the Dalaverse

Just got back from seeing "X-Men: First Class" (well, I stopped in at Austin Grill to see Megan and have a beer but anyway). Holy shit, you guys, IT WAS SO FUCKING AWESOME. I loved so very, very, very much about it.

James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender were even more well-cast than I'd hoped and I didn't think that was possible. They were absolutely perfect. And if your favorite thing about the X-movie franchise is the doomed friendship love between Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr, then this is the movie for you, my friend. The rest of the cast was good - lord, Kevin Bacon had some fun hamming it up supervillain-style - with the exception of January Jones. I've never seen "Mad Men," but judging from this and her abysmal job on SNL last year (worse host I have ever personally seen. At one point she asked for her line) she cannot act her way out of a paper bag. Makes me appreciate Rebecca Romijin anew, because she managed to pull off the kind of attitude you need for both Mystique and Emma Frost whilst naked and caked in thirty pounds of body makeup. Respect.

Alright, I'm just gonna break it down into random points of !!!!1! (and the couple of problems I had). This will get spoilery, and trust me, you do NOT want to be spoiled. ( spoilers are the next phase of evolution )

Okay, I think I've worked it all out. I dunno how many of you know this, but X-Men movieverse was my very first fandom (well, I discovered Star Wars fandom first, but I never wrote anything for it. That saw the light of day. What Mary Sues? These are not the Mary Sues you're looking for. Move along). I saw it because I was obsessed with the '90s cartoon series as a kid and fell hard for Logan/Rogue. I might still be a little OTP about them, honestly. So X3 cut me deeply, the Wolverine movie was just aight, and I'm so glad that this one was genuinely good.