TV: X-Men '97

[Leaf Rocket]

Is anyone watching this? Looks interesting and is supposed to be a continuation of the original animated series.

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[John Price]

Busy all week but yeah this dropped today.

Positive fanfare so far.

X-Men ‘97 Review: Revival Exceeds Sky-High Expectations

Recently-fired "X-Men '97" head writer Beau DeMayo and team present a carefully-crafted and worthy followup, banger theme song and all

www.thewrap.com

'X-Men ’97' Review: Marvel Returns to the ’90s With X-traordinary New Series

Marvel's first X-Men project since regaining the rights to the character might just be their best animated series yet.

collider.com

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Busy all week but yeah this dropped today.

Positive fanfare so far.

X-Men ‘97 Review: Revival Exceeds Sky-High Expectations

Recently-fired "X-Men '97" head writer Beau DeMayo and team present a carefully-crafted and worthy followup, banger theme song and all

www.thewrap.com

'X-Men ’97' Review: Marvel Returns to the ’90s With X-traordinary New Series

Marvel's first X-Men project since regaining the rights to the character might just be their best animated series yet.

collider.com

Just watched it. It was awesome and feels like the trailers don't do it justice tbh. Was great and the story was nice, let's see how this goes.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

It's really good!

Almost 3 decades may have passed, but the show is just as fresh as when it ended.

 

[Spotty 2 Hotty]

It's absolutely perfect.

They've managed to blend the old animation with a cleaner, more defined style that mimics the original, but allows more flexibility.

It's a perfect blend of old and new.

 

[barriers]

That was great! They really knocked it out of the park, Beast and Rogue's voices seem a bit off to me but I'll surely get used to it. And I love they they leaned even harder into sterotypes so far when I assumed they'd do the opposite. Rogue is folksier than ever and Gambit is introduced making beignets. Looking forward to the rest

 

[John Price]

 

[Sad People]

I know next to nothing about x men but wanted to give this show a shot because the 90s animation style and art style and I have to say I really liked it and look forward to future episodes

 

[StreetHawk]

That was great! They really knocked it out of the park, Beast and Rogue's voices seem a bit off to me but I'll surely get used to it. And I love they they leaned even harder into sterotypes so far when I assumed they'd do the opposite. Rogue is folksier than ever and Gambit is introduced making beignets. Looking forward to the rest

Animation for the Xmen characters are basically spot on to what they were in 97. Magneto on the other hand….
Not a fan of his redesign.

 

[Primary Assist]

This is really good. It sticks to a lot of the things that made the original series a classic (cameos, team ups, Jean biting off more than she can chew and screaming) while still feeling fresh.

I also may have been too young to pick up on this stuff when the show was in its original run, but I like how they made the anti mutant terrorist so similar to a lot of today's conspiracy crowd.

Definitely going to keep watching

Edit - I should also add this show seems written for 2 target audiences, nostalgic millennials such as myself and today's children. That is not an easy balance but they're doing a really good job

 

[StreetHawk]

Looks like Magneto's look is based off a comic where he was put on trial.
Guess, this now makes sense.

Still prefer his regular look that we've seen in the other animated series.

 

[StreetHawk]

This is really good. It sticks to a lot of the things that made the original series a classic (cameos, team ups, Jean biting off more than she can chew and screaming) while still feeling fresh.

I also may have been too young to pick up on this stuff when the show was in its original run, but I like how they made the anti mutant terrorist so similar to a lot of today's conspiracy crowd.

Definitely going to keep watching

Edit - I should also add this show seems written for 2 target audiences, nostalgic millennials such as myself and today's children. That is not an easy balance but they're doing a really good job

Season 1 aired back in 1992, so to have seen it, you'd have to be almost 40 or older now to even remember it.

I had to watch the series finale (gosh the animation went downhill in season 5. Guess the money disappeared and they went with a cheaper studio or something to make them). To refresh my memory of what happened with Xavier.

Amazes me, though not really, how people can complain about anything and everything. Almost all of the characters designs matches what they were in the original, save for the hair cuts for Storm, Bishop, and Morph. Easy to explain Morph that this is his natural form. Magneto is the one that has the biggest variance in his costume, but they followed the look he had in a comic arc where he stood trial. Otherwise, they'd probably have kept him close to the original look. Even the cameos that Morph changed into were fairly spot on from the original series.

 

[Sad People]

So far id probably say my favorite characters are Storm (damn shame but i think she will be back) or Wolverine, the dude with the sun glasses and the baton type of thing thats close with Rogue I dunno his name seems pretty cool as well. Never watched the show in the 90s so all these characters are new to me.

 

[RandV]

So far id probably say my favorite characters are Storm (damn shame but i think she will be back) or Wolverine, the dude with the sun glasses and the baton type of thing thats close with Rogue I dunno his name seems pretty cool as well. Never watched the show in the 90s so all these characters are new to me.

That's Gambit, good character but a bit of a poochy as he was the 'cool' character introduced in the late 80's/early 90's.

 

[stephenball]

The show is great, better than I could have ever hoped for. I honestly think Magneto in episode 2 is pretty much the best we’ve seen him in any TV/movie adaptation.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

First 2 episodes I enjoyed, was expecting Disney to Disney all over this, cautiously optimistic going forward didn't expect then to have the balls to go the angle they did with Jean'spregnancy not spoiling it but if you know, you know who and what I'm referring to.

The show is great, better than I could have ever hoped for. I honestly think Magneto in episode 2 is pretty much the best we’ve seen him in any TV/movie adaptation.

Spot on adaption of the Trial of Magneto. Seeing X-Cutioner this early was pretty cool also.

 

[SepticFish]

That's one of the first issues of X-Men I bought. Still have it after almost 40 years too. Never watched the original series, was "too old" for it back then. But I'm all in on the new show. Especially since it seems like they're taking stories from the 80's comics that I read back in the day.

 

[NyQuil]

That's Gambit, good character but a bit of a poochy as he was the 'cool' character introduced in the late 80's/early 90's.

I liked the episodes dealing with the Assassins Guild vs. Thieves Guild conflicts in Louisiana.

 

[Bowski]

Bishop is in this and on the main roster?

I guess I can put up with that if it means more legendary Apocalypse quotes to come.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Bishop is in this and on the main roster?

I guess I can put up with that if it means more legendary Apocalypse quotes to come.

Just like he was 30 years ago

 

[Bowski]

Just like he was 30 years ago

Not in the TV series.
I'll reserve judgment until I've seen it, maybe he doesn't suck as much this time around.

 

[dr robbie]

Really liking it so far. Goes full-on soap opera in the 3rd episode and reminds me so much of the original lol.

The artwork, the characters, the team ups, the story - everything is just spot on right now.

 

[savebyrichter94]

3rd episode was phenomenal

 

[beowulf]

Animation for the Xmen characters are basically spot on to what they were in 97. Magneto on the other hand….
Not a fan of his redesign.

I think his redesign only has to do with him trying to be a hero so far.

I like it more than the original so far!

 

[Sad People]

The artwork, animations, coloring is all top botch so far. Not a single gripe about it.

This episode was a little far out for me but still really good. Maybe thats because im not up to snuff with the lore and what happened in the past show but still good overall.