I mean, I get it, but at the same time, the man literally bent his will and his outlook just to appease his best friend. What happened when he did that? He watched thousands of his people get killed in a senseless act of violence and was tortured by a crazy ass Sentinel hybrid.
You really can’t blame Magnus for going back to basics after that.
Definitely agree with you too about Jean. Loved the fight with Sinister and how she handled herself.
No, she’s utterly annoying AF. Sister wants to go off on everyone, when Remy literally died because of her. Every other character in this series has been OUTSTANDING! She, can definitely use a hiatus and be removed from the intro credits for a couple of seasons for all I care……and replace her with Psylocke!!!!
Favorite Characters: Wolfsbane, Storm, Psylcoke, Beast, Feral, Tempo, Nightcrawler, Quicksilver
Favorite Titles: X-Men Red, Legion of X, Marauders, Hellions
Favorite Characters: Wolfsbane, Storm, Psylcoke, Beast, Feral, Tempo, Nightcrawler, Quicksilver
Favorite Titles: X-Men Red, Legion of X, Marauders, Hellions
As much as I like this show, they really hoodwinked me with the whole Bishop joining the team stuff. Even if he shows up in the finale and saves the day, it still won't be enough.
Now that 9/10 have been released, here is my current listing, from best to worst:
#5. Remember It.
Obviously.
#2. Mutant Liberation Begins.
Very well structured and edited. Great Magneto and Storm stuff.
#7. Bright Eyes
Kinda different, but very successful. Rogue was incredible. Nanobot Trask was a scary opponent, and Cable's save was excellent.
#3. Fire Made Flesh
Excellent distillation of Maddie/Inferno/etc. Season's best/gorgeous animation.
#8. Tolerance is Extinction part 1
The Prime Sentinels being activated was very scary. Great Summers family outing. 'Magneto was right' was well executed, the ending slapped.
#4. Motendo/Life Death part 1
Surprisingly effective showings for Jubilee and Mojo. Excellent distillation of LifeDeath. Loved the redesign on the Adversary.
#1. To Me, My X-Men
Slightly clunky/cheesy, lots of exposition, but some top tier action scenes, especially for Cyclops and Storm, good use of foreshadowing, and Magneto's appearance in the end was cool(even if I don't love his new VA or facial character design).
#9. Tolerance is Extinction part 2
Very messy. Too many plots not well executed, but still some nice scenes. Jean vs. Sinister vs. Cable was great. Storm's return was weak. Fatal Attraction could have been better.
#6. Life Death part 2.
Very weak distillation of Storm's powerless period and Fall of the Mutants, even if the repowering scene was cute. Deathbird's "milky way ghetto" was iconic, but otherwise the Shi'Ar stuff didn't really land.
Overall the finale is kinda disappointing me. It looks like the season peaked very early, and couldn't eclipse it, but maaaaybe 10 will be fantastic. Even 9 and 6 had redeeming qualities, and the rest were good to great, so the season still did a very good job, but it has not been flawless. Hopefully season 2 is even tighter somehow, and the messiness and uneven character handling will be better resolved.
Bishop, Beast, and Roberto got the short end of the stick this season, Wolvie too a bit, and even Gambit and Storm, despite also having incredible moments. Jean, Scott, and Magneto took the cake, with Rogue right behind them, and Jubes a little after her. A later addition, Nightcrawler was excellent, other than being so short. Cable was pretty good, but he was kinda better in the OG show somehow, despite his origins and family being explored here. Forge was well executed, probably more likable than the comics version, but they skimped a bit on his origin and his Fall of the Mutants role, not to mention his connection with Bastion, but maybe they have a little more for him in #10. Morph kinda neutral, not great not bad. Xavier, kinda bad, but mostly because I despise the new VA and the Lilandra stuff didn't quite work for me.
Even though I have some notes, I am still impressed overall. If they just slow down a little bit and try to be more balanced with who gets focus when, they could refine this even better, but it's already quite solid. If Storm gets the Scott/Jean treatment next season, I will sing praises on high, but that I felt she was underserviced but still enjoyed most of the show is a credit to the team.
Let the flames destroy all but that which is pure and true!