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X-men: Hero?s that reinforce stereotypes. ... In 1963, Marvel Comics released
its first issue of a series entitled ?The Uncanny X-men?. ...
Creative Writing: X-men. ... One group who attacks regular humans is the Acolytes,
formerly lead by the X-Men's oldest enemy, Magneto. ...
X-men. ... After all, isn?t that what the X-men have always been about, finding
true acceptance or at least peace with what you are? ...
... Yet no other character is as complex as the X-Men's villain, Magneto. ... Even though
he has helped and saved the X- men on several occasions. ...
... The X-Men are frequently attacked by the same people they are trying to protect
only because the public is frightened by the unfamiliar. ...
Submitted by hxcrusso on December 3, 2007
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Their Last Stand
It seems to be a foggy spring morning, as two strong willed men walk through the white picket fence door to have their first encounter with a class five discovery, re-starting a never ending battle for acceptance. After all, isn’t that what the X-men have always been about, finding true acceptance or at least peace with what you are? Acceptance now is becoming simplistic with the creation of a “cure” for mutants to become human, but mutants seem to think that there is nothing wrong with them. An enraged Magneto emerges as a result of the proposed threat of this so called “cure”, leading him to form a brotherhood with new allies and an army of mutants, to try to eradicate the “cure”. Forcing the X-men to make a choice weather to fight against the brotherhood to protect everyone they can, even those who discriminate against them, or to sit aside, just watching as the brotherhood bestows a new order. The director, Brett Ratner, seems to push forward the idea of acceptance being difficult to acquire, such that we feel as outcasts ourselves, and fall into the role of one of the characters.
The director uses many elements, we see examples through the brutal rapid-fire fighting scenes, and by setting it in a large arena-like ambient, which adds to the intensity, he commences to explore the affect the scene has on us, caused by an unknown world of gimmicks and special effects like, in a contained explosive fire or a birds-eye view to a brutal matched fight, with this we can fully experience the film. It causes us to sense spectacular clashes will occur and create havoc to its surroundings. In fighting scenes the director not only adds visual effect but he incorporates soft melodies to the background as to build suspense, the music slowly crescendos
adding a greater effect to the moment where all the action and sound, come and peak at the climax together. This is a very dynamic way to attract us, as the audience, into being...
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