12 Movie Spoilers We Didn’t Know Last Week (24th Jan)
5. Apocalypse Is Basically Mutant Hitler
Thanks to Slashfilm's interview with Brian Singer, we have some more idea of both Apocalypse's motivation (spoiler: he doesn't like anyone he doesn't deem superior) and his powers in the upcoming X-Men sequel. First off, his plan for global domination, which doesn't sound good for normal humanity:
"Yeah, its global, its a global situation. He wants to make a massive global change. I dont want to tell you what hes going to do but its visually unique. Hes going to do something really bad to the Earth thats going to cause a lot of people to not live and those that survive will be the strongest."
"A lot of people to not live" is a pretty round the block way of saying death on a grand scale. Presumably it won't be unfixable unless future X-Men movies are going to be particularly bleak. Singer also confirmed that the villain will be extremely persuasive (strike two for the Hitler likeness), and that he has an enviable power set including being able to jump bodies. Which presumably means killing him is out of the question entirely:
"Yeah, he moves from body to body. Apocalypse himself is not a physical form, hes an energy. I dont know what he is. What he does is accumulate powers over the millennia by moving from body to body. Whats wonderful is he thinks in the beginning of the film hes found this great body. I dont want to give away what the power of the body this mutant has but its a familiar one that youve seen a number of very famous mutants have. It kind of ends up being the wrong one because he gets stuck in it for a long time, but then suddenly he has this opportunity and that becomes his agenda. So its another interesting thing in the movie, the villain always has their agenda."
