Ever since the announced Fox-Disney deal, Marvel fans have been flooding the internet with questions: "Who will replace Hugh Jackman as Wolverine?", "How will the Fantastic Four and X-Men be implemented in the MCU?"; however, perhaps the biggest question often circles back to the fate of the upcoming Dark Phoenix. Coming out three years after X-Men: Apocalypse, the film is the fourth in the series to feature the main cast members of 2011's X-Men: First Class. Many see the release of the film as pointless, a delay to the much awaited introduction to the mutant band in the larger MCU. And with the behind the scenes issues of the film, from the trailer leaking early to a second delay of the film, that sentiment seems, at least to the general public increasingly true. However, the film does have its defenders, and with the trailer released, how does the film look thus far?
Unfortunately, the film doesn't look very promising. First. the trailer: the biggest problem of the trailer isn't so much that it's bad, but rather, it seems eerily like The Last Stand, from a young Jean Grey having her powers suppressed by Charles, to a raid on the mansion and Erik leading a band of mutants. And considering how X3 approached the Phoenix Saga, that's not a feeling they'd want to give off. Another problem is that the film seems to retain among the larger problems of the current films: an over-emphasis on Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique. Yes, Mystique having a larger role in the films isn't bad, but choosing to further develop her after two whole films instead of further new characters like Scott and Kurt (heroes fairly important to the Dark Phoenix saga) is a bit of an issue. And finally, the film seems really low effort, from debatably the worst costumes in the series (and that's saying something) to Genosha being downgraded from a mutant utopia to little more than a generic forest, also ripped straight from X3. As for current thoughts, I don't want the film to be cancelled, as it seems like it's a good bit into post-production and while it's been very hit or miss, especially over the last 5 years, I would like the X-Men series to go out on a good note, or at least see it go out. At the same time, I really want to see the X-Men meet the Avengers, and this film does nothing but delay that already lengthy process from happening; not to mention, the trailer wasn't really that great. Many have argued that Disney should release the film as an exclusive to their upcoming streaming service, an idea I think has merit.
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