I am almost always against reboots.That Is cheap easy way.remember a reboot means all the films In series you liked,paid to see,and bought DVD or VHS or Blu-Ray never happened.
My feeling Is If you go that road you should have to wait 9 or 10 years.Some thought The Incredible Hulk was followup to Hulk.Partly due to misleading ads some In GA
thought Of Casino Royale as showing the origin of James Bond they knew Instead of a completly new series.Some don't like I keep saying Skyfall should be called Bond 3 and not 23.
Warner Brothers should have to wait around 9 years for another Batman reboot.They were the ones that gave Chris Nolan so much power.We still don't know how the GA will respond to a Spider-Man reboot so quickly.
X-Men does not need rebooting.First Class has rehabed the franchise quite nicely without going through the reboot card.And some people In Media still call It reboot.In Interview with Jane Goldman EW called first Class a reboot.
Worldwide First Class Is second highest grossing film In franchise.Out of the quality X-Men films(It,X-Men,X2) It Is biggest success worldwide.And Is second best overall
reviewed film In franchise.There Is no reason to reboot.X-Men at core deals with discrimation with Mutants stand In for Gays,and racial and relgious groups.They are
sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them.The ailen stuff Isn't core to X-Men.
That can work In Comics and Animation.After The AVengers Is In theatres then we can
come back and talk about how a Ailen Invasion In Superhero film can work.
The Days of future past storyline Isn't about changing film contunity.It's about showing a dark future where the forces of prejudge has caused something far worse,and trying to prevent that future from happening.
with them disgarding The Last Stand and Wolverine they are already do It semi.They are doing what Bryan Singer did when he did Superman Returns.Ignore films that went over badly and keep connection to the good films.And really how many really complan about not keeping the Last Stand and wolverine In Mind? First Class reminded people why they
liked the X-Men films to beguin with.And now Fox gives more money than they did to X-Men and X2.
If I felt the way you do about Xmen and X2 I might agree. But I don't.
You are absolutely right, time travel and aliens are not core to the Xmen books. But discrimination is core and the Singer films, IMO, failed to adequetely portray the human poplation's true hate and discrimination against mutants. In the books Muties were regularly lynched, murdered, kidnapped and hated by the much of the "flatline" population.
Also a driving element within the Wolverine character is his struggle to control his inner rage, his feral nature and his search for redemption. This was an aspect of Wolverine that was hardly addressed at all, even in his own origin movie. Ignoring this aspect of his personality, and the fact that he has not always been the most heroic or sympathetic of characters, fundementally changes Wolverine and makes him less interesting and compelling.
I recognize that they were a huge leap forward in the genre but I felt they were both really flawed. I am grateful for Bryan Singer and his vision but I feel like other Xmen stories can be done better without having to "forget" about the existence of several of the movies. Additionally, as badly as Ratner's team ****ed up the Dark Phoenix saga, I would really like to see another creative team interpret that story at some point in the future since it is THE most defining storyline in Xmen history and deserves a true adaptation. Frankly I am okay waiting a few more years for any type of sequel. However, I still believe you can chain current FC continuity to a reboot MUCH easier than you can connect it to the Singer X-series. I see no issue with completing an FC trilogy pre-Xmen and still remain outside of Singer's contintuity. The only real connection I see between FC and Singer's Xmen at this point is the Hugh Jackman scene. EVERTHING alse is more at odds with Singer's continuity than in sych.
Days of Future Past could either be a sequel to FC set decades down the road or it could be just the full reboot with complete recasting. But I guess how GA receives the Spiderman reboot would be a good indicator if an Xmen reboot would be feasible.
Personally I think comicbook movies may be a genre that lends itself to be reimagined and adapted by different filmmakers. Much like they are handled in the book. It is common for different artists/writers to interpret the characters and stories with their own voice.
