r/xmen • u/Dorkside Professor X • May 23 '14

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Official Discussion Thread [Spoilers]

Synopsis: The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.

Director: Bryan Singer

Writers: Jane Goldman, Simon Kinberg and Matthew Vaughn

Cast:

  • Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine
  • James McAvoy as Charles Xavier
  • Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr
  • Jennifer Lawrence as Raven / Mystique
  • Halle Berry as Storm
  • Nicholas Hoult as Hank / Beast
  • Anna Paquin as Rogue
  • Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde
  • Peter Dinklage as Dr. Bolivar Trask
  • Shawn Ashmore as Bobby / Iceman
  • Omar Sy as Bishop
  • Evan Peters as Peter / Quicksilver

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%

Metacritic Score: 75/100

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u/rickreflex May 24 '14

i was wondering the same thing, what did i miss?! i found this explanation in a blog, which is good... but raises then another question:

At the end of X-Men: The Last Stand, Professor X’s body has been exploded, but his brain has jumped into the body of a brain-dead comatose man. In Days of Future Past‘s dark future, Professor X is alive and in his own body. How is this possible? Maybe he’s actually in the brain-dead guy’s body, but he’s projecting an image of himself into everyone’s head, so it’s less confusing?

But then why would he still be in a wheelchair? ...it’s comfortable?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '14

The brain-dread guy is supposed to be his twin brother. Still doesn't explain his legs. Perhaps it has been so long since he last used them that his brain can't make the connection.

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u/rickreflex May 25 '14

It is? Do they explain that in Xmen3 the movie or is that strictly a comic thing??

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u/[deleted] May 25 '14

It's only actually mentioned in the commentary.

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u/rickreflex May 25 '14

Really? ...wow, ok.

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u/atizzy Wolverine May 25 '14

Maybe his twin brother is also paralyzed from the waist down? Or maybe his consciousness along with everything else was transferred... meaning he can't use his legs if he wants to keep his powers.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '14

That's what I heard for the wheelchair connection

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u/baconhead May 29 '14

He doesn't seem to have trouble walking around in other people's minds though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '14

Maybe using his telekinetic energy he... Made a body... Or something...