I think the MCU has a universe where all that stuff can fit in perfectly. The crazy, colorful, space stuff, and supernatural gods...etc, it all exist in the MCU in some shape or form. I think Doctor Strange 2, the multiverse, and Eternals will further expand that universe in ways that no other franchise can for whatever reason. Yes, the MCU films are by the numbers and most don't have much replay value, but they get a lot of stuff right.
Theoretically it can all happen. The problem is that Post-Morrison the X-Men have become nothing but the nonsensical allegory, so we're less likely to get all that than District X.
On a very superficial level, I'd like better costumes in general. I've said it before, Dr. Strange needs fancy knee high boots, not those sneaker like boots with the wraps, no more monk like excessive layers and that ugly picnic blanket he wears as a cape. He needs to be more fancy magician meets Liberace, not a sneaker wearing monk. He needs to be Walter Mercado. <-- Jye knows who that is.
Exactly. Strange is a Sorcerer. Why is he dressed like a cosplaying hipster from 2013 instead of an actual Mystic?
The F4 better not have a bunch of lines on the suits like the awful spiderman costumes.
We all know they're going to have lines upon lines. That's the MCU's thing. Lines.
The X Men can go full tacticool if they want because they're a team, but they better be colorful. Wolverine in yellow and orange/brow. Cyclops in blue and yellow or gold/bronze. Give Magneto his white eyes when using his powers and make him a total fashion diva....that's why he wears a cape. Rogue has such a simple, yet cool costume.
The X-Men can work with tacticool costumes, because at their core they do start of a sort of rogue PMC. The tights were explained as "LARPing as colourful superheroes to ease the people", but I personally would prefer an Ultimate approach as they begin. A uniformal look, but with differences between the members and different colours and accents. FoX-Men were just boring. No belts, no logos in red, nothing. As time progresses and they should get more outlandish costumes though. Unless they start off with Krakoa X-Men and they behave like (degenerate) Demigods high on their horse, then they need the outlandish costumes right ouf of the gate.
Rogue's got some pretty great costumes over the years, but you need to have her drain Carl Manvers in order to get her "classic" powerset and personality. Otherwise she'll be yet another FoX-Men/Evo Rogue. On paper it did make sense back in the day. The Goth/Emo look was in and the girl with the deadly touch fit the mold. And it was close to her original appearance. But people like Brick Rogue, and that's who we should get. I don't know, maybe it's possible. They no longer need Larson as they'll be getting all the high profile females back. Who'll care about Carl Manvers when you have Rogue, Jean, Storm, Psylocke, Frost, Sage and so on? And they can pass her mantle on Monica for extra woke points. Plus, we'd get rid of Larson. It's a win-win... I could deal with Goth Rogue, but only if we get proper Rogue later. I wouldn’t mind 2000s Anime Rogue.
Weird to think that it's been 2 full decades since then... Things used to be simpler. I miss that period of pop culture, tbqhwy.
Having said all that, the Eternals costumes look boring AF...so far, so who knows what will get from F4 and X Men.
I'm honestly preparing for the worst. Casting, costumes, stories. Granted, the Eternals are nobodies and people love the X-Men, so they'll get more attention. But the days of the early MCU are long gone. I fear that I won't even be able to get the dollies as they won't be faithfully translated from page to screen. I wish HT would just get to making comic book styled Mavel stuff, but it'll never happen. They'll keep milking Iron Man, now with extra stupid plastic bits! Maybe we'll get all the various Sentinels. And their repaints... I haven't liked the muties in close to a decade, but Hickman's run's making me do a return.
I can hardly bring myself to care for the characters anymore, but I'm interested in the core story. Which itself is pretty bloated, but I think it'll read better when only Hickman's issues are collected in their entirety. Honestly, I just don't care for the ever-present x-themes anymore, which I've always found rather illogical. I like maaaybe 10 characters all in all, and that's just going purely by aesthetics. I'll probably never buy an HT Wolverine, but a snazzy Magneto or Emma Frost would be sure locks. Still, I'm always game for Hickman and his type of Space Operas, the setting's cool and he's got some pretty great artists on board, so I'm genuinely enjoying the ride.