10 Things Fans Don't Want To Accept About Fox's X-Men Movies

If there's one thing that's become clear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's that death is meaningless. Agent Coulson's death in The Avengers came as a legit shocker, but he was back the next year for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Loki and Gamora were both resurrected via the Multiverse in Avengers: Endgame, just one year again after fans were left reeling over their respective demises.

Some deaths have stuck, of course, but in the X-Men Universe, it feels like they actually mattered. Outside of Jean Grey - which was to be expected - it was rare to see fallen heroes and villains rise up from the dead, with even those who could have easily been brought back never resurrected.

That meant the stakes in the X-Men movies always felt a little higher than they do in the MCU. Sure, Iron Man is dead for now, but how much longer will it be before Robert Downey Jr. returns as an A.I. or as the Tony Stark from another world? When Wolverine died in Logan or even characters like Toad and Sabretooth got their comeuppance in X-Men, it felt like dead meant dead.

In the MCU, "dead" just means an actor is taking a short break!