Frylock
May 3rd, 2003, 02:35 AM
This will be extraordinarily geeky, so you are warned.
AND THERE ARE SPOILERS SO LEAVE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RUIN THE MOVIE!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Now X-Men 2, while being a really good movie, I think takes from one movie in particular, especially at the end. You heard me right, X-Men 2 is similar to another movie. And that movie is Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. Don't believe me? Well let me list my comparisons.
In Khan, there is a super-weapon named Genesis. While it is intended to be a tool of great good, it is mutated into a weapon of awesome destruction.
In X2, Cerebro becomes this super-weapon. It is intended to be a tool of great good, but is turned into a weapon of awesome destruction.
In Khan, Genesis puts the Enterprise crew in a life and death situation. The Enterprise is simply not fast enough to outrun the "Genesis effect."
In X2, the X-Men are put into a life or death situation by the destruction of Cerebro 2 and the Alkali Lake facility. The Blackbird malfunctions and cannot take off before the wave hits.
In Khan, a sacrifice is made. Spock dies so that the crew of the Enterprise might live on.
In X2, a sacrifice is made. Jean Grey dies so that the X-Men might live on.
In Khan, there is still hope that Spock might still be alive.
In X2, there is still hope that Jean Grey might still be alive. (Anyone who read the comics or watched the cartoon series knows her fate.)
And finally:
In Khan, we hear Spock at the end of the movie reciting the opening scene to Star Trek. ("Space the final frontier etc...)
In X2, we hear Jean Grey at the end of the movie reciting the beginning sequence to X-Men 1. (Evolution, for centuries, etc...)
The similarities are eerie, that it all I am saying.
AND THERE ARE SPOILERS SO LEAVE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RUIN THE MOVIE!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Now X-Men 2, while being a really good movie, I think takes from one movie in particular, especially at the end. You heard me right, X-Men 2 is similar to another movie. And that movie is Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. Don't believe me? Well let me list my comparisons.
In Khan, there is a super-weapon named Genesis. While it is intended to be a tool of great good, it is mutated into a weapon of awesome destruction.
In X2, Cerebro becomes this super-weapon. It is intended to be a tool of great good, but is turned into a weapon of awesome destruction.
In Khan, Genesis puts the Enterprise crew in a life and death situation. The Enterprise is simply not fast enough to outrun the "Genesis effect."
In X2, the X-Men are put into a life or death situation by the destruction of Cerebro 2 and the Alkali Lake facility. The Blackbird malfunctions and cannot take off before the wave hits.
In Khan, a sacrifice is made. Spock dies so that the crew of the Enterprise might live on.
In X2, a sacrifice is made. Jean Grey dies so that the X-Men might live on.
In Khan, there is still hope that Spock might still be alive.
In X2, there is still hope that Jean Grey might still be alive. (Anyone who read the comics or watched the cartoon series knows her fate.)
And finally:
In Khan, we hear Spock at the end of the movie reciting the opening scene to Star Trek. ("Space the final frontier etc...)
In X2, we hear Jean Grey at the end of the movie reciting the beginning sequence to X-Men 1. (Evolution, for centuries, etc...)
The similarities are eerie, that it all I am saying.