The Timeless Resonance of X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2020
- An analysis of Chris Claremont and John Byrne's X-Men time travel story, "Days of Future Past," and how its dystopic future changes the entire story arc of X-Men comics.
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Ya'll remember 2013? Remember the sentinels walking down the street? Kids these days won't know what it was like.
Lost a lot of good friends that year.
We deserve veterans discounts for having to deal with that.
You can thank Frieza for that. To think it took him hours to do what the so called homo superior could not do period just shows how big the universe is, lol.
There are multiple timelines. Ours doesn't have sentinels...yet.
I swear, the panel with Kitty walking past the graveyard with all of the heroes tombstones was poignant. Seeing not just X-Men names, but the entirety of the Fantastic Four and others had been killed, too
First time I read it, I got chills, couldn't belive it
THE game changing storyline! And done in just two single issues without any gimmicky crossovers variant covers or higher prices.
It's pretty amazing to see what they did with just a few issues. Makes me miss compressed storytelling when so many comics stretch their stories for longer than necessary these days.
Matt Draper that’s because back in the 80’s, there wasn’t a trade paperback format, it was rare for stories to get reprinted( which is ironic considering that the title only survived as reprints until Bryne took over), meaning if you missed an issue, you were usually lost in terms of plot, since they didn’t have recap pages back then. So each issue and story “ mattered” more. Nowadays, we’re spoiled on the “ write for the trade” mentality.
@@Dhampir101980 The recaps were usually in the dialogue within the first five page, complete with editor's notes directing you to the relevant issues.
"Maybe they are destined to fail in a world..."
He is going to say it! He is going to say the thing! A world that fears and hates them!
"...Where prejudice holds ultimate power."
...Come on, Matt.
Regardless, great video as always! I love how big this story seems in retrospective and how you managed to amplify its importance. I think tragedy is one of those things that really defines the X-Men: Their enemy is hate and prejudice, and those are so engraved in the human psyche, that they can never truly win against it (Kind of like Batman's own Long Defeat)
The Claremont run is one of the most impressive, most constant runs in comics, followed by Simonson's Thor, and Kirby/Lee's FF. Nice to see a video about one of the many runs.
Those are all classics. Some other classics worthy of consideration are Grant Morrison's New X-Men, Rick Remender's Uncanny X-Force (maybe throw in Uncanny Avengers if you want since it's a direct continuation), Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four, Hickman's Avengers/New Avengers, Ed Brubaker's Captain America, Frank Miller's Daredevil, Brian Bendis's Daredevil, Bendis's Avengers (Avengers, New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Dark Avengers, I get some would contest this, but i love most of it, and it did for the Avengers in comics culture what Cleremont did for X-Men), JMS's Thor, JMS's Amazing Spider-Man, David Michelinie's Iron-Man, Michelinie's Amazing Spider-Man, and Tom DeFalco's Amazing Spider-Man.
Claremont's x-men run for me is just one of the top 10 best comic book runs :
10 Teen Titans - Marv Wolfman and George Perez
9 Green Arrow - Benjamin Percy
8 Justice League - Grant Morrison
7 Daredevil - Bendis/Ed Brubaker
6 Thor - Jason Aaron
5 X-men - Chris Claremont
4 Fantastic Four - Jonathan Hickman
3 JSA - Geoff Johns
2 Spider Man - Stan Lee and Steve Ditko/ John Romita
1 Superman - Peter J Tomasi
@@Tyler_W All this runs are great, although I would also add Stan Lee and Steve Ditko/ John Romita's Spider man, and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four (the two best classics of marvel and also the ones who help started the Marvel universe back in the 60's)
John Byrne's are and Terry Austin's inks are so beautiful and they are my favorite collaborators. Along with Claremont they created magic. John Byrne's work on the Fantastic Four was also incredible. This was a great time for reading comics.
One of the most iconic and definitive time travel superhero stories.
Someday you will do Waid's Flash, Robinson's Starman, Morrison's JLA or Johns' JSA. I know that!
I’d love to cover all of these eventually!
Man, 2013 was a weird year...
Yeah, but 2020 looks like it's got it beat.
Claremont was THE guy that made everyone care about the X-Men. While I’ve only read mostly the early stuff, it has gotten me to love the uncanny mutants. Glad Hickman has gotten people to care about the X-Men again. Great video once again.
Any ideas for videos on New X-Men and Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men?
Thanks! I have no idea what X-Men story I’ll cover next. So we’ll see!
I think Marvel may have squandered whatever goodwill House of X and Power of X generated by putting out too X-titles too often and having Lenil Francis Yu do the art on X-Men rather. Both Larraz and the other artist on House of X and Power of X were better.
God when X-Men is good, it's SO GOOD. Love almost everything about Hickman's book so far. Even most of the side books are great!
I feel more sympathetic toward the guy who blew himself up on the satellite and his widow than I do toward the X-Men though.
@@VonWenk The guy who was going to help massacre all of mutant kind? He's not a guy that deserves a lot of sympathy I don't think lol
@@wilburke5793 The mutantkind that steals Reed Richards' and Tony Stark's designs from secure facilities, injuring and maiming people, walks into hearings and says, "We're not subject to your laws"? Gideon(?) sacrificed himself to ensure the Mother Mold went online. How is that any less noble than the X-Men dying to stop it from going online? Plus, in the ceremony where Storm welcomed back the X-Men Xavier had resurrected, she sounded like a cultist.
@@VonWenk because the X-Men sacrificing themselves is to save millions of lives, while Gideon's(I don't remember his name either lol so we're just gonna go with it) is to extinguish them.
It's cool how old-school comics could tell such complex and interesting stories in like, half the number of issues used today. I don't know if one is better than the other, but looking at older runs it's like 3 issues and SO much happens
They both have their advantages for sure. Personally, I’d always go with fewer issues than more, just to keep the pacing tight and focused.
@@MattDraper I think ultimately, it's more enjoyable filling in the gaps on your own about dangling questions/ideas, as opposed to getting TOO much information
That's because modern writers write deconpressed stories for trades now.
@@Tyler_W Ah, that makes sense. But I think it also causes issues when reading a run week to week VS actually having the full trade so the story all flows at once
I wonder if the Skynet run future in Terminator was based off Days of Future Past since the film came out 3 years after the story.
Ending it on the spread of the party in HoX was neat. I loved this one!
You know whats scary about Days of Future Past?
That at the time, this WAS the definitive future of the Marvel universe. Let that sink in some.
I'm still beyond excited for your blankets video these honestly are great and I think hard on the state of the medium of comics in western society. What I am saying is you give me hope and I am really grateful for the effort you throw into these videos. BEST OF LUCK
Thanks! No exact time on the Blankets video, but it’ll happen. Really love making these so I’m glad they connect with other people!
Actually, Days of Future Past was published in Oct. and Nov. of 1980. While it's a great story and a classic, I think some of its impact may have been diminished by how frequently writers have gone back to it, especially bringing Rachel Summers into the present. There's a trope I wouldn't mind seeing die: mutants coming from the future to join the X-Men in the present.
I like how this story was re-interpreted in X-Men TAS.
This was one of the first issues I read as a kid. It totally blew me away. When I saw all those gravestones with with all those names on it, I didn't even knew who all these characters were, but I knew they had a meaning. I kept reading the next issues, and characters mentioning the Death of Phoenix. I simply knew I had stepped into a rich world full of fantastic drama. Claremont's and Byrne's X-Men run will always have a very special place in my heart.
This arc is set in the distant future of 2013, right? (Kind of a mad statement! 😱) If only Clairmont had set it 7 years later it would be frighteningly accurate. Sorry for the dark joke, but I think 2020 is earning my sarcasm.
Yep it's 2013. Still a terrifying future, no matter the year.
@@MattDraper while I wasn't a fan of the Dark Phoenix Saga I need to read that story one day. I'm a sucker for a nice dystopian story.
As a fan of the X-men since watching X-men TAS, I’m so happy you looked at this story! There’s so many more X-men stories you could do videos for, from the graphic novel God Loves, Man Kills to Frank Miller & Chris Claremont’s seminal Wolverine mini series, & of course the aforementioned Dark Phoenix saga, as well as Morrison’s New X-men, Whedon’s Astonishing run or even the new comics by Jonathan Hickman!
Many many great stories, all with different things to discuss in a video. I'm sure it won't be long until I do another X-Men video.
@@MattDraper if I may, I'd suggest you do a video on something surprising. How about the Mutant massacre or Fall of the Mutants? Both are very dark and well known but maybe less iconic. I'd love your take on those stories
Depressing ending dude. Amazing video though... But damn that was sad
I’m a sadboy, it comes naturally.
I feel like this is a really cool time travel formula that’s been reused again and again to great success: Star Trek TNG’s “Yesterday’s Enteprise” and Superman TAS’s “Brave New Metropolis.” The Flashpoint Paradox. Even one of the main quests in Dragon Age Inquisition.
Lemme know if you can think of any others.
So many great stories!
Manga and anime like dragon ball z also did this too.
Days of Future Past shows that our Fate may be dark but to give in to despair is not an option. We have to fight for what we know is right.
Matt, I absolutely love all of your submissions, but this one was particularly excellent. X-Men #142 was the first X-Men comic I ever read. I remember that my parents bought this issue for my brother while I got an obscure Fantastic Four Comic from the same timeframe for a trip we were making to New Orleans. I had just turned 10 years old and I can still remember reading the issue several times, drinking in the desperation and camaraderie that Logan, Ororo, Peter, and Kate had. I fell in love with the X-Men from that point on. Thanks for helping an old man remember his first love.
So glad you liked it! It's an absolutely unforgettable story, especially when read at a young age. Easily one of the greats!
Thanks again Matt! Great choice, but it is hard to miss with Clairmont X-Men 😎
Chris clairmont is the definitive x men writer and this snd the dark Phoenix saga are his masterworks. P.s. you should cover more x men
I was waiting for you to publish an Xmen video and needless to say I'm more than ready for this.
The creators of the different Sentinels never learn. Most if not all of them will become self aware. Whether it's Master Mold, Bastion, Nimrod and so on.
The seeds are planted, it flavors the present, it mirrors the past, and the Future is almost upon us.
Another amazing video. I’d love to see you go over more X-Men storylines, but tbh I’ll watch whatever you put out.
Welp, today's thew day I learn my favorite show of all time has influenced one of my favorite comic stories of all time. All I can say, Absolutely Fantastic.
Fantastic, well done Matt!!
Thank you!
Under rated views for an amazing video. Great job
Oh I love the last part: "But the X-Men will keep fighting, and maybe, with enough luck, the future can be the future we want it to be" pans to Krakoa's massive party
I managed to get some issues from the Claremont era, including Days Of Future Past, and found out how weird and insane X-Men are. The movies do not show that. I think the closest is Legion.
Well said Matt...I'm glad to have found your channel,binged watched all your videos-GREAT WORK!!!! Have already subscribed and in the words of the Invincible Wolverine-keeping coming BUB!!!!
I've been waiting and reminiscing on this. Such is life with the future past.
Truly influential. Great synopsis. 👍
I love days of future past it’s such a amazing story about the x-men trying to stop that dark future from ever happening and really awesome as for its sequels they are just meh at best not terrible but nothing classic like the original story but that’s just my opinion.
I’m a fan of time travel concepts in media and I always look to this arc as a great example of it.
Phenomenal Matty
Byrne's input should not be understated. Look at the crap that came out once he left. Claremont is like Lee, he needed a creative force to make great comics.
I’d like to humbly suggest god loves man kills for the next x-men video
god i LOVE THIS STORY SO MUCH
Probably my favorite X-Men story arc that involves the entire team. I actually just found the other issue I was missing from my collection. Cost me a pretty penny, but it was worth it
This was one powerful story!
Days of Future past cemented Claremont as the definitive x men writer he pushed our favorite mutants into an odessey with hellish ordeal and very few rewards now Hickman brings these same sense of dread and uncertainty with house, powers and Dawn of x raising the stakes of the future of mutantkind to new heights almost a second coming of Claremont's run as it were in the sense the future may end up being far more darker for mutants and humanity as a whole and doing everything necessary to change it but unsure what repercussions will emerge and by whose hand will it be.
What a great video - I’m actually just up to this in my x-men read! Will you be doing anymore x-men videos?!?
Don’t mind me. Just here to help the algorithm.
I remember the date in the caption, was in grade 3,at the time, memories.
DOFP is Xavier's worst nightmare and also what Magneto sees as inevitable unless he takes over or wipes out humanity.
Another great one, may I recommend God Loves Man Kills
Another GREAT job on your video content Matt,this two issue run was GREAT,THE MOVIE WAS good too!!! The plight of the X-Men is a stark reflection of the plight of black people in America.Being despired for the color of your skin,tortured lyned and killed at your neighbors leisure(Black Wallstreet,Rose Wood...just to name a few.)Homes,busines and churches bombed for no reason other than you can or you felt like it...no fear of going to prison.....The X-Men is a comicbook,real life is BRUTAL.
Absolutely. The metaphor that separates X-Men from the real world is very small. Change just a few things, and it's right there.
can you do Geoff Johns run on Jsa or Peter David run on Hulk
Hmmm greatest arc ever period
Please do more X-Men videos!!
I saw days of future past and I click :)
Will you cover the hickman run on the X-Men
Fun fact: the story was loosely and unintentionally inspired by Dr. Who episodes "Days of the Daleks".
Daleks = Sentinels
***** five star video. Well done. I will subscribe to your channel.
You should review Superman: The Last Son of Krypton, it's a good read
Great video, but I miss the saxophone at the end.
Love the sound track used in the back. Got a playlist?
I make sure to put all songs and links to them in each video description, so check that out.
I suggest you make a video about X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills too. It's just as brilliant as Days of Future Past
You gonna cover gwenpool in the future
Haven’t read it yet, so not sure.
what software is used to edit comic book panels like this?
I need to do this for a project anyones help would be appreciated
When are you going to do a video on the Dark Phoenix storyline?
Despite the Phoenix Saga been the most iconic X-men story of all, DOFP stil one my favorites x-men stories as well one the best Chris Claremont work in the team. Even though is short story compare to his other works, still a great one, having sci-fy elements like time travel and alternative future, but also keeping the focus in the central theme of the x-men as characters : the fight against prejudice and discrimination. Plus the story does a great foreshadowing for the badass hero that Kitty Pryde would end up becoming later (this development is even better in the novel version).
Considering that Marvel now has the x-men rights and will certanly introduce the mutants in the MCU, I think that, just like the avengers movie lead up to IW and Endgame, the MCU x-men movies could lead up to a new adaptation of Days of Future Past (or having some elements from the story), having the x-men, at the end of their trilogy, fighting not just to save the world but also to save the future of everyone, humans and mutants.
Can you do FX’s Legion??
I really want you to do Hickman's AVENGERS
Okay so it's now 2020. Does that mean that today are the future days of days of the future past? I'm getting confused.
It’s about time you did an X-Men video.
So Terminator stole from Claremont's X-Men right?
WIll you cover Abnett/Lanning's GotG?
As someone who has returned to comics in the past few years after a long absence, can anyone let me know all the X-Men titles/issues which have re-visited the Days of Future Past storyline? Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.
What happened to the saxophone ending?
Well that’s depressing
Have you changed your end music? I do like it but the original is really nice also
I'm going to be doing a few different things with the end credits in the near future, so yeah it's changing.
@@MattDraper Oh ok nice
Do Chris Claremont Wolverine
Do more x men videos
*There was a dream. Our dreams were the same. While you slept. The world Changed.*
Hell yea!
Old outro was better imo
He changed the outro 😱😢
Destined to fail... that's reassuring.
This comic blue my 12 year old mind.
Ther should be a story where the x-mans powers never stop evolving.
Storm living in the middle of a massive hurricane, or ice man becomes an elemental. Its gets to the point where you realize that mutants become such a destructive force of nature they have no choice but to kill them before they destroy half a continent
I thought DAYS was John Byrne's story, that Claremont scripted.
Love the ideas and messages of DOFP, especially that art. Sadly, in Hickman's run, it now seems the mutants are embracing the tools and bigotries of their opponents, because the X-Men are now a mutant-supremacist death cult. I'm fine with that as a story idea, but not as a default as if that's just normal, because that is a betrayal of the values of the X-Men. Thankfully, Hickman seems self-aware about this since HOX/POX established that Moira believes she has finally broken Xavier's ideals. I'll still go along for the journey, because I trust that Hickman will leave them in a positive position when all is said and done. He's already clearly shown that their current course is foolish and low key dystopian.
I honestly think the movie was better than the comic. It was more consequential, more emotional and more dramatic.
John Byrne basically conceived plotted and outlined this story Chris basically wrote some dialogue
Byrne eventually left the x men tired of Claremont undermining his plots art and story arcs
But we got his fantastic run on FF
James Cameron plagiarized Harlan Ellison, also Marvel,s X-Men ?Just wondering.
Time travel themed plotlines have been overused by Marvel in their comicbooks to the point that it becomes so ridiculous. Same goes to DC Comics by which the timelines of their series have become convoluted.
No comments about the movie? Let me guess. You all hate the movie? But to me, the movie is better crafted than the comic ever was or could ever hope to be
Luke M cool
That sounds awful to read. I do hate time travel stories. But ones that never reach anything but a horrifying ending? Ugh.
"Mutant hating robots" they cant hate mutants because it's their programming to hunt mutants not hate or like. God you're pandering to strong words to incite a response
the worst thing to ever happen in x men