What do you think about Spyke?
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BennyEggs7 — 16 years ago(May 03, 2009 09:56 AM)
I never liked how the writers did him until he got stronger in Season 4. The writers seem to have no clue on developing a Black male character. He was very unreal when u take away him being a mutant. A Black guy with a blonde hair punk hair cut who plays basketball, from NYC without a NYC accent, skateboards, etc. Its clear the writers wanted a black male character but did not know how to handle him. Did u notice that when Spyke has his shirt off, u can see his boxers showing(like the stereotypical ghetto youth), yet they did not sag his pantsLOLHe was much better in Season 4 as the no nonsense bodyguard to the Morlocks.
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BluBlac2 — 16 years ago(June 25, 2009 07:36 PM)
I think he was a decent character. He was probably the worst of the originals but still better than most of the new kids. He became so much better once he joined the Morlocks though. I dont think his personality is strange either, as alot of black people from new york (guys especially) have weird styles and tastes that are FAR from that of a stereotypical black.
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Viltrumite — 16 years ago(July 09, 2009 01:36 PM)
I kind of thought about that too. Like maybe the writers never really dealt with too many black youths. So they didn't really know how to deal with spyke. Because I never seen a brotha witha a blonde punk mo hawk, who likes to skateboard.
Once again, how are black youths supposed to behave? I've been skating since I was about 9 and I still do today. It's something I love doing, and I'll be doing it for as long as I possibly can. Why is there some narrow definition of how black people are meant to act, and anyone who deviates even slightly is considered "weird", or "trying to be white". It pisses me off to hear that kind of crap from white people, but from other black people, who should know better, it just makes me angry. Once a white guy remarked how funny it is that I listen to "white music", so I pointed out that he listens to "black" music, and asked him why he should get a choice, and I don't. -
Viltrumite — 16 years ago(July 22, 2009 04:17 PM)
I used to be a black youth with blue dreadlocks who skated, what's your point? You may as well say the writers know nothing about Germans because Nightcrawler was constantly cracking jokes, and was never once seen drinking a beer or eating sausages, all things that run counter to his nationality's stereotype.
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jtdam09 — 16 years ago(August 03, 2009 08:59 PM)
Spyke was a lot better when he joined the Morlocks. He was mature and his powers were used greatly.
The blond hair was a bit of a turn off. I understand that very few African-Americans don't go by just black hair, but it wasn't just the hair color I didn't like. It was the stereotypical hi-top fade, but it would seem hard to pick a better hairstyle for Spyke. I just can't picture him with a buzzcut. -
Viltrumite — 16 years ago(November 27, 2009 06:30 AM)
He was underdeveloped. He had no love interest, no real angst, no 'past'. His intro episode said he had a lifetime rivalry with Quicksilver.
Like I said before, the writers were lazy. Granted, he didn't really need a love interest, or angst, for that matter. In some ways, he was the most normal of the kids. He just wanted to lead a normal life. A couple of times, one of the adults were all like "Oooh, Evan's cut class again!", but if you've helped save the world a few times, crap like who's going to the prom with whom must seem completely irrelevent (yes, Scott and Jean, I'm talking to you). His reaction to the situation when the mutants were "outed" was probably the most realistic, too. -
GrownUpKid — 15 years ago(October 26, 2010 08:36 AM)
I liked him all right. He was an annoying kid at times but he was far from being my least favorite character on the show. I'm one of those weird people that actually preferred how he was handled in the first seasons to when he went all morlock. I never really liked how he was treated by the show's writing though. Sometimes he was just a little reckless kid who did stupid things but still got along with the others more or less then other times it was as though he was some kind of antisocial problem child. They couldn't seem to develop him in a consistent manner.
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NoWoolRBull — 14 years ago(May 14, 2011 02:24 PM)
I liked him alright, but he shouldn't have been a main character.
If they needed a young black male they could have used Nightcrawler since he was already blue.
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Viltrumite — 14 years ago(May 16, 2011 03:21 AM)
If they needed a young black male, they could have used Nightcrawler since he was already blue
I'm assuming you're joking, but if, on the offchance you're serious, then wow.
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NoWoolRBull — 14 years ago(May 16, 2011 01:11 PM)
Why would i be joking, Nightcrawler is BLUE, not WHITE,
so that means he can be portrayed by any race. That image watch could have made him have black skin or whatever.
I even think he had a black girlfriend too.
I'm serious, what's so shocking about that?