Sorry guys, I would have thought they would have been approved for the gallery sooner. Without giving away too much sensitive information,
a certain moderator needs to approve all of my new uploads as part of a theft protection system.
I apologize for the tease, they should be approved within a day or so, but I don't want to rush the person doing the "approvals."
On a different topic, I just returned from
"X-Men: First Class" and thought it was damn well done. Not quite "X2" good and not without its fair share of flaws, but better than all the other films in the franchise. It took it's time with the characters and the story and I thought Xavier, Magneto, Shaw, Frost, and Banshee were the stars of the show (although Havok was pretty cool, despite a huge age gap between him and his brother Cyclops). Beast was cool in human form, but the makeup on both Beast and Mystique was pretty weak (oh and Beast should have quoted more literature and talked more like Kelsey Grammar from X3 - IMO, Beast was one of the few highlights of X3). Yes, there are plot-holes and inconsistencies with the other films in the series (and trust me, there's a surprise cameo that undoubtedly confirms that this is a prequel to the other films and not a separate reboot) and even greater lapses of logic at times, but I was entertained. It made better use of the X-universe than
X1, didn't kill off characters for no reason and butcher the Phoenix saga like
X3, and it wasn't the major clusterf*** that was
Wolverine. Overall, a solid but imperfect film that was an entertaining addition to the franchise, and will hopefully convince Hollywood that you don't need Wolverine as the star to make a good X-Men movie.
Rant over... thanks for listening.
