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LEGACYPhase Legacy•Fox X-Men Era•Essential Priority
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014-05-23 132 min Bryan Singer Earth-10005 (Fox X-Men Timeline)
Narrative Synopsis
In a dystopian future where mutants and human allies face extermination by Sentinels, Wolverine's consciousness is sent back to 1973 to prevent an assassination that alters history.
WHY SHOULD I WATCH THIS?
The greatest legacy mutant movie. Unites the original 2000s cast with the First Class cast and clarifies how timelines branch and heal.
WHAT SHOULD I REMEMBER?
- Demonstrates that altering past actions generates alternate timeline branches.
- Wolverine is the only mutant whose healing factor can survive mental time transference.
- Sets up the branched continuity leading into Logan and Deadpool & Wolverine.
WHAT DOES THIS CONNECT TO?
- Anchor history for Hugh Jackman's Wolverine in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Doomsday RelevanceHighly Relevant
Provides context for character arcs and multiversal shifts leading into Phase 6.
Post-Credits Scenes (1)Importance: Teaser
En Sabah Nur (Apocalypse) builds the Great Pyramids with telekinesis as the Four Horsemen observe.
Plot Resolution Summary:Mystique spares Bolivar Trask, averting the apocalyptic future and rewriting the timeline.
Climax & Resolution for X-Men: Days of Future Past
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Where This Fits in the Universe
Release Order Index:#102
Chronological Index:#102
Phase & Saga:Phase Legacy
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