[william clark]

The entire Dark Phoenix saga in a two-hour movie? Not possible. It'd have to be a mini-series. Plus, you've got the whole backstory of the aliens and everything to give the resolution any context.

I saw the movie today and enjoyed it. Liked the fact that they finally portrayed the Danger Room, though I'd rather it have been lower tech instead of a lift from Star Trek. Enjoyed seeing the fastball special and a bit of a Sentinels tease. I'm hoping the presence of Bolivar Trask means they'll bring in the robots for the next one.

And the Ghost Rider trailer looked pretty cool.

[chae]

Didn't see the Ghost Rider trailer at our theater. The Shi-ar could just be explained as a type of intergalactic police force. Yeah, it probably would take 2 two hour movies to expain it all, but I still think it would have worked.
I really hated this movie. There were some good parts, but not enough. I also have despised the casting since day one. Think about Vivica Fox as Storm and Glenn Danzig as Wolverine. That said, I do think the casting of Kitty Pryde was really excellent.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

though I'd rather it have been lower tech instead of a lift from Star Trek.

While I admit it would have been cool to see Angel flying through the giant rotating spanner (that goes back to X-Men #1!) the holographic Danger Room in the comic actually predates Star Trek: TNG. So technically, Star Trek lifted it from X-Men.