X-Men: Apocalypse Producer Explains Rationale Behind X3 Joke In The Film

X-Men: The Last Stand stands out in X-fans minds for a few reasons, the major one being that it [...]

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X-Men: The Last Stand stands out in X-fans minds for a few reasons, the major one being that it wasn't very good. Others look at the film as an albatross since it failed to deliver on the much anticipated Dark Phoenix storyline from the comics, one of the most beloved arcs in X-Men lore to this day since its inception in the 1980's. Some, like me, saw it as the "why exactly did they kill Cyclops?" movie.

Those aspects of the film have not gone unnoticed by the team behind the newest X-Men film, X-Men: Apocalypse, and they take their own shot at the much-maligned movie during the film, saying at one point "the third movie is always the worst".

When Screenwriter Simon Kinberg was asked by CreativeScreenwriting.com about the joke, and if he was one of the people behind it, he had this to say.

"To be honest, I don't remember who came up with it. Certainly it was something I was aware that it would poke fun at X3. It was also a bit dangerous because First Class and Days of Future Past are very good films and it potentially puts Apocalypse in the crosshairs as well. It was just a joke that I thought people would get a chuckle out of. We're ten years away from X3 and we felt that if Deadpool can make fun of X-Men movies, we can too."

X-Men: Days of Future Past reworked the timeline to fix many of the issues that resulted from The Last Stand, and the fact that FOX can poke a little fun at themselves is a good thing.

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