X-Men trends on Twitter after an exhaustive debate starts between fans who argue about which pre-MCU comic book movie is the most important.
X-Men became a trending topic on Twitter after fans started debating which pre-MCU comic book movies are most important. Although the world of comic book films is primarily dominated by the MCU these days, there was an era of superhero films, before the first Iron Man in 2008, that laid the foundations upon which the MCU would build its empire.
With movies like Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame being some of the largest and most successful films in history, it’s hard to imagine a time when superhero movies weren’t at the center of culture, but in the late 1990s and early 2000s, they didn’t carry the same significance that they do now. Films like Blade in 1998, X-Men in 2000, and Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man in 2002 were among the first superhero movies to popularize a genre that had previously been mainly reserved for comic book fans. Each of these franchises took a different approach adapting comic book material into films. Still, each plays a significant role in the overall history of comic book movies and paves the way for superhero movies to become the dominant force in cinema today.
