The Gifted, Season 2

[Jokerz79]

Is there a reason they never call Magneto by name?

[tkitna]

Is there a reason they never call Magneto by name?

I know. Samething happens in AoS. A few name drops here and there would propel these shows along and generate some buzz.

[The Cool Thatguy]

I know. Samething happens in AoS. A few name drops here and there would propel these shows along and generate some buzz.

Would they?

We'd never actually see the characters in question, and it would open them up to rather obvious questions, like say why 'X character (heh) isn't here'.

I don't think it does a show any favor to reference characters they can't use.

[Theleviathan]

Would they?

We'd never actually see the characters in question, and it would open them up to rather obvious questions, like say why 'X character (heh) isn't here'.

I don't think it does a show any favor to reference characters they can't use.

They are already referencing. That's what makes it so weird they won't just say the names we know they're referring to.

[tkitna]

Would they?

We'd never actually see the characters in question, and it would open them up to rather obvious questions, like say why 'X character (heh) isn't here'.

I don't think it does a show any favor to reference characters they can't use.

I think it would. AoS already references characters by saying things like, the big green guy, or the god with the hammer. Why not just say the names?

[Divine Spark]

Interesting that they are doing the cure plot storyline from Josh Whedom’s “Gifted”, which was poorly told in X3. All while also having another attempt at Dark Phoenix which would have been released around this time.

[Iron Fist]

Is there a reason they never call Magneto by name?

I think it's a rights issue? Same thing happens in the Netflix shows. If theyre owned by the same parent company but not made the same sub-company there seems to be some weird issue with it.

[Anarchist]

Well they could just easily go around that by calling him Max Eisenhardt.

Afair, the movie version of the man goes strictly by Erik Lehnsherr.

[Immortal Weapon]

I saw the winter premier. It was a rather bittersweet reunion for the underground. At least Andy's parents see just crappy he is now.

[Basara]

I think it would. AoS already references characters by saying things like, the big green guy, or the god with the hammer. Why not just say the names?

They do in AoS. Phil asked Dr. Randolph, whom they figured out was Asgardian, if he knew Thor. Dr. Randolph snarkily replied that all Asgardians pal around with Asgardian royalty. Later, after helping them, Phil told Dr. Randolph that he actually knew Thor and might one day introduce him with his prince.

I'm also pretty sure Phil asked Sif about Thor as well when she showed up.

Later, Deathlok was training at a SHIELD training facility, pushing a bulldozer, if I recall correctly. Once he's finished, he asks if he beat Captain America's record, to which the SHIELD agent evaluating him laughs and tells him that he wasn't even close.

This last season, General Talbot was desperate to use his power to fight Thanos, whom the Kree had told him was attacking Earth.

That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure AoS namedrops a lot more. I seem to recall Tony's name popping up from time to time. Of course, there were also the two appearances by Nick Fury.

The point is that AoS is much more aligned with the MCU than the Netflix shows, as things that happen in the MCU movies massively affect the show. Also, it was Phil and his team that provided the intel on the location of Loki's staff to the Avengers as well as the helicarrier in Age of Ultron.

[Elden]

At least Andy's parents see just crappy he is now.

Oh please, he was going to kill a genocidal racist bigot, boo-hoo. They'd rather let him live to kill more mutants in the future because they were too gutless to stop him.

Like Magneto and Cyclops: Andy was Right!

[Huntsman Spider]

I don't entirely mind Andy breaking that Purifier's legs to send a message. I do mind that by that point, it wasn't so much self-defense as it was, to quote Pantera, a vulgar display of power born more out of anger and hate than anything else. Yeah, the Purifier had it coming, but the thing that made the X-Men actual heroes was that they rose above the temptation to use their powers simply to vent their hate and anger. What concerns me more is what he said about essentially wiping out humanity, at least if he had his way, and that's where he completely loses me. Genocide, whether humans against mutants or mutants against humans, is what the bad guys do, and accepting it as any sort of defensible or justifiable solution for dealing with bigots . . . well, genocide is the ultimate expression of bigotry, so where does that end up? Nowhere good.

[Kirby101]

Andy is an annoying little prick.
Don't know how the Mutant Underground, that can't break someone out of a compound guarded by yahoos without help, think they can possibly save Mutantkind from humanity.

[Elden]

What concerns me more is what he said about essentially wiping out humanity, at least if he had his way, and that's where he completely loses me.

He talked about wiping out all the Purifiers/racists. Unless you think literally every human being is a racist he wasn't talking about genocide. At all.

[Immortal Weapon]

He talked about wiping out all the Purifiers/racists. Unless you think literally every human being is a racist he wasn't talking about genocide. At all.

His way of thinking will eventually lead to genocide. Your fooling yourself if you think his bigotry will be limited to Purifiers. He'll end up being a non psychotic Rebecca.