Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20170411234907/@comment-29908830-20171013213654

KalKent wrote: I was not impressed with it at all. Not only did it look like generic horror, it looked like bad generic horror, and I fear people will give it a pass simply because it's X-Men related. While it apparently is made by people who grew up with the 'New Mutants' comic, I've heard from others that the trailer doesn't feel like the comic at all. I almost have a feeling that Fox are learning the wrong lessons based on the success of 'Logan' being R-rated and such.

Yeah, I can see why people would call it generic horror, especially since the creators said that Stephen King's work (and John Hughes', believe it or not) are their primary inspirations for the film. That actually is like a lot of the comics though. Specifically, it came after Issues 18-20, known as the Demon Bear Saga, in 1984. The comic was an outright horror, setting a dark and gritty tone for the rest of the series, and Demon Bear is actually the villain of this movie.

I agree with LoveWaffle in that they're just chasing trends. This is actually more like what the MCU is doing to break from their formula (though idiots still claim they're the same movie every time...), in that they're changing the genre, and I think that's the way to go to keep superhero movies fresh. I mean, if every movie is "supposed" to be just giving the finger to the genre, like Deadpool and Logan, that ushers the question, what's the freaking point? If all we're going to do is parody and deconstruct, why bother making superhero movies at all? It would make sense if Marvel took one of those hints and made it the new standard, but they won't do it beyond what they're doing with Civil War and Ragnarok, so.............