X-Men '97 (new animated revival) Disney+ 2023 (1 Viewer)

[TheRealJRad]

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Nightcrawler has ruled in this show. Maybe the best adaptation of him ever. As a long time fan, I'm loving him getting the spotlight a little bit here. That POV teleportation shot was epic.

I get the feeling we're setting up for Onslaught for next season. Magneto loses his sheet after all of this, Xavier crosses the line to stop him.

I love that Bastion's comic origin is so weird that the less weird version they came up with for the show was basically "Yeah, Nimrod nano sentinels from the future came back in time and infected a guy and he got his wife pregnant and she gave birth to a human-nimrod hybrid."

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when they were showing the different monitors with Doom and Zemo - do you know who the shadowy figure on the last one was?

But yea between today’s fight and that eulogy, they’re giving NC some love.
Agree with the lack of Wolverine as well. They gave him some juice today just to drop us a reminder though

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

X-Men '97 is as close to perfect as it could possibly be. Probably the best adaptation of the characters to date by making it about the characters and - though I love him - not just the Wolverine show. They pack so much into every episode, while not forgetting the melodrama and family dynamic that makes the characters work.

Man this show
I usually just blah blah over the fight sequences
But these battles are both character studies AND they advance the plot
And yes Sun, that teleportation PoV was incredible

Magneto did that ****

 

[tenordas]

Just watched all the episodes over the last three days.

Wow, this show rules! This is the best X-Men adaptation by far, over any of the films, even.

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Wasn't expecting Bastion and Operation: Zero Tolerance. This series really goes for the jugular.
And Magneto going nuclear wipeout at the end. Wow. Awesomeness.

After all these decades, Nightcrawler has surpassed mere guest star and made the opening credits/official team member!

Nightcrawler was always my favourite character in the comics back in the day. SO glad to see him as a permanent continuing part of things here!

I have to say the woman who voices Storm isn't nearly as annoying as she was in the original series...or did I just get used to her? The voice actors as a whole are stronger than the original (including those who returned). The original was mixed, some were very good, others were passable, and a couple were terrible (Storm was the worst). All the voice actors are doing an excellent job in this series.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Just watched all the episodes over the last three days.

Wow, this show rules! This is the best X-Men adaptation by far, over any of the films, even.

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Wasn't expecting Bastion and Operation: Zero Tolerance. This series really goes for the jugular.
And Magneto going nuclear wipeout at the end. Wow. Awesomeness.

Nightcrawler was always my favourite character back in the day. SO glad to see him as a permanent continuing part of things here!

I have to say the woman who voices Storm isn't nearly as annoying as she was in the original series...or did I just get used to her? The voice actors as a whole are stronger than the original (including those who returned). The original was mixed, some were very good, others were passable, and a couple were terrible (Storm was the worst). All the voice actors are doing an excellent job in this series.

It really is a great, great show
Whips through plot at breakneck speed but seems to go pretty deep at same time

 

[TheRealJRad]

THEY DID THE THING

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Once Wolverine started getting in Magento's personal space, I thought it may be coming. Yeowch

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

GRRRR - forgot it came out today so just spoiled myself

Lemme go cleanup

 

[Sun Wukong]

Another absolute banger:

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-The second I saw Rogue in her old school green costume, I knew she was joining up with Magneto.

Speaking of costumes, I LOVE that they broke out the 80's fits for this episode. Brown and yellow Wolverine will always be my favorite Wolverine.

I love the Xavier/Magneto interplay here. They've both forked up. Xavier peaced out for bird alien sex and everything went to sheet while he was gone and his cries about reconciliation ring particularly hollow after Genosham which he wasn't even around to see. On the other hand, Magneto has gone from well intentioned extremist to just so completely forking pissed off that he isn't thinking rationally and is about to kill untold numbers, human and mutant alike. You can't blame him for his rage, but at the same time he has kind of lost the plot because of it.

That said, I do think it was a tad unfair for everyone to keep dunking on Xavier for leaving the school to Magneto. His plan for Magneto and the X-Men actually WAS working until Bastion showed up, which he realistically had no way to account for.

As expected, we got a sort of Fatal Attractions adaptation. Wolverine gets his adamantium ripped from him. They did it well here. I really hope season two doesn't spend a lot of time on feral Wolverine like he was immediately after this in the comic, I'm fine if they don't speedrun his adamantium getting returned, but if they could skip over feral Wolverine and just go right to "bone claws, but heals even better than he did before" Wolverine, that would be ideal. Feral Wolverine sucked. That said, I feel like Apocalypse is coming back soon and that's how he got his adamantium back, so it wouldn't shock me to see it happen then.

 

[Sun Wukong]

Oh, and also...

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After this episode, he's definetly on his way...

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

This had me shook even more than last week

 

[tenordas]

Wow. Did I say this series goes for jugular? That was an understatement.

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Seems like they've gone after all the harsh storylines from the mags, plus. Wondering if they're intending to kill off Magneto, Professor X, or Bastion.
Since they "picked up" where the original animated series stopped, I assume we will soon see Apocalypse owing to one the last episodes in the original where he found a physical host for himself. If this season is any indication, we'll finally see a well done version of him.

 

[Brock Meaux]

Damn. What a season.

 

[TheRealJRad]

Walter White is now Marvel canon

 

[Sun Wukong]

Totally stuck the landing. Awesome finale. More specific thoughts later.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Maybe best comics to screen adaptation ever