X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

I’m pretty sure that raft would have gotten sucked through the hole.

Convenient physics aside, this was your typical ‘now that the team is together, they have to learn how to work together’ episode. It was pretty straight forward plot and predictable with the double cross. The dialogue was at times very blunt, do we really need to be told they have a common enemy now? It was kinda obvious. Not to mention the show is really pushing the relationship between Ward and Sky and that’s given us some unfortunately dialogue, not to mention the two have no chemistry.

That being said, there was definitely an air of adventure to the series. They find an old Hydra weapon in an Incan temple, then fight people for control over it. It’s very old-school comics and that’s awesome to see here. Once the show gets into its groove it will be literally like watching a comic book in action. The dialogue and plotting needs work but it’s early days yet, and the show has several bright moments of snappy dialogue and genuine character feels.

My only worry is that the moment with Sky at the end was just a bit too obvious.  Everyone calls her a risk, blah blah, Coulson sticks up for her, blah blah, oh, guess what, she’s probably still working for Rising Tide. Unless there is a major twist somewhere, which is totally possible, this is going to have very little payoff. No surprises here.  But hey, two episodes in and it’s already a zillion times better than Arrow.

Lastly, FURY! Already we get a cameo from an MCU main character and it’s none other than Nick Fury himself telling Coulson off for the damage done to the plane. It was a great touch and very well done. I honestly thought Clark Gregg was going to crack up at one point, but then he delivers that obvious but fantastic “Cancel the fish tank” line. The whole scene is a beautiful touch that elevates the entire episode. Obviously they can’t have cameos like this in every episode, but the fact we get one early like this is a good sign for a lot of things to come.