X-Men: Days Of Future Past functioned, in part, as an attempt to clear up, fix or otherwise get rid of the pesky continuity errors that have popped up throughout the franchise's history. The only problem was that, while it did reset the timeline of the series, resurrecting Cyclops and leaving the 'original' X-team in one piece to fight another day in a potential future movie, it also created a few more continuity gaffs along the way. For example, William Stryker (the military man responsible for lacing Wolverine's skeleton with adamantium) appears in the film as a man who looks to be in his mid-30's in the 1970's. This makes sense when you consider that Stryker, as played by the wonderful Brian Cox in X2, is in at least his 60's in the 2000's, right? Well, yes, but what does that mean for the Danny Huston version of Stryker that appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, also set in the 70's, who looked at least a decade older than the DOFP version? There are many other errors throughout the series, like how Emma Frost appears in X-Men: First Class (set in the 1960's) in her 30's, but also appears in Wolverine (set in the 70's) as a teenage girl. This poor handle on continuity could be examined further, but there's just not enough space in this article. Fox clearly never had an overarching plan for the X-Men series and that led to them throwing out characters and situations in one movie that directly contradicted the next. Oh dear.
