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There are subtle clues inside the films to establish their individual timeframes, but no concrete evidence that they are connected in any way beyond the actor Clint Eastwood, and any connecting mannerisms he places in the character. Sergio Leone himself said that it was merely a packaging ploy by the American distribution company to link the films. The best ...
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To answer your main question, X-Men First Class is based before X-Men Origins.
X-Men First Class is based in the 60s.
In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with
superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to
start world war III.
In Origins, Striker doesn't approach Wolverine until the 70s.
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From the Prometheus IMDb FAQ:
It should be noted that AvP franchise is not considered part of the official canon of the Alien saga [...]
Prometheus is considered by both Ridley Scott and the film's producers to be the first film in the Alien series.
From an interview with Damon Lindelof:
[...] Look, as to what’s canon and what’s not canon, for ...
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As the name suggests actions you make in life are irreversible, one action leads to another and you can't go back to change them.
This film analyzes what actions lead to the brutal actions of Marcus (Vincent Cassel).
Doing this in reverse order forces the viewer to reevaluate his view of Marcus, because in retrospect his actions can be justified by the ...
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As Wikepedia says -
Prometheus was originally intended as a direct prequel to the 1979 science
fiction horror film Alien, set approximately 30 years before the
events depicted in the film. While the finished film explored a more
stand-alone mythology based upon the race of giant beings discovered
by the crew of the Nostromo in Alien, it is, as ...
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Well, wbogacz already gave a very good affirming answer to the actual question. But as to if it was intended or how far it is consistent with the overall story:
I think it is rather us audience who just want to draw a connection between different characters where there is none. This motivation lead at least to the coining of the term "Man With no ...
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From wiki-
Goldman added the film was kind of an "alternate history" for the
X-Men, saying that while rebooting the writers did not want to go
fully "against the canon of the X-Men trilogy", comparing to the
various approaches the comic had in over fifty years of publication.
This lines from wiki says that they want to start fresh, not fully ...
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