It's been awhile since I've posted a thought topic here but I've came across something that inspired me to post a topic. I'm a poster on a comicbook website called Comic Book Resources, Legato to the curious. On said website I'd sometimes read and even get involved in topics relating to comic movies and this one actually caught my eye. Someone commented on why X-Men and Fantastic Four should be a shared universe.
Honestly it's the age old debate. People have been demanding that the X-Men should cross over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And we are kinda getting that with the appearance of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. This kind of topic has been going on ever since Iron Man made the MCU a household name. You know what my answer to this is? The X-Men shouldn't be shared with the rest of the Marvel Universe.
Now I'm not talking about the X-Films here I'm talking about the X-Verse in general. I know that some of the X-Characters have a history with some of the Marvel heroes. Like Spider-Man and Captain America to name a few but think about this. The general public can accept guys like Spider-Man, regardless what JJJ says, the Fantastic Four, Thor, or any non mutant born superpowered hero yet a mutant couldn't walk a few blocks without running into Sentinels or Anti-Mutant Groups that want mutants dead. Between you and me that sounds a little silly.
You have guys like Thor who is a God and has the technology to wipe out the whole world yet the general public is like"OH THOR IS AWESOME!!!" Then you have mutants like say Jean Grey and the general public is like "KILL THE MUTIE!!!"
Also I've always ask myself when the X-Men are dealing with mutant related issue then where are heroes like The Avengers or the Fantastic Four? Don't any of them care about the mutant crisis? And if they do then why aren't they helping the X-Men?
Personally when the story arcs are focused on just the X-Men some of them can be pretty entertaining. Also I feel that the X-Men has such a large variety of characters and a rich history that I believe they're capable of standing on it's own away from the other Marvel heroes. Plus it would make the story of them finding human acceptance much more believable.
You know what I just realized? Has Squirrel Girl ever been attacked for being a mutant? I mean, the people of Marvel are certainly dumb enough to try, but aside from Deadpool and Dr.Doom, I don't think anybody has even said anything bad about her. Weird.
ReplyDeleteAlso, a shared universe opens up this problem: People will lynch mutant children and send giant killer robots after them....but nobody has any problems with Franklin Richards despite him obviously being a mutant. Again, power and status are a thing, but, well, the civilians of Marvel Earth are racist idiots, emphasis on idiots, so you'd think the F4 would have to deal with that.
Although, it would be funny to see Sentinels being sent after Hulk.
"HULK SMASH STUPID TIN MEN!"
Then you have She-Hulk. Ok the government hunts down Bruce Banner because of his powers yet She-Hulk can manage to become a successful lawyer despite her green skin appearance and that she has powers equal to her cousin. Heck The Hulk is probably the one non mutant superpowered being that people respond with fear and would hunt him down relentlessly.
DeleteEven in Thor Dark World I'm surprised the human civilization doesn't react with fear towards Thor after the events of what happened in New York and the first Thor movie. I mean Thor's people have weapons that can destroy countless civilizations and they're capable of watching the human's every move. Yeah that was brought up in the Avengers movie but that got swept under the rug.
But yeah it goes with my point. If you're a mutant then you're screwed. Also honestly the X-Men is better off as a stand alone universe if one looks at it