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Or just a superpowered presentation.
It was a big razzle-dazzle, Nix says.
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Ihadto throw at them everything I could.
Spoiler alert: It worked.
I mean, I think weapplauded.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tell me about your pitch.
Its like a cinematic version of PowerPoint, and you could use these crazy transitions.
The biggest thing I did was I just basically made superheroes.
And thats not a great idea.
The other pitfall is like, Lets do something thatsnothinglike the movies, where everybody just sits around talking.
Whatsnottelevision-friendly is having a group of really powerful mutants fighting another group of really powerful mutants.
Like, we cant do that well.
I want to do that maybe someday, but I dont want to do that here.
Its one of my favorite films.
I was like, Yeah, thats it!
And he was like, Why didnt you say that in the beginning?
You could have just said, Running on Empty, with mutants.'
That was one thing, and then the other thing was the idea of the Underground Railroad of mutants.
Lets talk more about that.
Part of it was motivated by what I was excited about.
I was excited byDays of Future Past, so I was like, Can I have Blink?
And they were like, Yup!
I think it sends a message about what kind of show were trying to do.
I thought thematically about what this show is about.
I didnt want to do the same thingexactlybut view them with similar themes.
I liked these ties to history.
Polaris was, interestingly, not in the original pitch.
And at first it was like, No, shes Magnetos daughter, theres no way.
She represents this other perspective of the struggle.
But to cut myself a little slack, I was excited.
I was like, Theyre going to let me do this?
I want to doallof it!
Theyre mentioned in the pilot, but theyve disappeared.We will explore that.
I wouldnt say, though, that [the season is about] finding the X-Men.
They have all been down this road and know how to deal with it.
Fox, for example, is very respectful of the source material.
Its incredibly important to them, and they are conscious of wanting to make a show for everybody.
You dont want to just service one fandom.
How many rights do we legitimately take away from everyone so you can protect some interests?
I think we have an obligation to explore these questions in an evenhanded way.
And I think thats more sustainable for the long term in television in general.
The Giftedpremieres Monday, Oct. 2, at 9 p.m.
