My thoughts on future X-Men movies
Since this year marks the 20th anniversary of this franchise. Now it's a good time for me to give my thoughts on how 20th Century Fox handled it and what direction Marvel Studios could take with this franchise.
20th Century Fox X-Men movies have their ups and downs, part of the reason why is because the continuity in these movies is a mess. I like some of the movies; however, none of them stand out the way Spider-Man 2 or The Avengers: Infinity War did. NO! Logan doesn't count because that's a solo film. This franchise could have ended on a high note if Matthew Vaughn ( The director of X-Men First Class) was still involved with this series. Mr. Vaughn planned on ending this franchise with Days of Future Past, before that, he wanted to do another X-Men movie with a younger Wolverine and have us get to know the mutants more. Of course, the studio had to ruin that by undermining him.
I'm surprised fans have issues with Mr. Singer before he allegedly molested children; he directed X-Men 1,2, Days of Future Past, and Apocalypse. I say that because it seems like he's familiar with this franchise at first. The first X-Men movie he directed is a standard X-Men story, the second one reminds me of a X-Men comic book called God Loves Men Kills, Days of Future Past is a mess continuity-wise, and Apocalypse was a letdown. I'm shocked that he didn't let the cast read X-Men comics because some of them embrace their comic book counterparts. Are fans still mad at him for X-Men 3? He said he regrets not working on that movie instead of Superman Returns. As far as the black suits goes I'm going to defend that. before the first X-Men movie, what was the last superhero movie that was colorful?
That's right! Now, do you want to do anything that will remind people of that movie?
The fans should be mad at Jennifer Lawrence for not wanting to play mystique, if she didn't enjoy being covered in makeup, why did she agree to do these films? Like I said before, I'm not crazy about Marvel Studios getting the rights to the rest of their characters because I want to see variety. Plus, I'm not happy with how this studio handled Spider-Man so far. It's not just that the Spider-Man movies are bad it's that I don't like that Spider-Man's villains have a beef with Iron-Man. (The next Spider-Man movie better be good now that he's out of the picture.) This Studio is doing their own thing with the X-Men is going to be hard because of Wolverine and Magneto. Magneto is the X-Men's arch-nemesis; he was the villain in most of the movies. Wolverine was overexposed to the point where other characters barely got any development. I feel sorry for the guy who's going to play Wolverine because he'll have a hard time getting out of Hugh Jackman's shadow.
I know how to fix the Wolverine problem, have him be a part of X-Force, if people want to see him make an X-Force movie. I have a better idea if the movie is not R-rated, then I don't want to see Wolverine, what's the point of having a character with claws if we can't see him cut people into pieces? I'll talk about what Marvel Studios could do with Magneto later. Another thing that can hurt Marvel Studio's X-Men is that 20th Century Fox own this franchise for 19 years, because of that it's going to be hard to go in a different direction. Plus, they told almost every X-Men story that I'm familiar with. I'm not crazy about these movies being a social commentary on prejudice, I'm not saying this isn't a serious issue; however, prejudice existed for a long time, and it seems like we're not doing anything to fix this problem. ( I'm sorry I'm not saying we're not trying to fix it however, were going about it the wrong way.) I don't know how this franchise can address this issue in a new way.
Now, let's get into the things I want to see in this franchise.
The first and most important thing I want is for you to give Cyclops justice. For those of you who don't know Cyclops is the leader of the X-Men. He's like Captain America but he's willing to bend the rules. Yes! He can be a flat character if the writer and director portray him like that. He got the cold shoulder in the early movies. That bugs me because there are deleted scenes in the first movie where he's more fleshed out, also what's the point of bringing him back in X-Men Apocalypse if the creators are not going to do this character right? As far as his relationship with Jean goes that needs to be done better too because I didn't buy that they were a couple in the early films. When Cyclops and Jean came back in Apocalypse I like how their relationship was set up. This is another reason why I want Wolverine to be with X-Force because we don't have to deal with the love triangle which was unconvincing in the early films. Speaking of Wolverine he and Scott have the same dynamic as Leo and Raphael from TMNT. Also, find a way to incorporate Scott's family into whatever story you come up with for him.
The second thing is world-building. The X-Men have so many characters that they can rival the MCU. Plus they know characters in space, so I would like to see the X-Men travel in space more often. Plus there are other mutant groups like New Generation, X factor, New Mutants, etc etc. It would be nice to see the X-Men go through the growing pains of becoming a team. That's what I like about the X-Men Evolution cartoon, The first two seasons deals with them learning how to control their powers, how their powers affect them and becoming a team. That would be refreshing not every movie has to be about them stopping the villain of the week. Another thing, if we get a danger room scene I want the scenario to be about them learning how to escape captivity. I'm tired of watching them get abducted in movies, cartoons and video games.
This leads to the third thing and that's the crossovers. It would be cool to see the X-Men team up with the Fantastic Four because they both have allies from space. The Fantastic Four can fit right in with the X-Men, The human torch and Iceman are both comic reliefs, the thing and Colossus can test each other's toughest and Mr. Fantastic and Professor X can pick each other's brains. Heck, I wouldn't mind seeing them come across with the Inhumans and show them the error of their ways. As far as an Avengers team-up I'm going to have a hard time buying that because the X-Men feel like they are in a different world. In the comics, the Avengers are praised but the X-Men are hated in the comics. Also, how will the writers explain where the mutants have been all this time? Well with the Sokovia Accords it's possible that both parties can share the same universe. It would be interesting to see a movie where the world leaders form the Acolytes or create fantomex. If Marvel Studios decide to do an Avengers and X-Men crossover I want them to adapt the House of M story.
Finally, the villains I want Mr. Sinister to be the first adversary for the X-Men to face, because he was set up to be the next big bad after X-Men Apocalypse. I also want the X-Men to face Omega Red or Xorn, sorry he isn't a baddie kind of. If Marvel studios decide to do an Apocalypse story they should adapt X-Force the Apocalypse solution. As far as his horsemen goes they should be Magneto, Professor X, Storm and Nightcrawler. It would be interesting to see how the X-Men and the Brotherhood will go about stopping Apocalypse with their leader and mentor on his side. Let's go back to Magneto have the creators kill him off or have us think he's dead. Since the MCU takes place in real-time Magneto would be in his late 80's or early 90's since he was a child during the Holocaust, he's too old to do anything.
Well in X-Men Evolution he uses a machine that keeps him from aging, if the movies borrow that from the cartoon, I wouldn't mind it. How about replacing him with Polaris. (Polaris is Magneto's daughter she can control metal too.) Have Magneto bring mutants onto his island of Genosha, If Magneto cares about mutants he wouldn't start trouble with the humans. You can have Polaris do bad things on his behalf. Plus I want the brotherhood to last longer than one movie. As far as Magneto being Black I'm not crazy about that because if a character looks a certain way for decades you shouldn't change that look.
I know how to fix the Wolverine problem, have him be a part of X-Force, if people want to see him make an X-Force movie. I have a better idea if the movie is not R-rated, then I don't want to see Wolverine, what's the point of having a character with claws if we can't see him cut people into pieces? I'll talk about what Marvel Studios could do with Magneto later. Another thing that can hurt Marvel Studio's X-Men is that 20th Century Fox own this franchise for 19 years, because of that it's going to be hard to go in a different direction. Plus, they told almost every X-Men story that I'm familiar with. I'm not crazy about these movies being a social commentary on prejudice, I'm not saying this isn't a serious issue; however, prejudice existed for a long time, and it seems like we're not doing anything to fix this problem. ( I'm sorry I'm not saying we're not trying to fix it however, were going about it the wrong way.) I don't know how this franchise can address this issue in a new way.
Now, let's get into the things I want to see in this franchise.
The first and most important thing I want is for you to give Cyclops justice. For those of you who don't know Cyclops is the leader of the X-Men. He's like Captain America but he's willing to bend the rules. Yes! He can be a flat character if the writer and director portray him like that. He got the cold shoulder in the early movies. That bugs me because there are deleted scenes in the first movie where he's more fleshed out, also what's the point of bringing him back in X-Men Apocalypse if the creators are not going to do this character right? As far as his relationship with Jean goes that needs to be done better too because I didn't buy that they were a couple in the early films. When Cyclops and Jean came back in Apocalypse I like how their relationship was set up. This is another reason why I want Wolverine to be with X-Force because we don't have to deal with the love triangle which was unconvincing in the early films. Speaking of Wolverine he and Scott have the same dynamic as Leo and Raphael from TMNT. Also, find a way to incorporate Scott's family into whatever story you come up with for him.
The second thing is world-building. The X-Men have so many characters that they can rival the MCU. Plus they know characters in space, so I would like to see the X-Men travel in space more often. Plus there are other mutant groups like New Generation, X factor, New Mutants, etc etc. It would be nice to see the X-Men go through the growing pains of becoming a team. That's what I like about the X-Men Evolution cartoon, The first two seasons deals with them learning how to control their powers, how their powers affect them and becoming a team. That would be refreshing not every movie has to be about them stopping the villain of the week. Another thing, if we get a danger room scene I want the scenario to be about them learning how to escape captivity. I'm tired of watching them get abducted in movies, cartoons and video games.
This leads to the third thing and that's the crossovers. It would be cool to see the X-Men team up with the Fantastic Four because they both have allies from space. The Fantastic Four can fit right in with the X-Men, The human torch and Iceman are both comic reliefs, the thing and Colossus can test each other's toughest and Mr. Fantastic and Professor X can pick each other's brains. Heck, I wouldn't mind seeing them come across with the Inhumans and show them the error of their ways. As far as an Avengers team-up I'm going to have a hard time buying that because the X-Men feel like they are in a different world. In the comics, the Avengers are praised but the X-Men are hated in the comics. Also, how will the writers explain where the mutants have been all this time? Well with the Sokovia Accords it's possible that both parties can share the same universe. It would be interesting to see a movie where the world leaders form the Acolytes or create fantomex. If Marvel Studios decide to do an Avengers and X-Men crossover I want them to adapt the House of M story.
Finally, the villains I want Mr. Sinister to be the first adversary for the X-Men to face, because he was set up to be the next big bad after X-Men Apocalypse. I also want the X-Men to face Omega Red or Xorn, sorry he isn't a baddie kind of. If Marvel studios decide to do an Apocalypse story they should adapt X-Force the Apocalypse solution. As far as his horsemen goes they should be Magneto, Professor X, Storm and Nightcrawler. It would be interesting to see how the X-Men and the Brotherhood will go about stopping Apocalypse with their leader and mentor on his side. Let's go back to Magneto have the creators kill him off or have us think he's dead. Since the MCU takes place in real-time Magneto would be in his late 80's or early 90's since he was a child during the Holocaust, he's too old to do anything.
Well in X-Men Evolution he uses a machine that keeps him from aging, if the movies borrow that from the cartoon, I wouldn't mind it. How about replacing him with Polaris. (Polaris is Magneto's daughter she can control metal too.) Have Magneto bring mutants onto his island of Genosha, If Magneto cares about mutants he wouldn't start trouble with the humans. You can have Polaris do bad things on his behalf. Plus I want the brotherhood to last longer than one movie. As far as Magneto being Black I'm not crazy about that because if a character looks a certain way for decades you shouldn't change that look.
That's all the suggestions I have for Marvel Studio's, hopefully, there's nowhere they can go but up.
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