X-Men: Days of Future Past Trailer: Five Big Takeaways

The first officially-released footage for X-Men: Days of Future Past was released today, just shortly after Marvel Studios released the trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.Because clearly, neither Bryan Singer nor Fox are at all upset that they’re competing with the Avengers franchise to see who can make a cooler Quicksilver.It was only seven seconds of footage–a teaser for the teaser, not unlike what Marvel released for Captain America yesterday–along with music but no dialogue.It’s clever, though, because instead of drawing comparisons to the well-received trailer for Captain America, this has prompted questions on the part of fans wondering what the heck they’re seeing. So, as you can imagine, it’s been watched and rewatched obsessively until we came away with some thoughts and questions about the teaser.Here we go: