But her backstory was there simply to motivate how the movies would approach Dark Phoenix. Her whole arc in both trilogies was, again, about Dark Phoenix and that’s not even the problem. For me, the problem is that it doesn’t feel character-driven, but threat-driven.
Anyway, like I said, I have actual reasons to dislike the movies, but I dislike them so much I find it hard to talk about them in a neutral way and I really don’t want to ruin them for people who like them, so I prefer not to comment much about them in public.
I’m probably older than you so I have no childlike nostalgia for the X-films. I do understand what you mean, though. I feel like that when it comes to other franchises such as Star Wars. As a kid, every time those films were on TV (like I said, I’m old) I’d watch them. At first, I didn’t even understand the concept that the heroes were the rebels (rebels sounded like the bad guys to me), but I loved those films nevertheless.
Exactly. The X-Men are hard to adapt. While a series format would work better for the character development that you need to have prior to tell some stories, they’re just too big for the budget of a TV series.
I once told Hizashi about how I’d ideally adapt them. But when I say “ideally” I mean it literally. I don’t think it’s actually feasible in reality. But basically, I'd cast competent but completely unknown actors so they’d be up to dedicate a good 10 years of their lives for no other project than the X-Men.
Then I’d have several teams working in tandem to write, film and edit the films, so it'd be possible to release 1 film per year.
It’s too ambitious and insane. I know. No need to tell me. :P