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Marvel: 5 things we must see from the X-Men’s Dark Phoenix Saga in the MCU

By Mark Lynch

JF_4420_v0012_SNL.1001 – Sophie Turner stars as Jean Grey in Twentieth Century Fox’s DARK PHOENIX. Photo Credit: Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox.
JF_4420_v0012_SNL.1001 – Sophie Turner stars as Jean Grey in Twentieth Century Fox’s DARK PHOENIX. Photo Credit: Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox. /
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DF-10571 – Sophie Turner stars as Jean Grey in Twentieth Century Fox’s X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX. Photo Credit: Doane Gregory. /

Take your time

This is the biggest complaint comic book fans have. You can’t rush this story. First, there’s how Jean Grey obtains the Phoenix Force. Dark Phoenix did a good job of showing how it could happen – during a mission in space – similar to how it happened in Uncanny X-Men issues 100 and 101. A good start. Unfortunately, it fell apart after that.

The biggest reason the movie didn’t work was the fact that it tried to rush something that took a couple of years to get to and around a year to complete. The good news here is that Marvel Studios has no problem taking their time before reaching the conclusion of a project.

Technically, the road to Avengers: Endgame started in Iron Man back in 2008. An argument could also be made that it started in 2012 with The Avengers. Whether it was twelve years or seven, patience that came with the storytelling helped forge the MCU into what it is.

Dark Phoenix needs that kind of time. First, Jean Grey has to get her powers. Then, we have to see that she’s gotten stronger since her accident in space. These are only two examples. There’s more to the build-up than this. Nonetheless, the build-up is what makes a good project. Without that, the climax falls flat. It’s one of the reasons Dark Phoenix worked so well in the ’90s X-Men: The Animated Series.

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