Magneto Killing Sebastian Shaw By Pushing A Nazi Coin Through His Head In "X-Men: First Class" Remains The Best Death In A Comic Book Movie All These Years Later

That is and forever will be fucking METAL (Pun only kinda intended). Watching Magneto shove that coin clean through a scumbag Nazi's brain was a highpoint that I don't know if we'll ever see in a comic book movie again not to mention the gnarliest, at least until the sick fucks that make The Boys or Invincible take those franchises to the silver screen. 

However, as of now I still have Sebastian Shaw giving Charles Xavier a headache that 100 Advil couldn't cure at the top of my list for deaths in a superhero movie. Yondu's death hit me the hardest once I realized he was a hero in villain's clothing, with Cat Stevens' sweet melody playing during his Ravagers funeral hitting my soul like 100 of Big Blue's whistle-controlled arrows. The Joker making that pencil disappear with magic was badass. And my dog TONEY STARK RIP'ing during Endgame was the most important death considering he was the reason there is even an MCU right now. 

Yet there is something special about a Nazi receiving an ice cold dish of slowly revenge pushed through his medulla oblongata before seeing a supervillain acquire his signature accessory.

I know this blog seems to be coming out of nowhere since the movie was released more than a decade ago as a reboot to the X-Men franchise that was later killed by a couple of absolute shitbombs by Fox. But Robbie and I continued our rewatch series of the X-Men movies on My Mom's Basement with First Class as wee continue to get hyped up for Deadpool 3's release.

Here are some other quick thoughts about the movie for those that don't wanna watch a podcast that is jam packed with great takes and extremely fun facts:

- I'm just gonna get this out of the way early. January Jones. January Jones. January Jones. 

I hope Emma Frost plays a big role in the future MCU X-Men projects because her character stirs the pot more than Gaz. However if she doesn't make the cut or ends up with a tiny role because yet another bozo got hired to fuck up a Marvel franchise, at least we still have January's greatest hits to forever cherish.

Sidenote: January Jones is such a perfect name for a smokeshow. 

- There were a lot of things that stood out in First Class, mainly how good of a prequel it was due to the story, the casting, and the pace. I was excited when First Class' director Matthew Vaughn said how good Deadpool 3 was going to be for the MCU.

But after rewatching First Class, there is literally nobody on the planet whose opinion I cherish more when it comes to saving a floundering comic cinematic universe. Vaughn put the XCU on his back like Greg Jennings did for the Packers in Madden once upon a time and should be given the chance to do so again once Bob Iger gives Kevin Feige his balls back. Yes I am going to include the Greg Jennings video because this blog is playing all the hits from the 2010s.

- Vaughn didn't have Wolverine in his movie for long but he used him perfectly for the time he did have him.

- First Class apparently had a body count of 74, which is nothing to sneeze at, especially in a superhero movie from back then. A good chunk of those deaths being guys dropped from 100+ feet by the devil looking dude Azazel, which is a pretty fucked up way to go. I guess it could be worse though…

- When referencing the best times to be alive, you don't offer hear about the 60s. But if beautiful women wearing lingerie in nightclubs didn't raise an eyebrow, it must've been a decent time to live (outside of the whole constant threat of nuclear war).

Sidenote 2: Rose Byrne is another great name for a smoke

Where was I again? Oh yeah, First Class. For more thoughts on what might be the best X-Men movie ever, check out this week's My Mom's Basement below: