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X-Men: Days of Future Past has one of my very favorite scenes in Marvel cinema. Logan saves the past and returns to a present time that is completely different, but entirely embraced.

For years, the dystopian mutant genocide has ravaged the world. The X-Men are constantly running and fighting, always wondering who will die next. He has no idea if his time travel adventure is going to work, but its their only shot.

When he eventually awakens in the mansion, its like a dream. He can't believe it. Everyone is still alive, kids are running through the halls. He sees all his old friends and realizes that the plan worked. In his 150 year existence, he finally has something that he loves become restored to its glory. For once, Logan has peace. He has gratitude.

And he is the only one who will carry the weight of the knowledge and horrors of where (and when) he came from, and what he had to endure, just to save this timeline that no one else even realizes could've been so much worse. Even Professor X is surprised when he scans Logan's mind and realizes that this iteration of Logan is...different.

I just love that trope in story-telling that depicts a tragic protagonist who makes world-saving sacrifices that no one will ever know about. Its a weight that they must carry forever, in silence.

(SPOILER) X-Men: Days of Future Past has one of my very favorite scenes in Marvel cinema. Logan saves the past and returns to a present time that is completely different, but entirely embraced.

For years, the dystopian mutant genocide has ravaged the world. The X-Men are constantly running and fighting, always wondering who will die next. He has no idea if his time travel adventure is going to work, but its their only shot.

When he eventually awakens in the mansion, its like a dream. He can't believe it. Everyone is still alive, kids are running through the halls. He sees all his old friends and realizes that the plan worked. In his 150 year existence, he finally has something that he loves become restored to its glory. For once, Logan has peace. He has gratitude.

And he is the only one who will carry the weight of the knowledge and horrors of where (and when) he came from, and what he had to endure, just to save this timeline that no one else even realizes could've been so much worse. Even Professor X is surprised when he scans Logan's mind and realizes that this iteration of Logan is...different.

I just love that trope in story-telling that depicts a tragic protagonist who makes world-saving sacrifices that no one will ever know about. Its a weight that they must carry forever, in silence.

Its *just* a super hero movie, don't sweat it.

Sure.

But...I just can't shake some of the weirdness in this movie. I just can't. The film is absolutely steeped in hard, evil conspiracy. Right off the bat, Steve finds out Widow is conducting her own clandestine intelligence operation while they're supposed to be on a rescue/recon mission. Then he finds out that SHIELD is secretly conducting a giant underground warehouse facility housing the most sophisticated new AI military equipment in the world.

The same equipment is going to use predictive measures in determining the location and termination of citizens that it has deemed dangerous or undesireable. Fury, his boss, a black man, is nearly executed in broad daylight by many white men dressed as police. We even see themes of phone bugging and location tracking. The movie is even so bold to allude to the *very real* Operation Paperclip, as a Nazi splinter group known as "Hydra" has fully enveloped the operations of the US Government.

We even have a mysterious mind controlled assassin who is responsible for some of the most consequential political deaths of the past 6 decades.

Like, this movie feels more and more real with each passing year. Like this shit is DARK. No monsters, no aliens, just pure political human-techno evil.

Thoughts?

Then somewhere along the line, big junkfood realized they had us by the throat anyway, so they decided to slim down the options and we just went along with it. Bummer.

In his 1900 campaign, he made 480 whistle stop speeches to crowds across 23 states! 480! That doesn't even include other public appearances or events!

The stage and show was in the parking lot down by the river. There was going to be a really big West Fargo/South Fargo fight or rumble that was supposed to happen at the basketball court that friday night. After a huge crowd gathered and a little bit of macho posturing, the whole thing fizzled out and everyone went home. 10/10 experience. It was a blast.