unlike your other examples Infinity War maintained the core myth (while also working around unavailable properties)
They changed Thanos' motivation not his methods or goals
Galactus could easily be written as a destroyer of stars instead of planets, but would never work as a broken heart on quest to find his lost love across the galaxy
1. the box office totals say you are wrong - your examples are stories told over 3 movies not 22 movies and 10 years of revenue
None of your examples come close to bring in even 10% of MCU revenue
None of them are close to replicating the success and fan engagment Marvel found by just doing pure fantasy based on comic book stories
Batman trilogy vs Infinity War / Endgame - guess which one of these every studio head wishes he/she had and has been plotting to replicate?
2. I explained why mutants are treated differently - you just chose to ignore the explanation and allegory contained in your own examples - at the base: mutants are different, humans distrust and vilify those that are different from themselves
Avengers F4 etc are one offs accidents or visitors - the mutant population is an evolutionary threat of extinction for non mutant humans
similar irl to Trump supporters being terrified that they will soon be out numbered by brown people
3. JJJ has no problem with masked heros except Spiderman - and Spideys problems in NYC public perception is because he works mostly at night - Hangs upside down from web and sticks to walls and ceilings - and Peter keeps supplying endless photos to papers of him... in comparison celebrity masked heros seem very "normaL "
4. without context and established history via storytelling your idea of a pocket universe would come across as power ranger material- Onslaught couldn't exist as a good story w/o Secret Wars 2, Days of Future past, The Mutant Massacre, and Inferno
Without writing that respects the core myths the MCU just becomes half ass flops like Sony and Fox and maybe WB movies
5 Urban legends and myths still exist - writing in mutants will require more work and story development but at its core its no different than introducing Wakanda
6. Xmen were never done properly at Fox- the same minds that were groomed to accept Ivan Ooze as an Apocalypse stand in - would be ok with Xmen as refugees from a pocket universe or other timeline
Core fans of fantasy novels, comics anime etc are the evangelist that get good buzz going on these movies - they are also the ones that push repeated viewings - so yes its about them along with compelling story telling to grab the non fan
w/o both of those.... studios are not crossing a billion - HBO does not break records with Game of Thrones etc
Never mentioned numbers and MCU proves my point. The MCU is not Canon and they made it work overall. The Batman series overall proves my point about fan service. Before the MCU the Avengers weren't really that main stream.
I gave a very Similar response to mutants vs non mutants heroes, yet you seemed to think otherwise initially. Either way I dont every recall comic canon reason for the different treatment. I dont care about your opinion. Not saying I disagree with the thought process.
You keep bringing up fans and I'm saying the movies are not just for hard core fans.
I've never said how well or not the Xmen movies are and it was never apart of my argument.that being said I don't recall every MCU movie being beloved. Most of them are average at best. Weren't people bitching about age of Ultron?
I think they could use elements of the Onslaught storyline, but at no point did I say to use the Onslaught storyline as a whole.main point was to use the element of Franklin Richards creating a pocket universe. That was an example of what could be done if they went the multiverse route. Again, my point was that would be a solution that made sense as far as multiverse ideas. Your entire opinion has been no mutiverse idea would work. Did Infinity Wars use ever storyline that came before it? Did they use every element of Infinity wars?
Dont agree about urban myths about mutants.
Spriderman comment if you so.....
End of the day we don't agree and that's ok.