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Titled Just "Dark Phoenix" for PC Social Justice Reasons?

posted 6 years ago by cyberbob (3488)
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It appears from the trailer, the wikipedia page, and other sources I've seen that this movie will simply be promoted as Dark Phoenix and not "X-Men: Dark Phoenix", which is breaking away from the trend of the past several X Men movies (not counting the Wolverine spin-offs)

i can't see any reason for doing this other than to be politically correct. The promotion has made a big hoopla about how this will be a very woman-centered movie, with Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jessica Chastain having the main roles.

So considering that, I'm sure some SJW feminazi blogger would have conjured up a controversy about how the movie is still called X "MEN" even when it's supposed to be about women. And then some weirdo on Twitter will propose permanently changing the canon so that the name X Men will change to something gender neutral

It may sound farfetched, but I think this is the case. This is the world we live in today

[–] cyberbob (3488) 5 years ago

So, does ANYBODY doubt that I was right now that the movie came out?

With lines like "Why are we called the X Men if women are always saving the guys?"

And this being marketed as a tribute to "the women of the X-Men universe"

Simon Kinberg is a fucking hack. But the point is that I called this way before anyone else here. I knew what kind of movie this would be just based on a title and a trailer. I'm smart guys, pls validate me

[–] untildawna (103) 4 years ago

Is your male ego really that fragile? Damn, stop being such a whiny little b*tch, grow some balls and act like a man.

[–] cyberbob (3488) 4 years ago

Haha shut the flip up!

[–] skoora (6) 4 years ago

The studios at the end of the day on a tent pole movie like this are going to do whatever maximizes profit. I doubt they would change the title for that reason when they know an extreme minority of women would care about it.

[–] sONOMArEturns (1253) 4 years ago

This is a funny joke. I love the idea of even the mere sight of the word 'MEN' being box office poison! I would love to see Fox pick up this conspiracy.