1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auCharles Pulliam-Moorehttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/charlespulliammoore-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="52ByuLTk5M"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2019/06/dark-phoenixs-simon-kinberg-took-inspiration-from-nolans-batman-to-bring-the-x-men-down-to-earth/">Dark Phoenix’s Simon Kinberg Took Inspiration From Nolan’s Batman To Bring The X-Men Down To Earth</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2019/06/dark-phoenixs-simon-kinberg-took-inspiration-from-nolans-batman-to-bring-the-x-men-down-to-earth/embed/#?secret=52ByuLTk5M" width="600" height="338" title="“Dark Phoenix’s Simon Kinberg Took Inspiration From Nolan’s Batman To Bring The X-Men Down To Earth” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="52ByuLTk5M" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/12/xriems1zs92ky6gdte8e-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601435There’s an unsteady, chaotic energy coursing through much of Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix. It almost feels like an extension of the existential crisis its titular hero finds herself in as she becomes the most powerful mutant to ever walk the Earth. That feeling, according to Kinberg, was a wholly intentional part of his directorial debut.