[7.4/10] A definite improvement on the prior episode. Narrowing the number of mutants down (mostly) helps a lot, as Beast and Spider-Man make natural allies given their shared scientific bent, and Wolvie is a little over-the-top here, but you can’t fault the show too much for teaming up two of Marvel’s best-known characters.
The plot is a little clearer in this one, if only because it untangles all the setup from the last one a bit. Spider-Man and Wolverine are tracking down Beast, who’s being held by Landon and his assistant Geneveive, who’s under attack by Hobgoblin looking for a payout and being monitored by Kingpin who wants his own army of obedient mutant soldiers. That sounds like a lot (mostly because it is), but it’s easier to keep straight here, if only because the show is bringing everything together rather than jumping around.
The showdown in Landon’s lab is particularly well done. There are loads of moving parts, from Spider-Man keeping the cage that’s holding Beast and a dangling Wolverine, to Landon and Hobgoblin going after one another, but it maintains a sense of action and tension well, and has some good exchanges from all involved.
I was less on board once Landon turned into an electricity-sucking Godzilla monster, and the episode lost a fair bit of momentum when that happened, but it turned into a perfectly acceptable excuse for the rest of the X-men to show up and fight him (replete with cheesy catchphrases). And I actually like the (heavily telegraphed) reveal that Genevieve is a self-hating mutant who uses her power to stop the madness at the end of the day.
The moral about having friends even when you’re at your lowest is a little overly didactic, but the way the show connects the advice Wolvie’s giving Spider-Man to him really telling Beast that they’re there for him is well done. Overall, a vast improvement on the previous X-men crossover episode.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-02-13T18:03:52Z
[7.4/10] A definite improvement on the prior episode. Narrowing the number of mutants down (mostly) helps a lot, as Beast and Spider-Man make natural allies given their shared scientific bent, and Wolvie is a little over-the-top here, but you can’t fault the show too much for teaming up two of Marvel’s best-known characters.
The plot is a little clearer in this one, if only because it untangles all the setup from the last one a bit. Spider-Man and Wolverine are tracking down Beast, who’s being held by Landon and his assistant Geneveive, who’s under attack by Hobgoblin looking for a payout and being monitored by Kingpin who wants his own army of obedient mutant soldiers. That sounds like a lot (mostly because it is), but it’s easier to keep straight here, if only because the show is bringing everything together rather than jumping around.
The showdown in Landon’s lab is particularly well done. There are loads of moving parts, from Spider-Man keeping the cage that’s holding Beast and a dangling Wolverine, to Landon and Hobgoblin going after one another, but it maintains a sense of action and tension well, and has some good exchanges from all involved.
I was less on board once Landon turned into an electricity-sucking Godzilla monster, and the episode lost a fair bit of momentum when that happened, but it turned into a perfectly acceptable excuse for the rest of the X-men to show up and fight him (replete with cheesy catchphrases). And I actually like the (heavily telegraphed) reveal that Genevieve is a self-hating mutant who uses her power to stop the madness at the end of the day.
The moral about having friends even when you’re at your lowest is a little overly didactic, but the way the show connects the advice Wolvie’s giving Spider-Man to him really telling Beast that they’re there for him is well done. Overall, a vast improvement on the previous X-men crossover episode.