211 - Dark Phoenix

Published: April 21, 2023, 1:31 p.m.

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Your Stupid Minds comes at you with our fifth X-Men related movie, this time it\\u2019s the 2019 flop Dark Phoenix, another halfhearted attempt to adapt the Dark Phoenix saga without bothering with the Phoenix saga.

The X-Men are assigned a mission by the president to save some astronauts stuck in space. Though the mission is successful, Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) is blasted with an evil space cloud that starts to make her act cool. However, the coolness goes too far when she can\\u2019t control her new power. She tries to learn more about her past, and comes across Magneto\\u2019s (Michael Fassbender) mutant island sanctuary of Genosha (though in this movie it looks like a small plot of land in western Connecticut).

Meanwhile, Vuk (Jessica Chastain), a shapeshifting alien of the D\\u2019Bari race, is looking for Jean so she can\\u2026 take the power, harness the power, trick Jean into helping her? It isn\\u2019t entire clear. But she\\u2019s evil.

Can the X-Men save Jean, or will this conflict tear them apart? Will Disney reboot the franchise after their Fox acquisition?\\xa0How many times can we predict the second part of every line in this movie?\\xa0How much was Hans Zimmer paid for this killer score? You\\u2019ll have to listen to find out (though we don\\u2019t answer most of these questions).

Also a quick update: Your Stupid Minds will be at this year\\u2019s Comicpalooza in Houston, Texas, to discuss Halle Berry\\u2019s Catwoman LIVE! The convention is Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28, so come check us out!

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