"X-Men: Days of Future Past" Fantasia International Film Festival Footage description REVEALED! (again that is)

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" Fantasia International Film Festival Footage description REVEALED! (again that is)

Sadly the new X-Men footage shown at the "Fantasia International Film Festival" is the same exact footage guests have already seen at this years San Diego Comic Con but luckily we have a better scene description.

By TheRationalNerd - Aug 05, 2013 10:08 PM EST
Filed Under: X-Men
Source: 24panelspersecond.com

In this article we're introduced to a guest who attended the Fantasia Film Festival named "Dru" (from 24panelspersecond.com) who decided to share extra descriptions from the footage he saw. I would also like to notify everyone that this time the footage was shown not only once but twice!

His experience of viewing the footage follows below...

I just came from “Rated X: An Evening with Bryan Singer,” which was held at Montreal’s Cinema Imperial as part of the annual Fantasia International Film Festival. After lining up for well over an hour outside the venue, I managed to get a plum seat for the Q&A and presentation of footage from his upcoming Days of Future Past, which has been filming in Montreal over the past few weeks and months. The two minutes and nine seconds of footage was probably the same as what was shown at Comic-Con; it was cut very much like a trailer and didn’t feature any obviously unfinished shots. First, I’ll share my thoughts on the footage and then I’ll get into some of the more interesting bits that stuck with me from the Q&A.



The first thing that strikes you about the Days of Future Past footage is the tone. The piece is accompanied by a melancholy, spare piano score. While Singer promised that the film has a “bright message,” what we see here is quite grim. The future is very black, and there are no shortage of fires. Some seriously post-apocalyptic stuff. The X-Men have new costumes in this future that are very much in the mould of what we’ve seen in previous X-films (i.e., they’re black and leathery). Storm’s dealing with some nasty weather (likely not of her own design). Wolverine’s around in this future, looking much the same but for a streak of grey in his trademark up-do. (I guess his hair doesn’t have a healing factor.) A goateed Iceman (Shawn Ashmore) and Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) are shown together, with Rogue (Anna Paquin) looking on sadly (at least, it was cut together to give that impression).





Because the footage was cut like a trailer, we don’t get much of a sense of how the narrative is going to be put together. The footage opens on a eye, and Professor X asking (somebody) “What was the last thing you remember?” The Professor and Magneto are convincing silver-fox Wolverine to go back in time to convince the young and brash Xavier (James McAvoy, rocking the ’70s long hair and beard from his wheelchair) of what awaits mutants in the future. We see shots of Bishop (Omar Sy), Warpath (Booboo Stewart), and Blink (Fan Bingbing), members of the future mutant resistance. (Singer mentioned that Booboo and Bingbing are the first two people we see onscreen in the film, suggesting that we’ll start in the future, approximately ten years after the conclusion of X3: The Last Stand, which I guess means The Wolverine takes place eight year after X3, for the chronology nerds.) Singer claimed that Blink was the “Nightcrawler” of this movie, but that she teleported by throwing portals, which is a cool sounding twist to the effect.



In 1973, we see Xavier in Cerebro and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) holding a gun in front of a big painting. (According to the voiceover, he’s taken a “dark path” compared to Xavier, and Mystique rolls a tear to prove it.) There’s clearly a political bent to this movie as well, which is to be expected from the franchise: we see a shot of what appears to be Nixon, as well as a POTUS seal, Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage) testifying before Congress, and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) transforming into a soldier. Xavier confronts Wolverine, but most excitingly, the footage concludes with Patrick Stewart and McAvoy coming face to face. The elder Xavier tells his younger self, “We need you to hope again” (or something like that, I’m paraphrasing). They showed the footage twice, but I’m sure I’m missing a lot of it and I might have gotten some details wrong. I forgot to bring a notepad! What kind of journalist am I?



So there you have it guys! More scene description of the footage we all drooled to see from this years SDCC!

...you can expect to see "X-Men: Days of Future Past" May 23, 2014!

To read more of this great article visit http://24panelspersecond.com/i-spent-an-evening-with-bryan-singer/#comment-72
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DangerRoom
DangerRoom - 8/5/2013, 10:38 PM
So they're using that fan made DOFP poster featuring Wolverine as official material...?
ItsATrap
ItsATrap - 8/5/2013, 10:45 PM
that, or it isn't actually fan-made
JatevinM
JatevinM - 8/5/2013, 10:58 PM
When will we get to see this footage cause I'm anxious
sakibomb523
sakibomb523 - 8/5/2013, 11:04 PM
so Hans Zimmer "Time" from Inception?
TwiztidThorn
TwiztidThorn - 8/5/2013, 11:23 PM
I'm waiting to get a look at Blink.
brazilianbatman
brazilianbatman - 8/5/2013, 11:39 PM
my most anticipated movie for 2014 for sure. im finally super- excited for an xmen flick again . xmen was my franchise growing up. i couldn't wait to go see on theather all 3 movies from the triology and xmen origins wolverine but after that movie my expectations dropped. that's why i was only mildly excited for First Class and Wolverine. Both of the las movies redeemed from XMen 3 and Wolverine Origins. I hope Days of a Future Past keeps the good waves coming.
brazilianbatman
brazilianbatman - 8/5/2013, 11:41 PM
even the yellow wolverine suit looks good but i still need to see the entire outfit. i just hope theres no mask.
sanyaya
sanyaya - 8/5/2013, 11:49 PM
Im realy looking forward to this movie lets just Pray its good
sanyaya
sanyaya - 8/5/2013, 11:54 PM
Lol there using the fan made wolverine póster as marketing
SnapperCarr
SnapperCarr - 8/5/2013, 11:56 PM
Singer sucks
DrNomid
DrNomid - 8/6/2013, 3:14 AM
There is a Wolverine poster from DoFP on the screen behind Singer, but it was fake. Wtf?
R888
R888 - 8/6/2013, 3:21 AM
[frick] the haters, I'm looking forward to this
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/6/2013, 4:12 AM
it was my second most anticipated comic book movie of 2014 but after seeing that sentinel photo my anticipation has dropped slightly,it may change when we actually see some footage that's worth seeing.
bellEND
bellEND - 8/6/2013, 7:06 AM
So. DOFP is 10 years after X3. Wolverine was 8 years after X3? So in the space of two years he gets Reed Richards grey? That impossible.. So from here on end, any new movie Wolverine stars in, he will need to have grey speed stripes?
SuperSpiderMan5778
SuperSpiderMan5778 - 8/6/2013, 10:26 AM
LEEEEEAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!
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