– Aw Jeez

A lot has been made about the dodgy design of Quicksilver and after seeing it here, it really does look bad.

Also, is that ducktape? Man, they really cobbled Cerebro together, didn’t they?

– Pryde (In The Name of Love)

There is only a couple flashes of Ellen Page in this trailer. Considering her character Kitty Pryde is such a central part of the original comic, that could be a worrying sign.

You may be able to explain it away with the fact that she’s probably one of the few cast members who hasn’t won an oscar (although she was nominated so even that doesnt work).

– Arsenal 1 – Senti Nil

They’ve been very coy with revealing the Sentinels in action. I know there has been a promo photo or two but so far in the trailers they haven’t shown us one fully.

However, the promotional photograph I saw didn’t wow me. It was like if Apple design Iron Man.

– 10 Year Old Me Just Got A Boner

I’ve adored Iceman since I was a little kid. And one positive thing about the original X-Men trilogy was his character growth and arc as he learned to be a hero and control his powers. So to see this…

… made me happier than a 30 year old man really should get about this sort of thing.

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Overall: Just when I thought I was out… they pulled me back in! Days of Future Past is a crazy story to be translating to film and to combine both X-Men casts to make it was a mammoth undertaking. I thought it was going to be a mess, and it still might be, but this trailer has peaked my interest. I may just have to catch this one. Fool me once…

X-Men: Days of Future Past, based on the classic Byrne/Claremont story of the same name, is a fantastical beast in concept. It’s a sequel to both the original X-Men trilogy and also a sequel to X-Men: First Class. Uniting the two casts was an awesome idea and the hotly anticipated trailer lives up to that notion as we see the darkest chapters of the X-Men, both past and present. Take a look!

Old Man Logan

Let’s get the Hugh Jackman out of the way and say DAMN, he looks good with greyed temples. The basic premise has this older Wolverine is transplanted into the body of his slightly younger self in the 70’s to inspire a disillusioned Xavier (James McAvoy) to avoid disaster. To quote Maria Hill in Battle of The Atom: “God, when did Wolverine become the reasonable one?”

“The X-Men ARE the assassins!”

As well as young and old versions of X-Men we’ve seen before, we also get a bunch of fan favourites to round out the numbers, chief among them being Bishop, time travelling X-Man of justice. Not much is known about his character so far other than he’s a “guy from the future who fights for survival” according to his actor, Omar Sy. Along with him we get shots of who I believe to be Sunspot, Warpath and the reality-hopping elfen Exile known as Blink (Fan Bingbing)

Little Man, Big Ideas

Bolivar Trask, played by Game of Thrones‘ Peter Dinklage, is presumably the primary antagonist of the movie as he is the creator of the Sentinels, an army of mutant-hunting robots. He’s an interesting casting choice but I have no doubt he has the chops to play a bitter, hateful character. One thing I’m sad about is that there’s a noticeable lack of giant purple robots in the trailer but from behind the scenes shots, they look pretty cool!

Messiah Complex

Here’s the shot many were waiting for. The thought of McAvoy and Stewart in a scene together whets my appetite for the movie and is a perfect way to top off the trailer. The younger disillusioned Xavier and the older, wiser and hopeful Xavier in a battle of wits and words. Wait, didn’t Stewart’s Xavier die in X-Men 3? OOOH, MYSTERIOUS!

Between an all-star cast, a great director and an interesting premise, this movie is shaping up to be one of the best X-Men movies to date! X-Men: Days of Future Past is due for release May 23, 2014.

I had no clue about this film until I stumbled across the trailer online. Having no prior knowledge of it, everything surprised me about the trailer/film. Everything. I want to share this wonderment with you so I think we should dive right in without any further description.

– They’re not beans

They’re holy relics. Seriously guys, magic beans would be stupid. THEY’RE NOT BEANS.

They don’t even look like beans. OK!? Holy relics.

– Dude, nice jacket

I think you can buy it in H&M.

Which is exactly what they wore in ye olden times. No joke.

– Oh no!

The house is being taken away by that holy-relic-stalk!

Now I wish those holy relics really where beans!

– Ewan McGregor

He’s in it, so you know it will be good.

I mean, all the big special effects movies he’s been in have been great.

Pardon?

Oh…

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Despite my poking fun, this actually looks like a whole lot of fun. Bryan Singer directing, Nicholas Hoult is cool, it’s a story we already know is bat-shit insane… this could be a riot. I look forward to seeing the next trailer before it comes out next summer. This could be a dark horse in the Race For Our Cash© that is next year’s crazy cinema line up. It’s got to fight off Avengers, Batman, Superman, MIB3 and a whole lot more, but it just might do it.