X-men and its Relationship to Weimar and Nazi Germany

X-men , the comic was initially seen as an allegory or representation of the struggle for power between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King , in their fight for Black Civil rights and whose methods best assisted the fight , and who would eventually take power and lead the Black people through the turmoil of the 1950's. However , the focus of this essay is the "X-men" movie series and their storylines , rather than an overview of the whole of the "X-men" comic book series.

"X-men" the movie (2000, Fox) was the beginning of a series of movies based on the "X-men" characters created by MARVEL COMICS- thrity five years ago. The first movie - although not receptive to acclaim was a commercial suc

Through "X-2, X-men united" the viewer can make a direct connection between events of post-war Germany and the beginnings and end of the Weimar republic. "X-men" the first movie can be seen as a direct corallation between the beginnings of the Weimar republic , originally led by Friedrich Ebert and Phillip Scheidemann (SPD) and the attempted Spartacist (communist group) uprsising which aimed to take control of Germany and create a communist state. This "putsch" failed and was harshly put down by the (SPD) who saw there power as futile , and called upon troops to protect themselves and the Weimar Republic which they had created. Many Spartacists were killed including their leaders Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht. Although the two stories (Spartacist uprising and “X-men” the movie) are not exactly the same , many points suggest their similarity. These include Magneto’s failed attempt to create a world of mutants, and the X-men’s successful fight against Magneto , as well as the deaths of many of Magneto’s henchman. Respectively these can be related in the following ways: The failed Spartacist uprising is strikingly similar to that of Magneto's failed attempt to turn everyone into a mutant. The Spartacist's aim was to turn Germany into a comunist country and in turn, turn Germans into communists. As the Spartacist "putsch" was put down, so was that of Magneto - both groups failing in their respectively similar aims , with many of their members killed and at the same time discouraged from taking part in similar protests. As it will be explained in the essay, Magneto and his henchmen were faced with a wall impeding their progress in creating a world run by mutants. At the end of the first movie Magneto is ''captured" by law enforcement , and as it is seen at the beginning of the first movie he is in prison , considerably weaker and less formidable as an opponent to Professor X. This is strikingly similar to the position of the Spartacists after their failed putsch and their subsequent banning from taking part in the running of the Reichstag by the Nazis - leaving them ( Spartacists

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