X-Men Fans Honor the 20th Anniversary of First Film Hitting Theaters
Throughout the '70s, '80s, and '90s, comic book fans had seen their fair share of DC Comics heroes [...]
Appreciation
prevnextWhen I was a kid I watched the X-Men animated show. Cyclops was my favorite hero at the time. He's still top 3.
— JΛY (@JayVillarreal_) July 14, 2020
I though James Marsden was the perfect guy to play Cyclops because he looked so much like the cartoon.
I appreciate this movie A LOT.#XMen20 pic.twitter.com/dHrAVBhVLo
Wait, Really?
prevnextWas this seriously the tagline for the first X-Men movie pic.twitter.com/6oHMmWktP6
— Adam Attley (@AdamAttley) July 14, 2020
Feels Like Yesterday
prevnextGood lord... it feels like yesterday. The X-Men movie came out 20 years ago in this date. Yeah I geeked out during it. pic.twitter.com/CAGlre8gdt
— Lamar the Revenger (@RevengerLamar) July 14, 2020
Most Important Movie
prevnextHappy 20 years to X-Men. Likely the most important comic book movie ever made. pic.twitter.com/MQynJjL1MT
— Donovan Erskine (@Donimals_) July 14, 2020
Collector Comic
prevnextHappy 20th Anniversary to the original X-Men movie from the year 2000. I still have my comic book that the theater employees gave us from opening day, when I saw them movie with my uncle. #XMen pic.twitter.com/KYYzZlpO0V
— 𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕍𝕒𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕫 (@AV__Tweeting) July 14, 2020
Blade, Actually
prevnextThe first X-Men movie gets the credit for helping kickstart Hollywood's superhero craze that should be going to Blade (1998) instead
— Gucci Manesa Musa (@CineMasai_) July 14, 2020
Set the Tone
prevnext20 years ago today, X-Men was released in theaters. As the first big comic book movie of the new millennium, it set the tone for future productions, such as its own sequels, Sony's Spider-Man films, the Dark Knight trilogy, and the MCU and DCEU. pic.twitter.com/G1BPFaHbMw
— Platitudinous (29 days 🎊) (@Platitudinous_X) July 14, 2020
Risk Takers
prevnextThe First CBM that took me to the world of loving the Genre was The X-Men Franchise & Raimi Spider-Man.
I loved how unique & different each film was even the so called bad ones, they took risks & pushed the characters.
Felt Grounded & real in tones#XMen20 pic.twitter.com/lzQifoNY3Z
— Movies That Maher w The Viking (@MovieBuff100) July 14, 2020
A New Era
prevnextOn this day 20 years ago, ‘X-Men’ was released in theaters. The film made $296.3 million at the box-office, spear-heading the modern superhero era of movies #xmen #XMen20 pic.twitter.com/KtStzcBfcR
— The Drive-In (@thedriveinpod) July 14, 2020
Happy 20th
prevHappy 20th Anniversary of the original X-MEN movie from 2000. pic.twitter.com/IXgU0N8HEB
— Guts (@gutsthebadass) July 14, 2020