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insertusernamehere51 t1_j18p0g6 wrote

Reply to comment by theRealGermanikkus in TIL Stan Lee made the X-Men mutants because he didn't want to come up with a reason for their super powers, instead they were just born with them. Additionally the 1963 comic was initially a flop until the 1975 reboot by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. by jamescookenotthatone

They are an afterthought now BECAUSE they were big before

Marvel had sold the movie license for most of their properties when they were in financial trouble. Then, When Marvel began the MCU they couldnt get back the movie license for Spider Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four, specifically because they were the most popular properties and the licensees kept them (On the other hand, stuff like Daredevil and Ghist Rider returned to Marvel). So Marvel was forced to start with their B-listers like Iron Man and Thor and the few A-listers they still had

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Bug1oss t1_j1antgm wrote

The X-Men movies did start to get better. And Logan is fantastic.

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jfudge t1_j1at33j wrote

I think overall they were a mixed bag. It seems typically that for every two or so good x-men movies that get made, they follow with one or two that are widely regarded to be quite terrible.

X-Men: fairly good for its time (although superhero movies have come a long way since then)

X2: better than the first

X-Men - The Last Stand: complete and utter nonsense

X-Men Origins: started off decent I thought, but we all know what they did with Deadpool

First Class: very good

The Wolverine: I honestly do not have a strong memory of this one, but I believe I remember it being extraordinarily okay

Days of Future Past: also very good

X-Men Apocalypse: disappointing to say the least

Dark Phoenix: never saw this one, but I think by all accounts it was quite bad

Logan: obviously excellent

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