes. Don't forget to watch those too 😉.
Thank you for letting me know! I will make sure to watch the ending credits.
@@reactswithjax haha... though the post credits scene in Last Stand is kind of important, honestly you can skip the ones in Origins (skip that whole film, actually), The Wolverine, Days of Future Past, and Apocalypse (also skip that movie)... they do nothing to add to the lore, actually they contradict other things from the movies that follow, or set up stuff that is never paid off and are completely irrelevant... so they just end up being confusing.... Fox was never as good as Marvel Studios about interconnecting their films and staying consistent.
@@reactswithjaxyou don’t need to watch Origins, if at all, you don’t need to anytime soon
If you like found footage films please check out afflicted. It's amazing and a hidden gem it's first person and third person vampire movie it's One of my favorite movies 😊
And of course the grand finale, Logan
When Nightcrawler teleports, all the smoke you see is from a dark hellfire & brimestone style dimension...while it looks in the regular world that he can teleport instantly, when he's in the other dimension he actually has to find the exit portal...
There's an episode of one of the X-Men animated shows where it's shown.
Exactly, in X-Men Evolution.
It's easy to confuse "Striker" with "Strucker". Literally 1 letter. You're more than excused for that lol. This is peak Xmen imo. The movie is just so good, and still holds up.
Actually, it’s literally two letters. 😂😂
@@sithlordkaeyl21 ok good point. I meant vowel lol
@@thisistheescapeplan, I know. I just had to joke around a little bit.
When Chris Claremont began writing X-Men in the ‘70s, he did a lot to introduce real complexity into characters. Progressing comics beyond the simpler ‘Silver Age’ of Stan Lee.
Hero or villain became more a matter of perspective than an absolute.
That is much of the reason why they went from one of the least popular comics to the biggest super hero team of the ‘80s and ‘90s.
Still a better superhero team than the Avengers and it's not even close. The MCU really elevated that B Tier team to ridiculous reverance, when at one point only real nerds even knew who the Avengers were. There were only two superhero teams non-comic readers had even heard about, The Justice League and The X-Men.
My guy X-Men was already progressive as is when STAN LEE started writing it lol... why put him down to raise Chris up?
Stan Lee deserves his flowers and deserves his credit for creating the X-Men and literally has sighted he did it as an alegory for the civil rights movement and for gay rights as well. Fucking Charles and Eric are Malcom X and MLK lol
The guy playing Stryker has had a succession of great roles.
I see what you did there😂
He's extremely underrated.
Nightcrawler is one of my all-time favourite X-Men characters, with the best sound effect when he jumps into the brimstone dimension...BAMF! Also, I commend you on your alliteration once again.
I haven’t read any comics yet but have seen all the movie’s multiple times. Nightcrawler teleports to another dimension? That’s cool but could he stay there also?
@@joshuarojas5543 Trying to remember reading the comix when I was a kid, I don't remember him spending any real time there. He was also my favorite character. It's a shame we never see Alan Cumming reprise the role.
@@joshuarojas5543 whenever he teleports, he goes to dimension filled with Sulphur, that's why you smell the sulphur smoke whenever he teleports
@@joshuarojas5543 I'm not a Marvel expert by any means, but, as I remember, he just passes through to get from place to place. Someone else will probably be able to tell you more.
Nightcrawler passes through the dimension with only a subconscious awareness of the dimension that lasts as long as he is there. Usually mere seconds, less sometimes
"YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED ME WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE!" I try to use that line in public or at work whenever I can.
"You wanna shoot me?!?! Shoot me!"
😂
That line is also a great song by A Day to Remember.
Jason is _basically_ an original character from this movie.
He *is* inspired to Jason Wyngarde aka Mastermind: a mutant, a criminal and a real creep with the power of illusions who tormented Jean and the X-Men in the comics (and Wanda before that).
However, his age, his relation to Stryker, his disability... these are all characteristics that Wyngarde didn't have, so I'd say he ended up being a completely different character.
*REVEREND* William Stryker was also a very different character in the comics.
He was a televangelist who preached hate against "demonic looking creatures of Satan" like poor Kurt Wagner, and organized fun group activities like burning monsters at the stake.
After the movie came out, the comics gave him a more militaristic style to adapt the comics to the movie.
Thanks for explaining the backstory of these characters! I like the changes they made to both of them and how they wove their storylines together.
By way of deep background (from the introduction of the Stryker character in a graphic novel that included Magneto as a ally and not an antagonist), Reverend Stryker started out as Sergeant Stryker and he and his wife did have a child while based in a location where nuclear testing was being conducted. They were in a car crash and Mrs. Stryker went into labor. Stryker delivered the child, who was a visible mutant. He killed the child *and* his wife. Not a good dude.
Jason is inspired by Mastermind, but Stryker's parenting is also likely based off his original "God Loves, Man Kills" characterization.
Given the heavy infiltration of the US military by Evangelistic Christonationalists and affiliated white-supremacist groups, and the historical fondness of fundamentalist religious groups for quasi-militaristic social structures (eg. KKK, Crusader groups, many current Evangelical denominations, etc), the two concepts certainly work well together.
@@reactswithjaxI Highly Highly Highly Recommend reading X-Men: God Loves Man Kills. In my opinion, it's one of the best X-Men stories and it's what this movie is inspired by. If you do end up reading it, maybe to a video or something on it!
29:14 Magneto was referring to Scott and Jean fighting, not Mistyque and Logan about getting involved in a lovers quarrel.
Since he put a bit of emphasis on the "one" in the line "this is one lover's quarrel we cannot get involved in" I thought he was making a cheeky reference to the fact that he knew she had pretended to be Jean with Logan and that they weren't going to get involved this time.
In the comics, Nightcrawler is Mystique's son. Along with her transformation powers, she also has halted aging. Shes well over 100 years old. She had encountered Wolverine in the Midwest during the 1920s when they were both outlaws.
And Nightcrawler and Logan are good friends!
11:07 the girl who can phase through things is named Kitty Pryde. There was an Avengers comic book where the X-Men and the Avengers fought. Kitty Pryde phased through Iron Man and that caused his suit to malfunction. So he's lying on the ground and Tony can't move because his suit has malfunctioned! Before Kitty Pryde runs off to join the fight she turns back and apologizes to Tony for shorting out his suit.
If Kitty amd Vision tried to phase through each other what will happen?😂😂
Wow, that's pretty impressive that she could short out Tony's suit. Kitty seems like an awesome character.
@@reactswithjax Oh, she's a peach. Goes by the codename Shadowcat. She's one of the number of dainty young ladies over whom Logan feels murderously protective. As I recall, both she and Nightcrawler joined a British-based team called X-Caliber.
@@reactswithjax shes so awesome, shes named after my cat
More impressively she bagged Spider-Man.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but in the comics Magneto is the father of Wanda and Pietro Maximoff ( Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver). Because of the separation between Fox and disney, the MCU never referenced that
They just referenced that in the WandaVision reaction I uploaded today!
I actually left a comment about all of that in her reaction to Wandavision episode 5 where Evan Peters pops up out off nowhere.
@@reactswithjax yeah but in the MCU they have never actually said that Wanda and Pietro were the children of Magneto or even a Jew named Eric or anything like that... so it's still kind of up in the air as to whether or not they are.... mutants have slowly started showing up in MCU things... but it's not clear how they're going to introduce the X-Men. Maybe we'll get more answers with Deadpool 3. And at one point... back when Marvel was pissed off that they couldn't get back the film rights to the X-Men from Fox (they would later just buy Fox, solving the problem), they had been taking steps to minimize and marginalize the X-Men comics and characters in the Marvel comics universe... and it was during this period that Wanda and Pietro were ret-conned to not actually be Magneto's children... I don't know if they ever ret-conned this back. But since the characters were both members of the X-Men and the Avengers they got used in both franchises. It remains to be seen if Magneto exists or will exist in the MCU, though.
@@nooneofconsequence1251they did, but they couldn't ever say "X-Men" in the MCU, nor "mutants." That's why Wanda and Quicksilver are given the alternate backstory with Tony Stark and the Mind Stone and all of that.
I know Marvel did what they had to do re: the film rights. It was the 90s and they were close to bankruptcy. They needed money somehow. I do wish that someone would have time-travelled and told them to let something else go, but hold on to those rights for just a few years longer, when they become the most successful franchise in the history of film.
@@camannwordsmith "let something else go" what do you mean by that? what else would they have let go?
“I hope we see Hugh Jackman again” 😂
That’s funny, you’ll get the joke eventually.
Lmao that's not funny that's hilarious....
I can't wait to be in on the joke! 😂
24 years off and on playing the same character.
2 plus decades, 2 whole generations of kids growing up with Hugh Jackman Wolverine.
i can't wait to get in on the joke too. i've seen all the hugh jackman films and i have no idea what the joke is
@@craigimeHow many films with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine have you seen?.... yeah, that's the joke.
Magneto whole thing is protecting mutants even in the first film…its the reason he go so overboard because he wants them to be free because of his past and how he was treated.
Iceman actually is one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel universe. He doesn't typically push his powers very far, but he is an Omega level mutant like Storm, Magneto, and Jean Grey. For clarification, "a mutant whose dominant power is deemed to register -- or reach -- an indefinable upper limit of that power's specific classification." - Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Parraz's House of X #1.
Keep in mind when this series came out it was near the beginning of the superhero genre.. they were breaking ground with it on the big screen still and learning what works and doesn't work. Which is why you'll still get scenes that seem or feel 'campy' like the earlier Batman series (with Michael Keaton and all).
That makes sense. I think they did a really good job with it all
I've never understood how anyone can think of the early X-Men films as "campy", because that was the LAST thing the makers wanted, as the genre was recovering from _Batman & Robin_ . Not to mention at least half of the MCU films are outright comedies.
Stryker - "Strike her"
Strucker - "Struck her"
Yeah I can see why you got the two mixed up 😅
Strucker is living in the past.
@@nooneofconsequence1251 William Stryker. "Will" Strike her
The man is present AND future. How about that...
Ted Stryker?
Have you reacted to Airplane yet?
@@ninjabluefyre3815 No not him, he has a drinking problem.
Jason is based on a character from the comics called Mastermind, who was very much a villain. His whole thing was making people see whatever he wanted them to see, kind of like Loki or Mysterio.
In the comics, though, Jason wasn’t related to Stryker at all. In fact, Stryker in the comics was a Christian Reverend who thought mutants were crimes against God’s creation. This version is really well done, though.
Thanks for explaining some of the backstory on these characters. They do a really good job of twisting story lines together and putting everything into one cohesive story.
@@reactswithjax Mastermind in the comics at one point fooled Wolverine into thinking that the X-Mansion was being invaded by all of the X-Men's greatest enemies. Wolverine went into berserker mode and began a killing rampage, only to wake up and see that he had just murdered all of his teammates. This event is sort of in a way vaguely referenced in the film Logan... which is loosely based on the graphic novel Old Man Logan... though the particulars of what happened at the X-Mansion are quite substantially changed. To the point where I don't feel like this is even a spoiler. You have to pay close attention to stuff being talked about on the radio to even catch the reference...
@@nooneofconsequence1251 it kinda is a spoiler
@nooneofconsequence1251 that wasn't Mastermind, that was Mysterio
If memory serves, Mastermind was heavily involved in bringing out the Phoenix Force In Jean, which ultimately resulted in her death. Years later, as he lay dying, he apologized to Jean (she got better) for what he did to her, and she forgave him.
"Because it looked like she was gaining new powers." Hoo boy. Buckle up.
I am buckled and ready to go!
Rogue, Wolverine, plus Deadpool, Beast, Havok, and Quicksilver whom you haven't met yet but who show up in later movies have been members of the Avengers as well, and Storm was a member of the Fantastic Four. So, you know, you don't have to choose to be on just one superhero team as long as they're in the same universe
That's really cool! I choose to be on both teams then!
@@reactswithjax Storm was married to Black Panther.
@@reactswithjax Wolverine is that badass in demand, he's been on more teams as a leader than a ton of other characters: X-Men, Avengers, Alpha Flight (Canada - Logan is Canadian origin), a stint on the Fantastic Four (which I hope you see as well, for reasons!!), and this comic book "special forces" type team called X-Force!
The casting in all these movies is excellent. Some standouts from this one for me are Bryan Cox (Who plays William Stryker), Alan Cumming (Who plays Nightcrawler) and Kelly Hu (Who plays Lady Deathstrike, and is also my personal Hollywood crush 😂). The cast remains pretty much spot on throughout this whole series, can't wait for you to watch the rest!
"It's so weird to be on Mystique's side." (grabs popcorn for later)
Both the metal guy (Peter/ Colossus) and Nightcrawler are major characters in the comics and in several of the cartoon series. Unfortunately they get very little screen time in the movies. For now. (cough)
Nightcrawler is such a great character! I imagine he and Mystique spent a lot of time getting their makeup done.
@@reactswithjaxjust because you made this comment, you should totally check out the episode of the 90s X-Men cartoon Season 4 Episode 14- Bloodlines
man she is sharp in picking up hints in the movie, even guessed what might happen in the next movie
The girl with the sonic scream is called Siryn in the X-Men comics. Her Father is also a mutant with the same powers, called Banshee.
The metal guy is named Colossus and is named '''Peter." He is tremendously strong and durable, and does a co-operative stunt with Wolverine. Peter armors up and THROWS Wolverine at enemies. Logan can take the hit (most enemies can't) and then claws the crap out of whoever's left standing. You'll see them do that in the next X-Men movie.
FWIW, Colossus is the exact same character as the CGI character in the Deadpool movies. He has a Russian accent in those movies because he's Russian (and named "Pyotr") in Marvel comics continuity.
Super cool behind the scenes fact (pun very much intended): that ice wall Bobby made in the school was a practical effect. They actually made that for the scene and blew it up.
Haha! That is really cool! 😋
11:08 "I don't know what I'm doing with my hands . . . but I hope it helps." 😆
Hi Jax. How are you, my angel? I've been saying this for a while:
• Did you notice that when Cerebro switches the attack to humans, in the oval office the president is in relief, while his men agonize on the floor? I believe that the president is also a mutant and either disguised it or didn't even know it.
• Another thing about this film Striker is not (for now) in the MCU, the one from Avengers Age of Ultron, Hydra era, his name is Baron Strucker. In the comics, Striker was not a military man, he was a reverend who declared war on mutants, on behalf of his son Jason (Mastermind).
• When they are at home and Bob shows his parents his powers, his mother's speech is the same as when parents discover that their children are homosexuals. And because of the attention he gets, his brother Ron becomes jealous and angry, and turns them in to the police.
• The metal used in Logan is called Adamantiun and is the most resistant metal on Earth, but it is an amalgam that uses alien metals. At the time, FOX held the rights to the mutants and were unable to use Adamantiun in the MCU, as the Captain's shield does not only have Vibranium in its composition. Adamantium is part of it.
In the comics, Rogue is raised by Mystique and may or may not be Mystique's biological daughter by way of Magneto/Wolverine/Sabretooth/???. That whole "we love what you've done with your hair" while laughing together is a very parental response to a rebellious daughter, that it is a dark joke to make due to causing said girl to have Marie Antoinette syndrome is par for the course for both Magneto and Mystique.
4:15 Sir Brian Cox is astounding in almost every role. one of my favorites is ‘Deadwood’
He is a great actor! I haven't seen Deadwood yet. I've been wanting to see Succession though.
Hate to break it to you. Brian Cox was not in Deadwood. (IMDB vetted). You're confusing him with Ian McShane.
20:22 nice save there 😂
I hope somebody didn't already write this -- I'm not feeling up to reading all the comments, but ... there's a funny sort of paradox in this film, left over from the comic books: in this movie, Chrles can use Cerebro to find "all the mutants" or "all the humans." But in the comics, one of the X-men's greatest enemies are A.I.-controlled robots called Sentinels. The A.I. that makes/controls the Sentinels is called Master Mold, it was told its primary mission is "to protect humans from mutants."
The Master Mold replies "All humans are mutants," so it reinterprets its mission as "protect humans from themselves." The Sentinels then conquer the whole planet.
That's a cool concept! That would actually make a great movie plot.
Also thankfully for rouge in the comic she does eventual get control over her powers she able to touch people with out zapping thier energy...
Good for her!! It would be so isolating never being able to touch anyone. Or pet a dog!
The only history I have on Jason is this from the 'God loves Man Kills' graphic novel, it's short but incredible.
At the time Jason's mother, Marcy Stryker, got pregnant, his father William was still a colonel and stationed on a nuclear testing facility. After the couple crashed their car in the Nevada desert, Marcy went into labor, forcing Stryker to deliver their baby. Marcy fell unconscious in the process and, upon waking up, she asked if the baby was fine, only for William to snap her neck. William saw his son's birth as a sign from God, causing him to turn into a religious fanatic that ensures the genocide of all mutants. However, Jason was kept alive and Stryker resorted to A.I.M. to treat his son's mutant condition.
As an adult, Jason joined the Purifiers to continue his father's work and faced the original X-Men's time-displaced version. Jason was defeated and arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D.
Great reaction, Shout out to Lammy!!
One of my favorite line, "What exactly are you professor of?"
"Art" 😂
This was a fun movie for any X-Men comic fan back when it was released. There were so many familiar characters that had at least a brief moment of screen time. Especially during the raid on the school. Pretty much every character you saw do anything special was a very well-established character in the comic books. Since this was back in a time before there were 5,000 comic book movies, it was still special to have some fanservice like that. :)
@reactswithjax you asked, "why am I thinking this is associated with the MCU?". In fact, it actually is and you will find out as you continue your MCU journey. No spoilers.
Overall, it is connected to the MCU. All of these characters are Marvel characters and In the comics they all interact regularly. That's including Spider-Man, Blade, Daredevil, Punisher, Venom, etc. They are not separated.
The only reason why the movies seems to be separated is because Marvel use to license their characters to movie studios back in the day before starting their own "MCU" movie studio.
Spider-Man was licensed off to Sony, Hulk was licensed off to Universal, Blade was licensed off to New Line Cinema, Punisher was licensed off to Lionsgate Films and X-Men, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and Electra was licensed off to Fox. Then Marvel started their own movie studio in 2008 and began making movies based on their characters themselves instead of licensing off the rights to other studios.
So keep in mind that these comic characters are all under the "marvel" umbrella. There is no separation, Spider-Man was once an X-Men, Wolverine has been a key member of the Avengers multiple times, Magneto is Scarlett Witch and Quicksilver's father, Storm and Black Panther are Husband and wife, the Avengers has fought the X-Men, etc., etc.
These movies are actually more exciting when you put yourself in the mindstate that all these characters are connected... because they are.
I don't know if you know this but Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch were first introduced as mutants and Magneto was their father but was later reckoned and they changed their origins.
Strykers son Jason is based on the comic book character called Mastermind. They've changed the character so much from the comic, that we can't really give you more background on this character. In the comics he wasn't Stryker's son, wasn't in a chair, etc. So any background beyond what we are shown and told is up to suposition. Personally, with Stryker's extreme hatred of mutants, I don't think it comes from what happened with his son, but a hatred before that, and with his son being the thing he hates. And thus at least some of Jasons behavior of putting thoughts in their heads is from being raised by a parent or parents that hate what you are. Likely verbal and mental abuse if not physical. Again, that's just my theory, not based on any comic history, since as I said the comics version has a completely different history.
Nightcrawler and Wolverine are my brother and I (our favorites as kids) so I was super stoked when they brought in Nightcrawler, which is my brotgers favorite.
They are great characters! Nightcrawler is such a little sweetheart.
Jean is an OMEGA level mutant she can end the planet if she wants to
same as storm and prof x
Wow! I had no idea they were that powerful!
Rev. William Stryker of The Purifiers, XMen.
Baron Von Strucker of Hydra, Age of Ultron. 👍
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You’re getting Baron Strucker (Avengers) and Colonel Stryker (X-Men) confused.
👍🙂❤️
Most people dont know this but bobby drake aka "iceman" is actually what is called an "Omega level mutant" basically, an extremely powerful mutant.
In the comics, iceman has the ability to freeze peoples blood, he once turned rain drops into frozen fists and if im not mistaken, hes so powerful he froze hell over. Yes, actual hell.
Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler is my favorite x-men character. He’s got a great personality, a really cool ability set, and is genuinely a good person. He’s been through a lot, and always come out still positive.
As always a great reaction. Love´d both today! Keep up the good work.
Magneto is a great villain, because like Killmonger in Black Panther, he’s on the right side, morally speaking. But he’s so ruthless & extreme, he ends up hurting his own cause.
Magneto is a complex villain, which I like. I don't think he's on the right side, since he wants mutants to rule over people, but I understand his motivation and think he makes some good points.
@@reactswithjax That’s a better way of putting it! His cause - mutant liberation from oppression- is just. But his solution - mutant domination of humans - is just a mirror image of the original oppression.
so he's not on the right side then
@@BoboftheOldeWays He doesn't JUST want mutant liberation from oppression, he wants mutant dominion and to oppress non-humans... so yeah, not just at all.
Jason Stryker is based off of Jason Wyngarde, aka Mastermind. In the comics he has no relation to Stryker, and he is generally a unredeemable monster. That having been said, so is Stryker so its likely Jason had reason to hate his father (not that it justifies what he did)
This is one of the coolest movies in the series.
In the comic book Bobby Drake the Ice man was often in a pure ice form and looked vedy cool while gliding through the air with sheets of ice and when I was a kid the Nightcrawler was my favorite mutant
7:25 "Cant she just pretend to be a computer printer or something" (Displays illustration of printer with eyes) I laughed way too hard at this! "That was murder" (I approve). "Bobby has powers! He can create icicles" (illustration of ice with angry eyes)...
We need to coin a name for when you quickfire goof like this!
"JaxHammer Jokes"
"Jaxing off!" :/
"Jolly Jax giddy Craic"
"Hell -arious-Murmurs" (This ones a stretch)
Leave it with me lol
26:33 "Experimentor", "Experimentator".... "He does experiments on mutants" XD flawless recovery Jax
Hahaha! I'm so glad my jokes made you laugh!!
The one thing about Nightcrawler's powers that the movies don't touch on is that his teleports leave behind an awful smell(think hot tar mixed with skunk, farts, and rotten eggs sitting in the hot summer sun).
X-men fan… from mid 80s to early 2000s, I bought all the X-books monthly
Nightcrawler was always one of my favorites and that opening shows why he’s such a badass
Never, ever underestimate a teleporter
I'm a little surprised you didn't recognize Brian Cox, who played Stryker. His onscreen air of menace is so powerful, he's actually the first to play Hannibal Lecter. In my opinion, some of that menace was copied by Anthony Hopkins for the reboot trilogy.
Cox can also be seen in Braveheart. (Say that out loud, dareya) as William Wallace's uncle, Argyle. Bourne trilogy, too.
Mystique and Rogue are my absolute favourites.. rogue’s character is a little different but I love Anna Paquins performance!
The X-Men are a fascinating group. I was a big fan during the Misspent Days of My Youth. Professor X (Charles) and Magneto (Erik) were close friends for many years. But Erik's experience as a Jew in Nazi Germany's death camps scarred him deeply, and he believes that, given the chance, normal humans will put mutants in cages and camps - because they already have. Charles believes the path to the future is one of peaceful cooperation between humans and mutants. (The X-Men's tag line is "Sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them.") Over the years they have been both good friends and desperate enemies. Throughout it all, they've maintained a relationship.
What would I do , as a guard, watching one of the most powerful mutants on earth flying casually through the empty air towards me? You mean AFTER I'm finished excreting myself? Probably pass out.
You're learning that Mystique is bold and confident because -her power requires her to walk around virtually nude all the time- no no no, that's not it. She's confident because she knows human nature, and she's VERY good and VERY experienced at what she does. When your only defense is hiding, you get good at it quickly, and she's been doing it for decades.
As you're going to learn, the X-Men deal with planetary threats (and some from off-planet). Interaction with police is almost entirely irrelevant to them. They know they're the good guys, and they stopped caring what others thought of them a long time ago.
(Side note: the X-Jet is based on the famous SR-71 Blackbird ~shot AT, but never shot DOWN~ with one small exception. The actual SR-71's had two seats and room for a chaise lounge/toilet so pilots could swap flying duties on long missions. The X-Jet - same approximate exterior size - has the approximate interior space of a city bus.)
Nightcrawler's power requires him to know where he's going, since 'blind' teleporting is incredibly dangerous (but he can do it). Teleporting into open air isn't an issue, nothing to avoid there, and he could grab Rogue and 'jump' back to the belly of the crashing ship. (Presumably he studied schematics of the White House, so he would know where to go. This would also have "shown" him the layout, which would then allow him to teleport into rooms he's never seen before based on his memory of the plans.)
Logan was experimented on, but the main reason he was brought to Alkali Lake was to have adamantium bonded to his bones, including his natural bone claws, as part of the Weapon X Program. The program had tried to implant adamantium in previous test subjects, to create a "super-soldier" but none could survive the process. They recognized that Logan's healing factor might allow him to live through the implanting process. He did survive of course, although he almost died, which sent him into a Berzerker rage while escaping. Afterwards, his mind blocked the experience out, as too painful for him to remember.
In the comics, Jean died saving a space shuttle. Many IRL years later, she was resurrected by the Phoenix Force (and Chris Claremont), and the Dark Phoenix Saga is one of the truly great stories in all of comics. Took nearly a year to tell, even had some behind-the-scenes drama at Marvel. Towards the end, Jean/Phoenix flew to another star and consumed it, wiping out the D'Bari race, which lived on one of it's planets. This caught the attention of the Shi'ar Empire, who deemed the Phoenix too dangerous to live. (Their Majestrix, Lilandra, became Charles' lover at one point. He became her consort, went off to do the horizontal bop with her, the Shi-ar gave the X-Men oodles of advanced tech, it was a whole thing.) The X-Men fought the Shi'ar strike team, but in the end Jean, terrified of both her virtually unlimited power, as well as her inability to control her increasingly violent nature, took her own life. She died in Scott's/Cyclops' arms. Very different from what happened in X2.
And regarding Jean Grey's death in X2.....consider her code name: Phoenix.
In the comics and various animated series it is revealed that Mystique is the mother of Nightcrawler and kind of stepbrother to Rouge who Mystique finds as a runaway and trained. In the 90s animated series it is revealed that she was the one who had Rouge take Ms. Marvel (Cap. Marvel) powers putting her into a coma and out of the comics.
Carol Danvers was nver taken "out of comics". After being left powerless and comatose by her encounter with Rogue, she was taken into space by the X-Men and was experimented upon by aliens. Those experiments made her more powerful than ever before, and she returned to earth as Binary and later (after her Binary powers faded) starting calling herself Ms Marvel again. Years after that, she finally adopted the Captain Marvel name.
Fun fact that scene when the extras were frozen was actually a room full of mimes
Really!? That's awesome!
Am still worried regards Lamby's intentions towards the human race.
I read a lot of the comments, and most are about what a great character Nightcrawler is. And it's true. The fact that the producers & director kept his Religion intact astonishes me. In the comics, Kurt was at one time, a priest. But even as i type this, I am reading Kurt's biography on Wikipedia, and even THAT was retconned to be an illusion! But at least it's in the movie.
26:31 The actress who plays Mystique does an amazing job. I mean, the make up is one thing, but how does she manage to act like Hugh Jackman and do his voice!???? She should have got an Oscar
My favorite X-Man movie, partly because it's so darn good, partly because it spotlights my favorite Marvel mutant, Nightcrawler. (My cousin once told me "Nightcrawler has weird feet, his name is Kurt, and he loves Errol Flynn movies. Your liking him is practically narcissism.") The opening scene with him in the White House is widely regarded as one of the best fight sequences ever seen in a super-hero movie. You should know that the movies take a *lot* of liberties with the source material. Stryker, for example, is a fundamentalist minister in the comics leading a fanatical anti-mutant cult. His son Jason is loosely based on a character named Jason Wyngarde a.k.a. Mastermind, one of Magneto's original Brotherhood along with Toad, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. My advice is to forget about the comics and enjoy the movies for what they are.
Fun fact: in the comics Storm was in a relationship with T'Challa the Black Panther!
That's really cool! I love both of their characters.
she was also in a relationship with wolverine right?
“This fight is pointless” as they continue to stab each other with pointy things 😂
While Wolverine has all his powers of healing, etc, the man can and does still feel pain. In fact, because of his healing ability, he's unable to get drunk. This is actually addressed in several movies from now.
Also, look carefully at the water right before the Bryan Singer credit pops up...
18:57 I'd never be a guard because I'm pretty sure my immediate reaction would be to "nope" outta there!
The scene where Magneto pulls the metal out of the guard, it always reminds me of one of the last X-Men comics I read years ago... in it Magneto ripped the adamantium from Wolverine through his pores, then Professor X shut down Magneto's mind as payback. Some of those stories were pretty brutal o_O
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Spoilers.
I saw this in theatres. To me, its one of the best X-Men movie! Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction on this one.
There is no link between Stryker and the guy in the MCU. His name is Von Strucker. During a long time, Mutants stories were rarely connected with classics heroes as Avengers except for Wanda and his brother who were mutants (children of Magneto). In the MCU mutants didn't exist because they didn't have the rights to talk about them (x-Men was in Fox studios but now Fox was bought by Marvel and we will probaly have new mutants movies now).
I'm looking forward to seeing more X-Men / MCU crossover stories now that Marvel bought Fox.
@@reactswithjax I understand why fans asked you to look them before Deadpool because Deadpool is a mutant (be kind with my english not perfect, i'm french).
@@panpanstudio Deadpool is a maverick oddball who's not a team player so much...
- Hey Jax, I understand completely how you feel about the whole Magneto situation, however, you have a couple movies to go but when you get to see a couple of the later ones, like X-Men : First Class & X-Men Apocalypse you will definitely get a lot more of Magnetos backstory, which will give you even more to think about how to view him; let's just say you will most likely definitely have some significant sympathies toward him. I say no more - but trust me, it will be worth it when you watch.
The "I''m a mutant" talk was meant to be a direct copy version of the "I'm gay" talk. "Have you tried not being a mutant/gay" being a common thing that comes up with the type of parent that a child might not be comfortable talking about such things to. The reason he did not tell his parents is pretty much exactly this. They're not the type of parents who would understand that he just is the way he is, and did not choose to be.
4:30 Nope...this is William Stryker, the MCU/Wanda guy is STRUCKER. But you have a hell of a memory for names. Good on you.
In the comics, Magneto's characterization changed significantly over the years. Originally he wasn't a noble character- Stan Lee created Magneto as a simple megalomaniac supervillain. Magneto believed that mutants were above humans (fully embracing the name homo superior). He saw mutants as the evolutionary next step from homo sapiens, so he had no qualms about murdering humans by the hundreds or even thousands.
When Chris Claremont took over writing the X-Men comics, he gave Magneto a more complex background. In the 1980s he created the whole backstory of Magneto being a Holocaust survivor and from that point on, Magneto was depicted as more a noble warrior, a ruthless defender of mutants from persecution and abuse by humans. Instead of being a simple mass murderer like in the 1960s, Magneto became more about protecting mutants by any means necessary- refusing to allow anything like what he'd witnessed during WW2 happen again... No matter how many humans might die in the process.
37:39 - "I think Jean might be ok"
Us: "Uh...yeah"
I have always wondered Jason's age when the event with his mom took place and how intentional it really was. If he was the age he projected to Charles then that is quite young. It could be simply his mind reacting to the trauma of the way he was raised. It sounded like he was taught he was "bad" but learned being a mutant was natural at the school and probably caused resentment. In other movies that centered around a child that could project images into others minds, the danger often stems from the child's own traumatic thoughts becoming real without the intent of damage. Like the mind is creating the nightmare but the mind doesnt control the nightmare.
OMG, Lamby's powers are never ending!
X-Men 2 is definitely my favourite X-Men movie.... it's got so much in it. That Nightcrawler first scene was epic and iconic.... even if people didn't like comics, they LOVED that scene and that scene got talked about for so so long.
I think Nightcrawler might be one of my favourite characters from the movie. He's very much like this in the comics - love that they stayed true to his character in the movie too.
So so happy that you're watching these X-Men and X-Men related movies .... before MCU happened, they were definitely some of my favourite superhero movies that were out there.
It'll be interesting to see what you think of X-Men 3... it wasn't well-recieved by fans whe it first came out, but you might enjoy it more? The original director had to leave the production halfway through filiming the movie due to creative differences of the movie. So, it's an interesting one....
Also, so funny that you confused Stryker for Strucker from MCU.... so so funny, but I do get the confusion of the name. :)
You have so many funny reactions in your videos too.....I love how much you invest yourself in the movies. Really love it :)
Another wonderful reaction, thank you! This was so entertaining. You're a fan of the X-Men now so Ive got great news for you. I say this knowing that you've got a ton of movies to go through etc., of course. So, back in the 90s there was an X-Men cartoon, and after over 20 years they decided to continue it with the original voice actors...etc. I do not exaggerate when I say this iteration is quite simply incredible. The story is amazing, very deep, exploring the question of acceptance of mutants...etc (many of the same themes of this movie). I know what you're thinking, 'a cartoon?'. I dont want to write an essay on it, but critics have given it nothing but praise after praise. If I may suggest, one day, please react to it. Many are reacting to it now and it's doing amazing on youtube. Consult the opinion of your Patrons - if I know anything about them, they'll be REALLY into it right now. Again, I assure you, this isnt your saturday morning, plunk the kids in front of the tv cartoon. This stuff is deep. Anyway! Wonderful reaction and I cannot wait for your next one!!
Jason (Wyngard in the comic) is a supervillain nown as Mastermind, the original Mastermind was a mutant with the psionic ability to generate complex telepathic illusions at will that cause his victims to see whatever he wishes them to see. He was a founding member of the first Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and later a probationary member of the Lords Cardinal of the Hellfire Club, where he played an important role in "The Dark Phoenix Saga".
If you have not seen the 90 X-men cartoon i recommend it for you to see it because a lot of characters in the X-men movies don't do them justice, and yes since the cartoon is for kids it has the rule that no one dies from events they show so keep that in mind if you watch it.
John Allerdyce a.k.a. Pyro is a member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants who are led by Magneto in the comics. So, yep, he is a villain. 😮
In the comics Mastermind was a mutant villain telepath. He was not related to Stryker in the comics. He did use his powers on Jean Grey to manipulate her into creating a persona not encumbered with morality. In essence turning Jean into the villainous Black Queen. A member of The Hellfire Club ,an evil mutant organization, led by Sebastian Shaw also known as the Black King. They had a chess motif in their organization. White or black versions of the powered pieces. King, Queen, Rook, Knight, Bishop etc. 😮
Thanks for explaining that! The chess motif sounds really cool!
Pyro also never lived in the Xavier Institute - If you're a comics fan, his turn to villainy couldn't have been more foreshadowed.
Yep, in the comics he was always a villain. No redemption story there.
Magneto is an anti-villain: his goals are noble; the liberation and freedom of mutants. The problem is that his methods are questionable at best. He's like Killmonger in that respect, you get why he's doing what he's doing, but the way he's going about it is the extreme and hurts his cause more than helping it.
I will say though that he is not wrong about humans, and that the way he's going about things is likely going to be the only way forward since people are the fucking worst and will likely meet his expectations rather than Charles'.
Also the big dude who turned metal is Colossus, who can alter his skin into organic steel and is super-strong. He'll become important later on
As for Jason Stryker, in the comics he's completely different from the film version. He's not "The Illusionist" in the comics, he doesn't even have a codename, and his mutant power is that he emits a blinding white light from his body that can knock several people around him unconscious. He's always been an enemy of the X-Men, however.
31:24 "This fight is kinda POINTLESS." I see what you did there. LOL
Love your reactions ❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
What makes the fight scene where wolverine kills her at the end, even sadder is the fact that wolverine, and her were in love, and in a relationship at one point, but wolverine doesn’t remember her.
A change that they did that i preferred they didn't change was Lady Deathstrike in the comics she is not a mutant she has cybernetic inhabitants with Adamantium, her father created the Adamantium bonding process that was used on Wolverine, and she was a former lover of Wolverine whose been trying to kill him because he killed her father.
Mutants are classified by levels. The most powerful Mutants were Omega Level. Prof X, Magneto, Jean Grey, Storm, and Ice Man are all Omega Level. Then there are Beyond Omega Level Mutants. These Mutants can control everything at the molecular level. They can take millions of lives with a thought or create it. Reed Richards and Sue Storm of the Fantastic 4 had a son Franklin Richards who was born beyond Omega Level. He would create miniature solar systems for fun. Beyond Omega-level Mutants are pretty much Gods.
I think it is so funny how much scrambling was needed for the intro scene with Dies Irae, given that it is very old and clearly in public domain. (and yes, I realize specific recording have copyright, but still, that is quite the copyright algorithm detection!)
Jaxx , Hugh Jackman wouldn't be Wolverine, who was actually chosen for the role was the actor Dougray Scott, the villain from Mission Impossible 2 but the filming of MI2 was delayed, Scott lost the role to Jackman. Dougray Scott recently revealed that Tom Cruise was responsible for him losing the role of Logan .
Hugh did such a phenomenal job. I can't imagine another actor playing him.
Not a plot that gets explored in the movies but Mystique is Nightcrawler's mother
Ian McKellen, who is gay, actually helped write the scene where Bobby reveals to his parents that he's a mutant to make it more like a "coming-out" scene. Also, in the comics, Bobby (a.k.a. Iceman) is gay in the current continuity
Glad you're enjoying these, one suggestion I will make though, when you get to X-Men: Days of Future Past, watch the ROGUE CUT! It adds a little bit and cleans up a small plot hole in the original theatrical release.
In the comics, Lady Deathstrike (the one with the silver nails) is actually a cyborg assassin, and trust me, she would have done that even if not mind-controlled.
7:26 Mystique trying to look as cubical as possible while making printing noises is a hilarious mental image
I'll give you $50 right now if you turn into a venus fly trap. - Fury
@@reactswithjax "Why would I turn into a filing cabinet?" -Talos
0:50 I want a Ben 10 watch with different powers of heroes across the universes😂
i want the powers of the omnitrix, but i rather not turn into the aliens
16:54 hahah poor dude. Look but don't touch. It must be killing him XD