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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 442745" data-attributes="member: 5079">Since you&#039;re not scrupulously avoiding spoilers, disappointing and also, I found, problematic.&nbsp; Sadie&#039;s character is presented through most of the movie as a mysterious villain who does truly awful things.&nbsp; Then a Sad Truth is revealed and suddenly the audience is expected to be empathetic.&nbsp; But, no -- the character did truly awful things far beyond any justification.&nbsp; If this is how the MCU plans to introduce mutants, humanity will be justified in hating and fearing mutants.&nbsp; I&#039;ll be rooting for the Sentinels.I&#039;m ambivalent about the X-Men as a concept.&nbsp; Back when my comic book collection numbered in the thousands, I doubt I had more than ten X-Men books.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always been perplexed by the popularity of that 90s cartoon.&nbsp; To me, that was choppy animation and overwrought voice acting that couldn&#039;t compare to the smooth quality of contemporaneous DC cartoons.&nbsp;&nbsp; I kinda, sorta liked a few of the early Fox X-MEN films but I think even they have aged poorly; I think the best of those movies is worse than even a mid-tier MCU entry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 442745, member: 5079"] Since you're not scrupulously avoiding spoilers, disappointing and also, I found, problematic. Sadie's character is presented through most of the movie as a mysterious villain who does truly awful things. Then a Sad Truth is revealed and suddenly the audience is expected to be empathetic. But, no -- the character did truly awful things far beyond any justification. If this is how the MCU plans to introduce mutants, humanity will be justified in hating and fearing mutants. I'll be rooting for the Sentinels. I'm ambivalent about the X-Men as a concept. Back when my comic book collection numbered in the thousands, I doubt I had more than ten X-Men books. I've always been perplexed by the popularity of that 90s cartoon. To me, that was choppy animation and overwrought voice acting that couldn't compare to the smooth quality of contemporaneous DC cartoons. I kinda, sorta liked a few of the early Fox X-MEN films but I think even they have aged poorly; I think the best of those movies is worse than even a mid-tier MCU entry. [/QUOTE]

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