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[Stalker0]

People were pretty happy about X-Men '97 and I don't recall any of them being upset that it wasn't in continuity with past or future X-films.

I suspect the default is that most people just want good stories, not for them to all fit together like puzzle pieces.

Except when the entire MCU franchise has been built on that very notion.

Sure not every franchise has to be a continuous universe....but when your franchise IS THAT UNIVERSE...than yeah its kind of important.


And X 97' is certainly a continuation of the original animation. If they had just done a different xmen with no connection to the OG, there would certainly be people upset.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Except when the entire MCU franchise has been built on that very notion.

Sure not every franchise has to be a continuous universe....but when your franchise IS THAT UNIVERSE...than yeah its kind of important.

Even once it's become clear it's an anchor dragging the whole thing down?

 

[Thomas Shey]

I think it'd be hard to find Marvel or DC characters who had appeared in other characters' books more than Spider-Man and Batman. They're deeply intertwined in their respective universes, alongside having their own successful titles.

But they're not depent on them in any way. You can have Spider-Man stories go on forever and a day without a guest star and they don't look odd (not that they do that, for the same reason as what you reference; both characters are so popular they boost other characters just by appearing with them).

 

[Thomas Shey]

Even once it's become clear it's an anchor dragging the whole thing down?

There's always the question of whether changing that will make the problem worse, not better.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

But they're not depent on them in any way. You can have Spider-Man stories go on forever and a day without a guest star and they don't look odd (not that they do that, for the same reason as what you reference; both characters are so popular they boost other characters just by appearing with them).

And that's also true for all the other characters we're talking about.

The MCU, as it's currently set up, isn't something that has to be the way that it is. They could go back to telling self-contained stories tomorrow like they mostly did pre-Avengers (RIP Agent Coulson, it's a shame they never made a TV show starring you) and people would be fine.

Sure, you'd have do better with the script than they did for Thor 2, but that doesn't feel like a high bar to clear.

 

[Thomas Shey]

And that's also true for all the other characters we're talking about.

The MCU, as it's currently set up, isn't something that has to be the way that it is. They could go back to telling self-contained stories tomorrow like they mostly did pre-Avengers (RIP Agent Coulson, it's a shame they never made a TV show starring you) and people would be fine.

Sure, you'd have do better with the script than they did for Thor 2, but that doesn't feel like a high bar to clear.

Eh, some of those characters have rarely been at all self-contained through their history. Some can go it alone, but I'm not sold how long some of them would work that way.

 

[wicked cool]

Very strange marketing for this movie. Now the movie is dependent on another movie that came out 7 years ago. Plus you release sort of crap mini trailers and show a decent trailer to a limited audience who aren’t allowed to show it to the general public. I truly feel like they are sabotaging their own movie

 

[Reynard]

Except when the entire MCU franchise has been built on that very notion.

Sure not every franchise has to be a continuous universe....but when your franchise IS THAT UNIVERSE...than yeah its kind of important.


And X 97' is certainly a continuation of the original animation. If they had just done a different xmen with no connection to the OG, there would certainly be people upset.

There have been like 6 X-Men cartoons since the 90s one. The difference is that always online Xennials are starting to feel old so they flocked to and elevated 97 in attempt to recapture some of their lost youth. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

(Note: I like X-Men 97, but it wasn't THAT good.)

 

[Stalker0]

There have been like 6 X-Men cartoons since the 90s one.

I know of X-men Evolution and Wolveriene and the X-men.

And did any of them actually do that well?

 

[Reynard]

I know of X-men Evolution and Wolveriene and the X-men.

And did any of them actually do that well?

I was being hyperbolic.

And no, I don't think any of them lasted nearly as long as X-Men 93.