X-Men: First Class

Honestly, I never thought I’d be excited about an X-Men movie again. Iron Man kind of shined a big spotlight on how mediocre the the mutant movies really were by showing us how good a Marvel movie could be.

Every time I see a new image or hear something new about X-Men: First Class, though, I have to rethink my stance.

It’s set in the 60’s. It only kind of nods at comic continuity and previous movie continuity. January Jones is in it. Do I have to go on? I do? Okay, here are some pictures:

It’s definitely not stacking up to be your standard X-Men movie, thank goodness. Someone, Erik Larsen maybe, theorized that some comic properties work best in the decades they debuted in. Superman has a certain charm in the 40’s that is missing in modern incarnations, for instance. And there’s something about the X-Men set in the 60’s surrounded by issues like civil rights and the bourgeoning fear of atomic power. It just works. In my head anyway. We’ll see this summer.