Mandela effect? More like a magnetic effect.You may have noticed that Magneto doesn’t get his telepathic blocking powers from his helmet anywhere That was until the first X-Men movie, and now screenwriter David Hayter (also known as the voice of Solid Snake and Naked Snake) has revealed how this happened.
One of the cool things about Twitter is that users often find themselves thinking and debating the nerdiest little details of almost everything. Often times, these chats end up on the screens of creative people who can shed some light on our favorite works of fiction. In this case, the man responsible for the script for the first X-Men movie explains why Magneto’s helmet became one of his strongest assets against Charles Xavier. It turns out that almost didn’t happen.
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According to Hayter, director Bryan Singer posed the question of why Xavier couldn’t use his disabled telepathic powers to neutralize Magneto, and since no one had a good answer, his helmet became the counterpoint to his old friend. Become your enemy’s ultimate weapon. . In case you’re wondering: No, this wasn’t somehow correctly established beforehand in the comics.
The history and significance of Magneto’s helmet is actually quite long and complex, but the pre-2000 comics never gave a clear answer to Eric Lensherr’s sudden ability to fight Xavier’s mental intrusion or simply stop him from trying . In fact, Magneto has also had a long and troubled history with telepathy over the decades, often displaying surprisingly powerful psychic powers. However, “it’s just a helmet” was never considered until the live-action movie came out.
While this addition “fixes” one of the many “plot/logic holes” in the X-Men story, it also raises another question with no convincing answer: Why doesn’t Xavier just go after the other Brotherhood members? This whole discussion becomes even more interesting when you consider that Juggernaut already had a helmet early on to protect him from psychic attacks.
