Luckily I no longer care for the insanity that is modern gene-jokes.
Name them whatever is on your mutie agenda. But beware, don‘t forget that you might overlook a Morlock group.
Ask Magneto about the repercussions.
Luckily I no longer care for the insanity that is modern gene-jokes.
Name them whatever is on your mutie agenda. But beware, don‘t forget that you might overlook a Morlock group.
Ask Magneto about the repercussions.
I don't blind date I make the direct market vibrate
It's about as dated as calling a superhero group "the Avengers" is outdated.
That is to say...not in the least.
X-Men is the trademark and the name they are famous for.
I think it still fits and is fine the way it is.
"This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot"
-Spider-man
“Evil is evil...lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same."
-Geralt of Rivia
If Marvel can make Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket Racoon, and Groot household names, I'm sure they can sell a "Nation X" or "X-Corps" without any trouble.
"This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot"
-Spider-man
“Evil is evil...lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same."
-Geralt of Rivia
Would it? Considering the reception to Dark Phoenix, I expect a name change would be a great way to signal that Marvel doesn't plan on producing a franchise that repeatedly plagiarizes itself as the Fox X-Men did. It's a quick way to say, "this time will be different."
It would probably still be very confusing, especially when considering the Fantastic Four name would stay the same. I also don't see how changing the brand name would make people confident in Marvel actually following the source material if they are ignoring the source material's team name in the first place.
"This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot"
-Spider-man
“Evil is evil...lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same."
-Geralt of Rivia
"If it ain't broke..."
Sadly, nobody adheres to that old adage anymore.
Except that X-men is an established brand name that goes WAY BEYOND Fox's X-men movies.
People seriously overestimate how much Fox's movies, particularly the recent ones, have on the popular notions of the franchise.
I'd argue that the 90's cartoon, and the two other animated series, also have a significant impact on the X-men brand even today.
And on the subject of Fox's X-men movies, some of them, most recently X-men Days of Future Past, have been beloved by audiences across the globe. Even if Dark Phoenix bombs as badly as people say it will (and sadly, the numbers do seem to be heading in that direction), the notion that it will prompt Disney to discard one of the greatest brand names in pop-cultural history is ABSURD.
They made a different choice with Spider-Man, and I'm not sure how that negates my point. Your post would make sense if I'd said calling them the "X-Men" would be a mistake that leads to failure given Dark Phoenix's reception. That's not what I said, though, and it's not what I meant.