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A film series of superhero films based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name.
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What were all the references in Deadpool?
I recently watched Deadpool and it was full of references and Easter Eggs. I was able to pick many of them like Green lantern, X-Men Origins, etc., but my friend was not able to understand many of ...
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Can a single bullet from a handgun kill three people in the way Deadpool did?
In Deadpool's bullet-counting action scene, Deadpool kills three guys with his last bullet.
The bullet is shown going through all the three men's skulls.
So, how feasible is that in the real world (...
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Why doesn't Deadpool's healing ability heal his skin?
In the Deadpool movie when Wade his mutant cells get activated, his skin changes so he looks like Freddy Krueger (As Weasel referred too).
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Why does Deadpool say "You're welcome, Canada," after shooting Ryan Reynolds in the end credits?
In the end credits scene, Deadpool goes back in time to change a few things using Cable's time traveling technology. He goes to the apartment building where a 10-year younger Ryan Reynolds sits ...
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Is Deadpool 2's after-credits scene canon or just a joke?
In the end of Deadpool 2, Deadpool receives the time machine of Cable, modified to be used multiple times. Then he actually saves Vanessa's life with it, among other things.
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Why does Wolverine drink alcohol?
In The Wolverine, Wolverine seems to be completely lost after Jean's death. Sleeping on the hills, the bottles suggests that he is drinking.
What I don't get is, why? Intoxication is a state of being ...
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Are X-Men called so because Professor Xavier's name?
I have always wondered how the X-Men got their name. Is it because of Prof. Xaviers' starting letter? or maybe because they are xtremely cool ;)
Any thoughts and/or proofs?
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Why does Wolverine still have Adamantium claws in X-Men: Days of Future Past?
On the future scenes of Days of Future Past Wolverine's adamantium claws can be seen (they even appear on the movie's poster). But towards the end of the The Wolverine, I remember those claws were cut ...
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What happened to Charles Xavier after X-Men 3?
I remember watching X-Men 3 and seeing Charles Xavier get disintegrated by Phoenix, however the post-credits scene and his appearance in later movies indicate that he actually survived. How is that ...
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Why was Xavier losing control of his powers?
Throughout Logan we see that Charles does not have the same control of his powers as he did in previous movies.
He has these seizures that keeps everyone paralyzed and harms people. He talks 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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Does Marvel have full filming rights for all characters in Avengers Multiverse?
In upcoming Marvel film Avengers: Age of Ultron, they are using Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, characters which are Mutants (X-Men). So has Fox agreed for the characters to be used or Marvel and Fox ...
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Why doesn't Stan Lee make a cameo appearance in X2?
Stan Lee always make a cameo appearance in the Marvel films based on the characters he helped in re-creating. With this in mind, was there any particular reason why he missed X2: X-Men United, X-Men ...
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"Maximum Effort" Catchphrase significance?
I've seen the Deadpool movie, but don't have any knowledge of or experience with any of the comics.
What I noticed is that the film appears to set "Maximum effort" up as a catchphrase of sorts. I ...
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Why is the Professor still in a wheel chair?
Charles Xavier died in X-Men Last Stand. But according to the post credits scene of that movie and this link, Charles transferred his mind to his brain-dead twin brother's body. So now that he is ...
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Did the line about Krishna get altered in X-Men: Apocalypse?
In the X-Men: Apocalypse trailer, we hear the following line being spoken by Apocalypse:
I've been called many things in many lifetimes- Ra, Krishna, Yahweh."
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What does "First Class" refer to in X-Men: First Class?
I am confused and curious about the meaning of "First Class" in X-Men: First Class. What does it refer to?
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Why doesn't Professor X use one of Magneto's henchmen to take off his helmet and then control Magneto?
In the X-Men Cinematic Universe, Professor X. has the ability to mind control people. The only problem is, he can not mind control the antagonist of the movie, Magneto, because he wears a helmet that ...
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Is Victor Creed from "X-men Origins: Wolverine" actually Sabretooth?
First of all, I have limited knowledge about X Men Comics and that too is from watching the movies.
Is there any relation between the character of Victor Creed from X-Men Origins: Wolverine and ...
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What's the reason for the decade jump in the recent X-Men trilogy?
In the recent X-Men trilogy (X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse and X-Men: Dark Phoenix), they take place in the 70s, 80s, and 90s respectively. But why the 10-year jump when it was not ...
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Who is that girl in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'?
In X-Men: Days of Future Past, Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff is holding a small girl while watching Magneto on TV with his mother standing near. Now I wonder who she is. Quicksilver has a twin sister ...
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What were all the references in Deadpool 2?
Like Deadpool 1, Deadpool 2 was also full of easter eggs and references.
Since we did 'What were all the references in Deadpool?' I thought we should do it for Deadpool 2 as well.
What were all the ...
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Where does Deadpool fall in the X-Men timeline?
When did the events of Deadpool take place in the X-Men timeline?
Surely Deadpool takes place in a quite recent time era as compared to First Class and it's sequel, but exactly where?
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How does Professor X actually get paralysed?
Recently I have watched a variety of X-Men movies, including X-Men Origins: Wolverine and X-Men First Class. In X-Men First Class the story at the end of the movie indicates that Charles Xavier loses ...
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Which mask is Wade/Deadpool wearing in this scene?
At the end of the movie, when Wade is showing his new face to Vanessa, Deadpool is wearing a second mask:
Who is this supposed to be?
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In what order should I watch the X-Men movies?
I am looking for the best order for "plot" or continuity where I don't get too many disjunctive stories, not necessarily the order they came out in - how should I arrange the X-Men movies?
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What is the movie playing on TV on Logan and what is its connection to the film?
In Logan, a movie is shown on TV. It is an old western, nearly 80 years old. They quote some lines of the movie, something like:
Now you run on home to your mother, and tell her... tell her ...
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Wolverine's status at the end of The Wolverine
I realise I'm teetering on the edge of duplication here but I'll try and phrase as accurately as I can (a lot of the previous questions have been based around the drilling).
Does Wolverine still have ...
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If Wolverine's skeleton is completely bonded with Adamantium, why are his teeth still white?
In "X-Men Origins Wolverine", Logan undergoes an operation to have Adamantium bonded to his skeleton.
Why doesn't the Adamantium bond to his teeth?
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Isn't the Quicksilver from Avengers 2 the same as the Quicksilver from X-Men: Days of Future Past?
According to the X-Men series he is a mutant. But in the Avengers 2 he is depicted as having received his powers through a Hydra experiment.
There are talks in the X-Men about how he is the son of ...
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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.
Is Eden ...
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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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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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Which Wolverine Existed During the Time Gap?
* Minor Spoilers *
During X-Men: Days of Future Past it is explained that the actions Wolverine takes in the past will not come into effect until he wakes up. So when he wakes up in the present the ...
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Eye part mask of Spider-Man and Deadpool
A mask or helmet or any such wearables is mostly used for protecting one's head from injury or in this case protects one's identity. But for Spider-Man as depicted in Captain America: Civil War and ...
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How did this character get so big in Deadpool 2?
In the X-Men 3: The Last Stand, the character Juggernaut is shown as the same height as a typical human.
In Deadpool 2, which makes a lot of references to X-Men, Juggernaut is several feet taller and ...
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Why is Deadpool named Deadpool?
Batman is called Batman because he looks like a bat and flies like them. Same with Spider-Man and Superman carrying a S mark of on his chest. But why is Deadpool named Deadpool? I mean why Deadpool ...
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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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Did Magneto ever actually expect to commit genocide in X2?
In X2, Magneto prevents Stryker's attempted genocide of all mutants by using his powers to turn off and open the door to Dark Cerebro before Jason can make Prof. X successfully kill any mutants. Then ...
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Why does Professor X touch his head when using his abilties?
Both James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart touch their right temple when Professor X uses his telepathic ability. I can't think of another mutant who does something similar so what's the reason for this?
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Does Mystique not age with time?
In X-Men: First class we see that Mystique (Raven) and Charles grow up together and at that point of time Mystique, Charles and Eric all are of same age group. But in X-Men: The last Stand, which ...
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What happened to Angel Dust at the end?
At the end of Deadpool, when Deadpool & Francis (a.k.a Ajax) are fighting and the boat is falling apart, everything comes down... You see Colossus carrying Negasonic Teenage Warhead (from the X-...
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Has the continuity timeline been established for the new X-men movies?
With the recent twitter announcement from director Bryan Singer that reveals Hugh Jackman's Wolverine will be in the new film, X-men: Days of Future Past, this has further cemented (following the ...
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Does Wolverine still have his adamantium claws after the change in events?
Wolverine ends up changing history from 1973 and manages to change the outcome of the future. In the scene where Wolverine gets pulled from the bottom of the bay and onto the boat, General Stryker (...
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Why is Bolivar Trask a person of short stature?
The character of Dr. Bolivar Trask from X-Men: Days of Future Past, who hates or at least fears the rising population of mutants as a threat for humanity and ultimately develops the Sentinels as a ...
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Why did Logan turn back to that specific time in the future
So Kitty uses her power to send Logan back to the past to change it in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
It all works 'fine' but when Logan finishes his job and saves the future, what makes him appear right ...
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Can someone explain the "returning to the past" motif in Logan?
In Logan, there is a very prominent motif of returning to the past. Laura and Gabriel both had old X-Men comics, and of course the lat/lon location of the fictional Eden in the comics was used as a ...
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What is the basic power of Apocalypse?
Over a period of time En Sabah Nur, or commonly known as Apocalypse from X-Men: Apocalypse, has acquired many powers from other bodies/mutants. He has exhibited energy absorbing and projecting ...
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Which of Deadpool's origin is actual?
I have limited knowledge of Marvel Comics.
As per X-Men Origins: Wolverine, William Stryker created Deadpool (Weapon XI).
Where as in the recently released Deadpool, Ajax did induce mutations in him ...
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What happens to Victor Creed after "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"?
In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Jimmy (Wolverine) has a brother named Victor. Near the end of the film, Wolverine and Victor separate. The movie ends explaining how Wolverine lost his memory, how he got ...
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