6 Days of Future Whatever

Published: May 18, 2014, 8:41 p.m.

In which we more or less prepare you for the upcoming feature film;\xa0Rachel Summers is a black hole of continuity; Kitty Pryde breaks the Danger Room; Earth 200500 is clearly the best earth; even the X-Men have no idea what's going on;\xa0First Class\xa0Emma Frost is so boring that we forget she exists; wolverines are definitely not wolves; and you can have Rachel's\xa0Community references when you pry them from her cold, dead hands.\n\nX-Plained:\n\n \tRachel Summers\n \t"Days of Future Past"\n \tGravestone engraving standards of\xa02013\n \tThe Mostly-New, Mostly-Different Brotherhood of Evil Mutants\n \tAnother\xa0unfortunate hat\n \tCausality\xa0in the\xa0Marvel Multiverse\n \tEarths 811, 1191, 295, 311, and 200500\n \tHall monitors with laser rifles\n \tHow to fix a broken timeline\n \tThe\xa0X-Men cinematic universe, and points of divergence from the comics\n \tThe one\xa0thing\xa0X-Men: The Last Stand does right\n \tThe Xavier Index of Cinematic Continuity\n \tThe difference between\xa0Canis lupus and\xa0Gulo gulo\n \tA\xa0Days of Future Past cinematic cram course\n \tFix-it fic\n \tBlink, Bishop, and\xa0dark-future mash-ups\n \tThe enduring appeal of Earth-811\n \tThe significantly\xa0less enduring appeal of Earth-242\n \tThe Nazi Excalibur of Earth-597\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to the episode \u2013 and links to recommended reading \u2013\xa0on our blog.\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\nNext week: Greg Rucka,\xa0Cyclops, and Starjammers!