X-Men – a rock-hard reboot

The biggest continuity problems in the X-Men franchise (and they aren’t all stated here, just the biggest ones) come from one idea only – that the two trilogies we’ve seen so far should be tied one to another. In other words, the biggest problem is that First Class was released as a soft-reboot, one that would erase only the bads of the previous movies (and these were Last Stand and Origins). In doing so, tons of things don’t add up right now.

I don’t have a problem with Singer directing, although his announcement about leaving the X-Men franchise (but staying as a producer) brought a smile on my face. The biggest problem I have is that Fox doesn’t plan ahead. Like Marvel does – and no, I’m not one of those who believe that the X-Men should come back to Marvel, simply because there will be no X-Men afterwards, since Marvel has already planned ahead until 2028.

So, what Fox should do is a hard reboot, as it should have with First Class. Cast away the young versions of the old mutants (Sophie Turner is a terrible actress anyway) and bring in new mutants. It isn’t as if the X-Men comics featured just this core.