Chris Claremont Quotes

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Chris Claremont

Profession : Writer

Birth : November 25, 1950

If at some point Fox decides that the X-Men properties are no longer lucrative I'm sure that they will cut a deal with Disney.

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My problem with both iterations of 'Dark Phoenix' onscreen, the original by Brett Ratner and the newer version by Simon Kinberg, is, I don't think you can do it effectively in 90 minutes.

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The challenge is, in terms of a canon like 'X-Men,' it's more like 'Harry Potter' and Hogwarts, or 'Game of Thrones.' It needs time and space to evolve and to bring the reader or viewer in and give them a result that's worth the investment of that time.

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The thing with mutants is, they've always stood in for the disenfranchised and downtrodden. And no matter how hard they fight, how hard they work to live among humans, the humans always push back with new laws and new ways of hurting mutants.

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I was an actor in New York, dude.

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I'd rather have Ben Affleck feeling something than twenty minutes of punching CGI Zod. You want moments that resonate with your audience.

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I want to talk about what I'm doing now... I'm not interested in what I've done, I'm interested in what I'm about to do.

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The key thing if you're a writer is to visualize the scene and convey it to the penciller and turn the penciller loose.

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People try to pigeonhole comics by saying they're just for kids. So is The Odyssey. So is the Labors of Hercules, the story of Fa Mulan. The advantage of those stories over the contemporary ones is that they've had 2,000 years of editing. All the crap has been weeded out over time.

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My view of Magneto is that he's the terrorist who might someday evolve into a statesman.

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X-Men has always been about finding your place in a society that doesn't want you.

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Captain Britain is not about representing an empire, he's about standing up for everyone and fighting for the betterment of all.

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Every significant book at Marvel had its key antagonist. 'The Fantastic Four' had Doctor Doom; 'Spider-Man' had Doc Ock, among others; Thor had Loki, if not Surtur. Without Magneto, the X-Men had nobody.

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The weirdest, most eloquent memory I have of the time on the kibbutz is, every Saturday night was movie night, and one of the first movies I remember seeing there was 'Judgment at Nuremberg.'

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There are no heritage concepts at Marvel or DC that are untouched.

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No creator in modern times is going to stick around with a concept for 20 years. There are simply too many alternatives that writers want to pursue.

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The success of 'X-Men' paved the way, I have to presume, for Sony to make Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man.'

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I get to watch stories I wrote brought to life by the most brilliant actors in cinema.

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You have an iconic character in Superman. You want to keep him vital and relevant to the audience as it evolves. So there's a creative dynamic.

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Superman has always been a battle for hope.

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