TheMightyEthan Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Days of Future Past. It didn't actually fix any of the plot holes that had been created by previous movies, but it also didn't create any new ones that I noticed, and the pre-existing ones were less noticeable just because they weren't new this time around. Also: So now Wolverine won't have his adamantium in the future anymore?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Days of Future Past Pretty damn good film, I think it blended between the past and future well, my only issue being in how certain motivations/actions of people would "fix" the future (though the "how the initial future came about" was pretty solid). Oh other issue being the whole Shadowcat temporal astral projection shit, but they don't even bother explaining it so I guess they figured it'd be best to just ignore that she walks through walls and not astral projection. I see nothing that would imply otherwise on him not getting adamantium skeleton. In the movies he gets it in the 80's-ish and this is only the 70s so he has plenty of time to become part of the Weapon X program. I imagine plenty of things will still happen, just not exactly in the same way. Given all the characters that are/were at Xavier's Institute at the end are the normal ones that end up there, I'd say most of their journey there is the same. Only major change being Phoenix Force. Now what I would like to know is that from past Wolverines perspective did he bed a mobsters daughter, then woke up with rebar in him drowning on the bottom of a river? Oh that's after briefly coming to at a peace treaty conference in Paris. Bet he held off on the booze for a bit after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 I see nothing that would imply otherwise on him not getting adamantium skeleton. In the movies he gets it in the 80's-ish and this is only the 70s so he has plenty of time to become part of the Weapon X program. I imagine plenty of things will still happen, just not exactly in the same way. Given all the characters that are/were at Xavier's Institute at the end are the normal ones that end up there, I'd say most of their journey there is the same. Only major change being Phoenix Force. The events that led to him being part of the Weapon X program were starting around the time of this movie, and enough different happened with Logan (not to mention globally) that. The primary thing for me was him being found by Mystique rather than the real Stryker, which seems like it would pretty heavily disrupt that chain of events. Now what I would like to know is that from past Wolverines perspective did he bed a mobsters daughter, then woke up with rebar in him drowning on the bottom of a river? Oh that's after briefly coming to at a peace treaty conference in Paris. Bet he held off on the booze for a bit after that. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Assumedly the real Stryker is still around, just knocked out somewhere (much like with the Vietnamese general), so he can still pop along to Vietnam and pick up Wolverine for the Weapon X program. (In fact Wolverines massive weekend bender might even be what'd push him towards leaving US and participating in Vietnam) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 (edited) Vietnam is over (as far as direct US involvement goes) at the time of this movie. That's what the thing in Paris was all about. *Edit* - So actually it does introduce another plot-hole with the other movies, though one I didn't notice until now: Wolverine should have been in Vietnam, or already working for Stryker, not guarding some mob boss's daughter. Edited May 24, 2014 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Doesn't matter about US involvement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 X-Men Days of Future Past Quicksilver made this movie, the actor who plays Tate in AHR really sold it. He was amazing. Godzilla Needed more Bryan Cranston, but I guess Kick-Ass and Godzilla was also nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Doesn't matter about US involvement I know he's Canadian, but Stryker, and the unit Wolverine served with in Vietnam, are American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 FYI Godzilla sucks. I saw Xmen: Gays of Future Ass on Thursday and it was good. Certainly no Captain America and not as good as First Class but I will give Singer for not letting it be an absolute clusterfuck and it actually works with how many characters there are. It was a surprisingly solid film. It just didn't have any of the swag of First Class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Days of Future Past. Really fun! Can someone explain the post credits ending to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 http://www.hypable.com/2014/05/23/x-men-days-of-future-past-after-credits-scene-apocalypse/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Aha! That's almost what I thought it was, but then I wasn't sure because I don't know X-men lore enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Patema Inverted. Interesting concept and yes, anime again. It is no Miyazaki or someone like that however it was a good watch. With that said, I'm not going to say much about the plot but this is something worth going in blind to watch this (I did). It is set in a semi post apocalyptic world after an experiment gone wrong and well, the world is weird. I felt that it could of been done in OVA format though since this world is interesting enough and worth exploring pass the one and a half hour run time. I'm not too sure why the survivors did what they did but it does set up an interesting world. Though I suppose they hit the sweet spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 Just watched the first Persona 3 movie, Spring of Birth. It's a pretty faithful adaption so far. I really liked it but I'm not sure how someone who hasn't played the game would feel. I mean, I've been watching the Persona 4 anime as well and, while I'm enjoying it, I can't help but feel like I'd think it was shit if I wasn't already familiar with the series, story and characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) Is the post credits scene a true post credits scene or is it a mid-credits scene? Cause I'll stick around for a mid-credits scene but fuck waiting till the end of the credits. Hopefully I'll see this tomorrow.... hopefully. EDIT: Talking X-men, of course. Edited May 25, 2014 by The Cowboy Poet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 The post credits scene is quite a bit into the credits. I don't think the projectionist even knew it was coming up (normally lights are left down if there's a post/mid-credits scene as theoretically the film still hasn't ended). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 It's a true post-credits scene. There is literally nothing after it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 It is literally... literally post credits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) X-Men Days of Future Past Aweeee fuck that was the X-Men movie I always wanted. Some of the issues between First Class and X2/X3 have been cleared up (Beast being human on TV in X2, Mystique/Prof X issues since presumably she'd been tortured/brainwashed/all fucked up) but Wolverine Origins is completely fucked, I think they need to just accept that film as not canon, especially since they'll want Channing Tatum as Gambit in X-Men Apocalypse which, you'd have to think, would be in the future timeline with Bishop, Blink, Storm, Wolvie, and of course Cyclops and Jean. Though, who knows, they could set Apocalypse in the 80s. Things I liked: Future fight sequences with Blink and Bishop Sentinels for realsies Wolvie/Young Prof X/Beast dynamic Iceman actually being a man of ice That old beast cameo Cyclops/Jean being back. I guess they needed to do this to introduce Cable. Now hopefully they'll make Cyclops not suck...?! "Oh my mom use to know a guy who could control metal." OH SHIT, ERIC, YOU'RE A DAD! Things I didn't like: Young Magneto going all evil. I've had enough of evil Magneto, let's see some more Magneto like the future Magneto. I sort of half expected Magneto to use the Sentinels to attack the humans, then he'd dash in and save them and be all "yo, good thing a mutant was here to save the day, bros!". But no, which I guess is consistent with his character in First Class. Which brings up my next issue: Why would old Charles/Eric tell Wolverine he needed Young Charles? Wouldn't Magneto realize he was still kind of a dick in 1973. Also what was JFK's mutant powers? Emma Frost being killed off between movies. I guess they could bring her back though. I didn't like January Jones performance but she's a pretty important character in the comics. Bonus: Deadpool might not be someone who's literally the opposite of Deadpool anymore I didn't stay for the post-credits scene, this theatre always turns it's lights on and brings in the cleaning people, not matter how many people are sitting waiting for the post-credits scenes. But I caught it via YouTube. That was OK but probably meaningless to normal folks. Edited May 25, 2014 by The Cowboy Poet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 I thought it was confirmed already that Apocalypse takes place in the 80's. It would make sense, cause it would allow them to use the actors from First Class/DoFP, which I'm sure they want to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) Yeah I suppose. Hopefully we get some sort of continuation from the future timeline as well. EDIT: Apparently Apocalypse will have both past and future again, according to writer Simon Kinberg: Is the sequel, X-Men: Apocalypse, going to just feature the younger generation of characters? It will focus primarily on the First Class cast, but it will certainly have some of the original cast involved, too. Source Edited May 26, 2014 by The Cowboy Poet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Just got back from Days of Future Past. Wow. Not only is this probably my favorite movie so far this summer, but it's easily my favorite of all the X-men movies. I can't think of any moments where I was bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Days of future past. The Quicksilver scenes were incredibly fun and may have been the most I've been entertained by a movie in a long time. The Avengers' Quicksilver will have a hard time being as memorable as X-Men's, and he's a main character in Avengers 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 You folks and these superheroes movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 I honestly don't get why everyone's creaming themselves over Quicksilver. Is there something outside the movies themselves that's causing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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