10 X-Men Mistakes The MCU Must Avoid
8. The Female Characters Need To Matter
Jean Grey has always been a focal point of this franchise, but what about the rest of the female characters in the X-Men's world? Most of the time, they've been used as little more than plot devices or completely overlooked, and that needs to change in the MCU.
When have we ever got any hints about Rogue being one of the world's most powerful mutants or Storm's leadership abilities, for example? In the comic books, Mystique is a complex and evil villain who has complex relationships with a number of characters, but all anyone remembers from Fox's movies is that Jennifer Lawrence played her and, well, that the actress hated wearing all that makeup.
Fans are anxious for a decent take on the likes of Cyclops and Angel, but this is a franchise which would benefit more from putting the spotlight on women like Kate Pryde, Psylocke, X-23, and Emma Frost. The latter, for example, is a fascinating villain turned hero in the source material who was quickly forgotten after X-Men: First Class when Bryan Singer decided to kill her off screen.