Questions tagged [x-men-cinematic-universe]
For questions about the X-Men cinematic universe, distributed by 20th Century Fox. Always use in conjunction with the [marvel] tag and with any relevant film tags, e.g. [x-men-days-of-future-past]
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How can Professor Xavier be alive?
In X-Men 3:The Last Stand, we see that Professor Charles Xavier died and Jean Grey killed him, and his body turned into pieces.
But in X-Men: Days of Future Past he's alive and well.
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How does the new Deadpool movie relate to X-Men Origins: Wolverine?
Right so seeing as the new Deadpool movie shows the origins of Deadpool: specifically, he got cancer... blah blah had to get him the healing factor from Wolverine.
But that makes no sense — they used ...
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Does Wolverine have a hole in his forehead?
In X-Men Origins: Wolverine,
So the projectile penetrated the adamantium skull and damaged the brain. Adamantium is an inorganic substance. It will survive anything that would otherwise destroy the ...
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How long until the rights of Marvel characters that 20th Century Fox own revert to Marvel Studios?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is currently unable to use various characters or the term 'mutants' thanks to the fact that 20th Century Fox own the live action rights to the X-Men and their related ...
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Does Quicksilver's walkman speed up with him?
In Days Of Future Past, Quicksilver spends a lot of time playing with electronics. In his famous tour de force scene in the Pentagon, he specifically puts his headphones on before running around the ...
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How could Wolverine say he remembers everything?
At the end of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Professor X asks Wolverine what he remembers, and he replies "Everything".
However, the Trask incident happened in 1973 and the events of X-Men Origins: ...
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Why were Wolverine’s metal blades shaped differently than his bone claws?
In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, he had ugly bones coming out of his hands. Assuming adamantium replaced his skeleton, the adamantium should have taken their shape, instead of being nicely-shaped blades.
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Should the Adamantium bullets have worked on Wolverine?
In X-Men Origins: Wolverine has Adamantium bonded with his skeleton, after Wolverine escaped the operating room, Col. Striker is given a gun and Adamantium bullets.
But according to the quote from ...
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Does Wolverine's healing factor still work properly in Logan (the movie)?
In the trailer for the upcoming movie Logan (2016),
we can see that Wolverine's back is covered in scars:
However, in the rest of Fox's X-Men/Wolverine movies, he ...
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In Logan, what disease is this character dying of?
In the 2017 movie Logan,
is dying of some disease, which is causing him to age and not regenerate as well. When he is helped by the small town doctor, the doctor offers to run some tests to help ...
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Which X-Men movies should I watch before Deadpool?
I want to watch Deadpool, but I have heard the character has appeared in X-Men series too. My question is, if I watch X-Men before Deadpool, will it enhance my interest in the Deadpool character?
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Does Wolverine still get his adamantium skeleton after Days of Future Past?
At the end of X-Men: Days of Future Past, we see
What I'm wondering is:
Plus I guess this is now an alternate time line, so there's probably no canon that covers this.
Any suggestions?
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Is Quicksilver in the X-Men movies the same as in Avengers: Age of Ultron?
Ok, I have a couple of questions regarding Quicksilver, but it's all linked so...
Are the two Quicksilver characters from the X-Men movies and Avengers: Age of Ultron the same person? I thought ...
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Who was in the room in the X-Men Mansion?
When Deadpool is in the hallway talking
Who else was in the room?
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Is X-Men Origins: Wolverine canon?
At the beginning of X-Men Origins: Wolverine we see that Logan (a.k.a. Wolverine) and Colonel William Stryker were working together by the end of the Vietnam War.
For 5 years after the war, he lives ...
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Is this character being impersonated?
At the end of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Drowned Logan is retrieved from the river by Stryker and a rescue crew.
We see Stryker's eyes shift colour, but not to the red/yellow of Mystique.
Who is ...
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How do Wolverine's claws come back on "DoFP" after "The Wolverine"
"The Wolverine" movie is a prequel for "Days of Future Past" (because it shows DoFP related scenes on the after-credits).
So Wolverine has bone claws when The Wolverine movie ends, and on DoFP it has ...
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Why doesn't Quicksilver create sonic booms?
In both the comics and X-Men: Days of Future Past, Quicksilver is described as being able to break the sound barrier.
Wikipedia explains sonic booms:
A sonic boom is the sound associated with the ...
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Why did Professor X smile before being killed by the Phoenix?
In the scene where Professor X and Magneto go to Jean Grey's house after she woke up and escaped, he says something like
Don't let it control you.
Then, Wolverine manages to open some door, and ...
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What timeline is the post-credit scene at the end of The Wolverine in?
Through the X-Men film universe (X-Men 1-3, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and The Wolverine), we see at least three distinct timelines/alternate realities.
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How could this Adamantium piece be destroyed in The Wolverine?
In The Wolverine there is a scene in which
I know about the Silver Samurai's ability of generating a tachyon field surrounding (usually) his sword, but I thought this couldn't cut through Adamantium.
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How can Charles Xavier be alive in the movie Logan?
The trailer for Logan shows Charles Xavier to be still alive, even though enough time has passed for Wolverine to look much older than we’ve seen him in previous films.
This is very difficult to ...
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How can Kitty Pryde achieve time travel with her phasing abilities?
In X-Men: Days of Future Past, how does Kitty Pryde suddenly get the power to send people's minds back in time? Initially she was only able to phase through objects and could extend this power to ...
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Can Deadpool drown?
At present with what we know about Deadpool, based on the 2016 movie version, we know he has regenerative abilities.
Can he drown? Can he survive drowning?
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Why does Quicksilver hold Magneto's head, but not everyone at Xavier's school?
In Days of Future Past, Quicksilver holds Magneto's head to prevent whiplash. However, in Apocalypse, Quicksilver not only ignores holding heads (not everyone), he also throws people. Did they make a ...
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What are the differences between the Deadpool movie and the leaked script?
Several years ago, before Deadpool was greenlit, its script leaked online. I recently remember one of the producers recently saying in an interview that the final movie was 30% different. Which parts ...
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In X-Men: First Class, is Alex Summers related to Scott Summers?
If they are related, then what is his relation to Scott Summers and how does this explain the age gaps between Scott and Professor X?
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Were these three the last surviving natural born mutants?
In Logan we have the following interactions:
While Logan is listening to the radio and a
talk-show host says, "It's 2029, why are still talking about
mutants?"
While Charles and Logan are discussing ...
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Why would Mystique's DNA allow for Sentinels that can duplicate mutant powers?
The future Sentinels in X-Men Days Of Future Past are clearly shown adapting to powers thrown at them by copying them. Isn't that what Rogue's DNA would allow for, not Mystique's? Mystique can just ...
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What is Apocalypse wearing?
In the movie, we can see that Apocalypse is wearing some kind of suit
It seems this suit is regarded with equal importance to his life. What is this suit, and why is it so important? What is it made ...
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Is Charles Xavier the only one whose powers were not permanently affected?
In X-Men Apocalypse, Apocalypse permanently enhances any mutant he chooses.
In order of appearance Apocalypse increases the powers of
Storm
Psylocke
Angel
Magneto
By all accounts every one of them ...
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How fast can Quicksilver run?
In the movie X-Men: Days of Future Past, it looks like Quicksilver runs so fast that everything is almost at a standstill. Just how fast can he run? Speed of light?
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Was this scene in Deadpool a reference or nod to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? [duplicate]
During the climactic scene of Deadpool, our eponymous hero travels to a new location
The setting of the scene looked quite familiar,
Is there any source, official or otherwise (press publication, ...
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About the absence of metal in machinery and buildings of the past
In X-Men: Days of Future Past I see several things about absence of metal that I am a bit skeptical about.
For example, Magneto is being held under the Pentagon and there should be no metal ...
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How does Magneto control the Sentinels?
In X-Men: Days of Future Past, Magneto is shown commanding one of the Sentinels to
"Do what you were made for!"
Why would the Sentinels accept any voice command from Magneto?
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What are the non-contemporaneous items or design choices in Logan?
This is a follow up to this question
Logan takes place in 2029 in Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and other wilderness locations.
Besides the obviously sci-fi elements (cybernetic mutants and their weapons, ...
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How did Amix Group get this helicarrier?
In Deadpool,
What is the history of this particular helicarrier? And why in particular was it sent to the Amix Group scrap yard?
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What was the reason for Magneto's decision at the end?
In X-Men: Apocalypse, why did Magneto betray Apocalypse? Magneto was very much grieving and angry and seemed very much on board with Apocalypse's plans. All I remember is that Mystique talked to ...
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What happened to Magneto?
Magneto was MIA in the movie Logan. Chronologically, he was last seen near the end of Days of Future Past, in 2023. It would seem he hasn't seen Charles, Logan, and the X-men since then.
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What happens to parts of Mystique that are cut off?
In the original X-Men movie, Mystique takes the form of Wolverine, including the appearance of having Adamantium claws. The claws are clearly not actual Adamantium though, as Wolverine is able to ...
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What happens to Deadpool's severed limbs?
In Deadpool the movie we see him cut his hand off,
And we know that Deadpool has regenerating powers an that he can even regenerate from a single living cell, so ...
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What was the reason for Deadpool always forgetting these items?
In the Deadpool movie, Deadpool forgets his ammo bag in the first scene in the taxi and then forgets his guns bag in the second scene with the same taxi. This seems too convenient to just to make for ...
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Where can I read the full version of "The Bent Bullet Report", an immersive article used in the promotion of "X-Men: Days of Future Past"?
Back in 2013, when promoting the then-upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past movie, the commercial team released a trailer for a "mutant conspiracy" around JFK's assassination.
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Who was in the X-Men: Days of Future Past post-credits scene?
At the end of the film X-Men: Days of Future Past, there's a short scene after the credits. In it,
Who was this character, and why were they featured in the post-credits scene?
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Who stopped the bullet in the first X-Men movie?
When Rogue ran away to the train station and
Magneto, Toad and Sabertooth ran into Jean Grey and Prof X outside the station. Magneto then grabs all of the guns from many policemen's hands and aimed ...
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Where was Stan Lee's cameo in Deadpool 2?
There are two places where it could have been but it was so quick I didn't really see it.
When going through the X-men mansion some older faces can be seen hiding from Wade before they shut the door. ...
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Who features in, or makes, a "gratuitous cameo," in Deadpool?
Having watched Deadpool for the third time this afternoon I realised that I couldn't identify the "gratuitous cameo" referred to in the film's opening credits. So: which character is this "credit" ...
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Why is Negasonic Teenage Warhead so different in the Deadpool film?
Negasonic Teenage Warhead appears in the films to have the powers of Cannonball from the X-Men comics.
Why was the character changed so much? Normally Negasonic Teenage Warhead has telepathic/pre-...
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In "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", why did Stryker want to apply adamantium to Logan?
Can't understand why Stryker went to all the effort to apply adamantium to Logan, if all he wanted to do was create weapon X/Deadpool?
Was there some reason why he had to lace Wolverine with ...
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How was Angel Dust able to successfully fight Colossus?
In 2016's Deadpool, Colossus has two main super-fights.
When Deadpool fights Colossus, Colossus' skin acts like solid metal and Deadpool is unable to harm or even noticeably move him.
However, when ...
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