Below is the first image from X-Men: First Class, which is the X-Men reboot that Hollywood is trying with Michael “The Fassdong” Fassbender as Magneto and James McAvoy as Professor X. If I was in charge of the promotional campaign for this movie, I think I would just release a “promotional image” of James and Michael licking each other. If only studios would consult with me! Instead, we get this horrid too-small pic of the entire cast (?):

In case you’re wondering why the whole thing looks so dated, it’s supposed to look that way. It’s set in the 1960s. I guess that explains January Jones’ retro Playboy bunny outfit. The cast, from left to right: Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, January Jones as Emma Frost, Jason Flemyng as Azazel, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, some dude (I don’t know), Zoe Kravitz, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, and James McAvoy as Professor X.

The synopsis of the film:

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

[From Collider]

Yeah, this might be making the comic book nerds all squirmy and excited, but if they want women to come out for this film – nay, if they want major box office – they need to give us more Fassdong and McAvoy. Preferably shirtless. And embracing. Perhaps a little dong tug wouldn’t hurt either.

Photos courtesy of WENN. X-Men photo courtesy of Collider. Additional pic courtesy of Vogue UK.