20 Years Later, The Movie That Almost Killed X-Men Is Better Than You Remember

20 Years Later, The Movie That Almost Killed X-Men Is Better Than You Remember

Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty ImagesSuperhero fatigue, or at least the accusations of superhero fatigue, are nothing new. And if you were to ask people leaving the movie theater on May 26, 2006 — following a viewing of X-Men: The Last Stand — if the superhero genre was finally, and truly entering into a period of diminishing returns, the answers would have been a resounding yes. But although the X-Men would experience a massive…

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X-Men: The Last Stand Turns 20 — And It’s Still the Most Damaging Superhero Sequel Ever Made

How Fox's rushed production, Bryan Singer's departure, and Brett Ratner's eight chaotic weeks created the superhero sequel that nearly killed the X-Men franchise for good. X-Men: The Last Stand Turns 20 — And It’s Still the Most Damaging Superhero Sequel Ever Made Written by Jarrod Saunders for Fortress of Solitude