Well, looks like I'm alone here, but I'd love to see a Burton X-Men film. If he did it, though, it should be a reboot/alternate universe thing with all-original actors. Most importantly: they'd have to let him pick his own X-Men team OR design his own from the ground-up. Get that Burton weirdness flowing.
X-Men is a story about outsiders and weirdos trying to fit in, failing, and then trying to find an equilibrium in the world anyway. They build their own special places in the cracks of the "normals". It's perfect Burton realm; maybe even moreso than Batman was...
It would also - or at least, could also - pump some well need voltage into the superhero genre, which is getting staler and more tired by the minute. They all look and sound the same for crying out loud! Unleashing Burton's zaniness into the mix would be a breath of fresh air! That's only if they gave him free license to really cut loose and didn't try to make him toe any lines.
Which is where it would fall apart. The studios have such carefully-curated formulae for their super-franchises that they'd never let Burton truly shine. But if they did, it could be GREAT.
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