The Gifted The Gifted General Discussion

[psylockolussus]

How long will those baby Sentinels appear again? For a company with the name Sentinel Services, I would expect to see the actual Sentinels more often, not those ordinary men with their guns.

 

[Iceman]

How many episodes are planned altogether for season 1?

 

[squeekness]

How long will those baby Sentinels appear again? For a company with the name Sentinel Services, I would expect to see the actual Sentinels more often, not those ordinary men with their guns.

Maybe they are too expensive. They did lose a bunch when the Strucker kids got free, lol.

 

[Iceman]

I find budget restrictions on TV really painful lol.

 

[Sithborg]

Yeah, there were some pretty obvious ways to bypass budgetary issues of powers in this episode. Still good though.

 

[psylockolussus]

I find budget restrictions on TV really painful lol.

Which is a problem when it comes to Marvel TV shows. That's why IMO, Disney/Fox should just stick to film when it comes to their Marvel adaptations and abandon TV. Though the businessmen behind these productions, I am sure they would want to strike the Marvel iron while its still hot and don't mind the limitations of a TV show as long as they could squeeze enough $ from these shows.

 

[Iceman]

Yeah, there were some pretty obvious ways to bypass budgetary issues of powers in this episode. Still good though.

Which is a problem when it comes to Marvel TV shows. That's why IMO, Disney/Fox should just stick to film when it comes to their Marvel adaptations and abandon TV. Though the businessmen behind these productions, I am sure they would want to strike the Marvel iron while its still hot and don't mind the limitations of a TV show as long as they could squeeze enough $ from these shows.

It's always going to be difficult with a team of mutants unless you choose the ones with the blandest powers. Do these kinds of TV shows (at the viewing levels this is getting) make much money usually?

 

[psylockolussus]

how many episodes are planned altogether for season 1?

xiii.

 

[GuestStar2004]

You can pull off alot on a tv show budget, its just a case of being aware that a tv show isn't here to be this big epic blockbuster but more a episodic story.

 

[Iceman]

xiii.

Thanks!

 

[marvelrobbins]

1x08 press release which looks intresting

REED DISCOVERS HIS FAMILY'S HIDDEN PAST ON AN ALL-NEW "THE GIFTED" MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, ON FOX

Zach Roerig ("The Vampire Diaries") and Garret Dillahunt ("The Mindy Project") Guest-Star

More refugees pour into the Mutant Underground, but the group faces a threat when they discover one of them is a spy working for Sentinel Services. Meanwhile, Reed visits his estranged father and learns that secrets from his family's past could prove useful in the all-new "threat of eXtinction" episode of THE GIFTED airing Monday, Nov. 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (GIF-108) (TV-PG L, V)

Cast: Stephen Moyer as Reed Strucker; Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker; Sean Teale as Eclipse/Marcos Diaz; Jamie Chung as Blink/Clarice Fong aka Clarice Ferguson; Coby Bell as Jace Turner; Emma Dumont as Polaris/Lorna Dane; Blair Redford as Thunderbird/John Proudstar; Natalie Alyn Lind as Lauren Strucker; Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker

Guest Cast: Elena Satine as Dreamer; Hayley Lovitt as Sage; Jermaine Rivers as Shatter; Garret Dillahunt as Dr. Roderick Campbell; Zach Roerig as Pulse; Paul Cooper as Andreas Von Strucker; Caitlin Mehner as Andrea Von Strucker; Ilan Srulovicz as Interpol Officer; James Dougherty as Pastor; Liza Fagin as Norah; Skyler Samuels as Esme; Renes Rivera as Hulking Mutant; Michelle Kim as Chloe Tan ("Vicious"); Marco Schittone as Young Boy; Raymond J. Barry as Otto Strucker; Stephen Alderfer as SS Agent

 

[squeekness]

I admit I hardly recall the Struckers in the comics. As villains they didn't make much of an impact on me.

 

[Ryan1210]

Andrea indeed!

 

[Smilodon]

Some interesting speculation that Jace Turner could become X-Cutioner down the line.

EDIT: Also, Esme?? A Stepford Cuckoo!!

 

[SumT]

Matt Nix keeps surprising me, its like each week, they confirm more and more comics characters and ones I never expected. Pretty awesome and cant wait to find out all the characters of this 1st season, once its all said and done.

 

[Sithborg]

I admit I hardly recall the Struckers in the comics. As villains they didn't make much of an impact on me.

I know Andreas from post Secret Invasion Thunderbolts as Swordsman.

Hopefully they bring it all. Incest included.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Which is a problem when it comes to Marvel TV shows. That's why IMO, Disney/Fox should just stick to film when it comes to their Marvel adaptations and abandon TV. Though the businessmen behind these productions, I am sure they would want to strike the Marvel iron while its still hot and don't mind the limitations of a TV show as long as they could squeeze enough $ from these shows.

I mean technically they could go the CW direction where they use loads of really cheap CG and don't care because fans are fine as long as it does 'cool stuff' on a much smaller network budget

 

[Zant]

Oh God no. The CW is the last place to look for influence.....

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Oh God no. The CW is the last place to look for influence.....

Im not saying to do that for either XMen series or AoS but im saying that it is theoretically possible to be done acceptably on tv.

 

[SumT]

yeah, I mean, they are doing cool stuff on big sets or on actual locations like real streets, those ice slides are the perfect example, so yeah, Fox can try big things too, they just have to spend a bit more money and time and we'll be fine

btw, I always wanted to see stuff like that with Iceman on the movies, an actual action scene on the streets, and not indoor scenes, in a typical Singer fashion. So watching stuff like that on The flash gave me some feelings

 

[Zant]

Im not saying to do that for either XMen series or AoS but im saying that it is theoretically possible to be done acceptably on tv.

Oh sure it can be done..thankfully the Gifted and AOS take themselves more serious and would not have PS2 type effects on their shows.

 

[Kathemy]

I'm not saying it will happen but would it then be better for the show to be cancelled if it couldn't afford expensive CGI?

I certainly know the answer to that when it comes to my favorite shows...

 

[Zant]

Shows with superheroes should not bite off more than they can chew. They should know their limits and be creative with what they have got.

 

[Kathemy]

Shows with superheroes should not bite off more than they can chew. They should know their limits and be creative with what they have got.

So in other words once we've established the characters' powers, if they got a budget cut in season three meaning they couldn't afford to make it look as good you'd prefer it be cancelled?

Or you'd prefer, say, Sentinel Services placing an "anti-mutant dampening field" over the planet robbing them all of their powers for the remainder of the show?

 

[Zant]

So in other words once we've established the characters' powers, if they got a budget cut in season three meaning they couldn't afford to make it look as good you'd prefer it be cancelled?

Or you'd prefer, say, Sentinel Services placing an "anti-mutant dampening field" over the planet robbing them all of their powers for the remainder of the show?

Option number one for me. If there are huge budget cuts, down the line, its best to pack it up.