How the Internet Reacted to the ‘New Mutants’ Trailer

The New Mutants trailer certainly got people talking, and the internet is having a bevy of reactions to the surprising tone.

While there have always been horror aspects to the New Mutants (and the X-Men in general), many didn’t see the full-on horror theme coming. Now, this is just the first trailer, so it’s very possible that this isn’t the feel of the entire film, but for now fans really only have this to go on, and they are reacting accordingly.

Thing is, 20th Century FOX CEO Stacey Snider previously dropped a few clues to the project’s different direction

“If we’re going to make a superhero movie, we have to ask ourselves: ‘What’s our version? What’s a Fox Marvel film?’,” Snider told Variety. “When you look at films like Deadpool or Logan or the upcoming New Mutants, you’ll see they have their own personality.”

The rest of Snider’s description pretty much fits what is in the trailer, comparing this project to things like The Shining as opposed to other X-Men films.

“Great effort has been put into making sure they’re differentiated,” Snider said. “New Mutants is about these teenagers who are just coming into their powers. It’s like watching mutants go through adolescence and they have no impulse control, so they’re dangerous. The only solution is to put them in a Breakfast Club detention/Cuckoo’s Nest institutional setting. It protects the people on the outside, but it’s strange and combustible inside. The genre is like a haunted-house movie with a bunch of hormonal teenagers. We haven’t seen it as a superhero movie whose genre is more like The Shining than ‘we’re teenagers let’s save the world.’”

With that said, hit the next slide to see what the internet has to say about this Breakfast Club X-Men Shining mix of a trailer!

Petr Hruby

Petr Hruby likes that the studio is taking risks, seemingly taking cues from Logan and Deadpool. If you’re going to have the license, why not have some fun with it right?

Love how Fox are experimenting with their X-Men series. Deadpool, Logan, Legion, #NewMutants now… Very cool.

Bill Sienkiewicz

New Mutants artist Bill Sienkiewicz does a nice tease for the trailer and seems to fully endorse its horror vibe.

The New Mutants are coming.
Be afraid. Be very very afraid.

And excited….

Stephen Colbert

Some feel the formula needs some changes, and New Mutants is certainly promising a break from the norm.

We’ve been promised CBM’s that defy genre conventions for years, and it looks like New Mutants is the closest to doing that.

Zak Floats Too

While many reactions are positive, some don’t really know what to make of it just yet, including Zak Floats Too.

Guys I don’t know how I feel about the New Mutants trailer. What is a budget in on that movie because it looks not expensive.

David Opie

Fans were excited to get their first glimpse of Magik, who will be played by Anya Taylor Joy, including David Opie.

The new Queen of Horror is bringing her Magik to the X-Men universe and I couldn’t be more excited.

Cullen Bunn

Others feel that the movie is actually utilizing the source material quite well, including Marvel writer Cullen Bunn.

The #NewMutants trailer looks great. To me, the New Mutants have always been stuck in a horror story.

The Geeks Core

With Arya Stark actress Maisie Williams playing Wolfsbane, you knew there would be some Game of Thrones jokes making their way onto timelines.

A girl is a mutant now. #NewMutants

A Leaf In The Wind

There are those who want something a bit closer to the source material, at least from a visual standpoint, and A Leaf In The Wind decided to illustrate his point appropriately.

Google Image New Mutants. Go ahead, do it. Now imagine you know NOTHING about them and see this. Is this what you saw in that trailer?

Alex

Ya know, Alex almost wins the day with this response and makes a good point in the process.

CBM Twitter: We want more variety in CBM’s! They should be different!
*New Mutants trailer drops*
CBM Twitter: Not that different!

Jay & Miles

While the trailer has its detractors, there are those who want to see more of this type of experimentation from 20th Century FOX, at least if they don’t plan on giving the license back to Marvel.

Pretty excited about the New Mutants trailer, and generally really happy to see how much Fox is playing with genre in X-franchises! -J