# 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:** 3
**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 30, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/41 "2013-10-30T00:40:50Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Did it end with a “reset button”, everything’s-back-to-normal moment? I have no idea how the movie will do it but the comic book was more complicated. Alternate timelines and such. The plot is summerized on wiki. ---
**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 30, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/42 "2013-10-30T00:55:32Z")
Looking back at the comics from that era, i.e. the 1970s, there were a _lot_ of monster/vampire/werewolf titles… what the fuck? Whither, Morbius? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/43 "2013-10-30T00:56:57Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Did it end with a “reset button”, everything’s-back-to-normal moment? If I recall, the time traveler is from the future and comes back to the present to harangue the X-Men. They have a task to perform to prevent a nasty future from occurring, but there’s never a time when the X-Men’s present isn’t what it’s “supposed to be”. The time traveler’s history isn’t the one the comic had been following for 180 issues. I hope that makes some sense. ---
**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 30, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/44 "2013-10-30T01:03:36Z")
So, it’s all ghost-of-Christmas-future stuff? Bad stuff will happen, but if you act now, they won’t? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/45 "2013-10-30T01:11:17Z")
Sorta kinda not really. IIRC, the future still happens, just not to Our Heroes. But various characters from this future return to our timeline and interact with Our Heroes. I think. I pulled out my copy of the trade paperback to reread, but haven’t gotten to it yet. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/46 "2013-10-30T02:05:01Z")
WOW! Hugh Jackman has an enormous codpiece. I wonder how much is empty space. Bob ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/47 "2013-10-30T04:04:14Z")
**How important are the Wolverine movies for continuity?** I liked the first three X-Men movies. I haven’t seen _First Class_- wasn’t interested when it first came out, but I’ve mostly heard good things about it so now I feel like I’d like to see it. However, I _hated_ the first Wolverine movie and had no interest in seeing the second one. I never rewatched the first one, so I don’t really remember much from it anymore. _Days of Future Past_ looks pretty good and I’ll want to see it. I’ll make a point of finally seeing _First Class_ before then. I’ll skip to Wolverine movies unless they matter for continuity. So, from those who are familiar with the Wolverine movies? Are those movies wrapped up in the X-Men Movieverse in an indispensable way? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/48 "2013-10-30T05:40:15Z")
So Logan’s going back in time to find Xavier and Magneto? Are we going to get a line where one of them says “Aren’t you that guy in the bar who told us to go f\*ck ourselves?” ---
**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 30, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/49 "2013-10-30T06:03:11Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Are we going to get a line where one of them says “Aren’t you that guy in the bar who told us to go f\*ck ourselves?” IIRC, they don’t ever see his face. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/50 "2013-10-30T07:48:19Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > So, it’s all ghost-of-Christmas-future stuff? Bad stuff will happen, but if you act now, they won’t? More proto-_Terminator_, really. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/51 "2013-10-30T09:52:04Z")
I have no idea what the plot of this movie is going to be, [but I really hope this is the final scene](http://24.media.tumblr.com/b2d0e90a10356c47e2a4f926202f463a/tumblr_mtovkbxP1X1ruw1vso4_1280.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/52 "2013-10-30T12:54:27Z")
I’m relieved that there’s no sign of January Jones and her lifeless Emma Frost, and that Halle Berry was too pregnant for another round of Storm-does-Spinjitsu. Also, good that they’ve apparently dropped Pyro and some of the other background mutants. However, there’s a _lot_ of mutants in this ensemble, and a bunch of new ones to fit in, too – Blink, Warpath, Sunspot, Bishop. Shades of X-Men 3, with its odd cameos by Madrox, Arclight, Angel, etc. The movie is already too busy with minor characters to spend time introducing more just for fanservice. Plus, all the new ones seem like they’re from the dystopian future, and so of necessity will be doomed to swift noble deaths. They need to die so Wolverine isn’t culpable for essentially murdering them by erasing their timeline. And it needs to happen quickly so the movie can move on to the past. Seems pointless to introduce them just to be Sentinel fodder. ---
**Author:** ![TaoPilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TaoPilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaoPilot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/53 "2013-10-30T17:50:04Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I must have missed her. Aha, I saw what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/54 "2013-10-30T18:16:19Z")
> [@Bakhesh](#): > > I have no idea what the plot of this movie is going to be, [but I really hope this is the final scene](http://24.media.tumblr.com/b2d0e90a10356c47e2a4f926202f463a/tumblr_mtovkbxP1X1ruw1vso4_1280.jpg) [Followed by this one](http://www.imgverse.com/tagged/ian-mckellen)? ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/55 "2013-10-30T18:48:58Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > [Followed by this one](http://www.imgverse.com/tagged/ian-mckellen)? The end of the film could be Professor X and Magneto getting completely drunk in a bar. The sequel could be called “Days of Morning Afters” ---
**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 31, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/56 "2013-10-31T03:41:18Z")
> [@TaoPilot](#): > > Aha, I saw what you did there. Yeah, I was totally whooshed by that one. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/57 "2013-10-31T18:02:47Z")
wow… that looks pretty awesome. I forgot I’m still behind one Wolverine movie, but after I catch up, I might actually see this one in the theater. I loved X-2. I still say it’s the best comic movie ever. (yes, better than Avengers, which I do love). First class was pretty great except for Emma. I was a big Generation X and Exiles fan, so I will admit a small squee at seeing Blink, though I expect her scenes will be more similar to her original Phalanx Covenant appearance (i.e., a quick death) than to her later revival in Age of Apocalyse form. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/58 "2013-10-31T18:05:51Z")
> [@Bakhesh](#): > > I have no idea what the plot of this movie is going to be, [but I really hope this is the final scene](http://24.media.tumblr.com/b2d0e90a10356c47e2a4f926202f463a/tumblr_mtovkbxP1X1ruw1vso4_1280.jpg) Well, they do have to top the “Shwarma” scene from the avengers. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/59 "2013-10-31T22:15:57Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > However, I _hated_ the first Wolverine movie and had no interest in seeing the second one. I never rewatched the first one, so I don’t really remember much from it anymore. > > _Days of Future Past_ looks pretty good and I’ll want to see it. I’ll make a point of finally seeing _First Class_ before then. I’ll skip to Wolverine movies unless they matter for continuity. > > So, from those who are familiar with the Wolverine movies? Are those movies wrapped up in the X-Men Movieverse in an indispensable way? It’s hard to say without having seen the new movie, but I would guess not. The last Wolverine movie was pretty self-contained, without leaving a whole lot in the way of unresolved issues. The only thing I might expect to show up in the new film is [Yukio](http://www.scifinow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/The-Wolverine-Yukio-interview.jpg), a ninja mutant with precognitive powers who teamed up with Wolverine, and was still hanging out with him by the end of the movie, and even there, I’d be surprised if she rates as much as a passing reference. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551/60 "2013-11-01T02:49:00Z")
> [@Grave Filler](#): > > It’s hard to say without having seen the new movie, but I would guess not. The last Wolverine movie was pretty self-contained, without leaving a whole lot in the way of unresolved issues. Thanks, **Grave Filler**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-trailer/672551.md?page=4)