# X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551 "2013-10-29T13:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/21 "2013-10-29T17:58:02Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > One of the best trailers I’ve seen in years. Incredibly emotional, which is such an unusual approach for a comic book or science fiction trailer. You can feel the epicness because they use both Adagio In D Minor from ‘Sunshine’ AND the score from ‘Thin Red Line’ in the trailer. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/22 "2013-10-29T18:16:26Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I’d love for this to be a big fakeout and have them kill Wolverine in the same way he died in the comics, and then go to a plan B. That would be **awesome**. Too bad they probably won’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/23 "2013-10-29T19:01:19Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > From the director of Superman Returns! I’m guessing that’s from “Man of Steel” director Zach Snyder. Superman Returns was directed by Singer himself. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/24 "2013-10-29T19:02:33Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > That would be **awesome**. Too bad they probably won’t do it. I don’t think its a hint at a spoiler as much as a comment about the business aspect of film but In a recent radio interview Hugh Jackman said this is the first time in many years that he doesn’t know that a Wolverine movie is in the works. Its allowing him to indulge a little on food for the first time in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/25 "2013-10-29T19:18:51Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > I’m guessing that’s from “Man of Steel” director Zach Snyder. Superman Returns was directed by Singer himself. What? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/26 "2013-10-29T19:26:16Z")
For those who want to see it broken down bit by bit: > **[All the Most X-ceptional Things We Saw in the New X-Men Trailer!](https://gizmodo.com/all-the-most-x-ceptional-things-we-saw-in-the-new-x-men-1454135405)** > > The first X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer appeared today, and it's chock full of dramatic moments, with every mutant ever and a perilous journey back through time. We pored over dozens of screencaps to bring you every great moment, and all of the... ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/27 "2013-10-29T19:35:45Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > What? Oh, never mind I think I misunderstood you. I thought your first sentence was saying that the following paragraph was a _quote_ from the Superman director criticizing Singer. (I recall he had made some critical comments of the previous Superman movie.) But on rereading, I see you were just saying that _this movie_ is from the director of Superman Returns, and that the following paragraph was your own opinion. In other words, I read: From the director of Superman Returns! as From the director of Superman Returns: ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/28 "2013-10-29T19:41:07Z")
Upon Googling, my memory may have also exaggerated Snyder’s comments about the state of the Superman franchise. But he did apparently say "“I think Superman is broken and needs to be fixed, from a movie stand point,” which is probably what I was remembering. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/29 "2013-10-29T20:17:19Z")
Ah, I see. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/30 "2013-10-29T20:24:08Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > Here’s a screencap someone posted: > [http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/194p8giy7oxwvjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg](http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/194p8giy7oxwvjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg) > > She doesn’t have pink skin like in the comics, but between her hair and the diamond on her forehead that’s got to be her. Between Nightcrawler, Azazel, and now Blink, I think we’re getting teleporter overload. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/31 "2013-10-29T20:54:30Z")
I’ve been watching Wolverine and the X-men on Netflix lately, I think I may be spoiling this movie for myself. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/32 "2013-10-29T21:07:02Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I’ve been watching Wolverine and the X-men on Netflix lately, I think I may be spoiling this movie for myself. The 90s X-Men cartoon did a multi-part version of the story too. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/33 "2013-10-29T21:12:18Z")
Time travel, huh? Most franchises go straight to hell once time travel becomes feasible. But I guess I’m willing to keep an open mind. I did have a hard time buying that the young Professor Xavier and the Patrick Stewart version were the same person. Completely different accents, to my ear. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/34 "2013-10-29T22:24:53Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Time travel, huh? Most franchises go straight to hell once time travel becomes feasible. But I guess I’m willing to keep an open mind. Unless you start right off with time travel, like Terminator or Austin Powers. Otherwise it just becomes some weird deus ex machine plot device. Kind of like magic. Or some of the stronger mutant/super powers. Then it’s just like why not solve all the protagonists problems by waving a wand or leveling a building? > [@Finagle](#): > > I did have a hard time buying that the young Professor Xavier and the Patrick Stewart version were the same person. Completely different accents, to my ear. Scottish / English. What’s the difference? Also not to mention that Patrick Stewart has looked exactly the same for as long as I’ve seen him in film (30+ years)! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/35 "2013-10-29T23:04:18Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Time travel, huh? Most franchises go straight to hell once time travel becomes feasible. But I guess I’m willing to keep an open mind. Since the original story was published in 1980 does that still count? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/36 "2013-10-29T23:29:29Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Since the original story was published in 1980 does that still count? Did it end with a “reset button”, everything’s-back-to-normal moment? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/37 "2013-10-29T23:40:12Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > I’m not a fan of Singer’s work. I don’t think he’s done anything special with the franchise from the get go. I don’t know about who could have done as well or better, but I thought X2 was brilliant. I didn’t much care for the other ones, except for the first half of X-Men: First Class. Although I didn’t see the latest Wolverine one - was that any good? ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/38 "2013-10-29T23:57:58Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > From the director of Superman Returns! > > I’m not a fan of Singer’s work. I don’t think he’s done anything special with the franchise from the get go. He’s far too conservative in keeping the comics out of comic book movies, and that was clear right from the generic black leather uniforms. And then that Superman movie were he doesn’t punch anything and has stalker deadbeat dad issues… Any Hollywood contemporary of his could have made equal or better X-Men movies. Hell, they replaced him with Brett Ratner for the third one, and that could’ve passed the Folger’s Crystals Challenge. McG might of well made the first two. Michael Bay would have arguably done better, and I consider that an indictment. People also like to credit Singer with starting this golden age of comic book movies, and he doesn’t even deserve that – the superior Blade (1999) deserves those kudos as it was the proof of concept that audiences would take the comics seriously. And yeah, he wore black leather, but unlike the X-Men he’s been a plainclothes guy from the beginning. > > It’s too bad they couldn’t get Mathew Vaughn back. You think Michael Bay could have made a better X-Men? Are you at all familiar with the Transformers movie franchise? I’m not a Singer fanboy, I agree for instance that he dropped the ball with Superman Returns. But I think he did a fantastic job on the original X-Men, and followed it up with a pretty good sequel. Did you see the mess they made of the third x-men movie? I don’t see how you can consider Blade a ‘proof’ of anything for comic book movies. He was such a minor property, (and in the comic-verse still is) that I suspect that if you took a random poll at the height of his movie popularity you’d get the majority of respondents having no idea Blade was a comic book character. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/39 "2013-10-30T00:30:06Z")
X2 and First Class give The Avengers a run for its money on Best Super Hero Movie Ever. I cannot wait for this. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/40 "2013-10-30T00:34:33Z")
Dude, X-men 2 is the best X-men movie out there. I’m glad Singer is returning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551.md?page=3)