The Timeline Debate

[Bishop2]

So I've gotten into a debate with some other people who recently saw X3. The question at hand: How much time passes over the course of the film's "main story"?

After we get out of flashbacks, we're told about the cure. Perhaps the reason why we're told is because it's reached the FDA approval stage, I think, which would explain why it's ready for public consumption so incredibly soon after it's announced to the world. So that doesn't play a factor.

The real telling thing is that that in the middle of the film, they have time to have a huge monument complete with an engraving of Xavier made to the late professor. Then, at the end of the film, special headstones have been made for Jean and Scott as well. That puts this at least into the arena of a few weeks, easily. It would take one week just to get Xavier's monument made at the BARE minimum. Unless one of the school's mutants has magic stonecutting/engraving powers.

 

[BMM]

So I've gotten into a debate with some other people who recently saw X3. The question at hand: How much time passes over the course of the film's "main story"?

After we get out of flashbacks, we're told about the cure. Perhaps the reason why we're told is because it's reached the FDA approval stage, I think, which would explain why it's ready for public consumption so incredibly soon after it's announced to the world. So that doesn't play a factor.

The real telling thing is that that in the middle of the film, they have time to have a huge monument complete with an engraving of Xavier made to the late professor. Then, at the end of the film, special headstones have been made for Jean and Scott as well. That puts this at least into the arena of a few weeks, easily. It would take one week just to get Xavier's monument made at the BARE minimum. Unless one of the school's mutants has magic stonecutting/engraving powers.

I'm assuming a lot of time passes by the end of the film . . . take Magneto's scene in the park for instance. Before they cut to the scene of Magneto playing chess they show a quick shot of the Golden Gate Bridge being rebuilt . . . and a significant amount of it is done . . . and that alone would take a large portion of time to accomplish . . . so by the very end of the film, I would say a fair amount of time has passed.

 

[Bishop2]

I'm assuming a lot of time passes by the end of the film . . . take Magneto's scene in the park for instance. Before they cut to the scene of Magneto playing chess they show a quick shot of the Golden Gate Bridge being rebuilt . . . and a significant amount of it is done . . . and that alone would take a large portion of time to accomplish . . . so by the very end of the film, I would say a fair amount of time has passed.

Excellent point! Although one thing that's confusing is the scene with Rogue and Bobby, which seems to take place much sooner... I guess perhaps the Golden Gate/Magneto in the park scene takes place well after the scenes at the mansion.

 

[TNC9852002]

From the Danger Room sequence to the point that Wolverine kills Jean, I'm thinking this movie covers around 2 1/2 weeks...Most of the time that we don't see is probably after Xavier is killed because between that time is when Magneto creates his army of mutants at the forest hideout, which I would think needs to take some time..

-TNC