X-Men ‘97 Made Them Great Again 

What are your thoughts on X-men '97?

Fell in love never watched anything xmen related before this.

I feel like what we need is more unapologetic cool. Like, so much modern superhero stuff plays the "Oh we're using our made-up names?" kind of lines where they can do as much cool stuff as they want, but then they try to be like "It's okay guys we know this is kind of dumb" and maybe it was charming for like a bit at first but now, we WANT the crazy cool stuff, like Cyclops using his beam to land in the desert like that, and for no one to look at him weird and be like "what?" Just do it, make it cool, and let the coolness last.

X-Men Evolution also has a really good theme

I love X-Men! I always been a big fan of them since I was a kid. And this new series reminded me of why I loved the group so much. The most surprising part is I was never a big cyclops person. I never hated him but I didn't like him either. But this series made me actually interested in his character for once. This series was fun for me. Anyways, good video!

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X-Men is the best soap opera.

Watched all the shows and I think they represent the Xmen perfectly! As I watched '97 I was a kid again watching one of my favorite shows! I love how it so real and not afraid to talk about serious topics.

To be honest, reading X-men comics had me hating the movies.

You could say this video is uncannily good

I had a similar experience to X-Men as Mann (grew up in the culture of the 90s series but I mainly watched Evolution) but I was completely absorbed in 97. The world and characters suck you in immediately, the lore does an amazing job reintroducing new viewers, & the animation and fight scenes are SO AMAZING!! I was immediately hooked by the end of episode 1

A superb video on the new series, Mann! I grew up with X-Men media in a very scattershot way. I saw some of the movies, then some of 92' series, then some of Evolution, then some of Wolverine and The X-Men, but never enough at once that I ever gravitated towards any one of them as MY version of the X-Men. Even when I later went back and finished watching all the different series, everything sort of mixed together in my head about them. But something I noticed is that each of the adaptations tended to covet a lot of similar Claremont run storylines. Days of Future Past, Phoenix, Dark Phoenix, Apocalypse, etc. They'd each mix them up a bit and add their own spin on them, but those storylines were always the focus. I think part of what makes X-Men '97 so wonderful for me is that since it's a sequel to the 92' series, they've already done all those storylines with these X-Men. This has so far freed them up to adapt or take cues from later X-Men storylines to move this narrative and setting forward while still staying true to the themes and continuity of that original series. It has been wonderful to see an adaptation evolve past the most iconic stories of the franchise, and I am immensely excited to see where they go with the rest of the season and beyond. Plus, they've got Cyclops using his powers in creative ways I'm not sure I've ever seen before AND putting respect on Storm's name. So major points for that. :)

Huh, i see, I was wondering what this Show was supposed to be, so it really is a Sequel to the Original Show, thanks for the clarification. Anyway, fair and valid points and good, it’s going to be interesting to see how far this Show goes.

The king is back 👑

Wolverine and the XMen is my favorite XMen series, the movies are good too

I love the X-men, none of them are my favorite Marvel heroes, but together they are my favorite team. X-men Evolution is really good (plus Christopher Judge as Magneto, yes Kratos/Teal’c), Wolverine and the X-men is awesome, but was cut short. I think the reason why the movies failed is because tv series have more time and individual episodes that can be about other characters as opposed to movies which usually need a central character. Though can I ask what you think of the criticisms the X-men have received as social commentary. I’ve seen tons of people say the civil rights metaphor falls flat because they have super powers and therefore have power and can be dangerous unlike real world minorities who are targeted because they have less power in society. I as a queer person still love the X-men despite this and I still like the civil rights metaphor because they can still be threatened by humans with the right technology. If anyone has responses to this please keep the discussion civil.

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I haven’t finished your video but already liked it lol. I’m 24 so I was born in the year 2000 and still ofc watched 90s shows from my fathers interested stuff, so I was very much a x men kid. This new show has been beautifully written especially the recent episode had me crying. 😢 You encouraged me to now to check out Evolution again ( I was more of a Wolverine and the x men type). The x men are great because of not only the mutant metaphor of oppression but their unique powers representing reality too. Also every x men episode from the 90s series was so fun to watch and not edgy and dark compared to new shows now ( I love invincible and the boys but they aren’t memorable like x men for me). I miss superhero’s that are fun and still good symbolism. I study animation in college and also find the 3D so well done and mimics the old version. This version makes me into cyclops more (my fav is always gambit, Jean, Rogue and Storm). I hope you do a video on the situation of the creator being fired from being a show runner! Really curious on the aftermath and your thoughts :)

Love this series. I hopefully we get another season of x men evolution lol. Furthermore, ive been itching for a tv 14 marvel cartoons since the marvel anime series and Wolverine vs Hulk. Also, i don't know why but i was more excited for this show than Invincible.

Damn that ad Segway was smooth I'm not even mad I listened to it all without skipping 😂

What is the banger you got playing in the background for first half of the video?? Thanks

Tbh I’m not watchin the show but I’m thiiiiiiiiiis close enough o watching cuz all I hear is good stuff

The new episode was even better oml

Amen.

I have never watched any of the x men shows or movies do I need to watch the og 90 show to understand or can I go on blind

The funny thing is that the 2nd episode was written b4 Jan6

Bars

5:00 that's basic tv and movie storytelling. Whatever character is new or doesn't know something is the audience surrogate.

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The only thing in X-Men 97 that I haven't loved is Magneto's new costume. I understand what they're going for. It's just not for me.

I'm goad to know it's good to someone that hasn't watched the original show much. As someone who's first experience with the original was as an adult, the animation turned me off immensely. I wanted to go into this because it looks dope but but was worried of the continuity.

I agree that sometimes they “put us up to speed” in a smart way, but in a lot of instances their exposition feels clunky n overly “technical”. THAT BEIN SAID, they nail the fuck out of the “mutant-social” drama AND the interpersonal drama. Not only dat but they treat the characters w respect n explore their powers in pretty interesting ways. This show lives n dies by its characters n their characterization n THATS THE MOST X-MEN SHIT EVER. The dialogue is mostly great n dat one Magneto speech is the highlight. Yes most of what they got is directly from comics but theres so much merit in their adaptation of each episode’s source material. Just great.

X-men fans before the 2000s usually say you should have always hated those fox-men movies : D

This series is doing great and I love its hitting the story because it’s basing off the comics. I will say this, when 97 was coming I decided to rewatch the original and I have to say I have a new perspective of it especially considering Logan crush on Jean is kinda cringe 😰and the live action movies really damaged the characters image 😅

"fixed marvel", these atw two different medias...one is about an established team (the x-men) and the other (the phase 4-6 mcu) is all about bringing back the avengers. Let's not...compare them. They have little to do with each other.

The idea of Mutants replacing Humans is inherently racist and the fact this is accepted in universe is problematic

Episode 5 was next level

I’m sorry the fact that you never watched the original series bothers me. The fact you didn’t know who Mr. Sinister is bothersome. The fact that you watched WHACK X-men evolution … that sucks. The 90’s show is literally faithful to the comics .

Excellent show but it didn’t fix Marvel stop overreacting jumping to Conclusions for Clickbait. Marvel has to drop a consistent line of great projects to get back in our good graces. Because god forbid Deadpool 3 isn’t good u will be quick to say Marvel is dying falling off again. Just be patient & enjoy this 1 lil win Marvel has at the moment