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Titled Just "Dark Phoenix" for PC Social Justice Reasons?


It appears from the trailer, the wikipedia page, and other sources I've seen that this movie will simply be promoted as Dark Phoenix and not "X-Men: Dark Phoenix", which is breaking away from the trend of the past several X Men movies (not counting the Wolverine spin-offs)

i can't see any reason for doing this other than to be politically correct. The promotion has made a big hoopla about how this will be a very woman-centered movie, with Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jessica Chastain having the main roles.

So considering that, I'm sure some SJW feminazi blogger would have conjured up a controversy about how the movie is still called X "MEN" even when it's supposed to be about women. And then some weirdo on Twitter will propose permanently changing the canon so that the name X Men will change to something gender neutral

It may sound farfetched, but I think this is the case. This is the world we live in today

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So, does ANYBODY doubt that I was right now that the movie came out?

With lines like "Why are we called the X Men if women are always saving the guys?"

And this being marketed as a tribute to "the women of the X-Men universe"

Simon Kinberg is a fucking hack. But the point is that I called this way before anyone else here. I knew what kind of movie this would be just based on a title and a trailer. I'm smart guys, pls validate me

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Is your male ego really that fragile? Damn, stop being such a whiny little b*tch, grow some balls and act like a man.

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Haha shut the flip up!

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The studios at the end of the day on a tent pole movie like this are going to do whatever maximizes profit. I doubt they would change the title for that reason when they know an extreme minority of women would care about it.

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This is a funny joke. I love the idea of even the mere sight of the word 'MEN' being box office poison! I would love to see Fox pick up this conspiracy.

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