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Everyone is WRONG About X-Men: Apocalypse

[@MarceloSilva-kp7mc]

In the comics, Apocalypse also had several powers, but the reason he has several powers is because of his original mutation: the ability to manipulate his own body at a subatomic level to do whatever he wants, and when I say whatever he wants I mean LITERALLY whatever he wants; he can turn himself into any material, levitate, control the size and resistance from his members, gigantify, he can even manipulate the structure of his own X-gene to create new powers for himself, like telepathy, telekinesis, teleportation, energy manipulation, force field generation, beyond many other powers that I won't bother to mention

[@luckymo_on]

Wait no that can't be right?? If he could have any power he wanted y did he want charles?? He could have just manipulated his genes?? Or is this not true for movies??

[@bananaguard454]

​@@luckymo_onhe's talking about the comics

[@DarthPoyner]

Tons of those powers had nothing to do with his original mutation. He happened upon an alien ship with technology that was eons beyond human understanding. I would say more than half of his power comes from that technology the he partially incorporated into himself. He is still powerful without it, but no where near the level.

[@nagillim7915]

​@@DarthPoyner- specifically he happened on a Celestial ship. And for the MCU fans unfamiliar with comics yes that's *the* Celestials from the Eternals movie. Except he didn't just stumble across it: the Celestials gifted Apocalypse with their technology as part of their grand plan. Another one for the MCU fans: Apocalypse began life as a Bedouin nomad in ancient Egyptian times (well, the nomads that became the Bedouins thousands of years later, hence En Sabah Nur being in an ancient dialect of afro-asiatic proto-arabic and not the kushtic language of the Egyptians) and became a slave of none other than Pharoah Rama-Tut (yes, that is the Rama-Tut who is a.younger version of Kang the Comqueror).

[@MarceloSilva-kp7mc]

​​@@luckymo_onI meant in the comics In the movie, his origin story is completely diferent, instead of body manipulation, they made the original power to be transfer of consciousness The reason he has several powers in the film is because over the years he transferred his own consciousness into the bodies of countless mutants, by doing this he not only lived much longer but also retained the powers of the mutants whose bodies he possessed

[@calexxelac2457]

Usually quicksilver and Scarlett witch are both the children of magneto, but since the MCU only had limited rights to those two characters, and couldn’t reference X-men or mutants, they just didn’t include that in the MCU

[@katherineflint2358]

Just like in the comic books, NightCrawler is Mystics' son, and Rogue is her daughter

[@Crocc101]

@@katherineflint2358isn’t rogue her adopted daughter

[@RuminatingRaptor]

@@Crocc101 Yes

[@ravenlockhart0925]

I don't know if Peter telling Magneto he's son would have helped. Magneto might have just thought that it was some kind of ploy to make him stop by playing on his emotions from the loss of his wife and daughter by introducing a son. I think what they did was the best thing the could do

[@kronikevaporation6007]

Come on, don't be inane. Quicksilver would only have to name his mom and Magneto would understand in a second.

[@themetalchica]

It's always felt to me by the way Erik locks eyes with Pietro, and the context of the conversation, that Magneto knows. Notice we don't see Wanda in any X-MEN movies, even though she's been mentioned, just not by name. Imagine a movie of Scarlet Witch and Dark Phoenix. Laaawwwd!

[@themetalchica]

@@johnfischer_2 RIGHT? What is Marvel smoking? Because I'd like some! They're strongly considering ditching the Kang storyline, anyway, and go to Doctor Doom, which YES, DO THAT. Jonathan Bishop being a piece of shit woman beater may save the Marvelverse.

[@kadegetslaid634]

​@@themetalchicahonestly doom needs way more setup for a secret wars movie imo, you need to set up the history between him reed and the entire marvel universe

[@ThePandaaa]

@@themetalchicafirst of all if your gonna talk shit about somebody get there name right it’s Jonathan Majors and second don’t fucking believe everything! He did beat a woman you fucking idiot he wasn’t even charged with assault! He was charged with negligence!

[@oliviarogers2808]

Want other family connection twist? In the comics, Nightcrawler is Raven's son. They easily could've alluded to that here (she was off on her own after leaving Eric for a LONG time). That would've added something interesting to their dynamic in this movie, but I guess they wanted to just stick with the Eric and Peter thing, but they didn't even give us a payoff.

[@PhantomLantern2814]

Also his dad is Azazel from First Class

[@oliviarogers2808]

@@PhantomLantern2814 yep

[@riahw3750]

They would've had to make him a lot younger for that to work and then his role in this movie would've had to have been changed

[@oliviarogers2808]

@@riahw3750 he could've had a similar role as a young teen.

[@wiccalady9948]

@@riahw3750 Well....its not like the timeline works that well to begin with. They even acknowledge that 10 years had passed for Havok.

[@LucasCarvalho-wj1vb]

Alex: "So now Magneto is gonna kill everybody because of his loss?", wel.... He's Wanda's father after all. Also the way she confronted the SWORD agents on WandaVision was just like how Magneto did in the first X-Men movie; with those cops.

[@katherinesproat1081]

Bro what?

[@vgautamkrishna5197]

Her origin as chaotic as her powers and her lol it's not constant even in comics

[@pran1516]

@@vgautamkrishna5197 yes but if Peter Maximoff is Erik's son here, so is Wanda Maximoff.

[@vgautamkrishna5197]

@@pran1516 it changed multiple times like deadpool's did 😂

[@vgautamkrishna5197]

@@pran1516 yeah but here it is the conclusion

[@dirtsa2828]

I will always love how perfectly they cast young Xavier.

[@fightingphenomenon4791]

& magneto

[@MsCCarolinee]

Both Magneto and Xavier are perfect and have brilliant chemistry

[@natecloe8535]

It was kinda trippy watching Xavier and Magneto fighting with Easy company in WW2 together. (Band of Brothers)

[@robbob5302]

And the old Xavier!! 😍

[@athgavr3850]

@@MsCCarolinee They are the perfect couple! Mutant husbands forever! 😊

[@goatkiller666]

So, in the comics, Charles and Moira do get together and have a kid. The kid is.... MEGA powerful. They call him a "world breaker". His name was "Legion" because he had multiple personalities, and each one had different powers. There was a TV show based just on him. Weird as hell, because a lot of it is in his head and you see what he sees. Plus, Aubrey Plaza is amazing.

[@goatkiller666]

@@irenicvexation - Alex, do the thing!

[@ravenmadd3895]

Like...Franklin Richards level powerful?

[@Brickerbrack]

Legion wasn't Moira's kid; his mum was Gabrielle Haller. Moira _did_ have a son, though, Kevin MacTaggart, and he was a ridiculously powerful reality-bender known as Proteus.

[@RuminatingRaptor]

@@Brickerbrack Exactly! Alex needs to watch Legion. I think he would get a kick out of how trippy it is.

[@FilmFlixOff.]

I feel bad for Magneto in this movie. Bro lost his wife and child

[@EarnestEgregore]

Honestly, I think some of the later x men movies have weaker narratives, but the action sequences are pretty awesome, the Pheonix movie everyone always hates on has a couple of my favorite combat sequences from any of the x men movies… glad to see you’re going in sort of blind and enjoying them!

[@Rabidpygmy]

Pheonix was a good movie if you loved the cartoon & comics. X-men 3 with her dark phoenix was terrible, the new one is much better and even brings in aliens- which were a huge part of the dark phoenix plot and one with Charles after that.

[@VolguusZildrohar]

@@Rabidpygmy But it was going to be so much more! Entertainment Weekly had such cool concepts that were scrapped as soon as Captain Marvel was released. All because the producers felt the characters were too similar.

[@EarnestEgregore]

I keep telling anyone who will listen that if they want people to go to an x-men movie and they want it to feel modern while staying true to the comics they should totally do a one-off adventure in space with an already formed x-men, let them crash-land on the brood planet and show them trying to survive, old and new fans would probably love it... Outer space and aliens were a huge part of the x-men in the comics.@@Rabidpygmy

[@coltonsawyer5161]

That fight scene on the train is awesome

[@RoboBoomStick]

@@Rabidpygmy everything you said is just wrong on a fundamental level.

[@jeffrtd2665]

The reasons the timelines are so messed up is because originally First Class was a total reboot. Then they decided to try to merge the two series, for some reason, and the continuity just didn't make sense but they just went with it.

[@MoziFan21]

It’s a soft reboot, not a total one. The First Class shot by shot recreated the first X-Men’s first scene.

[@wrantherage7148]

Keep in mind that this was just Jean, NOT not the Phoenix, lol. That's how powerful she is BEFORE she was possessed by a cosmic level entity. So excited that they're going to be bringing the X-Men into the MCU, cuz I don't think I'm the only one that wants to see Phoenix versus the Scarlet witch, lol. Great movie, great reaction Alex, I'm glad you seem to be enjoying the journey. EXCELSIOR!

[@leonlacroix2638]

No that was definitely a fragmen of the Phoenix. Jean wasn't powerful at all in the comics before the Phoenix and she definitely did not have pyrokenesis. All she had was mind control and telekinesis. Even still this is just a fragment of a locked away Phoenix and it's full potential

[@19Rena96]

@@leonlacroix2638 She's an omega level telepath and telekinetic without the pheonix

[@thehuntsman8341]

​@@leonlacroix2638Jean Grey is the living embodiment of the Phoenix Force. Jean Grey is beyond omega level without the Phoenix Force.

[@Superfoczka1]

@@leonlacroix2638 Even without the Phoenix she has around 40 powers and abilities and , she is the only mutant level 5 in Marvel in existence with limitless potential, she still easily got into the head of the primordial God of darkness without him even knowing that she was in his head and Symbiots who was also a Elder God and found out how to defeat him and in the same time she was breaking the connection between Symbiots hive mind and Venom son, she bypassed the telepathic shielding of juggernaut to teach him empathy and Magneto helmets,Magneto helmet are made from special material that blocks telepathy even the Professor X who was almost one of the most powerful telepaths that in Marvel Universe couldn’t get into the head of Magneto with his helmet , she beat Nightmare who was a psychotic demon in his realm the same guy who trapped the Eternity,, she knocked out Gladiator and Galactus, Jean easily lifted mountains that weight millions of pounds, she lifted a structure that was as tall as the world trade centre, she broke out of the Volcano, she survived explosion of the Phoenix and she absorbed it, the Phoenix is capable of destroying any creating universes and destroys and kills everything it. comes to contact with, she survived a blast that could destroy multiverse, she as the Phoenix has the power to create and destroy life, ,stars, Suns, planets, galaxies, universes, realities, black holes, she can eat stars, Suns planets for breakfast all the time killing billions of people, thePhoenix destroyed a planet and had 5 billions people living there, she can fly around the universes in seconds, she doesn’t need teleportation or telekinesis from move to one place to another like Wanda, has self resurrection, she has a psychic syphoning that drains psychic energy that drains the psychic energy that drained the energy from Galactus, her illusions are so powerful that it took 3 days to find a flaw in her mind escape , she send her and Wolverine subconscious through time, she absorbed an optic blasts from Cyclops who that could destroy universes, she went toe to toe with the Celestial, she is a doctor and master tactical, she beat many many of ninjas, she can activate and deactivate mutants power, she can absorb black holes, she can create cosmic weather including black holes, , the Phoenix fire can burn souls, she can turn invisible, she is psychic of the highest order, she has inter dimensional telepathy something that Professor X said that wasn’t possible ,her force fields are powerful enough that they protected her from the flames of the Phoenix, held back the core of the Celestial and the Binary form of CM, she has tactile weapons that improved a lot since her training with Psylocke who was a master of tactical weapons, she sent her telekinetic abilities through time streams, she can surrender herself with telekinetic aura that protects her from danger, she survived a high speed collision with Gladiator which in normally resulted in her death, she has a psychic being psychologically, she has a cosmic level telekinetic blasts powerful enough to affect cosmic beings like Galactus, she can create a firebirds by unison of her telekinesis and telepathy , she broke through the telepathic barriers on her own mind that Professor X had put on when she was a little girl, she knocked out hulk before, she got into the head of the celestial, she ripped the God like mutant Apocalypse and his armour and then she absorbed him, she telepathically tortured Emma Frost who had a diamond from that protected her from telepathic attacks and Emma was one-off the most powerful telepaths too,, she can manifest a telepathic Phoenix raptor that was powerful enough that it could hurt Silver Surfer and Galactus, she had put the Emma diamond from back together, she took the Binary the Binary powers grew uncontrollably and she began to destabilise white hole so Jean not to use her telekinesis to fly through space across dangerous cosmic enemies but also to create a shield that separated Binary from the stars she was draining the energy of the stars and meanwhile she was keeping the Binary synapsis intact in the process, she was using her telekinesis to make an army puke and shit themselves, she revote the Universe in the future,she overpowered a psychic who was erasing her memory, she shielded the New York City billions of citizens from a psychic attack that would kill then all, she was able to lunch stations so hard and fast that they flew into the orbit, she shielded herself and Xman, Avengers, Eternals from the psychic pressure of Celestial that would kill them all and she separated the core of that Celestial and then she got into his mind, the core of Celestial was as hot as sun, she overpowered Nightmare then she send him through portals and she was able to awake the souls his victims of the entity Nightmare using them against him while being in astral plane, she stomped on Nightmare, she created a hive mind that allowed her others teammates confers with each other, she beat Galactus, she beat phoenix, she can manipulate reality by through materialisation of her dreams into real world, she freed wolverine from Professor X when she was dead, she cased Knull pain while she was communicating with Venom son without him even knowing that she was in his mind,while she was in limbo she beat her clone who had the same powers including magic and she beat her when she was in limbo where she was the most powerful, she telepathically broke the mind spell of amnesia placed on Wong, she helped Nate to telekinetically repair a rift in reality, she merged her telepathy with Polaris magnetism to create MRI machine that allows into the read memories of dead minds, she subconsciously created a phenomenon all over the globe to talk to Xman teams while being kept captive by Phoenix, she overpowered Nightmare sending him through portals and she awoke the souls of the entity Nightmare victims and used his own victims when she was in psychic plane, she created a hive mind that allowed her teammates communicate between themselves all around Earth, she created a city, she telepathically downloaded the information from a being that had cosmic awareness that spans across of universes and who knows where everything is in order to pinpoint the external gate to Mars without rapturing Earth, she installed features of swords in someone’s mind that allowed them using reality wrapping, she propelled a spaceship into orbit for Magneto to catch it, she can marge minds that amplifies her abilities, her psychic abilities could go through on open rift between time and space and connect with the other side most likely reality, while she was acting as Wolverine mental anchor she relished a psychic blast a mile wide that erases the memories of people who were aware of what wolverine actions in timelines that he left, her telekinesis is potent enough to travel through hyperspace and she survived the energy of white hole that was tearing a rift through a fabric of space,even her psychic totally could blow up the enchanted version of the Celestial,she can match Namor speed underwater, she can shield herself from withstand an island sized explosion, she shielded her teammates from a space craft crash, she blocked attacks from Magneto, the young Jean reached out and change the space molecules to create atmosphere and air pressure for her teammates, she has a form that allows her to combine her telekinesis and telepathy allowing her to absorb psychic energy from everything allowing her unknown levels straight and durability helping her to beat characters whose sheer power allows them to crack Moon and rip apart black holes,she stomped Galactus and 4 different Silver Surfers at once , she can resurrect herself without any help from Phoenix, she knocked out Hulk, she was trained by the wolverine and Mystique, she beat the army of ninjas, she is a doctor and master of tactics 😂😂😂😂

[@ZachRenko]

It's Oscar Isaac's world & we're just living in it! Apocalypse, Moon Knight, & Spider-Man 2099! His performance of these characters have been absolutely amazing!!!

[@travisking9895]

"Looks like if Thanos and a squirrel had a baby" this killed me, because I'm pretty sure Alex doesn't even know who Squirrel Girl is, or that she once singlehandedly beat Thanos. Never imagined she beat him like that...

[@cmudd9788]

He said "Looks like if Thanos and a Skrull had a baby" but I can see where it sounded like squirrel.

[@travisking9895]

@@cmudd9788 you're right, but my headcanon is gonna stick with what I heard because it made me laugh

[@kadegetslaid634]

The unbeatable squirrel girl!!! Carrier of the great lakes avengers

[@makathanassiou8415]

I think it would’ve triggered Eric if quicksilver revealed that in the moment. He had just lost his family, and while it may seem like good news, he was in so much pain that caused him to help apocalypse, he was obviously irrational and wouldn’t have a rational response in that moment to that.

[@mikecronis]

Peter and Wanda are Magneto's kids. Essex Corp. is run by Mr. Sinister that you'll see in New Mutants MCU film (and Logan).

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Bryan Singer should've left the franchise after DOFP He gave everything he had to make that movie So outdoing himself again with this one was a lot harder

[@skarmachild]

Bryan Singer should've left the franchise and also left the hot tub

[@Uftdydyvgi236]

​@@skarmachildagreed

[@g.osanchez113]

22:00 Peter or Pietro is the brother of Wanda Maximoff (The Scarlet Witch) and they are the children of Magneto, which is why this character appears in the Wanda Vision series.

[@wasabi727]

The post credit scene where you saw Essex Corp is directly connected to the movie Logan that you already watched. I think it was a blood sample of Wolverine/Logan or any other mutants since Essex corp is an organization that collects genetic materials of mutants, hence the blood sample. Essex corp was also shown in Deadpool 2.

[@iancremmins4727]

i think people get way to invested in these movies, i really enjoy them all as standalones. people getting triggered by missing details or perceived plot twists, its entertainment in the end, just enjoy them

[@Belnick6666]

btw, according to the creator, Quicksilver run speed is only 175mph(ofc other "authors" have later buffed him), no where near anything his DC counterpart The Flash can do, but here is it running back and forth, empty a house during an explosion. C4 is what badguys always use in movies, C4 explode at 26,400 feet per second or 18 000mph(~29 000kmh). Quicksilver is making 18 000mph here stand still, to him it is like what 5 minutes? So is he moving 7 920 000 fps(5 400 000mph) or faster? As the explosion was barely moving

[@niklasriva7053]

🤣

[@ikingipapa]

I never did understand how a piece of cloth or even really thin eyelids stopped cyclops from beaming everything. My favorite was Gambit. I loved him in the 92-94 series

[@Legionaire42]

His eyelids stopped the energy because they were part of his mutation. The same way havoc's energy didn't burn his skin as it exited his body or Peter's super speed doesn't kill him with the friction build up. The cloth coverings kept pads in place that prevented his eyelids from opening on their own so he didn't have to continually think about keeping them closed. Edit: If his eye lids didn't stop them he wouldn't have survived his powers through either just pure exhaustion from lack of sleep or the destruction of everything he interacted with since his eyes continually discharged the beams.

[@leonlacroix2638]

Also keep in mind those beams are concussive not hot at all. That was explained in the comics and 90s animated show

[@martinoresnik4435]

I think it's pretty underrated. People were disappointed and I think a lot of that is because of how good Days of Future Past was. But this was still super enjoyable. Quicksilver was great as always, as was Magneto.

[@nilesstark]

Yeah. Logan in this timeline didn't volunteer for Weapon X. In fact, his feral behavior was a result of numerous drugs given and the attempt to erase his memory.

[@galenmareks3562]

That phoenix scene gives me goosebumps ever. Single. Time.

[@Superfoczka1]

It wasn’t a Phoenix it was a psychic blast 😂

[@leonlacroix2638]

So fun fact. Scarlet witch and quicksilver are the children of magneto. Also nightcrawler is mystiques child. She also adopted rogue but rogue hadn't known it was mystique. Just a normal southern mother. Mystique used that to talk rogue into being a villain for a moment, before meeting the xmen

[@anastasiakelsey8783]

I love this movie! Everyone always gives it a bad rap so im glad you enjoyed it as well:)

[@SilentBob731]

15:47 If Hef is this excited to see Quicksilver, he's gonna go full banana-cream sandwich here in a few minutes.😂 18:53 Yup. 🤣

[@RavenTheTrickster]

Growing up my favorite X-Men were Rogue and Gambit. I hated how Gambit wasn’t included in the original movies.

[@BordorFox]

Quicksilver doesn't slow down time, he just moves that fast it goes slow for him, to everybody else it's super fast. Nightcrawler is blue, his father is red....his mother is mystique.

[@thijsvandrenth5947]

Another fun reaction, thank you for doing this despite you not feeling well. Hope you get better soon! For anyone that likes what they have done with the X-men movies I would also recommend the cartoon.

[@TheViper4Life]

The easy thing to remember about this timeline is that the original films don't really matter because they were retconned with Days of Future Past. But First Class took place in the 60's, Days of Future Past the 70's, this is in the 80's and Dark Phoenix will be in the 90's. However the funniest part is that the original X-Men movie took place in 2000...so between now and then, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender have to age enough to become Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen...when 30+ years passes between these movies and they barely age at all. These were the kinds of things Fox got criticized for.

[@nitrokid]

The whole movie is the origin story of how Charles lost his hair 😂

[@Belnick6666]

Spiderman ALONE took out the x-men, he even flicked wolverine into a wall, knocking him out with a longfinger "boop" snap to the forehead, ofc professor X wiped his memory so Spiderman forgot what he had seen, and also that he spanked them all lol

[@bryanlozano1996]

That’s literally because the writers for Spider-Man have a job to keep him interesting. No one wants to read a book where he gets his ass kicked by the X-Men. He loses to Magneto, Jean, Storm, Cyclops, Iceman, Wolverine, etc any day.

[@thatonkgau5221]

In the comics Nightcrawler is Mystics son. Mystic didn't grow up with Xavier and she's also 100's of years old.

[@pugtie4695]

12:23 a fun fact about this in the original continuity and I think that this is what this version is going on asraziel and mystique are the parents of nightcrawler and that's probably why mystique went to go save him.

[@sharqane]

Disney bought Fox before Essex Corp could pay off. Essex Corp is mentioned three times in the Fox canon: Here, New Mutants, Deadpool 2. In the comics, Nathaniel Essex was a Victorian era scientist who was a geneticist ahead of his time. He believed that genetic manipulation was the key to survival of the fittest. He experimented on himself and became immortal along with other abilities. He took the name Mr Sinister, has often worked with Apocalypse, and taken special interest in several X-men over the years, including Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Cable. Such as shame that we are still not able to see any live action Mr Sinister yet.

[@MilatovichFamily]

A bit late but Essex corp is from Nathaniel Essex, who lived during Darwin era in 1800's and and eexperimented on himself to become mutant, better known as Mr. Sinister.

[@Prisoner..24601]

in the comics, Magneto is quicksilver's and The Scarlet Witch's father.

[@tiago9977]

16:55 This scene is so creepy lol. It reminds me of Molly Walker being afraid of Arthur Petrelli in Heroes tbh

[@m4rt_]

Trust me, it's easier to vacuum up bullet shells, and bullets for that matter. It's a pain to sweep them up. I used to go to a local gun range, and each time one of the ones who went there had to clean up the bullet shells, and I had to do that a few times. It was way easier, and faster to just vacuum them up than to sweep them up.

[@NoToneeeNo]

Keep the reactions comin mane. You should do horror movies for October. Then Christmas movies in December

[@KommandeurMumm]

I like that you liked it. That movie is very underrated in my opinion. It was fun to see how surprised you were by the reveal that Magneto is the father of Quicksilver (Peter/Pietro). May come as a shocker to you, but in the comics he is also the father of the Scarlet Witch (Wanda), since her and Pietro are siblings, as seen in Avengers - Age of Ultron, were Pietro was played by another actor and their backstory was altered, since Disney didn't have the movie rights to the X-Men back then. To answer your question who would win if it was Avengers against X-Men: The Scarlet Witch wins. There was an event in the comics in 2005 were she completely altered reality a couple of times, killed several Avengers and in the end basically erased mutants from existance by just stating "No more mutants.". Not even Professor X and Doctor Strange combined could control her.

[@raulorellana8813]

The best comic ever! House of M!!

[@Kartissa]

I don't know if you realised it, but the music that Angel is listening to when Apocalypse comes to recruit him is Metallica's The Four Horsemen. (It was released the same year in which the movie is set, so it's not just there for the thematic connection of Apocalypse looking for his Four Horsemen.)

[@dylanhopkins5934]

Glad you enjoyed this! Lots of thoughts on this one tho!😅 This was definitely one of the worst X Men movies for sure. It destroys a lot of the timeline, its really inaccurate to the comics/characters, and its very forgettable. They also reuse a lot of the same mutants over and over again when there's tons more that they don't use. And while its not necessarily a bad thing for some, the issue is that many of the ones they do use over and over again they don't get right. Cyclops and Storm are just a couple that are pretty lackluster compared to how they are in the comics. And in my opinion they've used Mystique way too much in these movies. 21:30 Yep! Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch are Magneto's kids. Crazy huh?😁I think they might've retconned that tho in the comics recently and they're adopted or something. Not sure what the point of that was tho so I still consider them his biological children. 13:51 There was a comic on this but I don't remember if there was a winner or not. So its hard to say. Many of the X Men are on the Avengers team, and not all mutants are X Men. There's characters on both sides who aren't in the movies that are stupid powerful too. If we're going with core members for the most part then its hard to say but I'm gonna lean Avengers. Its a tough call and I wouldn't be mad at anyone who picks the X Men cause there's a lot of powerful mutants. But Thor, Hulk, and Scarlet Witch (well Scarlett Witch is a mutant but she's not really an X Men like that either) are each powerful enough to solo the X Men team and have a chance at winning. Hulk has already done it in the comics. It's hard to beat someone after all who could literally blow up the planet at any moment if you piss him off too much. If we're specifically talking about the movies then its still hard to say. The Avengers have a lot more people on their side, and they have a lot more tech and powers. They also have the smarter characters on their side. The only threat to them would be any telepaths or speedsters. But I think the sheer amount of numbers would give them the win. Plus they got Scarlett Witch and Dr Strange to stop them. 0:55 It jumps around in timelines true but honestly thats not what really makes them so jacked up.😂Its the fact that when you look at many of the last X Men movies that came out, they actually mess up the timeline to the point where it either contradicts certain events or it leaves plotholes. It would be different if they jumped around in the timeline but didn't mess with already established events, but they didn't do that. As good as Days of Future Past was, I'm not even sure if the events of the previous x men movies are still canon after that one. In fact I'm sure it did change events cause Angel, the mutant with the wings, is in this movie and this takes place in the early 80s. He looks like he's already nearly an adult if not already which doesn't line up with the Angel that appeared in X Men 3. Wolverine also shows up here and he meets Jean and Cyclops which never happened. They already show what happened in X Men Origins Wolverine. And Mystique is a X Men now after this movie, which never happened either, and is a lil weird. Thats part of the reason why I feel they used her too much in the movies.

[@bees_man]

“Always the same, and now all this. No more stones. No more spears. No more slings. No more swords. No more weapons! No more systems! No more superpowers. . . . You can fire your arrows from the Tower of Babel, but you can never strike God!" that is such a fucking badass quote

[@MandalorianRevan]

EssexCorp is owned by Nathaniel Essex, aka Mr. Sinister, who is obsessed with creating the Mutant Messiah. Part of his plans include selective breeding of mutant lines: namely Jean Grey and Scott Summers, resulting in the birth of Nathan Summers, aka Cable (yes, THAT Cable).

[@easyon31]

Magnetio has 2 children. Pietro and Wanda. This was the 1st X-Men movie to reveal magneto was quicksilvers dad.

[@tiago9977]

7:53 It entirely depends on which version for me tbh, i.e.: - Fox films = Storm (older), Iceman & Mystique (younger) - X-Men: Evolution = Jean & Scott - Wolverine & the X-Men = Nightcrawler - X-Men '97 = Jean + Gambit

[@Dimebag9504]

17:32* Carry on my Wayward Son by Kansas starts playing

[@themetalchica]

Alex, search for the blooper reel for this film. Oscar Isaac and Fassbender are fricking hilarious.

[@otakuwolf4ever985]

In the beginning, apocalypse had many worshipers who believed him to be a God. His Four Horsemen would always find him a new host to transfer his consciousness to when his current body was reaching its limit. This time, they found a regenerator, meaning Apocalypse wouldn't have to worry about growing old. However, there were those who considered Apocalypse to be an abomination and attempted to kill him before the ritual could be completed, knowing that if successful, there would be no hope to destroy the False God. But his minions were prepared and gave their lives, sealing their master into dormancy so that when he awoke, he could reclaim the world that was rightfully his.

[@WraithWTF]

13:45 It's also fitting that Angel is listening to Metallica's 'Four Horsemen' during his meeting with Apocalypse...

[@SG-js2qn]

"Sweet Christmas?!" Somebody has been watching Luke Cage ....?!

[@springsnowflake]

Oscar Isaac(Moon Knight) as Apocalypse was such a grate casting ❤ Love your reactions, can't wait for Logan 😂

[@TIVOSTUDIOS]

Magneto is not only his father but also the father of his sister The Scarlet Witch ( in the Comics at least )

[@-zerxvil-5208]

Yeah, Quicksilver is Magneto's son and Scarlett Witch is Magneto's Daughter. and yes, they also were lend to Disney Marvel Avenges Age of Ultron 28:41 There's no beam sword. that's the giveaway

[@Grizzly_6623]

12:56 it’s college sports, American bourbon, and southern barbecue.

[@Grace_Reads]

Y'know in the comics Polaris was one of the Horsemen, so choosing Magneto in this version is pretty fitting.

[@tiago9977]

26:03 Psylocke was such a badass in this film lol - I'd love to see her in the MCU someday. Other than this, I've only seen her in Wolverine and the X-Men (where she exclusively used her telepathic abilities), but her psionic weapons look amazing in action scenes, & I'm surprised by how good her costume was tbh.

[@supremature]

Went from “oh no!!” To “oh woah!!” Real quick 🤣

[@thefourshowflip]

If a missile were shot vertically upwards there’s two options: either it had enough fuel/thrust to escape earth or it didn’t, in which case yes it will eventually fall back down.

[@dunringill1747]

The Essex Corp. case at the end eluded to something comic book fans would recognize. It turned out to be a direction the X-Men movies never went. Nathanial Essex was an evolutionary scientific genius from the 19th century. He was augmented / altered by Apocalypse and became Mr. Sinister. Mr. Sinister specialized in genetic research, cloning, and DNA manipulation. Over a period of time He continued to enhance his own abilities by incorporating the genetic material of certain mutants into his DNA to gain their abilities. He is a very formidable foe for the X-Men.

[@angelguerrero7655]

Quicksilver admitting that Magneto's his father actually aligns with the comic version of both Quicksilver and the the Scarlett Witch. Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch are both the children of Magneto, at least canonically speaking. At one point, at least in the comics, Wanda/the Witch just says "No more mutants" after Magneto kills Quicksilver in a fit of rage. She's so strong that 99 percent of all mutants on the planet lost their powers. That was a surprise to me when I first learned about that too btw haha

[@ALIKIN12345]

Man I miss having these X-Men films. The CGI and effects were always top notch definitely better than the MCU

[@tiago9977]

19:59 I *love* seeing all the versatile & creative uses of powers in media lol, i.e.: → Telepathy - can read minds, control minds, communicate w/ ppl, create mental illusions, use psychic camouflage, etc → Telekinesis - can move objects, fly, create force fields, etc

[@Mewsashi-cz9fo]

The x men fox movies were far superior in the cinematic process wise then a lot of the mcu movies... I don't see much of this style in disney after they bought off and chewed fox.

[@777wojo777]

Here in PL we pronounce "Magneto" like that polish guy did ;P

[@stevie9632]

This is honestly my favorite X-Men movie. But what follows is just another disgraceful attempt at Dark Phoenix and that really breaks my heart. Edit: Also Essex Corp is a reference to Nathaniel Essex who is Mr. Sinister. One of not just X-men but one of marvels coolest villains.

[@MythicalPhoebe]

in the comic books, quicksilver and scarlet witch were both the children of magneto.

[@richierewinds]

My only issue is I wish Apocalypse could've done a little better if they used the OG X-Men in the new future timeline and maybe do better with the use of characters and use the new characters from Apocalypse and put them into the mew future timeline

[@calexxelac2457]

I believe that is Stan Lee’s real wife in that cameo with him

[@Swift96]

"Who wins, X-Men or the Avengers?" There was actually a story in the comic books, called Avengers vs. X--Men. Peter doesn't slow down time, he just moves so fast, that time moves slowly just for him.

[@athgavr3850]

Wanda vs Jean Captain America vs Cyclops Hawkeye vs Nightcrawler Thor vs Storm Quicksilvet vs... Quicksilver

[@RevCQ7]

Sweet Christmas is actually Luke Cake (marvel supeheroe)'s catchphrase lol

[@dylanstankewicz850]

Everybody gangsta until the Ginger Omega Level Mutant Girl uses her powers.

[@dkeener99]

Apocalypse also got rid of the nukes because of his ideals. He believes in survival of the fittest, so any machine or weapon is seen as a cheat/crutch by Apocalypse.

[@mikexmikex]

Nathaniel Essex is Mister Sinister, one of the X-Men's enemies.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

A film doomed to mediocre reception after the amazing First Class and DOFP, but honestly I don't see how else a film focused on Apocalypse could have gone. He's a colossal ham and a Thanos-caliber baddie who is forced into being defeated in one movie, and they had to make some big changes to Thanos to make him interesting in the MCU. It's implied but I feel like they could have explored the idea that En Sabah Nur was able to cultivate followers *because* of Charles and Erik's lack of commitment to strong leadership more- that their modesty was actually hurting their cause. Still enjoyable, just not up to the previous two's standards.

[@gsswolf13]

Mr. Hefner, now I think you know why the Quicksilver reveal in WandaVision when Pietro came to Wanda's house and it was THIS Quicksilver, was such a big big deal. Wanda and Pietro/Peter are siblings, making them both Magneto's kids... so having Evan Peters make the Quicksilver cameo kind of acknowledged BOTH the MCU and the original XMen movies. It was a big, big deal. One of those Gasp-inducing moments to anyone who had seen all the movies first. I just remember seeing you kind of lost. Now, if you saw it, you would understand

[@spartan_warrior5927]

X-Men vs Avengers…. X-Men every day including holidays. Magneto,Professor X and Wolverine alone would crush them. Magneto would implode Ironman after Logan cuts Hulks Head and Willis off. Then…lol…we can only imagine what they would do to sweet ole Cap. Then Xavier from halfway across the world would melt the rest of the avengers brains. Meanwhile the rest of the X-Men are back at the school watching a movie in the theater room. Don’t judge me haters I had 2 gummy’s before I posted this and this is what thc will make you think about when asked a random question on a movie reaction…But I bet Alex ❤’s and Comments on this. 😏

[@blackfire7669]

X-Men 1- Cyclop 2- Jean Grey 3- Storm 4- Nightcrawler 5- Iceman 6- Beast 7- Kitty Pride 8- Colossus 9- Namor 10- Bishop 11- Malicia 12- Gambit 13- Professor X 14- Psylock 15- Sunspot 16-Blink 17- X-23 18- Spike 19- Emma Frost 20- Magma 21- Archangel Avengers 1- Iron Man 2- Captain America 3- Thor 4- Hulk 5- Wanda / Scarlett Witch 6- Wolverine 7- Spider-man 8- Black Panthère 9- Luke Cage 10- Spider Woman 11- War Machine 12- Falcon 13- Winter Soldier 14- Captain Marvel 15- She Hulk 16- Dr Strange 17- Quicksilver 18- Ms Marvel 19- Black Widow 20- Blade

[@mr.moviemafia]

Since you’re about to watch LOGAN, keep in mind that it’s canonically the LAST film in the series. Dark Phoenix takes place after Apocalypse, The New Mutants takes place right before Logan, and Deadpool 2 is in it’s own continuity with DP1 and leads into the MCU.

[@memocastillo9425]

Cool fact, the song Angel is listening to is The four Horsemen by Metallica. The four Horsemen is also the name of the Apocalypse followers... The four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

[@PsychoticFruitfly]

essexx corp. is a nod to Nathaniel Essexx, AKA Mr Sinister, a mutant geneticist that was enhanced by apocalypse in the 1800's. according to Marvel history, he lived during WW2 under the alias Dr. Josef Mengele.

[@gabrielleroux2333]

Wait, I just noticed something when you plugged your Patreon at the beginning…. Why are the prices in Euro? XD

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

Essex Corp is Mister Sinister but we never got that. The reason people don't like this is because it doesn't make much sense in its own universe muchless with the comics. Angel from The third movie is supposed to be Archangel but here it's a totally different person maybe? For example.

[@bernardcoombs1778]

You missed the scene between Xavier & Magneto where they, essentially, repeat lines from the ORIGINAL "X-MEN" movie: Magneto: "A war is coming Charles, and I intend to fight." Xavier: "And I will always be there, old friend."

[@KevinLockamy]

Yeah, Magneto is Quicksilver's father and Scarlet Witch as well. But this will truly blow your mind. As the comic book, not cymographic, canon has it, Nightcrawler's parents are none other then Azazel and Mystique. Apparently some time after Cuba, blue chick and Satan got busy and had a little blue devil baby (that they promptly abandoned).

[@tiago9977]

18:38 I love the slow-mo mansion explosion scene. I think it does unfortunately make speedsters feel a little overpowered at times since it seems like they can just freeze/ slow down time 16:00.

[@jakeholden8976]

I know this is not your thing usually, but there is some good content on KZbin that is basically an animated series it’s called helluva boss and it would appeal to your humor

[@Goldeneyesluvsjasper]

I never cottoned on to this before but it seems like the powers get recycled based on the first scene in Egypt, we see all of those powers in our recent and current xmen

[@MultiRandomness21]

Fun fact, the combination on the suit case at the very end is an easter egg a lot of people miss. 527 reffers to may 27th, the films release day

[@band77one]

the best part of the movie was metallica's four horsemen being used when apocalypse confronted angel and turned him into archangel

[@owennoad-watson2820]

Correct. One good act fixes all wrongs because accountability. That's what a lot of us hate about new movies. Too many excuses and zero or almost no accountability

[@MrSarcasm101]

Either "everyone" is wrong or you're just easily satisfied. You liked The Eternals if I remember well.

[@AdrianChazz]

Yeah, in case you didn't do the math... Quicksilver is the same Quicksilver from the MCU (well, technically...). Y'know? Wanda's fast brother that gets killed and you didn't see that coming? (Avengers 2-AoU) So, yes, Magneto is also Wanda's father (Vision's father-in-law and Tommy/Billy's grandpa)

[@JohnWelsh-oz3jz]

Nightcrawler: “I’ve never done it with this many people!” Me: 🤣🤣🤣🍆🌮🍆🌮🍆🌮

[@nephlemhunter2171]

When did the weird freaky head hanging out with Mike Myers in the back show up?

[@Makkaru112]

Isn’t this another reupload?

[@patrickkilduff5272]

The thing about Xmen vs Avengers is the Hulk and Thor would take out 90ish% of them on their own...but the top 5% of the Xmens best of the best could take out Gods and Universes.

[@Mafke]

Do you remember who is Peter's (Poitre's) sister is? Think back to Age of Ultron.