Apocalypse X-Men Apocalypse News and Discussion - Part 1

[psylockolussus]

I want it to be a natural hair loss. Because if he will lose his hair because of something that will happen in Apocalypse, then I guess what will happen to him also happened to the original timeline.

 

[hoy-small-fry]

I still think a side effect of the miracle drug OD should be the cause. It happens in both timelines, as is a cost associated with it

 

[titansupes]

What if... something about using his powers makes him go bald as a side effect, like great exertion or prolonged use. It could have been the latter in the original timeline, but the former in X:A .

So, for a hypothetical.... Maybe in the first act, he's trying to wrestle the Horsemen back to the good side and right after, when he's tired, out of breath and his head hurts... he runs his hand through his hair and a tuft of hair comes out (not leaving a bald spot or anything, but enough to know what's going on)
The, during the big act three climax where Xavier has to push himself harder than even he thought he could to stop Apocalypse, all his hair comes out during.

I think something like that could work. It's a reasoning that works for Xavier in either timeline, but not dependant on Apocalypse having been faced in both. Just Xavier exerting himself (or again, it just happens after prolonged use of his powers... but the exertion Apocalypse puts him under makes it all happen at once).

Or we're thinking too hard about this. But I think something like that would fit.

 

[hoy-small-fry]

Maybe there's a fire and it gets burnt off... Or Wolverine pranks him in the night

 

[Dark Raven]

What's wrong with natural hair loss for Professor X? Of course, that doesn't explain then why none of the other X-Men are going bald.

How is Shawn Ashmore's hairline these days? His twin brother Aaron's is definitely receding and he normally has it shaved to a skinhead now. Don't identical twins usually develop in the same ways or can one go bald and one not?

Of course, hair loss can take various forms without being attributed to an accident. British presenter Gail Porter went completely bald almost overnight but she can't really find any specific cause for her total alopecia. It could be a genetic disease. Maybe that's what causes all of Xavier's hair to fall out, but then you might think it would affect his eyebrows and any other body hair as well.

 

[GuestStar2004]

They could go the route of showing bald patches but that's not really what people were expecting really and to go full Jesus hippy to bald in 10 years will require an excuse and probably a good one

When mcavoy says he thinks he will go bald this time for all we know kinberg may have just said the hair loss will be addressed in the small email mcavoy talked about and mcavoy is assuming xavier will be bald this time from the start and headlines are taking this to mean that too

 

[Dark Raven]

They could go the route of showing bald patches but that's not really what people were expecting really and to go full Jesus hippy to bald in 10 years will require an excuse and probably a good one

When mcavoy says he thinks he will go bald this time for all we know kinberg may have just said the hair loss will be addressed in the small email mcavoy talked about and mcavoy is assuming xavier will be bald this time from the start and headlines are taking this to mean that too

Not really. Andre Agassi had a long mane of hair when he won Wimbledon but then the following year or so he was wearing a cap over it and people were speculating he was going bald. Only a year or so later he had a fully shaven head. I've seen a few people go from very long hair to bald quickly. The long hair is even probably hiding their baldness.

 

[GuestStar2004]

Not really. Andre Agassi had a long mane of hair when he won Wimbledon but then the following year or so he was wearing a cap over it and people were speculating he was going bald. Only a year or so later he had a fully shaven head. I've seen a few people go from very long hair to bald quickly. The long hair is even probably hiding their baldness.

What you said about the Wimbledon person is fine but you will still have to explain that sorta thing to the audience since its a pretty big change from long full hair to trademark bald in 10 years and since They have pushed for him to have hair for the last 2 films it could be seen as underwhelming and questionable if its as simple as that

Xavier will probably be in his mid 40s

But we will see, I personally will be surprised of after all that effort to have him keep his hair that it will come down to something that naturally happened within them 10 years

 

[kasjan]

Xavier was 12 in 1944, 41 in 1973, he will be 51 in 1983.

 

[Dark Raven]

What you said about the Wimbledon person is fine but you will still have to explain that sorta thing to the audience since its a pretty big change from long full hair to trademark bald in 10 years and since They have pushed for him to have hair for the last 2 films it could be seen as underwhelming and questionable if its as simple as that

Xavier will probably be in his mid 40s

But we will see, I personally will be surprised of after all that effort to have him keep his hair that it will come down to something that naturally happened within them 10 years

But 10 years isn't such a short time for someone to go bald. They can go bald in an even shorter time than that, within even just a couple of years. I don't see that 10 years needs to be explained in great detail. Maybe if you said a year or two, but 10 years is completely within a normal time frame for someone to lose all their hair, even if they have long hair before. I gave you the example of Andre Agassi, who lost his within far less than 10 years. There wasn't any great deal of explanation needed for that when he had long hair one year and then bald the next.

 

[GuestStar2004]

Xavier was 12 in 1944, 41 in 1973, he will be 51 in 1983.

On imdb mcavoy is down as Charles xavier (24 years) for FC and he certainly didn't look 41 in DOFP

So I'd say the only people that really know how old he is right now is kinberg and singer and they probably won't mention his age in the movie either like they won't cyclops and co

 

[GuestStar2004]

Double post

 

[GuestStar2004]

But 10 years isn't such a short time for someone to go bald. They can go bald in an even shorter time than that, within even just a couple of years. I don't see that 10 years needs to be explained in great detail. Maybe if you said a year or two, but 10 years is completely within a normal time frame for someone to lose all their hair, even if they have long hair before. I gave you the example of Andre Agassi, who lost his within far less than 10 years. There wasn't any great deal of explanation needed for that when he had long hair one year and then bald the next.

So you think them just having him bald with no explanation would not be questioned by the audience? He will go from hair to longer hair to no hair at all and who is gonna give them this example of Andre Agassi?

Then again according to Andre Agassi it was a wig all along

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...assi-admits-I-wore-wig--lost-French-Open.html

 

[SlamAdams]

So you think them just having him bald with no explanation would not be questioned by the audience? He will go from hair to longer hair to no hair at all and who is gonna give them this example of Andre Agassi?

Then again according to Andre Agassi it was a wig all along

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...assi-admits-I-wore-wig--lost-French-Open.html

I honestly don't think they will question it. I think more people questioned why the historically bald character looked like a Beegee in DOFP. MacAvoy literally acted next to Stewart, people understand if MacAvoy continues that's his future.

 

[GuestStar2004]

I honestly don't think they will question it. I think more people questioned why the historically bald character looked like a Beegee in DOFP. MacAvoy literally acted next to Stewart, people understand if MacAvoy continues that's his future.

It has to be believable though right?

And yeah but wasn't the reason why his look in DOFP being questioned because he was gaining hair rather then losing it? It's obvious people are expecting him to go bald

 

[SlamAdams]

It has to be believable though right?

Men go bald. Men going bald sometimes just save everything. Patrick Stewart is bald, was a bald Xavier, was bald as future Xavier in the last movie so its pretty fresh. People know its coming.

 

[Dark Raven]

So you think them just having him bald with no explanation would not be questioned by the audience? He will go from hair to longer hair to no hair at all and who is gonna give them this example of Andre Agassi?

Then again according to Andre Agassi it was a wig all along

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...assi-admits-I-wore-wig--lost-French-Open.html

I really don't think the audience would even give that a second thought. If some time has elapsed, then they could naturally assume he has just lost his hair. It's not like baldness is such a rare occurrence among men. It's entirely commonplace, and having a full head of hair when you're older is in fact rarer. It's not the same as, say, having to explain why he once walked and is now in a wheelchair.

 

[SlamAdams]

It has to be believable though right?

And yeah but wasn't the reason why his look in DOFP being questioned because he was gaining hair rather then losing it? It's obvious people are expecting him to go bald

Ok, so what's the issue?

Also he wasn't gaining hair. The hair he had was just getting longer. It just means longer hairs fall out.

 

[GuestStar2004]

Men go bald. Men going bald sometimes just save everything. Patrick Stewart is bald, was a bald Xavier, was bald as future Xavier in the last movie so its pretty fresh. People know its coming.

I ain't sure he would go bald that quickly unless he had a serious illness tbh but fair enoughski

 

[SlamAdams]

I ain't sure he would go bald that quickly unless he had a serious illness tbh but fair enoughski

10 years (I think that's what they said) seems plenty of time to go bald.

 

[Dark Raven]

I ain't sure he would go bald that quickly unless he had a serious illness tbh but fair enoughski

Men start losing their hair. Many, instead of having it look wispy, choose to shave it entirely. This happens all the time. It's not something out of the ordinary.

10 years (I think that's what they said) seems plenty of time to go bald.

This. People can go bald in even half that time without some major illness.

 

[GuestStar2004]

I really don't think the audience would even give that a second thought. If some time has elapsed, then they could naturally assume he has just lost his hair. It's not like baldness is such a rare occurrence among men. It's entirely commonplace, and having a full head of hair when you're older is in fact rarer. It's not the same as, say, having to explain why he once walked and is now in a wheelchair.

Well if he was walking in one film and then in a wheel chair the next film with no explanation on what happened you probably would get a lot of puzzled people

And yeah sure you could have the audience use their imaginations and think of its age related and his hair just fell out but the logic in it certainly isn't great let's say that

 

[GuestStar2004]

Men start losing their hair. Many, instead of having it look wispy, choose to shave it entirely. This happens all the time. It's not something out of the ordinary.

Away from people in real life wouldn't that be sorta underwhelming for an X-xmen movie?

This. People can go bald in even half that time without some major illness.

Not fully bald, but as you say maybe he shaved it but that would mean xavier shaved for vanity

 

[SlamAdams]

Well if he was walking in one film and then in a wheel chair the next film with no explanation on what happened you probably would get a lot of puzzled people

And yeah sure you could have the audience use their imaginations and think of its age related and his hair just fell out but the logic in it certainly isn't great let's say that

haha, what? Why do you need a logical explanation for something that happens naturally all the time?

 

[GuestStar2004]

10 years (I think that's what they said) seems plenty of time to go bald.

It would be 10 years, 1973 to 1983