X-Men: The Last Stan

From: Krusty [mailto:hershel.krustofski@klownkollege.ac.uk]
To: Goble
Date: 06-Jun-2006 00:10
Subject: X-Men 3
Mailed-by: klownkollege.ac.uk

Is X-Men 3 out in New Zealand yet? Go see it! The opening scene gives us some background on that crazy hot dog vendor from the first film, we even see his house! And he lives next door to Chris Claremont!!!

From: Steve Goble
Sent: 25 July 2006 15:35
To: Herschel Krustofski
Subject: Re: X-Men 3

Saw X-Men 3 tonight - really enjoyed it. Thought it was the best of the trilogy. Absolutely brilliant final shot of the chessboard - won't be there on the DVD. (bit of a Josie-esque moment) Juggernaut should have been played by Michael Caine. It was impossible to take the beast seriously, but at least he was more believable than Nightcrawler.

It was the final screening in the whole of Auckland (bit of a Josie-esque event), so flatmate Dave and I trekked over to St Luke's (shopping centre/indoor town) for it, where we discovered that it was a special screening for the hearing impaired.

On 26/07/06, Herschel Krustofski wrote:

Special screening for the hearing impaired? Were they all shouting very slowly and over-enunciating every line of dialogue? (and not just the ex-Star Trek actors!)
"I... AMMMMM... MMMMMAG-NEAT-OH. No, MAG... MAG... MMMM - M, FOR MOTHER. YES, M. MAG... LIKE MAGPIE. MAGPIE. M-A-G-P-I-E. NO, I'M NOT CALLED MAGPIE. IT'S MAG-NEAT-OH. MMM-AAAA-GGGG.. Oh... for crying out loud. YES, YES, IT'S MAGPIE. JUST CALL ME MAGPIE. MAGPIE-MAN."
Dr Frasier Beast: "Go ahead, I'm listening."

From: Steve Goble
Sent: 25 July 2006 15:44
To: Herschel Krustofski
Subject: Re: X-Men 3

Yes, it was a very slow-moving film, and entirely about an old man watering his garden, apparently.

On 26/07/06, Herschel Krustofski wrote:

Did you spot Claremont as well?

From: Steve Goble
Sent: 25 July 2006 15:48
To: Herschel Krustofski
Subject: Re: X-Men 3

No. Who he?

On 26/07/06, Herschel Krustofski wrote:



Living next door to Stan Lee in the opening scene. Lee is mowing his lawn while Claremont is watering his garden with a hose, I think (could be the other way around, I saw it three months ago!). He's in his 50s, chubby and has a greying beard. Chris Claremont wrote X-Men for 19 years, I'm sure you know. And the original Captain Britain Weekly (yay!).

From: Steve Goble
Sent: 25 July 2006 15:55
To: Herschel Krustofski
Subject: Re: X-Men 3

Actually Smilin' Uncle Stan was the guy with the hair-raising hosepipe.


Since 6 years ago he also appeared as a horrifying hot dog vendor in X-Men 1, while this latest appearance was set “20 years ago”, this time he was obviously playing the hot dog vendor's father.

On 26/07/06, Herschel Krustofski wrote:

I thought the doppelgänger with the hosepipe was actually the younger hot dog seller. On the basis that it was only 14 years before X-Men 1.

From: Steve Goble
Sent: 25 July 2006 16:05
To: Herschel Krustofski
Subject: Re: X-Men 3

So would that scene have been before he almost died from crossing the road while reading a newspaper in Daredevil?


I thought about this too, mentally debating whether "20 years ago" meant 20 years ago from today - 1986 - or 20 years ago from "the not-very-remote future" claimed in the opening caption of X-Men 1.


The characters' ages in the future stuff seemed to imply that it was the latter, which would mean that one of the two captions should have read differently. Of course, X-Men 1 was released in 2000, when the caption “the not-very-remote-future” could have actually meant 2006…

On 26/07/06, Herschel Krustofski wrote:

I presumed it meant "twenty years ago from when this film is set." (i.e. if the film is set in 2016 then this was 1996) I didn't really think about it further. I've always been uncomfortable with that "Not very distant future" caption that started the first X-Men film. It felt like it had been tagged on at the last minute after a focus group had got confused by all this superpower stuff. It didn't surprise me that they made no reference to it on the second film.

The guy crossing the road who almost gets run over...


...he becomes a night watchman*...


...and a mailman by day** (Newman!).


And he still saves that kid from the falling masonry.*** The real question is why wasn't Stan Lee in Elektra? Or Blade? (And I'll bet he's not in The Punisher either) Maybe he only does Marvel movies starring characters he created?

* in Hulk – Smilin’ Steve.
** in The Fantastic Four – Still smilin’ Steve.
*** in Spider-Man – Still sweet smilin’ Steve.

From: Steve Goble
Sent: 25 July 2006 16:17
To: Herschel Krustofski
Subject: Re: X-Men 3


Don't forget he served on a jury too. ("The Third Telemoviesequel Of The Incredible Hulk")

Heck, he's done so much, the real question is surely why there isn't a Mighty Marvel Movie about The Man™ himself.

On 26/07/06, Herschel Krustofski wrote:

He was one of the major stars in a recent Mark Hamill-directed movie. I kid you not. I don't know if Stan is related to Darth Vader.

On 27/07/06, Steve Goble wrote:


Stan has played himself many times, most notably in cartoons like The Simpsons and The Incredible Hulk.

From: Steve Goble
Sent: 27 July 2006 03:42
To: Herschel Krustofski
Subject: Re: X-Men 3

And he also played himself in his daughter's wedding too.

On 29/07/06, Herschel Krustofski wrote:


He appears as the minister in the wedding of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones in New Avengers Annual #1. It's a bit cutesy, in my opinion. And, though it is the wedding of Luke Cage, it does not occur during any recognised Christian holiday.

On 29/07/06, Herschel Krustofski wrote:

And Spider-Man (1994?), where he appeared in the final episode as himself.

On 29/07/06, Herschel Krustofski wrote:

He was also in:

Mallrats as himself.


Princess Diaries 2 as a foreign ambassador.
I guess the latter is a giveaway here. He's just an actor, playing multiple roles.

From: Steve Goble
Sent: 32 July 2006 03:42
To: Herschel Krustofski
Subject: Re: X-Men 3

Are you seriously telling me that The X-Men, Juggernaut, Magneto, Captain Britain, Daredevil, the incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Elektra, Blade, the Punisher, Darth Vader, the Simpsons and the New Avengers are all real, but Stan “The Man™” Lee isn’t???

On 32/07/06, Herschel Krustofski wrote:

I tried to break it to you as gently as I could, kid.

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