X-MEN: Days of Future Past Official Trailer 2014

Warning: Possible Spoilers

I just watched the trailer of  X-MEN: Days of Future Past and I have to say that out of all the movies scheduled for 2014, it is the one with much anticipation from Marvel comic fans all over the world. This movie combines members of the cast of the original X-MEN movies headed by Patrick Stewart with members of the successful franchise relaunch, X-MEN First Class. I hope that the movie will be as good as the trailer.

I think this may be the plot, based on the trailer. But you will have to watch the movie to be certain.

We will probably see a future where there is a raging war. Its mutants against mankind. The government has activated the Sentinel program, created by Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones fame). It seems that at some point in the past, Charles Xavier (Professor X) loses hope. And that is the reason why the X-MEN are in a post-apocalyptic future. But in this future, Professor X and Magneto seem to have aligned themselves with each other. And they want to change the future by changing the past. To do that, they must send Wolverine back in time. (I'm not sure if its actual time travel - which may be why Blink is in the trailer, although from what I understand, her powers involve teleportation, not time travel.) Or maybe, Professor X will simply transfer the present Wolverine's memories into the past Wolverine. Why pick Wolverine? He's very old, and is probably the only surviving member of the X-MEN in that future timeline aside from Professor X and Magneto. Why not Magneto then? Well he's wearing that helmet that protects him from guys like Professor X. (But Michael Fassbender wasn't wearing one in the trailer... couldn't Professor X simply have imprinted the memories of the future into Magneto, or his younger self? Well, we know that having Wolverine in the movie will draw more fans, so I guess its a Hollywood thing.)

Ok, back to the plot. Magneto is wrecking havoc in the past. This will probably trigger the war between mutants and mankind. And with a dejected past Professor X, then there's no X-MEN to stop Magneto. So once Wolverine is sent back in time, I'm assuming everything will be peachy after a few fight scenes.

But where does Bishop fit in? And Storm, Rogue, Iceman, Shadowcat, Mystique, Quicksilver, Beast and Blink? Well, that's why we have to see the movie.

There is the scene where the future Professor X (Stewart) seems to be talking to the past Professor X (McAvoy). This again is puzzling. Does Wolvering fail, and therefore Charles resorts to "talking to himself"?

And why isn't Bishop the one sent back in time, just like the cartoon series? Again, more questions than answers, which is more reason to watch the movie.

It is good to see the both the X-MEN and the Wolverine franchise rebound. There are still plenty of great stories about the X-MEN that can be explored. And we haven't even seen an Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-men ensemble. That would probably be too expensive to make. While we're at it, why not wish for a DC - Marvel crossover.

As a bonus, enjoy the introduction of actors in the video below.