Uncanny X-Men

For what appears to be more than norm than the exception for this franchise, based on past viewings I have gone against the consensus on “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” Most people hate this movie. I actually thought it was good, lighthearted entertainment. After this rewatch, I agree with my assessment, although I do not hold it in as quite high esteem as I used to. This prequel follows the titular character (Hugh Jackman) from his childhood that saw the birth of his mutant abilities, through an astonishingly

mostly isolated to their own kind. However, one group of mutants has banded together to show the world that the word should not be associated with X-Men. By oneself, they are simply scientific spirits of inquiry, freaks and monsters - but together, amalgamated by their shared belief, they are more. They are the preternatural X-Men. Throughout the X-Men’s

Film, being both visual and audible, has become a power source of art throughout its development. In many cases, films are used as a way to promote social change. The 2000 X-Men film can be seen as a cry for equality. A supernatural film about mutants versus humans sends an underlying message about how people may not feel accepted or like they fit in just because they don’t conform to society. During the mid-1950s and early 1960s movies were used to express the desire to break free, as a people,

X-Men (2000) is the first movie in the X-Men film series, following a group of ‘mutants’ who are born with unique genetic mutations that manifest as a range of superpowers such as telepathy, shape-shifting and weather manipulation. Despite this film being highly entertaining and engaging, it is rife with ideas that conflict with evolutionary principles, such as natural selection, which many evolutionary biologists support. A common misconception of the theory of evolution is that organisms are

When I think of big impacts on my childhood, heroes are definitely near the top. Whether it was Legolas from Lord of the Rings or Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, I wanted to save the world. Maybe that 's why I fell in love with comics early on. I wanted the admiration from my peers that these heroes got from me, and yet, the world doesn 't work that way. I realized pretty quickly that it wasn 't like in the movies and comics. The world didn 't exist to give you a pat on the back whenever you did a good

as yet taken no root. The war swept us away. For the others, the older men, it is but an interruption. They are able to think beyond it. We, however, have been gripped by it and do not know what the end may be. We know only that in some strange and melancholy way we have become a waste land. All the same, we are not often sad.” (Pg 24) Point: The young soldiers have nothing to go home to accept their parents, while the older men have wives and children back at home waiting for them. Example: The

the beast before it struck their town again. Beowulf silenced his thanes after hearing a not so subtle movement. They felt the presence of something. They felt that it wasn’t a friend. Beowulf knew the beast was near. The beast knew Beowulf and his men were in the mountains. It had been watching them throughout their

With an increasing amount of technology invested in virtual reality, real life is now merging with a fictional world that can be created and manipulated. Another manner in which the real world is capable of joining a manufactured world is through the usage of comic books. Real world events have been and are continuously mixed up with the lives of superheroes such as when heroes were depicted fighting against Hitler and the Nazi’s in World War II. There are two main types of representations of real

faces me. My men will protect your people and not stop until the beast is dead! Men! Hear my voice! I will stand by you all as shield-brothers in battle, we will fight and die together to ensure the beast is dead. ” Skjorvar and his men slept in the palace that night to prepare for the battle tomorrow. Through the night his mind was plagued with thoughts of his men dying or the dragon not being in the ruins of the mead-hall. Mjurkaal’s Cowardice That next morning Skjorvar and his men set out to the

There will always be entertainment and in the 1960’s comic books ruled the entertainment industry, and even now they dominate as comic book movies. The worlds created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Frank Millar have become pop culture and people across the world have gazed upon this form of art and literature combined. The protectors of the universe, as powerful as they can be, are missing one key component, the universe. The issue that comic books have not been as diverse as the world they protect