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I would love to see the whole phoenix saga played out. The M’Kraan Crystal, D'Ken, the Shi'ar Emprie, Lilandra, the Imperial Guard, the whole shebang. The X-Men 3, which had a really bad version of the Dark Phoenix nearly killed the X-Men as a movie franchise so I doubt Fox will allow that story line to be told, but heres hoping.

I will admit to being somewhat put off but X-Men and Marvel in general in the last few years. I realize the need to shake things up from time to time but I have notices that the X-Men have been getting a noticeable lack of priority in Marvel in resent years. With 'The Avengers' being billion dollar movie properties I guess its hard for me to not blame Marvel for placing more emphasis on Avenger comics. For a while now Avengers have been cherry picking X-men story lines and characters with a noticeable emphasis being placed on Avengers. I do not like this but again I cannot blame marvel for going that route. This is not to say I no longer read comics but for me the long term superhero comics just are not doing it for me right now. Maybe that will change, I hope so.

Like the review but we all know this version of Thor is not permanent and is more of a gimmick or a stunt than any meaningful progression of a story line. Marvel needed something to show the world that not all their prominent characters were white men and boom all of a sudden Thor becomes a woman. I do not have a problem with there being a super-powerful female character in the Marvel universe but I really do not like this change for the sake of change. We all know it will not be permanent because Thor (the real Thor) is far too popular and once the novelty wears off things will change back.

As for the comment that Thor is self centered only visiting people to gather hints if they were the one with the hammer. I thought this was Thor trying to use his brain instead of flying off and accusing people out of hand. Of course he is going to try to get Mjolnir back its an incredibly powerful weapon they has has had at his side for a long time. Now with Jane wielding the hammer now, I have to say I don't like it, thought it might partially explain why she has rejected Thor's offer to use Asgardian healing techniques on her.

Its true Odin has been portrayed as a jerk from time to time over the years bur this recent version is taking this to a new level. I know in the past that Odin usually does things for a reason but if he is than I fail to see what that reason is.

I don't have a problem with an X-Men character being gay. What I do not like is taking an established character that has a clear past of being in relationships with women and making him gay. If it was a natural progression of a story I might be able to understand and get behind it but Iceman has always been depicted as straight. I suppose adult Bobby might have have those feelings when he was younger but that was never depicted before. Also adult Bobby has had ample opportunity to hook up with a man as there was a long established history where Northstar has a unrequited crush on Bobby and nothing ever came of it.This seems more like a stunt to me than any natural progression of story.

Also what the hell is up with Jean outing someone like that. Surely at this point of her Psychic development she has come across many secrets that other people have and has not told anyone, why this one? Surely someone that can read a persons thoughts would know that sometimes that person might think something they don't want anyone to ever know, or since she can see the truth of things she might know that young Bobby might not be able to handle this aspect of hi personality. I don't like making to such a large to a well established character like Icemen or how Jean is misusing her powers. What the hell Bendis.

As things stand right now the progression at FOX is encouraging. They seem to have a handle on what they have and a plan to move forward. That being said with Marvel not having control of the valuable movie rights they have perhaps not intentionally but they have put interests on the the properties they control ahead of their licensed material. There is not Fantastic Four comic right now, now that its announced that Deadpool is getting a movie his solo title is canceled. Marvel just cannot get away with that regarding X-Men and Spider-Man cause they sell too many comics but there is a noticeable trend.

Once again Marvel changed the comics to confirm more to the reality of movie rights. I hate this so much. You just took away Marvels most dysfunctional family and for what. So another movie studio will have less material to work with in the future. Another thing if they could get away with it I get the feeling that Marvel would cancel or suspend all sales of X-Men comics just to spite Fox like they have with the Fantastic Four, but the X-Men are just too popular for that to make any kind of business sense.

I am interested to see what they do with the Inhumans and Vin Diesel is an ideal candidate to plan Black Bold. Though to tell the truth with the Inhumans I am really interested to see what they will do with Medusa's hair, just because how difficult hair is to pull off with visual effects.

Odin has from time to time has come across as a dick.Odin usually has an underlying motive for his actions but in this particular instant until I see otherwise he is being a dick.

The thing is right or wrong Emma has for as long as she has been in comics been depicted as a sexy woman in revealing clothing. I do think sometimes creative teams do use this as a crutch rather than put her in somewhat sensible clothing. Female comic book characters can be great and do not have to rely on sexy clothing to sell their image. Emma is an interesting character and could continue with or without the stripper wardrobe if the PTB decided to go that way.