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From Total Film..........Simon Kinberg says they must "find a way to ground [#XMenDarkPhoenix] so it's not too intergalactic." *cough*

This is the movie where Jessica Chastain is playing Shi'ar Empress Lilandra

 

[hank_tree]

I was hoping this meant grounded as in "cancelled".

 

[dan2026]

Bleh.

Is this why the X-men costumes are always so bland and boring.
What the fuck is Jean Grey even wearing there?
Black leather body armour?

 

[Platy]

Shi'ar and Grounded in the same movie does not match

 

[WrenchNinja]

The Phoenix is like the complete opposite of grounded

Hello cosmic destroyer?

 

[Dalek]

I hate the word Grounded.

Let me guess-The Phoenix is like a virus that Jean catches?

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

I've never been less excited for an upcoming X-Men film.

Well, at least with this one out of the way, they're less likely to mine that crusty old Dark Phoenix story again.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

So they're taking the exact same approach as Fantastic 4...that went so well

 

[caliph95]

Because a story I want to ground it's the one with a giant space fire bird God possessing a superhero and an Alien Empire led by bird people with a legion of super heroes expies

 

[Not]

Oh good. Good course correction. Perfect for a crazy movie in space.

Simon Kinberg, man.

 

[Anung]

Is this Phoenix going to end up being a cloud or something? Cause that's what happens when they try and ground stuff like this.

 

[Tambini]

Go to your room X-Men: Dark Phoenix, you're grounded!

 

[gforguava]

I want to say "Unbelievable." but at this point this should really be the expected stupidity for this franchise.

 

[EchoChamber]

Oh so that means It's gonna be fucking awful.

 

[DonShula]

Guys, we've already built the pyramids, destroyed half the planet, gone into the future, and gone back in time. Let's keep this grounded OK?

 

[Ridley327]

By grounded, I imagine they mean more along the lines of "no 40 minute-long CG nonsense like the final act of Apocalypse" and less like "Scott Buck is working on the script."

 

[Fancyarcher]

More pandering bullshit. Oh my!

 

[Pie and Beans]

First chance to do intergalactic X-Men.

Kinberg: "We need to not do intergalactic X-Men."

Hope this franchise gets completely rebooted under competent people that don't hate the 60's-90's X-Men comic books in the next 5-10 years.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Well, this is fucking weird. I literally was making a joke about someone attempting a grounded take on the X-Men earlier today.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Will Sophie Turner still have the same expressions when acting in a "grounded" manner here?

 

[Elegant Weapon]

I'm not going to lie, these Fox movies have me basically hating the X-Men these days


We're so far away from when I was a kid and the X-Men cartoon, comics and video games were everything


The X-Men used to be the most diverse group and now it's the same 3/4 characters in every film

 

[itwasTuesday]

Phoenix ground

 

[liquidtmd]

I hate the word Grounded.

Let me guess-The Phoenix is like a virus that Jean catches?

No. The Phoenix is actually an Android / ios app in the movie that addicts the population.

The X-Men have to infiltrate and brutally murder the app store approvers and remove it.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I've never been less excited for an upcoming X-Men film

Same. Just way too many things here that don't excite me. The Jessica Chastain casting was the only thing that perked my ears up, but even that will probably be glossed over to highlight Lawrence and give Fassbender another redemption arc. ZZZZZ

Maybe Kinberg will surprise us. But I'm just not feeling this at all.

 

[Hannor Mir]

Every time a hear the word "grounded" in relation to a comic book movie/tv show, all I think is that it's going suck and that they will totally miss the point of the comic. Although, I'm always happy to be proven wrong.

 

[Takamura-San]

Bue, can they control it? 🤔

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

I hope this isn't true.

 

[caliph95]

No. The Phoenix is actually an Android / ios app in the movie that addicts the population.

The X-Men have to infiltrate and brutally murder the app store approvers and remove it.

Xmen: Genysis Phynix

 

[brawly]

Woah, we're freed from Singer?

*looks up Simon Kinberg*

Oh no...

 

[SliceSabre]

That's a funny way of saying boring. Because that's what that means when Hollywood says things like that.

 

[Magwik]

If you actually read it they just say they want it to be character driven

 

[shoelacer]

Guys, we've already built the pyramids, destroyed half the planet, gone into the future, and gone back in time. Let's keep this grounded OK?

I forgot half that shit and this was still my first thought - isn't this a series about a guy who can control metal with his mind, and another guy who has crazy metal bones and retractable claws and superhealing, and yet another guy who can shoot frickin lazerbeams outta his damn eyes? What ground is there to stand on

 

[Imperial Bishop]

How the hell are you going to stay grounded with the Phoenix and the Shi'ar?

 

[fallengorn]

Shi'ar... not too intergalactic...

Wat.

 

[Fury451]

Sounds like it's going to be trash fire part two for this story adaptation.

 

[Sulik2]

Sigh, I want X-Men meets guardians of the galaxy. Go galactic, have some fun and get off the earth. Fox really has no idea what to do with the mainline series.

 

[SolidChamp]

I'm still trying to get over my complete bafflement at how the team that did Days of Future Past could churn out middling, forgettable dreck like Apocalypse.

Like, come the fuck on.

I don't have it in me to try and comprehend what this will be.

 

[NealMcCauley]

Maybe they can get a pic of Jackman standing with two buxom ladies on a beach with a note saying "I'm done with you assholes!"

No. The Phoenix is actually an Android / ios app in the movie that addicts the population.

The X-Men have to infiltrate and brutally murder the app store approvers and remove it.

Beast was doing recon in the building before they laid him off.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Will Sophie Turner still have the same expressions when acting in a "grounded" manner here?

She can do expressions?

 

[Kinyou]

Grounded like Jubilee

 

[Lari]

I have zero hopes for this movie.

Hopefully it surprises me, but I srsly doubt it.

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

Wish I could say I'm surprised but I'm not. Deadpool is Deadpool so putting it aside, I'm way more interested in New Mutants than Dark Phoenix.

 

[Kayhan]

I thought they meant "Put on hold" and was like, good idea.

 

[Ithil]

I'm sick of grounded.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Don't trust magneto this time

 

[Pandora012]

How does one do a "grounded" Phoenix saga?

I was hoping this meant grounded as in "cancelled".

Shit I was thinking that too.

 

[flkraven]

oh fuck off they're mutants with super powers

 

[Dysun]

Literally the worst X-Men arc to ground

 

[Frozenprince]

This is literally a space opera.

 

[Kayhan]

X-Men: Apocalypse was such a stinking turd that people can't even be bothered to hate on it.

Unlike the DCEU movies which at least were better than that.