"The spikey guy was pointless" 😂

"Finally a cure for my chainsaw hands!" exclaimed Chainsaw Hands Joe. "There is no cure," said Johnny Five-Dicks, "there's nothing wrong with us."

Colossus hurling Wolverine is an old time X-Men classic move from the comics. It's called the Fastball Special. I've seen it hundreds of times, but it was nice to see it in the film...

So…Logan is in upstate New York and he gets a mental calling from Jean in Muir Woods, north of San Francisco. Logan goes to Muir Woods and meets with Jean and Magneto. He finds out they’re going to Alcatraz (just a few short miles south. Logan then goes cross-country to New York to tell Storm they’re gonna attack Alcatraz, then flies there. Dude. Pick up a phone.

Juggernaut is technically not even a Mutant he got his powers from a magical artifact

"They" didn't move Charles's conscience. He did it himself in the moment of his body's death. As he had planned.

This is the only movie where we see a comic book accurate design for the Sentinels. And it's only a head, upside down in a simulation for one shot. Crazy.

In the comic, it showed Dark Phoenix consuming entire planets and suns to quench her hunger. She craved it, and was addicted (like a drug) to the euphoria she got off of it. She just kept wanting more and more. When she died in the comic books, the entire Xmen fandom wept. That comic book issue went mint...back then. In fact, I think I still have my copy. There was also another comic book series called What If.... And one issue was What If Phoenix Had Not Died? Narrated by the Watcher, it showed how Dark Phoenix had eventually consumed all of the suns and life in the universe.

Traditionally Mystiques power is changing her humanoid form. So sex, height, weight, skincolor, down to fingerprints and retina structure. She cannot change her form like a „true“ shapeshifter

the man mowing the lawn at the beginning is comic writter Chris Claremont. He co-created A BUNCH of X-Men characters like Rogue, Mystique, Stryker, Sabertooth, Pyro... All the classic "must read" X-Men stories were written by him ❤

Simone, "Wait, is she so powerful that..." Me, "Yes. Whatever you are going to follow up with, yes."

"The spikey guy was *pointless*" That made me laugh even if it wasn't intended.

15:36 and let's give it up to Simone for having the most adorable sneeze ever.

"X gon' give ya trivia" ahahaha XD 10/10 Simone well done!!!

Surprisingly, this movie’s de-aging holds up better than the later instances in other movies.

Jean is so powerful she turned Scott into Sonic the Hedgehogs dad

"What's the deal with the spiky guy he seemed kinda pointless." AYYYYYYY

YES!!! Beast is my all time favorite Mutant! And perfectly casted by Kelsey Grammar

The return of Professor X and the introduction of Moira MacTaggert was intended to feature in the unproduced X-Men 4. James Marsden / Cyclops was already working on Superman Returns, when he agreed to film his cameo in The Last Stand.

At the beggining, when collossus throws wolverine. In the books it was called a fastball special. It was a maneuver that has evolved when different characters performed it.

Magneto did remove Wolverine's adamantium in fatal attraction, which angered Professor X so much that he lobotomized Magneto

"It's the conjunction of spheres! Somebody call Geralt!" 🙂

Charles has the ability to transfer his mind into new bodies. They don't even need to be empty. As far as Spike, it's because he was popular at the time because he was a featured character in the X-Men: Evolution TV series

To answer your question about Vinnie Jones, he is 185cm (6’ 1”), so technically, not excessively tall. He does have an imposing physique, so combined with the right camera angle, he may look incredibly intimidating. Edit: Rebecca Romijn’s family name is pronounced ROH-MAINE, her grandfather is Dutch.

George - "... the SPIKEY guy seemed POINTLESS..." 🤣

So for those who aren't in the know. The quote that George likes so much is from an old af meme video on YT here that predates the movie. Someone took old footage of the X Men cartoon and did voice overs for the Juggernaut.

This is the first movie with all of the original 1963 comics X-Men team members: Professor X, Cyclops, Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Angel, Beast, and Iceman.

The spikey guy, is the bad guy in Rush hour 1, probably a friend of Bret Ratner who directed this movie, Great reaction guys.

James Marsden had scheduling conflicts because the director of the first two movies, Bryan Singer, left this in pre-production to do Superman Returns, and took Marsden with him. Fox made Marsden be in it for a little bit so they could at least write him out. Singer was then replaced by Matthew Vaughn, who finished the casting and then also left. Brett Ratner then was brought in and actually directed it this time. And Romaijn is just pronounced "Ro main".

If you're curious about the post credits scene, there was a part cut from the film that showed that the patient that had no brain activity was named "P. Xavier". This person was intended to be the twin of Charles (an adaptation from the twin sister he had in the comics). The explanation was supposed to be that when they were born, Charles' mental powers were so strong that they led to his twin brother being born without any brain activity. The doctor (Moira McTaggart) kept watch over the twin for Charles. Then, just before Jean killed him, Charles transferred his mind into his twins body (pretty much resurrecting himself in the process). Because the studio made the cuts to the film and there were no other references to the twin, it led to a lot of confusion from that scene.

Answers to a couple questions: Vinny Jones does not look like that; its a muscle suit. He is actually infamous for this role because he refused to get in shape for the role; and also the one liners obviously. I believe Magneto is able to bend adamantium; I believe adamantium was never stated to be unbendable just unbreakable and it doesn't melt once hardened. Also if I recall Magneto bends Wolverine's claws in the earlier films. "What happens if the kid gets injected" The cure is derived from his blood, so likely nothing.

It's funny you say the thing about Magneto shooting electromagnetic pulses through brains. He literally killed Jean via massive stroke in exactly that way in a very famous story. It was a big deal at the time and retconned much later, but for a character named the Phoenix it was the longest she stayed dead in Comic history. Well over a decade, i believe.

21:57 Magneto could ball up Wolverine like a piece of tin foil if he wanted to. We actually see Magneto bend Logan’s arms against his will in the first movie.

To answer George's question, in New X-men #150 (2001), Magneto did use his electromagnetic powers to give Jean Grey "a planetary-scale stroke", which killed her. (Yes, fellow X-fans, I know that it was an imposter using Mags' appearance and power set, but a KZfaq comments sectoon is not the place to try and explain the rat's nest that is the Xorn saga 😂)

Can’t wait for days of future past.

Quill and Spike were both derived from an old comic character Porcupine. This character was a nemesis of Hank Pym. Since Marvel retained the license for Antman, Porcupine would probably have also been off limits to 20th Century Fox for this film. Incidentally the quills in the comics were poisonous.

Kelsey Grammer as Beast was the highlight for me

They made an amalgamation of powers with Callisto giving her Quicksilver speed.

“In the not too distant future” - has any movie ever been set in the too distant future?

I never hated this film like some did when it came out. Sure it wasn’t my favorite but it had some good parts especially as the director had very little time after all the changes.

I just noticed a reference to The Exorcist during Mystique's first interrogation scene. They ask "where is he?" and she says "In here. With us. " which is a the exact same response that Pazuzu gave to Father Karras when he asked where Regan was... so damn subtle yet so good! It made me realize the subtle similarities of an excorcism during Mystique's transfer. and how Mystique as well as all Mutants are treated as eassentially no different than demonic beings or sick, possessed people.

I can't believe neither of you went for 'pointless' joke with Spikey Man. 😱

The Mutant that fights Storm is named Callisto. She’s very different in the comics. Her powers here are just plot devices. To find Jean and Mystique. Then to be able to fight Storm on some level. She basically has enhanced senses including agility and speed. Just not that fast.

The adamantium thing happened in the Fatal Attractions storyline. Specifically X-Men #25 and Wolverine #75.

"Spike" - in the comics there had been a villain girl named "Marrow" in '95 who had joined the team that could pull bone knives, but in the 2000 X-Men cartoon it changed to a boy named Spyke, was actually Storm's nephew. Movie character is just a nod to them, not meant to have any major development. "Can Mystique/Magneto/Wolverine do/not do this?" Generally up to whoever is writing that week, and may change. Mystique used to just be appearance change, then at one point could grow wings with great effort, now has complete control over her moleculte structure if they want her to.

The guy playing Warren Worthington III/Angel is Ben Foster. His role is pretty small in this one, but he was also in "The Punisher" with Thomas Jayne...his performance in that one knocked me on my butt! He's a fantastic actor.

My understanding is Rebecca Romijn last name is pronounced like the lettuce BTW

How can Simone NOT notice the only character on the poster dressed all in red with unnatural red hair?

it wasnt until now that i realised something about the scene where they find jean by the lake, and they have to clear the mist away.... she obliterated scott, scott was the mist. also the fire wolverine used to light his cigar was a simulation....

7:53 her voice reminds me of Mass Effect every time I hear it. She voiced a Quarian leader on the migrant fleet. Very noticeable accent but I can never remember her name...

Yes, Professor X has a comatose twin brother.

If Angel had any sense he'd have left Vancouver, gone to the Bible Belt, and started a megachurch to be fabulously wealthy!

This movie did pretty much get a bad reputation when it first came out. I don’t personally find it that bad, it’s just has it’s moments here and there. Also, I just love quoting that one meme of the movie. “I’m the Juggernaut, b-!”

My favorite X-Men movie. Thank you so much for reacting to it !!!

Simone's "boop" at 10:08 cracked me up. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Out of all of the "X-MEN" Movies, My Number 1 Favorite is actually "X2: X-MEN UNITED".

27:43 The original idea was to show Leech standing by the window, leaving it up to the audience to decide, whether or not Rogue actually took the cure.

There was an explanation video of how Multiple-man is the most powerful mutant.

In the comics, a proto-cure gun was about to be shot at Rogue but the gunman was jostled and the shot hit Storm instead. She was nearly suicidal after being so brutally maimed but through the following years she overcame her handicap and capably lead the X-Men even without her powers.

1:29 This part establishes a curious detail about this canon. Here, Professor Xavier has lost his hair but still has the ability to walk. In later movies, he loses the ability to walk while he still has hair. 🤷‍♂

You two are a great duo. You play off of each other so well, it's always fun watching your reactions. Keep up the good work!

3:34 - "They fighting the transformers?" - If I'm not mistaken that's supposed to be the head of a sentinel, giant robots that were used to hunt down mutants in the comics. I guess they threw it in as an Easter egg for the fans. 29:33 - "Rebecca Romeeshen?" - It's pronounced ro-mane. When you guys get to X-Men: Days of Future Past, make sure that you watch The Rogue Cut. Also, please use the OMG counter on every video.

So… Juggernaught is Xavier’s half-brother. He’s not a mutant, his helmet is empowered by some obscure god of destruction. He cannot (by definition) be stopped once he’s in motion. But remove his helmet, and he stops being empowered by his god. Spider-Man is very effective at dodging his attacks, jumping onto his shoulders, and pulling the helmet off. Once he’s at rest, he can be kept at rest, but once he’s in motion he cannot have his motion halted. When he is finally integrated into the MCU, he’ll probably play in the Dr. Strange / Moon Knight space.

Simone’s sneeze is the cutest thing ever! 😂

Just for future reference, Romijn is pronounced "romaine" like the lettuce. Also, fun fact: she's married to the chubby kid from stand by me

15:58 in the movies I don’t believe so, but he could manipulate the metal in your body and block blood flow to your brain, heart, etc…or just rip the metal out of your body, like we saw in X2 during his prison escape. Yes, Mystique injected metal into the guard. My interpretation is that she only did that to give Magneto enough metal to use effectively, and make a quick escape. He is able to control the electromagnetic spectrum in the comics and if I remember correctly, in the animated series as well, but they don’t really explore that element of his abilities in the movies.

I can't believe it was only from watching THIS Reaction, that I now see "The Cure" in a different light (Thanks to George).

Spiky guy was anything but "point less."

at the time this came out, this was my favorite x-film

One of the good things about this movie is, the Charles Magneto relationship mirroring that of Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr.

You mentioned Magneto could have shielded them instead of sending in the pawns , when you think about it he could have just dropped the bridge on the building and had no fight

This movie did NOT tell the true proper Phoenix story, one of the best, if not THE best, storylines in comic history. The Phoenix saga took 4 years to tell end-to-end in the comics (not including aftermath storylines such as Inferno), and the Animated Series took 9 episodes to tell it in its abridged but very close-to-canon version. If they ever truly do the Phoenix saga on film the way it should be told, they need to first establish all the pivotal characters beforehand and get the audience interested in them and engaged in their fates before beginning the saga, then produce it as at least 2 movies, one for the rise and one for the fall. If the canon Phoenix saga ever shows on film properly, it would be truly epic.

I'm pleased that the viewers picked up George's slack and made some jokes about how the SPIKY guy was POINT-less 😂

Simone hears Shohreh Aghdashloo, "From Arcane!" Clearly someone hasn't seen the greatest sci-fi show in existence...

Made it out to Hatley Castle for a wedding a few years back, I recognized so much of it!

In the sequence with a young Jean Grey, the man with the Lawn Mower is the legendary Chris Claremont who had a long run on X Men, almost 20 years. He created the Dark Phoenix Story Line ,and many of the story lines in X Men. He created Magneto's backstory of being a Holocaust Survivor.

15:57 Yeah Magneto can do that and much more in the comics. He has full control of the electromagnetic spectrum. He can manipulate the magnetic field of any object(doesn't have to be metal). He basically has telekinesis. He can generate and shoot blast of electricity and other energy. Has slight matter manipulation. He's pretty broken😅

8:30 absurd what they did to Cyclops

my all time favorite marvel film, idk why but its a comfort movie

27:30 "Losing the girl to dark magic" was a somewhat common trope back in the 90's. nothing hits harder than knowing that if you couldn't have her before, now not only can't you have her even less, but you have to take her down because she's beyond saving. there's an episode from either Goosebumps or Weird Science (I think. LOOONG time ago.) where the lead guy finds the perfect girl and she's turned full Dark Phoenix at the end... I was watching it hoping for the happy ending, and short of went full Vader at that: "nNNnnnNnoooOOoOoooo!" from there, Mission Impossible 2 in 2002, averted by Ethan getting the cure for the Chimera at the end, 2006 here, with Logan killing Jean, Brutal Legend from 2009 with Eddie losing Ophelia, 2019 with GOT and Danny, and Arcane in 2021, with Jinx being the living image of my 8th grade crush. ....so, yeah... "nNNnnNNnnOoOoOooOoO!"

Since Iceman is my second fave after Spiderman, when he finally went full ice, i had chills! Actual unintentional pun.

The problem with comics is they never put all your favorite characters together. Well, check out Uncanny X-Force. Wolverine, Fantomex, Psylocke, Deadpool, Archangel, Cable, and Nightcrawler.

An interesting point: Scott, AKA Cyclops, has the laser eyes because his eyes are portals to another dimension that's mostly pure energy. It's not an ability he's accessing, but more of a bridge he's standing in the middle of between our world and the world that has that energy source.

15:57 Mag-fukin-neato can make a gravity field around something and just crush it, so yes technically he can stop a brain/heart. 22:38 If Squirrel Girl were in the film it would have ended after 30 minutes.

Kelsey Grammar as Beast was one of those chef's kiss perfect castings. Much like Patrick Stewart as Xavier.

This film is infuriating. They take an amazing storyline in the Pheonix Saga and condense it and change it so its unrecognisable. Pheonix becomes a background character in her own story. It's ridiculous. She does nothing in this movie. Its called The Pheonix Saga for a reason.

23:20 Simone! That is a great question and one I've never heard asked... I... don't... know. Well done!

AVI ARAD worked on the first movies as executive producer But for the 3rd movie, he decided to step in as the main producer That's why we got a movie done by a director with no passion, and a limited story overstuffed with characters, just so he could sell more toys

"The spikey guy is pointless." All three of these movies were just amazing to me back then and even more now. X-Men has always challenged our ideas, opinions and ethics throughout it's history. So much of it is a matter of perspective. Some days, we are more Magneto than Charles, or mutants more than humans. The first time seeing that house lift in the theater with so much chaos going on, it was so intense, I still love the effects of this movie. I never noticed who was on the cover/poster till you said it. It was so obvious what story they were gonna do at the end of the last one that maybe that person's appearance didn't even register. Cheers.

The "Spike" character was just a friend of the director. That's why he got the role.

30:30 George: "what the hell's the deal with that spikey guy, he seems kinda pointless" In his defence, he's definitely not "pointless" 😏

The scheduling conflict for Marsden was Superman Returns, Singer took him when he left X-men.

The Spikey Guy had a decent amount of screen time in one of the old xmen cartoons as well. unless this came out first i always assumed thats why he had such a big role, he was somewhat recognizable.

16:00 Electromagnetism. Nope. Seems to be only metal/magnetism in a brute force kinda way, can't directly control electronics/nerves. Side Tangent: Misaka Mikoto from "A Certain Scientific Railgun" always fun to compare her to Magneto, since she seems to be the opposite side of that. Direct electromagnetic control; which can extend to magneto-like abilities, but more subtle and nuanced.

I have that wolverine/xmen comic. He did rip the adamantium from wolverine's body, like it was spaghetti noodles or liquid metal. "It begins with a small tug, an almost gentle pull, a harder yank then a wrenching tear".

Ben Foster’s 2006 was something else. Scores a small but memorable part as Angel in this film and then does a complete 180 playing a neo nazi, ex-con shitbag of a brother in Alpha Dog.

For what it’s worth, I also don’t remember Charles waking up and talking to Moira. In the comics, Moira is his CIA non-mutant love interest and mother of his son Legion. But the post-credit scene of The Wolverine (the second solo movie, not his origin story), Logan is confronted by Magneto and Xavier. He spends most of the movie freaking out that he killed Jean, so I was never sure how Xavier was alive for that scene. I guess now we know.

The woman that Storm electrocuted is named Callisto, and in the comics she was the leader of a group of mutants that looked less than normal called the Morlocks. Storm and her engaged in hand to hand combat to see who would lead the Morlocks, and storm ripped out her heart, and later on it was revealed that Callisto had 2 hearts and could live without one. No one ever dies in comics. The boy they derive the cure from was a Morlock named Leech, his best friend Artie was the kid in X2 that Wolverine was holding who stuck his tongue out at Stryker

Storm is unbelievably insufferable when she talks to Rogue about the "cure".

The mutants magneto hooked up with are called the morlocks, they are the mutants that can't hide there powers