Noticed this on the Disney store.
Find it interesting so far pretty much across the board, Disney's been marketed this specific iteration of the team (with slightly updated designs) in just about everything since the merger, even the Disney+ icons. I get the feeling the eventual MCU X-Men team will strongly resemble the cartoon line-up. Just my gut feeling.
Get rid of Logan, replace Gambit with Colossus and start him & Rogue off as members of the Brotherhood, and I'd be happy with this lineup.
that’s cool! I don’t think any of us for a second thought they weren’t mutants even when marvel “confirmed” it. It just didn’t stick.
to be honest I’m a bit worn out by the infinity gems. I feel like we’ve heard about them so often now
Totally. But I wouldn't be surprised if they went back one last time and had the sudden explosion in mutations be tied to the events of IW-Endgame. It just seems like a no-brainer.
Pietro and Wanda being the first known mutants who had their X-genes activated by the stone sets it up quite nicely
"Some people really feel rooted in telling stories about their identity, and some people want to be seen as a filmmaker regardless of their gender and race."
I think anybody can write/direct to any type of character. White people can write black characters, straight can write gays and men can write female characters. The key is when you're talking about the experience of belonging to those groups. If you're writing a story about the experience of being a black woman, white men are certainly not the ones to tell it.
The X-Men is about the experience of being part of an oppressed minority. White straight cisgender men are not the ones to tell that story, IMO.
This is my view as well. Anybody should be able to tell a story abt anyone. But when a story is rooted in the racial/cultural/oppressive experience of a marginalized person, then that person should always have first dibs on telling that story. It's all about authenticity, and opportunity. and historically speaking, we know the ones who has been deprived of this opportunity... Time and time again.
But I'm glad this is beginning to change. The X-Men should absolutely bolster a diverse crew. There are many fresh, new diverse filmmakers breaking into the industry who would love that opportunity.
*cough* Justin Simien, Steven Canals, Rick Famuyiwa, Lena Waithe, Lulu Wang etc.
There's no excuse.
I know people will say "Oh but there's two tanks" and stuff like that, but I'd change Beast and Gambit to Kurt and Colossus. And Kitty is one of my all time favorites, so I'd love to see her in the Jubilee spot. But I'm fine with Jubs there too, I guess.
Rogue and Gambit would be a lovable dynamic, but I'm more interested in that family drama than the "I can't **** my boyfriend" drama.
Same here. I love Kitty but I wouldn't throw a fit if Marvel gave Jubilee that role. Especially considering how heavily underutilized she was in Fox, the hugely untapped emotional potential of her story which could tie into the themes of the X-Men beautifully, as well as the 90s nostalgia pull. I'd be excited for it
And with Rogue, I'm on the same page. That's why IMO it's important she start off as a stooge of Raven, and an enemy of the X-Men. Her relationship with Gambit could be a natural extension of that, but the Mystique/Destiny stuff is where the meat of her character lies.
Wolverine still needs a reboot as do all the other X-Men
