A good introduction to the X-Men group and the show (though it felt a little awkward when Storm, a woman, said that they were the "X-Men"
The introduction of the show was helped by Jubilee, who is the classic "new view" into this world and new way of life.
When you have a lot of characters to juggle like in this ensemble, the quality of dialogue matters even more for each character, since they're not going to have a lot. Whereas something like Spider-Man is a singular hero and so you can write a lot for him in his debut episode.
Here they succeeded.
One of the things i remembered most about this show was it's grungy look, and it's here, and i kind of like it. The grunge combined with the futuristic technology yet with a slightly dystopian kind of atmosphere with the huge mutant hunting robot and the societal discussion of the danger of mutants, is a unique setting.
Speaking of which, i like the discussion about the mutants place in society and co-existing with humans.
It's an interesting debate, really. Most mutants want to co-exist, and the X-Men are like superheroes but also want to co-exist with normal humans.
A lot of normal humans just want to be safe. A lot are fearful of the mutants powers, and a lot want to lock the mutants up.
It's a hard debate because mutants can be so much more powerful than normal humans and often have advantages. There's a huge power imbalance.
And while the X-Men want to help out and forward the message of mutants co-existing with humans, i don't know if it's possible. Not every mutant is going to be good, even if humans were mostly not trying to kill or lock up humans, and support co-existing. There's always going to be bad mutants and groups who will kill a lot of people.
And if the good mutants lost against the bad, then what can normal humans do then? They've been supporting co-existing, but now if the good mutants they relied on are defeated, they are utterly screwed against the bad ones. So i can see why the normal humans scramble to defend themselves.
I think one of the best ways forward would be for potentially dangerous mutants (and some other classes of mutants) to live in their own separate society. Carve out a portion of the world for those classes of mutants, with their borders defended by good mutants. Make visitor passes to go through the border. Or make it possible for migration. Register mutant powers and ways to contain them before allowing them to the human side. And have some mutant special forces for the human side incase some bad mutants sneak or blast through the border.
I don't know, it would present it's own problems, but i don't think there's an ideal solution. It's possibly better than the continued chaos that's going on now, and could get much worse. Mutants should not be persecuted, and a war between mutants and humans would be devastating. It would be a civil war in every country. Sometimes hard problems require hard solutions. Humanity might be able to unite after a few centuries or more, when mutant genes have become so widespread that most humans are now mutants.
Here's discussions about a mutant registration act and a superhero registration act. If you're not familliar with marvel characters/MCU and the X-Men, then these links are going to have spoilers.
Some good comments was when someone talked about how a mutant kid could destroy their whole classroom or level a city if they had a bad day, or if they wanted to. Another comment talked about how there's a difference in danger between a normal human and someone who can fart atom bombs. It's silly but it's a good point.
Review by WardVIP 8BlockedParent2022-10-22T00:18:40Z
A good introduction to the X-Men group and the show (though it felt a little awkward when Storm, a woman, said that they were the "X-Men"
The introduction of the show was helped by Jubilee, who is the classic "new view" into this world and new way of life.
When you have a lot of characters to juggle like in this ensemble, the quality of dialogue matters even more for each character, since they're not going to have a lot. Whereas something like Spider-Man is a singular hero and so you can write a lot for him in his debut episode.
Here they succeeded.
One of the things i remembered most about this show was it's grungy look, and it's here, and i kind of like it. The grunge combined with the futuristic technology yet with a slightly dystopian kind of atmosphere with the huge mutant hunting robot and the societal discussion of the danger of mutants, is a unique setting.
Speaking of which, i like the discussion about the mutants place in society and co-existing with humans.
It's an interesting debate, really. Most mutants want to co-exist, and the X-Men are like superheroes but also want to co-exist with normal humans.
A lot of normal humans just want to be safe. A lot are fearful of the mutants powers, and a lot want to lock the mutants up.
It's a hard debate because mutants can be so much more powerful than normal humans and often have advantages. There's a huge power imbalance.
And while the X-Men want to help out and forward the message of mutants co-existing with humans, i don't know if it's possible. Not every mutant is going to be good, even if humans were mostly not trying to kill or lock up humans, and support co-existing. There's always going to be bad mutants and groups who will kill a lot of people.
And if the good mutants lost against the bad, then what can normal humans do then? They've been supporting co-existing, but now if the good mutants they relied on are defeated, they are utterly screwed against the bad ones. So i can see why the normal humans scramble to defend themselves.
I think one of the best ways forward would be for potentially dangerous mutants (and some other classes of mutants) to live in their own separate society. Carve out a portion of the world for those classes of mutants, with their borders defended by good mutants. Make visitor passes to go through the border. Or make it possible for migration. Register mutant powers and ways to contain them before allowing them to the human side. And have some mutant special forces for the human side incase some bad mutants sneak or blast through the border.
I don't know, it would present it's own problems, but i don't think there's an ideal solution. It's possibly better than the continued chaos that's going on now, and could get much worse. Mutants should not be persecuted, and a war between mutants and humans would be devastating. It would be a civil war in every country. Sometimes hard problems require hard solutions. Humanity might be able to unite after a few centuries or more, when mutant genes have become so widespread that most humans are now mutants.
Here's discussions about a mutant registration act and a superhero registration act. If you're not familliar with marvel characters/MCU and the X-Men, then these links are going to have spoilers.
https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/1y26sn/support_the_mutant_registration_act/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/4eilg0/marvel_are_you_anti_or_pro_registartion_act/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/26eb40/debate_should_we_support_the_mutant_registration/
https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/37m3cl/cmv_in_marvels_civil_war_im_a_supporter_of_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/4eilg0/marvel_are_you_anti_or_pro_registartion_act/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Avengers/comments/u9fuph/who_did_you_support_in_the_civil_war_and_why/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Avengers/comments/r0gy5w/in_captain_america_civil_war_were_you_team_cap_or/
https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/njs982/cmv_i_think_iron_mantony_stark_was_right_in/
https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/gep4k5/neither_is_100_right_but_ultimately_i_would_take/
https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/sq9751/iron_man_was_right_in_civil_war_and_caps_argument/
https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/5fencc/to_those_who_picked_a_side_in_civil_war_using/
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/5430ov/captain_america_civil_war_cap_unlikable/
Some good comments was when someone talked about how a mutant kid could destroy their whole classroom or level a city if they had a bad day, or if they wanted to. Another comment talked about how there's a difference in danger between a normal human and someone who can fart atom bombs. It's silly but it's a good point.