New ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Video Lets George Takei Explain The Origin Of En Sabah Nur
By Jacob Hall/April 18, 2016 2:00 pm EST
As far as brief viral videos go, this one is actually pretty clever. Produced to look like it was shot and edited in the 1980s (the setting of X-Men: Apocalypse), this faux ad for an upcoming TV special chronicling the legend of the world’s first mutant has its fair share of charms. The spotty sound is on point, the cheesy production logo lands, and, most importantly, the whole thing is narrated by the great George Takei, whose voice is just pure bottled magic.
Naturally, the video only touches on the powers of En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse, which include telepathy, telekinesis, and the ability to manipulate his size and shape. While not mentioned by name, the video does feature some art that tips its hat to his “Four Horsemen,” the hand-picked team that helps Apocalypse live up to his name. In this case, he has the support of Michael Fassbender’s Magneto, Olivia Munn’s Psylocke, Ben Hardy’s Archangel, and Alexandra Shipp’s Storm.
X-Men: Apocalypse opens on May 27, 2016 and will be the fourth X-Men movie directed by Bryan Singer. The film is intended to cap the trilogy that began with X-Men: First Class, although how it will affect that ever-changing, always-confusing X-Men movie continuity remains unknown. If nothing else, it certainly looks like the film will literally wipe great swaths of the franchise clean, allowing future movies to do anything else. If you want to clean house, you could do worse than calling upon a villain whose name implies mass destruction.
