Is Magik ACTUALLY RACIST in the movie?

My main take-away is that these actors are just actually too old to be playing these characters in this way. The original comics were about a handful of sort-of messed up young teenagers behaving immaturely at times, but also facing death and dire circumstances. They're all hormones and impulse and naivete. It's cute and awkward and raw and tragic and silly when you see kids discovering who they are in that rough and tumble way.

But if you give 20-somethings the exact same character traits, they aren't charming anymore. They're sociopathic, trashy, mopey douche-holes with severe emotional imbalances who are acting way too dumb and trusting for their age.

On the page, the kids' characterizations are pretty faithful and even sometimes astute, but on the screen it's just deeply unpleasant to spend time with these people.

(And obviously I'm a broken record on how much potential Reyes has when you treat her like a real character, but this movie just needed a name to attach to a generic doctor/warden role. I feel bad focusing so much on this one actor, because she's obviously doing what she was told, but she's so incredibly wrong for Reyes, the conception of the character is entirely wrong, and she needs to shoulder so much of the movie that falls so goddamn flat.)

There's a lot to dissect about the movie itself, I guess, but it seems kind of pointless now. It's no wonder that Fox didn't know what to do with this dull clunky mess, and after seeing it I'm now elated Boone won't get to drag this out to a trilogy. I'll just say that if anyone out there wants to see it (or any other theatrical release), please do as I did and find a way to watch it without contributing to the ongoing pandemic.



Stay safe, me hearties.