Gomer
Well-Known Member
I have a love hate relationship with the X-Men franchise. I really like some of the things they've done and hate others. Often in the same movie. (Except for X-3...that's just garbage). All in all though, it always feels like its missing something. The action has never felt as visceral and kinetic as it should. Characters not named wolverine are never fleshed out or altered significantly to make them secondary. The social themes are often either swept aside or too heavy handed. If any franchise could benefit from the MCU style of individual movies building to a big team up, X-Men could have. Instead, they often feel rushed or over-simplistic. That said, I love X-2 and really liked both First Class and DoFP. They just always feel a little forced.
As for the MCU, I'll throw this in spoiler tags just in case its true. Don't read if you don't want to know the rumored path of the MCU over the next 7 years or so.
Current Rumors have Whedon leaving after A2 and handing over the reigns to the Russos. Cap 3 will start the Civil War story which will be continued into Avengers 3 which will have a mostly different cast of Avengers than Avengers 1 did. This is supposedly Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Ms Marvel, Ant-Man and possibly a couple others. (That will allow the current crop of Avengers to have their contracts stay active until the next big thing) After that, the entire MCU will crossover in Phase 4 in a Secret Wars style crossover event focusing on Thanos and the Infinity gauntlet. This would involve the new Avengers, Old Avengers, GotG, The Netflix TV stars, and any standalone heroes introduced between now and then (i.e. Dr Strange, Black Panther, etc...)
Take that all with a huge grain of salt though.
