When they were promoting DOFP the studio put out a timeline that confirmed that Origins took place in the 80s. Some people claimed this was a retcon, but there were those of us who were arguing that was a possibility since 2009. The movie never said that the film's climax was supposed to represent what "really happened" during the Three Mile Island incident; that is something people assumed. The thing though is that it doesn't make sense. Why would they build a whole fake power plant to hide a base and how would they even pull that off since it would be obvious that it is not contributing to the power grid? Thus, the more likely scenario is that Stryker simply moved in after the meltdown because, as he said in the film, people's fears of radiation would keep them away (it was safe to go there after the meltdown but the general public feared otherwise).
If you're among those now thinking about the collapse of the cooling tower, I would remind you that neither cooling tower collapsed during the meltdown and they are still standing today. They are also highly visible from far off so there is no way that one could collapse and then secretly be rebuilt without someone noticing, (either during or after the incident) and therefore it's an event that is unique to the X-men universe.
As for Supperhero's exact year of 1981; that's based on his own calculations. In short, he figures that Origin's teenage Cyclops couldn't be older than Apocalypse's teenage Cyclops so if Origins took place in the 80s, before 1983, then... you get the idea.
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Knowby_Warrior
8 years ago
As for Supperhero's exact year of 1981; that's based on his own calculations. In short, he figures that Origin's teenage Cyclops couldn't be older than Apocalypse's teenage Cyclops so if Origins took place in the 80s, before 1983, then... you get the idea.
Nicely put, that's my logic.
(I'm Supperhero LOL)
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