Learn about the biomechanical horrors in store for the mutant heroes in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
If you’re like any other good Marvel X-fan, you probably spent a large chunk of yesterday salivating at the new pictures released by Empire of the characters from X-Men: Days of Future Past. It is evident that Bryan Singer is definitely at the helm of the X-franchise once more.
However, it also became clear that there are TWO Sentinel designs in the movie. One is the more colorful and groovy 1970s killing machine, and the other is a more ominous plated monstrosity from the future that is ready to send the X-Men to hell riding an optic beam.
Now, the film’s production designer, John Myhre, has opened up with Empire about just how such a look came to pass.
“They're biomechanical weapons,” Myhre said. “We had to come up with what would be the ultimate version that could actually, in principle, stop the X-Men. We started with this idea that they were almost made up of magnetic plates slapped over one another, imagining that the plates could contract or grow, so the Sentinel can be skinny to get through a small space or the plates can open up to become a bigger shape. So they have become virtually unstoppable.”
You can see for yourself if it works on May 23, 2014.