Ah, I see what you're saying. They were definitely connected, and Magneto was more or less a slave to his anger and lust for revenge(Shaw); however, I think Magneto will have a different dynamic with Apocalypse.
What I mean, Magneto we know and love from the comics, is his own man. He was there at the dawn of mutant birth and uprising, and while he didn't choose his destiny alone, his "godfather" wasn't a person, it was a concept, it was the worst in humanity, it was genocide. From there on, it's the way he slowly lost himself to this very concept repeating again and again, until he finally proclaimed "I, ubermensch. I, Magneto" and went batsh!t crazy SA Mags.
Point is, there was no single man that was responsible for his conceptualization, nor did he ever let anyone to be his superior (kneeling before Cyclops was a showing of confidence, even Frost realized that). And that's who this character is.
Now, on both points, in the movie, it's a different character conceptually and terminally. And neither do him any justice. But, after the grand "I was at the mercy of men who just followed orders. Never again." I was willing to forgive the first peccadillo, but if they're really going to go with THAT for the second time, I don't think there's a good enough of an "aphorism" that will make as apologetic this time.
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