A Peak Nightcrawler in a Peak X-Men Movie 

imagine a modern Nightcrawler scene that got as much love and attention as the famous Quicksilver scene got. Peak cinema

Watching X2 at 10: wow Night Crawler cool Watching X2 as an adult: wow Night Crawler is so cool.

No Nightcrawler will ever be complete without a rakish smile. None will ever be peak without three rapiers.

Nightcrawler would have washed Toad like dirty laundry 😂

Its bugged me since i was a kid that nightcrawler wasn't in the last stand, he was my favourite character and with one of the best powers

That whole opening sequence is maybe the best in the whole X-Men universe cos it shows how powerful just one mutant can be, and it was executed with perfection

It always blows my mind just how cool nightcrawler is that opening scene is the best X men action scene.

Now this ome I actually agree with completely. This Nightcrawler, in this X-men movie, this one was peak, it was excellent.

The nightcrawler Whitehouse attack scene was peek cinema for me . I was like 11 or 12 when it came out and I legit went to the theater and saw the movie 3 times because that scene was so kickass.

WHEN THE NIGHT CRAWLS 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

That is still a top 5-6 comic book movie action scene and what made it better it made sense to the story, it wasn’t just action for the sake of action.

Peak Nightcrawler in Live Action IMO would officiate a wedding

A Nightcrawler without swords cannot be peak. Love X2 tho

I'll be honest...for me, Nightcrawler was never even on my radar until _"that"_ scene in _X-2;_ I LOVED the way they used his powers! ♥️

Can you do just how good Ray Park's Toad was next time? Guy literally changed how Toad was done in comics and TV completely after the movie.

Just have to say it's so nice that you've gone back to this style of commentary and analysis, it reminds me of the old MCU stuff you did that impressed me so all those years ago. My favourite parts are when you predicted what the charcter arcs would be. Top video is still 3 faces of vader. Great content, thank you, you're awesome

The White House attack is like as amazing as the lobby fight in the matrix.

I might be biased bc I AM German, but when you asked about a reboot!Nightcrawler in the MCU, Matthias Schweighöfer immediately popped into my head lol I guess he's famous enough right? He also has a great laughing voice and could pull off the goofier side of Kurt very well imo But I'll have to think about this harder for a serious answer! Great video as always!

What adds to elements of how cool the action scene is that Nightcrawler can be a terrifying devil, but that isn't Kurt. Kurt may be among the kindest X-Men, who isn't a literal empath.

I’m loving all the x men videos it’s really getting me more and more hyped for Deadpool 3!

I really appreciate this video because whenever I watch/read reviews about X2, I'm hoping for more discussion about this version of Nightcrawler because usually the extent I see is "he's super cool/his action scene is super cool/his personality is cool/Alan Cumming is cool/etc", but never get in too deep with it or go past the actual movie. Awesome job and I love your inclusion of talking about the tie-in comic and video game because those both get severely overlooked

Wow Nightcrawler is so cool! I wonder what they’ll do with him in the next movi-

I wanna live in the universe where Toad and NightCrawler fought…

This movie made me love night crawler. Never a better interpretation of him

One of the best scenes of all time. Easy contender for best sequel of all time

Full fat is on an X-men binge and I love it

I just finished my X2 re-watch. Great timing

You are on a roll with these! I love X-Men, saving this for later.

Probably my favorite character besides Gambit, i always used to main him in the X-Men Rise of The Apocalypse game

Love how this channel has become all about all things live action xmen

**NO MY FRIEND..... NINE! (Nein!)** -- Nightcrawler 97

I am eternally grateful

This is easily my 2nd or 3rd favorite adaptation of Kurt (Nightcrawler). I also love that they did not try to ignore his Christian aspects too

Interesting that they gave Azazel the swords like night crawler from the comics and animated series

Nightcrawler vs Toad woulda been so entertaining

Ever since I was a kid, i loved nightcrawler. I still do, much gambit is my favorite of the xmen.

I COMPLETELY agree

Even ze voice

0:26 that cue with the action is just incredible editing.

I was shocked we never got a Nightcrawler/Quicksilver team up scene in the later movies where they’d both be taking down a squad of soldiers or something. Imagine their powers together visually. Nightcrawler bamfing around with quicksilver putting people to sleep in between them. The best of both “best scenes”

YES ABSOLUTELY they can now CGI his makeup with a track movement suit and dots on his face, technology has advanced SO MUCH since X2 came out… please Mr. Cummings we fell in love with your authentic endearing portrayal of NC… PLEASE COME BAAAAAAACK 😢

I've been watching your videos for a long time I'm a big fan lately you've been killing it with the videos you're on a hot streak they have all been so dope this is a good video this is my favorite X-Men movie scene of all time X2 X-Men United is the best film in the trilogy it's up there with the best of the franchise it's top 3 it's up there with Logan and X-Men Days of Future past those are the three best X-Men movies I also a like Deadpool and Deadpool 2

X2 is my favourite X men movie, only one that comes close is first class for me 😭

Teleport is such an amazing power, only ever explored so well in this movie and 'Jumper' (2008). It's very odd how no other movie seems to have ever attempted to do it as well. Honorable mention to X-Men games emulating Nightcrawler.

Wish Kurt was in X3

I don’t think they’ll ever be able to make a better nightcrawler sequence, the other movies never even came close, this was magical, especially seeing it in the theater on opening night…

Alan Cummings never got the respect he deserved.

Genuinely I WISH That Marvel would replicate that "teleporting chandelier cutting" scene from M:UA! That would look BEAUTIFUL

I always found it baffling that some of the marketing for Last Stand actually had Angel wearing a leather X-Men costume but he never wore it in the film. It would’ve been cool to see him fight in the final battle as well save his dad and potentially even Pyro since last time we saw him he was unconscious before Jean went crazy.

I would love a video on Wolverine. Either when he is at his best, at his worst, or when he is most like the comics

You should also cover *“A Peak Mystique in a Peak X-Men Movie”* with Rebecca Romijn Her solo infiltration of Stryker’s base and sliding off with the 🖕🏽 *oh my days!* 😮‍💨

Multiple Man is one of my favorite X-Men characters

It’s annoying they only had Nightcrawler in one movie (up until Apocalypse or First Class with Azazel) cause he has so much potential for amazing action set pieces, just look at his team up with Wolverine in X-Men 97’

Nightcrawler is my third fav X-man behind wolverine and cyclops!

There's this guy from Netflix's DARK and All the light we cannot see, a german actor called Louis Hofmann. He's 27 and would be perfect for the role in every way imo.

1:07, It’s important to note that Kurt’s first appearance in the film series’ was as the terrifying demon others believe him to be at first glance and his final action sequence in Dark Phoenix (for the flimsy reason of a human guard who spoke to him one time dying) sees him return to that terrifying demon, smiling sadistically as he uses his abilities in their most violent and destructive ways. Kurt’s abilities and appearance may have been perfectly translated to screen, but his personality is only partly done right, especially his religious leanings, but in both film iterations, it takes either a mind control serum or sudden, out of character bloodlust, to have him weaponize his abilities like in the comics. 6:53, Looking back, the likely reason they abandoned him was them considering his telepathic abilities a threat. Sure, Storm messing with the surrounding temperature disrupted his use of his abilities, but the moment he recovered, he could have projected torturous illusions into everyone’s minds, which would have impeded them long enough for the building to collapse on them. 8:15, It’s interesting that Azazel largely lacks Kurt’s reliance on sight and limited range because the hypnotized Kurt and the rebooted Kurt are portrayed similarly versatile with their abilities, suggesting X2’s Kurt simply never pushed his abilities enough to discover more of their potential, something supported by his overcoming his reliance on sight by teleporting himself and Ororo into a closed room with injuring either of them. 10:03, I’d say Scott and Jean’s presence fit the story better both because they were directly referenced in the story by Logan and they were far more integral parts of the team. Kurt was more of a situational ally in comparison.

even tho alan coming is kind of old now, i hope he comes back to play nightcrawler, he played him so well

14:08 love his cute little laugh

so much missed opportunity

8:40 I had NO IDEA that was Jason Flemyng bruh 😂 I guess teleporters can only be played by british comedy legends.

I kinda understand them not having Quicksilver tell Magneto that he is his son. Mainly because it would have been kinda tone deaf, if they go ''yeah, you lost one kid, but here is a replacement kid''. He doesn't say it, but Magneto must have already put two and two together since DOFP.

Kurt/Nightcrawler has always been my favourite X-Men and one of my favourite Marvel-characters in general. I never understood, why he just vanished after the second movie and didn't stay with the X-Men. (Yes, I know he's in the Reboot/Prequel-movies, but still.) Also: There are THREE movies with Nightcrawler and Mystique in it and yet they still never point out that they're mother and son!

Hope to see more of Nightcrawler in the mcu universe. The fox x-men movies pretty much ignored that Nightcrawler mom is Mystique. They also ignored that Mystique adopted Rouge in the fox x-men flims. So it would be nice to see that in the mcu just like in the animated series and the comics. I'm sure most of the x-men characters will get their own movie or Disney plus series. Although I am expecting mcu wolverine will get his own movie maybe Gambit too with Rouge.

Hey, it’s been a while, but didn’t there used to be two guys that was commentate on the channel?

*I was thinking Nightcrawler in D&W, Alan is a magnificent actor* *But he needs to wield his swords in this one*

It hurts that they gave Mystique a redemption, but she and Nightcrawler never reunited. Imagine they finally get a happy ending, in the vastness of the multiverse and the infinite timelines, it's not impossible.

Damn I thought this was a video about the movie

"X-Men: The Last Stand is easily the weakest of the first three movies"!? I don't necessarily disagree with that statement. It's just that I would've said that X2 is the only one of them that didn't suck.

Based on their ages compared to the classic X-Men, I don't think Bishop and Blink would've been erased from existence necessarily, they might just not be X-Men in the new timeline.

You really need to do a video on Quicksilver. I would also love one on magneto, either when he is at his best or at his worst, and same for mystique would be great.

Bryan Singer used to be amazing

I will point out that in days of future past, Mystique sees two other photos of dead comrades and allies (Angel is first, then I think its Banshee?), and its only when she sees Azazel that she gasps and tears start to run down her face. Like maybe she was there looking specifically for evidence of him. Idk. It’s subtle but it’s so obvious you know what I mean? Like Jennifer Lawrence straight up jokes about it. They never wrote a scene in acknowledging it because like…it’s all right there lmao

Flula Borg would be a great Nightcrawler. He's german, have a great sense of humour and I loved his small participation in The Suicide Squad. I like an older, more mature version of Nightcrawler like they did in the old 90's X-Men series and I think Flula would nail it. Love Alan Cummings Nightcrawler btw.

is there precedent in the comics for a mutant having a child that winds up having a completely different power set?

Next video 2 Bad Angel in 2 Bad X-Men movies

The main thing that killed these films is the decision to have Wolverine as the star yes Hugh Jackman is amazing in the role don’t get me wrong, the height thing never bothered me but it literally killed any development Cyclops or anyone else might have gotten.

My go to for recasting is always Danny DeVito because it's funny.

*So season 4 of The Boys is out now.*

It looks like Nightcrawler is... Morbing!!!

Mystique is his dad now

Imagine Christoph Waltz as night crawler…

which one?

Made zero sense to have nightcrawler in the prequel movies, theyd never heard of him in X2 but they all hung out with him in the 80s and 90s?

2:28 In a matter of fact. Mozart is austrian not german

It pissed me off seeing him absent in X-Men The Last Stand, The Fox X-Men films and the Mission Impossible films have my least favorite habit of having supporting characters just go awol as it makes the movies feel so disconnected. Heck, even Indiana Jones did this with Short Round or The Godfather with Robert Duvall's Tom Hagen not appearing in Part 3.

Future video a great Quicksilver in a great X-Men movie

I’d love to see Nightcrawler with is iconic fur instead of blue skin. He needs short blue fur like a staffy or pitbull all over his body.

Both Nightcrawler and Quicksilver have better, more effective and timeless moments in the "awful" Fox X-Men movies than any one character moment in the MCU

Mozart was Austrian

Marvel Contestant of Champions.

That joke take should have been in the script, at least Mystique could have made a point about her being single. She didn't get to really have any lines of significance and could have addressed "the double standard that still has barely changed since 1962" in a non preachy or contrived "X-Women" line.

Where's daycrawler

I know a thing about Peak 😉

As cool as Nightcrawler's sadism in Dark Phoenix, I also have to admit that it's wildly out of character and really just makes no sense. Kurt is not a killer, especially not in such cold blood. I know those were aliens, but I just don't buy it.

Peak? No. Was cool around 2002 though. Can’t compare to ‘97

We're still pretending X-2 is a good movie after X-Men 87? Damn, the nostalgia goggles be THICC

There's nothing peak about any of this. Even for its time, X2 felt cheap, dated, and a complete narrative mess.