pel1300
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EDIT: I titled the OP wrong, I should have said politically progressive, not "left leaning"...maybe that ERA programming isn't completely deleted yet.
I'm not as pumped for the X-Men reboot because of the writing on the wall with the MCU combined with the comment "X-Men as a title is outdated". X-Men has always seemed the more serious in its subject matter compared to what the MCU has done so far, and I think there's a decent chance the MCU make what already is somewhat subtle political commentary and make it more heavy handed/on the nose. As a kid I had no idea X-Men was inspired by Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
Maybe the title will be "The Mutants" because "X-People" just sounds stupid.
X-men the 1992 animated series did a decent job of it and at least in my experience...it was liked by both adults and kids whereas the other Marvel show of the 90s were not as well liked by adults. Even my super conservative dad liked the 1992 series and he hates everything.
My older sister who is super cynical and smart liked it too and watched it weekly with me even though she was 17 and top of her hs class valedictorian and I was 9. She liked SW ep 4 somewhat...REALLY liked Empire and thought ROTJ was horrible. She was shocked that Lucas could end the SW trilogy that way (this was before TPM). She then hated the prequels and said both my sisters said that Star Wars without Han Solo sucks. They both considered Han the best character and never liked Luke that much.
Back on topic do you think the xmen reboot will actually ditch the x men title? Seems like a bad marketing move. As an example, the Avengers title is huge. If Civil War had been titled "Avengers: Civil War" I bet it would have grossed at least a couple hundred million more.
I'm not as pumped for the X-Men reboot because of the writing on the wall with the MCU combined with the comment "X-Men as a title is outdated". X-Men has always seemed the more serious in its subject matter compared to what the MCU has done so far, and I think there's a decent chance the MCU make what already is somewhat subtle political commentary and make it more heavy handed/on the nose. As a kid I had no idea X-Men was inspired by Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
Maybe the title will be "The Mutants" because "X-People" just sounds stupid.
X-men the 1992 animated series did a decent job of it and at least in my experience...it was liked by both adults and kids whereas the other Marvel show of the 90s were not as well liked by adults. Even my super conservative dad liked the 1992 series and he hates everything.
My older sister who is super cynical and smart liked it too and watched it weekly with me even though she was 17 and top of her hs class valedictorian and I was 9. She liked SW ep 4 somewhat...REALLY liked Empire and thought ROTJ was horrible. She was shocked that Lucas could end the SW trilogy that way (this was before TPM). She then hated the prequels and said both my sisters said that Star Wars without Han Solo sucks. They both considered Han the best character and never liked Luke that much.
Back on topic do you think the xmen reboot will actually ditch the x men title? Seems like a bad marketing move. As an example, the Avengers title is huge. If Civil War had been titled "Avengers: Civil War" I bet it would have grossed at least a couple hundred million more.
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