Fan Made X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Credits Are Retrotastic!

Posted on 04/05/11 at 11:30 AM in Articles by Ryan Haupt 22 Comments

X-Men: First Class might just be the Little Engine That Could of comic book cinema. And if this opening credits sequence created by X-Fan X-traordinaire Joe D! is any indication of the potential for Mad Men-esque awesomeness then we are in for a treat. Furthermore, for a level of nested nerdom, do any of you recognize the song being played? Be sure to click throught Vimeo link for the creators full description of this pitch perfect title sequence.
 

X-Men: First Class Title Sequence from Joe D! on Vimeo.

 

Found via Pat Loika's Tumblr blog. Thanks, Pat!

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  1. RaceMcCloud RaceMcCloud says:
    April 5, 2011 at 11:35 am

    Very cool, but probably needs some mock-up headlines reflecting the suspected existence of mutants or some such thing; something to tie that 60′s era political stuff to the world of the X-Men.

    Still… very cool. 

  2. lifesend lifesend says:
    April 5, 2011 at 11:36 am

    ‘Tis awesome.

  3. wallythegreenmonster wallythegreenmonster says:
    April 5, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    Thats basically awesome. How great would a Saul Bass superhero title treatment have been?  Love the music as well. 

  4. TomE TomE says:
    April 5, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    Love it. The music is the theme of 90′s animated X-Men, I believe.

  5. JDC RapidEyeMovement says:
    April 5, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    Very cool.

  6. StupendousMan StupendousMan says:
    April 5, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    Without the music, still pretty awesome. With the music, freakin brilliant!

  7. LukeB LukeB says:
    April 5, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    Scarily Haunting and Impressive

  8. Jig Jig says:
    April 5, 2011 at 1:15 pm

    Great! Felt very grindhouse-ish.

  9. dgazzuolo dgazzuolo says:
    April 5, 2011 at 1:44 pm

    That trailer definitely carried the X gene because it was freakishly good.

  10. PotatoPope PotatoPope says:
    April 5, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    Very cool.

  11. OttoBott OttoBott says:
    April 5, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    That was pretty friggin sweet. And I love that Kirby got first billing. S’funny.

  12. Gabe Roth Earwigg (@gaberoth) says:
    April 5, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    Feels like the credits for an old samurai pic.  Solid.

  13. MutantSentry MutantSentry says:
    April 5, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    I am sad now for the actual credits can not be this cool

  14. kennyg kennyg says:
    April 5, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    Very retro look, but also very TV-ish. I recognized the melody of the music, but it was really badly done.

  15. mrgraves mrgraves says:
    April 5, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    My feelings exactly, MutantSentry.

  16. warmachine15 warmachine15 says:
    April 5, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    Man, it’s like a Juan Doe cover come to life. That’s aces

  17. Mart Mart says:
    April 5, 2011 at 5:50 pm

    Amazing …. is Matthew Vaughn phoning this chap yet?

  18. WilliamKScurryJr WilliamKScurryJr says:
    April 5, 2011 at 5:50 pm

    Yeah, Saul Bass for the win.

  19. kidCharlemagne kidCharlemagne says:
    April 5, 2011 at 5:58 pm

    that was pretty cool

  20. Duraflametree Duraflametree says:
    April 5, 2011 at 6:44 pm

    Loved the trailer and the version of the 90s theme. It reminded me of the Catch Me If You Can intro.

  21. FoeApple FoeApple says:
    April 5, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    pretty amazing not to mention they picked the very best x-men theme song.

  22. JMann says:
    April 5, 2011 at 11:33 pm

    You must harness your iFanboy powers for good and being this to the attention of the Powers That Be!

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