X:DOFP Easter Eggs and other notable X-MEN Lore in the Movie

Editorial Opinion
By Havenless - May 23, 2014 08:05 AM EST
1. During the Future scenes where the Sentinels attack the X-Men, you see Sentinels avoid Sunspot's fire blasts by turning to ice, turning to Colossus's steel skin, and then one turns into jagged rock. The shape of the rocks on its back is a direct reference to an X-Man named 'Rockslide'. 

2. Sunspot is actually a combination of two characters. In the comics, he is jet black like an actual sunspot, which is how he gets his name. He also doesn't shoot fire in the flamethrower style you see in the movie. The Human Torch clone you see here is reminiscent of Sunfire, a Japanese mutant who has exactly the powers you see in the movie. However, the character in the movie is Hispanic and named Roberto, which is back to Sunspot lore again. 

3. For those who don't know what's happening in the after the credits scene, it is ancient Egypt, and the crowd is chanting 'En Sabah Nur', which is Egyptian for 'the first one.' This is the name given to the man standing in front of them, who is the very first mutant. Because he has these fantastical powers, they view him as a god and make him the Pharaoh of Egypt for a time. 

His codename is Apocalypse, and among his many powers are shapeshifting like Mystique, super strength like Colossus, Size manipulation (can be 3 feet tall or 13 feet tall at will), and various energy powers. I'm not really sure what's going on with the pyramid, it appears he's controlling it, but the exact extent of his powers are a mystery so they could make just about anything up and it'd fit. Also, he is ageless, so he will live through the millennia until he runs into the X-Men, he'll just be more adult. He gains a lot of his abilities from alien technology, but they'll probably just incorporate that into his mutation instead like they did with the Juggernaut. 

4. Beast asks Wolverine if he's a parent when he firsts meets him, and Wolverine proclaims, "I sure hope not." In the comic he has a son he doesn't know about that has similar powers to him, this may have been a subtle reference. 

5. Quicksilver tells Magneto that his mom used to know someone who could bend metal. This is a reference to the fact that Magneto really is his father. Later in the movie, Quicksilver's mother is watching TV and sees Magneto in the White House scene, and looks like she's seen a ghost. 

Also, the director has said that his little sister in the house scene was not Scarlet Witch, she was upstairs at the time (there was a scene cut that the mother calls to her). The little girl could be a reference to Polaris, Magneto's third child that survived, but it's an unlikely reference as neither her hair nor her attire was green. 

6. The 70's Cerebro helmet had an identical design to Havok's original suit that helped him control his power in the comics. It had 3 white stripes elevated above his cowl that combined into a point in the middle. I think it was a little too specific to be a coincidence. 

7. In the comics, Wolverine goes through 2 adamantium procedures. The first one, of course, of Weapon X. But later on, Magneto rips it out. He goes on for awhile with no adamantium, and then it's put back in when Apocalypse captures him and makes him his servant. Now that the timeline is changed and it's possible Weapon X never happens... and the next movie involves Apocalypse... hmm. 

8. In the comics Quicksilver is Pietro Maximoff, and he's Eastern European. Pietro is Italian for Peter. Since he is fully American in this movie, changing his name to Peter was an obvious alteration. Remember, in X3, Piotr (Peter in Russian) Rasputin (Colossus) is not implied to be RuSsian, and he's also simply called Peter. 
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sikwon
sikwon - 5/23/2014, 9:18 AM
I wish Singer cared about source material. I don't mind combining powers for bad guys, because let's face it a lot of bad guys in comics are weak. But the main characters, the heros, I dislike altering their powers. Either way, can't wait to see it!
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 5/23/2014, 9:23 AM
Apocalypse is telekinetically creating a pyramid, that's what he's doing.

As for the name change, I'm sure when it was first announced they we were getting two twins, they said FOX could only use the Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch titles Marvel could only use Pietro and Wanda. So maybe that's why he was called Peter.

BUT I think they've been calling them QS and SW in Marvel interviews.
Havenless
Havenless - 5/23/2014, 11:26 AM
@Cherry Bomb

Both companies can use Quicksilver and Pietro Maximoff. You either own the rights to the character or you don't. There is no half-rights. Whoever made up that rumor is really grasping at straws.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 5/23/2014, 11:36 AM
@Havenless

Yeah thats what I thought, it was what was posted on this site in an article when the news first broke that Singer was using Quicksilver too.
QuestiontheAnswer
QuestiontheAnswer - 5/23/2014, 12:07 PM
[frick] Hydra. EN SABAH NUR!!!
DougMcCausland
DougMcCausland - 5/23/2014, 8:20 PM
It wasn't really an easter egg, but 1973 Xavier and Old Xavier essentially filled the role of young Franklin Richards and the dream self Franklin Richards in Days of Future Present. Franklin's powers potentially had the power to change the future timeline for the better but he was too afraid to use them, and he shut them out. Only difference being the older Franklin was trying to PREVENT the younger one from using his powers as to ensure his meeting of Rachel Summers instead of encouraging him.
DaVinci31
DaVinci31 - 5/24/2014, 6:04 PM
I'm pretty sure Wolverine still gets the adamantium implanted within him. Stryker takes him to "evaluate" or whatever he says, near the end . . .trust me though, if you think to much into the Stryker-Wolverine situation, it makes your brain hurt.

It's best to not let all the other X-Men Films cloud your memory (in relation to this one situation), specifically origins and first class.

ager
ager - 5/25/2014, 3:14 PM
Based on the retcons in this franchise I'm expecting a substantial amount of money in the mail from Fox and Singer. I bought the first 2 as DVDs, bought the Origims game and I be gone to see everyone in the theater except DoFP. If all those things never existed or changed from movie to movie because they forgot and were too lazy to research it, then I wasted my money and time watching them. I'm not expecting the taxes, Fox, you're welcome
Luminus
Luminus - 5/26/2014, 4:51 AM
I called #7 happening in the next film.

Also, the scene were Magneto is stabbing Wolverine with those metal rods is another east egg that harkens back to the comic were Magneto pulls the adamantium out of Wolverine. IGN explains:

Wallymelon
Wallymelon - 5/29/2014, 11:58 PM
Clearly copied and pasted from screentrant
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