User blog comment:Gwen Stacy-Parker/Should the X-Men get a reboot?/@comment-5388187-20121201202829/@comment-1895174-20121202030434

I'm not saying I wouldn't like Marvel to get back the license to their characters, just that not every property needs to be part of the MCU. Take Daredevil for example - Marvel got the rights to that character back, but I don't want to see him part of The Avengers universe. He's significantly weaker (in terms of shear power, not in terms of characterization) than the rest of the heroes of the MCU (except maybe Hawkeye, but look at how that turned out), the darker tone that comes with the character is a drastic contrast to the rest of the MCU properties, and the character really isn't associated with the Avengers to begin with. Daredevil wouldn't bring anything to the MCU, and I think the character would be done a disservice.

Part of the reason why I think AVX was a possibility in the first place is that the X-Men and just about all typically associated characters are largely kept separate from the rest of the Marvel Universe. Outside of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver and a few odd appearances from Wolverine, anything related to the X-Men is primarily limited to X-Men titles. And the amount of material directly related to the X-Men is large enough to support that. There's countless X-Men villains, supporting mutants, and X-Men titles that keeps the property large and separate from the rest of Marvel. So while I wouldn't mind Marvel getting their hands back on the X-Men license, I really don't want those movies to be part of the MCU.

Besides, there's only so long the MCU can keep going. Iron Man will be seven years old by the time The Avengers 2 comes out. Most film franchises don't last that long.

And while Spider-Man in Joss Whedon's hands would be incredible, he wouldn't have to be a part of The Avengers in order for that to happen. Although I'd rather see him back in Greg Weisman's hands first.