Poe Dameron: Dashing Resistance operative. One hell of a pilot. LGBT cinematic icon?
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Submitted for your consideration: a short interview of Oscar Isaac from Collider at a premiere of X-Men: Apocalypse, and his answer at 1:00 about the rumors of Poe's romantic entanglements in Star Wars. It's either some very charm-soaked poemosexual affirmation or some really evil baiting.
But even if it's baiting, it's easy to forgive if you pretend, when he looks directly into the camera, that he's winking and flirting with me. I mean, with you. As in, with a hypothetical audience member.
Today's new X-Men trailer shows the scope of Apocalypse's power and it is gorgeous.
My first reaction was: Rejoice! We get to glimpse Oscar Isaac looking normal (i.e., hawt), at least for a few moments!
Beautiful dreamer, amirite?
Unfortunately, he then undergoes some kind of evil ancient Egyptian spa treatment that leaves his skin looking really dewy and moisturized but super ashen:
I hope he did not tip the aesthetician, because that simply does not look right.
Also, as observed by the Nerdist breakdown, the stinger after the Days of Future Past credits suggested that Apocalypse was born with gray skin, so Oscar Isaac's transformation may be a bit of a retcon.
I also really like that we are now squarely in the 1980's, and that the movie seems to capitalize on the fear of nuclear annihilation that, back then, we all expected to happen at any given moment. I cannot begin to tell you how many bad dreams I had as a kid about nuclear wars and nuclear winters and nuclear anything/everything. I'm really looking forward to seeing whether the all-encompassing paranoia is effectively worked into the plot of the newest X-Men film.
My last observation is that Oscar Isaac really is an actor's actor, isn't he? From small premium cable films to Coen brothers to epic blockbusters filled with CGI and make-up; hero to villain to everything nuanced in between. It's been so much fun seeing his career take off like this. Moar plz.
