Both movies missed the mark in my opinion. Dark Phoenix really needed Wolverine. I understand why he's not in the film, but the character is a huge part of this story line. New Mutants could have been great, but it really wasn't the time to launch a new team with the rights going back to Marvel.
Agreed.. I was disappointed with both, but I was more disappointed with how they resolved the First Class trilogy. I loved the first two movies. The New Mutants wasn't what I expected, but it was at least interesting in horror film theme they went with.
It's not dour all the way through, we get to spend some downtime with our five main characters and there's some decent chills to be had here. Plus, there's some kind of directorial flair from Josh Boone than from Simon Kinberg.
Generally not a big fan of this mantle multiplying (except for GL kinda) I just tolerate it at this point, like really I feel it detracts from the significance of a character holding the mantle and I imagine it's somewhat confusing for the inuniverse characters who don't know their real identities.
I think he has a perfect costume to take on the "Scarlet Spider" moniker, and it would be an interesting change. It does kind of feel like Scarlet Spider is more of the unofficial "Robin" or "Nightwing" to Spider-Man.
I'm not against the idea of Miles having his own identity it's just that every time they've attempted to call him different, Spin or Spidey, it comes off as derivative or lazy. When you look at a character like Ben Riley, Spiderman was a stepping stone for his arc, not the other way around.
While I absolutely detest the idea of multiple Spider-Men swinging around simultaneously, I feel Miles has earned the mantle (even in a meta way) and renaming him, now, comes off as a demotion. Honestly, he should've just been left to be the one, and only Spider-Man of the Ultimate universe. (😉)
Both movies missed the mark in my opinion. Dark Phoenix really needed Wolverine. I understand why he's not in the film, but the character is a huge part of this story line. New Mutants could have been great, but it really wasn't the time to launch a new team with the rights going back to Marvel.
Replybecause compared to the new mutamts and x-men apocalypse i find it was more enjoyable one as its own compared to these 2 films
ReplyNot into horror, and New Mutants pushes liberal SJW agenda too much.
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