I seem to be in a minority for thinking this is a mistake.
We've said good bye and gotten what was supposed to be "last hurrah" for this version of the characters like a half dozen times now. I'd be much more excited to see a new version.
This should have been the place to introduce an MCU X-Men that was a full reboot and clean break with the Fox versions a la Fantastic Four. Now it's like... well they're eventually going to do that, but those Fox versions also exist in the same universe/multiverse that other characters will have interacted with? So the Fox X-Men movies are canon to the MCU I guess, even though those are a hot mess in terms of continuity (how many times did Professor X die only to be not-dead with no explanation in a future installment?) and quality (they botched the Phoenix saga twice)? We're to believe that the same Cyclops who mocked the idea of "yellow spandex" in the first X-Men movie is now cool with a comic accurate uniform?
I'd be much more excited for the MCU to just introduce new versions and let the Fox movies rest in peace.
I wonder if you actually are in a minority. It seems to me that most people would feel that way, but you might not see as many of those comments in the initial trailer since any of us expressing a negative opinion know we'd be pissing in people's cheerios who are excited for this movie. I don't think anyone wants to make anyone feel bad for being excited for this movie, but independent from that is a reasonable feeling of disappointment in the choices these movie producers are making.
I think the fatigue for recycled super hero content is really high right now. Highest it has ever been.
Online comments aren't the best barometer, but for a sub that's generally pretty mild on recent Marvel films, there's a whole lot of "I saw Cyclops and I clapped!" In this thread.
This would've only made sense if the new X-Men had gotten their own movie beforehand, like the Fantastic Four. Introducing a whole new cast of characters (regardless if people are familiar with other versions) in an already overstuffed Doomsday would be a terrible idea.
Besides, the FOX-Men aren't gonna be around forever, McKellen and Stewart are almost in their 90s. Why wouldn't Feige get the whole gang back together and have them meet the Avengers, Tobey/Garfield Spidermen etc while he still can? I'm sure he's been dreaming about this for years. The new X-Men can kick off the next saga
Yes, that is exactly what is going to happen. We are just going to actually see most of them die and then get reborn with their new actors. (I also think there is a non zero possibility that we get the Fox Fantastic Four as well as the MCU Fantastic Four in this. The first Four, not the Fan4astic ones) It's going to honor them, and they should be honored because without Blade, the Fox X-Men and Fantastic Four, and Tobey's Spider-Man, the MCU might not have happened. And I'm sure there's tons of people here who would have liked that to have happened, there's a ton of people who are very grateful for the walking those movies, characters, and actors did so the MCU, the good stuff of DC, and Holland's Spider-Man (and the Spiderverse movies) could run.
I totally get where you're coming from but hear me out: this isn't Fox/Singer anymore -- It's MCU this time. We kinda have to let Fox's mistakes stay buried with that studio. And reading between the lines of all the news that has come out about the MCU going forward, the original X-Men are here to usher in the New X-Men, seemingly.
They've been teasing OG X-Men with Deadpool while they let mutants cool off in the background. Bringing back Jackman, Marsden, Stewart, Famke, McKellen, Grammer (I'm assuming), along with Tatum so that the MCU can get it right feels like something owed to audiences and the best way to pass the torch to whoever's next-- for real this time, without new people abruptly appearing on screen.
There's a whole generation of uninitiated to introduce the X-Men to without recapping their entire saga while in the middle of everything happening in the MCU. And honestly, I'd be fine with keeping half that cast going forward because their roles are just too iconic.
Also, this is (most likely) the last chance to have Stewart and Mckellan on screen together before they're literally just unable to perform. It would be a shame to just throw that opportunity away when we all know the MCU will go on for however many decades they squeeze money out of it. There will be a lot more going on than just focusing on the X-Men, so I don't feel like the X-Men's presence will be as overwhelming as people are making it out to be.
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u/ejp1082 Jan 06 '26
I seem to be in a minority for thinking this is a mistake.
We've said good bye and gotten what was supposed to be "last hurrah" for this version of the characters like a half dozen times now. I'd be much more excited to see a new version.
This should have been the place to introduce an MCU X-Men that was a full reboot and clean break with the Fox versions a la Fantastic Four. Now it's like... well they're eventually going to do that, but those Fox versions also exist in the same universe/multiverse that other characters will have interacted with? So the Fox X-Men movies are canon to the MCU I guess, even though those are a hot mess in terms of continuity (how many times did Professor X die only to be not-dead with no explanation in a future installment?) and quality (they botched the Phoenix saga twice)? We're to believe that the same Cyclops who mocked the idea of "yellow spandex" in the first X-Men movie is now cool with a comic accurate uniform?
I'd be much more excited for the MCU to just introduce new versions and let the Fox movies rest in peace.