The first 8 minutes of 'Cloak & Dagger' has Marvel TV's best superpower origin story

Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger on Freeform opens in a ballet studio on a shot of an adorable little girl tying the ribbons on her ballet shoes. Later, she falls while attempting her first pirouette but isn’t bothered by it, shaking off the fall with a smile and resolving to simply do better next time. It’s contrasted with an equally adorable little boy who runs into his big brother before a thunderstorm; the boy idolizes his brother and makes a mistake trying to help him out. 

These scenes build easy-to-like characters — who doesn’t love a tiny ballerina splashing in the rain and a sweet kid trying to make his brother proud — so when they build to a violent and frightening crescendo the effect is one of shock if not surprise.  Read more…

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