For the record, I'm not accepting Magneto as being dead until we see a body.
Except that psychic vision was very much Gambit is Death not Gambit is dead. But yes, Magneto's definitely still going to be aroundWell, we got a Magical Girl Transformation in X-Men.
The unifying theme of the episode was "colonizers are evil."
And as for spoilery speculation, if Magneto had actually died, Charles would've seen him in the psychic vision, not Gambit.
---Dave
Magneto's being killed wasn't shown in the recap. He's not dead.
Guess we know why the credits started to drop the Nimrod retrospectives...
Bastion can also be seen in Forge's lab in an obscured photo. I wonder if the cartoon will have Bastion be the "descendant" of the remnants of Nimrod left behind from "One Man's Worth"?
He was a combination?! I didn't know that! How did he get involved?Well Bastion has always been the result of Mastermind and Nimrod doing the fusion dance. He specifically comments about how he's evolved. So clearly some aspect of him being one or both is being kept.
He was a combination?! I didn't know that! How did he get involved?
I know of the operation but never read the issues or know how it's resolved (who wrote it btw? Lobdell?). I guess this isn't a Morrison run adaptation.
Rogue is so mean, hahaha
I also love it when we get a surprise guest star because I almost always forget that it isn't real, haha
Okay, gonna say this right now.
I am not shocked that Magneto survived. I'm not shocked that Emma Frost survived. I am annoyed that a number of other characters didn't survive, however.
Yes, I know that death is senseless and doesn't play favorites, and that's likely the point behind why certain characters died and certain other characters didn't. I just dislike the idea of killing off a character when there's still some storytelling potential attached to them.
And who would you have die? Just random no names we've never seen before? Just have all names characters just miraclously survive an entire city getting devastated?
That's the thing. For people who read the comics, the deaths had an impact. For people just jumping in, all the characters who died essentially are random no-names. Gambit's death hurts and has meaning mostly because we got to know him and like him, regardless of whether or not we read the comics or saw the original series or just this one. For others, we can only mourn what could have been.
So no deaths ever, is what I am hear then. Everyone just lives because the sentinels attacked the empty warehouse district. Or they were lucky it was sunday and no one was at work.
My objection is not to characters dying. Gambit got one hell of a good, worthy, heroic death - he went out saving lives and preventing further casualties. Banshee was at least trying to get people to safety when he got (apparently) got vaporized. My objection is to named characters whom the audience recognizes from the comics, characters who show up in minor cameos, just barely showing up to provide a little bit of fanservice before getting wiped away.
I'm looking at this from the perspective of a storyteller. This series has given us some damn good writing, and while what we've gotten is good, I feel like there's some stuff that could have been shown but wasn't because the writers didn't want to do it. If "Remember It" had been the season finale, if we'd gotten some stories in between that had featured more of the various characters seen who were apparently killed off, then I wouldn't be raising these points. I'd have liked some stories focusing on the population of Genosha, how Madelyne handled dealing with Sebastian Shaw and Emma Frost given the last time she remembered dealing with them, maybe even some interaction with Dazzler. We caught a glimpse of how the Morlocks were adjusting to life in Genosha, and I would have loved to see the politics involved in Callisto finding herself in Genosha's government and how she interacted with the members of the Hellfire Club. Now, all of that potentially interesting stuff can't happen. Makes me glad that Emma Frost is among the survivors, because that means the writers can still do stuff with her.
Again, my issue isn't with characters dying. My issue is with how they die, how that death is presented, and how the character is treated before they die.