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...unspectacular (Down Periscope) to--well, his Macbeth on Broadway closed after 10 performances. So he has buried himself anew, this time in fake ears, fake teeth, six hairpieces and lots and lots of blue makeup. This summer he becomes Beast, a hairy, brainy, inwardly tortured mutant scientist in X-Men: The Last Stand. To borrow Beast's signature exclamation: Oh, my stars and garters...
That tension is what makes him oddly perfect for his role in X-Men: The Last Stand. Beast was once Hank McCoy, scientist, but when an experiment went awry--don't they always?--he transformed into something blue and furry and muscular and bestial. Beast has never got over the loss of his human form. Unlike Storm, say, or even Wolverine, he can never pass for normal...
...third and final installment of the blockbuster comic book franchise. Sheel C. Ganatra ’06 has been an X-fan since childhood: “I watched the Saturday morning cartoon growing up. I’m anxious to see Jean Grey turn into the Phoenix,” he says, referring to one of the characters who is expected to make a return. In this installment, a cure for mutancy threatens the X-Men and their enemies—every mutant will ask the question whether or not they want to stay unique.With a cast even larger...
...CHALLENGE The X-Men have a problem. Not the threat of Magneto or the fact that a pharmaceutical company has come up with a "cure" for mutancy (jeez, can't we all just get along?). The issue is the loss of Singer (to Superman), who directed the first two movies, and his replacement by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon), who hasn't yet shown Singer's talent for the shadowy action sequences that are the franchise's specialty. Oh, and Frasier Crane is the Beast...
...also has new or much-expanded roles for several mutants beloved from the comic book. White-winged Archangel appears, as does Kitty Pryde, the girl who walks through walls and who served as the imaginary girlfriend for a generation of fanboys. Watch them closely: This is the last X-Men movie, and Fox is looking for mutants who can be spun off as stand-alone franchises...