1. Continuity Cannot Be Salvaged
So all of the X-Men movies are supposed to take place in one continuous timeline. Really? If Mystique was Xaviers step sister, how come she shows no attachment to or recognition of him in the original movies, and doesnt think twice about putting him in a coma in the first movie? If Beast was a part of the team from the beginning, how come he is absent from the first two movies? Was the conversion of everyone in New York or the death of all humans not important enough to have all hands on deck? Why do Mystique and Beast age only about ten years in four decades? Why is Emma Frost a woman in 1962 and a teenager in 1981? If Sabretooth grew up with and spent a lifetime by Wolverine, who was the useless sasquatch in the first movie that didnt know Logan, Cyclops, or the Professor? How is Alex Summers, Scotts younger brother, a man in the 60s, and Scott a spry 30 at the turn of the century? How is the Professor crippled at the end of First Class and then standing in Origins and at flashbacks of the trilogy? Why are we told the professor and Magneto built cerebro, but then see Beast building it? Why are we told Magneto built his helmet, but then see him steal it from Shaw? Why is Moira McTaggert a young CIA operative in First Class and a young doctor in X2? People were upset with Prometheus for its internal inconsistencies and as a prequel to Alien even though it was a gorgeous and thrilling movie. How do the X-Men films get a pass? And do they honestly expect Days of Future Past to explain all these holes? Itll likely make things more confusing by adding time travel to an already muddled narrative. This next movie will hopefully be the death knell of the franchise.