User blog comment:Mr. Xemnas/2 seperate marevl cinematic universe's?????/@comment-1895174-20130201050316/@comment-1895174-20130202154848

It doesn't much matter if First Class is or is not retroactively going to be a reboot because audiences have a more difficult time with reboots than we want to believe. A number of people who saw Batman Begins, the movie that kicked off the reboot craze, didn't realize it was part of a different continuity than the Burton/Schumacher films, but thought it (a weirdly anachronistic) prequel to the 1989 film. Meanwhile, there's still a faction that believes The Incredible Hulk is a sequel to Ang Lee's film. It's not going to help First Class that we won't find out if it's a reboot or not until 3 years after the film released. FOX can treat First Class as a reboot if they want but they're still going to have to carry the baggage of the previous films, and they're still going to have to encounter 4 of the 5 obstacles I mentioned above.

Besides, it might not be the best decision to reboot the X-Men films now when they want to use The Wolverine as a launching point for other franchises.