MY apocalypse is the one depicted in the 1990's Xmen. His threatening biblical quotes, his ruthlessness, his crazy unstopable powers, and his voice actor RIP delivered that emotion of superiority even in the face of setbacks. "There is no freedom from me. There is only freedom THROUGH ME"
*goosebumps* Yes!! That's my vision of Apocalypse as well. There was only 2 or 3 quotes, imo, that the movie version reminded me of the 90s version. Not much, but when it did.... I was like "ahhhh, there he is".
Yeah! I was hoping for a 2 or 3 part movie to slowly add the tension and drama of it all as apocalypse in the comics rarely does it like in the movies, he manipulates from behind the shadows, was hoping for that where after peeling away the layers they find the ultimate bad guy is apocalypse and he is at full power and difficult to beat. This movie apocalypse was quite tame, Phoenix burned him like a campfire marshmallow.
+koyuki4848 me too, that is why I wanted sinister before apocalypse. sinister would have been good enough to be a villain with henchmen for the X-Men to locate, figure out and fight. The end would be sinister retreating, then realising he was going manipulated. The second movie would be the hunt for sinister, while sinister hunts who was manipulating him, while mystique fights the x men and with some of the group being the either sinister's men or horsemen. it turns to a big 4/5 way fight, and then boils down to where they all realize they are all being manipulated. and ends with the warning from the beginning of transformers 2... they were informed that they were all manipulated into bringing about the apocalypse. third movie, they kinda truce to stop the apocalypse. the horse men reveal themselves. revealed in the middle of the movie, the apocalypse is not an event, but person.
I like the reasoning that Apocalypse gained his powers through possessing consecutive powerful mutants, that was a good touch and gave the excuse for him having whatever power the plot required.
seen the movie. (wont spoil anything) Of course, because of film rights limitations, the movie version of Apocalypse - does not have as rich a back story and power set as explained in this video. Instead, he sort of has powers that are plot "convenient" - (although a small explanation was given for them.) Powers and character background aside, While Issacs brings a good performance, his portrayal as Apocalypse comes off more as an omnipotent weirdo, rather than an intimidating almost hulking presence he has been shown to have in comics, games, and the cartoons.
I wouldn't be surprised if his abilities in the film where lifted directly from the Ultimate comics rather than the 616 comics. In the Ultimate comics, he's more of a parasite than his 616 version in that if he likes your powers, he'll suck them right out of you on the spot and add them to his own (he gains near unstoppable regeneration by ripping it out of Wolverine). Plus he's got this insane Doomsday ability to high speed evolve his body to become immune to types of damage being done to it, gaining armor after tanking missiles from a military unit. The irony is that he is defeated the same was he was in the film.....by pissing off a very strong bird.
Apocalypse in the comics is on par with thanos without the infinity glove if you ask me, but this movie version was, to me, the Ivan Ooze that I first saw in the first pic
Apocalypse hanging out with Uatu, now THAT is something I want to see in the movies! Hey Rob, this is one of your more traditional videos, and I love it.
The movie version was inferior in every way because the writers and director had no comprehension or interest in canon or abilities of Apocalypse except for footnotes brought in by a secretary or two.
I agree with that. They didn't even get cyclops' powers right. When he takes of the glasses he can't focus the beams. They made it so there is no reason for him to even have a visor.
A correction with where Stryfe and BIshop beat Apocalypse. He was actually already weakened when they combined their forced to defeat him. But during messiah war when Archangel used some of his feathers to help rejuvenate Apocalypse he came back fully powered and beat the literal shit out of Stryfe. Though Stryfe is strong, against a fully powered Apocalypse he is completely outclassed.
Tis true. That was his whole plan in executioner's song as well. He pretty much "Bane-ed" Apocalypse (in reference to Dc's Knightfall for those you don't get it).
X-men Apocalypse. It wasn't as good as the last two, but it was miles ahead of any of the bad X-men films. A solid middle of the road super hero movie, like a Thor movie, or Iron Man 2. As far as Apocalypse as a character goes. The movie did him as well as could be done in one movie. To do him right, he needs an entire movie based on Cable to introduce him, then maybe another one to introduce his origin, then a separate one to show him fighting the X-men. They couldn't do all of that, so they did well with what they had. What would be fucking cool though is if they had a future version of the current X-men with Cable incorporated Cyclops and Jean Grey and filled out the back story for Apocalypse after the Apocalypse movie. That would be fun.
actually they could have added cable in the beginning, this movie did not do Apocalypse justice and the Phoenix thing was the same as last stand which sucked. Phoenix is not born in Jean grey
I feel like X-Men apocalypse should've been split into 2 parts,that way all the characters would've had the proper development,which imo is one of the problems in this X-Men movie
I interpreted this is Fox saying, this is our continuity of Jean Grey, and we're keeping this version of her within our X-Men universe, as opposed to reverting back to the comic origins just because people want it so.
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Oscar Isaac is an amazing Actor and I loved all his big dumb speeches and rants. He felt like an amazing fit as apocalypse and and in all honesty, I hope we see a merging of the cinematic multiverses so we can have the celestials come into play in the X-Men and Avengers movies.
when stryfe beat Apocalyspe in messiah war he wasn't at full power bishop states in the future Apocalypse becomes the most powerful being to ever walk the earth and rules it with an iron fist he said stryfe had tried to beat Apocalypse at his best and failed so he and stryfe went and fought Apocalypse at his weakest and it took stryfe and bishop to beat Apocalypse at his weakest which shows that even at his weakest form he can beat an omega level mutant like stryfe.
I kind of didn't like the movie. Their Apocalypse didn't hardly do shit. Most of the fights were just the cast standing around screaming at each other while the special effects team jerks off around them. There is only ONE line in the whole movie where Apocalypse SOUNDS like Apocalypse. The rest of the time he's just trying to do a suppressed whisper sort-of thing. The majority of the "bad guys" screen time is them teleporting around and then posing menacingly for the camera. They turned Magneto into a bitch, and his big part is just hanging in the air with said SFX masturbation going on around him. And his "power enhancements" were bullshit. I can go on but you get the idea. The movie is what would pass for a good X-Men movie 16 years ago when all it had to do was vaguely resemble the source material.
I was also annoyed by magneto's power in this movie. *spoilers* him simply just throwing pipes at Apocalypse is bullshit. He should've ripped apocalypse in half...like he did in the comics. The fact that he's damn near in his late 40's and still had to have his powers augmented to levels he should normally attain is quite annoying.
F'n A, mate! Damn good review of the movie and I completely agree. I might have gave it better ratings, but I'm on still on that Civil War hype. With CW & XM:A coming out only weeks from each other.... we all knew FOX wasn't going to deliver a spectacular showing like the Civil War. I had hopes for XMA and actually saw it Thursday night. I love my X-Men, but this wasn't all that great. It's exactly as the OP said: bunch of standing around and shizz. Lastly, I wasn't a big fan of Psylocke. There, I said it. She was one of my favs in the comics, but .... just wasn't a big fan of hers on the big screen. Maybe bc Munn... idk.
I know exactly how you feel, if they would have just kept his powers more in like with what he is like in the comics the fight scenes could have been so much better.
I agree, the movie was shit. Apocalypse had to dialogue where I found myself hanging on to every word he spoke. He hardly did anything in the film plus Apocalypse is a villain that deserves some build up like Thanos in the Marvel movies. They could have found a way to sneak him into some movies making references of him and finally leading to a movie with a proper back story. Movie fans could have seen where he got his ideology from so they wouldn't think he was just a "I hate the world so I must destroy it" type of villain.
not wrong , comedic genius as well as excellent plot device too bad disney and fox and copyright has people at wits about calling the Scarlet Witch a mutant and talking about her in the X-Men movies.
I LOVE Bobby's transformation. As a B-list mutant who could cover his body in snow at the start of his life, to one of the most powerful Omega-Level Mutants in the Marvel Universe; just absolute proof that any mutant can reach a peak of power unlike any other if they work towards it.
I absolutely love all of your videos. It is pretty much all I have been watching for the past month. I have also been sharing them with my friends.... I was wondering is their potential for a video that would link together the end of the Age of Ultron event, Spider-Verse and the Incursions that lead to Secret Wars?
Really enjoyed this video. Would love other videos of characters powers explained along with feats of those powers. Would be awesome. Keep the great content coming.
Apocalypse in xmen was actually better than I thought. I had the concerns about why they made him look like someone out of power rangers but no he was pretty awesome
He probably was and here's my argument: Just as you pointed out, as far as his powers go we don't know what is the suit and what is apocalypse himself, making the suit argument meaningless. What we do know however is that they say in the comics that he's the most powerful mutant to have ever lived. This is probably not true any more as many god level mutants have been introduced since the 60s but it would still suggest that he should be up there with the rest of the omegas. We also never seen apocalypse at full power so we have no idea how powerful he really is.
Some of these powers have such enormous scope and with no examples it's pretty hard to imagine even with all the comprehensive chronological explanations you give, cause it's still pretty all over the place. A series either devoted to specific types of powers with examples and explanations would be cool, if not on a per character basis.
As a video idea/suggestion, I think it would be cool to cover large/extreme events in either DC or Marvel that are cosmic/universal and/or multiversal, I.E. the Blackest Night. Love the videos, please keep them up.
Glad to.c someone use the 90s apocalypse trading card pic, by far imo the best drawn most badass looking version of apocalypse and the background even tho u cant tell on the video has some awesome skulls in smoke like that just compliments his design on the card perfect. I had to drag out my old collection and rummage threw them to see what others i had firgot about. Weapon x is a badass lookin card also
8:30 Why do people keep thinking that Apocalypse can die? You cannot die if you are immortal. This is simply due to different writers have different renderings of Apocalypse.
kinda wish you pointed out in detail how easy apocalypse beat stryfe at full strength and it took both bishop and stryfe to use the I er full power to beat apocalypse at his weakest while trying to rejuvenate..overall good video
LOVED the movie. It was, for me, the best X-men movie to date. Apocalypse is such a big part of that for me. LOVED it. I think the studios have to take license with the properties they own, so it's fine that it wasn't EXACTLY like the stories we remember from the comics or the 90's TV show.
Not gonna lie I'd love to have Apocalypse's powers! His abilities in X-Men Apocalypse were amazing! I do believe had he actually taken his time instead of rushing then he'd have won and the world would be his again
Well, the apocalypse from the movie had some new powers I cannot recall seeing from the character. Rather than controlling his own molecules, changing his size and form, he was able to disassemble inanimate structures and become a force of erosion essentially. He is able to ..not quite phase people into solid objects, but place them into them as if they were liquid, and then solidify them. The technopathy is still there. He's kind of a reality warper. Why he couldn't do this to living matter is left as a giant plot hole, but whatever. His mentality is the same. He is alone. He alone deserves to be the ruler above all, because he is the mightiest. He is god. Because otherwise, he is a slave, hated by other slaves. How they set up conflict with Xavier and how they make his philosophy resonate with the kind Magneto portrays in some stories makes for a great movie. In a way, I feel sorry for him. I wish they had spelled out why he felt so alone and driven to his conclusions -- could have given Magneto a chance to differentiate himself. Its implied, but not everyone will get that.
Apocalypse in the movie was a bit OP... all of his powers were out of convenience. They should have given him a bit more backstory to explain his technopathy, perhaps by throwing some Celestials into the film (which could have easily added context to Guardians of the Galaxy or the 4th installment rumored to be the Dark Phoenix Saga), but unfortunately, the audience was left to make too many assumptions about him. We got the impression that he was able to accumulate a vast amount of abilities simply because he could transfer his essence into another body and consume their powers. This pretty much makes him The Highlander, right? lol. For the die-hard X-Men fans who know all the backstories, the movie was just a lot of fun and did its job at being a solid Third Act action movie with a little Darth Vader-style redemption of Magneto thrown in. If you watched the X-Men animated series growing up, the film was a nice steak dinner in comparison.
I have a huge boot to shove up Fox's ass, they have all this material and they fuck it straight up, they can't see the huge cash cow if they make a deal with marvel and just bring the real comics to life.
wtf he was a weak bitch, I don't remember a scene where he actually fought, only remember him saying he's gonna take over the world then taking a nap to switch bodies with professor x, disappointing
Not too different from the comics honestly. Apocalypse rarely gets involved in fist fights. He usually employs some advanced technology to defeat his foes or sends in the Horsemen. Besides, in the movie, any time there was a 1v1 moment, Apocalypse always came out on top. Nobody except Phoenix could stop him. That's OP.
Hey, Rob, I know I'm always in the comments section of your videos, so my apologies for appearing...annoying. However, I have a smalll suggestion for a video: DC's Hercules/Greek Mythology vs. Marvel's Hercules/Greek Mythology. I just thought about it, thinking that it would be an interesting video to put together. Again, my apologies for constantly appearing in your comments. I know that I can get annoying.
Honestly he needs a whole movie or animation telling his story it is so freakin good he could be the best Marvel villian if not only in the comic we know his background in shows we just know "he is ancient and all powerful" like if we can get a sense of both empathy and feel threatened from the character I feel like would make one of the best villian
I feel the movie version was more like the entry level Apocolypse. He should be bigger and more powerful in future movies, if they make them with him in it.
Hey Rob! Can you do a video explaining the new Thunderbolts with Punisher, Deadpool, Elektra, etc.? Been wanting know if I should get into reading it :)
Your opening was absolutely perfect. "What is going on, guys?" Yeah, What is going on over at Marvel? Are they purposefully distancing themselves from MCU? Cap is literally still battling oversight and tyranny in theaters. Explain that. Explain the fact that Cap has one superpower. No, it has nothing to do with the Super Soldier program. It isn't his "Peak human performance", nor his superior tactical abilities, nor his mastery of combat styles. Friggin everyone in the Marvel universe has those. Aunt May probably is a tactical genius. Caps super power is that he is infinetly trustworthy. He is everything we should be. What the actual frac are they thinking by taking away his super power?
So a question for you Rob, if The Twelve storyline had worked and Apocalypse had achieved Godhood. With all of the Twelve's powers at his disposal, alongside his own and the mind and body of X-Man, where would he be on your Hierarchy? Could anyone stop him??
Juan Mejia Jean was among the Twelve that Apocalypse would have absorbed. The Full list of The Twelve Mutants Apocalypse would have absorbed: Magneto Polaris Storm Sunfire Iceman Cyclops Phoenix Cable Bishop Mikhail Rasputin Professor X Living Monolith Meanwhile transferring his mind into the body of X-Man, adding his power in there too.
ComicsExplained It's such a shame every time Apocalypse gets within reach of his full potential, he ends up with worse luck than Dr. Doom. I mean that future story you mention, he gets Stryfe's body at the end. Will they ever come back to *that* Apocalypse? Doubtful...
Can you make a video about the Joker being the Comedian theory? Also, could be wrong, but you haven't made any videos that are solely based on the origin of the watchmen?
One thing I don't understand is this ,why does Apocalypse stay on earth ? After gaining celestial knowledge what would be the point of staying on earth does he fear leaving behind the earth when he could start over on another world without waiting for thousands of years.
zlistcelebrity to do apocalypse right he needs a post credit scene being found as a child. A post credit of him and kang. An opening scene in a cable film/a post credit interfacing with ship. A post credit wandering the world/ creating mr sinister and a post credit creating a horseman. Or at least that's how I'd do it. Create a picture of his life cycle that can be used to expand to kang and the young avengers. He also gets to be part of the sentinel, Phoenix and house of M story. I don't see MCU using onslaught. I'd like to see MCU using house of M to explain the current lack of mutants along with xaviers mind wipe. I mean it wouldn't be unreasonable to make the "miracles" mutants by saying they only survived experiments due to the X gene. And the trauma of the stark missile combined with the experiments awakened their powers.
michael clark Duncan would have been awesome as apocalypse he was huge with a very deep and imposing voice loved him in the green mile and green lantern
What I would like to see is what if a different mutant found the ship that gave Apoc his extra powers? Which one of the X-men would be improved the most? (I'm thinking Storm for worldwide control, or Kitty Hawk to be able to disappear through solid matter to avoid damage)
For Cap'n, it's literally just in this most recent issue he says "hail hydra". It's just a plot twist and everyone is freaking out (b/c of Cap'ns origins and what he stands for). I mean let's be honest, at the end of this Marvel is just going to throw in some mind control or clone to explain their bs.
In Earth X the Red Skull explains to Cap that the super soldier experiment was to be the start of the nazi super human program. Cap got so pissed he killed him. It kind of makes sense though. Do I believe this will continue with cap actually serving hydra in the long run? Absolutely not.
Rob you should do one on The Hulk .And the Hulk ;Future Imperfect which a great story line ,And if you are redoing Hulk .You should do that one .Or pair it up with Hulk ; Last Man on Earth ,And should do Iron Man ;Armor Wars as well Nick Fury VS S.H.E.I.L.D. .But keep making them the videos and will come for more .And one more the Batman;Hush story would be great video as well .
You have good videos, but where are you getting this info from ? Black Panther is smarter than Apocalypse ? I have also heard you than Iron Man is smarter than Apocalypse. That makes no sense.
The Apocolypse movie did a disservice to Apocalypse, Angel / Arch Angel, Nightcrawler, and esp Psylocke (only Asian woman character and they can barely give her a line, same as Jubilee) As others have noted and I noted at the time: Apocalypse needs an entire series of movies to be done with any kind of respect for the character.. as it stands the best we can do is pretend this didn't happen just like with Deadpool and Venom's first appearance ...
***** Thanos is being build up not just dumped onto you as Apocalypse is. Also any villain can be made bad ass with the right kind of writing and design. Well maybe not all but most can.
Would like to have seen Apocalypse at his full pertential in the movie. Apocalypse is probably my favourite villain he was not the real Apocalypse in the film.
in the movie apocalypse seems to have the ability to adapt to any situation for example he adapts to modern day language and technology in seconds and when quick silver is going fast his eyes adapt to counter this.
considering his weakness of power drain he kinda reminds me of Odin who needs the odin sleep to recharge. however i also say he would be no match for thor even when the god has been weakened via sharing his power with several mortals. well it would be one hell of a fight if the two went all out on each other thor would eventaly win do to him having the better stamina of the two. plus thor rarly gets to go all out in a fight as his personal honor code makes him hold back unless fighting someone who has the power to match him, and there are actually very few marvel character's who can equal thor when he goes all out. i also feel that apocalypse's warror pride would prevent him form cheating by using his other powers size manipulation on thor. with thor being the same. i would even go as far as to say thor would put his hammer down in a all out fight between the two. the fight would be one hell of a show of skill as thor has at least as much experience as Apocalypse despite possibly being younger then the latter. however thor being a half elder god may have been the exception to the Ragnarok cycle and is far older then we thing. especaly given his shear power as it takes an king of the gods level god to suppress his godforce. so a shear all out fight between these two Titanicly powerful beings would be a fight i would love and pay to see. But only if it was a all out fair fight. hmm fan fiction idea. however Apocalypse's would die at the end but , but Thor would need his prosthetic arm again, and whatever planet/moon the two fight on would be destroyed. hmm apacalypes after beeing recharged at one point in time could assault Asgard well odin is in his sleep with the goal of gaining a golden apple to gain true godhood would be a good premise for the fight. hmm now i want an apple.
X-Men Apocalypse SPOILERS! The film showed him to be mighty as with all the destruction he made and taking on attacks from Magneto and some of the X-Men physically all while battling Prof. X in a telepathic battle. But the film showed him more as a cult master with apocalyptic goals rather than an all powerful mutant.
MY apocalypse is the one depicted in the 1990's Xmen. His threatening biblical quotes, his ruthlessness, his crazy unstopable powers, and his voice actor RIP delivered that emotion of superiority even in the face of setbacks.
"There is no freedom from me. There is only freedom THROUGH ME"
*goosebumps* Yes!! That's my vision of Apocalypse as well. There was only 2 or 3 quotes, imo, that the movie version reminded me of the 90s version. Not much, but when it did.... I was like "ahhhh, there he is".
Yeah! I was hoping for a 2 or 3 part movie to slowly add the tension and drama of it all as apocalypse in the comics rarely does it like in the movies, he manipulates from behind the shadows, was hoping for that where after peeling away the layers they find the ultimate bad guy is apocalypse and he is at full power and difficult to beat.
This movie apocalypse was quite tame, Phoenix burned him like a campfire marshmallow.
Yeah, they should have led off with sinister.
+koyuki4848 me too, that is why I wanted sinister before apocalypse. sinister would have been good enough to be a villain with henchmen for the X-Men to locate, figure out and fight.
The end would be sinister retreating, then realising he was going manipulated.
The second movie would be the hunt for sinister, while sinister hunts who was manipulating him, while mystique fights the x men and with some of the group being the either sinister's men or horsemen.
it turns to a big 4/5 way fight, and then boils down to where they all realize they are all being manipulated. and ends with the warning from the beginning of transformers 2... they were informed that they were all manipulated into bringing about the apocalypse.
third movie, they kinda truce to stop the apocalypse. the horse men reveal themselves. revealed in the middle of the movie, the apocalypse is not an event, but person.
would have been way better your way
My one complaint about Apocalypse in the movie is that he basically looked like a body-double for Ronan the Accuser from Guardians of the Galaxy.
ikr
I liked it.
i didnt even think of that comparison till i read that haha
Why have more people not made this connection
his armour was an improvement
I like the reasoning that Apocalypse gained his powers through possessing consecutive powerful mutants, that was a good touch and gave the excuse for him having whatever power the plot required.
"I am as far beyond mutants as they are beyond you..."
seen the movie. (wont spoil anything)
Of course, because of film rights limitations, the movie version of Apocalypse - does not have as rich a back story and power set as explained in this video.
Instead, he sort of has powers that are plot "convenient" - (although a small explanation was given for them.)
Powers and character background aside, While Issacs brings a good performance, his portrayal as Apocalypse comes off more as an omnipotent weirdo, rather than an intimidating almost hulking presence he has been shown to have in comics, games, and the cartoons.
wow disappointing
Agree
I always thought apocalypse would best be portrayed by that actor in star gate.
psycropticide99 Christopher Judge whom plays Teal'C in Stargate series.
I wouldn't be surprised if his abilities in the film where lifted directly from the Ultimate comics rather than the 616 comics. In the Ultimate comics, he's more of a parasite than his 616 version in that if he likes your powers, he'll suck them right out of you on the spot and add them to his own (he gains near unstoppable regeneration by ripping it out of Wolverine).
Plus he's got this insane Doomsday ability to high speed evolve his body to become immune to types of damage being done to it, gaining armor after tanking missiles from a military unit.
The irony is that he is defeated the same was he was in the film.....by pissing off a very strong bird.
Apocalypse in the movie was an embarrassment!! Blasphemy is a better word to use.
Apocalypse is a weakling anyways.
+maplegreendodo you do realize he kicked the hulk ass?
bet it was non canon
Apocalypse in the comics is on par with thanos without the infinity glove if you ask me, but this movie version was, to me, the Ivan Ooze that I first saw in the first pic
Chadburn Little Thanos without Infinity Gaunlet rips Apocalypse a new asshole.
Rob, in my opinion THE best iteration of Apocalypse is from the 90's cartoon hands down...
Mister Torgue Flexington x men evolution combined with 90s cartoon both did a good job with apocalypse. Just needed more cable and angel
That's the best iteration of ALL X-Men characters
Apocalypse hanging out with Uatu, now THAT is something I want to see in the movies!
Hey Rob, this is one of your more traditional videos, and I love it.
Yes! These weird team ups are awesome
The movie version was inferior in every way because the writers and director had no comprehension or interest in canon or abilities of Apocalypse except for footnotes brought in by a secretary or two.
I agree with that. They didn't even get cyclops' powers right. When he takes of the glasses he can't focus the beams. They made it so there is no reason for him to even have a visor.
+Mr. Sinister ikr without the visor his optic blast was too thin its supposed to be wide spread & all powerful he took his glasses completely off
+poodie exactly. It should encompass his entire range of vision.
or because its a movie and fitting years of comics in to a small slot would have been impossible.
I don't think it would have been too hard to create some limits to their powers. Just seems like they're shitting on the source material to me.
A correction with where Stryfe and BIshop beat Apocalypse. He was actually already weakened when they combined their forced to defeat him. But during messiah war when Archangel used some of his feathers to help rejuvenate Apocalypse he came back fully powered and beat the literal shit out of Stryfe. Though Stryfe is strong, against a fully powered Apocalypse he is completely outclassed.
Tis true. That was his whole plan in executioner's song as well. He pretty much "Bane-ed" Apocalypse (in reference to Dc's Knightfall for those you don't get it).
Fox Mulder yep ur right
X-men Apocalypse. It wasn't as good as the last two, but it was miles ahead of any of the bad X-men films. A solid middle of the road super hero movie, like a Thor movie, or Iron Man 2. As far as Apocalypse as a character goes. The movie did him as well as could be done in one movie. To do him right, he needs an entire movie based on Cable to introduce him, then maybe another one to introduce his origin, then a separate one to show him fighting the X-men. They couldn't do all of that, so they did well with what they had. What would be fucking cool though is if they had a future version of the current X-men with Cable incorporated Cyclops and Jean Grey and filled out the back story for Apocalypse after the Apocalypse movie. That would be fun.
actually they could have added cable in the beginning, this movie did not do Apocalypse justice and the Phoenix thing was the same as last stand which sucked. Phoenix is not born in Jean grey
I feel like X-Men apocalypse should've been split into 2 parts,that way all the characters would've had the proper development,which imo is one of the problems in this X-Men movie
+miliboy0522 I felt the same way
+Primus 23 that woulda been a better idea considering who apocalypse is and how much of a impact he has on the x-men
I interpreted this is Fox saying, this is our continuity of Jean Grey, and we're keeping this version of her within our X-Men universe, as opposed to reverting back to the comic origins just because people want it so.
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Oscar Isaac is an amazing Actor and I loved all his big dumb speeches and rants. He felt like an amazing fit as apocalypse and and in all honesty, I hope we see a merging of the cinematic multiverses so we can have the celestials come into play in the X-Men and Avengers movies.
Love your videos, get the intro back, spotting that song and using it as an intro shows you have feeling for how this works. Keep up the good work.
when stryfe beat Apocalyspe in messiah war he wasn't at full power bishop states in the future Apocalypse becomes the most powerful being to ever walk the earth and rules it with an iron fist he said stryfe had tried to beat Apocalypse at his best and failed so he and stryfe went and fought Apocalypse at his weakest and it took stryfe and bishop to beat Apocalypse at his weakest which shows that even at his weakest form he can beat an omega level mutant like stryfe.
"stryfe is an omega level telepath than can only be rivaled by Jean Grey or Emma Frost" what about Xavier!??
Xavier isn't omega level
@@analothor Since when?
@@BruceWayne-zq3hx his always, he's always been alpha level that why he needs ceribro
And quintion quire
I kind of didn't like the movie. Their Apocalypse didn't hardly do shit. Most of the fights were just the cast standing around screaming at each other while the special effects team jerks off around them.
There is only ONE line in the whole movie where Apocalypse SOUNDS like Apocalypse. The rest of the time he's just trying to do a suppressed whisper sort-of thing.
The majority of the "bad guys" screen time is them teleporting around and then posing menacingly for the camera.
They turned Magneto into a bitch, and his big part is just hanging in the air with said SFX masturbation going on around him. And his "power enhancements" were bullshit.
I can go on but you get the idea. The movie is what would pass for a good X-Men movie 16 years ago when all it had to do was vaguely resemble the source material.
I was also annoyed by magneto's power in this movie. *spoilers* him simply just throwing pipes at Apocalypse is bullshit. He should've ripped apocalypse in half...like he did in the comics. The fact that he's damn near in his late 40's and still had to have his powers augmented to levels he should normally attain is quite annoying.
F'n A, mate! Damn good review of the movie and I completely agree. I might have gave it better ratings, but I'm on still on that Civil War hype. With CW & XM:A coming out only weeks from each other.... we all knew FOX wasn't going to deliver a spectacular showing like the Civil War. I had hopes for XMA and actually saw it Thursday night. I love my X-Men, but this wasn't all that great. It's exactly as the OP said: bunch of standing around and shizz. Lastly, I wasn't a big fan of Psylocke. There, I said it. She was one of my favs in the comics, but .... just wasn't a big fan of hers on the big screen. Maybe bc Munn... idk.
I know exactly how you feel, if they would have just kept his powers more in like with what he is like in the comics the fight scenes could have been so much better.
I agree, the movie was shit. Apocalypse had to dialogue where I found myself hanging on to every word he spoke. He hardly did anything in the film plus Apocalypse is a villain that deserves some build up like Thanos in the Marvel movies. They could have found a way to sneak him into some movies making references of him and finally leading to a movie with a proper back story. Movie fans could have seen where he got his ideology from so they wouldn't think he was just a "I hate the world so I must destroy it" type of villain.
+King Darius exactly he's not a villain you can just throw in and give 10 minutes of backstory. He's too complicated and complex for that.
QuickSilver was the only great part about the movie
yup^
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lol no that shit was good
not wrong , comedic genius as well as excellent plot device
too bad disney and fox and copyright has people at wits about calling the Scarlet Witch a mutant and talking about her in the X-Men movies.
Ha! Apocalypse in Odin Sleep!
***** Did you really miss the reference? It was a joke about his 1,000 year periodic sleep.
YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO GOOD!! You %100 deserve more subs
I LOVE Bobby's transformation. As a B-list mutant who could cover his body in snow at the start of his life, to one of the most powerful Omega-Level Mutants in the Marvel Universe; just absolute proof that any mutant can reach a peak of power unlike any other if they work towards it.
hey Rob! thanks for keeping me up with the comics and giving me a rundown, keep up the good work!
I absolutely love all of your videos. It is pretty much all I have been watching for the past month. I have also been sharing them with my friends.... I was wondering is their potential for a video that would link together the end of the Age of Ultron event, Spider-Verse and the Incursions that lead to Secret Wars?
Really enjoyed this video. Would love other videos of characters powers explained along with feats of those powers. Would be awesome. Keep the great content coming.
Just found your channel first video i watched. Sub instantly. Thx for the in depth info
You give so many ppl with limited time and income a way to know the events and the full scale of these beloved characters ty!
Apocalypse in xmen was actually better than I thought. I had the concerns about why they made him look like someone out of power rangers but no he was pretty awesome
Next video should talk about new Captain America stupid past. I don't mind about spoilers.
What is stupid about Captain Americas past?
Do you know the new story?
nope
He was a Hydra's agent all the time. It's not stupid enough for you?
inb4 mind control or clone explanation. by the end of the story.
Pre Celestral Tech: Self-Molecular Control and super strength, durability and stamina dormant aging.
Post Celestrial tech: damn near everything.
He probably was and here's my argument:
Just as you pointed out, as far as his powers go we don't know what is the suit and what is apocalypse himself, making the suit argument meaningless. What we do know however is that they say in the comics that he's the most powerful mutant to have ever lived. This is probably not true any more as many god level mutants have been introduced since the 60s but it would still suggest that he should be up there with the rest of the omegas. We also never seen apocalypse at full power so we have no idea how powerful he really is.
Some of these powers have such enormous scope and with no examples it's pretty hard to imagine even with all the comprehensive chronological explanations you give, cause it's still pretty all over the place.
A series either devoted to specific types of powers with examples and explanations would be cool, if not on a per character basis.
As a video idea/suggestion, I think it would be cool to cover large/extreme events in either DC or Marvel that are cosmic/universal and/or multiversal, I.E. the Blackest Night. Love the videos, please keep them up.
I like this channel. I hope you get a better mic tho
xmen apocalypse was my favorite xmen movie so far, love Oscar Isaac, best villain I seen in a while.
Hey Rob I mess with ya videos hard bro is there anyway you can do a video on cosmo the space dog from marvel?
Great video this actually explains some of the plot of the new movie to me thanks!
Glad to.c someone use the 90s apocalypse trading card pic, by far imo the best drawn most badass looking version of apocalypse and the background even tho u cant tell on the video has some awesome skulls in smoke like that just compliments his design on the card perfect. I had to drag out my old collection and rummage threw them to see what others i had firgot about. Weapon x is a badass lookin card also
I watched X Men Apocalypse last night. I actually liked it. I had low expectations but it proved me wrong.
Tasteless.
Go watch "how xmen apocalypse should have gone"
Then your high expectations are low as well lol
8:30 Why do people keep thinking that Apocalypse can die? You cannot die if you are immortal. This is simply due to different writers have different renderings of Apocalypse.
kinda wish you pointed out in detail how easy apocalypse beat stryfe at full strength and it took both bishop and stryfe to use the I er full power to beat apocalypse at his weakest while trying to rejuvenate..overall good video
Awesome video. Can you do another one like this based on mr. Sinister?
LOVED the movie. It was, for me, the best X-men movie to date. Apocalypse is such a big part of that for me. LOVED it. I think the studios have to take license with the properties they own, so it's fine that it wasn't EXACTLY like the stories we remember from the comics or the 90's TV show.
Not gonna lie I'd love to have Apocalypse's powers! His abilities in X-Men Apocalypse were amazing! I do believe had he actually taken his time instead of rushing then he'd have won and the world would be his again
His recharging reminds me of Odin's Sleep.
Instead of cramming all of it in one movie. Definitely would have liked to see more Egypt scenes.
You and me both
anyone going to comment about the background music? its damn amazing mate haha great vid
Well, the apocalypse from the movie had some new powers I cannot recall seeing from the character. Rather than controlling his own molecules, changing his size and form, he was able to disassemble inanimate structures and become a force of erosion essentially. He is able to ..not quite phase people into solid objects, but place them into them as if they were liquid, and then solidify them. The technopathy is still there. He's kind of a reality warper.
Why he couldn't do this to living matter is left as a giant plot hole, but whatever.
His mentality is the same. He is alone. He alone deserves to be the ruler above all, because he is the mightiest. He is god. Because otherwise, he is a slave, hated by other slaves. How they set up conflict with Xavier and how they make his philosophy resonate with the kind Magneto portrays in some stories makes for a great movie.
In a way, I feel sorry for him. I wish they had spelled out why he felt so alone and driven to his conclusions -- could have given Magneto a chance to differentiate himself. Its implied, but not everyone will get that.
Apocalypse in the movie was a bit OP... all of his powers were out of convenience. They should have given him a bit more backstory to explain his technopathy, perhaps by throwing some Celestials into the film (which could have easily added context to Guardians of the Galaxy or the 4th installment rumored to be the Dark Phoenix Saga), but unfortunately, the audience was left to make too many assumptions about him. We got the impression that he was able to accumulate a vast amount of abilities simply because he could transfer his essence into another body and consume their powers. This pretty much makes him The Highlander, right? lol. For the die-hard X-Men fans who know all the backstories, the movie was just a lot of fun and did its job at being a solid Third Act action movie with a little Darth Vader-style redemption of Magneto thrown in. If you watched the X-Men animated series growing up, the film was a nice steak dinner in comparison.
lol they couldn't do the Celestials because Fox doesn't have rights to them.
The Sony/Fox thing is really screwing up the MCU.
I have a huge boot to shove up Fox's ass, they have all this material and they fuck it straight up, they can't see the huge cash cow if they make a deal with marvel and just bring the real comics to life.
wtf he was a weak bitch, I don't remember a scene where he actually fought, only remember him saying he's gonna take over the world then taking a nap to switch bodies with professor x, disappointing
Not too different from the comics honestly. Apocalypse rarely gets involved in fist fights. He usually employs some advanced technology to defeat his foes or sends in the Horsemen. Besides, in the movie, any time there was a 1v1 moment, Apocalypse always came out on top. Nobody except Phoenix could stop him. That's OP.
Just imagine if Apocalypse amplifies Avalanche's powers....it'd be like San Andreas on steroids
Hey, Rob, I know I'm always in the comments section of your videos, so my apologies for appearing...annoying. However, I have a smalll suggestion for a video: DC's Hercules/Greek Mythology vs. Marvel's Hercules/Greek Mythology. I just thought about it, thinking that it would be an interesting video to put together. Again, my apologies for constantly appearing in your comments. I know that I can get annoying.
Honestly he needs a whole movie or animation telling his story it is so freakin good he could be the best Marvel villian if not only in the comic we know his background in shows we just know "he is ancient and all powerful" like if we can get a sense of both empathy and feel threatened from the character I feel like would make one of the best villian
I feel the movie version was more like the entry level Apocolypse. He should be bigger and more powerful in future movies, if they make them with him in it.
He died no coming back
Hey Rob! Can you do a video explaining the new Thunderbolts with Punisher, Deadpool, Elektra, etc.? Been wanting know if I should get into reading it :)
go to banner incredible hulk channel .it's all on there, and yes, it's worth reading.
hiram soto cool, thanks! :)
Will you be doing a video on the new captain america series?
Your opening was absolutely perfect. "What is going on, guys?" Yeah, What is going on over at Marvel? Are they purposefully distancing themselves from MCU? Cap is literally still battling oversight and tyranny in theaters. Explain that. Explain the fact that Cap has one superpower. No, it has nothing to do with the Super Soldier program. It isn't his "Peak human performance", nor his superior tactical abilities, nor his mastery of combat styles. Friggin everyone in the Marvel universe has those. Aunt May probably is a tactical genius. Caps super power is that he is infinetly trustworthy. He is everything we should be. What the actual frac are they thinking by taking away his super power?
So a question for you Rob, if The Twelve storyline had worked and Apocalypse had achieved Godhood. With all of the Twelve's powers at his disposal, alongside his own and the mind and body of X-Man, where would he be on your Hierarchy? Could anyone stop him??
Phoenix is a cosmic powerhouse. She'd still be able to drop Apocalyse
Juan Mejia Jean was among the Twelve that Apocalypse would have absorbed.
The Full list of The Twelve Mutants Apocalypse would have absorbed:
Magneto
Polaris
Storm
Sunfire
Iceman
Cyclops
Phoenix
Cable
Bishop
Mikhail Rasputin
Professor X
Living Monolith
Meanwhile transferring his mind into the body of X-Man, adding his power in there too.
Only multiversal entities. So like...the living tribunal would have just erased him from existence.
ComicsExplained It's such a shame every time Apocalypse gets within reach of his full potential, he ends up with worse luck than Dr. Doom. I mean that future story you mention, he gets Stryfe's body at the end. Will they ever come back to *that* Apocalypse? Doubtful...
+pious83 huge diff between absorbing Phoenix or Jean.
Oh wow. This video was released on my birthday
Happy birthday.
Could you put the rob plays in the description because I wanna go subscribe there too.🖒
Can you make a video about the Joker being the Comedian theory? Also, could be wrong, but you haven't made any videos that are solely based on the origin of the watchmen?
One thing I don't understand is this ,why does Apocalypse stay on earth ? After gaining celestial knowledge what would be the point of staying on earth does he fear leaving behind the earth when he could start over on another world without waiting for thousands of years.
That X-Men Apocalypse movie sucked a level of balls so salty only the Sodium Gods could fully understand.
Agreed the movie was very salty
+K Dub the movie was awesome!
Sorry you left so salty, i thought it was the popcorn. Movie could have been better.
zlistcelebrity to do apocalypse right he needs a post credit scene being found as a child. A post credit of him and kang. An opening scene in a cable film/a post credit interfacing with ship. A post credit wandering the world/ creating mr sinister and a post credit creating a horseman. Or at least that's how I'd do it. Create a picture of his life cycle that can be used to expand to kang and the young avengers. He also gets to be part of the sentinel, Phoenix and house of M story. I don't see MCU using onslaught. I'd like to see MCU using house of M to explain the current lack of mutants along with xaviers mind wipe. I mean it wouldn't be unreasonable to make the "miracles" mutants by saying they only survived experiments due to the X gene. And the trauma of the stark missile combined with the experiments awakened their powers.
zlistcelebrity hahahahha
michael clark Duncan would have been awesome as apocalypse he was huge with a very deep and imposing voice loved him in the green mile and green lantern
Hey Rob, any plans for the Dc Rebirth #1 one-shot?
What I would like to see is what if a different mutant found the ship that gave Apoc his extra powers? Which one of the X-men would be improved the most? (I'm thinking Storm for worldwide control, or Kitty Hawk to be able to disappear through solid matter to avoid damage)
I like how apocalypse changed his mind once he knew onslaught would kill him🤣
The Background Music is Hilarious
This Apocalypse would beat Thanos without difficulty 👊🔥
could you do a DC Rebirth explained please? oh and also an explainer on this Capt. America twist i keep hearing about would be great as well.
For Cap'n, it's literally just in this most recent issue he says "hail hydra". It's just a plot twist and everyone is freaking out (b/c of Cap'ns origins and what he stands for). I mean let's be honest, at the end of this Marvel is just going to throw in some mind control or clone to explain their bs.
In Earth X the Red Skull explains to Cap that the super soldier experiment was to be the start of the nazi super human program. Cap got so pissed he killed him. It kind of makes sense though. Do I believe this will continue with cap actually serving hydra in the long run? Absolutely not.
I liked him in the movie, but I just wish he looked a little more badass. A deeper voice too, I always assumed.
Rob you should do one on The Hulk .And the Hulk ;Future Imperfect which a great story line ,And if you are redoing Hulk .You should do that one .Or pair it up with Hulk ; Last Man on Earth ,And should do Iron Man ;Armor Wars as well Nick Fury VS S.H.E.I.L.D. .But keep making them the videos and will come for more .And one more the Batman;Hush story would be great video as well .
hey Rob...... what's the name of the song you use in your video ....
Could you post the comic references in the description?
You have good videos, but where are you getting this info from ? Black Panther is smarter than Apocalypse ? I have also heard you than Iron Man is smarter than Apocalypse. That makes no sense.
rob are you gonna do a review for the movie?
In the movie he looked like the wish master
The Apocolypse movie did a disservice to Apocalypse, Angel / Arch Angel, Nightcrawler, and esp Psylocke (only Asian woman character and they can barely give her a line, same as Jubilee)
As others have noted and I noted at the time: Apocalypse needs an entire series of movies to be done with any kind of respect for the character.. as it stands the best we can do is pretend this didn't happen just like with Deadpool and Venom's first appearance ...
Can you do a video on Mister Sinister's powers and how they relate and compare to Apocalypse
I like the way apocalypse looked in the movie
Who could ever take over the world with such contradictory weaknesses? Every fight would be like one level of FNAF 😭🤣
I know this isn't directly related to the video, but I had a question I think you could answer. Who's stronger, Trigon or Darkseid?
Your videos remind me of ReviewTechUSA's, but without the ranting.
Civil War was way better then this X-man movie.
***** Thanos is being build up not just dumped onto you as Apocalypse is. Also any villain can be made bad ass with the right kind of writing and design. Well maybe not all but most can.
Would like to have seen Apocalypse at his full pertential in the movie. Apocalypse is probably my favourite villain he was not the real Apocalypse in the film.
so basically hes a vampire. Oh I'm tired better go to my coffin to recharge
in the movie apocalypse seems to have the ability to adapt to any situation for example he adapts to modern day language and technology in seconds and when quick silver is going fast his eyes adapt to counter this.
So this does confirm it. Selene is the oldest mutant, and not Apocalypse, so I guess he's not quite En Sabah Nur.
Rob please do Blue Beetle (Dan Garret, Ted Kord, and Jaime Reyes) Explained
can u please do a video on explaining jean greys powers!?!?
Hey Rob please tell me the name of the song in the background.
considering his weakness of power drain he kinda reminds me of Odin who needs the odin sleep to recharge. however i also say he would be no match for thor even when the god has been weakened via sharing his power with several mortals. well it would be one hell of a fight if the two went all out on each other thor would eventaly win do to him having the better stamina of the two. plus thor rarly gets to go all out in a fight as his personal honor code makes him hold back unless fighting someone who has the power to match him, and there are actually very few marvel character's who can equal thor when he goes all out. i also feel that apocalypse's warror pride would prevent him form cheating by using his other powers size manipulation on thor. with thor being the same. i would even go as far as to say thor would put his hammer down in a all out fight between the two.
the fight would be one hell of a show of skill as thor has at least as much experience as Apocalypse despite possibly being younger then the latter. however thor being a half elder god may have been the exception to the Ragnarok cycle and is far older then we thing. especaly given his shear power as it takes an king of the gods level god to suppress his godforce. so a shear all out fight between these two Titanicly powerful beings would be a fight i would love and pay to see. But only if it was a all out fair fight. hmm fan fiction idea. however Apocalypse's would die at the end but , but Thor would need his prosthetic arm again, and whatever planet/moon the two fight on would be destroyed. hmm apacalypes after beeing recharged at one point in time could assault Asgard well odin is in his sleep with the goal of gaining a golden apple to gain true godhood would be a good premise for the fight. hmm now i want an apple.
So we defo need a video about the Selene the first mutant
You should do a what if story of Apocalypse having to power of the Infinity Gauntlet
Yes, very informative.
Can you please do a video about Strife?
Yo Rob what do you think Apoc did after he took Stryfe in uncanny X-Men? Because that would be one hell of a host for Apoc.
Apocalypse chose weak but taller mutants. And cool Quicksilver scene. Extremely young Cyclops.
Apocolypse using psyonic abilities makes him fucking lame. His shape shifting, strength, invulnerability, and energy projection make him cool.
X-Men Apocalypse SPOILERS!
The film showed him to be mighty as with all the destruction he made and taking on attacks from Magneto and some of the X-Men physically all while battling Prof. X in a telepathic battle.
But the film showed him more as a cult master with apocalyptic goals rather than an all powerful mutant.
By this standpoint I think its safe to say Apocalypse is at least skyfather level
Damn Rob at it again with no intro 👿