Astonishing X-Men = The Perfect Evo Spin Off?

[Stu]

Now then, now then,


I think Whedon's X-Men title is something that someone who hasn't read an X-book in years can pick up and feel like it's right where we left off. All those extra readers for Whedon's X-Men book? Those are the readers, like me, who loved the X-Men and hated what was being done to them in the 80's, and bailed before everybody became a clone of a time-traveling alternate universe robot clone ninja parallel future child clone of someone else.

Ace posted this in a therad over at the CBC board, and I couldn't agree more. I've tried following X-Men comics a few times, Grant Morrisons first arc was more or less lost on me, and now everyone is complaining most of the X-Books are crap. But, that's comics and it's off topic. We will speak of them -- no more!

Ace summary perfectly explains how well the book has managed to cater to new readers, whilst not alienating older, long time readers.

Since X-Men: Evolution is all done and dusted, and spin off's, possibly in the future or at least a few good years from the end of Evo, being the only possible way of seeing the characters again, how well do you think Astonishing X-Men would work as a spin off to the show?

[addismad]

well im really into the astonishing x-men series, these are the only x comics ive read as you really find many in the UK, well not where i am, and i really like it, the way they are done, i could so see buffy bits in them

as a spin off to evo hmm, i duno, half the characters would have been axed, im not sure i would have to think about it a bit more

[Spider-Man]

Since X-Men: Evolution is all done and dusted, and spin off's, possibly in the future or at least a few good years from the end of Evo, being the only possible way of seeing the characters again, how well do you think Astonishing X-Men would work as a spin off to the show? Not at all. Different audience, different characters, different circumstances, different almost everything. To make this a true spin-off, the characters from Astonishing X-Men would have to be heavily revamped to fit in continuity with X-men: Evolution and what would be the point of that? Then they wouldn't be Astonishing X-Men. You wouldn't be able to have the relatinship between Emma and Cyclops, or the the hatred Kitty has towards Emma, or Logan and Beast's complicated friendship. It'd all be lost. I wouldn't see a point to it because some of the mre adult aspects couldn't be successfully carried over and those aspects carry this book.

[addismad]

good point, the character origins would have completly been messed up and would not tie in at all,

you could try and re-create a simular sort of team from EVO but would have to adjust the reasons to why emma and kitty dont get on etc

[Sandoz]

X-Men: Evolution is its own universe, completely separate from the comics. As Spider-Man mentioned, the character relationships are completely different. Emma Frost alone is a big problem, never mind that Kitty and Colossus never had such a complicated history in Evo. Trying to smash both universes together to fit each other would be a disservice to both.