X-Men (2000) — What To Know Before Doomsday

The Binge Bros kick off their binge ahead of Avengers: Doomsday with 2000's X-Men, the movie that launched the modern superhero era. This episode covers the long road to green lighting an X-Men film, Kevin Feige as an associate producer smuggling comics onto set, Michael Jackson campaigning to play Professor X, and how Russell Crowe, Dougray Scott, and a Mission: Impossible 2 delay got Hugh Jackman the claws on short-notice. Then a full scene-by-scene recall of the film, from the Poland opening to the Statue of Liberty, plus whether it still holds up and what you need to remember before Doomsday comes.