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Yeah I don't have a problem with it either. I think I just feel annoyed that the creative team behind the movies didn't make more of an attempt to make the continuity work. Yeah you're right though.

I mean, technically it IS fan fiction. But if it helps him enjoy the series more, then I ain't got no problem with it.
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It's sad that they screwed up the continuity so badly that fans have to try and scotch tape things together that were never intended to be. However I do totally understand the desire to seek out a logical reason for all of the errors. I have nothing against people trying to do that. For me, if it's not intended or part of canon then it just feels like disconnected fan fiction.

What you're saying is true. However, if one is looking for a FICTIONAL explanation as to why those continuity errors exist, Knowby's idea works. It plays by the rules established by the series.
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First Class is not a divergence. It's been stated by the producer and director that it was intended to be a prequel to the original films. Any continuity errors are just writing mistakes. They said that the timeline didn't fracture until Wolverine time travels in Days Of Future Past. Prior to that it was one chain. Yes there are definitely continuity issues that I'd love to be tied up but that's just human error. This x men series probably has the worst continuity of any franchise that I can think of.

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The 2024 source was an unverified rumor mangold himself has since started that Logan takes place and i quote "several years " after dofp

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I am confused about this movie being set in 2024, yet DOFP ended in 2023 with Jean, Xavier, Ice Man, et. al. all looking relaxed and happy in the School after Wolverine altered the past and brought on the new timeline for Apocalypse. How in one year (2023 to 2024) can such a drastic change happen to the X-men, letting alone Xavier being senile?

X-Men always involved time-travel. It's like Star Trek. Star Trek has time-travel, but it's not the core of the franchise. Hell, I would be surprised if James Cameron took the idea of Terminator from X-Men. Since the Days of Future Past comic came before The first Terminator film was released.

The trailer gave me the impression that it's been a significant period of time since
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The only thing I think is inevitable, per the film's theme, is that eventually Wolverine's story would come to an end. You can only live so many lifetimes before it becomes all the more clear that you will eventually die alone in a world without a lot of good left in it.
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