warning! This article contains spoilers for Secret Invasion Episode 4, Marvel’s Phase 5 steals the X-Men’s most basic backstory years before they officially make their MCU debut, and it’s all thanks to secret invasion. Nick Fury (Samuel LL Jackson) is doing everything he can to thwart their attempt to start World War III and nuclear war, a revolution featuring shape-shifting alien Skrulls seeking to destroy the species. people by destroying them. Occupy the earth. However, the similarities between Marvel’s mutants and the X-Men have grown considerably.
While the Alien Revolution is led by Skeleton General Gravik (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Nick Fury has Skeleton allies like Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) and his daughter Gia (Emilia Clarke). This became more apparent after this event. secret invasion In episode 4, Gravik and Talos have very different views on the place of humans and Skrulls in the world. Thus, their competing and opposing beliefs are very similar to x Men Charles Xavier, Magneto of the franchise and their conflict over the plight of mutants in the Marvel Universe.
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The Secret Invasion Makes Talos the MCU’s Professor X
in both x Men In both the Marvel movies and the original comics, highly telepathic professor Charles Xavier has traditionally believed that mutants have the ability to coexist with humans. HPremium Omo Like the inherent X gene, it is mutagenic when activated. However, Xavier also sought to protect mutants and humans from the violent invasion of other species, so he created the X-Men composed of his most capable students at the School for for Xavier’s gifted children. Either way, Xavier’s unflinching optimism about peace and coexistence puts him in direct disagreement with Magneto, his old friend turned rival.
Talos shares many of the same beliefs as Charles Xavier when it comes to Skrulls in the Marvel Universe. Fury and Captain Marvel have promised to help the Skrulls find a new home. For thirty years, Talos was exiled for inaction, but Talos still believed that Skrulls and humans could coexist, and that one day the Skrulls would be able to manifest their true form instead of secretly hiding from humans. like mutants forced to hide why they are different).Although Gia believes her father’s hope is wishful thinking secret invasion In episode 4, Talos’ unyielding optimism is very similar to Xavier’s.
Gravik Copied Magneto’s X-Men Villain Plot
Similar, secret invasion The Skrulls’ arch nemesis, Gravik, has become a mirror image of Eric Renshell’s Magneto, Magnetic Master and leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants. For Eric, mutants are destined to inherit the earth, natural evolution and senior man replace and destroy Homo sapiens It’s like humans themselves have replaced the dinosaurs. As such, coexistence has never been the goal of the most classic depiction of Magneto in the comics, or Magneto seen on screen. Likewise, Magneto also concluded that mutants must use the fear humans already have of mutants to their advantage, fearing that they will be wiped out by invasion. and human oppression.
Likewise, although Gravik initially allied with Talos in the same way Magneto allied with Xavier, he also began to show less interest in humans. Ready for all-out war, Gravik is no longer content to wait for a new home. Instead, he and his army of Skrulls are preparing to wipe out humanity through nuclear war. Because Skrulls are immune to radiation, they quickly become the dominant species on Earth, especially since they now have a way to give themselves new powers as Super Skrulls in the Marvel Universe. Like Magneto, Gravik is twisted by hatred and hurt to the point of determined to wipe out humanity.
The secret invasion is completing the X-Men’s story before the mutants arrive
List all comparisons, very clear to see MCU secret invasion The basic premise of long-term drivers is being effectively leveraged x Men Franchise on screen. secret invasion There are good and bad skrulls, they are opposites, and at the same time they contradict human fear. This conflict is exactly like Marvel’s mutants. There are good mutants like Xavier’s X-Men and bad mutants like Magneto’s Brotherhood. Likewise, Talos’ whole plan is to keep doing good in the hope that humans will eventually accept their true selves, which is also a direct copy of Professor X’s core philosophy.
And implement the same ideas in Marvel secret invasion So compelling in the volumes released so far, it’s strange that the past is such an important narrative thread. x Men Just a few years before the X-Men were slated to debut in the MCU, the movies and comics were being used for another entry. Therefore, one has to wonder what story the Marvel Cinematic Universe is telling x Men Will let us know if Marvel Studios still tries to recreate the inherent themes that have been a part of the movies for so long. x Men Narrative DNA, regardless of the fact that the same concept is used in current MCU programs.
MCU’s X-Men Can’t Complete Secret Invasion Like Story
By all accounts, it looks like the MCU is about to reboot x Men When the series finally arrives in Marvel’s interconnected universe, they’ll need to embrace a different genre of story. Perhaps the X-Men’s interplay and ability to compete with the MCU’s existing superhero teams could be a new avenue for storytelling. After all, Xavier and Magneto’s mutant army has been at war with each other before, especially now it’s recreating with Skrulls secret invasion.
In recent years x Men In the comics, most of the mutants banded together to form their own island nation called Krakoa. Perhaps a version of this could be used to explain the mutant’s place in the MCU. In any case, although 2024 is the protagonist of the multiverse, it could be quite a while before famous mutants enter the official MCU. deadpool 3 and stars from the fox x Men The franchise could provide some important insight into how the MCU’s X-Men finally came to be. Maybe enough time has passed between secret invasion and the first official of the MCU x Men Movies that share a theme are not that important.