That's a handy excuse, but I don't think it's a legitimate argument, given how many other retcons this franchise has already been through.
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
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Jessica - May 27, 2014 7:31:13 am PDT #26965 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Kalshane - May 27, 2014 7:42:53 am PDT #26966 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Well, they could have done a future-future and then present storyline to get around the age issue, but then they couldn't have linked casts. And of course, they wouldn't have been able to potentially reboot their universe with that method.
Of course they could have gone with straight up physical time-travel and kept Kitty as well.
But Wolverine is the face of the franchise.
EpicTangent - May 27, 2014 8:20:03 am PDT #26967 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
X:Men, non-spoilery silliness. When we first see James McAvoy, I couldn't figure out who he was reminding me of, then I got it- Lieutenant Dan! Even before the return to the wheelchair. Never would have said that McAvoy & Sinise resembled one another, but I guess something about the long hair, blue eyes, and bad attitude...
SuziQ - May 27, 2014 8:23:29 am PDT #26968 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Hah, Epic. I had a similar feeling but didn't have the ah-ha until I read your post. I agree.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 27, 2014 9:50:43 am PDT #26969 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Along those lines, when I saw the trailer for Kingsmen: The Secret Service in front of DoFP yesterday, it took me a few seconds to make the connection to Men in Black and realize why I was getting such a strong sense of deja vu.
EpicTangent - May 27, 2014 10:01:23 am PDT #26970 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Also true, Matt!
Calli - May 27, 2014 11:54:32 am PDT #26971 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I saw X-Men: DoFP yesterday. It was fun, but I do have one question. (Spoilers for X-Men and Captain America: TWS) I could have sworn that the X-Men and Avengers movies weren't supposed to mix. But we had a post-credits scene with Quicksilver in Captain America 2, and then we had Quicksilver in the latest X-Men. Is he getting time-shared or something? Or am I confusing two similar characters?
Anyway, I thought Ellen Page made a good Kitty Pryde.
Polter-Cow - May 27, 2014 12:05:17 pm PDT #26972 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Calli, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are shared by Fox and Marvel. The movieverse versions will be different characters.
Kalshane - May 27, 2014 1:58:40 pm PDT #26973 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Like PC said, the characters exist in a legal state where they belong to both the X- men and the Avengers. However, the fact they are Magneto's kids and mutants can't be referred to in Avengers because both terms belong to Fox.
Tom Scola - May 27, 2014 2:10:40 pm PDT #26974 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Yep, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are both Mutants (and later retconned to be Magneto’s kids), so they’re part of the X-Men franchise; however, they both were regulars in the Avengers comics, so they’re part of the Avengers franchise.