8 Hopes We Have For Upcoming Blockbusters (That Will Probably Never Happen)

4. Darwin Will Save The Day In X-Men: Apocalypse

Scores of fans were shocked at the death of Darwin so early after his introduction in X-Men: First Class, especially for a mutant with his abilities€”you know, being able to adapt to anything. And the way his death was represented strung us along even more. As many fans of the comics know, Darwin was thought to be dead, but was actually discovered to be existing within another character, and then as pure energy after that, until Beast was able to bring him back. Many fans have been able to hope that this could also be the case in the movie universe, that in a brilliant twist Darwin could come back to save the day at a crucial moment, at least in a cameo. I even hoped that this could happen by the end of First Class when I first saw it. After all, his death did seem kind of vague. And with the way he and Havok reacted to one another while it was happening, did Darwin bond his essence to the latter, even on a subconscious level? This could be very good planning on the parts of the filmmakers, but more likely, it's just filmmaking that doesn't really care in a movie that's mainly focused on Charles and Erik. Furthermore, as outside the box the X-Men movies can be, they also can be very conventional. In this case, they can be even shamefully so. Similarly to fans hoping that further X-Men movies will develop relationships between Havok, Banshee, and Beast, Darwin coming back to save the day€”or even just to wave at the camera€”is probably not going to happen. But hey, at least we'll probably get Cyclops back eventually!