Brimley

Fact: Bryan Singer made two incredible X-Men films.
Fact: X3 is a pile of crap

We need to rectify Fact #2. We have several options.

Option 1: X3 could be trimmed and reordered. Cut out
meaningless subplots, remove silly one liners, and
structure the film differently to make it fit more of
the feel of the first two films.
Option 2: Edit all three films into one long GIANT
epic (call it “Uncanny X-Men” or “Giant Sized X-Men”
if you want to get REALLY geeky).
Option 3: Edit X2 and X3 into one super-sequel to the
first film.

What do you guys think? I lean more towards the one
long film, but that would take SO much work, and the
film would be ungodly long. Option 1 is the most
doable, but I’m afraid you wouldn’t have too much of a
film left when you were done. Maybe go with option 3
and treat X3 more like a coda to the superb X2?

PS - One thought I had to tie 2 & 3 together better
would be to have a video monitor showing footage of
Leech (the mutant who is the source of X3’s cure) in
Stryker’s office building when Mystique breaks in
during X2. A little bit of foreshadowing, or just
have THAT be the introduction to the character entirely.

One of the hype trains I rode long and hard as a youngster was the 1990 Warren Beatty film Dick Tracy. I haven’t seen it in years, but I recall it being a fun and exciting romp in the four color comic world. Think of it as Sin City, for kids!

I know there as a Vista Series rumored to be in production a few years ago, and there was always rumblings of Beatty campaigning for a release of his first cut (which is a staggering 30mins longer!) Has anyone ever seen this version or know someone who has?

Also, there were tons of tie ins and fun merchandising things associated with this film. I’m not sure if there were any TV-specials, but if there were I’m sure they were interesting. The large and notable cast must have done some interviews, right?

The current DVD doesn’t even have the trailer…can we put something together?