i didn't really follow any of the extra-film goodies (not sure of a better term, e.g. The Bent Bullet) that was released before DOFP nor did I watch either of the Wolverine movies (which I've seen someone comment as having affected the original timeline?). I've also only since DOFP once, so I'm gonna rely on all of you to fact-check.
Anyways, basically, I'm just trying to understand the basic timeline gist of the sentinels (not specific years or anything because, lol, good luck reconciling that).
XMFC - existence of mutants may or may not be revealed to very specific people in the government after Cuba Missile Crisis
pre-DOFP - Erik gets imprisoned in '63. Between then and '73, Trask successfully hunts down, experiments, and kills most of the Brotherhood+others. Did anyone see if there were any specific dates on those autopsy reports? Like, were all those captures an immediate thing? Something that happened later on?
- If Mystique gets her own movies, I swear to god, there better be at least a voiceover explaining what happened during those ten years better.
- Since Mystique seems to only discover Trask Industries' involvement in '73 after finding out where the Vietnam Mutant Taskforce was going to be shipped to, it seems a good guess that either (a) Trask was very good at capturing the Brotherhood mutants one-by-one or (b) someone/something else was doing the capturing and Trask was buying from them.
- Trask begins making Sentinels. At some point, he hears about Magneto (due to JFK assassination?) and makes them plastic.
DOFP, original timeline: - US govt refuses Sentinel program.
- Mystique kills Trask. She gets captured by Stryker and is then experimented on by Stryker and/or US government.
- all governments want Sentinel program.
post-DOFP, original timeline: - Mystique escapes after some X number of years.
- Magneto is released from prison, somehow, and Mystique rejoins Magneto. I feel like these two are related... Mystique is so traumatized/angry/full of rage that she's like, "WHO CAN HELP ME GET VENGEANCE?" and goes 'oh yeah, erik' and does Prison Break Version 1.0 <-- current headcanon (plz, quicksilver, not even a drop of blood while breaking him out? lemme show you sumthin).
- Mystique's blood is analyzed. and analyzed. and analyzed. Successful integration into Sentinels?
- Magneto loses his powers. Mystique loses her powers. Charles returns by possessing his comatose brother's body (????).
post X3
- Governments finally decide to release Sentinel program against Mutant Menace
- Magneto regains powers. Mystique presumably dies (with/without regaining powers?)
- 2023: death, mayhem, and near-extinction
basically, i have no idea why sentinels were initially created in '70s and not heard of until post-2000s, especially since in the original timeline, they weren't shelved.
sentinel timeline
Anyways, basically, I'm just trying to understand the basic timeline gist of the sentinels (not specific years or anything because, lol, good luck reconciling that).
XMFC
- existence of mutants may or may not be revealed to very specific people in the government after Cuba Missile Crisis
pre-DOFP
- Erik gets imprisoned in '63. Between then and '73, Trask successfully hunts down, experiments, and kills most of the Brotherhood+others. Did anyone see if there were any specific dates on those autopsy reports? Like, were all those captures an immediate thing? Something that happened later on?
- If Mystique gets her own movies, I swear to god, there better be at least a voiceover explaining what happened during those ten years better.
- Since Mystique seems to only discover Trask Industries' involvement in '73 after finding out where the Vietnam Mutant Taskforce was going to be shipped to, it seems a good guess that either (a) Trask was very good at capturing the Brotherhood mutants one-by-one or (b) someone/something else was doing the capturing and Trask was buying from them.
- Trask begins making Sentinels. At some point, he hears about Magneto (due to JFK assassination?) and makes them plastic.
DOFP, original timeline:
- US govt refuses Sentinel program.
- Mystique kills Trask. She gets captured by Stryker and is then experimented on by Stryker and/or US government.
- all governments want Sentinel program.
post-DOFP, original timeline:
- Mystique escapes after some X number of years.
- Magneto is released from prison, somehow, and Mystique rejoins Magneto. I feel like these two are related... Mystique is so traumatized/angry/full of rage that she's like, "WHO CAN HELP ME GET VENGEANCE?" and goes 'oh yeah, erik' and does Prison Break Version 1.0 <-- current headcanon (plz, quicksilver, not even a drop of blood while breaking him out? lemme show you sumthin).
- Mystique's blood is analyzed. and analyzed. and analyzed. Successful integration into Sentinels?
- 2000s: X1 (magneto imprisoned again), X2 (prison break version 2.0), X3 (charles dies)
- Magneto loses his powers. Mystique loses her powers. Charles returns by possessing his comatose brother's body (????).
post X3
- Governments finally decide to release Sentinel program against Mutant Menace
- Magneto regains powers. Mystique presumably dies (with/without regaining powers?)
- 2023: death, mayhem, and near-extinction
basically, i have no idea why sentinels were initially created in '70s and not heard of until post-2000s, especially since in the original timeline, they weren't shelved.