_First Class_ was good enough that it deserved its own franchise seperate from X1,X2 and X3. Not sugar coating it, X3 really, really sucked. It is my thought that they could satiate the wolverine fans with The Wolverine franchise for as that lasts and keep the original cast going in an First Class franchise that gradually moves forward to the modern day except with Havok instead of Cyclops. I liked ALL the characters in _First Class_. Singer's Wolverine Centric run should not take precedence.
And I say that as a Cyclops despising thirty five year Wolverine fan....