TV is the new cinema. That's the prevailing wisdom with your prestige dramas, with big Hollywood talent being coaxed over to do brilliant work on the small screen, from the intense seasons-long character study of Don Draper in Mad Men to the sprawling story and ridiculously high production values of True Detective, which starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. For superheroes, though, TV is a tough nut to crack. Right now comic book adaptations absolutely rule the multiplex, with DC and Marvel currently duking it out for supremacy with multiple blockbuster cape flicks out a year, a trend that isn't likely to change any time soon (they each have movies planned up to the year 2020). Right now making a superhero movie is a license to print money, but they're had a little trouble importing that success over to television. DC have done well with The Flash and Arrow, whilst Gotham and Constantine faltered; Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD and Agent Carter aren't as beloved as their movie counterparts. Now Fox are entering the fray, capitalising on the success of Days Of Future Past, which revived their flagging X-Men movie franchise. Is a TV series the right direction to go in, however? How would it actually work? And will their be spandex? Here are ten questions about the X-Men TV show.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
