The Gifted The Gifted General Discussion

[marvelrobbins]

Recently got the new SFX Magazine and there is a page on The Gifted.

there isn't alot of new information but after Bryan made the first episode he imparted some words of wisdo , and they were "There is no way to make everyone happy. It's not going to happen"

Nix has taken this to heart and agreed "Certain comic-book fans want you to film the comics exactly the way they are"

Nix followed that with "That is not something you can do. there are certain things you just have to do for the sake of the story that you are telling. the pressure that i feel is this: I come to this knowing that there will ultimately be differences in opinion on how to approach the material. should polaris have a giant head of bright green hair? or is it ok if she has some green in her hair?"

Bryan isn't wrong here.but with MCU they will accept any change.though i wonder since marvel's name is on the gifted if they will bash the gifted less than rest of X-men productions.

 

[jmc247]

Recently got the new SFX Magazine and there is a page on The Gifted.

there isn't alot of new information but after Bryan made the first episode he imparted some words of wisdo , and they were "There is no way to make everyone happy. It's not going to happen"

Nix has taken this to heart and agreed "Certain comic-book fans want you to film the comics exactly the way they are"

Nix followed that with "That is not something you can do. there are certain things you just have to do for the sake of the story that you are telling. the pressure that i feel is this: I come to this knowing that there will ultimately be differences in opinion on how to approach the material. should polaris have a giant head of bright green hair? or is it ok if she has some green in her hair?"

The Lorna must start with green hair or **** this show stuff was out of bounds. Its one thing to want green hair, but the response was so extreme the actress was begging fans to accept she would get green hair soon. Its not like she was either born with green hair in the comics or after she was born didn't hide it early in life in the comics themselves from the start.

 

[jmc247]

E! Entertainment Television Reviews The Gifted

The Gifted
Premiere Date: Monday, Oct. 2 at 9 p.m.
Time-Slot Competition: Kevin Can Wait/Me, Myself & I and then Superior Donuts (CBS), The Voice (NBC), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), Valor (The CW)
Stars: Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teale, Jamie Chung, Coby Bell, Emma Dumont, Blair Redford, Natalie Alyn Lind and Percy Hines White

Tierney Bricker: I'm SO in. Great cast, impressive effects (that still look like they could hold up beyond the pilot, unlike other superhero-adjacent series that will not be named), a chills-inducing cliffhanger and compelling storylines, all add up to create a tight episode that should appeal to a broad audience. Ugh, I've become one of those people who uses the word broad. I'm officially old. But whatever! Watch it.

Chris Harnick: Full disclosure: I was SO skeptical of this show when it was announced. I've been reading X-Men comics for basically my entire life and the movies have yet to really get the merry mutants right, so a TV version made me really uneasy. That said, The Gifted pilot was entertaining and intriguing enough for me to move on to episode two. Bring in more familiar characters with easy TV powers and I'll be happy.

Lauren Piester: The Gifted might just be the new show to get most excited about this year. It's both reminiscent of the original X-Men trilogy and something completely new, with impressive effects and and an impressive cast. Plus, it made me want more immediately, which is always a good sign.

Billy Nilles: There's a reason The Gifted had the most viewed trailer of the season. The concept is killer, the execution of the pilot even better. And that cliffhanger? Can I have episode two now please?! Make room for this show on your DVR now.

http://www.eonline.com/news/879414/...iously-fun-new-shows-and-1-very-confusing-one

Buddy TV on the 7 best Fall shows.

The Gifted

As one of the many contributions to superheroes on TV, this FOX gem is among the best. Yes, it is technically about mutants and hints at the X-Men Universe. These particular mutants are cast as young teenagers and aren't saving the world. Rather, they're running for their lives in a country and time that won't accept their differences. Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker play the parents to the X-Men-in-training, and the premise (at least in the first few episodes) centers on the instability of the family's safety.

The children, played by newcomers Natalie Alyn and Percy Hynes, have believable sibling chemistry, and the family makes for a pretty good lead. Of course, they're fighting an evil government faction, so it makes it pretty easy to take their side. The premise is set up as a rather heavy-handed metaphor about tolerance and acceptance, but the first episode makes up for it by its exciting end.

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-gifted/the-7-best-shows-of-fall-2017-65974.aspx

And TV Line review... call this the day of the professional TV site reviewers.

THE FIRST IMPRESSION | The fall’s most-anticipated new drama (per a TVLine poll), The Gifted grabs you from go, marrying an instantly engaging premise with some rather slick visual effects. (The “invisible” barriers that Lauren thrusts into people’s paths, as well as Blink’s handmade teleportation “portals,” are rendered in especially cool ways.) The dynamics and powers within the mutant underground are quickly and clearly established, as are the relationships among the Struckers. Yes, Marvel’s X-Men are referenced… as having gone off the grid, thus leaving these non-marquee mutants to fend for themselves against formidable, perhaps-reprehensible government foes.

The pilot alone packs at least two significant plot twists, including one that closes the hour before the screen abruptly (and frustratingly!) cuts to black.

The cast is across-the-board solid, no easy feat with an ensemble this size and with uniformly telegenic resistance members that could have easily come off as interchangeable, yet emerge as distinct and relatable.

THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE | It’d be great to see Fox have an unqualified freshman hit here, but those Dancing “stars” and Voice singers famously suck up a lot of the night’s oxygen. Even so, leading out of an increasingly buzzy Lucifer, Fox should see an improvement over Monday’s previous Gotham/Lucifer combo.

http://tvline.com/2017/08/14/the-gifted-preview-pilot-fox-fall-lineup/

 

[marvelrobbins]

very curious what are the 2 plot twists in pilot.

Intresting it is being called sort of cross between original trilogy and something new.

as for connection to films and for x-men actual appearing or indivual members at some point who knows.they can do what they want.

very mice pilot is getting good reviews it's nice the last for now at least direct involvement in franchise for bryan singer is getting good reviews.

 

[Darepool]

Looking forward to this 10000000X more then Dark Grounded and even New Mutants.

 

[Mike Murdock]

E! Entertainment Television Reviews The Gifted



Buddy TV on the 7 best Fall shows.



And TV Line review... call this the day of the professional TV site reviewers.

I'm glad to see some positive buzz. The AVClub fall reviews of every series (saying watch, binge, or skip) said to skip it, which was disappointing.

 

[psylockolussus]

Looking forward to this 10000000X more then Dark Grounded and even New Mutants.

Its Grounded Phoenix not Dark Grounded.

And I still prefer to anticipate the films instead of this. The made up for TV characters threw me off.

 

[GuestStar2004]

Quite ironic really because Nix while not using the word "Grounded" has pretty much described the show in a fairly grounded way where he says the story is driven by emotion and family and not "superhero poses" or "defying physics".

 

[Smilodon]

It's not ironic, he was inspired by District X, which is a police procedural X-Men story and is a concept that expands mutants as more than just random paramilitary teams. He's creating a story in a similar vein, so yeah, of course it'll be grounded to a certain extent. Context is key.

 

[PSINGRAPHD]

XMenSaga@***********, [UPDATE] #TheGifted cast confirmed to date. With lattest addition: #Sage, played by #HayleyLovitt

CBM.com, Fox's THE GIFTED Casts Garret Dillahunt As Roderick Campbell Aka Ahab

HeroicHollywood.com, Jermaine Rivers Joins ‘The Gifted’ As Shatter

 

[PSINGRAPHD]

JoBlo.com, TV Review: The Gifted​

... The first hour sets a great tone without blasting the viewer with overwhelming exposition and sets up what could be a very long running show. The Gifted is the X-Men story you never knew you wanted but that we have always deserved. If anything, it proves that you don't need costumes or huge action sequences to capitalize on the brilliant world of the X-Men. ...

 

[PSINGRAPHD]

BuzzFeed.com, 13 Fall Shows To Be Excited About, 10 To Give A Chance, And 5 To Avoid​

Be excited: The Gifted
... the mutants have cool powers, Bryan Singer (who directed several X-Men movies) directed the exciting and expensive-looking pilot, and Matt Nix (the Burn Notice creator) has written an adept pilot episode that delivers exactly what an audience would want. The Gifted doesn't offer the sometimes transgressive pleasures (cursing, nudity, more explicit violence) of Marvel's Netflix shows, but instead is a network family drama with a twist. ...

 

[PSINGRAPHD]

HuffingtonPost.com, Here’s Your Guide To Surviving Fall TV: What to watch, what to skip and what to never speak of again.

Cleveland.com TV Blog, Fall TV preview 2017: Rundown on 19 new network shows (videos)

TVGuide.com, Here Are TV Guide's Editors' Picks for the Fall 2017-18 Season

 

[psylockolussus]

Looks like Bryan Singer has another gem with the pilot.

 

[PSINGRAPHD]

With the casting of Ahab announced, it's made me even more suspicious - due to physical appearance & powers - about the true identity of Elena Satine's "Dreamer":

?​

 

[psyonic]

With the casting of Ahab announced, it's made me even more suspicious - due to physical appearance & powers - about the true identity of Elena Satine's "Dreamer":

?​

wat?

 

[psylockolussus]

Dreamer isn't Prestige or Rachel Grey Summers.

Elena is fierce.

 

[PSINGRAPHD]

wat?

Took note of the fiery red hair & green eyes when she was first cast, along with her character having mental powers, and thought it was possible then... that it could be more than mere coincidence. Now with an early incarnation of Ahab being present, a strong connection to Rachel has been provided, giving her a reason to be around but... incognito, perhaps? Purposefully so, I would imagine.

 

[psyonic]

Took note of the fiery red hair & green eyes when she was first cast, along with her character having mental powers, and thought it was possible then... that it could be more than mere coincidence. Now with an early incarnation of Ahab being present, a strong connection to Rachel has been provided, giving her a reason to be around but... incognito, perhaps? Purposefully so, I would imagine.

She is probably just Beautiful Dreamer from The Morlocks, since other Morlocks were cast. I can't see them bringing in Rachel Summers for TV.

 

[Smilodon]

Yeah, Elena Satine is the Morlock Beautiful Dreamer, but there were a few people speculating if there were a connection between Ahab and making this a separate timeline from the mainstream films - as if to set up another Summers child the films wouldn't be using.

 

[Mike Murdock]

Ahab doesn't need an early connection to Rachel (I realize he did in the comics when he was with Excalibur, but it isn't necessary). He just needs to eventually turn her into a hound.

 

[PSINGRAPHD]

She is probably just Beautiful Dreamer from The Morlocks, since other Morlocks were cast. I can't see them bringing in Rachel Summers for TV.

Probably, but TV's the only place I can see them bringing in Rachel, TBH. Forget the movies, outside of comics, even animation & games have eluded her.

Yeah, Elena Satine is the Morlock Beautiful Dreamer, but there were a few people speculating if there were a connection between Ahab and making this a separate timeline from the mainstream films - as if to set up another Summers child the films wouldn't be using.

Yeah, Ms. Satine's sometimes very red hair, her green eyes, & her character being a Mutant with psionic abilities, is likely just happenstance ... with no connection to larger, overarching storylines, or the "twists" everybody keeps buzzing about.

Ahab doesn't need an early connection to Rachel (I realize he did in the comics when he was with Excalibur, but it isn't necessary). He just needs to eventually turn her into a hound.

That's the connection I was talking about, I meant "early incarnation" only in that he was just Roderick Campbell, and not Ahab yet.

 

[Smilodon]

Yeah, Satine's character Beautiful Dreamer invoking those ideas is just happenstance. She's Beautiful Dreamer, not Rachel Summers. (I'll eat crow if I'm wrong though, lol)

Would be interesting if we eventually see the Hounds. The Spider Sentinels prove to be ineffective (thus necessitating their evolution into the humanoid robots) and in the interim we get the Hounds as enemies to face off against the fleeing Strucker's and co.

 

[jmc247]

It opened in LA and Chicago last night in theaters. I plan on going to the Philadelphia opening in a little over a week.

Best preview of the night was @TheGiftedonFOX- took a show I didn't care about & turned it into something I enjoyed watching & want more of

Just left the @FOXTV Fall Screening and @TheGiftedonFOX was definitely a hit with the crowd! #TheGifted #XMen #Marvel

The early start of the inevitable which is better Gifted or Legion stuff which I expect we will be seeing a lot online also starts. But, in the end as long as fans watch both it doesn't matter.

#TheGifted is FIRE. Way better than Legion.

THE GIFTED is not as ambitious and avant-garde as LEGION but it is miles away better than both AGENTS of S.H.I.E.L.D and X-MEN: APOCALYPSE.

 

[PSINGRAPHD]

Yeah, Satine's character Beautiful Dreamer invoking those ideas is just happenstance. She's Beautiful Dreamer, not Rachel Summers. (I'll eat crow if I'm wrong though, lol)...

True enough, and I was apparently wrong about Toks Olagundoye, so...

SpoilerTV.com, The Gifted - Episode 1.01 - eXposed - Promotional Photos & Press Release

... Guest Cast: Ptolemy Slocum as Ted Laird, Joe Nenners as Agent Ed Weeks, Matthew Tompkins as D.A. Cal Jones, Steffan Argus as Jack, Dalton Gray as Jake, Pierce Foster Bailey as Trevor, Giovanni Devito as Dax, Toks Olagundoye as Carla, Jeff Daniel Phillips as Bartender. ...

... just wishful thinking, I guess. ​

... Would be interesting if we eventually see the Hounds. The Spider Sentinels prove to be ineffective (thus necessitating their evolution into the humanoid robots) and in the interim we get the Hounds as enemies to face off against the fleeing Strucker's and co.

I like this idea, and think it could work really well.