exiles reboot ...... would it work?

#1 Posted by celestial_man (108 posts) - 2 years, 4 days ago - Show Bio

here is what i am advocatieing a complete reboot of Marvels exiles series.... you know why because this used to be a good series and it can be easily again.... its just that editorial decisions really screwed the storyline and changed the feel of the book,, so here is how i would do it.....

keep the original premise........ with the timebroker dishing out missions to help the charcters fix broken timelines... forget the entire timebreakers incectt thing or the massive crystal pallace

shake up the cast,.... have the problem with exiles is that the cast got uninspired and they added mainstream characters to try and boost sales and i didnt like it and stoped reading it so either ressurect the core team or start a fresh but dont make it an xmen clone team

have the team involved in 616 continuity in minor ways ie taking back seats during crossovers maybe the space based ones ?

get some decent writing talent an stick to premice

#2 Posted by fesak (6776 posts) - 2 years, 4 days ago - Show Bio

Absolutely, I think the original premise worked really well, except keep out of 616 for the most time, they were there too much in the original series already, and there's plenty of other interesting realities out there to visit.
The reason the first team was a big succes i believe was how they took characters that were losers or pretty much unknown in 616 and made them compelling and generally awesome. Then when Claremont came on he used only mainstream characters which quickly became extremely boring. I've read plenty of stories with Psylocke, Shadowcat and Rogue already. Not to say that was the only problem, there were plenty, but a deal-breaker for me.
The last relaunch had the same problem, with the exception of Blink only mainstream characters that were too similar to the 616 counterparts.

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#3 Posted by Kairan1979 (6460 posts) - 2 years, 4 days ago - Show Bio

@fesak:
I agree. How hard is to make new characters instead of slightly changing the old ones?

#4 Posted by xxCellPhoneGirlxx (17840 posts) - 2 years, 4 days ago - Show Bio

I wouldn't even touch it. Nothing would compare to the original Exiles series.

However, they should have been a bit more creative with the newer characters.

#5 Posted by KingHellion (52 posts) - 2 years, 3 days ago - Show Bio

I agree that there is a very slim chance any reboot or new series would come close to the original, but as a fan of alternate universes, I'd love to see something. I do, however, only want to see mutants or X-related characters as the main characters.

#6 Posted by celestial_man (108 posts) - 2 years, 3 days ago - Show Bio

true i totally agree with you everything up to the classic timebreakers arc of exiles was amazing and then it went down hill.... i just think the book deserves a second chance... i have just been looking at all the creative and wonderful teams people have come up with in the make your own exiles thred ( mine ended up been captain britain, deaths head I, cloak , shadowking, ironmaiden and reject)... i think there would be enough interest in the tittle to sustain an ongoing series... i agree it worked because the exiles where all losers in someway which the xmen allways have been however theres alot of other loosers in the marvel universe that would be wonderfull to get some facetime on an exiles team.

#7 Posted by kuchiku (4070 posts) - 1 year, 9 months ago - Show Bio

I miss Exiles soooo much :(

#8 Posted by celestial_man (108 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

Same here at one point (dont remember exactly when) eXiles was the only good X-book been published.

#9 Posted by HammerTron (353 posts) - 8 months, 15 days ago - Show Bio

I'm sure many of us here have great ideas for what to do with the Exiles team. What are the chances that Marvel would consider a new writer working on a reboot of this title?

Exiles

The Exiles are group of time and space traveling characters that are charged with the duty of jumping across multiple parallel realities. In each reality they must resolve a certain issue before they can move on to the next one in order to save the Multiverse.

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