X-Men (Film Series) - Timeline

It's right in the second slide. "The grey in the hair is something I took from X-Men Days Of Future Past, it’s a look in the comic," says Singer. "I liked it, even though he hasn’t really aged physically it’s something that shows how tough things have gotten in the future, and brought that out in him and given him a little more world-weariness."

So it's from stress? Heh.

And according to your profile, you're 32 which means you were in high school 15 or so years ago. I rest my case :p

Yeah...but I look comparatively different considering that 15 years is more than twice as long as it's been (in real world time) we saw those character on screen. Course they're actors so that does work in favor of your point.

I don't know, I'm kind of stumped right now given we don't know how long after The Wolverine or The Last Stand that DoFP takes place. I suppose it possible there's a 15 or 20 year span between The Last Stand and DoFP. And the gray hair on Wolverine does lend credence to the idea the span between The Wolverine post credit scene and DoFP is a decent amount.

Yeah, but it's Iceman. He's, like, six or something right?

;)
 
So it's from stress? Heh.



Yeah...but I look comparatively different considering that 15 years is more than twice as long as it's been (in real world time) we saw those character on screen. Course they're actors so that does work in favor of your point.

I don't know, I'm kind of stumped right now given we don't know how long after The Wolverine or The Last Stand that DoFP takes place. I suppose it possible there's a 15 or 20 year span between The Last Stand and DoFP. And the gray hair on Wolverine does lend credence to the idea the span between The Wolverine post credit scene and DoFP is a decent amount.



;)

Yeah, okay but I was just being facetious. :)
 
Well, this will help explain at least one of the continuity mistakes in the series:

Description of a scene between Xavier and Mystique in DoFP

As extras with suitably big hair glide past, the camera tracks with Raven, on her way to catch a flight. Out of the blue passengers start talking to her, warning her, dissuading her from her intention. She ignores them, rounds a corner and standing in front of her is Charles Xavier...

..Ten years have elapsed since the events of the previous movie, a decade in which Charles has disbanded the X-Men and let his school for gifted youngsters go to seed...

..Charles -- or an astral projection of Charles , hence the absence of a wheelchair -- pleads with Raven not to leave him once more. At one point McAvoy throws in the line, "We have to show them we're not al like Erik." But Charles' remonstrations have no effect -- Raven will not be swayed. The scene ends with a distraught Xavier promising, "Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will find you, Raven. If I have to, I will stop you."

So at least that explains the scene from X-Men Origins: Wolverine where Xavier walks out of the helicopter...even though he's been paralyzed for 17 years at that point.
 
I found a Marvel box set at Best Buy the other day that happened to have the first 3 X movies in it (along with other films of that time period) so I figured I'd go through them to try to help out here and make it a little closer to what you've done with the MCU timeline. I only did a quick preliminary run skipping through to see time markers for the "past" scenes vs time markers for the "present" scenes. Here's what I've got, keeping the dates that you've attached

1944 - X-Men 1:27-4:23
1993 - X-Men: The Last Stand 00:37-3:15 (Jean Grey)
2003 - X-Men: The Last Stand 03:16-04:26 (Archangel)
2012 - X-Men 4:24-1:34:25
2013 - X2: X-Men United 1:51-2:06:16
2013 - X-Men: The Last Stand 05:15-1:39:09, 1:43:42-1:43:59

I left out the voice over intros on the first two films due to the fact that they're more of filler. I'll try to go back through more thuroughly in the next week or so and split things down by days as well. I think my folks have the newer films lying around too so I'll try to see about those as well.
 
I found a Marvel box set at Best Buy the other day that happened to have the first 3 X movies in it (along with other films of that time period) so I figured I'd go through them to try to help out here and make it a little closer to what you've done with the MCU timeline. I only did a quick preliminary run skipping through to see time markers for the "past" scenes vs time markers for the "present" scenes. Here's what I've got, keeping the dates that you've attached 1944 - X-Men 1:27-4:23 1993 - X-Men: The Last Stand 00:37-3:15 (Jean Grey) 2003 - X-Men: The Last Stand 03:16-04:26 (Archangel) 2012 - X-Men 4:24-1:34:25 2013 - X2: X-Men United 1:51-2:06:16 2013 - X-Men: The Last Stand 05:15-1:39:09, 1:43:42-1:43:59 I left out the voice over intros on the first two films due to the fact that they're more of filler. I'll try to go back through more thuroughly in the next week or so and split things down by days as well. I think my folks have the newer films lying around too so I'll try to see about those as well.

Nice!
 
Here you go. I may have missed some post-credit scenes (I only caught them in Last Stand and Origins), still haven't seen The Wolverine yet so the time markers are left blank on those, put Fantastic Four's placement in 2015 due to release date, and placed X-Force there as well until further information comes along. I kinda want to check out the tie-in comics to see if any of them could possibly fit (I mean, the films already have so many continuity errors, what's a few more?). I kept with your dates for the most part, but if I notice anything while rewatching that makes the dates seem odd I'll mention it.

X-Men Movies
Fantastic Four Movies
Books
Comics
Video Games

1845 AD
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 1: "My Son" (00:35-3:20)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 2: "Main Titles/Invincible Warriors" (3:21-4:28)

1861-1865 AD
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 2: "Main Titles/Invincible Warriors" (4:29-4:49)

1914-1918
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 2: "Main Titles/Invincible Warriors" (4:50-5:31)

1944
?????
X-Men Chapter 2: "Poland 1944" (1:28-4:23)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 1 (1:00-4:20)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 2 (4:21-9:32)

June 6th
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 2: "Main Titles/Invincible Warriors" (5:31-6:15)

1945
August 9th
The Wolverine (00:38-5:04, 1:09:32-1:11:39)

1959
X-Men First Class: High Hand

1962
X-Men: First Class Chapter 3 (9:33-14:02)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 4 (14:03-16:07)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 5 (16:08-22:09)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 6 (22:10-27:10)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 7 (27:11-28:45)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 8 (28:46-31:31)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 9 (31:32-36:06)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 10 (36:07-40:11)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 11 (40:12-44:15)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 12 (44:16-50:04)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 13 (50:05-54:59)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 14 (54:00-1:01:06)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 15 (1:01:07-1:08:16)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 16 (1:08:17-1:11:50)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 17 (1:11:51-1:14:05)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 18 (1:14:06-1:20:06)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 19 (1:20:07-1:23:42)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 20 (1:23:43-1:27:34)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 21 (1:27:35-1:28:50)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 22 (1:28:51-1:31:23)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 23 (1:31:24-1:33:32)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 24 (1:33:33-1:37:53)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 25 (1:37:54-1:39:54)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 26 (1:39:55-1:43:36)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 27 (1:43:37-1:47:43)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 28 (1:47:44-1:52:37)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 29 (1:52:38-1:56:43)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 30 (1:56:44-2:01:25)
X-Men: First Class Chapter 31 (2:01:26-2:04:21)

1973
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 2: "Main Titles/Invincible Warriors" (6:15-7:44)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 3: "Recruitment" (7:47-10:27)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 4: "Special Team" (10:28-14:08)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 5: "Enough" (14:09-17:43)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (XX:XX-XX:XX)
X-Men: Apocolypse*

1979
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 5: "Enough" (17:44-17:49)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 6: "New Life" (17:50-19:30)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 7: "Show's Over" (19:31-25:54)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 8: "Powers of Persuasion" (25:55-28:16)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 9: "The Moon and Her Lover" (28:17-32:27
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 10: "Out for Blood" (32:28-37:50
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 11: "Weapon X" (37:51-45:02)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 12: "Kindness of Strangers" (45:03-49:42)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 13: "Blow Him to Bits" (49:43-56:27)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 14: "Our Own Kind" (56:28-59:40)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 15: "Boxing with The Blob" (59:41-1:02:16)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 16: "Mutant Capture" (1:02:17-1:06:11)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 17: "Gambit" (1:06:12-1:09:53)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 18: "Confronting Victor" (1:09:54-1:12:53)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 19: "Preemptive Action" (1:12:54-1:16:18)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 20: "Played for A Fool" (1:16:19-1:21:18)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 21: "Animal Rage" (1:21:19-1:25:56)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 22: "Weapon XI" (1:25:57-1:28:54)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 23: "Common Enemy" (1:28:55-1:32:05)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 24: "Always Brothers" (1:32:06-1:33:36)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 25: "Point Blank" (1:33:37-1:37:14)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 26: "What's My Name1:37:15-1:40:21)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 27: "End Titles/Under Arrest" (1:40:47-1:41:24)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chapter 28: "End Titles/Back From the Dead" (1:46:44-1:47:17)
Deadpool*

1985
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 1: "Years Ago/Main Titles" (00:37-3:15)

1986
X-Men: Novelization (Pg. 6-10)

1988
X-Men:Novelization (Pg. 10-16)

1995
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 1: "Years Ago/Main Titles" (03:16-04:26)

2000
X-Men The Last Stand: Novelization (Pg. 22-23)


2003
X-Men Chapter 3: "The Kiss of Death" (4:24-5:55) [The Novelization states a year passes after this scene]

2004
X-Men Chapter 4: "The Mutant Problem" (5:56-9:08)
X-Men Chapter 5: "King of the Cage" (9:09-11:31)
X-Men Chapter 6: "Two of a Kind" (11:32-17:20)
X-Men Chapter 7: "In the Midst of Mutants" (17:21-21:36)
X-Men Chapter 8: "A School for the Gifted" (21:37-29:11)
X-Men Chapter 9: "Kelly's New Aide" (29:12-33:06)
X-Men Chapter 10: "The Mutant Brotherhood" (33:07-37:49)
X-Men Chapter 11: "Rogue's Power" (37:50-40:29)
X-Men Chapter 12: "One of Us" (40:30-43:34)
X-Men Chapter 13: "The Runaway" (43:35-51:21)
X-Men Chapter 14: "The Brotherhood Attacks" (51:22-59:21)
X-Men Chapter 15: "Magneto's Plan" (59:22-1:01:24)
X-Men Chapter 16: "Death of a Mutant" (1:01:25-1:02:43)
X-Men Chapter 17: "A Fallen Leader" (1:02:44-1:05:33)
X-Men Chapter 18: "Assault on a Lady" (1:05:34-1:08:00)
X-Men Chapter 19: "The Attack Plan" (1:08:01-1:11:34)
X-Men Chapter 20: "Mutant vs. Mutant" (1:11:35-1:17:24)
X-Men Chapter 21: "Magneto's Prisoners" (1:17:25-1:20:09)
X-Men Chapter 22: "The X-Men Strike Back" (1:20:10-1:23:29)
X-Men Chapter 23: "To Save a City" (1:23:30-1:26:13)
X-Men Chapter 24: "Logan's Sacrifice" (1:26:14-1:28:34)
X-Men Chapter 25: "Recovery" (1:28:35-1:31:15)
X-Men Chapter 26: "Saying Goodbye" (1:31:16-1:32:19)
X-Men Chapter 27: "Friendly Enemies" (1:32:20-1:34:25)

2005
X2: X-Men United Chapter 2: "Security Breach" (1:51-5:44)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 3: "Alkali Lake" (5:45-7:44)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 4: "The Field Trip" (7:45-13:27)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 5: "Stryker's War" (13:28-16:51)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 6: "Logan's Return" (16:52-19:24)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 7: "One Final Talk" (19:25-21:04)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 8: "The Mutant Connection" (21:05-24:43)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 9: "Mutant Intruder" (24:44-28:28)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 10: "Nightcrawler" (28:29-31:45)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 11: "Sleepless" (31:46-33:47)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 12: "Magneto's Visitor" (33:48-36:26)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 13: "The War Has Begun" (36:27-38:01)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 14: "The Invaders" (38:02-43:11)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 15: "Out of the Past" (43:12-49:22)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 16: "Grace" (49:23-51:14)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 17: "Stryker's Prisoner" (51:15-54:28)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 18: "The Drake Home" (54:29-57:33)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 19: "Too Much Iron" (57:34-1:00:11)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 20: "This Mutant Problem" (1:00:12-1:01:53)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 21: "Faith & Anger" (1:01:54-1:03:44)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 22: "Dangerous Mutants" (1:03:45-1:09:01)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 23: "Air Attack" (1:09:02-1:13:22)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 24: "Stryker's Plan" (1:13:23-1:18:30)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 25: "What Do You Want" (1:18:31-1:21:42)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 26: "The Mutant Inside" (1:21:43-1:28:06)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 27: "Time to Find Our Friends" (1:28:07-1:30:21)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 28: "Lover's Quarrel" (1:30:22-1:33:31)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 29: "Point of Origin" (1:33:32-1:35:22)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 30: "Two of a Kind" (1:35:23-1:39:23)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 31: "Change of Plans" (1:39:24-1:43:31)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 32: "An Animal" (1:43:32-1:45:41)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 33: "To Stop Cerebro" (1:45:42-1:48:36)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 34: "The Big Chill" (1:48:37-1:50:27)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 35: "Escape" (1:50:28-1:55:28)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 36: "The Only Way" (1:55:29-1:59:48)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 37: "The President's Opportunity" (1:59:49-2:03:21)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 38: "Left Behind" (2:03:22-2:05:36)
X2: X-Men United Chapter 39: "Evolution Leaps Forward" (2:05:37-2:06:15)
X-Men: The Official Game
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 2: "The Simulation" (5:14-9:20)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 3: "Interrogating Mystique" (9:21-12:27)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 4: "A Cure For Mutation" (12:28-18:10)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 5: "The Rally" (18:11-23:44)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 6: "Jean's Return" (23:45-31:50)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 7: "Tranformation" (31:51-34:56)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 8: "Rescue and Abandonment" (34:57-39:04)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 9: "Jean's True Power" (39:05-44:50)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 10: "Out of Control" (44:51-51:51)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 11: "Remembering the Professor" (51:52-56:41)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 12: "Magneto's Army" (56:42-58:58)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 13: "Saving Xavier's School" (58:59 -1:01:56)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 14: "Public Threat" (1:01:57-1:04:33)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 15: "At Magneto's Camp" (1:04:34-1:08:51)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 16: "Raid" (1:08:52-1:11:04)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 17: "Final Stand" (1:11:05-1:13:34)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 18: "Assault on Alcatraz" (1:13:35-1:19:30)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 19: "Holding the Line" (1:19:31-1:22:42)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 20: "Protecting the Cure" (1:22:43-1:25:37)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 21: "One of Them" (1:25:38-1:30:25)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 22: "Because of Love" (1:30:26-1:35:34)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 23: "As They Should Be" (1:35:35-1:37:15)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 24: "Powerless/End Titles" (1:37:16-1:39:09)
X-Men: The Last Stand Chapter 24: "Powerless/End Titles" (1:43:42-1:43:59)

2013
The Wolverine (05:05-1:09:31, 1:11:40-2:07:44)

2015
The Wolverine (2:09:17-2:11:19)
The Fantastic Four*
X-Force*
The Wolverine 2*

2023
X-Men: Days of Future Past XX:XX-XX:XX
 
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Added time markers for The Wolverine, andsplit the Nagasaki bombing flashbacks in order to put them further back in the timeline. I'll probably start working on adding chapter titles and anything else I can to better organize once I get home from taking this exam in a couple hours.
 
Added time markers for The Wolverine, andsplit the Nagasaki bombing flashbacks in order to put them further back in the timeline. I'll probably start working on adding chapter titles and anything else I can to better organize once I get home from taking this exam in a couple hours.

Awesome! Yeah chapters (and chapter titles if there are any) would be perfect. Very nice job.
 
By the way, I have a copy of X 1.5 I aqquired a while back but never really watched. Do you know if the movie itself has any differences, and if it should be considered canon if so?
 
By the way, I have a copy of X 1.5 I aqquired a while back but never really watched. Do you know if the movie itself has any differences, and if it should be considered canon if so?

I'm not sure to tell you the truth. I don't think the film itself is any different, with added scenes or anything, but just has extra features. Don't quote me on that though, not really sure.

EDIT:

From the Amazon product description:

Don't just relive the spectacular action... take it to the extreme with this all-new 2-Disc Collector's Edition release of X-Men, packed with hours of never-before-seen bonus features! Go beyond the movie with the Enhanced Viewing Mode, incorporating more than 60 extra minutes of deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes footage as you watch the film. Listen to in-depth audio commentary from director Bryan Singer. Learn all the most revealing production secrets, from Casting and Costumes to Scenery and Special Eftects, through brand-new featurettes. And get an exclusive sneak peek at the making of X2. This is X-Men like you've never seen experienced it before!

So yeah, just has extra features and deleted scenes (a lot apparently).
 
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It does have added scenes. The only two I remember are an extended tour of the X-Mansion and an extended scene of Storm teaching about persecution in history (in which Jubilee gets some screen time).
 
Yeah, I knew it had extra bonus material, but the packaging seemed ambiguous about whether or not the film itself was extended. Just fiugred I'd ask since I don't have time to view them both side by side right now. Now that I think about it, I want to say that they had a mode on there that added all of the deleted scenes (If I remember correctly). I wanna say I tried watching it once and got bored because there was one scene they shot so many different ways I just got tired of watching it over and over.

Anyway, times and chapter titles added for everything except The Wolverine. I have to wait until I get ahold of a physical copy.

Trivia sidenote: I was going to be an extra in First Class because they were filming right down the road from where I lived, but when they came to the mall for sign ups my manager wouldn't allow me to leave the store in case they brought in extra traffic (they didn't). A few of my friends got to be in it though, ibncluding one of them as one of the lingerie models.
 
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Added "X-Men First Class: High Hand" comic. I figured it can be considered canon due to the fact that the only movie to be released since it is The Wolverine, and from the quick check through I did, it doesn't seem to have any discrepancies with that. I'm trying to get ahold of the other tie ins to see what exactly their continuity errors are and I may add them in as well with aide notes. As stated before, the films are full of contonuity holes so it doesn't make sense to not include the comics if a decent headcanon can be adapted.

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Just remembered I have the novelizations of the movies and the Toys*R*Us version of the Wolverine Prequel from the first film (only includes a portion of the comic). So far I can't see any reason not to include the comic, so I included it (for now).

The novelization of the first movie has a few things I've added:
  • A scene in 1986 dealing with Scott's backstory
  • Another scene in 1988 giving backstory to Storm
  • a one year gap between rogue's introduction and the DC scene
whether or not these scenes are canon are up to debate. They're included for now, and I'll remove them if I notice any reason to.

A quick skim over the X2 novel doesn't give me much info (I'm sure there's probably something interesting in there though). However, the Last Stand novel gives the dates of 1985 and 1995 for Jean and Archangel's backstory (and another scene in 2000 revolving around Archangel) which contradict the dates I got from your initial post, which leads me to wonder where your dates came from?
 
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Added "X-Men First Class: High Hand" comic. I figured it can be considered canon due to the fact that the only movie to be released since it is The Wolverine, and from the quick check through I did, it doesn't seem to have any discrepancies with that. I'm trying to get ahold of the other tie ins to see what exactly their continuity errors are and I may add them in as well with aide notes. As stated before, the films are full of contonuity holes so it doesn't make sense to not include the comics if a decent headcanon can be adapted.

I didn't even know the First Class comic existed. As for the comic prequels released for X-Men and X2, it's been awhile since I read them but there are glaring continuity problems with them and the films released afterwards. Essentially the later films retconned the events of the comics.

EDIT: Just remembered I have the novelizations of the movies and the Toys*R*Us version of the Wolverine Prequel from the first film (only includes a portion of the comic). So far I can't see any reason not to include the comic, so I included it (for now).

I didn't know about the Wolverine Origins comic either. If you'd be willing to summarize the events in those I'd appreciate it.

The novelization of the first movie has a few things I've added: [*]A scene in 1986 dealing with Scott's backstory [*]Another scene in 1988 giving backstory to Storm [*]a one year gap between rogue's introduction and the DC scene whether or not these scenes are canon are up to debate. They're included for now, and I'll remove them if I notice any reason to.

The one year gap is interesting for Rogue. The movie made no mention of that so I was unaware.

A quick skim over the X2 novel doesn't give me much info (I'm sure there's probably something interesting in there though). However, the Last Stand novel gives the dates of 1985 and 1995 for Jean and Archangel's backstory (and another scene in 2000 revolving around Archangel) which contradict the dates I got from your initial post, which leads me to wonder where your dates came from?

So that apparently sets X-Men and X2 in 2004 (or maybe 2005) and The Last Stand concretely in 2005, at least according to the novel.

As for why I placed mine as I did:

X-Men: First Class (1944 AD) 1962 AD
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (1845 - 1972 AD) 1973 - 1979 AD
X-Men (1944 AD) 2012 AD
X2: X-Men United 2013 AD
X-Men: The Official Game 2013 AD
X-Men: The Last Stand (1993 - 2003 AD) 2013 AD
The Fantastic Four ???? AD
The Wolverine 2021 AD (2023 AD)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (1973 AD) 2023 AD
X-Force ???? AD

I placed the dates based on info from the directors of Days of Future Past stating it concretely takes place in 2023 (with the past portions occurring in 1973). The director of The Wolverine stated it occurs 8 years after The Last Stand, with the post credits scene of Wolverine meeting Magneto and Xavier in the airport occurring 2 years after that. Working backward, that places the post credit scene in 2023, and the majority of the film in 2021. And eight years before that would place The Last Stand in 2013, and X-Men and X2 in 2012 or possibly also 2013 (as well as the game).

Of course, I'd done so awhile ago, under the assumption Wolverine's recruitment by Magneto and Xavier in The Wolverine's post credit scene meant it occurred very soon before the future portions of Days of Future Past, due to their being a sense of urgency and immediate need for his recruitment (that being sending him to the past). However some mentioned it may have just been recruiting him for the war against the Sentinels, which could've occurred years before the future portions of Days of Future Past, and their sending him into the last being a result of losing that war and being a last ditch effort, which makes sense (I think it was Captain Canuck who mentioned that).

So yeah, I think I'll change that. That'd place X-Men and X2 in 2004, and the game either 2004 or 2005, The Last Stand in 2005, The Wolverine in 2013 (and it's post credits scene in 2015), and leave an 8 year gap of which the war against the Sentinels was fought.

That does seem to sit better and still makes sense of the first movie's setting being in the "near future". Course that puts Xavier, Magneto, and Mystique well into their 70's by the original trilogy's setting, but that works given Magneto and Xavier's look in those movies and Mystique's slow aging due to her mutant gene (as stated in First Class). Course that'll make Magneto into his 90's, as well as Xavier (though since he's in a new body from the post credits scene in The Last Stand he's physically much younger, and is apparently just projecting a psychic image of his original appearance on his new body).

But I'll adjust the timeline.

And excellent job with the chapters and titles. I'll add it all into the first post and credit you once you get a chance to check out the comics and The Wolverine DVD.
 
I didn't even know the First Class comic existed. As for the comic prequels released for X-Men and X2, it's been awhile since I read them but there are glaring continuity problems with them and the films released afterwards. Essentially the later films retconned the events of the comics.
The First Class comic I think was digital only. Only reeason I found out about it was because of looking through the X film Wiki "Category:Comics" page. just from the quick one over I did it just looks like an introduction of Ema and Sebastian Shaw.

I didn't know about the Wolverine Origins comic either. If you'd be willing to summarize the events in those I'd appreciate it.
It's not for Origins Wolverine, it's "X-Men The Movie Prequel: Wolverine"

The one year gap is interesting for Rogue. The movie made no mention of that so I was unaware.
I feel like the novel may have added the one year gap in order to help make "X-Men The Movie Prequel: Rogue" fit better, but if that's not to be considered canon then whether or not we take the one year gap into account probably doesn't matter.


So that apparently sets X-Men and X2 in 2004 (or maybe 2005) and The Last Stand concretely in 2005, at least according to the novel.
Oddly enough, for how concrete they are with the dates of scenes set in the past, they still have the present time frames as "the near future" and "present day"

I placed the dates based on info from the directors of Days of Future Past stating it concretely takes place in 2023 (with the past portions occurring in 1973). The director of The Wolverine stated it occurs 8 years after The Last Stand, with the post credits scene of Wolverine meeting Magneto and Xavier in the airport occurring 2 years after that. Working backward, that places the post credit scene in 2023, and the majority of the film in 2021. And eight years before that would place The Last Stand in 2013, and X-Men and X2 in 2012 or possibly also 2013 (as well as the game).

Of course, I'd done so awhile ago, under the assumption Wolverine's recruitment by Magneto and Xavier in The Wolverine's post credit scene meant it occurred very soon before the future portions of Days of Future Past, due to their being a sense of urgency and immediate need for his recruitment (that being sending him to the past). However some mentioned it may have just been recruiting him for the war against the Sentinels, which could've occurred years before the future portions of Days of Future Past, and their sending him into the last being a result of losing that war and being a last ditch effort, which makes sense (I think it was Captain Canuck who mentioned that).

So yeah, I think I'll change that. That'd place X-Men and X2 in 2004, and the game either 2004 or 2005, The Last Stand in 2005, The Wolverine in 2013 (and it's post credits scene in 2015), and leave an 8 year gap of which the war against the Sentinels was fought.

That does seem to sit better and still makes sense of the first movie's setting being in the "near future". Course that puts Xavier, Magneto, and Mystique well into their 70's by the original trilogy's setting, but that works given Magneto and Xavier's look in those movies and Mystique's slow aging due to her mutant gene (as stated in First Class). Course that'll make Magneto into his 90's, as well as Xavier (though since he's in a new body from the post credits scene in The Last Stand he's physically much younger, and is apparently just projecting a psychic image of his original appearance on his new body).

But I'll adjust the timeline.
Honestly,both series seem to make a lot of sense. I guess, however, that until Days of Future Past proves otherwise it would be best to keep with what's already been set in concrete.

And excellent job with the chapters and titles. I'll add it all into the first post and credit you once you get a chance to check out the comics and The Wolverine DVD.
Any time man. Whenever I get into a franchise I try to collect all of the in-universe media, so I may end up popping into other threads here and there to do similar stuff. I noticed a while back you've got a View Askew thread that I think has been dead for a while now, but with Clerks 3 coming up I could help with that one if you wannna revive it.
 
Just finished reading the 3 "X-Men the Movie Prequels". The continuity errors I found were

A.) In the main story of the wolverine prequel Logan is helping a woman with amnesia regain her memories. When trying to figure out the extent of her memory loss he asks her what year it is and she responds with 2000. However, the final scene is when Rogue and Logan meet at the bar, which is stated to be 4 days after the main story.
B.) Also in Wolverine's prequel, The Silver Samurai was present 13 years prior to The Wolverine (albeit, it was a different character, just the same code name)
C.) In Rogue's prequel, her first big contact was at the school dance instead of at her house like in the movie. Whether or not these were supposed to be seperate instances is unclear. It's odd that a movie prequel would directly contradict the movie.
D.) Magneto's story has a flashback to 1944 as the camp he was at is being freed. It seems like his powers aren't know about as guards discredit another one blaming magneto for controlling his gun. This seemingly contradicts First Class
E.) Also in Magneto's story is a flashback to 1992 where it appears he first meets Xavier.

There may be more contradictions in Magneto's prequel, but I kinda stopped reading since those two are both pretty big. Out of the three it seems Rogue's prequel is the only one that could possibly fit.

As for the X2 prequels, I haven't found the one for Wolverine yety, but the one for Nightcrawler doesn't seem to conflict with anything. Although I am curious what Captain France saw in them that solidifies them as non canon.
 
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The First Class comic I think was digital only. Only reeason I found out about it was because of looking through the X film Wiki "Category:Comics" page. just from the quick one over I did it just looks like an introduction of Ema and Sebastian Shaw.

Ah, ok. I'll have to track that down.

It's not for Origins Wolverine, it's "X-Men The Movie Prequel: Wolverine"

Ah, ok, I read that one then. There's the Wolverine, the Rogue, and Magneto prequels, and I believe there was also a Toys R Us Prequel special (that's definitely not canon based on classic X-Men characters on the team, like Angel...who later shows up for the first time in The Last Stand). Its been years so my memory is a bit fuzzy but it doesn't fit. There are aspects of the 3 "official" prequels that don't fit either. There were also a couple X2 prequel comics, one involving Wolverine and Sabretooth written by Brian K. Vaughan, strangely enough. It also doesn't fit given stuff mentioned in that and stuff revealed in Origins: Wolverine...essentially when it first came out it could have fit into canon, but was retconned by events in the Origins film. If I recall correctly its something to do with Wolverine and Sabretooth knowing of each other's pasts...?

I feel like the novel may have added the one year gap in order to help make "X-Men The Movie Prequel: Rogue" fit better, but if that's not to be considered canon then whether or not we take the one year gap into account probably doesn't matter.

Could be, but usually the novels are written based on the scripts and detailed treatments, full of notes by the writer. However, often stuff changes during filming, so novelizations can be different in minor ways based on a last minute idea or script change. Unfortunately those last minute changes are usually not shared with whoever is writing the novelization.


Oddly enough, for how concrete they are with the dates of scenes set in the past, they still have the present time frames as "the near future" and "present day"

That doesn't surprise me, as to avoid "dating" it to a specific year they create a bit of a sliding timescale with that approach.

Honestly,both series seem to make a lot of sense. I guess, however, that until Days of Future Past proves otherwise it would be best to keep with what's already been set in concrete.

Agreed. However given the firm dating the flashback scenes in The Last Stand novelization being really THE ONLY dates to draw from for the modern day portions of the original trilogy, I think its safe to go with those, since nothing from the films disputes them.

Any time man. Whenever I get into a franchise I try to collect all of the in-universe media, so I may end up popping into other threads here and there to do similar stuff. I noticed a while back you've got a View Askew thread that I think has been dead for a while now, but with Clerks 3 coming up I could help with that one if you wannna revive it.

A man after my own heart. And yeah, if Clerks 3 ends up happening I'll surely update that one. But hopefully by then I'll be doing all my updates over on the other site dedicated specifically to those timelines.

Just finished reading the 3 "X-Men the Movie Prequels". The continuity errors I found were

A.) In the main story of the wolverine prequel Logan is helping a woman with amnesia regain her memories. When trying to figure out the extent of her memory loss he asks her what year it is and she responds with 2000. However, the final scene is when Rogue and Logan meet at the bar, which is stated to be 4 days after the main story.
B.) Also in Wolverine's prequel, The Silver Samurai was present 13 years prior to The Wolverine (albeit, it was a different character, just the same code name)
C.) In Rogue's prequel, her first big contact was at the school dance instead of at her house like in the movie. Whether or not these were supposed to be seperate instances is unclear. It's odd that a movie prequel would directly contradict the movie.
D.) Magneto's story has a flashback to 1944 as the camp he was at is being freed. It seems like his powers aren't know about as guards discredit another one blaming magneto for controlling his gun. This seemingly contradicts First Class
E.) Also in Magneto's story is a flashback to 1992 where it appears he first meets Xavier.

There may be more contradictions in Magneto's prequel, but I kinda stopped reading since those two are both pretty big. Out of the three it seems Rogue's prequel is the only one that could possibly fit.

As for the X2 prequels, I haven't found the one for Wolverine yety, but the one for Nightcrawler doesn't seem to conflict with anything. Although I am curious what Captain France saw in them that solidifies them as non canon.

I remember the Nightcrawler one didn't seem to have any big issues in terms of continuity, but the Wolverine one did, and since they're both part of a series of prequels for the film, since one doesn't fit it stands to reason neither should be included.

Its important to keep in mind when they originally came out they seemed to work, but the later films retconned them out.
 
A man after my own heart. And yeah, if Clerks 3 ends up happening I'll surely update that one. But hopefully by then I'll be doing all my updates over on the other site dedicated specifically to those timelines.
Speaking of, I'm not sure if you saw my post in your thread about that site, but I'm interested in becoming a contributor if you need any.


I remember the Nightcrawler one didn't seem to have any big issues in terms of continuity, but the Wolverine one did, and since they're both part of a series of prequels for the film, since one doesn't fit it stands to reason neither should be included.
I feel like that line of reasoning would make sense if we weren't working with an entire series of movies riddled with continuity errors. The way I see it is if it doesn't have a humongous plothole it should be accepted until proven otherwise. I mean, it's obvious that it's likely to be written out of canon as soon as they touch on Nightcrawler's character again, but for now it fits so i don't see any gain from excluding it.
 
Speaking of, I'm not sure if you saw my post in your thread about that site, but I'm interested in becoming a contributor if you need any.

Yup. E and I are still working on a few things before we make it public (I apparently jumped the gun a bit advertising it), but once we do you're more than welcome to add some timelines. We definitely want it to be as extensive as possible. I'll let you replace my basic X-Men film timeline with your own, much more extensive one. I'm just getting a few dozen more added (which is a slightly slow process as the copy/paste process from the Word or Excel files they're all in onto the site's editing software isn't as streamlined a process as you'd think... requiring a fair amount of work and frustration to get it to look ok). But yeah, hopefully we'll have it public in the next few weeks.

I feel like that line of reasoning would make sense if we weren't working with an entire series of movies riddled with continuity errors. The way I see it is if it doesn't have a humongous plothole it should be accepted until proven otherwise. I mean, it's obvious that it's likely to be written out of canon as soon as they touch on Nightcrawler's character again, but for now it fits so i don't see any gain from excluding it.

While I'd normally agree, out of the 5 or 6 comics released for the first two films, that's the ONLY one that fits, and only in terms of continuity. It's tone and art certainly don't reflect the film series, and considering EVERY other comic released for the first couple films doesn't fit, I think its safe to assume the one which can fit into continuity isn't canon merely because it can be, when every other one in that series doesn't fit.

My point is the earlier comics were obviously cash-ins as opposed to canon extensions of the story, including the Nightcrawler story.
 

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