5 Huge Ramifications Of Fantastic Four Being A Total Disaster

3. A Truly Underwhelming Cinematic Universe

The very nature of the 20th Century Fox Cinematic Universe - or whatever you want to call it - is an inherently confusing one. On paper, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Not only do the properties - that being X-Men, Deadpool and the Fantastic Four - feel a tad unsuited for one another, but the X-Men franchise has already existed for over a decade on its own (and from a continuity perspective, it's a huge mess). Then there's the fact that Deadpool is a meta-inclined superhero - it won't make sense for him to be talk to the audience in self-aware asides in the same universe as X-Men. That'd be really odd. And now, Fantastic Four has emerged as such a dull and uninspired filmic travesty that it might mark the last time we actually get to see the foursome of the title, which means that Fox's cinematic universe is already shaping up to be about as underwhelming as a trip to Madame Tussauds' (seriously, don't go: it's rubbish). There seems to be a conflict of opinion as to whether the X-Men and Fantastic Four are even set in the same shared universe; whilst Fox have played up the idea that they definitely are, writer Simon Kinberg - who co-wrote the Fantastic Four - recently spoke out and said that they exist in parallel worlds. Then Bryan Singer - X-Men director - chipped in and said that there was absolutely a possibility for a crossover, should the fans want it. And there have been rumours abound as far back as January that suggest - should the Fantastic Four fail - Fox have a contingency plan to factor the characters into the X-Men franchise as a sort of saving grace - a way to get a bit of profit out of the screw-up. It's not clear what, exactly, is happening (or who is right) - just that it's a bloody great mess.