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    Disney's received court approval to acquire Fox's assets, so I guess the X-Men film series might be seeing its end. It's possible that the franchise will continue after joining the MCU, with multiverse shenanigans merging the casts, but if Marvel's got creative control then I can't imagine that X-Men will still take the risks it has before.
    Obviously I hope it will. X-Men has generic entries, but the ones people remember most are the ones that took the huge risks: the ones that replaced everyone with a younger cast, that retconned everything before them, that were R-rated comedies, or R-rated westerns. Plus an upcoming... teen horror? The MCU films I remember most are the ones that aren't set on Earth.

    What are the chances that X-Men will continue with the trend of creativity it's set? I don't want to sigh at Whedonesque humor in X-Men. I don't :(
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      Editing … having Dr. Doom in the MCU could be huge though. I hope they don't fuck that up. honestly had enough of the MCU, kind of expect them to fuck it up.
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      Editing … Yeah, I'm more a fan of the X-Men franchise than the MCU, but it looks to be where this is headed.
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      Editing … My personal hope is that X-Men would remain its own thing and mostly isolated except possibly with multiverse crossovers and FF and all related characters would be wholly incorporated into the MCU (with no origin movie!). The X-Men would feel a bit out of place in the world that's been built so far, whether it's a continuation of the old franchise or a reboot. Let the Inhumans continue to be the main Mutant stand-ins in the MCU and occasionally introduce an individual mutant here or there without the team.
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      Editing … The Fantastic Four on the other hand would easily fit into the story and tone of the MCU and could be great crossover material with practically anyone (I'd love to see them encounter Spidey or Hulk or Stark or even Ant-Man). And Doom would be a great multi-movie arc or just recurring villain like the likes of Loki. Just plop them in a team-up movie or even give them their own show and let things progress naturally.
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      Editing … Dr. Doom would honestly be best used as the biggest baddy--there was even a point when he acquired the Infinity Gauntlet, but he wouldn't be using it like a middle schooler who'd just learned philosophy from Light Yagami. By some counts, he's the most powerful Marvel villain.
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      Editing … Actually, by travelling between universes he'd had multiple Infinity Gauntlets. Apparently he even got "bored" with dominating universes.
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      Editing … I'm not sure if he should be a Thanos level threat. Maybe for comic reading audiences, but most of the viewership (including myself) doesn't read Marvel and thinks of him as a street level villain. If he isn't handled really carefully and used to his full potential then going from Thanos to Doom could feel like a step down to a lot of people.
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      Editing … I'm not a big comics guy, I don't think it'll be too hard. He's really one of Marvel's hugest villains, I'd hate to see him underused like Red Skull. Weaving deserved more :(
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      Editing … Since he's traversed universes, he could work well with a Marvel multiverse. I wonder if they'd relegate Sony's "dark universe" into one of those, or the central MCU.
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      Editing … My impression was that the Venom movie and offshoots is going to be an entirely separate Sony exclusive thing.
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      Editing … The Venom folk said there's potential for a crossover in the sequels. I gotta wonder if we'll see Spider-Man photos in a newspaper or something, that'd set straight whether Tom Holland was their Spidey. Honestly I hope it stays separate from the MCU--but that's probably a given for me, isn't it?
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