X-Men: First Class

I must say I was pleasantly surprised by this 5th installment of the franchise. It was both action packed and smartly presented, backed by a great script and cast. The Michael Vaughn film was a refreshing comeback to the X-Men series, and to the superhero movie genre on a whole, which seemed to be experiencing a creative drought recently. The prequel boasts a wide range of well known cast members,namely James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and January Jones(of Mad Men fame). Riddled with cameos that would make any fan boys jizz themselves, a touch of Mad Men, and a pinch of Inglorious Basterds, this film is definitely one of the best of the franchise, and of the year. Plus any film which features a soundtrack that enticing, accompanied by music from Edith Piaf, as well as an interesting flagship song(disclaimer: music video in link may contain spoilers), is worth watching in my book.

So I just finished reading Ultimatum, a 5 part series which looks to conclude the storylines of The Ultimates (Avengers), Ultimate Spiderman, Ultimate Fantastic 4 and Ultimate X-men all which are part of MARVEL's Ultimate Universe....And after finishing reading it, it was like a train just ripped straight to your brain...I must say it was a series finale that went off with a bang....taking a few lives along the way.





Then I began to think back to my favorite show when I was younger, X-men Evolution. Here are a few vids from when televison was a whole lot better, and when the big mouse didn't sign Marvels paychecks: