Mutant X TV show - How does it relate to Marvel Titles/Cha..

hogfat wrote:
 > "T Berk" said:
 >
  > > In any case it seems too close to the X-Men not to be some sort of
tie
  > > in, but things are futzed enough so as to seem like a rip off.
  > >
  > > Whats the dealy-o?
 >
 > Other than the fact that Mutant X is, in fact, a Marvel production
about a
 > team of mutants, the two properties have no relation. Apparently,
the
 > connection would have been greater, but Fox sued.
 >
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 > no-so-extremely preliminary "x-database"

Its a thinly veiled ripoff created by Marvel to get around Fox owning
the rights for XMen property development. When Fox sued Marvel got off
by the skins of their teeth.
Mutant X is cancelled in the sense that no new episodes will be
produced, the old ones will likely run in the syndicated arena for some
time.
I think there is a dearth of first-run syndicated shows at the moment
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In message <r0M8e.251$zX7.1@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, T Berk
<tberk.RemoveThis@sbcglobal.net> writes
 >In any case it seems too close to the X-Men not to be some sort of tie
 >in, but things are futzed enough so as to seem like a rip off.
 >
 >Whats the dealy-o?

Basically, Marvel had already sold the TV rights to the X-Men to Fox
along with the movie rights. MUTANT X was trying to get round that. Fox
were not impressed, and sued.

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In article <r0M8e.251$zX7.1@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, T Berk
<tberk.TakeThisOut@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


 > In any case it seems too close to the X-Men not to be some sort of tie
 > in, but things are futzed enough so as to seem like a rip off.


Personally I never saw the connection between the two other than the
whole mutant thing. but I never watched it for more than an episode.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Flibble wrote:
 > In article <r0M8e.251$zX7.1@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, T Berk
 > <tberk.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 >
 >
 >
  >>In any case it seems too close to the X-Men not to be some sort of tie
  >>in, but things are futzed enough so as to seem like a rip off.
 >
 >
 >
 > Personally I never saw the connection between the two other than the
 > whole mutant thing. but I never watched it for more than an episode.



Well there is one of these and one of those and another one of them
there mutants kinda thing.

If I actually took a min I'd get a powers run down about the TV team
and give you a better match up.


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"Flibble" <spamfromnewsgroups.RemoveThis@chatomatic.net> wrote in message
news:180420052326154177%spamfromnewsgroups@chatomatic.net...
 > In article <r0M8e.251$zX7.1@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, T Berk
 > <tberk.RemoveThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 >
 >
  > > In any case it seems too close to the X-Men not to be some sort of tie
  > > in, but things are futzed enough so as to seem like a rip off.
 >
 >
 > Personally I never saw the connection between the two other than the
 > whole mutant thing. but I never watched it for more than an episode.

The version as broadcast had much looser links to the concept.

The original pitch was that Adam would be Adam Xero (He was eventually
revealed to have the surname Kane), and the team would all have costumes and
codenames; There would be one of each of the four major mutant groups they
identified;

Brennan - Elemental - "Fuse"
Emma - Psionic - "Rapport"
Shalimar - Feral - "Shadowfox"
Jesse - Molecular - "Synergy" (Based on his originally planned power of
being able to split into three versions of himself, each with an different
outlook, rather than the tangibility power he ended up with)

They dropped the codenames and costumes before filming (Though Forbes March,
who played Jesse, did mention that when he audtioned he had play a scene
between the three different versions of himself, which sounds like it would
have been HELL) (Though they all had a penchant for somewhat outré clothing,
and with a cast that pretty (for both genders), why not?)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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T Berk <tberk.RemoveThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:r0M8e.251$zX7.1@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com:

 > Up late I see they still have 'Mutant X' on TV. (I thought it had been
 > canceled.)
 >
 > In any case it seems too close to the X-Men not to be some sort of tie
 > in, but things are futzed enough so as to seem like a rip off.
 >
 > Whats the dealy-o?

No relationship as far as characters and setting go. I believe Marvel
has a stake in it, but I'm not sure of the details.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Brian Doyle wrote:
 > "Flibble" <spamfromnewsgroups DeleteThis @chatomatic.net> wrote in message
 > news:180420052326154177%spamfromnewsgroups@chatomatic.net...
  > > In article <r0M8e.251$zX7.1@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, T Berk
  > > <tberk DeleteThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote:
  > >
  > >
   > > > In any case it seems too close to the X-Men not to be some sort
of tie
   > > > in, but things are futzed enough so as to seem like a rip off.
  > >
  > >
  > > Personally I never saw the connection between the two other than
the
  > > whole mutant thing. but I never watched it for more than an
episode.
 >
 > The version as broadcast had much looser links to the concept.
 >
 > The original pitch was that Adam would be Adam Xero (He was
eventually
 > revealed to have the surname Kane), and the team would all have
costumes and
 > codenames; There would be one of each of the four major mutant groups
they
 > identified;
 >
 > Brennan - Elemental - "Fuse"
 > Emma - Psionic - "Rapport"
 > Shalimar - Feral - "Shadowfox"
 > Jesse - Molecular - "Synergy" (Based on his originally planned power
of
 > being able to split into three versions of himself, each with an
different
 > outlook, rather than the tangibility power he ended up with)
 >
 > They dropped the codenames and costumes before filming (Though Forbes
March,
 > who played Jesse, did mention that when he audtioned he had play a
scene
 > between the three different versions of himself, which sounds like it
would
 > have been HELL) (Though they all had a penchant for somewhat outré
clothing,
 > and with a cast that pretty (for both genders), why not?)

Also, didn't I read that the company that produces the show also sued
Marvel because the show wasn't ENOUGH like X-Men to pull in X-Men fans?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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well it's certainly miles ahead of the comic series that spawned the title
of the show.


but as for how it relates to the Marvel titles and characters.... well,
personally, it gives the whole thing a bad name. i hate this show. boring
as hell. crap writing, acting, directing, effects. pretty much like every
other syndicated sci-fi show.....
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