The cure
X-Men: Last Stand, which is considered one of the worst X-Men movies to date, tried to present a number of stories in just a couple of hours. One of them concerns the so-called cure for mutant genes, which was actually a plot point from the Astonishing X-Men.
The same plot point can be traced to Logan as well, although with a twist. We already knew that Mister Sinister, although not present in the film, would influence its events. And we now know that Dr. Zander Rice was responsible for creating and disseminating a cure with the help of genetically modified corn-syrup, effectively stopping the appearance of new mutants.
It can also be said that, in this case, Laura Kinney and the other test subjects were, in fact, like the comics’Â Hope Summers. In the comics, after the House of M events, Hope’s birth meant a new age for the X-Men and all of the other mutants.
So it can be said that Laura Kinney represents the hope for a brighter (or, in this case, darker and R-rated, as we hoped) future for the X-Men.
