@themightymazahs: I mean I can see it possible especially if they used chernobyl as a means to have accelerated when the mutation happened, it could have also accelerated his aging too, allowing him to be that 10 year old boss. Though I think its easier to say that they are trying to unify the x-men franchise, and just like any quilt, the patches are noticeable but it's still a masterpiece in its own right. So we will see gaping plot holes, but i'm more than satisfied with ignore them.
@war_killer: huh, I didn't even think about how DoFP could over right the original movies. Omg that would be kinda cool. I would still want the OG cast though (i'm sorry but an x-men without storm is a bad thing imo), but thats an interesting idea to explore. Imagine if Jean was back alive...hahaha if movies can connect together like comics in one universe, then like comics they must be able to have some weird and cooky things happen too.
And now on to my thoughts about this BRILLIANT move. So first I want to say I have always preferred the X-Men franchise whether it is in comics, shows, and in this case movies to the Avengers. (i actually like x-men over everything that doesn't have Batman). The reason I do is because not only are the stories interesting but they deal with deep social issues in such a beautiful metaphoric (either subtle or very obvious) ways. And this 25 events list is literally the icing on the cake!
Magneto Implicated for Murder ---> Islamophobia and assuming terrorist=muslim
Nixon and Trask ---> Corporate influence over the gov't, especially if they focus on military tech.
God's Curse ---> homophobic rhetoric
Legacy Virus ---> Aids epidemic and homophobia
Berlin Wall ---> Racial segregation
Mutant Registry ---> Patriot Act, and NSA
Guantanamo Bay ---> War on Terror and Islamophobia, and camps used for ethnic cleansing
Mexican Border Wall ---> Poor treatment of illegal immigrants, xenophobic immigration policies
Mutant Inhibitor Collars ---> Forced change on a group (think forced conversions)
Mutant Cure ---> Cure for Homosexuality
March on X-Mansion ---> Police and state brutality
Death of Hank McCoy ---> Lynching, and its modern forms
But the best part, being a Superhero tale, with all these problems in our society that's presented, this franchise still takes the time to show the good things too!
South African Reform ---> the end of a (de jure) apartheid
Hank McCoy UN Rep ---> gov't trying to also take care of it's citizens
Zapatistas ---> civil rights groups and movements
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