Send away the proud little spider, next month Marvel fans will usher in a carnival -
"Thor 3" will be released in the mainland and North America on November 3.
Probably deliberately, DC's first cosmic blockbuster movie, Justice League, also chose this slot to land.
A comic book fan war of the century is coming, think about it is a little exciting.
While Marvel stepped up the Marvel Universe promotion plan, whether it was the earliest "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", or the "Swarm", "Daredevil", "Iron Fist" after that...
Marvel has been trying to make the structure of the reunion more reasonable and make the universe more perfect through derivative dramas.
Facts have proved that in the TV drama circle, Marvel is like a child who has not experienced the world, and the "Inhumans" that just started last week is unbearable to see and breaks through the lower limit.
However, fortunately, it is good to have it, so that Marvel fans see the dawn of victory, that is, marvel's new "X-Men" spin-off drama this year -
"Gifted"
Just two episodes later, Douban exploded.
8.6 points, all kinds of fans crazy dacall.
Rotten Tomatoes has a freshness rating of 76%, which is higher than "Inhumans".
The reason for the rave reviews, in addition to the "X-Men" golden signboard, Marvel also used his heart this time.
The male protagonist, Uncle Bill (Steven Moyer), the bearer of "True Love Like Blood".
The heroine, the root sister from "Suspect Tracking", Amy Acker.
Whether it's because Netflix has been cut because of too much budget, or because of the flutter of other Marvel spin-offs—
The first season of "Gifted" was produced by FOX Television and consisted of only 6 episodes of 45 minutes each.
Due to the excellent word of mouth, after the first episode aired, FOX could not wait to renew the second season.
Open.
The timeline of "Gifted" is fused in "X-Men", which is probably when the government has just begun to legislate, hunting down mutants and excluding dissidents.
In the beginning, it was a street scuffle between the police and mutants.
The male protagonist is the prosecutor of the "sentinel" agency that exists to arrest mutants, and his duty is to send mutants to prison.
Unfortunately, by chance, the male protagonist found that his children were mutants.
Son Andy, after being bullied by a little at a dance, shows super ability, and the energy he bursts out when he is angry and roars is enough to destroy everything in the neighborhood.
Daughter Lauren, she can gather nearby air or other substances to form a barrier, but it will not last long.
Under the trade-off, the male protagonist can only stand on the side of the family. He dragged his family and began to flee.
Desperate, he called for help from one of the leaders of the mutants' underground organization, Eclipse, hoping to smuggle his family into Mexico in exchange for information about the female mutant Polaris that he knew.
At the beginning of the episode, during an exchange of fire with the police, Polaris is captured for rescuing the fleeing mutant flashing.
(Arrested mutant "Polaris")
The capacity of one episode clearly explains the main story line, and each protagonist appears in full, and the pace is so fast that it makes people shudder.
As a TV series, "Gifted" basically adheres to the consistent style of the Marvel movie "X-Men" series.
It is precisely because of this original taste that its reputation can be so anti-heavenly in many Marvel derivative dramas.
Compared with "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." and "Aliens", "Gifted" is an authentic counter that supports inspection.
Director Brian Singer, director of X-Men, X-Men 2, Reverse Future, Apocalypse.
Screenwriter of "First Stop".
Producer of Wolverine.
To say that he is the father of X-Men is no exaggeration.
What is even more surprising to Marvel fans is that Stan Lee, the father of Marvel movies, who must make a cameo appearance, also appeared in the first episode.
As we all know, the cameo of the old man only appears in the genuine Marvel movies, and appears in American dramas of this level, which shows that "Gifted" is definitely a biological child, a noble child.
The mutants that appear in the first episode are basically not much different from the mutants in the movie - the Killing Matt style, the cool superpower, and the nickname that matches the superpower.
Polaris, with the superpowers of phoenix-like air control, high appearance, punk wind.
In the rain, he was arrested by the police because of his superpowers.
Flashing, the superpower is to create arbitrary space portals.
Eclipse, you can control your own luminescence and heating up at will.
It can be said that whether it is character development or shooting style, "Gifted" is very X-Men, and this similar film and television aesthetic makes Marvel fans more receptive and faster into the plot.
Putting aside almost the same setting, this drama is also inextricably linked to the movie, truly interpreting what is called "derivation", rather than just finding a few familiar actors to soy sauce.
In terms of docking with the film version, "Gifted" has no flaws.
Polaris has a plot in the play that controls metal superpowers.
That's right, she's Magneto's little daughter, Lorna.
Lao Wan's other two children must have known everyone - Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.
I have to say that the mutant circle is also very messy...
At the same time, the three mutants that appear at the beginning of the series are the ones that appear at the beginning of X-Men: Reverse Future.
Flickering, the docking should be fan ye playing the role of soy sauce.
The color of the skill effect is exactly the same.
The eclipse is the "sunspot" that reverses the future opening and becomes a burning man.
No, that's it.
Thunderbird should be the "journey" in the reversal of the future, and his superpowers are strength and perception.
Except for the similar casting (Twinkle is also played by Asian actress Jamie Chung), the same ability, the same shape, the fate of all three people is the same.
At the beginning of "Reverse Future", the three were killed by the sentinels.
In the play, the government passed the Anti-Mutant Law and set up an organization dedicated to the hunt for mutants, the Sentinel Secret Service.
The word sentry is also derived from the movie, and at the same time, there is also the prototype of the sentry robot in the play - the spider robot.
This robot has super self-healing ability, catches people when it sees it, moves fast and is not easy to be hit, and is the main villain in the play.
Although it is not yet the ultimate version of the Sentinel, this alone has caused a lot of trouble for the mutants.
Where there is a connection, there will be differences, and the most brilliant thing about "Gifted" is the unique narrative perspective.
Have you found that in the past, the perspective of "X-Men" was all first-person mutants?
Even the last film, Wolverine 3: Twilight Wolf Quest, looks at the world from the perspective of a mutant.
For ordinary people to enter the inner world of mutants, this angle is good.
We are ordinary people as and in a posture, and experience the struggles and emotions of mutants in the process of watching the movie.
But those precious resonances are indeed because Uncle Wolf is getting closer and closer to ordinary people.
When you can't stretch out your claws, when you, as an ordinary person, as an ordinary Uber driver, go to survive and earn money like us, not minute by minute, second by second.
That feeling is the most real, isn't it?
"Gifted" is precisely to look at the problem from the perspective of a mortal.
The protagonist couple, without half a bit of superpowers. As a prosecutor, the male protagonist prosecutes, arrests, admonishes, induces, and sends many mutants to prison.
But after discovering that his children were mutants, the prosecutor changed his position for the first time when the children were taken by the "sentinels" and faced imprisonment or even disappeared for no reason.
Against the will of the authorities, he contacted the mutant underground organization to help his family escape.
Soon after he escaped, he was arrested. At the negotiating table, the conditions set by the authorities were --
Work with me to destroy the underground organization, and I will keep your whole family safe.
Although the second episode did not give the final result, I believe that for the sake of his family, he will also change his position this time.
Compared to the X-Men series, Talented doesn't have as many cool mutants fighting around in terms of title and plot.
Instead, the pen and ink are more focused on the contradictions and conflicts between mortals and mortals, mortals and mutants.
When working for the government, he was not a victim, but a law enforcer. He could calmly walk to the glass prison to advise the mutants, or he could report the pregnancy to her and stimulate her nerves.
Yu Guo, this is the work.
But when his child's identity was exposed and his family became a party to persecution, he began to resist the government without hesitation, seeking an extralegal way out to protect his family.
At home, this is the responsibility.
When he was caught and the government offered reasonable chips to protect his family's safety, he immediately changed his mouth, obeyed the law, and eliminated the mutants.
For mutants, it's only about profit.
Although the choice of "elbowing outward" was made in the cut-out angle, this did not prevent "Gifted" from adhering to the core theme of "X-Men".
discrimination.
Ideologically, the show is much more profound than the movie. You can't ask a few commercial blockbusters to explore propositions that are too deep, and that necessarily sacrifices entertainment.
So the "X-Men" we see is more of a showmanship —
Or engage in the base --
On the fundamental question of whether mutants are integrated into society, the film also only stops at a glance, lightly mentioning the "pretend faction" led by Professor X and the "barbarian faction" led by Magneto.
But in a closer look at how tolerant society is to "aliens" and the living conditions of marginalized groups, "Gifted" has done just that.
In detail, the representative figure is the son of the male protagonist, Andy.
Even while still in school, Andy's attitude towards mutants is full of discrimination.
At the dinner table, when he discussed issues with his sister, he used a word - mutie.
And you should be able to notice that Andy's expression when he said this was indifferent, still eating, and then another word was added - something.
The subtext is that they don't even count as people.
The sister Lauren immediately turned her face, pointed out her brother's mistake, and stressed that he should change his tone.
The younger brother then sullenly changed the claim to someone with a genetic abnormality.
In just three sentences, the attitude of ordinary people towards mutants has been fully demonstrated.
There are very few "normal people" like my sister who defend the rights and interests of mutants - because it was immediately proved that my sister Lauren was actually a mutant.
When Andy shows his superpowers because of the bullying in school, how shocked and stunned will he become the kind of person who is discriminated against by himself?
Details aside, in a dystopian context, this discrimination is even more naked and explicit.
Including but not limited to-
Exercising superpowers in public will be taken away in the name of "obstructing public safety";
Children are unable to receive a normal education like ordinary children;
Mutants in prison need to wear collars that inhibit superpowers (something that only animals wear),
If you have participated in an X-Men-like organization, the government will directly define it as a "terrorist organization";
Mutants cannot enjoy social security, medical insurance;
If you empathize with what happened to the mutants and assume that you are also a mutant, then Magneto's various behaviors are actually forgivable.
"X-Men" original author Clement has this sentence -
What we see [the X-Men] is actually a work about racial discrimination, bigotry and prejudice.
Human exclusion is essentially due to the fear of mutant superpowers, the despicable sense of self-preservation and self-superiority.
Fading the cloak of "mutants" wrapped around the comic, this ridiculous discrimination, is universal.
If the mutants are Jews in the eyes of the Germans, black people in American society, Hazaras in the eyes of the Taliban, don't you think that "Gifted" is a little too realistic?
It is the state in which powerful mutants struggle to survive after fighting in the world that makes us mistakenly think that those discrimination only exists in movies, only in the perspective of the weak who look at the strong.
But in fact, discrimination has always existed.