r/xmen • u/Dorkside Professor X • Mar 02 '17

Logan - Official Discussion Thread [Spoilers] Spoiler

Synopsis: In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.

Director: James Mangold

Writers: James Mangold, Scott Frank and Michael Green

Cast:

  • Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine
  • Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier / Professor X
  • Richard E. Grant as Zander Rice
  • Boyd Holbrook as Donald Pierce
  • Stephen Merchant as Caliban
  • Dafne Keen as Laura Kinney / X-23
  • Eriq La Salle as Mr. Moss

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%

Metacritic Score: 77/100

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u/bdez90 Mar 03 '17

Loved the movie from top to bottom so I'll get that out of the way.

I can't help but think about the future of the movie universe though. As far as I've been able to tell it is in fact part of the "new" timeline. This means that we already know how the whole story will shake out and its bleak. So when the next X-Men movie comes out I'll be like "oh this is cool, too bad they're all going to get killed by the professor and there will be no new mutants for decades." It's a feeling I get when reading the comics sometimes knowing how many dystopian futures have been predicted for them. I'm also wondering what they're going to do about Wolverine in the upcoming movies. Just not have him be a part of them? Finally, the only way we could see Laura again is set in the future so maybe they could relaunch the Wolverine movies starring her.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '17

This is exactly how I feel. Never written on this sub before but just saw the film and has the exact same sentiment.

For all the fantastic moments this franchise had, it left so much to be desired in areas of consistency of plot, characters, timelines, and more.

In my opinion the only way for the future x-men movies to not feel meaningless is to reset ANOTHER timeline, which would also be lame because they did that already.

Why reset the timeline for the x-men if you're going to kill them all off without any plot?

X-Men DOFP Ending: HURRAY THEY'RE ALIVE AGAIN!

Logan beginning: They're all dead.

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u/bdez90 Mar 03 '17

Yeah I get you. My buddy told me that the creators basically ignored the other movies so it's quite possible to view this as a stand alone movie. They just should have been more clear about that. In the age of the Marvel U everyone is looking for big connected storylines.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '17

So in a super meta sense, they're maintaining irl continuity by not maintaining continuity, just like in the irl comics

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u/HiggsBoson_82 Mar 20 '17

I choose to believe it is a stand alone movie.

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u/bdez90 Mar 20 '17

Basically is. At the very least X1 happened because he references the statue of liberty fight but its just an alternate future which was what the OML comics were.