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What was the significance in Laura tipping over the cross in Logan?
In Logan, in the final scene, Laura takes the cross on Logan's grave and tips it over. Why did she do that?
Here's what I'm talking about:
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How is Rogue forced to help Magneto with his machine to convert people in mutants in the Statue of Liberty
Magneto's plan is to use Rogue in his machine, which requires grabbing two handles by the hands.
She is handcuffed to the machine (both made of metal) and we see that Magneto puts his hands on her ...
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Where did Caliban come from?
In the movie Logan we can see Caliban along with Charles and Logan. But Caliban was last seen in X-Men Apocalypse. How was he particularly chosen to be in Logan? And why wasn't he affected because of ...
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What is the importance of the souvenir from Lagos, Nigeria?
In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, what is the importance of souvenir acquired from Lagos, Nigeria, that William Stryker wants the source of.
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What was Francis' plan?
Near the end of Deadpool (2016), Francis kidnaps Deadpool's girlfriend and holds her hostage as bait for Deadpool. ("It's a trap."). But... Deadpool is effectively invincible, and Francis knows this. ...
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When did this character have a change of heart?
In the Legion third season finale, it is revealed that Farouk was influencing (at least I think...) David to change his past so that he never gets possessed by Farouk (Shadow King).
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Tuning fork in last two episodes of Legion S02
In the last two episodes of Legion, David sets a big tuning fork called "The Choker" which, when hit, removes the power of telepaths in the area. He is planning to use it against Farouk, who foresees ...
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Where is Magneto's island geographically located in Dark Phoenix?
There's a scene where Jean goes to see Magneto who is living with mutants on a secluded island. We can see some labels/signs in exterior shots, and they're all in Hindi. That made me think it was ...
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Why could only Logan take Laura to Eden?
In Logan (2017), Gabriela tracked down Logan and took his help in sending Laura to Eden, in the process getting killed by the Reavers/henchmen who tracked her down. Of course, she was aware of Laura's ...
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Did Deadpool select all of the people who come to join X-force?
We see in Deadpool 2 that Deadpool is casting people to fight Cable and save the boy. Weasel says in one scene that it's time to get back on Linked-In.
So they put on audition and selected some of ...
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How does Deadpool 2 fit in the X-Men timeline! [duplicate]
So by X-Men: Days of Future Past, the X-Men timeline is reset. So, Wade never met Stryker and was never made into Mutant-XI who went to fight Wolverine. Then why did Deadpool go back in time to kill ...
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What year does Cable come from?
It's far enough in the future that he can travel through time, but
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What happened to these body parts?
In Deadpool 2, Wade is
Following scenes show that he is
Did anything happen to the (presumably now surplus to requirements) ripped off body parts that was shown/explained in the film? I don't ...
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Wolverine didn't wake up in the future so he didn't change the past?
It is really puzzling me. In X-Men: Days of Future Past, Kitty says:
Basically, your body will go to sleep while your mind travels back in time. As long as you're back there, past and present will ...
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Who is the healing mutant in first Egyptian scene of X-Men: Apocalypse
In X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). Who is the mutant (with instant healing power) in the first scene in Egypt, where En Sabah Nur's (Apocalypse) consciousness is being transferred to.
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How exactly did Apocalypse enhance Magneto's skills (if at all)?
In X-Men Apocalypse, En Sabah Nur scouts four mutants to be the Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
When he first meets Storm he enhances her skills and the change is clear you can see her hair change color ...
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How did (young) Jean exactly defeat Apocalypse?
In X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) at final battle, Jean saved the day. We saw that she screamed and unleashed her powers, as a phoenix-lookalike aura around her and Apocalypse lost it.
She didn't strike it ...
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If Professor X has telekinetic powers why is he a paraplegic?
According to http://marvel.com/universe/Professor_X_(Ultimate)#axzz4xCwgqTBA
Charles' telepathy allows him to project and read thoughts, locate the position of specific minds, control others' ...
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Is the mutants' disappearance in The Gifted related to the mutants' disappearance in Logan?
Multiple X-Men TV Series have these events where the X-men don't appear:
In The Gifted, the X-Men have disappeared, and the remaining mutants are treated badly by humans.
And in Logan, we have "the ...
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Why didn't Nightcrawler teleport everyone to a far place?
At the end of X-Men 2 (2003), when they're trying to escape from the flood, why didn't Nightcrawler, teleport everyone to a far place?
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Why doesn't Professor X use Cerebro to locate Sabertooth or any of Magneto's henchmen?
I'm confused on one thing about the movie I just watched:
In the first X-Men movie, Professor X is unable to locate Magneto with Cerebro, thanks to the power of Magneto's helmet, but why doesn't he ...
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How come Jason can stay safe when Professor X attacked mutants in X2?
In X2: X Men United, Professor X and Jason are in the cerebro where Jason tries to make him kill all the mutants. When Professor does this, all mutants starts to scream and squirm, but Jason doesn't.
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Why did Logan take Gabriela's phone?
In Logan (2016), Logan decides to help Gabriela's family after she offered him money to help. When he went to the motel Gabriela was staying in, she is already killed. And yet, Logan searched all over ...
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In the final episode of Legion, what exactly are they gonna look for?
In the final episode of Season 1 in Legion, the Shadow King leaves David's body and finds another host in Oliver, then Oliver (possesed) leaves the facility in a car and get away.
Later, we are shown ...
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How could Wolverine's claws shape change during bone to adamantium blade transformation?
Wolverine's original (initial) claws are made of bone:
They then get infused (like the rest of his bones) with adamantium, to become blades:
Why would boned, irregular, cylindrical claws turn into ...
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Why didn't X-24 regenerate?
X-24 is a clone of Wolverine. Wolverine is basically immortal if not for long term Adamantium poisoning. Wolverine, in one timeline, has been shot in the head with Adamantium with only minor effects. ...
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Why is Wolverine not able to walk or run properly in Logan? [duplicate]
In Logan, Wolverine seems to have a problem in his right leg from his first appearance. We can see that until the last scene before he took the full dose of the drug, he was barely able to run.
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Do the powers other characters have in Legion represent anything?
As the last scene of Season 1 Episode 5 in Legion
Up to that point we see the characters having mutant powers. Are any of these powers foreshadowing the alternate truth? Do they represent any kinds ...
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Why do the kids have different accents?
In Logan, we know that the kids in the facility grew up in there along with Laura.
So why do some of them have different accents than others? If they grew up in the same place, shouldn't they have ...
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Was Caliban helping with mutant capture?
In the film Logan, was Caliban helping Alkali Transigen capture mutants? I remember a dialogue mentioning so. If so why and what made him stop?
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Is Eden real in Logan?
In the film Logan, Gabriela asks Wolverine to take Laura to Eden. She gives him a set of coordinates. Later, Logan finds these coordinates to be part of a fictional comic book on the X-Men.
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What happens to the X-gene?
In the film Logan, they mention that there hasn't been a new mutant born in 25 years. Even Laura was grown and not born. Is there a mention of what happens to the mutant x-gene?
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What happened to the X-Men in Logan?
In the movie Logan, they hint at the fact that the X-Men are no more because something happened. While initially Professor-X asks Logan "What did you do?" later he's seen repenting doing something ...
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Does Professor X have any responsibility for the state of the world?
Throughout the course of Logan, it's obvious that Professor Xavier is having issues controlling his powers, and at the end of the movie, just before
he claims to "remember" what he did and expresses ...
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In Days of Future Past, did the past and present occur in real time?
I'm a little confused with Logan going back in time. I'm kind of applying Back to the Future time travel rules, where Doc said the future would change all around Jennifer and Einstein and they wouldn'...
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Why the bollywood dance number in Legion?
About halfway through the pilot of Legion, David dreams that he, some other patients, and Syd do a strange Bollywood dance number set to a French song in the middle of their facility's common room. ...
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Why doesn't Yuriko get suspicious that a janitor is in a handscan-protected room?
In X2, Mystique infiltrates the office of Yuriko to hack into the computers and find the location of Magneto's plastic prison.
In doing so, she gets takes on the appearance of Yuriko and imitates ...
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How do Cyclops and Storm find Wolverine and Rogue, and why at that moment?
In the first X-Men movie (2000), Wolverine and Rogue are driving through icy Canada when they are attacked by Sabertooth. He knocks Wolverine unconscious and is on the verge of victory when Storm and ...
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Did Magneto know that Apocalypse intended to kill Charles Xavier?
In X-Men: Apocalypse, Apocalypse extends his lifespan by changing bodies, a procedure where he takes over the body and powers of his new host.
After being betrayed and buried deep into the earth in ...
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How does Quicksilver know the mansion is set to blow?
I'm not sure if this has been asked here. I have found some forums elsewhere on this topic, but maybe the minds here have other thoughts.
In X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Havok, seeing Apocalypse and his ...
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Why did Apocalypse fire all the nukes out into space?
I thought the nukes that Apocalypse controlled in X-Men: Apocalypse were simply going to wipe out the planet, but rather than that he just shot them out into space. Why did he do that? (Instead he ...
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What was the reason for Magneto's decision at the end?
Why did Magneto betray Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse?
The former seemed very much on board with the latter's plans, very much enjoying the amplified powers and very much grieving and angry.
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Why do the officers carry bows and arrows in X-Men: Apocalypse?
This scene in X-Men: Apocalypse contains one officer with a bow and arrow who accidentally releases it, impaling Nina and Magda.
Why do the officers carry bows and arrows?
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Why does the healing ability not help Subah Nur?
In X Men Apocalypse, Jean unleashes her dark powers on En Subah Nur to kill him. In the beginning, En Subah Nur took the healing power from another mutant to live for eternity.
Also Wolverine has the ...
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Will the other patients still suffer and eventually die with their terminal illnesses?
In Deadpool Ajax tortures Wade in order to see if he has any mutant genes, which he hopes will bring about his mutant abilities. Of course, it works and brings Wade's mutant ability to life in the ...
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Robots at the end of X-Men: Apocalypse
In X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) at the very end of the movie, while they are showing the newly assembled X-Men in a brief Ewok celebration, there appear several metallic robots. What are those and why are ...
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How can Professor X walk and use his powers?
After the bullet accident in X Men First Class, Charles Xavier (Prof. X) was only able to walk if he injected the serum that Beast created:
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This serum blocks his mind powers, ...
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How did Apocalypse trap Quicksilver?
During the final fight with Apocalypse Quicksilver speeds up and starts landing blows to En Sabah Nur but after a while he traps his leg using the earth or sand.
How does he do that (follow ...
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When and how did Professor X bring sentinels in the X Mansion?
At the end of X-Men Apocalypse, there was a training session for X Men in which they had to fight sentinels. However, at the end of X Men Days of Future Past, sentinels were just there and Magneto ...
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Where was Wolverine running to, after he escaped?
In X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine is shown to be escaping into a Narnia-like snowy place from the door of the lab.
So, where was he escaping? Is there any hidden significance/meaning of the snow ...
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