Half in the Bag Episode 110: X-Men: Apocalypse

After cleaning up blood, Mike and Jay saw the new X-Men film!

[@filomenaa]

Moira is there to show Professor X has the not-gays

[@37Kilo2]

#MakeProfessorXHaveABoyfriend

[@cartoonhanks1708]

NO! he still has the gays.

[@RedaniaKnight-Elect]

no its the magneto

[@Deltachief118]

The quicksilver has a scene where he is clearly shown to have the not-gays

[@enigma19833]

Look at photos of the actress who played Eric's wife; she's literally a female James McAvoy. Magneto is totally in denial.

[@Drewgystew]

Watching this 6 years later and "Bryan Singer makes weird decisions" is one hell of an understatement.

[@TheTGOAC]

Thank you, yes did not age well

[@chloe1-2-3-4-5]

In Moira Mactaggert's defence, her presence as a love interest in X-Men: First Class was rather overshadowed by the intense sexual tension between Erik and Charles.

[@BryantheArchivist]

There was no sexual tension between them

[@graphicremoved2539]

@@BryantheArchivist There was no lack of sexual tension between them

[@Carlosdreamur]

@@BryantheArchivist there was an abundance of sexual tension between them

[@KANDYMANIAC]

@@BryantheArchivist hahahahahah... you’re dreaming.

[@user-zh4vo1kw1z]

Is it tension if it's all out there though?

[@PatstarDeluxe]

I love how you can tell Mike is genuinely impressed by Jay's pun but also obviously jealous he didn't come up with it.

[@Tetragrammaton22]

Yeah, bring up a moment in the video without putting a timestamp? Shame.

[@mr.greengenes1062]

13:59

[@IvanKisaragi]

@Mr. Green Genes That's not a pun but yeah, after the snort it's like he's mad he actually almost laughed at it too.

[@PatstarDeluxe]

@@IvanKisaragi That's right, I have no idea why that guy said 13:59 is a pun. It's the only pun Jay uses in the whole video: "Oscar Isaac ain't 'poe' no more!" towards the end

[@kamiboy]

Time to watch another review for a movie that I'll never watch.

[@Kylerinho]

You're fantastically edgy and cool.

[@AlexDDeLarge]

Why wouldn't you watch it? They recommended it. This entire trilogy (First Class/DOFTP/Apocalypse) are great. The other two are just better because they didn't do the whole "the world is ending" stuff.

[@Voeris1]

Your loss.

[@WayfaringAmoeba]

It's like that scene in Metropolitan. I don't watch films, I like good film criticism.

[@OneEyedKingg]

good for you

[@cgvapors963]

They joke about Apocalypse wiping out the earth, cleansing humanity, then sitting on a beach watching the sunset. They literally predicted Infinity War.

[@lead.farmer]

i think u failed to comprehend the meaning of the word predict.

[@ROYBGP]

cammy vega I think you're gay

[@obmarte3803]

@@marcori392 We're all gay.

[@Aedrion-]

@@lead.farmer What do you mean, this video was posted 2016. Infinity War was 2018.

[@lead.farmer]

@@Aedrion- two questions. one for you and one for me. for you: what year did xmen apocalypse come out? for me: how old are you? cuz if you're under 15, i dont wanna waste my time arguing with a child. you'll have plenty of time to learn about stuff from other places rather than the YT comment section.

[@stubert311]

"whats after that? ahh he'll just relax" is literally thanos's story

[@genericuser-1]

IKR! He even said watch the sun set!

[@92brunod]

@@eleSDSU did you reply to the wrong thread or something?

[@philiparmstrong7519]

Magneto trashes the whole world, and then at the end, Charles is like, ''Good to see you, old friend." Hahaha

[@TheLineCutter]

Finally! Now I can know how to feel about this movie!

[@F44B3]

That was sarcasm right?

[@peacexlove]

+F44B3 NO.

[@TheSEMAJ1117]

Whatever your opinion is THATS MY OPINION TOO!

[@xxczerxx]

+TheSEMAJ1117 Some of it was good, some of it was not so good! This is what I know.

[@Jatc93]

Damn you edgy son

[@zachkh]

Not only does Olivia Munn say nothing throughout the movie, her final scene is her staring at Magneto silently while walking backwards out of the frame.

[@batitony]

"I loved it in a way where Bryan Singer thought he was making something dark and serious and it turned out to be the shlock that I love" LOL that phrase kills me every time!

[@geneparmesan8748]

I found the whole "Apocalypse's magic turns Charles Xavier bald" thing quite silly - like, can any famously bald characters just go bald naturally these days? Young Lex Luthor goes bald in BVS because of Kyrptonite poisoning or something (which I know has been done in some comic storylines, but still). It's like baldness can only happen in films by some crazy freak accident. I guarantee you that if JJ Abrams reboots the Next Generation as a trilogy of movies, young Captain Picard is going to lose all his hair in some freak space accident that drives the plot forward.

[@evita0118]

Walter white?

[@athenajaxon2397]

Didn't they shave his head because he went to prison?

[@generallykaiden]

I said the exact same thing when Apocalypse made him go unnaturally bald.

[@Vaultboy101]

Nobody goes bald naturally in Hollywood.

[@Nixo66]

Screaming " IM A MONSTERRRRR"

[@Benlocsei]

Mike, admit your man-crush on Oscar Isaac allready.

[@matman000000]

Who isn't?

[@adamfrisk956]

I agree

[@JudasPriest9878]

He wants that juicy Oscar meat

[@Avocado11]

I saacly what I was thinking.

[@rorrt]

To be fair to the "we can all agree the 3rd one is always the worse" can also be taken to mean Apocalypse. Its the 3rd in the rebooted franchise.

[@Grubnar]

I just took it as a straight up Star Wars joke, as in , hey remember way back when Return of the Jedi was the worst Star Wars film, ha ha, those were they days.

[@rorrt]

What about Star Wars Holiday Special?

[@Grubnar]

"What about Star Wars Holiday Special?" What about it? It is not a film.

[@rorrt]

Shure it is..

[@rorrt]

***** I quite like it too... Especially the scenes with all the teddy bears.

[@wanderinghistorian]

You guys! That's not the only sci-fi thing Patrick Stewart's been in! He was also in Dune!

[@someguy209]

Apocalypse is the key to all of this. If we can just get him working, because hes a scarier villain than we've had before.

[@robgoc]

someguy209 well done sir.

[@arthurnordin6046]

"Bryan Singer makes such weird decisions" Jay Bauman, 2016

[@frankmerker630]

“Bryan Singer, taking chances” - Jay, 2016

[@ElijahColeman]

Three things that bugged me about the movie: 1. They show Apocalypse building the pyramid with his mind powers, yet his enemies were able to incorporate an intricate booby trap mechanism into the foundations to bring down the whole structure and trap/kill him. 2. The sun shining on the capstone seems to be what initiates Apocalypse's resurrection, seeing as how the worshippers have been going down there a lot but this has never happened before. But the rug covering the hole was left off by Moira; the worshippers were always good about recovering the hole after they went down. So it was Moira who caused this whole thing, but they never acknowledge that in the rest of the movie and she's completely fine with it, like "wow, this is totally happening now, gosh.." 3. Mystique's speech at the end about how they aren't students anymore, they're X-Men, is given only in the presence of Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Jean Gray, Storm, and maybe Quicksilver. Basically all the people who just saved the world together and almost died and stuff. Only one or two of them had ever been to the school before, so they weren't students to begin with. So how do they need this pep talk? I give her the benefit of the doubt and assume she's just workshopping that speech with the others, for when she has to give it to the kids who actually haven't seen any action yet.

[@tristan8940]

Nice on that last point. Would have been great if they closed the movie on that speech, then a short pause, and Cyclops says "Yeah, that was pretty good. A little hammy, but decent." CREDITS.

[@3amapplecam]

It is weird that this movie has a scene where he see a little girl and her mother impaled by a sharpened stick, and then later a kid with silver hair is moonwalking around an exploding mansion in slow motion set to "Sweet dreams are made of this".

[@SILVER-zf2hu]

"impaled by a sharpened stick." I believe that is called an arrow

[@petecamacho3513]

@@SILVER-zf2hu only if its fired aka missile

[@DarthVader1977]

he sees* a little girl

[@grayfm]

Pete Camacho lol an arrow is an arrow no matter how it’s used. The difference between a spear and an arrow are the stabilization fins and usually size. You can use an arrow as a spear but it’s still an arrow, well and I guess it would now be a spear as well.

[@cannonfodder4000]

what do you mean?

[@nickfoppiano9406]

Olivia Munn-dane

[@frankmerker630]

Olivia Done

[@glumauig21]

Olivia None

[@adamfrisk956]

OliviAAAAAIIIIIIIIDDDDDDSSSSSSSSS!

[@KeeblerElvesYaoi]

Mike seems to be much more knowledgeable about X-Men lore than that of other comics.

[@CalebCrazyVampire]

probably he was a fan of the 90s cartoon

[@petecamacho3513]

@@CalebCrazyVampire mike is an omega level mutant.

[@user-hf9hf6hw8j]

I'd argue Mr plinkett is omega level, Mike is slightly less. Then Jay.

[@travismcnasty4239]

It's because Mike is a mutant.

[@drobinson-uo7ic]

Rich Evans is alpha and omega level

[@ArsonBjork]

Psylocke puts the mute in mutant

[@azzystillborne9125]

Arson Bjork lol

[@_Azagoth_]

hey look its you!

[@EddyOfTheMaelstrom]

Slide whistle

[@PatrickBoyda]

15:38 "Wipe everything out. But what's after that?" "Then you just relax." RLM predicts the ending of Infinity War two years in advance

[@bloodrunsclear]

They actually made Cyclops's eye beams CONCUSSIVE blasts! This is great. A little too often people make it out like he has heat vision.

[@DIEGhostfish]

If I ever meet Patric Stewart I am totally going to pretend I only know him from Life Force.

[@TheTGOAC]

Tell him he was great in Green Room and you really sympathize with his characters beliefs. Bet that'll throw him for a loop.

[@roblynch2810]

way more positive than I expected

[@donnylurch4207]

I never knew the tune at the end to HITB was stock music, until I heard the same sample in an unrelated podcast theme song contest entry.

[@TheMetalAllfather]

Charles: you've killed HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of people, Erik. You must be stopped. Magneto: Sorry about that old chap. I was a bit chuffed at the moment. Charles: Carry on then. Magneto: Hmm. Indeed. Until next time Charles. Good tidings old chap. Charles: yes. Quite. Cheerio.

[@saint4life09]

Chuffed means pleased or happy though

[@cyberparrot]

they say that syndicates of wizards have arranged a boycott of imperial goods, in the land of the altmer

[@StinkyDinky_]

wow im so glad munn wasnt the girlfriend in deadpool, Morena Baccarin fits the role so much better and did such a great job. I've never seen munn stand out in anything.

[@marcodetter5782]

She was great stuffing her mouth with sausages.

[@spooplegeist5260]

Yeah, but she got 13 year old me to watch Attack of the Show and the rest of G4’s shit programming, so I guess everyone has a job to fill.

[@TrueNubinator]

She’s pretty good in NewsRoom

[@GritsnBeans]

That joke about the 3rd sequel always being the worst may have been about the original trilogy but it ended up kinda foreshadowing this movie.

[@benabramowitz18]

Well, just wait until you see Dark Phoenix.

[@GreenhornProductions]

It's also true for the Wolverine trilogy... ...Just kidding

[@RobTunes]

I love how Mike was like "let's not spoil this one scene" and Jay's like "I'm gonna spoil that scene in 60 seconds"

[@athenajaxon2397]

The worst part was Quicksilver never telling Magento he was his son

[@chacondetunaerma]

Who the heck Is Magento ?

[@TheTGOAC]

@@lilwerner1518 Blues Clues has gotten super progressive these days, hasn't it?

[@nathansalinas9066]

I wanted the movie to end like 30 minutes in

[@Steffen744]

Same here. So fucking boring!

[@mnbc989]

Thank you; this thing was a mess, and made very little sense

[@mnbc989]

***** It really is, i've been trying to decide if BvS is better or worse; some of the dialogue options....

[@Steffen744]

mnbc989 I still think BvS is worse. Not by much though. Both are complete shit!

[@mnbc989]

Steffen Pabst Yeah

[@matman000000]

The X-Men now officially have a more convoluted timeline than Terminator.

[@defyU]

@@twistedoperator4422 hahahahahahahahah

[@sada0101]

Terminator: "Hold my Back"

[@travismcnasty4239]

Cyclops... But that's a different guy!

[@ely_oh]

RLM literally predicted Infinity War's ending. What the fuck. 😂

[@lajospapp258]

How the fuck did Mike remember Moira Mctaggert from X3 when he sometimes forgets even what segment they're doing?

[@vanillajack5925]

Nothing can top the version of Apocalypse from the animated series, he was epic.

[@TheBinarySon]

Mike tries not to spoil the Magneto family death scene, then Jay just plows through it. Nice one, Jay.

[@AlgaeEater09]

He literally warns you by saying “spoilers”. You fucking moron

[@romera27]

Mike is more knowledgeable in comics than I thought.

[@frankmerker630]

That’s because Mike is an actual nerd

[@danp703]

"X-men: Days of future pants"

[@jacobscarberry4799]

X-Men: A-Pant-alypse

[@jacobscarberry4799]

@Dan Manno Pants-Men Origins: Pantsorine

[@Wisconsam2117]

More like "X-Men: A-Schlock-alypse".

[@first-officerspock6191]

The quicksilver scene was awesome.

[@first-officerspock6191]

Oh and does anyone know when the Plinkett review will be out?

[@kintamas4425]

Quicksilver is usually a win. The MCU one was an embarrassment, though, because no self-respecting speedster should die to bullets.

[@Veed.l0]

wow Mike seems much more well informed in comics

[@NerdGlasses18]

he's a fucking nerd that's why

[@arbitor365]

he probably just watched a lot of the xmen cartoon in the 80s

[@kd9262]

90's

[@aaronwebb1548]

*his 80s

[@sithandra]

Mike totally calls out what Thanos ends up doing at the end of Infinity War in this video.

[@JoaqMan]

This movie is balls. I'm shocked Mike like this.

[@Wilburgur]

36:20 This never fails to make me laugh

[@jukeboxfandango]

It makes me laugh and then it makes me cry, because I'm a Moon Knight fan

[@craiggilmore92]

Can we just spare a moment to appreciate Mike's comedy genius, and how much better Apocalypse would've been had "My House" by Flo Ride actually started playing after Xavier said, "Welcome to MY house, BITCH!"

[@willis936]

3:15 That sounds like a bad romance novel for middle aged film critics: "The schlock that I love".

[@FreshmakerWitz]

I love how I can't enjoy the forest scene because the Polish spoken in it (nevermind Fassbender, the police guys are way worse) is cringeworthy. For a good analogy - imagine a misunderstood French poet playing a Texas rancher. That's the level of writing and delivery in there.

[@pyeclam]

Usually, studios will hire whoever can kind of speak the language as an extra. It's more important that the extras understand English so they can listen to directions. Pretty much every Chinese extra I've seen in films has had terrible Chinese because they're American. They're not going to waste time looking for someone who can speak fluently because less than 1% of the viewers notice it sucks.

[@FreshmakerWitz]

+pyeclam I sure understand it. It's just that this time I'm the less than 1% so I was able to actually notice how it works. On the other hand - for a multi million blockbuster doing such a thing right would be a relatively small cost. That said - X-Men is not a multi language movie so they did't have to do it right. But for example Inglorious Basterds would basically be trash if not for the linguistic procifiency.

[@michalrogalski666]

Imagine how Germans or Russians must feel seeing that in almost every single one of the Hollywood movies that has German or Russian in it.

[@arthurballs7083]

In a cab in Lublin recently. Driver had lived in UK for a time. He had me on hysterics; he had not only the cockney/estury and Yorkshire accents nailed, he knew loads of colloquisms for each.

[@doger944]

The x men movies are terrible for this. Jennifer Lawrence's Vietnamese in Days of Future Past was literal gibberish.

[@FernandoGastelo]

the amount of lightning on this show is massive. Jay has a celestial aura on all his closeups, like hair or teeth product commercial

[@TrueNubinator]

Is it weird how much emotion Jay puts in his voice when he’s describing Wolverine stabbing people…

[@arbitor365]

"schlock clown." Goddamn, Mike is a savage

[@caseytrelka0]

I actually had a better time with this than Civil War, Civil War was enjoyable, but this was schlocky fun

[@caseytrelka0]

Jennifer Lawrence was the worst part

[@caseytrelka0]

The puns in this were great

[@caseytrelka0]

*****

[@Nolanlvr]

Then you have terrible taste. Do you like Bieber more than the Beatles too?

[@Videogamestwin]

You compared Civil War to the Beatles ? Dude, you know that movies existed before the superhero movie craze right ?

[@Noble713]

"That, uh, Everything Wrong With is gonna have a field day with this one." LULZ

[@cibinomin6540]

LOLEZ

[@egoscribo]

Who? The police? We killed apocalypse. Hahahah

[@Pat4ever.]

Uhh we're here to serve you a warrant, Professor..

[@Cloud_Stratus]

Always nice to see Mike this happy.

[@CurrieGOAT]

Which will happen first, the next X-men movie or the next Mr Plinkett review? .......... Never mind.

[@CurrieGOAT]

Crunchyscarf It's been years....literal YEARS! The last Plinkett review was in 2014. Don't get me wrong they can do what they want, It's their channel but God damn thats a long ass time!! I don't think It's unreasonable of me to wonder if they're ever gonna make another one...Or is it? Is it? Where am I? What am I even doing??? It's like I don't even know who I am anymore!

[@MrGMoney1944]

+Crunchyscarf What are you talking about Rich Evans is not allowed to leave the premise due to a court ordered house arrest.

[@SonnyViceR]

The last "real" Plinkett review was in 2012 (Titanic), the Star Trek/Wars afterwards has been just short filler

[@sada0101]

Voila!

[@bozotehpwns]

Is this replacing RE:View???

[@JustinSmith-eo5cb]

This would never replace Re:View. Their channel was built off of that show.

[@definitelynotofficial7350]

No. It's replacing the Grabowskis.

[@ToastyRoyale]

I smell a dank new meme.

[@SykoFox]

I'm always bummed when I remember the Grabowskis is never coming back.

[@TheGuy735]

+Justin Smith Do you not get the joke?

[@V4Now]

Cartoon Apocalpse is too good to be matched.

[@frankmerker630]

That voice acting is pretty great

[@pancakemuncher66]

I can't believe Jay liked the scene with magneto's family. Their deaths were slapstick

[@AnthonyAvon]

When IS your next review? I mean, come on.

[@grahamrichardson9620]

I have inside information. It's coming out tomorrow. For real.

[@ImTheBigRed]

+Graham Richardson inside information .. Oh god

[@AnthonyAvon]

The accent would be on the word IS.

[@arthurhudson2]

You didn't hear? It comes out tomorrow.

[@DangerMenace]

stfuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@FutebolCrew402]

So was Apocalypse supposed to be a villain in this? Sure, he did kill a few factory workers but he did rid the entire world of ALL nuclear weapons. Have the combined efforts of all the X-men in all the movies ever amounted to something so heroic and praiseworthy?

[@ewok0075]

Superman rids the world of a nuclear weapons in Superman 4 and that was a good thing so maybe Apocalypse is just a Christopher Reeves fan.

[@JeanMarceaux]

@@ewok0075 can't wait for Apocalypse to end up in a wheelchair.

[@standup109]

That moment at the end when Jay is finally noticed by Stoklasa-Senpai.

[@St_Elmos_Fire]

"Days of future pants wipes the slate clean." Those pants were so dirty, whole plotlines were replaced

[@Prof_Tickles92]

Jay thought the Auswitz scene at the beginning of X-men was tasteless?!? Really? Because that well executed scene, showed me that this individual Erik Lehnsherr is given a heroic right to be a bastard.

[@tristan8940]

It's key to not only Magneto's character, but the moral dilemma of... the entire X-Men universe. That bit had me scratching my head too... like, no Jay, it's not Schindler's list but they're not making it farcical or squeaky clean.

[@Douglas_Props]

Its also supports the idea that victims of tragedy bread more tragedy. Its a chain reaction

[@TheZigzagman]

There's no subtilty to it. The exact same effect could be achieved by showing numbers tattooed on his arm. Instead they show a crying child being separated from his mother by literal Nazis. It sets a really weird tone. Plus it's emotionally manipulative. That scene exists entirely to make you care about Magneto as a person, something that Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart accomplish in their first scene together.

[@stazz316]

jesus christ that reaction to Jays joke about canadian wolverine is just perfect I love you Mike

[@frankmerker630]

It’s straight out of space cop

[@yohimbe60]

One thing that annoyed me was when Magneto's wife and child are killed. The guy is using a very simple bow and when he accidently fired the arrow, it looked as if it were pulled back an inch or two yet still was able to skewer both?

[@jrd33]

Yup. I hate one-in-a-million events that are required to make the story work. Just lazy.

[@aaronwebb1548]

@@jrd33 If I've learned anything from all my years reading fantasy novels and watching action films, million to one shots happen to work nine times out of ten. The tough part is making sure it's *exactly* a million to one shot.

[@jrd33]

@@aaronwebb1548 I assume you're referencing Pratchett.

[@aaronwebb1548]

@@jrd33 Sure am, I think his concepts are well worth spreading far and wide. GNU Terry Pratchett

[@monsterstereo]

In this episode of half in the bag, mike has a sinus infection

[@danishrammstein]

Oh dear. Looks like my suicide is postponed for 37 minutes

[@hinasakukimi]

...

[@sanchoblackout693]

seek help aka the last 109 episodes

[@fanboysforever]

I'm right with Mike on this one. I feel like they made this movie just for me and I absolutely loved it's schlock and goofy fun mixed with these wonderful dramatic beats. So excellent and so much fun!

[@jsokobo]

Mike enjoying this more than Civil War will forever be a source of pain for me

[@MiguelVicoR]

Lol Everyone else gets armor and enhanced powers from apocalipse, what does Olivia Munn get? a latex leotard! I would call HR

[@timjingoro9139]

I like the X-Men films more than the MCU films. They just make more of an impression on me. They're either memorably good, or memorably schlocky. I watch MCU films and usually find them well done and competently acted and put together. But there's always this underlying sense of "I feel satisfied with this product I've paid for. And now I'm ready to be apathetic towards it and never think about it again." Like a plastic disposable spoon made in China. The only exceptions are probably Iron Man 1 and Guardians of the Galaxy. They felt like they actually had a soul.

[@gianni206]

when they made a jab at the third movie in the trilogy, I thought they were saying that for this movie as well, because it's apart of it's own new X-Men trilogy. Like Bryan Singer knew the studios forced him to make an overpopulated character schlock, and didn't care the entire way XD

[@agentofchaos7456]

That’s kinda what happened.

[@loganisanerd5566]

That ending.. god- I love seeing you guys break character when you get laughing.

[@shepja87]

15:30 - 15:49 Red Letter Media predict the end of Infinity War with Thanos years before release

[@shiftees]

I think the jab at 3rd movies sucking was also as this was the 3rd in the new reboot series.

[@nickmattio3397]

X-men: Days of Future Pants.

[@deadislander0167]

Beast ages slowly because he had tried to cure himself with mystics genes

[@hysteria347]

I had a blast watching this movie.

[@lucasalce6010]

I just left the theater... I feel like this review will be better than the movie

[@pattypcollins]

I can't believe anyone could find this more entertaining than Civil War.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

12:45 That's actually canon - one of the side-effects of Mystique's mutant ability as a shapeshifter is that her cells can generate and regenerate themselves at will, which theoretically, could allow her to live forever, provided she doesn't get killed first. She's commented that she's at least a century old in the comics.

[@TheVonjunk]

Come on guys, Patrick Stewart was in Dune!

[@irrelevantFJS]

@@PeterParker-yg6fc Wow buddy. r/woosh

[@pksstr]

The joke is on Star Trek, not Dune

[@aidanbrown72]

Mr Plinkett needs to pay off his Student Loans before giving us a review, And don't give me that "he didn't go to school" bs, if he can send you Pizza rolls through a webzone, he definetly has at least a bachelors degree

[@MrGMoney1944]

He got a degree in textiles.

[@PepsiHotdog]

he never sent me my fucking pizza roll, the hack fraud.

[@Uhohlisa]

They desperately needed Rich and what's-his-face to teach them about X-Men a little.

[@thundercleez7699]

that jeff

[@frankmerker630]

Rich said that he never watched this movie in their Justice League review

[@turnerivey640]

i want a scientist man explains x men apocalypse

[@NormalLee67]

Scientist Man explaining anything would be great.

[@huismands]

9:08 Mike totally blew it. "Olivia Munn, more like Olivia Munn-dane"

[@bryangrabauskas9439]

"I don't know Apocalypse's motivation" -- immediately plays scene with him explaining his motivation....

[@gregtronica3569]

that was just him explaining his plan, not why he wants that shit to happen

[@VakieF1]

"What the hell does Apocalypse want?" That information was indeed told to the audience through the magic of dialogue, which you had to pay attention to so you would hear the words said by him and thus understand what he wants. There are plenty of problems with the movie, but this was not one of them.

[@Tacos299]

+MrBKainX he wanted to take over the world by transfering into Xavier and using his mind powers to mind control everyone to be under his rule

[@VakieF1]

He is all about evolution and survival of the fittest, he wants to kill off the weak ones and let the strongest survive, this is all in his dialogue in the film. If he wanted to kill everyone, he would've done it with those nukes but he just launched them into space. He wants the telepathic power from Charles because then he is basically undefeatable and can do anything he wants.

[@lodestarrobot]

+Tacos299 but wasn't there something about cleansing

[@VakieF1]

+lodestarrobot Yes, "We will cleanse this Earth for the strongest." As in, we will kill all the weak ones. They even quote it from the trailer in this video at 6:10.

[@budbudley]

I think that was one of the nice touches in the film. Apocalypse was betrayed because he couldn't read minds, so that's the one power he needs to rule again and not get betrayed. He said that. Xavier even highlighted it at the end, that Apocalypse fails because he's alone.

[@benaycock1646]

“Days of Future Pants” lmfao

[@joshuac5537]

I can’t believe it’s been 6 years since this deuce dropped. Time flies

[@Dutchyy]

I don't understand how anyone could watch this movie and not know what Apocalypse's motivation was. He was an ancient god worshiped by the known world of humans, he saw it as mutants ruling humans. He wakes up, watches some TV, and realizes what he has been missing for all these centuries. He wants to cleanse the world of tasteless humans, and take it back for mutants. Being able to control everyone's mind would make it even easier to do so, and then achieve his real goal of merging Shaquille O'neal with Wolverine's mutation, so he can have an everlasting supply of succulent juicy Shaq meat. The scene after the credits goes on to confirm this, as the Essex corporation is funded by an industry of juicy Shaq meat sales, which funds Mr. Sinister's research. You guys really should bring in Rich on these comic book movies, because neither of you seem to understand them. He can set you straight.

[@user-wt4fu4rz1j]

this got me so much

[@hoshkins]

Why would the Auschwitz scene be tasteless? It was excellent exposition for Magneto and the lessons he learned directly influenced his actions in the movie.

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

I just started watching this channel in the past few weeks, but I could listen to these 2 guys talk for 10 minutes about stuff I'm interested in.

[@whenneeded551]

I keep re-watching the last couple of minutes. It's great.

[@edoardocornacchini2567]

IT CAME

[@goodcitizen477]

Love these guys. All your reviews are great. Love the best of the worst too, and all the variants. Keep it up guys

[@GiggleGeezer]

the last minute is pure gold, thanks guys

[@TeamQuabs]

what was ironic for me about that jab at xmen 3, was that this was the worst of the last 3 x men movies

[@reevohere]

I thought the same thing. I said out loud during the movie, "Hey! Spot on Jean."

[@TeamQuabs]

***** i thought that at first, but x men three was the one not directed by brian singer

[@Lone432345]

Yes we got it already.

[@ChrisDynamo]

X3 is better than DOFP and apparently this too, so that's why it's ironic. A decent enough film, flawed and vastly inferior to its predecessor as it may be, is better than two empty nothings.

[@thomas9451]

Except X-Men Apocalypse is a much better movie than shitty X3... it goes DOFP > First Class > X2 > Apocalypse > X1 > X3