^ That doesn't make any sense. I'm saying they have proven they do whatever they want to to make the best story now. Casting young versions of Scott, Jean, Ororo, Kurt and Angel are obviously being done specifically for this story. Angel specifically is obviously being forced, disregarding the continuity/timeline, in order to support the story.
I've already explained that in the minds of these guys another crossover cast story would develop the characters. They would believe by having a story where both the young and the OT cast are in it they character, whether young or not, gets more development.
Yes, I agree with you that the moment Hugh is in the movie that he gets a lot of focus, as would Stewart, McKellan, Berry, and others. But again, from their POV that doesn't mean that the new characters wouldn't get story or development.
Although they may talk a big game, I don't believe that Fox is Marvel. Marvel systematically planned things out with different phases, solo movies, the Avengers movies, major villains that get cameos, and more, That's smart, but that's not what Fox has done. Fox seems to focus on the one thing at one time. Sure, they are expanding in the form of Deadpool, another Wolverine movie and Gambit; but that's a bit different than what we're talking about here.
I strongly believe that if they felt they could have a huge success with one more last crossover story using the OT cast, which has a proven track record of making a lot of coin, then that is what they would do!
See again, from their POV, did the First Class characters play "second fiddle" to the OT cast in DoFP? Likely not since much of the story was based in the 1973 past. Same thing would likely apply to a story of this nature.
As far as "burning out a top tier villain", let's think about that statement. Most major villains get one and only one movie. At this moment I believe that we're only going to get one movie with Apocalypse, unless they do this AOA lead-in copncept I'm talking about. If anything, it seems like we actually agree on this point. You're saying you want to see Apocalypse again, and I'm saying that doing this AOA thing gives you exactly that.
Also, the AOA story is not the same as the DoFP story. Yes, both have some level of time-travel. In one (in the movie) Wolverine's mind was put into the mind of his younger self. In the AOA it would likely be actually time-travel. But that is a difference. One was a future with Sentinals, the other an Apocalypse rules dystopia with some known good guys working for the baddie. Again, big differences.
Look, I think you need to understand that for a lot of what you're saying, I tend to agree. I just don't believe that Kinberg, Singer or the Fox Execs would agree. I would rather see the OT cast only used in certain ways, while they focus all X-Men movie energy on this new, young cast, having one movie lead to the next, which leads to the next, which leads to the next, and so on. No more decade jumping! No more cramming too many characters into the line-up. But, I been disappointed by Fox in the past, so why should I expect anything different.
Simply put, give me any other concept than this AOA inspired one I've written about, that would have Berry's and McKellan's OT versions in the Apocalypse movie!!???!!???
"more depth"? Is that a joke? You know damn well at least half the cast would get shortchanged. Everyone saw what happened with the OT in DOFP.
