There's been a lot of online fan hate at the look of Apocalypse is the first reveal images for X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Some think he looks like a Power Ranger villain, others think he is too short and some think he looks cheesy.
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Regardless of fan opinion, this look is what it is and this is the big screen Apocalypse fans are getting from producer Simon Kinberg, director Bryan Singer and actor Oscar Isaac. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Isaac revealed why Apocalypse has this particular look in the movie.
“I grew up reading the comics and I actually collected X Factor when I was younger and that was when Apocalypse first showed up. And I was particularly freaked out with like the second coming and the end of the world, the apocalypse, so when there was a character that embodied that, and even from Sunday school, I remember the four horsemen and all that kind of imagery that’s still to this day some of the scariest imagery I can think of.
“We had to do some adjustments here and there and be like, alright, maybe this is too alien. He also is someone who people would want to follow and not just be terrified of. So the balance, and then making sure that there’s some great elements from the comic but also making our own thing as well. In the comic, he generally is like 12 feet, 600 pounds.”
The actor then teased the final battle in the movie.
"I mean that last battle is going to be pretty insane. I mean, it’s like freaking Apocalypse fighting all of the X-Men. It’s pretty cool.”
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE releases on May 27, 2016.
