Movies and TV ‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel Titled ‘Days of Future Past’? - Page 30

**007** · 07-27-2012, 03:03 AM

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There is word circulating that 20th Century Fox has reached out to the MPAA to secure a title for the studio’s forthcoming sequel to X-Men: First Class - and if reported accurately, that title is going to send a tidal wave of geek freak-outs across the Interwebs. The title in question is “Days of Future Past” – which remains one of the most famous and celebrated X-Men storylines of all time.

More interestingly, however: “Days of Future Past” was also a X-Men story that dealt with time travel and multiple timelines – meaning that director Matthew Vaughn and Fox could be (finally) trying to organize the convoluted continuity of the X-Men film franchise, using a tactic similar to what J.J. Abrams did with his Star Trek reboot.

Here is the quote from AICN reporter “The Kidd,” which first kicked off this rumor:

One of my little birds Weapon X recently dropped me some information that 20th Century Fox had recently registered the title DAYS OF FUTURE PAST with the MPAA Title Registration Bureau. The Bureau exists for studios and productions companies to stake their claims on certain titles that they intend to release and distribute, so that others can stray from using a similar title.

The title “Days of Future Past” is taken from the two-issue Uncanny X-Men comic book storyline written in 1981 by legendary X-Men writer/artist team Chris Claremont and John Byrne. In the story, the X-Men are trying to stop the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (led by Mystique) from killing an anti-mutant political figure named Senator Robert Kelly. This pivotal event creates a separate timeline in which the X-Men fail to stop the Kelly assassination, and as a result, mutants are hunted, imprisoned and exterminated by humanity. One X-Man from that future dystopia manages to travel back in time and warn the present day X-Men, who ultimately stop the assassination (though the two timelines both remain in existence).

The X-Men Battle Sentinels in 'Days of Future Past'

Given where X-Men: First Class left things, it’s easy to see how “Days of Future Past” could be reconfigured to focus on Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and his Brotherhood going after a key political figure, and the X-Men team being visited by a dimension-hopping mutant to be forewarned of what happens if they don’t stop the assassins. “Days of Future Past” also had the mutant-killing Sentinel robots, an older version of Wolverine, etc. – all of which would be awesome to see onscreen (not to mention a Terminator-style future dystopia). A “DoFP” plot could also open the door for the franchise to introduce time-hopping X-Men like Bishop or Cable to the mix.

In terms of the movies: “Days of Future Past” would give Vaughn and company a way to end all this continuity madness once and for all. If time travel and alternate timelines are successfully introduced into the X-Men movie universe, then that would be a perfect explanation for why the original X-Men trilogy (and Wolverine) have plot points that contradict First Class, while allowing all of the films to remain valid (unlike the ‘forget the past’ approach of the Spider-Man movie reboot).

“Days of Future Past” is an awesome story on its own – and I for one would welcome anything that could straighten out the movie continuity in satisfactory fashion. First Class was tormented all through development for not being a clear prequel OR reboot, but instead some weird amalgamation of both. I think a lot of X-Men fans would agree with the sentiment that it’s time to clean house. J.J. Abrams successfully cleared away decades of Star Trek continuity when he spun-off a new timeline for his 2009 reboot, which allowed him the freedom to tell his own stories using familiar characters.

Finally, introducing alternate timelines would give Fox many new options for how they approach their other upcoming X-Men films: including already-in-production sequel The Wolverine, and the already-planned X-Men 4. In fact, “First Class Continuity (FCC)” and/or “Original Trilogy Continuity (OTC)” could be terms we all start throwing around pretty soon. Comic book geekery at its best.

X-Men: Days of Future Past - if that is indeed the title – will be in theaters on July 18th, 2014.

Header Image by Deviant Art User “Wobblyone“.

Source: AICN

mr. tegu · 05-29-2014, 01:29 PM

I saw it at the biggest screen the new Cinetopia in Overland Park has. It was awesome.

Rudy tossed tigger's salad · 05-30-2014, 12:06 AM

Never again will I trust a comic book movie based on reviews.

Gggggggaaaaaayyyyyyyy

Valiant · 05-30-2014, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Rudy lost the toss

Never again will I trust a comic book movie based on reviews.

Gggggggaaaaaayyyyyyyy

explain.

Rudy tossed tigger's salad · 05-30-2014, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

explain.

I guess I just don't like the genre. I've hated almost every Marvel movie I've seen. I keep giving these lame characters chances, but I think I'm finally out for good.

Gravedigger · 05-30-2014, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Rudy lost the toss

I guess I just don't like the genre. I've hated almost every Marvel movie I've seen. I keep giving these lame characters chances, but I think I'm finally out for good.

Well....bye.gif

**Anyong Bluth** · 05-30-2014, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravedigger

Well....bye.gif

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**007** · 05-30-2014, 02:04 PM

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Valiant · 05-30-2014, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rudy lost the toss

I guess I just don't like the genre. I've hated almost every Marvel movie I've seen. I keep giving these lame characters chances, but I think I'm finally out for good.

yeah, if that is the case I think you are making a wise decision for yourself. Comic fans love most of those movies.

beach tribe · 05-30-2014, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rudy lost the toss

I guess I just don't like the genre. I've hated almost every Marvel movie I've seen. I keep giving these lame characters chances, but I think I'm finally out for good.

Sounds like a DC fan boy.

If you were disappointed by The Avengers or the Winter Soldier I can't imagine what your expectations must have been going in.

**Bowser** · 06-01-2014, 06:22 PM

Just got back. Loved it. It turned out to be light on the action, but still a fantastic movie. They've reset the continuity to just about as close to "normal" as they can possibly get.

Spoiler!

Sure-Oz · 06-01-2014, 06:34 PM

Great flick...ready for the next one

**Bowser** · 06-01-2014, 06:57 PM

And another question -

Spoiler!

ThaVirus · 06-01-2014, 07:59 PM

I never caught it if they did.

Seems like a pretty significant power boost for a secondary character. She could just use that power every time something goes wrong from now on..

**Ragged Robin** · 06-01-2014, 08:12 PM

This was an awesome movie, though I found the future scenes to be way more exciting and interesting. What a great way to fix the mess of the X-Men movie franchise. I thought they were going to create an excuse to reboot and recast everyone -- I hope this still is the case and that last scene was just a tip-of-the-hat for all the old actors and movies. I guess they can still do movies about stories that take place before Wolverine "comes back."

Also once again Marvel beats DC to the punch by getting their knock off characters on the big screen before DC does. Hawkeye before Green Arrow, Quicksilver before Flash and eventually Ant Man before The Atom and Apocalypse before Darkseid..

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Originally Posted by beach tribe

Sounds like a DC fan boy.

If you were disappointed by The Avengers or the Winter Soldier I can't imagine what your expectations must have been going in.

Pretty sure by "genre" he means "superheroes."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bowser

And another question -

Spoiler!

They don't explain it, no real need to. Most mutants discover they have a secondary power (or effect) later in life. I think the precedent for this is Morrison's New X-Men and in the movies, Emma Frost is shown to have telekinesis + diamond skin in First Class (this rendition of her is also pulled out of New X-Men as well so it's more than likely that they're rolling with this logic).

Aries Walker · 06-01-2014, 08:25 PM

I think it was Singer who basically came out and said that they gave her that as a secondary mutation because the plot required it. I have no problem with this.

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007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $14060126 VARSITY	‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel Titled ‘Days of Future Past’? http://screenrant.com/x-men-first-cl...t-kofi-177114/ There is word circulating that 20th Century Fox has reached out to the MPAA to secure a title for the studio’s forthcoming sequel to X-Men: First Class - and if reported accurately, that title is going to send a tidal wave of geek freak-outs across the Interwebs. The title in question is “Days of Future Past” – which remains one of the most famous and celebrated X-Men storylines of all time. More interestingly, however: “Days of Future Past” was also a X-Men story that dealt with time travel and multiple timelines – meaning that director Matthew Vaughn and Fox could be (finally) trying to organize the convoluted continuity of the X-Men film franchise, using a tactic similar to what J.J. Abrams did with his Star Trek reboot. Here is the quote from AICN reporter “The Kidd,” which first kicked off this rumor: One of my little birds Weapon X recently dropped me some information that 20th Century Fox had recently registered the title DAYS OF FUTURE PAST with the MPAA Title Registration Bureau. The Bureau exists for studios and productions companies to stake their claims on certain titles that they intend to release and distribute, so that others can stray from using a similar title. The title “Days of Future Past” is taken from the two-issue Uncanny X-Men comic book storyline written in 1981 by legendary X-Men writer/artist team Chris Claremont and John Byrne. In the story, the X-Men are trying to stop the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (led by Mystique) from killing an anti-mutant political figure named Senator Robert Kelly. This pivotal event creates a separate timeline in which the X-Men fail to stop the Kelly assassination, and as a result, mutants are hunted, imprisoned and exterminated by humanity. One X-Man from that future dystopia manages to travel back in time and warn the present day X-Men, who ultimately stop the assassination (though the two timelines both remain in existence). The X-Men Battle Sentinels in 'Days of Future Past' Given where X-Men: First Class left things, it’s easy to see how “Days of Future Past” could be reconfigured to focus on Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and his Brotherhood going after a key political figure, and the X-Men team being visited by a dimension-hopping mutant to be forewarned of what happens if they don’t stop the assassins. “Days of Future Past” also had the mutant-killing Sentinel robots, an older version of Wolverine, etc. – all of which would be awesome to see onscreen (not to mention a Terminator-style future dystopia). A “DoFP” plot could also open the door for the franchise to introduce time-hopping X-Men like Bishop or Cable to the mix. In terms of the movies: “Days of Future Past” would give Vaughn and company a way to end all this continuity madness once and for all. If time travel and alternate timelines are successfully introduced into the X-Men movie universe, then that would be a perfect explanation for why the original X-Men trilogy (and Wolverine) have plot points that contradict First Class, while allowing all of the films to remain valid (unlike the ‘forget the past’ approach of the Spider-Man movie reboot). “Days of Future Past” is an awesome story on its own – and I for one would welcome anything that could straighten out the movie continuity in satisfactory fashion. First Class was tormented all through development for not being a clear prequel OR reboot, but instead some weird amalgamation of both. I think a lot of X-Men fans would agree with the sentiment that it’s time to clean house. J.J. Abrams successfully cleared away decades of Star Trek continuity when he spun-off a new timeline for his 2009 reboot, which allowed him the freedom to tell his own stories using familiar characters. Finally, introducing alternate timelines would give Fox many new options for how they approach their other upcoming X-Men films: including already-in-production sequel The Wolverine, and the already-planned X-Men 4. In fact, “First Class Continuity (FCC)” and/or “Original Trilogy Continuity (OTC)” could be terms we all start throwing around pretty soon. Comic book geekery at its best. X-Men: Days of Future Past - if that is indeed the title – will be in theaters on July 18th, 2014. Header Image by Deviant Art User “Wobblyone“. Source: AICN
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