X-Men: Days of Future Past story

movie: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) · 2014-05-10

The story, inspired by Chris Claremont and John Byrne's The Uncanny X-Men comic book storyline "Days of Future Past", features Wolverine going back in time to 1973 to prevent an assassination that, if carried out, will lead to the creation of a new weapons system called the Sentinels that threatens the existence of mutants - and potentially, all of humanity. It is the seventh installment in the X-Men film series.

24 total · 4 choice · 8 major · 12 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
AI risk to civilization choice The story is set in a near future where mutant hunting robots, called Sentinels, had gone out of control and wrecked the world.
speculative ability choice Each mutant was endowed with a unique super power.
time travel choice Logan was sent back in time to the year 1973 change history. To be precise, the consciousness of Logan in 2023 was sent back in time into his body in 1973.
xenophobia in society choice The humans feared the mutants because they were different and the government built some giant robots to destroy them.
coping with the death of a friend major The 2023 X-men lost various friends at the hands of the giant, killer robots.
ethnic hatred major The 1973 Erik hated humans for the way the treated his mutant kind and he prophesied that the mutants would rise up and inherit the earth.
fighting evil with evil major Some mutants, especially Raven, wanted to kill in order to do good but thought better of it in the end.
human vs. technology major The X-men in 2023 were pitted in mortal combat with a bunch of giant, mutant killing robots.
self-healing ability major Logan's body automatically healed itself after any physical injury. In this film, only Logan was physically able to make the trip in time back to 1973, because anyone else's body would not have survived the trip.
shapeshifting major Mystique had an innate ability to alter her shape and voice to mimic any human being.