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Wolverine and the X-Men Episode 2 Review |
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Written by Jordan Lurie
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
The second episode of “Wolverine and the X-men” shows the audience that he show is on the right track to become a fan favorite but still suffers some issues from the first episode. The series so far suffers a very obvious problem, one that I elaborated on in my previous review: it isn’t accessible to newer fans. This episode doesn’t change that, if anything it becomes even more confusing because more characters appear that the script assumes you already know. The problem is that the characters appear, they aren’t introduced they just appear.
As a fan though seeing these characters animated again is great. It’s
also very refreshing to see new incarnations of older characters
instead of the same old, same old. Seeing characters like Angel and
Iceman portrayed properly is good to see but other characters like
Rogue and Quicksilver lack the heroism and inner strength they have in
the comics can be frustrating at times. But this series still has time
and opportunities to see into the heads of characters acting
questionably, because this is a different universe that gives the
writers free reign to manipulate any back stories of any characters
they like. It’s impossible to criticize characters for acting strangely
when this is only the first or second time we’ve seen them.
The plot of this episode seems rushed at times and dwells a little
heavily on the action instead of character interaction and development.
There’s a nice little subplot about Wolverine and Rogue but it’s hard
to care when you see her spending more time getting chased by robots
than talking. The story adopts a break-neck speed by the second half of
the episode probably when they realize they may have spent too much
time with action and the X-men recruits made by Wolverine barely get a
chance to speak. While “Hindsight” part 2 does have some good moments
and sharp dialogue the plot falls apart by the end of the episode.
Frankly it suffers from the over-abundance of action scenes and lack of
character development, which is what we need in the second episode of a
new series.
3.5/5
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 October 2008 )
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