when the Disney Fox deal went through well some of us of course were worried
about you know the future of Hollywood studios and a bunch of people's jobs one
of the things to get excited about was that as x-men fans we would see our
favorite characters join quite frankly at least for now and for some time now
the winning team I'm sorry but it's largely true but I'm also sorry to say
that I'm here to deliver a harsh sobering reality about the x-men and the
MCU you got it you got to know it you know you don't want to be disappointed
so so let's get into it our story begins a long time ago when
comic movies which I was getting started and Marvel was having serious financial
problems so much so that they had to sell off the crown jewels at that time
which were the x-men along with spider-man and then Fantastic Four but
x-men really were maybe spider-man as well but x-men ho they were super hot at
that time and interestingly the big movies for those characters all came out
at about the same time their film rights again sold to other studios to save
Marvel as a company sidenote Sony made a particularly good
deal and got part ownership of the actual character which is why you'll
never see that as I've said before the Sony deal the Sony Marvel deal go away
Fox I believe they had a situation where as long as they kept making the movies
they had the film rights and of course they were never gonna stop making those
movies so Disney found quite the workaround anyway well spider-man and
Fantastic Four both tanked both twice by the way x-men well not without its uh
speed bumps was actually the first successful long-running comic book movie
franchise so it's really interesting if you take a step back from it and remove
your feelings as a fan to see it become the redheaded stepchild of the MCU
largely because of that success allow me to explain again when you look at it you
know without your fan of oceans getting in the way it's a fascinating situation
alright so Marvel when they sold away all those film rights to their top
characters at the Kevin Feige was left to develop the
b-team which is being kind really by the way and that's of course the Avengers
and develop them he did but then the problem becomes that while spider-man
and the Fantastic Four easily mesh with the Avengers the x-men not so much I
mean in a world with the Avengers why would people then fear mutants it seems
like splitting hairs doesn't it and speaking of mutants of course in the
comics Wanda Wanda Maximoff well I think she's just actually called Wanda and in
the MCU but of course in the comics she's a mutant but if she's been redone
as being infinity powers of infinity stone powered in the MCU the Infinity
stones actually accounting as I made a video predicting this actually before it
happened quite proud of that but the Infinity stones are responsible for the
superpowers of a number of MCU characters and many fans including
myself felt that the usage the rampant usage the in responsible usage and the
epic usage of the Infinity stones an infinity war and then again an endgame
could maybe explain the rise of mutants right but Feige as you're about to see
already has plans solidly in place and that's just too much of a last-minute
course-correct not only is it a big course correct but
it's such as large it involves so many characters although a lone mutant could
pop up here and there in the upcoming Marvel movies Stormin Wakanda Wolverine
anywhere with the Infinity stone usage you get an infinity war an endgame the
reasoning but speaking of reasoning still the x-men's raised on the Etra
that they're sci-fi metaphor for discrimination just does not work in the
in a world that's cool with the super-powered avengers it's for that
reason that even the 2012 Avengers vs. x-men crossover which was clearly trying
to create a storyline where they the Avengers the x-men could share the same
space well all it des actually was proved that they cannot it was a very
awkward crossover event I thought creatively it wasn't the
strongest either but I think that's not totally the fault of the people who made
it I think it's partially because these two worlds just don't
mash and in fact in the Avengers vs. x-men crossover all the mutants became
villains so basically Feige has a hugely
successful cinematic universe where the x-men just don't really fit in on top of
that Fox's version of the x-men are popular with audiences to this day but
with the current cast's weaker box office numbers there's no reason to keep
them to keep that cast especially when you see we get to the next section and
you realize how far away any MCU x-men movies really are I mean it makes sense
for Feige to let the memory of the most popular
on-screen x-men fade away with the actors becoming either no longer able to
reprise the role so foggy is like it's not not on mate
or in some cases actually aged into them James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender be
sure to send Kevin Feige a Christmas card every year so you're fresh on its
mind so you can get the call I can see that maybe working out and then it would
be like the return of McEvoy and Fassbender and that would be a pretty
good selling point ah and and again this is a long ways
away you might be like is it gonna really take that long for the x-men
movies to join the MCU that Fassbender and McAvoy would become age-appropriate
for their roles it seems that that actually might be the case because fine
he himself has said it's probably five years until we see an x-men MCU movie
well I've been hearing rumors that they might not show up until Phase six six
and we're just starting phase four that's really just so far away
furthermore the big events that Feige does seem to have planned don't involve
the x-men for instance in the past week or so rumors have significantly ramped
up that Norman Osborn is the next big bad in the MCU leading to Dark Avengers
at funky I hope he's crazy like a fox we always
think this stuff might not work out but it always does so let's say and start
Avengers by the way was actually the fallout from Secret Invasion so Kevin
Feige he's once again making some big changes here to continuity I think it's
doubtful that afar you would just completely skip Secret Invasion since he
introduced the scrolls in Captain Marvel but perhaps that event will
either after Dark Avengers or maybe be folded into it you know the scrolls
working with Norman Osborn I can see that but in terms of this conversation
you don't need the x-men for any of this now the MCU is also ramping up its
cosmic stories with guardians the galaxy Captain Marvel the upcoming internals
and there's even a rumored Nova movie are you gonna do shows I am better
Marvel dammit but and I loved Shazam but I mean better isn't more successful
although do I really want do we really want a small kid running around the MCO
again it seems like a really bad idea but Kevin Feige hasn't had a brain fart
yeah Never Say Never though but he really he
really likes to dance with the devil alright so and you know you know really
tempt fate but with the cosmic stuff I think there's a strong chance we'll see
the x-men's favorite aliens the Shiar such a cool group of aliens they're
basically bird base they're really awesome we might see them show up in the
MCU before any mutants just as the Shia or at least the Shia are gods
recently showed up in the Thor comics sans the x-men and I gotta say it worked
that Jason Aaron Thor run it's pretty amazing
I know again we could get a sprinkling of mutants over the next couple of
movies but for the reasons listed here it seems for all for all intended
purposes and for us getting excited the x-men will be the absolute last joint to
join the MCU party I can't believe like the Fantastic Four being rewarded for
their failure I mean I like the Fantastic Four they're fine I'm mostly
excited like most of you about Emily Blunt and John Krasinski potentially
getting that gay Emily Blunt she couldn't do the Black Widow role it may
and but for this to circle around and MCU to pick her up years later that
would be fabulous but that's the reason I'm most excited for the FET from the
Fantastic Four but it's like the x-men because they succeeded they got to get
to the back of the line frustrating how do you feel about this I mean I'm
frustrated but I understand it because really the x-men even be a part of the
MCU as much as I love to see them kind of show up in a Avengers movie hearing
there I don't really know if they fit and I don't know but mate I don't know
if Disney wants to have to again marvel cinematic universes it's really
complicated and but you know we'll see if I can figure this out as well what
would you advise him how do the x-men can be feared and hated in a
world where the Avengers are loved they just have to be a bunch of jerks
basically and of course that's not how the x-men worked there's a good and a
bad side you know the Martin Luther King Malcolm X division which is you know
really fantastic idea but then how does that work if you have like a third group
of people who are being discriminated against who suddenly everyone loves you
I mean just imagine like think about that for the metaphor with King and
Malcolm X how just the little sitting is weird all right so anyway we're on your
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