Ok... here's the Timelines for X-Men:
Timeline 1:
Timeline 1:
- X-Men: First Class (1962)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (1981)
- X-Men (2000)
- X2 (2003)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- The Wolverine (2013)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2023 sequence) They Go Back To 1973 And Change The Past Which Causes Timeline 2
Timeline 2:
- X-Men: First Class (1962)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (1973 sequence) - NEW SEQUENCE, Didn’t Take Place In Timeline 1
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (1981) - Now Doesn’t Happen In The Way Depicted, Although Wolverine Still Ends Up In The Weapon-X Program
- X-Men: Apocalypse (1983) - NEW SEQUENCE, Didn’t Take Place In Timeline 1
- X-Men (2000) - Possibly Still Takes Place
- X2 (2003) - Possibly Still Takes Place
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) - Now Doesn’t Happen, Jean Grey and Scott Summers Are Alive, Jean Grey Has Already Embraced Phoenix In Apocalypse In 1983
- The Wolverine (2013) - Possibly Still Takes Place
- Deadpool (2016) - NEW SEQUENCE, Didn’t Take Place In Timeline 1
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2023 sequence) - Now Doesn’t Happen
- Logan (well after 2023) - Because the 1973 Sequence Of DOFP Took Place, It Means The 2023 DOFP Sequence Never Happens, Which Allows For This Movie To Take Place After 2023
Here's how I would have handled the X-Men movies - start with the original team while introducing some future members (such as... who else? Wolverine). Then in sequels introduce the "New" X-Men and stop before doing any time-travel stories (they mess everything up - they ruined the Lost In Space movie, they ruined the Star Trek "prequels", etc.) If they wanted to do "Days of Future Past" then do it like the comics - a two-issue story that was wrapped up with the (then) current continuity in tact.
As a once fan of X-Men (ala the Claremont / Byrne / Austin era)... I'm just venting.

Last edited by Captain Steel; 01-25-17 at 10:40 PM.