Frosty
01-31-2002, 11:31 PM
Let's start from the beginning because the truly great ideas behind fiction come from one idea. When Stan Lee created the X-Men it was to reflect the Civil Rights Movement in a more action oriented comic book like faction. The X-Men didn't choose to have powers and more often thatn not the powers were liabilities. What was more intresting however was the marvel universe, a reality which seemed to reflect our own very closely, where there was change and diversity their were liberals, reactionaries, and an uneasy public response. It seemed real and genuine and provided the basis for the epic Sentinal and Magneto backstories.
Fast Foward to 2001. A show with flawless, top of the line animation and adequate voice acting comes along named X-Men Evolution. Now was the chance to improve on the early nineties Fox Series. We had a chance to see the calm before the storm. the chess pieces of major conflict slowly being moved into position. Imagine a Germany in the early to mid 1930's where the Nazis are slowly gaining support. Combine this with adolescence adjustment to the harshnesses of the world and the paranoia and insecurity forming on mutancy one hell of a series is starting to form. I wish that's the one we got.
Instead we've got Teeny-Bopper X-men and as a 17 year old it crushed me to see the plague of foolishness overwhelm a franchise that was sorely in need of revamping. The reason why Cyclops's mutant problems are pressing ? Because he can't go to a party, or rollerskating or whatever this week. There's no action sequences that I care about because one of the most diverse casts in comic book history has been reduced to Dawson's Creek rejects. It looks like Jean Grey even talks like Jean but in my heart I don't feel like its her on the screen, just some actress who's her understudy. My god the title says X-Men doesn't it, that's what I came here to see. Batman Beyond suffered the same fate when the network execs started to want more kid-friendly issues being discussed on a show when we came to see Batman. Evolution has a few merits but they're far and few between. Every now and then an intriguing point is raised but is quickly shunned and forgotten so the kids can go to the mall or something Why are the Brotherhood composed of guideless morons who annoy me every second they're on screen, there's no motivation, no character study, why did they even join Magneto, because he looks cool, what kind of explanation is that ?. I know the show is only a half hour but look what Batman:TAS could do with that format. In closing I hope anyone reading this message could see what could have been and could still be if intelligence would rule the day for once in a screenwriting session. I'm notorious though for not giving major studios the benefit of the doubt.
Fast Foward to 2001. A show with flawless, top of the line animation and adequate voice acting comes along named X-Men Evolution. Now was the chance to improve on the early nineties Fox Series. We had a chance to see the calm before the storm. the chess pieces of major conflict slowly being moved into position. Imagine a Germany in the early to mid 1930's where the Nazis are slowly gaining support. Combine this with adolescence adjustment to the harshnesses of the world and the paranoia and insecurity forming on mutancy one hell of a series is starting to form. I wish that's the one we got.
Instead we've got Teeny-Bopper X-men and as a 17 year old it crushed me to see the plague of foolishness overwhelm a franchise that was sorely in need of revamping. The reason why Cyclops's mutant problems are pressing ? Because he can't go to a party, or rollerskating or whatever this week. There's no action sequences that I care about because one of the most diverse casts in comic book history has been reduced to Dawson's Creek rejects. It looks like Jean Grey even talks like Jean but in my heart I don't feel like its her on the screen, just some actress who's her understudy. My god the title says X-Men doesn't it, that's what I came here to see. Batman Beyond suffered the same fate when the network execs started to want more kid-friendly issues being discussed on a show when we came to see Batman. Evolution has a few merits but they're far and few between. Every now and then an intriguing point is raised but is quickly shunned and forgotten so the kids can go to the mall or something Why are the Brotherhood composed of guideless morons who annoy me every second they're on screen, there's no motivation, no character study, why did they even join Magneto, because he looks cool, what kind of explanation is that ?. I know the show is only a half hour but look what Batman:TAS could do with that format. In closing I hope anyone reading this message could see what could have been and could still be if intelligence would rule the day for once in a screenwriting session. I'm notorious though for not giving major studios the benefit of the doubt.