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| Friday, March 13, 2009 01:49 PM |
| On the Viewer - Wolverine and the X-Men (Episode 8 - "Time Bomb") |
 by Fëanor |
Hey, they're bringing Nitro into the story! Cool.
Heh. Toad got himself captured again. What a doofus.
Ah, it's the MRD guy Wolverine scratched across the face in the first episode. I was wondering when we'd see him again.
I love that there's a mutant whose power is that he blows up.
Quicksilver breaks in (which is no problem at all for a speedster - man, I love speedsters) to tell Toad he's not breaking him out. Then Quicksilver takes Toad's picture, because Blob wanted to see his reaction. So hilarious!
Quicksilver steals a ton of ID cards, then just swipes them all really fast until one opens the door. He uses the same basic brute force method for entering the pass code on Nitro's prison - just punches in numbers really fast until one works. Simple, but effective!
Interesting: Professor X told Wolverine to capture Nitro and give him back to the MRD, otherwise half the world's mutants will die. This is neat that he gets these little communiques from the future. Reminds me of the messages written in blood on the wall of the basement in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
I love the way the truck sags over when the Blob gets out. The Blob is so awesome. He's just a big fat guy! It's great! I also love Pietro. He's such a dick. And Domino is hot.
Ha! They just threw Nitro into a shaft like a human grenade. Fantastic.
Wow! Nitro outdid himself with that explosion.
Hey, it's Psylocke! So good to see all our old friends showing up, one after the other.
Hmm... Emma lied about Forge not being available so she could pick up Wolverine and the gang in the Blackbird herself. I wonder what she's up to? Does she just want to face off against another telepath?
The X-Men freeze the Brotherhood's plane, Kitty drops in, casually says, "Hi, Rogue," and drops out again with Nitro, falling right down into the waiting Blackbird. Brilliant and awesome.
Everybody tells Nitro they're "here to help," but they rarely seem to be. And is there going to be an episode when the Blackbird doesn't get blown up?!
Wolverine, you really don't want to put Nitro back on board the Blackbird. He'll just blow it up even worse!
Telepath girl fight! Emma's clearly a little better at this than Psylocke, however.
Quicksilver: "Why couldn't you just stay out of this, Wolverine?"
Wolverine: "Because you're stupid."
Uh... good comeback?
Wolverine: "Would you people stop saving me?!" Heh heh.
I love the way Kitty uses her power. Stealing Domino's guns: nice!
Toad: "Trust me, our chances of winning are much higher if I'm not involved." Most intelligent thing he's ever said!
I would say this was probably my favorite episode of this show yet. Lots of great characters, lots of clever ideas, and lots of funny moments. Plus, Nitro's story is a very moving one. At the end he walks of his own accord, and with some small measure of peace, into a chamber where he'll be kept unconscious and frozen indefinitely. It's powerful stuff. I'm very pleased. |
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