In recent weeks I have heard more and more people say things like "I will not pay to see any X-Men movies until the rights revert back to Marvel," or "Fox doesn't care about the fans only the payday." and "Frick the(Spider-Man) reboot." Most, if not all of these comments seem to be warranted. In recent years Fox and Sony have butchered many of our beloved Marvel characters along with their long standing plot lines and continuity. Some necessary, some not. They have no love for the characters that many of us have followed since we were children. Just look at what they did with Venom's character in "Spider-Man 3." It was absurd! Eddie Brock was a tiny, whining little tit-bag. Venom himself had very little screen time and was barely recognizable as one of Spidey's greatest villains. Then there is the likes of" X-Men: The Last Stand." After the movie my kids asked me what I thought. I responded "I think they killed the franchise!" I thought the movie was a huge insult to comic book fans. Well it didn't kill the franchise. Instead we got "X-Men Origins:Wolverine." Another Fox crap-fest. There were so many characters messed up in that movie that I'm not even going to get started on that rant.
Now it would appear that they are preparing to perpetrate an even more heinous act with a prequel, reboot, or whatever they are calling "X-Men:First Class." So far I am not impressed. They are adding characters not even in the original material. Hiring actors, firing actors, and then offering them the role again? They don't know what the hell they want to do! It seems that they are in such a desperate rush to put out what will most likely be an ill conceived, poorly executed, substandard product on levels "Jonah Hex" wasn't able to achieve. They aren't even concerned with the pre-existing fan base. They are more focused on pulling in the "tween" market with the likes of the Twilight series. This is a slap in the face of long term, diehard fans who have supported these characters for decades.
So should we, as diehard fans, BOYCOTT and even campaign against these substandard offerings from FOX and SONY? Should you raise your voice in protest to how our beloved characters are being mishandled? I do think these properties need to be back to MARVEL where they belong!
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