With the X-Men coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there is a lot to be considered. The X-Men have been through many different iterations over the years, probably more so than any other comic team. The Avengers have always been the Avengers but depending on what era of X-Men one chooses, the team and their goals are completely different.

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Jonathan Hickman's House of X/Powers of X was an amazing work. They changed the X-Men forever, setting up all kinds of questions that have kept readers coming back for more. There are many concepts in these stories that would go great in an X-Men movie and some that would certainly fall flat.

10 MCU Should Adapt: Nimrod As The Ultimate Threat To Mutants

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In HoX/PoX, the story treats the creation of Nimrod as the ultimate act of aggression against mutantkind. Any future where a Nimrod exists is one that ends badly for mutants and it's easily the most dangerous of all the different types of Sentinels. Painting Nimrod as the most dangerous threat is a great way to go.

Humanity, trying to even the odds, would almost certainly create machines to close the evolutionary gap with mutants, and using Nimrod as a representation of that is a great idea. Plus, it would give the MCU a chance to actually make a robotic villain scary, something they failed at with Ultron.

9 MCU Shouldn't Adapt: Bringing In The Phalanx Is A Little Much

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A major plot thread in Powers of X took place a thousand years in the future and dealt with Homo Novissima, a combination of man and machine. Towards the end of their plot thread, it was revealed they were trying to get the attention of the Phalanx, a techno-organic lifeform that assimilated races when they reached a certain level of technological advancement.

It's an interesting plot thread but it also depended heavily on Hickman's expert sci-fi prose, something that a movie can't really replicate. Beyond that, the concept feels a little complicated for the rather simplistic MCU.

8 MCU Should Adapt: Magneto & Xavier Working Together

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The X-Men are actually pretty absent throughout most of HoX/PoX and more than anyone else, especially in HoX, Magneto and Xavier are the main characters. Their relationship is sketched out remarkably well—they've put their differences aside and are working together, their friendship in full effect. This is probably the best way to use these characters.

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Magneto and Xavier are great adversaries but they're even better friends and showcasing them this way instead of as antagonists will recapture some of the best parts of the First Class Fox films and also throw viewers who are expecting them to hate each other for a loop.

7 MCU Shouldn't Adapt: The Five's Resurrection Technique Hurts The Stakes Of Stories

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One of the biggest developments to come out of HoX/PoX is the revelation of a new resurrection technique. Working together, a group of mutants called the Five—Hope Summers, Egg, Tempus, Proteus, and Elixir—can resurrect any dead mutant with the help of a telepath and Cerebro. This has made every mutant functionally immortal, giving them a leg up on their foes.

While the X-Men are known for their resurrections, introducing the Five and their abilities into the films will rob stories of their narrative heft. If every character can survive no matter what and the viewer knows it, it kind of cheapens the whole thing.

6 MCU Should Adapt: The Orchis Initiative Makes The Perfect Human Foes For The X-Men

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The Orchis Initiative is the big bad of HoX, a group made of members of SHIELD, HAMMER, AIM, Hydra, and a multitude of secret agencies working for the governments of the world to hold down mutants and take steps to destroy them if it needs to be done. From their Mother Mold facility orbiting the sun, they build anti-mutant weapons and prepare for the coming war.

The Orchis Initiative puts a face on anti-mutant measures and uses organizations already set up in the MCU. They'd be easy to adapt into the movies and give the audience someone to hate, something MCU audiences need in their movies.

5 MCU Shouldn't Adapt: The Krakoan Drugs The Mutants Use To Take Power Would Add A Bit Too Much Complexity To The Movies

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One of the best parts of HoX/PoX is that it finally gave mutants power in the world beyond just the powers that they have. Using drugs synthesized from Krakoan flowers, Xavier was able to build a pharmaceutical empire that let mutants bring humanity to the negotiation table and recognize the new mutant nation.

While it's a great idea for comics, movie audiences aren't going to like it as much. It doesn't fit into the simplistic fare of the MCU; the MCU audience doesn't go to the movies for political and economic intrigue.

4 MCU Should Adapt: Moira MacTaggert's Mutant Powers Are Genius

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HoX introduced one of the biggest twists to the X-Men in years—the revelation that Moira MacTaggert was a mutant. Her power allowed her to reincarnate from birth every time she died and start over again with all of the knowledge of her past lives. The many lives of Moira X allowed her to give Xavier and Magneto information and ideas that helped them found Krakoa.

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While it might be hard to make it work, Moira's powers and what she brings to the table are way too good to not adapt. She's an integral part of the Krakoan status quo and making her work is very important.

3 MCU Shouldn't Adapt: The Hard Sci-Fi Elements Of The Series

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HoX/PoX is very much a sci-fi story. Hickman is one of comics' best hard sci-fi writers and his style paid dividends. So much of the story deals with hard sci-fi elements like dystopian futures, post-human concepts, and all of the in-depth sci-fi of the Phalanx. Putting too much of this into the new X-Men movies wouldn't be a good idea.

The MCU already has a sci-fi franchise but it's decidedly a "soft" sci-fi franchise—uncomplicated and small concept sci-fi. Hickman's brand of sci-fi isn't really compatible with the movies of the MCU and its established sci-fi.

2 MCU Should Adapt: Basing The Mutants On Krakoa Rather Than The School

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HoX/PoX completely upended the X-Men's status quo. Taking them out of the school, giving mutants actual power in the world, and their own nation changed the way the X-Men worked and the way they interacted with the Marvel Universe. It has proven to be a fruitful ground for stories.

The Krakoan status quo is completely different from what casual X-Men fans are used to, as the most powerful mutants in the world are all united under the flag of the country. This all-new, all-different status quo allows for so many kinds of stories to be told and it's also very different than the Fox movies. This could differentiate the MCU's X-Men from what came before and escape the stigma of the Fox movies.

1 MCU Shouldn't Adapt: It Shouldn't Bring All The Villains To The Island

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A huge change from HoX/PoX was bringing all the mutants together, including the villains. Krakoa was opened up to all mutants, with bad guys like Apocalypse, Mister Sinister, Sebastian Shaw, and more given positions of power in the Krakoan government. This was a revolutionary approach for any superhero concept.

The X-Men have some of the best villains in comics and to get rid of them would be a massive mistake for the MCU. Their villains aren't great and adding in the X-Men's rogues gallery would go a long way towards making their villains scene better.

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