New Hyperfixation UNLOCKED! | X-Men (2000) Movie Reaction | First Time Watching 

LET'S BE CLEAR. SMASH RAY PARK. PASS TOAD. I was so excited to learn our GUY WAS TOAD!!!!!

Fun fact: in the comics, Wolverine is only 5'3", but Hugh Jackman is an impressive 6'3", so in this first movie, they shot him at odd angles and used camera trickery to make him appear shorter.

fun fact, Mystique disguised as Bobby in the elevator wasn't a visual trick, it was actually the actor's twin brother, who is also an actor

"Poland!" 😊 "Ohhhh... 1944." 😨 Jup, that intro hits immediately.

Fun fact: Ian Mckellen didn't want to be in the film until the director explained that the X-Men are a metaphor for anyone that feel rejected by society, and Ian could as a gay man relate to this.

Fun fact : Ray Park the actor who plays Toad also played Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.

41:43 Logan also has supersenses, so he could smell that wasn't the real Storm

If you put Wolverine, Daredevil, and Spider-Man in a room, you literally could not possibly sneak up on them. Sometimes Wolverine will smell a problem coming before Daredevil hears it, or Spider-Man's Spidey sense detects it.

"People like you are the reason I was afraid to go to school as a child." Is the greatest line in all of X-Men-dom, and sums it all up.

I think literally everyone would enjoy getting their ass kicked by Mystique (the blue chameleon lady)

Poland: OH! 1944: oh . . .

One step forward towards a x men 97 reaction

Please watch X-Men The Animated series! It’s just as good as BTAS

The Senator's melting scene was almost as traumatic as his sudden transformation into J. Beebz.

To answer a few questions in the comics, Mutants are often referred to as Homo Superior. Also, Logan has several powers, healing as well as enhanced senses so he can recognize people's scent. Also, the end credits scenes started with X3.

WE'LL THIS IS X-CITING

29:18 Nobody tell her about the director 💀

OMG YES!!! The X-Men mean so much to me, the comics, the adaptations for media. Literally anyone who is marginalized can find inspiration and substance in their allegories. As someone who is queer, the queer allegory has always been so important to me. I'll never forget that in the comics in the 90's some of the writers wanted to do a storyline about the AIDS crisis and when they were told no they did an allegorical story about it. The X-Men are just *really* something special.

The cage fight in which we meet Logan/Wolverine is not a fight between two mutants. Logan was keeping his mutant powers a secret, so he was kinda cheating. That's why the guy he beat tried to stab him at the bar afterwards. He suspected that Logan was a mutant and felt cheated out of his winnings, and that's why the bartender called Logan a "freak." He didn't know that Logan was a mutant either.

Stick with this one. Power through, because it let's you get to "Logan". It's a special film, and one of the 2 or 3 best comic book movies ever made. It is one of the few comic book movies that deserved multiple Oscar nominations, particularly for the performances.

The X-Men comics were created in 1963 to reflect the times of prejudice and racism and the fight against it. Charles and Magneto reflect the two head of that fight. Charles believes passive protest and emotional connection to achieve unity, never retaliating with hatred. Magneto has some similar philosophies of those like Malcolm X, “push me and I will push back”. Protecting his own kind against the threat of evil [humanity] by whatever means.

I had forgotten how great this movie was. I watched this in middle school and all I remembered was the melting senator and having a crush on Mystique

Ya, I think Mystique is one of the characters that made me hit puberty as a young boy. I was never the same after that. Started growing back hair the very next day after seeing this movie in theatres. I won't mention the other physical changes.

Fun fact: Bryan Singer said that the movie wouldn't have been made if not for the success of X-Men The Animated Series (1992-1997)!

Fun fact! This movie's screenplay is written by David Hayter, voice actor of Solid Snake/Big Boss from the Metal Gear Solid series!

I really recommend the animated show X Men Evolution It's really good

I watched this movie SO MANY times as a kid, seeing this at the drive in when it came out blew my eight-year-old mind

If you think Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique was hot wait till you see Rebecca Romijn.

YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!! I just know you’re going to absolutely love the X-Men!!!! There’s a lot of great stuff from them (and also not great stuff lol) but I can’t wait for you start this journey!!!!

You are going to love some of these movies and Icannot wait for you to get to "The Wolverine" and especially "Logan". Mutants are generally referred to as "homo sapiens superior" and they are born mutants, but usually their mutation does not really manifest until around puberty, often triggered by stress.

x-men is one of the biggest part of marvel, up until the avengers movies came out, this team AND fantastic four were the biggest teams in the comics. The basic x-men comics throughout the decades evolved into countless comic titles, so it isn't just x-men but x-force, x-factor, wolverine, new mutants, hellions, generation x, ETC ETC, the number of comic titles focusing on mutants/x-men characters are possibly even in the hundreds. The movies get a lot of things wrong, mostly the characters, their personality, who they are, because that is the x-men. While the avengers comics mostly focused on just teamwork, superhero stuff, stopping large threats, the x-men mostly focuses on characters, acceptance, co-existence and representation. While the movies got a lot of these things wrong, because the studio mainly focused just on the variety of the powers and putting in big actors, every x-men animated series PERFECTLY adapts the comics, the character's personalities and the family that the x-men are.

X Men was number #1 thank you Meg.💞📺📺💞

I grew up with these movies as a little girl! I always thought Wolverine and Cyclops were the coolest mutants ever, and sometimes when I'd wear sunglasses I'd pretend like I was shooting lasers out of my eyes like Scott lol. I, like everyone else Im sure, cant wait until you reach the later X-Men films. Logan will make you cry your freakin eyes out, just like it made me

Logan's natural mutant abilities are that he has hyper senses, the hand claws, and the fast healing. If I remember correctly, those are three separate mutations that just happened to all appear in his genetics. The hyper senses are why he sniffs throughout the movie, and how he knew immediately and with certainty that Storm was actually Mystique. If Storm smells like Mystique instead of Storm then he knows His indestructible adamantium coated skeleton is what was added when he was experimented on. An interesting side note, the adamantium metal is poisonous inside of him, constantly poisoning him, but at the same time his healing factor is counteracting it. So his healing factor is overworked and never keeping the rest of his body as healthy as it could, which is why he started aging at a pretty natural rate once he got the adamantium. Without his own skeleton poisoning him, he would live much, much longer, potentially forever, and his healing abilities would be even more powerful than they already are

Happy Spring👍

Cyclops is the leader of X-Men in the comics , that’s y there was his line to Charles that he will take care of them. Cyclops and Storm were done dirty according to fans of the characters

A 24 year old movie with themes that still hold up well today. Xavier and Magneto are very different than typical heroes and villains they both want their kind to live and prosper but go about it on completely different ways. Xavier wants co-existence between mutants and humans he is the optimist the idealist. Magneto is the jaded cynic he only sees survivor through show of strength and if mutants survive he will gladly wipe out the humans for it. Their ideologies also extend to their respective teams. The X-men are Xavier’s children his family and they work as a team. Contrasts with the Brotherhood who only seek yo follow Magneto’s will even the way they fight the X-men fight together against one of Magneto’s underlings. Yeah Wolverine was the star despite the movie being an ensemble. Funny thing Hugh Jackman was not considered the main pick for the role since at the time he wasn’t physically fit but now its hard to think anyone else could be Wolverine. Back then when I first saw this movie I didn’t think much of Cyclops but now knowing what I know as a comic fan they really did Scott dirty.

Yes! The Sequel is probably one of my favorite superhero movies of all time!

Oh, I didn't know you lived in Brazil for a while, that's cool! Hope you enjoyed your stay!

Yaayyy!! Love all your reactions!

excited we all are for meg to be reacting to the x-men movies, let's try not to spoil what is to happen in the future films f we can help it. much better when meg is surprised a lot of us will agree yes ^_^

Oh hell yeah! I am so here for your X-Men journey!

Holy s**t, I’m so excited for you to watch this series!

Friendly reminder that one of the lead writers for this movie is Solid freaking Snake.

Chris Claremont is the Godfather of X-Men and someone worth checking out. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby may have created the X-Men, but Claremont is who made them what we love today. He wrote the series from 1975 to 1991. He gave Magneto his Jewish Holocaust backstory and gave us the history of Xavier and Magneto being former friends. He created Rogue, Gambit, Kitty Pryde and many many more! There is an awesome Documentary on him on RU-vid. I think it's called Claremont's X-MEN. I highly highly highly recommend checking it out!

So when the X-Men were created it was the height of the civil rights movement in the US and many saw them as a metaphor for racial prejudice. Then 35+ years later Sir Ian McKellen saw them as a metaphor for anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice.That's the power of the concept - mutants can be _any_ "other" and so, cuz humans gonna hume, they're kind of eternally relevant.

Go in release order there is so much content you're going to love awesome I truly like the way you break movie's down you have a great perspective cant wait to watch the next one with you !!!😂

24:50 “I’m not agreeing with Magneto, of course…” 😆😆😆 Yeah, we’ve all been there, give it time 😜 LOVED THE REACTION!!! Please continue with the X-Men movies! Would also love to see your reaction to the OG 90’s animated series and follow up with the new X-Men 97’ animated series.

I know it's a serious moment but the "Poland 😁 19- 😢44" was so funny.

YYYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!! Welcome to one of the greatest comic book properties of all times.

I was wondering if you'd ever get into X-Men, glad to see a start for another journey

Sir Ian McKellen as Magnito is just perfect imo. As they have Patrick Stewart as Prof X just shows that they used too know what actor too play what roles.

These movies really take a bias with Wolverine, and while they’re enjoyable, once you see other X-Men medias besides these Fox movies, you’ll see the other X-Men members used to their fullest potential. Glad you’re starting this journey though, easily my favorite super hero team.

Saw this in the theatre :) It was surreal to see the comics I had grown up reading and then seeing them on the big screen :) LETS GOOO!! 💪😎💪

OMG Let's GO!!!!

I’ve read somewhere that Xavier/Magneto dynamic was based on MLK/Malcom X

8:25 Fun fact: This is George Buza who plays Beast in X-Men The Animated Series & X-Men '97!

That tod character actor also acted darth Maul on star wars.

Hi Meg hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

The movie is a good way to introduce the concept of X-Men. That said it only introduces the BASIC concept of it. All the movies take liberties with the source material. If you actually want to watch a comic accurate take then the 1990s animated series is still the best one.

He called them Homo sapiens because he’s evolved. “Homo Superior” as he calls them. He sees mutants as evolved.

I’m so mad I missed this on Patreon, glad I got it now. Recommend checking out X-Men either on Marvel Unlimited or in Epic Collections if you want to read more. And if you missed the analogy, think of it this way - think of the mutant cause as civil rights in the 1960s. Magneto’s point of view is analogous to Malcom X, Charles’s is analogous to Martin Luther King Jr. Just depends on your perspective who is right - aggressive resistance or passive resistance.

You might like The Nevers. It's like the X-Men, but set in Victorian England. It's only ten episodes and everything is pretty much wrapped up by the end.

I hope that if you go through more of the X-Men media, you eventually give chance to X-Men the animated series, but especially the new X-Men 97 animated show. Its a masterpiece.

Cant wait for you to get to first class hope you have a great Xmen journey

"Why is she here?" There is a lot in the comics that has been cut out of the movies (time and space considerations). Rogue left home and was with Caliban in the sewers of New York for years. Then Caliban said "There's somebody up in Canada that can endure your presence." Now this could have been a lot of people (Romulus, Wild Child, Sabertooth, Tundra ect.) but it just so happened it was Logan she ran into.

Ah yes, the beginning of my Wolverine Fanboy Arc. That I’m still not out of at 22 years old

Now it’s time for my favorite part of the Marvel Universe!! I feel like I’ve been spoiled lately with these awesome uploads

Wolverine Weapon X is the top pick for Wolverine's origin story in the comics :)

I doubt it will ever be addressed in the movie series, but Magneto is traditionally the biological father of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

if you liked this you will LOVE X-Men '97 (it's a sequel of X-Men The Animated Series)

Logan was able to figure out Storm was Mystique because he has very heightened senses and had her scent.

You know Logan/Wolverine has got another power. Sassing up the place. 😅

Lmfaooooo you notice in the beginning, Halle Berry was like “I’m not filming any B roll“ 😂😂

Awesome reaction. So reacting is one of your super powers. Thank you.

The themes of X-Men are as relevant today as they were in the 60s when the comic first came out. The sequel to this movie is even better, then it's hit or miss the rest of the way with this franchise--but definitely worth the watch. If you want to know what happened to Eric immediately after he bent the gate, wait for FIRST CLASS. Enjoy!

Another X-cellent reaction, Meg...sorry, couldn't resist...!!! (Here's hoping for some more pre-MCU Marvel reactions like the 2003 Hulk movie, the two mid-2000s Fantastic Four movies, and especially the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, yes...?).

41:38 Wolverine has other powers apart from just healing. He has heightened senses.

This movie is a fun ride from start to finish!

I do believe this was my first comic book film I ever watched. And it feels appropriate, since X-Men are without a doubt the best of Marvel.

"OH HEY POLAND!!! 194--- oh.......shit." Subscribed Meg, you're so damn animated and fun to watch with. Take care

The fact that the J-Law/Mystique "Bloo-bies" connection never happened makes me very sad lmao

It's the blue lady 😂😂😂

For many years X-men was the #1 comic in the US, certainly outselling the Avengers.

I went 😬😬 when u said that Logan is like a father to Rogue like nooo she has a crush on him 😂

if you wanna watch more X-Men, I highly recommend The original animated series from the 90s, especially since it finally got a sequel series recently

Awesome reaction of my favorite X-Men movie!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

So glad you are watching the X-men series!!! Just bear in mind, the sets of movies are quite fast and loose with the timeline. Things we not make perfect sense.

If you're interested in reading Xmen comics, i really recommend God loves, Man kills. It's one of my favorite comics ever, and X2 draw a lot from it.

I love how your reaction to Mystique in the helicopter was the same reaction I had. 🤣🥴

Someone already suggested the original X-Men animated series (1992) and it's a fantastic summary and far more accurate than the FOX movies. Plus after you're done you can watch X-Men '97 which is the best thing Marvel has done in years! The Jewishness of the X-Men creators (Jack Kirby, Stan Lee) and the best X-Men writer (Chris Claremont) strongly influences the characters. Xavier and Erik have a MLK v. Malcolm X thing, but they're also both two sides to "Never again." Charles believes that "never again" applies to all peoples. Erik (who is Jewish) believes it applies to his people (mutants) and that any action is justified to prevent another Holocaust. There's times they're both right and times they're both wrong, but Magneto has increasingly become an anti-hero over the decades. ♥

Sabretooth is played by former pro wrestler Tyler Mane. He also played Michael Myers in the Rob Zombie remakes of Halloween. Also, Magneto refers to mutants as 'Homo Superior'. He sees mutants as an evolved species, and superior to humans.

You should check out the 1992 X-Men animated series. Alongside Batman: TAS, which aired at the same time, it is still one of the best superhero shows ever made.

Grew up watching these and love them

Your reaction to Mystique is one of the funniest moments of 2024.

Mutations are mostly random, but their are some cases where there is a certain mutations that can runs through a bloodline that can be similar in nature or evolve through generations, or I some cases a power can be directly passed down. Like in the comics, Cyclops has 2 younger brothers that also have energy based abilities. Cyclops has concussive optic blasts, Havok can emit energy waves of plasma from his body, and Vulcan, the youngest brother can manipulate, control and absorb vast amounts of energy.

Wolverine has enhanced senses as well as superhearing, he basically has a canine level sense of smell. That's why he was able to figure out that it was Mystique disguised as Storm and not actually Storm. Also, Cyclops' line about yellow spandex was a nod to the iconic costume Wolverine wears in the comics.

I'm glad you enjoyed this movie! It's a great introduction to newcomers and sets up the general premise of the X-Men. It's not perfect, but it works! I also highly recommend two animated shows for you if you're interested. One is "X-Men: The Animated Series" from the 90s. The recent X-Men '97 is actually a continuation from it! And the second is "X-Men: Evolution" which I think you would like! Basically Charles, Storm, and Logan are the only adults. Everyone else are teenagers and it shows them having to juggle being X-Men while also dealing with teenage issues and trying to fit in with normal kids. It was my first introduction to the X-Men and it's really good!

Toad is Darth Maul

Many of your questions will be answered in X2 ^^