X-Men aren't just allegories for the fight for civil rights. Their members are of those communities. X-Men by their very nature are political. When you write something like the bold it's very similar to your claims that Jen was "whining" about being sexually harassed.
No Im not. You literally said making it modern day would be toxic/controversial. So again, how does simply making it modern day toxic?
Where in that post did I specifically just mention X-Men? I'm talking in general. You're misconstruing things, but have at it. You're after all entitled to that opinion.
Did you see who I'm responding to? I'm agreeing with their take.
Stop you're willfully being obstuse.
I must have misunderstood him.
That's fine but you're still not answering why you think a modern day set X-Men would be toxic.
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No worries. I think you misunderstood because I agreed with your idea for a different universe, but not specifically on the controversy coming from a certain timeframe.
That would require an in-depth analysis. I'll write one up at some point. In short, setting them in modern day might lead to misrepresenting real character struggles that were way more prevalent in the 60s-90s. It would be a controversial, toxic, and divisive film. You might run the risk or erasing or misrepresenting lived experiences of real marginalized people. Today’s audiences want more honest, specific, and inclusive storytelling, not just metaphors that skate around hard truths. Setting it in the 80s core themes of prejudice, identity, and social conflict would be more effective and would have a better chance to be well received. Again, just an opinion,
Must have been the case. Silly me.
Then what are you considering toxic in relation to what? This is similar to when you wouldn't answer my question about your "critique" of She-Hulk.
Kindly read above and in regards to She-Hulk - You liked it and I didn't.
Ok. You're smarter than me. Let's see what happens in some years.
Why someone dislikes something matters. You said she was whining about the first world problem of sexual harassment.
I never mentioned sexual harassment. That's what you keep saying though.
As we witness an attempt to genocide trans people in the United States and UK. As people of Latin decent are hunted by the new Gestapo. As reproductive rights are ripped from those who can become pregnant.
Cat calling is sexual harassment. Do you disagree?
Course I do.
Not that all that stuff isn't important. How does all this pertain to the OG X-Men? Charles, Magneto or even Jean?
You put on this whole song and dance because you know posting what you actually meant would make you look bad. Don't be mad people are calling you out on it.
What makes you think I am mad? It's opinions that they don't agree with and you guys have been cherry picking along the way implying I'm slow and not a serious person. I'm pretty chill to this hostility.
Are you unaware that Jean can get pregnant? That the X-Men are constantly hunted by the government and other contracted military forces? That they are fighting for civil rights as a minority? I'm getting the vibe you might not actually have ever read or seen anything with the X-Men.
