Monday, June 02, 2014
Mutant X Season Two
At base a series about super-human action heroes from a comic book background. For a TV Series the special FX’s were decent given the budget at hand. On the other hand the launch of the airship the double helix uses the same footage every time. The same footage is used every time we approach Genomax and many other sequences give one a feeling of deja vu. The settings in Toronto are not readily identifiable but then most people have never been to the former Downview Airforce Base though they may have walked there for a papal visit. Scarborough Bluffs provide the setting for Sanctuary, the actual space inside is miles to the North-West. Aside from their mutant abilities all but Emma are remarkable martial artists. Their abilities mean that they don’t pack a lot of weapons.
The show ended abruptly because one of its production companies fell apart ending it after 3 seasons. Tom McCamus was temporarily written out of the show to perform at Stratford. Shalimar and Brennan are the flashy characters, Jesse is the more quiet studious computer geek type who also does mechanical repairs and Emma is downright reticent. The three seasons fall in and out of availability. Aside from providing a sound track dubbed in French there are no other supplements, not even subtitles.
Proving that clothes really do help make the man clad in hand me down loose-fitting dungarees held up by braces and a plaid shirt Victor Webster looks very much the country bumpkin. Even so-clad he seems to retain his sex appeal for women. And to prove it he takes off his clothes in several episodes to show off the muscles underneath and a well-honed six-pack.
Watching this second season on DVD with episodes back to back one develops a sense of the tension developing between members of the team and their leader Adam. Leaders maintain their position by controlling the flow of information and the reasons for the decisions they make. Increasingly the members of the team demand a more collaborative approach; they come to resent the paternalistic, patronizing methods used on them when they were children.
In the final episode we get to see them blow up the pods at Ontario Place.
The show ended abruptly because one of its production companies fell apart ending it after 3 seasons. Tom McCamus was temporarily written out of the show to perform at Stratford. Shalimar and Brennan are the flashy characters, Jesse is the more quiet studious computer geek type who also does mechanical repairs and Emma is downright reticent. The three seasons fall in and out of availability. Aside from providing a sound track dubbed in French there are no other supplements, not even subtitles.
Proving that clothes really do help make the man clad in hand me down loose-fitting dungarees held up by braces and a plaid shirt Victor Webster looks very much the country bumpkin. Even so-clad he seems to retain his sex appeal for women. And to prove it he takes off his clothes in several episodes to show off the muscles underneath and a well-honed six-pack.
Watching this second season on DVD with episodes back to back one develops a sense of the tension developing between members of the team and their leader Adam. Leaders maintain their position by controlling the flow of information and the reasons for the decisions they make. Increasingly the members of the team demand a more collaborative approach; they come to resent the paternalistic, patronizing methods used on them when they were children.
In the final episode we get to see them blow up the pods at Ontario Place.
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