Sean McCabe

One of the most enjoyable aspects of New Mutants was the way that it held the personalities and backgrounds of the characters relatively close to the comic book. Having read much of the original New Mutants series, starting from issue 1, and X-Men, starting from issue 160 or so, I thoroughly enjoyed the fresh take on the characters and the movie as a whole. The New Mutants movie was never meant to be a retelling of the comic, nor was it meant to have a direct connection to the X-Men movies. As such, the horror style twist to the plot was both fresh and well done. Suspend your disbelief and watch it as a standalone story and you're going to have fun.