Creative Cat Productions | X-Men failed where Fantastic Four succeeded because it lacked intimacy between its characters @creativecatproductions | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
What made the Fantastic Four so successful was the fact that it was about a family who cared about each other. With the X-Men, however, while these characters all knew each other, you never got the sense that any one of them really cared much about the other. Thus, there were no emotional stakes for the reader to hang onto. Later versions of the X-Men would gravely improve this deficiency, adding romantic love triangles and angst on par with American soap operas. This would prove to be a recipe for monumental success.
This is an excerpt from our full length video Rise of the X-Men! Check it out, here, on YouTube!
- CCP Management
What made the Fantastic Four so successful was the fact that it was about a family who cared about each other. With the X-Men, however, while these characters all knew each other, you never got the sense that any one of them really cared much about the other. Thus, there were no emotional stakes for the reader to hang onto. Later versions of the X-Men would gravely improve this deficiency, adding romantic love triangles and angst on par with American soap operas. This would prove to be a recipe for monumental success.
This is an excerpt from our full length video Rise of the X-Men! Check it out, here, on YouTube!
- CCP Management
