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MarvelStudios should rename the X-Men.
- Thread starter T'Chakku
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Unlike the Avengers, every member of the X-Men runs around with the logo on their outfit.
There's a lot of reason to call the X-Men the X-Men; they wear their name.
You're just butthurt people don't agree with you. They will not rename the X-Men! This isn't a debate, it will not happen.
I get people finding man exclusive (like fireman, policeman) but never got the idea that "men" as collective is exclusive. It's word origins are clearly inclusive, and in the x-men women were there from the start.
Words can have multiple meanings in context.
it's this weird prescriptivist reading of a word and ignoring its meaning and actual usage.
Why to you think the word women exists and uses a prefix on "men"? Because it was differentiate what kind of "men" you were talking about. Because men can be neutral and originally exclusively was. (There was a male prefix "wer" for men in old English)
somehow took an even bigger L than OP
i'm just fucking with y'all, it's been a rough day
I think the existing name carries so much marketing weight that they would be hesitant to change it even if they wanted to
The public knows that name, and that name has made a lot of money over the years
It's not something very many people are bothered by, and there isn't any significant movement to change it
So I imagine they will adopt the aint broke don't fix mentality
At most they may lampshade it, ideally a little more smoothly than Fox's "call it the X-women!" perhaps by making clear the verbal association to mankind (which is how most read it anyway)
Although personally I wouldn't be bothered if they wanted to call it the X-Corps or steal X-Force or something
The public knows that name, and that name has made a lot of money over the years
It's not something very many people are bothered by, and there isn't any significant movement to change it
So I imagine they will adopt the aint broke don't fix mentality
At most they may lampshade it, ideally a little more smoothly than Fox's "call it the X-women!" perhaps by making clear the verbal association to mankind (which is how most read it anyway)
Although personally I wouldn't be bothered if they wanted to call it the X-Corps or steal X-Force or something
We already know X-Men is inclusive because it has Marvel's best representative characters
talk is cheap and the work is done (but ever expanding)
talk is cheap and the work is done (but ever expanding)
Isn't this the same reasoning on why they haven't changed the redskins and Cleveland Indians. Yes X-men is not nearly as stupid or racist as the other two but it's the same mentality, I think 🤷‍♀️
Yes a name that's could be more inclusive is the same as straight up racist names and offensive that caused decades long discourse about the names
Why is using the name they have had for 50 years "boring"? You want it to be changed solely for the sake of changing it?
According to Stan Lee, he wanted to name them "The Mutants," but his editor vetoed it saying "Nobody knows what a Mutant is," so he picked X-Men because they were led by a man named Xavier and they each had an "eXtra" power.
I keep telling people that it's time to bring back wermen but no man listens.
X-Force is probably the most sensible choice here. But unless there are people out there genuinely offended by this I'd keep the name as is.
There is no strength in an "MCU brand" though. Almost literally doesn't exist. The entry level mindshare for the work is entirely propped up by the recognizability of specific Marvel IP: Avengers, Thor, Captain America, etc.
The average person has probably seen most of the movies yet is completely disconnected from the phrase "Marvel Cinematic Universe." That's nerd shit.
Also outdated given the existence of the Washington Commanders and the Cleveland Guardians.
Look OP a liberal website like reset is overwhelming against changing it. There's no way Disney or Marvel's marketing team would think about changing it or even allow it. X-Men is a BRAND within itself much like Spider-Man is. It's easy to change the name of characters and teams people have to Google.
Wolverine, Storm, Jean, Rogue, Cyclops, and yes even Gambit are pretty popular and they're X-Men to generations of peoples.
What you'll get is a one off line about how mutants are the evolution of Humans and their name is based on the mutation of the X-gene
Wolverine, Storm, Jean, Rogue, Cyclops, and yes even Gambit are pretty popular and they're X-Men to generations of peoples.
What you'll get is a one off line about how mutants are the evolution of Humans and their name is based on the mutation of the X-gene
Well, I've heard everything now. All of a sudden the MCU brand doesn't exist.
And moviegoers are somehow unaware, over a decade later that the franchise they've been watching is connected. Wild.
Lol ask people what phase the MCU is in, and prepare for blank stares.
The idea that moviegoers are not into the lore and overarching background is not some wild idea. MCU means nothing versus "Avengers" or "Tony Stark".