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Binge Movie Aftertaste – X-Men Retrospective w/Matthew Goudreau and Mike Batchelor: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 01:23:57
Publish Date: 2019-06-19 21:34:08
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Before Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe took over all things comic book, there was 20th Century Fox and X-Men. If someone wants to see what the comic book film landscape looked like, just take a look at 1989’s Punisher and 1994’s Phantom. But then came Blade (which we’ll cover eventually), a movie that came out in 1998 and proved that cinematic movies based on comic books could indeed be financially successful. And after a lot of false pretenses and multiple script changes, Marvel’s X-Men was finally ready to roll before cameras with little known director Bryan Singer behind the camera. Little did we know that not only would this franchise have a lot of peaks and valleys, but the Mouse House would eventually swallow its rights up whole. Will Garrett, Matt, and Batch enjoy the ride up to and through this year’s Dark Phoenix?

After X-Men Days of Future Past ended up becoming a huge box office and critical success, director Bryan Singer wasted little time in jumping right back into the director’s chair for X-Men: Apocalypse. Released to the worst reviews thus far -as well as $200 million less at the box office- Apocalypse is looked at by many to be the worst X-Men film of the series. But Matt and myself proclaimed at the end of the Deadpool podcast that we originally left the 2016 film feeling like its critical backlash was kind of unwarranted. How do we feel now?

Listen below not only to hear us review the film, but also get into the Bryan Singer rumors that actually began years before but really came to the forefront with this and Bohemian Rhapsody two years later. I also talk about actually working at 20th Century Fox during the film’s making. All this and more below!

And be sure to join us on Friday for our review of Dark Phoenix!

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