Is there a reason they never call Magneto by name?
Is there a reason they never call Magneto by name?
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.
Last edited by Divine Spark; 12-10-2018 at 12:04 AM.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The spider is always on the hunt.
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.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!