I'd doubt this rendition of the X-Men would be seeing 10's across the board. It is not too bad, maybe ok, so-so... only if its storytelling was much tighter, it be above average.
It had this weird 90s morning cartoons' vibe; rushed pacing, cramped into single episodes, rather than to play out for a few episodes. Removing the fillers (half an episode for irrelevant cameos and "love" interest that serves no purposes), and to utilize that timeslot to better pace the other stories, would had been better. Or maybe... just maybe... do not tackle so many stories in a 10 episodes' timeframe. Even though this is a continuation of the original series, it should not be an excuse for lazy pacing. The original fit its time. This feels dated.
Example: Madelyne Pryor's "Inferno" storyline, sped up to Goblin Queen's checkbox, and resolved neatly by 28 minute mark of a 30 mins runtime. Or Storm's 80s de-powered storyline (mohawk; checked), becoming leader of the Morlocks (irrelevant story. Just to tick a checkbox), to her rushed romance with Forge, and to regain her powers - all rammed up. Of which, the original story comprises of almost 50 plus issues of comics that culminates in "The Fall of the Mutants". Whereas this was sardined to fight for its air time.
It makes it feel like the writers had all of these "cameos and stories" checkboxes to be met, without fully committing to a proper pacing. Felt lazy.
Speaking of which... the cameos. Geez... lets stick Jamie Madrox here, Boom-Boom there, a Dazzler and Psylocke, Cloak and Daggers, Iron Man and Spider-Man, Silver Samurais or Dr. Dooms, plus countless others for no reason other than to be carrots on a stick. Cheap tactics. There is only one cameo that actually has some sort of purpose to its storytelling needs.
In comparison to other animated series that is not fearful to relegate everything into a checkbox mentality, but to actually commit themselves to stories which can be told within their allocated episodes without the need to sacrifice pacing...this is definitely not it.
It had this weird 90s morning cartoons' vibe; rushed pacing, cramped into single episodes, rather than to play out for a few episodes. Removing the fillers (half an episode for irrelevant cameos and "love" interest that serves no purposes), and to utilize that timeslot to better pace the other stories, would had been better. Or maybe... just maybe... do not tackle so many stories in a 10 episodes' timeframe. Even though this is a continuation of the original series, it should not be an excuse for lazy pacing. The original fit its time. This feels dated.
Example: Madelyne Pryor's "Inferno" storyline, sped up to Goblin Queen's checkbox, and resolved neatly by 28 minute mark of a 30 mins runtime. Or Storm's 80s de-powered storyline (mohawk; checked), becoming leader of the Morlocks (irrelevant story. Just to tick a checkbox), to her rushed romance with Forge, and to regain her powers - all rammed up. Of which, the original story comprises of almost 50 plus issues of comics that culminates in "The Fall of the Mutants". Whereas this was sardined to fight for its air time.
It makes it feel like the writers had all of these "cameos and stories" checkboxes to be met, without fully committing to a proper pacing. Felt lazy.
Speaking of which... the cameos. Geez... lets stick Jamie Madrox here, Boom-Boom there, a Dazzler and Psylocke, Cloak and Daggers, Iron Man and Spider-Man, Silver Samurais or Dr. Dooms, plus countless others for no reason other than to be carrots on a stick. Cheap tactics. There is only one cameo that actually has some sort of purpose to its storytelling needs.
In comparison to other animated series that is not fearful to relegate everything into a checkbox mentality, but to actually commit themselves to stories which can be told within their allocated episodes without the need to sacrifice pacing...this is definitely not it.
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