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Marvel Studios Promotes Executive Who Believes The X-Men are "Outdated"

posted 3 years ago by TMC-4 (19483)
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She wants to rename the X-Men.

https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/09/20/marvel-studios-promotes-executive-who-believes-the-x-men-name-is-outdated/

Alonso revealed her opinions about the X-Men back in June 2019. Speaking to Nuke the Fridge, she claimed the team’s name was outdated.

She explained, “I don’t know where the future is going. It’s funny that people call it the X-Men, there’s a lot of female superheroes in that X-Men group, so I think it’s outdated.”

“I don’t know where it’s going to go. We’ll see. They just now have joined. They have a movie [Dark Phoenix] coming out soon, which under that banner is their last film. So, we’ll see what time will tell,” she added.

[–] joej2923 (2959) 3 years ago

I'll admit it's not the best name but it's one of the highest grossing film franchises ever and the X-Men name has so much value in video games, tv shows and other merchandise. The first X-men film rekindled the Superhero box office magic after Batman fizzled out in the nineties.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/31/the-13-highest-grossing-film-franchises-at-the-box-office.html *** X-Men #6 ***

I'm worried that they'll mess it up. I loved both Fox versions of X-Men. After the success of Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel started emphasizing humor in their movies and I prefer more serious superhero movies. I'm concerned about her preference for more singing in Marvel movies.