It doesn't matter to me if everyone is set up the same or not. Or some are linear and some aren't. That was my point, that there are different ways to tell these stories that still can fully encompass who these characters are. Including having the OG join as teens. I have my issues with that, as previously mentioned. But that's just my pov. Marvel is really good at this so, whatever they do they have my confidence.
Your argument is that there is only one way. Your way, or else it's a disservice to the characters and not a complete story. Which I disagree with. TAS and X1 introduced us differently then your way. And it worked more than fine as an introduction.
TAS was not structured like a film tho. It's episodic nature, lack of character development, reliance on exposition/flashbacks is why it's essentially a Saturday morning recap of all the X-Men's greatest hits (stories), with the most popular version of the team at that time aka Jim Lee.
Here's the thing about X1, and the OT, it's not about the X-Men. The characters who are "figuring things out", are, surprise, surprise, the protagonists/leads of the story.
I think maybe the confusion here is coming from a difference of opinion in who should be the lead(s). Because this informs
everything about how a character is developed (in most instances).
With the MCU, this all depends on so many up in the air possibilities. We don't know if the school will be built, if it's been there in hiding, if multiverse chaos happens etc
Very true.
yeah, people are gonna have different opinions. And given the poor reception of the last films, most probably won't want to see a very young version of the new 5 outside of flashbacks, Disney + or set up scenes. Not as the main cast of X-Men films for 10 more years. They'll want someone who can go head to head with Cap in the leader dept sooner than later.
The poor reception of the past films had nothing to do with the ages of the characters, and everything to do with the writing, and poor direction. If anything, those films
rushed the X-Men out of their youth multiple times (Dark Phoenix starred a seasoned, adult team. The X-Men were all 25-29 in that film, and the actors weren't much younger. I think they were even teachers again)-- And again, the films aren't about the X-Men. Cyclops is a supporting character in X-Men: Apocalypse, just as he was in the OT. His age didn't make a difference because the story wasn't about him
And there was a point in the comics when Cyclops was a kid to Captain America, just as Spider-Man was:
The X-Men and the Avengers don't need to be peers to crossover
So to each their own. All I know is that Jamie Fox is showing up as Electro in Spider-Man 3 haha. I wouldn't cut out possibilities, cause they are going all in on some crazy storytelling and open to quite a bit as seen in WandaVision.
Fair enough, I guess we'll see what happens.
These characters are gonna be in the MCU for a loooong time, so they can afford to take their time with them in a way Fox was (literally) unwilling to.