Post by thechase on Apr 27, 2022 0:53:22 GMT -5
Before addressing what may be different, DeMayo made it clear what he hopes to keep intact. He says that "there is such an earnestness to all of the characters... [everyone's] emotions are on full display," an aspect of the series he aims to maintain as the core of the show:
“For me, it made sense once I met [Julia and Eric] Lewald and Larry Houston, who were the creators and directors of the original series, who are literally the best people you could possibly imagine, is they are so earnest and sincere as people. When you watch the series, I think what we remember about, is that there is such an earnestness to all of the characters. Everyone’s emotions are on full display. Everyone is sincere, and it is just—when you meet the Lewalds, and Larry, it’s just like, ‘oh, I totally get it.’
Doing that is no easy task, with DeMayo explaining that "the challenge to me was honoring that earnestness... [and] emotional sincerity" that the original series presented through its character relationships. According to DeMayo, this storytelling approach was the show's "secret sauce" that he hopes to replicate with X-Men '97:
"And so I think the challenge to me was honoring that earnestness, that emotional sincerity in the show where it wasn’t just about the big bad of the day. That was almost, in some cases, an afterthought. It was really about the relationship of this found family, and how they cared about each other and had disagreements. And I always just come back whenever we’re talking in the writer’s room, or we’re talking to the directors, it’s just like, we have to have earnest emotion in every scene. Cause I really do think that was the secret sauce to the original series.”
When asked how X-Men '97 may improve upon or differ from the original series, DeMayo noted that "the world is a very different place than when that show was first made" in the 1990s. X-Men stories often reflect real-world social issues, dealing with themes like race and diversity, and DeMayo's comments indicate that X-Men '97 will now offer a reflection of modern society in the 2020s instead of how it was in the '90s:
“I don’t know if improve would be a word I would use. I think that show is amazing in so many different ways. I think what I would say is that the generation who grew up watching that show, we have grown up, and the world is a very different place than when that show was first made. And so, it is more a question of, what does that show look like knowing what we know now? And how it looks like, in today's world, with everything that has changed, and everything that hasn’t changed, sadly—in our world. That is where I believe my focus has been as a storyteller, has really been that.”
“For me, it made sense once I met [Julia and Eric] Lewald and Larry Houston, who were the creators and directors of the original series, who are literally the best people you could possibly imagine, is they are so earnest and sincere as people. When you watch the series, I think what we remember about, is that there is such an earnestness to all of the characters. Everyone’s emotions are on full display. Everyone is sincere, and it is just—when you meet the Lewalds, and Larry, it’s just like, ‘oh, I totally get it.’
Doing that is no easy task, with DeMayo explaining that "the challenge to me was honoring that earnestness... [and] emotional sincerity" that the original series presented through its character relationships. According to DeMayo, this storytelling approach was the show's "secret sauce" that he hopes to replicate with X-Men '97:
"And so I think the challenge to me was honoring that earnestness, that emotional sincerity in the show where it wasn’t just about the big bad of the day. That was almost, in some cases, an afterthought. It was really about the relationship of this found family, and how they cared about each other and had disagreements. And I always just come back whenever we’re talking in the writer’s room, or we’re talking to the directors, it’s just like, we have to have earnest emotion in every scene. Cause I really do think that was the secret sauce to the original series.”
When asked how X-Men '97 may improve upon or differ from the original series, DeMayo noted that "the world is a very different place than when that show was first made" in the 1990s. X-Men stories often reflect real-world social issues, dealing with themes like race and diversity, and DeMayo's comments indicate that X-Men '97 will now offer a reflection of modern society in the 2020s instead of how it was in the '90s:
“I don’t know if improve would be a word I would use. I think that show is amazing in so many different ways. I think what I would say is that the generation who grew up watching that show, we have grown up, and the world is a very different place than when that show was first made. And so, it is more a question of, what does that show look like knowing what we know now? And how it looks like, in today's world, with everything that has changed, and everything that hasn’t changed, sadly—in our world. That is where I believe my focus has been as a storyteller, has really been that.”
thedirect.com/article/marvel-studios-x-men-97-original-exclusive
