psylockolussus
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We already saw the X-Men as students though. We've never seen them as a top-tier superhero team like they are in the comics.Yeah but the majority of xmen were students when they started. Not all but for the main ones plus let’s be honest that’s a big demographic for Disney and marvel because of theme parks and cartoons and merch etc
X-Men 1 - looks inexperienced against the Brotherhood
X-Men 2 - had to be assisted by Magneto/Mystique
X-Men 3 - half of the team in the climax were students. Cyclops/Rogue went somewhere.
Dofp - overwhelmed by the Sentinels
Apocalypse - students
Dark Phoenix - not fully fleshed out as a team. Dark Phoenix 2.0
It is gonna look jarring when they cross over to the Avengers movies, and Cyclops, Jean, Storm, Rogue are much younger than the Avengers. They could easily skip the "younger" era and have late 20s/early 30s play the X-Men for the next 20 years. The Fantastic 4 cast are all above 30 in comparison and Marvel Studios probably has plans to keep them around for a long time.
I also don't simply agree that young X-Men is more appealing than adult X-Men. These movies aren't being made for Disney channel.