Comments on: X-Men: First Class, revisionist origins and why I’m okay with mangling Marvel continuity http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2011/06/12/x-men-first-class-revisionist-origins-and-why-im-okay-with-mangling-marvel-continuity/ A celebration of cheap thrills Fri, 17 May 2013 14:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: E. Christopher Clark http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2011/06/12/x-men-first-class-revisionist-origins-and-why-im-okay-with-mangling-marvel-continuity/comment-page-1/#comment-9597 E. Christopher Clark Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:52:55 +0000 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/?p=5210#comment-9597 Thank you, thank you, thank you. As I think I said on Twitter, I’m having an argument with someone over on GF5 about this flick right now and you have spelled out my argument (or parts of it) better than I did/could.

]]> By: Nap http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2011/06/12/x-men-first-class-revisionist-origins-and-why-im-okay-with-mangling-marvel-continuity/comment-page-1/#comment-9586 Nap Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:10:53 +0000 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/?p=5210#comment-9586 I know exactly how you feel, and I couldn’t agree more. X:FC was probably the best Marvel movie I’ve seen to date, and worlds better than any of the other atrocious X-films. I have to admit that I have a special place in my heart for writers that can twist continuity into great story fodder — for example, consider Grant Morrison’s recent Batman RIP run.

However, the honest truth is that it’s often more of a burden than anything else, especially in the hands of mediocre writers (which the medium is unfortunately full of). Continuity is important, but it’s not everything. And it should never get in the way of telling a great story.

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