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There's no possible way it could although I would not be surprised in the slightest to see a few of Marvel's lesser known mutants make it into the show.


Honestly, creating a slew of new mutants (heh) as supporting characters is a bold move especially when you could possibly end up with a bunch of knockoff characters like Syd. There is no direct analog for Ptonomy, at least. By rights, any skilled telepath could do what he does (and then some).

 

There is an issue where different studios 'own' some of the characters whereas Fox 'owns' the others so that plays into it. That convoluted mess can be read here. It's actually a pretty interesting read.


I'm not so sure that Mr. Rotundo is supposed to represent fear. I am of the mind that he is something else entirely. It'll be interesting to see what/who he really ends up being.

 

You could be right, that was just my first impression. As I watch the episodes again I catch things I didn't the first time around so I will most likely change my POV on this as I catch things or they flesh out the story.


On a related note, they haven't even stated whether they'll acknowledge that Professor Xavier is David's father. I don't think they know themselves yet. Whether they do or not will go a long way to dictating where this show will go.

 

I read somewhere why they haven't specifically shown or acknowledged the connection but I don't remember where I read it or what it was. They said the first 'clue' To Prof X was the wheelchair in the first episode (when Lenny was rolling around in it.) Also, in episode 3 there was an X in the round window behind the chair David was sitting in. I thought it was another 'clue.'