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There was recently a poll done on that other board   where votes were taken on the readers' choices for top Marvel characters. There were approximately 290 voters or so and it was posted on the central Marvel board.

The X-Men ended up with an excellent showing in the top 10, carrying off 7 of the positions. That's in spite of the current push of Avengers properties linked to films. 

1) Spiderman
2) Storm
3) Wolverine
4) Rogue
5) Thor
6) Nightcrawler
7) Gambit
8) Jean Grey
9) Captain America
10) Cyclops

(a link to the full results is here: forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?488621-Fan-s-Choice-Top-100-Marvel-Characters-of-CBR-THE-RESULTS!)

What do you guys think about the results? 

Spiderman won by a landslide, but then again, he's a franchise unto himself.

I can't say I found the particular positions of the X-Men within the top ten to be all that surprising (the order they ranked), though I was pleasantly surprised that they listed higher than characters like Iron Man or Daredevil, who have existed so long in solo books. Storm, Wolverine and Rogue are all either active members of the Avengers franchise as well or have been used in other franchises in the past. Both Nightcrawler and Gambit have always been written to have very broad audience appeal, as well, imo.

Would you like to see a team with these members manifest? Do you think it would make solid marketing sense? Do you think that might be the answer to pulling the X-Men out of their current slump, sales wise?

Yeah, pretty much, but there are some out that that tend to ignore it. For me, the continuity is what sets comics apart from other fiction genres. It's a long term, ongoing adventure for these characters.

Ah, ok. I thought Liu had paired them off, at least casually.

Yes, I'm afraid you need something along the lines of photobucket for the gallery upload.

The preview has gotten me excited for the movie, finally. I accept that it's a rewrite of the original story, but it still looks good, imo. I'll eventually temper my disappointment for the lack of Rachel.

LOVED IT. Aaron has written an absolutely unique resurrection story and given Kurt something to struggle over as a character going forward.

For me, I think a lot of what I disliked about the time just before Second Coming was that Kurt was too flat -- too perfect. It felt like his character journey was complete and he'd obtained what he wanted personally. Yes, he was a noble hero, but I also found him really hard to relate to at this time. It's one reason I loved that little Asmus one shot so much. Kurt seemed human again in it, with human failings.
I like that not only has Aaron brought him back, but has also set two purely personal seeds for future development -- the state/existence of his soul and the fact that he's seemingly trapped indefinitely on earth along with Azazel.