Well, it makes sense that the X-Men and Fantastic Four wouldn't be in licensed Marvel products...y'know, seeing as how a different company currently owns the rights.
The problem with Marvel comics right now is their ham-fisted attempts at stirring up controversy and pushing political agendas for its own sake. I'm not necessarily averse to making such statements in the medium (X-Men is at its heart one big allegory for topics of racism and bigotry), but it has to make sense within the context of the story and characters. Regardless of one's stance, I think we can all agree that panels like this are just pure cringe:
Danbo Jambo said:
Marvel licence? Christ The Force Awakens took around 40 odd years of Star Wars magic, and totally wiped out any good that the first 3 movies did on one fucking foul, horrid, plagiarized swoop.
Yeah you know all that which Luke, Han & Leia fought for? Well it's gone. No explanation, it's just all shit now. Oh and Han & Leia divorced. Yay.
Disney is the evilest force on the planet and needs to die.
Welp, I guess this is a Star Wars thread now...
To be fair, the galaxy enjoyed a good thirty-odd years of peace under the New Republic before the First Order made its move. That's about the same amount of time that the "Legends" NR was in power before the Yuuzzhan Vong came in and fucked everything up. Moreover, they were still in a near-constant state of war the whole time with the Imperial Remnant and various warlords, Dark Jedi and the occasional upstart alien race like the Ssi-Ruuk and Yevethans. Also, I think having your son fall to the dark side and turn into a homicidal maniac would strain any marriage.
Honestly, my biggest gripes with the sequel trilogy so far are more on the visual side. I was rather disappointed to see essentially the same tech on display with only slight visual modifications. I can kind of buy the Resistance using X-Wings on account that they might be military surplus, but are they seriously trying to say that the First Order is STILL using the basic Tie Starfighter design? I mean, the Empire already had a more advanced fighter with the Tie Interceptor in RotJ, and the <a href=http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE/D_Defender>Tie Defender is still canon. Oh, and kudos to the schmuck who came up with Starkiller Base, aka "Death Star 3.0." That must have taken what, all of five seconds of brainstorming? Say what you will about the quality of most "Legends" post-Endor stories, but at least we got some spiffy new vehicles and ships out of them like World Devastators and the E-Wing.
I get that some similarities were necessary to bring the average moviegoer "back on board" with Star Wars, but don't treat them like drooling idiots by making EVERYTHING look almost identical to the classic trilogy.