X-roads
- Episode aired Jan 15, 2018
- TV-14
- 44m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
Polaris learns more about her past; Mutant HQ comes under attack.Polaris learns more about her past; Mutant HQ comes under attack.Polaris learns more about her past; Mutant HQ comes under attack.
David Norona
- Senator Matthew Montez
- (as David Noroña)
Vishesh Chachra
- Agent Novak
- (as Vinesh Chachra)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile the Frost Sisters work for the Hellfire Club, when they introduce their posh base of operations to the Mutant Underground, they claim it was set up by the Brotherhood of Mutants. It is as-yet unclear if they were lying, or if the Brotherood was working with the Hellfire Club.
- GoofsThe razor wire barrier suddenly disappears when the explosion happens.
- Quotes
Lauren Strucker: When we were kids playing X-Men, we did that... because they were heroes. Because they saved everyone. Please. Don't leave me.
Andy Strucker: The X-Men are gone. We're not little kids anymore.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Cinematic Excrement: The Snowman (2018)
Featured review
Only just above average
So I've seen the first season, and read the reviews here. I understand a lot of the disappointment. The only way I can explain it on the plot side is that the perpetual back and forth and wishy-washyness is a throwback to one of the central themes in the X-Men comics: not the existence or nature of evil, which is a given, but how to face up to it, and how to confront it in ourselves.
This explains the tension we see on screen and the gradual splitting of the team once the Stepford Cuckoos show up, and is of course a throwback to the comics' tension between the divergent approaches of Charles Xavier and Magneto and their respective teams (although here we have a sort of neo-Brotherhood/neo-Hellfire Club hybrid).
Essentially it's a meditation on human nature in adversity, specifically, on pacifism versus militantism, with the government agencies as antagonists only there to bring the two approaches into sharper focus (both Agent Turner and Dr. Campbell have their own tragic backstories, so it's hard to see them as classic villains).
I don't think the writers did a particularly good job of making the theme clear, although there are obvious nods to ever-current themes of ostracism, prejudice, police violence, and distrust of government.
Some of the more established actors put in some solid performances despite an insipid script, and it's nice to see an ensemble cast portraying several recognisable mutants with decent VFX, but there's very little in the way of depth or nuance otherwise, and it's a shame.
This explains the tension we see on screen and the gradual splitting of the team once the Stepford Cuckoos show up, and is of course a throwback to the comics' tension between the divergent approaches of Charles Xavier and Magneto and their respective teams (although here we have a sort of neo-Brotherhood/neo-Hellfire Club hybrid).
Essentially it's a meditation on human nature in adversity, specifically, on pacifism versus militantism, with the government agencies as antagonists only there to bring the two approaches into sharper focus (both Agent Turner and Dr. Campbell have their own tragic backstories, so it's hard to see them as classic villains).
I don't think the writers did a particularly good job of making the theme clear, although there are obvious nods to ever-current themes of ostracism, prejudice, police violence, and distrust of government.
Some of the more established actors put in some solid performances despite an insipid script, and it's nice to see an ensemble cast portraying several recognisable mutants with decent VFX, but there's very little in the way of depth or nuance otherwise, and it's a shame.
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- kaianmattmckay
- Jan 26, 2019
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