History YMMV / DarkPhoenix

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The first trailer makes excellent use of "The End" from Music/TheDoors, hammering home that this movie represents TheEndOfAnEra.

** On an external level that's more a case of the movie being a victim of bad luck, there's a degree of fan apathy to the project due to Disney's buyout of Fox. While it hasn't explicitly been confirmed by Disney, it's incredibly likely that the ''X-Men'' setting will have a full ContinuityReboot to integrate the characters into the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, aside from the non-''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}''-related projects which are said to remain as-is for now. This would mean that ''Dark Phoenix'' likely '''won't''' get any significant follow-up and that this will be the end of the line for these versions of the characters instead of being the potential start of a new trilogy like originally planned.

** It's another retelling of ''The Dark Phoenix Saga''... Directed and written by one of the people who came up with the script for ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', which was heavily criticized for [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot mishandling that story arc in the first place]]. To his credit, Simon Kinberg was also involved with writing the script to the fan-favorite ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' since then, but he was also involved with ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', which is seen by detractors as almost as disappointing as ''The Last Stand''.

** According to Jennifer Lawrence Mystique has gotten very protect of the students since becoming their field leader.

** It's another retelling of ''The Dark Phoenix Saga''... Directed and written by one of the people who came up with the script for ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', which was heavily criticized for [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot mishandling that story arc in the first place]]. To his credit, Simon Kinberg was also involved with writing the script to the fan-favorite ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' since then, but he was also involved with ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', which is seen by detractors as being as disappointing as ''The Last Stand''.

* The X-Men are finally hailed as heroes. After years of being of saving humanity and the world numerous times over they finally get the credit they deserve.
* According to Jennifer Lawrence Mystique has gotten very protect of the students since becoming their field leader.

* HeartWarming: The X-Men are finally hailed as heroes. After years of being of saving humanity and the world numerous times over they finally get the credit they deserve.

* Heartwarming: The X-Men are finally hailed as heroes. After years of being of saving humanity and the world numerous times over they finally get the credit they deserve.

** It's another retelling of ''The Dark Phoenix Saga''... Directed and written by one of the people who came up with the script for ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', which was heavily criticized for [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot mishandling that story arc in the first place]]. To his credit, Simon Kinberg was also involved with writing the script to the fan-favorite ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', but he was also involved with ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', which is seen by detractors as being as disappointing as ''The Last Stand''.

** It's another retelling of ''The Dark Phoenix Saga''... Directed and written by one of the people who came up with the script for ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', which was heavily criticized for [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot mishandling that story arc in the first place]].

** ''Apocalypse'' and the far better-received ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' were both criticized by some fans for not bringing back the brighter and more colorful uniforms from ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Set photos have confirmed that the X-Men will indeed be wearing yellow, ''First Class''-style uniforms in ''Dark Phoenix''.

** After it was revealed that the film would be "grounded", fans took issue, pointing to ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' as the failed attempt at grounding the cosmic ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''. When the concept art of the famous space shuttle scene was released to the press, fans loved it.

** Reshoots and delays for ''Dark Phoenix'' occurred shortly after Disney announced its plans to acquire Fox's assets. This led many fans to believe that the reshoots and delays are a result of this impending buyout, possibly to tie the film in with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse in some way. This was not helped at all by an AprilFoolsDay story reported by [=JoBlo=] ''that this would be the case''. In all likelihood, Fox's earlier apprehension toward working with Marvel Studios with regards to the ''Franchise/FantasticFour'' property would likely indicate that no such plan is in place, and that Fox's iteration of the ''X-Men'' franchise [[ContinuitySnarl already has enough continuity issues]] to integrate it into the MCU.

* FandomRivalry: With the MCU, to the point that after the sale, fans of the MCU want to see Disney shelve it and never release it even though it wouldn't actually be remotely plausible or practical for them to do so.

** Or perhaps more realistically, the reshoots could have been done to retool the film into a GrandFinale for the series with the impending buyout.

* WinTheCrowd: Inverted, in this case. The announcement of the Disney-Fox deal and the likelihood that there will be a full-blown ContinuityReboot of the ''Franchise/XMen'' in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse has led to some fans who would otherwise be excited about this project to be more apathetic toward it. Some even hoped that Fox would outright cancel the movie, even though it is economically-unfeasible for them to actually do so.

* WinTheCrowd: Inverted, in this case. The announcement of the Disney-Fox deal and the likelihood that there will be a full-blown ContinuityReboot of the ''Franchise/XMen'' in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse has led to some fans who would otherwise be excited about this project to be more apathetic toward it. Some even hoped that Fox would outright cancel the movie, even though it would be economically-unfeasible for them to actually do so.

** Reshoots and delays for ''Dark Phoenix'' occurred shortly after Disney announced its plans to acquire Fox's assets. This led many fans to believe that the reshoots and delays are a result of this impending buyout, possibly to tie the film in with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse in some way. This was not helped at all by an AprilFoolsDay story reported by [=JoeBlow=] ''that this would be the case''. In all likelihood, Fox's earlier apprehension toward working with Marvel Studios with regards to the ''Franchise/FantasticFour'' property would likely indicate that no such plan is in place.

* FandomRivalry: With the MCU, to the point that after the sale, fans of the MCU want to see Disney shelve it and never release it.

** After some complaints about how the film would be "grounded", fans took issue, pointing to ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' as the failed attempt at grounding the cosmic ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''. When the concept art of the famous space shuttle scene was released to the press, fans loved it.

** Reshoots and delays for ''Dark Phoenix'' occurred shortly after Disney announced its plans to acquire Fox's assets. This led many fans to believe that the reshoots and delays are a result of this impending buyout, possibly to tie the film in with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse in some way. Not helped at all by an AprilFoolsDay story reported by [=JoeBlow=] ''that this would be the case''. In all likelihood, Fox's earlier apprehension toward working with Marvel Studios with regards to the ''Franchise/FantasticFour'' property would likely indicate that no such plan is in place.

* WTHCastingAgency: This movie takes place in the 90s, yet with the exception of Daniel Cudmore, none of the 2000s X-Men actors return, which puts into question when exactly is "the not too distant future".
** It's pretty clear that the ''First Class'' timeline is an AlternateTimeline at this point, so the characters looking different is more acceptable this way.
* WTHCostumingDepartment: While there are some who are happy to see the X-Men wear yellow ''First Class''-inspired outfits, others have mocked this, believing that the individual comicbook-faithful costumes seen in ''Apocalypse'' were better. As a result, the latter group are holding out hope for the yellow suits to only be worn in the space mission that unlocks the Phoenix, and the ''Apocalypse'' suits to be used for the rest of the movie.

* FandomRivalry:
** With the MCU, to the point where fans actively hope this film will be bad so the right to the X-men will revert back to Marvel Studios.

** It's pretty clear that the ''First Class'' timeline is an AlternateTimeline at this point, so the characters looking different is a little more acceptable this way.

* EpilepticTrees: Reshoots and delays for ''Dark Phoenix'' occurred shortly after Disney announced its plans to acquire Fox's assets. This led many fans to believe that the reshoots and delays are a result of this impending buyout, possibly to tie the film in with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse in some way. Not helped at all by an AprilFoolsDay story reported by [=JoeBlow=] ''that this would be the case''. In all likelihood, Fox's earlier apprehension toward working with Marvel Studios with regards to the ''Franchise/FantasticFour'' property would likely indicate that no such plan is in place.

** Now one has to factor in the Comcast bids to buy Fox.

** Now one has to factor in the Comcast bid to buy Fox.

* WinTheCrowd: Inverted, in this case. The announcement of the Disney-Fox deal and the likelihood that there will be a full-blown ContinuityReboot of the ''Franchise/XMen'' in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse has led to some fans who would otherwise be excited about this project to be more apathetic toward it. Some even hope that Fox outright cancel the movie, even though it would be economically-unfeasible for them to actually do so.