I don't know what is worse, not having any x-men, or having what marvel has done to the x-men for a long time now. This seems like a mercy killing to me...
Let's also put this article into social context, implicit bias studies have shown that over 80% of white people have a easier time identifying good things like smart, beautiful,intelligent, and etc. with other white people in comparison to black people.
Storm has been considered beautiful for decades, and she didn't have to be introduced as 'Marvel Girl'... or worse, 'Cyclops'.
Think about how absurd it is to introduce a new character as an existing or an older one and then you'll understand why most people are getting annoyed with this announcement.
The fact that it's becoming a pattern also doesn't help.
Storm has "Eurocentric" features like long silky straight white hair and her relationship with the X-Men has made her a safe "black" character. If Storm was in a all black superhuman group, do you think she would have the same notoriety she has as an X-Men? Empirical studies has shown us that white people have a far easier time identifying beauty with other white people, so this isn't just a random opinion.
I find it interesting that you sound the most racist of everyone posting here.
@noone301994: LOL, BvS did not flop; the film is breaking records. It is well on it's way to crossing the $1bn mark.
In terms of box-office gross, I do not think Civil War will win. Critically, it will though - BvS reviews have had no effect on it's BO results.
One of those records was for the largest falloff from Friday to Sunday. It also had one of the largest falloffs from Friday to Saturday. A lot of those performance record results were from pre sold tickets. It could very well sputter out with all the bad reviews/impressions and really under perform overall
Just to be clear, Bruhl has yet to be confirmed as Baron Zemo. I'm excited to see him after seeing him in Rush, let's just hope his character gets the development that so many Marvel villains lack.
The best character development six minutes of screen time can provide of course!
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