at first i thought i  watched a trailer with poor quality but  yesterday i watched x men first class and well emma could turn her clothes diamond aswell she was wearing a skirt and bra but now its diamond weird but i like it your thoughts x fans

They were just being lazy. How is that a completely new power, though?

That's not a new power, it's just an adaptation of one she already has. They most likely did it because the diamond form FX was absolutely terrible and it would have looked even worse with her wearing clothes over it.

@iLLituracy: Same mind.

Her diamond powers look absolutely terrible :{ Which is really, really sad. 

That's not a new power, it's just an adaptation of one she already has. They most likely did it because the diamond form FX was absolutely terrible and it would have looked even worse with her wearing clothes over it.

@The Dark Huntress said:

That's not a new power, it's just an adaptation of one she already has. They most likely did it because the diamond form FX was absolutely terrible and it would have looked even worse with her wearing clothes over it.

This.   Emma was not well done in this film, characterisation, powers, whatever. The whole point of casting an American actress as Emma is so you can have an authentic Faux-British accent, and she didn't speak with one!  Then her diamond form was cracked with the bars on a bed, which wouldn't be made of anything capable of cracking diamond, and she was subdued, physically, by Erik and Charlies in DIAMOND FORM! WTF?   And let's not even get into the fact she was basically Shaw's pet. Even when Emma was evil in the comics, she still had a personality and her own mind, here she was just broken by Shaw.

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

@The Dark Huntress said:

That's not a new power, it's just an adaptation of one she already has. They most likely did it because the diamond form FX was absolutely terrible and it would have looked even worse with her wearing clothes over it.

This.   Emma was not well done in this film, characterisation, powers, whatever. The whole point of casting an American actress as Emma is so you can have an authentic Faux-British accent, and she didn't speak with one!  Then her diamond form was cracked with the bars on a bed, which wouldn't be made of anything capable of cracking diamond, and she was subdued, physically, by Erik and Charlies in DIAMOND FORM! WTF?   And let's not even get into the fact she was basically Shaw's pet. Even when Emma was evil in the comics, she still had a personality and her own mind, here she was just broken by Shaw.

Common misconception. Diamonds have extremely high hardness, not toughness. It's not as difficult as you may think to crack a diamond.

They should've stuck with the original actress IMO.

@EmmaGrace said:

@FadeToBlackBolt: It also seemed like she was being choked, when she doesn't have to breath in diamond form. And I TOTALLY agree with the Shaw comment. She just agreed and did everything he said with a boring, and definitely not British, monotone voice. In terms of casting, Ali Larter would have been my first choice..

You have to remember thought that this took place in the sixties and things back then are not how they are now. So some of the subservient attitude could very much have to do with that. On top of that you have to take into account that Emma's manipulative, it's a skill that she's known for and that serving Shaw like that in the long run, helped her out. She was extremely formidable as a telepath and as a brawler in her diamond form (you see the way she threw Mags into the water effortlessly) and playing along with Shaw (also adding in the fact that she loved/cared for him) would keep him from looking at her as a threat to him.

@FadeToBlackBolt: It also seemed like she was being choked, when she doesn't have to breath in diamond form.  

@EmmaGrace: Exactly ;)

to get around it they could say that they took the art from Astonishing X-Men Ghost box where the artist made her and her clothes turn to diamond

I just kinda wished they'd shown that she's emotionless in diamond form.

It's to prevent wardrobe malfunctions.

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

@The Dark Huntress said:

That's not a new power, it's just an adaptation of one she already has. They most likely did it because the diamond form FX was absolutely terrible and it would have looked even worse with her wearing clothes over it.

This.   Emma was not well done in this film, characterisation, powers, whatever. The whole point of casting an American actress as Emma is so you can have an authentic Faux-British accent, and she didn't speak with one!  Then her diamond form was cracked with the bars on a bed, which wouldn't be made of anything capable of cracking diamond, and she was subdued, physically, by Erik and Charlies in DIAMOND FORM! WTF?   And let's not even get into the fact she was basically Shaw's pet. Even when Emma was evil in the comics, she still had a personality and her own mind, here she was just broken by Shaw.

Common misconception. Diamonds have extremely high hardness, not toughness. It's not as difficult as you may think to crack a diamond.

@fesak said:

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

@The Dark Huntress said:

That's not a new power, it's just an adaptation of one she already has. They most likely did it because the diamond form FX was absolutely terrible and it would have looked even worse with her wearing clothes over it.

This.   Emma was not well done in this film, characterisation, powers, whatever. The whole point of casting an American actress as Emma is so you can have an authentic Faux-British accent, and she didn't speak with one!  Then her diamond form was cracked with the bars on a bed, which wouldn't be made of anything capable of cracking diamond, and she was subdued, physically, by Erik and Charlies in DIAMOND FORM! WTF?   And let's not even get into the fact she was basically Shaw's pet. Even when Emma was evil in the comics, she still had a personality and her own mind, here she was just broken by Shaw.

Common misconception. Diamonds have extremely high hardness, not toughness. It's not as difficult as you may think to crack a diamond.

I believe you, but then why is her diamond form so durable in the comics?

couldn't they make her diamond from smooth...why does it look like they bedazzled her skin -.-

@fodigg said:

@fesak said:

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

@The Dark Huntress said:

That's not a new power, it's just an adaptation of one she already has. They most likely did it because the diamond form FX was absolutely terrible and it would have looked even worse with her wearing clothes over it.

This.   Emma was not well done in this film, characterisation, powers, whatever. The whole point of casting an American actress as Emma is so you can have an authentic Faux-British accent, and she didn't speak with one!  Then her diamond form was cracked with the bars on a bed, which wouldn't be made of anything capable of cracking diamond, and she was subdued, physically, by Erik and Charlies in DIAMOND FORM! WTF?   And let's not even get into the fact she was basically Shaw's pet. Even when Emma was evil in the comics, she still had a personality and her own mind, here she was just broken by Shaw.

Common misconception. Diamonds have extremely high hardness, not toughness. It's not as difficult as you may think to crack a diamond.

I believe you, but then why is her diamond form so durable in the comics?

Writers have the same misconception. When this power was introduced she was shattered by a gunshot.

@fodigg said:

@fesak said:

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

@The Dark Huntress said:

That's not a new power, it's just an adaptation of one she already has. They most likely did it because the diamond form FX was absolutely terrible and it would have looked even worse with her wearing clothes over it.

This.   Emma was not well done in this film, characterisation, powers, whatever. The whole point of casting an American actress as Emma is so you can have an authentic Faux-British accent, and she didn't speak with one!  Then her diamond form was cracked with the bars on a bed, which wouldn't be made of anything capable of cracking diamond, and she was subdued, physically, by Erik and Charlies in DIAMOND FORM! WTF?   And let's not even get into the fact she was basically Shaw's pet. Even when Emma was evil in the comics, she still had a personality and her own mind, here she was just broken by Shaw.

Common misconception. Diamonds have extremely high hardness, not toughness. It's not as difficult as you may think to crack a diamond.

I believe you, but then why is her diamond form so durable in the comics?

Writers have the same misconception. When this power was introduced she was shattered by a gunshot.

That's really a shame. I think it's far more interesting that way.  But then, what's the point of her diamond form? To literally cut glass with her, uh, fingers?

@fodigg said:

That's really a shame. I think it's far more interesting that way.  But then, what's the point of her diamond form? To literally cut glass with her, uh, fingers?

somewhat invulnerable?

I'm laughing at this phrase. I get your point, but isn't that like being "kind of pregnant" or "a little diabetic?

More like somewhat fireproof or almost-flight.

Lets also remeber Darwins clothes changed with his body.....magic!!

@fodigg:

I'm laughing at this phrase. I get your point, but isn't that like being "kind of pregnant" or "a little diabetic?

Lol what? No not really.

I didn't notice that. I guess I wasn't paying enough attention. Good point. Does that mean she can turn things into diamonds or were the special effects department tired of working too hard?
 
I don't know but it still was a great movie.

@fesak: i've told poeple on this site about diamonds so many times! they don't want to listen..................

by new powers i mean her real powers tweaked a little i was okay with her diamond form not crazy and i did check this blog because  i thought no one cared and commented my bad sorry about that folks