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Originally Posted by nakobass

I really hope you guys enjoy the movie. The simple reason why I will not see this movie is because I just don't care about any of the characters in the movie. We have already seen Prof X and Magneto in 3 other movies. We know how it all ends up. What's the point. Making X-men 4 with all new characters would have made more sense. Forget comic book accurate, this isn't even accurate to the 4 other movies that already came out.

X1 Beast was on TV in Human form. Xarvier said Cyclops and Jean were his first students.
Prof X didn't know Magneto had a Helmit to block his powers.
X3 Prof X and Magneto recruited Jean and were still on good terms.
XW Prof X was standing when he met Cyclops

The Trailer alone contradicts everything above. If they make an X-men 4, I'll give that a chance, but not this.

X1, it's called an image inducer. But we'll see if they deal with that ever. Remember Hank does experiment on himself quite often. Originally it was just a one off cameo anyway. I do hope they manage to work in a better why though, but that won't matter until that time period comes closer. That being said, he was also pro-mutant rights in that cameo, something he couldn't do as yet if all they saw was a giant blue furball. So he possibly had a way to look normal even if he wasn't.

As for his first students... So far from the looks of this, charles himself is still a kid. So they may not be his students yet, just his peers. Besides, according to the films, Jean was recruited in the 80s, and Scott post-vietnam towards 3 mile island incident. Both of which are long after this film. Which means already the movies themselves suggest they weren't his first students. All we do know is that beast was there at the start according to the films and his remarks in X3. So no, Jean and Scott just 'think' or are 'bragging' they were his very first students. There's already too far of a discrepency between when they joined to have both been first students anyway. That's assuming they even said that in the films. So no, that points kind of moot. This movie is set in a period of time that pre-dates when they joined according to the movies, so including them would have thrown the whole continuity off with it's time frame placement. Then again we also don't know how this film ends, so there could be a very good reason why charles started fresh with a new class.

The helmet could be explained in this or subsequently as maybe he thought he found a way around the previous helmet design, or Charles doesn't know of the helmet and that's how Erik stays out of Charles reach while doing his acts that are against what charles agrees to. Still much story room left to use. Especially since he knows charles disapproves, so he'd need a method to stay under the radar when doing things charles wouldn't approve of.

They recruited Jean before the split, but we don't know for certain they actually split in this as opposed to just the birth of their seperate ideas. That depends on the movie itself, the trailer doesn't say one way or the other. The split could be building, but they could also have split and started to work together again because of a subsequent film. Friends tend to do that, fight, take time apart to pursue goals, work together again.

XMO:W Xavier walking, well so far nothing in the trailer suggests he's paralyzed pre-80s. The wheelchair footage was from X1 and X3 that was used, not this movie. All we know for certain based on what they've said, is this movie will cover why charles goes bald possibly.

I'm not saying it'll mesh 100%, but it does mesh more than you're giving it credit for. This trailer isn't enough to refute or prove one way or the other.

I do look forward to an X4, but I don't mind them doing an early days trilogy first or alternating if it gives them elements to use for a later film. All we know for X4 is that Chuck has no body, and that storm and wolverine are in charge of the school. Potentially Colossus and beast too.

Before making hasty judgements, wait until the movie is actually out, then check nitpickers or other continuity furious sites to see how much it lines up before condemning based on a trailer that really doesn't say one way or the other.