Days of Future Past Days of Future Past News and Discussion - Part 7

[danoyse]

Yes, it takes centuries. And he looked like he was at his prime in X-Men 1. By the time his white hair starts to show, every X-Men he knew would have died of old age.



Which is nice I guess, but since then, a lot has changed. Wolverine's past was uncovered and we found out that he was born some time in the 1880s. So not only does he have an amazing healing factor, he also ages really slow because of it. And with that new context, doing the white hair now doesn't make a lot of sense. It's a nice comic reference, but it'll be a pet peeve of mine when I watch the movie. Unless his healing factor got downgraded in The Wolverine.

Stress can also cause your hair to go grey prematurely. Considering the bleak future that DOFP exists in, it's not that much of a stretch to believe Wolverine would be a little greyer than we're used to seeing him.

 

[Nathan]

They are obviously doing more things In films to reference comics and people complain?

I just want them to follow their own established rules. Wolverine ages slowly. So as great as it is, that they make him resemble the comic, within the context of the Movie Universe, and even comics now, the white hair doesn't make sense.

 

[Lencho01]

Loving those posters. So much better than what they did last time. Still not sure why those were released in the first place.

 

[danoyse]

I just want them to follow their own established rules. Wolverine ages slowly. So as great as it this that they make him resemble the comic, within the context of the Movie Universe, and even comics now, the white hair doesn't make sense.

Once again...

Stress can also cause your hair to go grey prematurely. Considering the bleak future that DOFP exists in, it's not that much of a stretch to believe Wolverine would be a little greyer than we're used to seeing him.

The white hair makes total sense.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

Yes, it takes centuries. And he looked like he was at his prime in X-Men 1. By the time his white hair starts to show, every X-Men he knew would have died of old age.

maybe he only ages like once every half century but ages 10 years at once when he does

 

[Nathan]

Once again...

Stress can also cause your hair to go grey prematurely. Considering the bleak future that DOFP exists in, it's not that much of a stretch to believe Wolverine would be a little greyer than we're used to seeing him.

The white hair makes total sense.

I didn't see your post before, it was in response to marvelrobbins.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Yes, it takes centuries. And he looked like he was at his prime in X-Men 1. By the time his white hair starts to show, every X-Men he knew would have died of old age.

Yeah. Isn't that the point? His hair in graying in the far future scenes. The ones with Warpath, Bishop, etc. Not the ones where he's with Prof X

 

[Nathan]

Yeah. Isn't that the point? His hair in graying in the far future scenes. The ones with Warpath, Bishop, etc. Not the ones where he's with Prof X

Like I said, I haven't been following this for a while. Does that mean we'll see 3 time periods in the Movie? The past, the future with Xavier, Magneto and the rest of the X-Men fighting the Sentinels, and then the far, far future where Wolverine and a handful of Mutants survived?

 

[Loki882]

Wolverine's aging has been inconsistent both in the comics and in the movies. Maybe he was tortured or something and that caused him to look older than he really is.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Like I said, I haven't been following this for a while. Does that mean we'll see 3 time periods in the Movie?

Based on the DOFP footage shown at Comic-Con that's exactly what it looks like.

Present: Prof X/Magneto get Logan's help

Past: Logan meets the First Class team

Future: Logan and X-Force-type characters fighting Sentinels

 

[xDOFPx]

Based on the DOFP footage shown at Comic-Con that's exactly what it looks like.

Present: Prof X/Magneto get Logan's help

Past: Logan meets the First Class team

Future: Logan and X-Force-type characters fighting Sentinels

Unless those are quick scenes then I don't see the point of three timelines. There isn't enough screen minutes to swap back and forth between three. I hope that far future is just quick scenes near the beginning and that is it. We're already losing out with the OT characters with two timelines.

I wonder if Bishop does somehow come back from the far future to the present setting and gives news of those events in flashback. Though the OT characters must be at war with the Sentinels already.

 

[georgec]

Wolverine getting some gray hairs after a period of 30-40 years makes sense. He ages slowly, but he still ages.

 

[Nathan]

Well, if Wolverine is really from the far, far future, then forget everything I said. I thought he's from the time period where Kitty is still alive.

 

[MarvelU]

Based on the DOFP footage shown at Comic-Con that's exactly what it looks like.

Present: Prof X/Magneto get Logan's help

Past: Logan meets the First Class team

Future: Logan and X-Force-type characters fighting Sentinels

That is what I figured by reading some of the reviews. Present day Professor X somehow sees the future and wants to prevent it.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Well, if Wolverine is really from the far, far future, then forget everything I said. I thought he's from the time period where Kitty is still alive.

That's exactly what it looked like to me. I'll detail it in my write up

 

[xDOFPx]

That is what I figured by reading some of the reviews. Present day Professor X somehow sees the future and wants to prevent it.

Either that or Bishop somehow time travels and shows Professor X the events. Which I assume means they will be quick scenes of fighting and destruction. Good. Two main timelines is more than enough.

I wonder if the 50 years posters are from the far future. Though like I said the present day team must already be fighting the Sentinels as they are at war. So it looks like Warpath, Wolfsbane?, Blink? are only in the far future scenes which means they are quite small characters and their roles have been hyped up more than is warranted. They are starting to look like glorified cameo's.

Bishop is a bigger character though and he is wearing the black suit so either he is somehow in both future timelines or he in the present day future scenes only.

 

[Loki882]

How far into the future are we talking about, have they said yet?

 

[Double B]

I wonder if the 50 years posters are from the far future. Though like I said the present day team must already be fighting the Sentinels as they are at war. So it looks like Warpath, Wolfsbane?, Blink? are only in the far future scenes which means they are quite small characters and their roles have been hyped up more than is warranted. They are starting to look like glorified cameo's.

This is what I imagine.

1973 + 50 years - 2023 - Apocalyptic future, Wolverine, the last survivor of "our" mutants, fighting alongside the new characters. We could also see the classic Wolverine death this way.

2013/2014 - Wolverine sent back. Our mutants begin their war with the sentinels. Black costumes, etc.

1973 - self-explanatory.

EDIT: That said, things must be pretty bad for Storm/Professor X/Kitty/Iceman/Rogue, etc, as their outfits all look quite worn/beaten down. I would prefer if they were all one in the same though. Cutting across three different time eras is a lot.

 

[Poni_Boy]

This is what I imagine.

1973 + 50 years - 2023 - Apocalyptic future, Wolverine, the last survivor of "our" mutants, fighting alongside the new characters. We could also see the classic Wolverine death this way.

2013/2014 - Wolverine sent back. Our mutants begin their war with the sentinels. Black costumes, etc.

1973 - self-explanatory.

That said, things must be pretty bad for Storm/Professor X/Kitty/Iceman/Rogue, etc, as their outfits all look quite worn/beaten down.

Considering the present day timeline seems to deal with them having to fight off the Sentinels, I'd say they get beaten down fairly badly. And easily.

 

[DyeLorean]

I really really like those new posters.

 

[Double B]

Considering the present day timeline seems to deal with them having to fight off the Sentinels, I'd say they get beaten down fairly badly. And easily.

Oh dear.

Did you get the impression (I know it's difficult to tell) that there was much truth in that leaked synopsis? Or did it definitely seem like Professor X was sending Wolverine's consciousness back, with no Kitty involvement?

 

[xDOFPx]

This is what I imagine.

1973 + 50 years - 2023 - Apocalyptic future, Wolverine, the last survivor of "our" mutants, fighting alongside the new characters. We could also see the classic Wolverine death this way.

2013/2014 - Wolverine sent back. Our mutants begin their war with the sentinels. Black costumes, etc.

1973 - self-explanatory.

EDIT: That said, things must be pretty bad for Storm/Professor X/Kitty/Iceman/Rogue, etc, as their outfits all look quite worn/beaten down. I would prefer if they were all one in the same though. Cutting across three different time eras is a lot.

Yeah cutting between three timelines is too much. So I am hoping and assuming the far future scenes are only about 5 minutes of screen time just to set out the dark events for the current X-men and the viewers if they don't succeed. It amps up the tension because we know they have to succeed or they all die in the proceeding 10 years. All except Wolverine.

So whoever the missing pictures on Singers wall were, I assume one was Wolfsbane, they are basically cameos so not really that significant to the two main plots.

What color suits were the 2023 characters wearing? Wolverines was X-force colors. Where theirs? if so that proves Bishop is either a time traveler too or he is a current team member as he wears the black.

 

[xDOFPx]

Oh dear.

Did you get the impression (I know it's difficult to tell) that there was much truth in that leaked synopsis? Or did it definitely seem like Professor X was sending Wolverine's consciousness back, with no Kitty involvement?

Kinberg confirmed it's Kitty sending him back.

I just want to know did Rogue look like she was wearing a different coloured suit to everyone else?

 

[Double B]

By the way, I absolutely love the idea that the first 5-10 minutes of the film is this horrific 2023 future. Mutants dying, all of our beloved mutants already dead, Wolverine leading a resistance team. Someone decides that they can send Bishop back to change things, but he'll need the help of an alive Professor/Kitty, and just as they manage to send him, Wolverine is killed by a sentinel, with only his skeleton remaining.

Bishop arrives in the current timeline, just as the sentinels have begun their war, X-Men are struggling, and he warns them that it gets worse. Plan is hatched to send Wolverine's consciousness to 1973 to do some pivotal thing that saves them all. They do so. Film then cuts between 1973 and 2013/2014, as we begin to see our mutants fall as they try and hold off the sentinels long enough to ensure the plan works.

Kinberg confirmed it's Kitty sending him back.

Oh, did he?! I didn't read that.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Oh dear.

Did you get the impression (I know it's difficult to tell) that there was much truth in that leaked synopsis? Or did it definitely seem like Professor X was sending Wolverine's consciousness back, with no Kitty involvement?

No idea what that synopsis is about. Never read it. But it definitely looks like Logan's consciousness is what time travels, not his physical form.

And if feels like Rogue is the one who sends him back by absorbing a combination of powers from several mutants to create the time jump.