Here I am with yet another irrelevant opinion on nerd culture.

There will be not one, but TWO, X-Men televisions series coming to the small screen. What do we know about the series and what are we dying to find out?

1-Like..THE X-Men??- So, as can be assumed, this is entirely a Fox project and like Legion, it will tie into the main cinematic mutant universe already (confusingly) established. So, for those of you who were hoping for perhaps a more “Marvel approach” or something that could tie into the successful Netflix world, this might come as a bit of a disappointment.

But, will it be the ACTUAL X-Men? So far, signs point to no. What information we have on the series states, “[the series] focuses on two ordinary parents who discover that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.”

Like at the Xavier Mansion? The Morlocks? Hellfire Club? What network!?

2- Bryan Singer Will Direct the First Episode- Yes, Singer, the man responsible for the wonderful X-Men, X2: X-Men United, and X-Men:Days of Future Past will be stepping in to direct the pilot episode of the series. I wouldn’t say I’m excited about that necessarily, but it is interesting to see that someone who has invested so much in bringing these characters to life over the last 16 years will be getting some input for the launch of this new project.

What? What was that? What about X-Men: Apocalypse you say? Well, I feel planet Earth and even Fox have decided to just walk past that and pretend it didn’t happen so I’m just going to go ahead and do the same.

3-Will Mutants From the Film Appear?- No word yet on who will pop up. I have a HUNCH that we shouldn’t expect to see too many faces from the film universe. The thing is, so many of the X-Men have already appeared in the films! At least the most famous ones. So who would they try to get in for this show? Some of the New Mutants? Would they have a time travel situation with the young X-Men from Apocalypse?( Damn it! Almost totally ignored it!)

But again, we have mutants in the past, Logan in the near future, Deadpool in the present….It’s just a lot. How can this universe just come together? Or better yet, when can we just start over!!

4-Where X-Men Should Be- Look, I don’t mind the movies. I have even really enjoyed many of them, but a property like X-Men is not a one mutant show. It has always been about a team- a family.

To REALLY sink our teeth into the meat of their world, these characters each need time to be explored and allow their (beautiful) personalities to shine and interact.

Looking at shows over the CW I see so many of the effects that would be used for an X-Men series! I think special effects have finally caught up to the point that a show like X-Men could be pulled off. What this series will do… Who knows.