But those are all easter eggs with no specific purpose. Until we actually see well-known X-Men characters on-screen with a clear indication of what what role they’ll play in the MCU, all of that is ultimately meaningless.

“Kevin Feige has been working on incorporating the X-Men in the MCU” 

They did it with Gemma Chan (who was cast in Eternals in spite of having already played a different character in Captain Marvel).

If that’s a deterrent for you, you’re missing out. (Putting aside the fact that libraries tend to be one of the few reliable public spaces that don’t shun people experiencing homelessness.) The library has so much information and resources available essentially for free.

They mock her to her face. A lot.

You’re not wrong...but I keep hoping that the potential death of streaming services means going back to an era with more creative freedom and risk on tv. Though even as I write it, I realize it’s probably somewhat naive.

So...does that mean going back to the network model where a show has a few seasons to find its footing, more episodes per season, and a mix of serialized and standalone?

Agreed. It’s like the show was torn between wanting the character to be sex-positive, and still wanting to shame her for being a woman who is sex-positive.

I offered a legitimate criticism of the film. Instead of saying something like “Yeah, I like the film, but that part of it really sucks” you opted instead for “Other Star Trek did it too!” You’re essentially implying that it’s somehow less of an issue to have Troi mind-raped on the basis of the fact that it’s not the…

My feelings about ST6 are irrelevant to this argument. I pointed out a primary reason I don’t like Nemesis and you responded with a what-about-ism.

‘Star Trek 6 did it too’ does not make it okay that Nemesis did it.

The whole ‘he’s talented and misunderstood and so should get a free pass for sexual assault’ explains so much about Hollywood.

I know it’s hardly out of character where TNG is concerned, but I will never not hate it just for the whole mind-raping Troi thing alone.

I personally hated Guardians of the Galaxy.

I’m probably alone in my thinking...but I kind of think the X-Men films had both higher highs and lower lows than the MCU.

I really loved having Fox own the X-Men on its own while the MCU developed. X-Men and mutants are such a rich concept with so many characters, it very comfortably stood all on its own without needing to interact with the rest of the Marvel. And without needing to incorporate the same into the MCU, it developed in ways…

I appreciate Edwards’s ambition, but I might more interested if it didn’t have yet another ‘man escorts not-daughter across apocaypltic wasteland to save the world or something’ that I’m already getting pretty tired of.

Remember the era of television where you didn’t have to be a huge hit right out of the gate but were sometimes given multiple seasons to find your footing?

Looking back, it has all the hallmarks of a cult classic. So many expectations going in, too many cooks, an unfocused first season, and a diminishment in ratings and audience engagement that results in budget cuts for future seasons. And through all that...ultimately thriving creatively, perhaps not just in spite of…

“Yeah Damar, what kind of people would do that?”