"Except now, Wolverine gets everything that he always wanted. He gets to be with Jean." Made me laugh so hard. Like, I was expecting a list but nope. That's it, that's the entire list.

Great, now I want to watch a movie that will never exist. Especially the Magneto Wins Timeline. XD

I'm usually not a fan of these "let's rewrite this movie/show" videos, but this actually sounds pretty dope. Nice work👍🏾

The Magneto Wins timeline is also a great way to adapt House of M, at least it touches many similar topics.

This was my fave X-Men movie, but that rewrite does sounds pretty dope. My only caveat is that I want more Cyclops, by far the most misused as a character, even in the new ones.

11:59 "Imagine Halle Berry playing an evil, sadistic version of Storm." thatsmyfetish.gif

I love how they call Kitty Pryde “Ellen Page” and not by the character’s name (which is a shame because Page was great as Kitty) Edit: Page recently came out as “Elliot Page,” which I think is awesome for him! :)

The Magneto Wins timeline feels like it has some House of M elements in it.

There's some great food for thought here - I especially love the idea of the triple timelines as emblematic of the X-Universe's themes as a whole. That said, this version strips out Mystique's arc entirely. Not only does this effectively write out the only female character arc in the movie, it also erases a major touchstone in Charles' arc (learn to believe again, overcome guilt = learn to let go and let other people make choices). So even though I agree with some of your points re: the movie's structure, young Charles/Mystique were far more compelling characters than Wolverine at that point in time, so overall I prefer the movie as written

One of the (many) issues of the X-men franchise for me is how the female villains and heroes are just so...lame. Storm is like...Xavier or Wolverine's assistant? Emma Frost was like...assistant to that other bad dude. Mystique...is stuck in this cycle of being/not being Magneto's assistant? Rogue is just. Let's not even go there. And..I don't think these roles were given to bad actresses at all but there was much to be desired. All in all the X-men films feel like they could've been greaT which makes the whole thing even more frustrating.

Just for clarity, Trask's death in this rewrite is such a turbulent event to the flow of time that the "nothing is cemented until you wake up" thing that Kitty says early on gets overridden? Because if so, that's the entire point of the characters in the future. They aren't there "just to die," they're there to build on the worry that what Logan has changed won't be enough, that the sentinels will get to him before the better time line is created, and something maybe worse will take its place. That's why it's important that he's in the background of the scenes; to keep an eye on things and ensure it doesn't spiral so far out of control that the future gets worse. But, it's also why the characters in the past have to be the driving force. Nothing in the future matters except for keeping Logan in the past. And in that past, Xavier and Magneto and Mystique need to make the right choices to ensure a better tomorrow, but Wolverine needs to give them the space to actually make those choices, spurred by nothing but the awareness that what they're grappling with could mean a horrific future.

This is one of my favorite KZfaq channels, and I think you and Nando generally have brilliant insights into story, but...I strongly disagree on this one. First, I don't think the movie has a single protagonist, it really has three: Wolverine in the first act, Charles in the second, and Mystique in the third. And I think Mystique is ultimately the most important to understanding the themes. By the end, she's the character who undergoes the most change, she's the character who makes the decisions that sets history on one course or another, and she's the character who ultimately makes the final choice in the movie about how to resolve the conflict - something she can only do after Charles relinquishes control. The movie is about both Charles and Mystique learning to trust that other people can make the right decisions. Seen through that lens, the future Sentinels aren't extensions of Trask's story, they're symbolic extensions of Mystique's: they're literally (genetically engineered) versions of her, running around killing. They're what happens when fear and hatred and the desire to control others run unchecked, and Trask being alive or dead is irrelevant to that theme. The analysis here glosses over Mystiques importance entirely, and the rewrite essentially turns her into a MacGuffin. I also disagree that it's not a good follow up to First Class; the spine of DoFP is her relationship with Charles, which grew directly out of their relationship in FC. Of course, I'm biased because DoFP is my favorite of the X-Men movies, and of course it has flaws, but I think it's a lot stronger than it's being given credit for.

"Not unlike your podcast..." "Thank you." Hehe.

By the way, I LOVE everything about the extra timeline, the MAGNETO WINS timeline. Very cool.

Big fan of the channel and Nando. And although i see some the merits and points in your rewrite, I did really enjoy X-Men: Days of Future Past. As always, it's easier to try and re-write something than to write it. ;-) Thanks for the vid and your time.

The scene between Young Charles and Old Charles is one of my favorite Marvel scenes ever.

When you got to the Magneto Wins timeline concept I had to applaud. Such a genius idea. All the plot points that flowed out of that made sense and even though I like Days of Future Past as it is, I would have liked yours a lot more.

So basically do you want to make a Heroes storyline out of the X-Men.

Seeing a new Just Write video in my subscription feed is like finding a $20 on the sidewalk.

Sometimes it's easier to see things after it's all said and done, which is usually my main issue with story rewriting. That being said, your rewrite does sound a lot more satisfying. I think they got hung up on the popularity of the retro vibe used in the prequel x-men movies.

“Magneto Wins” is up there with “Captain America is a Hydra agent” bananas and I love it

That is interesting but it would not work. Wolverine's relationship with Jean was built in 1 movie not 4 or 5 like in MCU movies, so the callback to it would feel hollow. Also, because it's been 3 or 4 movies since we last saw her, it would be forgotten and is basically nonexistent. This movie (as you've written it) does not establish this relationship either which means that the emotional dilemma for Wolverine does not work well. And this essentially cuts the movie in half. There is no way to quickly explain Magneto's world and how it came to be, which means you're going to need an info dump 60% of the way in. Combine that with the fact that all stakes have changed and the status quo has changed and this will feel like a new movie rather than a buildup that orgincally adds to the previous first half. It's like how Fant4stic had a timejump halfway through the movie. It ruined pacing, plot, stakes, and added a huge amount of character change that was never Shown to the audience and made it feel unearned. It ruined that movie. This change would do the same. The failure at the midpoint of an action movie should add to stakes but not change the nature of them. This isn't a twist that changes our perspective on previous events but creates a new everything. As fun as it sounds, it simply would not work in a 2 hour Hollywood movie. If it were an indie movie with experimental structure and tone, it might, but Fant4stic is a case study for why changing the status quo in the middle of an action movie does not work. That being said, I like the idea of a sort of Magneto-ruling House of M timeline with Wolverine in a dilemma. If you have flashbacks with him at the beginning remembering Jean, then you might be able to get away with their relationship in the alternate timeline. But it's also important to show the audience how Xavier can work with humans better than Magneto to foreshadow both the timeline change and the happy ending, otherwise it won't have proper weight.

“Not unlike your podcast, Mostly Nitpicking.” Thank you for the consistency of this line

I hope they never recast Wolverine. That way, we may one day finally get to see a good X-Men movie that isn't about Wolverine.

I thought after DoFP they would make new movies set in the present days. Also i kinda think Logan should have took place in that timeline but whatever, that movie was great as it is

As two movies, (where the first ends with the introduction of the magneto wins timeline) this idea would be an absolute bonkers experience. If only...

I actually loved this film but love this idea even more.

I freaking love when my favorite youtubers team up. Great vid, guys!

I LOVE this rewrite. It's just perfect!

The main problem I find with this rewrite is that it lacks a the climactic fight scene, which is pretty much necessary for a superhero film. Instead, we could send Wolverine back to the past and have old Xavier tell young Xavier and Beast to go to the White House. The White House attack plays out like it does in the original movie, with the task being to remove young Magneto's helmet so old Magneto can talk to him. After a massive fight, we end up with the Xavier Wins timeline.

Although I agree about many of the logistical problems that you quote, I think you’ve missed part of the point: the X-Men’s struggle is not against Trask in this movie, nor against Magneto. It is against what has been Charles Xavier’s true enemy all along: hatred itself. That’s the point. The bad future shouldn’t be defined as “Trask Wins”, but rather as... “Hatred Wins”. No individual person is single-handedly responsible for it, and no individual person truly benefitted from it. There’s a reason why the Future Sentinels don’t even look like machines programmed by actual people, but rather like sadistic demons fueled by pure hatred: that’s in fact what they are. Hatred is the true villain of this movie. And Charles is its natural opponent. Charles is the only one who truly understands that this enemy can’t be defeated with brute force, but with empathy and compassion. When everyone, even his fellow good guys, tells him to use violence to stop Raven, he says no, because he realizes that wouldn’t solve anything. It would only delay the inevitable. That’s why changing “Raven can’t kill Trask” into “Raven mustn’t be captured by Trask” wouldn’t work. Because the point isn’t to prevent Raven’s blood from being taken, which would just eliminate the physical tools used to create the Sentinels. That is only the surface level of the problem. The actual core of it is to prevent Raven’s soul from being lost, and therefore to break the cycle of hatred before it can even start. And Charles makes it. He does what he does best, he helps a troubled and broken kid to become whole again. And by doing that, by saving a single person, he also saves the entire world. After all, to borrow and slightly alter a phrase from a certain Bat-vigilante: “a hero can be anyone. Even someone who does something as simple and reassuring as sharing a piece of cake with a scared little girl, to let her know the world hasn’t ended...”

Love both channels. Together , this was magic.

The only thing I dislike about this version is that it clearly states that Xavier's philosophy > Magneto's philosophy instead of leaving it a bit ambiguous like the other movies.

I remember when Days of Future Past came out it was godlike.

This is an excellent re-write! Nice work

I love this. Third video in a row ya earned the subscribe buddy.

wow, you guys are so good at writing these things. this actually makes the movie much more engaging and is a proper send off to the main cast.

Haven't but barely strarted watching, but already gave a thumbs up. I mean Sage AND Nando? I'm obviously in for a treat! ♡

While I think this sounds like a great movie, I would not be able to enjoy much of the Magneto Wins Timeline. I'm very particular about my time travel, and Wolverine’s consciousness _skipping ahead_ isn't something I can get behind. There could be a time jump with some reason for Logan to be out of the picture, so that the rest of the movie can play it the way you say. But the Trask Wins Timeline doesn't _become_ the Magneto Wins Timeline; otherwise, you're just erasing the timeline that set everything into motion in the first place. It's the classic time traveller's paradox.

Once you hit us with the "Magneto Wins" timeline I was all in. Excellent rewrite.

Days of Future Past is easily my favorite of the whole franchise. I’m totally okay with the movie as is even though there’s many things I can nit-pick, like killing off the whole cast from First Class? Why? But other than that, I’d say it was among the top 5 best Superhero films of the 2010s. With all that said, I like all your rewrite ideas and I think that would have helped the movie be even more memorable for the general audience.

I wish that I could go to an alternate timeline where the movie you guys describe is the one that is made.

This was a great video! I love rewrite videos cuz it gets me to think critically about stuff I've seen and also be creative in thinking up effective alternatives. I like the changes you made, but I do wonder if the Xavier climax still works if he's not the main character and we've only had like 2 scenes (? 1 future and 1 past?) with him. I also think that this movie would be like 3 hours long, but I'm all for it.

Oh my God, this is awesome. Way more satisfying. Thank you!!!

This was well thought out, thank you for the collab!

Omg I love it, I wasn't too huge on days of future past, but I enjoyed some of it, this seems like a great alternative to the plot!

Really enjoyed this!

I usually don't like these what-if, re-writes, but this one seemed so much more Feasible, & so great!

That was really beautiful! I would also embelish the rewrite with some seeds forshadowing the ending. Like short visions of a woman talking to him or hearing whispers all throughout the movie, even before his initial trip, culminating and blending with his visions of the weapon x experiments. This woman would be Kitty Pride from the future equilibrium guiding him through his journey to end up in the good future.

i love ur videos man :)

Omg thank you for this absolutely brilliant!!!!!

great video ! Hey i know this isn't your regular field, but would you mind making a video on the excellent writting of "Attack on titan", and what writters should learn about that Manga ? And if you haven't seen it, really you SHOULD !!!

Didn't expect to see such video from you, but I'm glad you made it. It was fun to think about a better FUTURE for the x-men movies

Days of Future Past was my favorite superhero movie of all time, and I must say this rewrite you guys did was AWESOME!! Now I wish we had gotten that movie instead. :O

love ur Chanel, always smart and interesting, could u do one for "The Usual Suspects"

Loved this!

This is great work! Would make an amazing movie. Thanks for making this ☺️

Amazing work guys

This sounds like a way better movie. And that's coming from someone that really likes the current DoFP film.

I was about to say the jumping back and forth of the different timelines might get distracting then I remembered BttF 2 and... yep I'm on board with your movie rewrite :)

Super cool idea!

Between this and RoS, Nando's been hitting his rewrites out of the park. Great video as always

I have no idea why for some reason certain people claim Days of Future Past isn't great. It is the best X-Men movie for me and the original plot is miles better than what you constructed here.

Excellent video 👏👏👏

Omg, I want to see your version of this movie so bad now!

I wanna see this movie now. Great vid.

What would have made this movie better is if we got a direct sequel to First Class it, and what would have made Apocalypse better is if it were a final send-off to the original cast set in the present day.

The worst best thing about this is that a cannot watch said rewrite. I like this team up btw. Very Spider-Man and Deadpool.

Yup, I love this rewrite!

Now we need the JustWrite&Nandocut :)

Ngl, Your rewrite sounds like the superior story here.

This was great! As all of your content is

I'd like to second the notion of not normally being a fan of "this is how I'd rewrite x" but in a film thats existence is to rewrite the mistakes of X3, why not? All your changes are great. Giving Xavier the choice at the end not the midpoint makes so more sense and adds to the urgency but even more I think you're really onto to something with the alternate Magneto timeline. Its a trope in sci-fi and comics to show an alternate "dark timeline" be it JLA Rock of Ages, Star Trek (hell, even Darkwing Duck did one) but you never get see 2 competing dark timelines. Since the X-men comics and films are essentially about competing ideologies, it would be great to see those play put and how one extreme of one side is just as deleterious as another extreme. I think its great though that Wolverine is given a temptation and a way to get his desire to be with Jean achieved. Great stuff.

Seems like this kind of story, with two separate post apocalyptic futures, would require two movies to tell well. Which is kind of what the X-Men franchise deserves. Part 1 can focus most of the runtime on the new cast, and act as a sequel to First Class first and a sendoff to the original cast second, and Part 2 would focus the majority of the runtime on the old cast, and be primarily that send off. So now you don't have to do as much heavy lifting in two hours, and you get a big end-game level event for the X-Men.

I can't wait for the Marvel Studio Xmen films I feel like they might finnally get the Xmen right

So much better than most of Nando's rewrites, you can be proud !

I loved the idea of making the meeting of the old and the new the main theme and setting up the challenges so that they can be the climax/resolution. That could have made this movie a lot more memorable and impactful

This is SUCH a good idea.

Woah this is actually great

Reminds me of "x-men no more mutants" where wanda unconsciously creates an alternate universe where humans no longer exist, and only logan remembers.

Good ideas. Very good ideas. And the Magneto Wins Timeline sounds a lot like the Age of Apocalypse - seeing a Dark Beast would be great.

That sounds so awesome ! I'm way more invested in this than I should 😅 Why do you think filmmakers make these "mistakes" ? Plotholes, lack of emotional, meaningful moments... When you put so much money in making these movies, how come they don't have guys like you to proofread the scripts ?

Damn! I love this!

Reminds me a bit of the ending of the tv show Legion, which was brilliant.

I really like this rewrite

Something that would be awesome for this version of the film is if the trailers completely hid the "Magneto Wins" timeline, making it a complete surprise.

Fantastic ❤️

Your comedy is improving!

Rewriting movie plots is a dangerous hobby, but a tempting one.

Great idea

I like your story much better now that you explained it now I want to see that movie when are you going to make it

Great video

Brilliant! This rewrite is objectively better, in every way! Now I can't watch DoFP without sneering at the missed possibilities, now.

I love this rewrite. I also think it would have worked better as the 3rd prequel movie, instead of the 2nd. Like you say, there’s a whole movie’s worth of events that have taken place, so maybe that’s what the sequel to First Class should have been, then this rewrite would serve to cap off the trilogy, as well as leaving the future timeline in a nice place. The first movie was about Magnito trying to take over the world, and the ‘last’ would see him not only succeed, but also ultimately change his mind. ‘*chef’s kiss*’

13:20 This would also have created a scene for Sir Ian McKellan to act the fuck out of, which would've been exciting.

Wow I really want to see this version of Days of Future Past!!

an cinematic outing for an X-men cartoon is needed

In the Magneto Wins Timeline, Erik becomes the monster that made him and killed his parents. He becomes Shaw. So sending the past Erik to meet his future will surely convince him to stop his plans and actually ally himself with Charles for the betterment of mutantkind. Now I wish this was actually the movie.

12:30 thank you for this movie..you altered my memory. This is the Just Write wins timeline

This was brilliant