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Monday Trending Topics: Watch The Skies

Published Tue, 31 May 2011 00:13:51 -0500

Last updated Tue, 31 May 2011 00:14:00 -0500

In day 2 of the X-Men: First Class skywriting campaign, the logos spread from LA to other parts of California. You have to wonder if they'll start appearing above cities around the rest of the country as the week progresses towards the June 3 US opening day. That would be pretty cool, even though the promo would be slightly more appropriate for Fantastic Four than it is for X-Men. Still, quite a lot of fun.

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