10 Reasons To Be Excited For X-Men: Apocalypse 

The Avengers and The Dark Knight may wield more weight in the cinematic arena that Fox’s

X-Men, the sixteen-year-old franchise has undoubtedly trumped all other superheros when it comes to sheer variety. An original trilogy (2000-2006), a pair of middling Wolverine solo outings (2009, 2013), and a prequel/spinoff (2011) have each struck with varying levels of success, peaking with 2014’s mega-hit Days of Future Past. Reuniting with original director Bryan Singer, Past opted to rewrite the X-Men rulebook, reset the timeline, and in the process, reinvigorated the entire series.

Moving forward with this summer’s Apocalypse, Singer’s band of mutants (new and old) are looking more promising than ever. The director, insistent upon exploring the liberties of a new timeline, will not only conclude the trilogy that was jump started by X-Men: First Class, but what he has noted as

Paired with an adherence to source material that has yet to be seen onscreen, this seventh outing could very well be the magnum opus of the entire franchise. Just in time for the apocalypse.

Here are Screen Rant’s 10 Reasons To Be Excited For X-Men: Apocalypse.

This one may seem a bit of a moot point, but bald McAvoy implies grander things for the direction of the

X-Men timeline. In the comic books, Xavier’s mental powers caused his hair to fall out as a teenager, something filmmakers have clearly felt little regard for upholding on the big screen. But this liberty also allotted a physical aspect to McAvoy’s performance, transgressing from a clean-cut lad in First Class to a shaggy underachiever in Days of Future Past.

As a result, the brief glimpses of Professor X shaven and chrome-domed in the trailer speak volumes for his current mindset. Now, more than ever, the idealism of Xavier’s youth has begun to settle into the pensive older man played by Patrick Stewart in the original trilogy – a unifying of past and present that backs up Singer’s bold claims of conclusion. Of course, there’s always the possibility that the Professor has simply fallen victim to male pattern baldness. Or does that not affect mutants?

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