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[@housebrokengeek]

I just naturally assumed Magneto was holding back for some reason in regard to using his magnetism directly against Wolverine, so when he shanked him he just went "Fuck it" and de-adamantiumed him.

[@LucianPosey]

Bingo. A magician never reveals all of his tricks right away, especially when they don’t need to.

[@remylabeau5140]

Right? Especially after he spent so much time with the team.

[@BlueSpams]

I saw another video that mentioned that the conflict between the X-Men and Magneto was kind of a gentleman’s war beforehand. Mercy and truce terms would be offered before and both sides were more interested in capturing or pacifying rather than killing each other. Now all deals are off, so to speak. Killing and maiming each other isn’t off the table now. They’re treating this like an actual war

[@The_Mad_Titan_007]

I feel like he held back against everyone up until this point tbh. He is the "mutant Messiah" so it makes sense he wouldn't simply go all out against the X men , and he held back against the humans cause of Charles' dream. Now it seems such limiters are off, though it might not matter much in Magento's case looking at where the show is headed.

[@kenmasters3003]

That’s why magneto says “Wolverine ? Finally this feud is over” after Wolverine stabs him through his abdomen and magneto decides the stakes have changed from friendly competition to kill or be killed..

[@GaranSOI]

Remember when Nando was like surely Morph can’t turn into the juggarnaut because the powers come from a dimension, and morph turned into juggernaut anyway

[@MichaelNgTzeWei]

i member

[@Timewarpiaman]

Morph's just broken, especially if they make Morph like this in the comics.

[@TheHeroExodus]

Morphernaut was not quite juggy. Jug's unstoppable, morph is quite stoppable.

[@joshuarendleman7297]

Arguably that might show morphs lack of training and forethought. Assuming he's able to duplicate physical abilities and he doesn't realize the magic source he just got a bigger proportionally strong frame.

[@giosbizarreart9048]

He’s just making his body stronger to mimic juggernaut he isn’t using his magical powers

[@darkironyoshi]

I'd love it if the "magneto proctocol" would just be Normal Sentinels with crudely taped on wooden guns on their hands.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

WOOOOD??????

[@4everJoko]

How did you know that? Did you see the finale early 😳

[@EC-ol8nz]

Did you know wood is the most valuable commodity in the Universe! It grows no where else 😂 I am Groot!

[@DavidC-fk2wg]

Who then persuades him to get in a metal car to go to prison.

[@RaizenDarchlight]

Ok stay with me on this one: Magneto protocol--> protocol---> protocol droid--->c3p0 therefore magneto is week to C threepio

[@Aaron-pj3ky]

I think this version of Magneto probably considered Wolverine's metal bones off limits for anything more than shoving him away, because he detests the idea of taking away another person's agency. Considering that Xavier's power can be used to do just that, it makes a lot of sense for him.

[@Luneytoon]

Right! That’s what I got from magneto saying that finally the feud is over, so that he can not hold back

[@mordakie3805]

This is exactly it..

[@grando2750]

Well said. Additionally, my belief was always, magento just held back since he knew he could end logan anytime if he really wanted. Once charles did what he did, combined with logan actually stabbing him through the body, lines were def crossed in eriks mind so , as he said “This Feud…is over.”

[@thathighguy6980]

​@@grando2750basically a "oh, it's like that" moment. You wanna play for keeps, he'll play for keeps

[@Peecamarke]

Same, especially when he said “…enough of this fued”

[@highwaytoheaven99]

Brother, Morph turning into someone Magneto loves for manipulation is NOT a good idea, because it would only make Magneto go 100% RABID

[@MrGanomede]

Considering Logan lost his metal saving actual Quicksilver from Magneto in x-men 25...yeah.

[@gr8tbigtreehugger]

Morph should transform into Magneto.

[@AlexWilliamS-el2vu]

since magneto saw charles trying to control him as a violation i assumed the same for magneto and wolverine until he stabbed him

[@TiredMoonRabbit]

He didn't use his magnetism on wolverine out of respect, but after wolverine trys to kill him that respect went out the window, thats why his final line was "finally its over" or something like that because that was the last straw. Its kinda like the unspoken rule of don't take of the mask.

[@JP8771]

I would not suggest anything Magneto is doing is rational. By killing the Earth's magnetic field, he would kill millions of mutants too. He has PTSD and it's clear pain and trauma are getting in the way with his ability to reason.

[@funkysam1345]

Exactly. Ppl blindly defending all his actions.

[@akshayde]

It's not blindly. The show fails to show us the impact of his actions. News coverage would have been great to show how vast it was.

[@funkysam1345]

@@akshayde No I mean the PPL saying that Magneto is doing the ryt thing

[@fab7an758]

@funkysam1345 what I am going to say is kind of unfortunate, but people on the left have become so radicalized over the years that seeing someone from a marginalized group inflicting very high punishment on his oppressors is like a fever dream to them. Hence why they think Magneto or even Hamas (irl) are justified in their actions and these people don’t care about the harm they cause. Thank God, these radicals don’t have powers.

[@AnthonyBae]

Flop, if mutants can’t live free no one can purrrr

[@Truck-kun11]

After hearing that Nightcrawler teleported back to life FROM HEAVEN, nothing he does surprises me anymore.

[@jasongarrett768]

Kurt turned Heaven into his literal respawn point for a while.

[@jackpot42]

He didn't physically bamf from heaven he has very strict limitations

[@jlev1028]

Comics can be very stupid sometimes.

[@Nightman221k]

Oh my God, that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. The X-men comics have so much foolishness, I can’t even.

[@falconeshield]

​@@Nightman221kKurt is Jesus shaddap

[@JoyconDriftKing]

“Just a couple little nitpicks” proceeds to nitpick everything.

[@calebgonzalez599]

Fully convinced there's an XMan on the team we've not met who's whole power is negotiating great insurance policies.

[@biology9810]

Forget-me-not

[@saahir18]

That was Bobby for a while. He handled all the financial issues.

[@JackOfNone97]

The magnetic field leaving earth is literally doomsday. It’s the entire reason Mars is a desolate wasteland. It protects us from the harsh solar radiation (which is why Superman goes into space to recharge, solar radiation is stronger there) and helps keep the atmosphere from sputtering out. Super excited for the next episode, can’t wait to see how it’s resolved and moreover what the long term consequences will be within the Marvel Animated Universe itself

[@josephmatthews7698]

Depends on how long it was gone. We've lost our magnetic field multiple times but it always came back. We could probably handle a couple weeks or so but there'd be a lot of fried electronics and skin cancer rates would skyrocket.

[@JackOfNone97]

@@josephmatthews7698 I did not know that that’s actually really cool. Though in X-Mens case storm says that she feels the magnetic field “dying” so I’m guessing it won’t come back if they don’t stop it

[@timjackdirector]

Magneto wasn’t trying to killed them. Until Xavier trying to mind control him. They he knew they were about business.

[@Nightman221k]

He would’ve killed everyone who didn’t get on the asteroid though so it’s not exactly like they were dealing with a rational choice. Xavier was right to try to force him to restore the EMP.

[@ItsBofu]

While there are some criticisms that I agree with, others I don't. Regarding sending Wolverine to fight Magneto (which is a move they keep making in the comics, obviously): up to this point, Magneto had always been holding back against the X-Men, and he clearly still was during this fight up until this point. He very visibly wasn't trying to kill Cyclops or Jubilee, who also weren't trying to kill him. But Wolverine saw an opportunity he might not have taken in their previous encounters (you know, before Magneto killed thousands... er, millions) to try to take him out once and for all... but he also knew that they needed Magneto alive to undo the damage. So, Wolverine probably went for a decisive but not entirely fatal strike. And that escalated things. As for sending Cable to fight Sinister, they didn't even have reason to believe Sinister would be there. He kind of showed up out of nowhere. They also didn't have reason to believe Sinister could mind control Cable even if he did show up. And as for why they didn't just send a team of two people or whatever: they knew Bastion was unlikely to be disabled, so he's still a dangerous opponent. Cable has knowledge on Bastion that makes him the most qualified to figure out how to shut him down. Besides, if sending Wolverine to fight Magneto is a duh moment, sending Cable, whose entire arm is metal, would have been even worse.

[@SamwiseTheNotSoBrave]

Fun note: in the X-Force issue of Fatal Attractions, Cable got wrecked by Magneto in a way not too dissimilar to Wolverine.

[@NoMustang273]

I think Xavier trying to mind control him also pushed him over the edge. I'm fairly sure he was going to straight up kill Xavier if Logan didn't stop him.

[@AbyCarl-my8gq]

Well put

[@DavidC-fk2wg]

My broader comment on X-Men '97 is this is a series that wasn't sure whether it was getting a second series so it has smooshed about 3 seasons worth of stories into 10 episodes. I'm not complaining, the lack of filler is welcome, but by god they have gone at breakneck speed.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

And now they're confirmed for three seasons lmao. But there are so many X-Men comics that they have a lot to draw from anyway.

[@hair4571]

Yeah even popular character arc who hasn't made it to the series yet so they won't worry​@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep

[@vincentluong7550]

I thought the guy who wrote 97 was working on 2 seasons after the first season was done before he was fired

[@antzvoli4577]

@@hair4571nope! The second season has already been completed and the second season was written along with the first season which is why even though Beau DeMayo was fired he completed all the scrips for the 2nd season- sadly he won’t be overseeing the production of the show to properly ensure his vision is executed!

[@leonwoodley99]

This is nonsense.

[@amartyakejora5451]

I would've loved for morph to get a 1 on 1 fight with sinister this episode, and sinister just opens with "we're the same, you and i. neither of our powers make sense in any way."

[@kkkelso5027]

The reason I see Jean being on gold team is that each team needs a telepath to communicate to each other. Just an idea.

[@shanedbunting]

When Jean threw the Jukebox at Sinister I , completely alone, said out loud in my best radio dj Voice " ... and All The Hits." 😂

[@morningstar9222]

People forget in the original cartoon Magneto Never took advantage of Wolverine's metal skeleton. Wolverine tackled Magneto to the ground on at least 2 occasions Magneto went easy on our heroes and i think the episode highlights the flaw with Xaviers approach. Hes been gone all this time, Magneto has had enough and is ready to destroy Earth but Xavier thinks he can just head into asteroid M and change Magnetos mind. He doesnt understand how much things have changed and this really is war

[@Jeff-jefe]

“I don’t want to nitpick the show” proceeds to make a video of nothing but nitpicking

[@ZachBobBob]

Tbf they didn't know Sinister was gonna be there, they thought they were just going after Bastian

[@alearnedman]

That's true. None of the mutants except Magneto could know he was involved after Episode 3

[@SanguineSidereal]

@@alearnedman Trask told them Sinister was involved.

[@whoisslade45]

Come on Nando. Say the line. 😔 “I didn’t think I was gonna do one of these but here we are”

[@pancakeparatrooper9361]

really is his catchphrase now

[@rah0210]

He knew he was making one this time haha

[@milkiassamuel780]

This episode is truly remarkable, and the action is masterful! THAT ENDING WAS INSANE! While I do understand Charles's reasoning for giving Magneto the mansion, the man still neglected his students and pupils. Look where they are now: on the brink of war, he's lost two team members to Magneto (Rogue quite literally went rogue)and Magneto's line: "God's abandon those who believe in them" is such a powerful line. I love how Storm and Jean see each other as sisters, and their bond together is really wholesome. That line: “Make them mind your weather, sister. And them weather your mind" is such a good line! I find it interesting that Bastion still loves his mother despite what he did to her and turned her into a sentinel zombie, which makes me think he's not as emotionless and robotic as we were made to believe since he is part human. It's scary how powerful Bastion is, considering he's essentially a one-man Sentinel factory. Nah, the animation in this show is PHENOMENAL AND GIVES ME MAJOR ANIME VIBES, I LOVE IT! Magneto has wanted to say "SHUT THE F*** UP" to Charles for a while, and that alone is hilarious! MAGNETO STRAIGHT-UP PULLING OUT LOGAN'S ADAMANTIUM, JUST LIKE IN THE COMICS, WAS BRUTAL ASF!!!

[@funkysam1345]

Well I woudnt compare it with anime though. Like thats insane level of detailed animation. Butb honestly the storytelling is good enough to keep u hooked. Not the best animated stuff out there, but honestly doesnt need to be. No real flaws as such. Limited by its own episode limit. The creators hv clearly showcased their potential by doing brilliant stuff with the limitations they have worked in.

[@giosbizarreart9048]

@@funkysam1345it’s animated by studio mir which has worked on other anime. Not every anime is an animation masterpiece alot of them are mediocre animation wise THIS show has top tier animation atleast every episode has a brilliantly animated scene.

[@funkysam1345]

@@giosbizarreart9048 well it's an interesting style. I like the vibrant colour palette. But u should look at the X men anime. I'm talking about detailed realistic 2 D animation. This is essentially just an improved version of the 90s show

[@giosbizarreart9048]

@@funkysam1345 oh the art style i can understand not liking the animation itself has many great moments every episode

[@funkysam1345]

@@giosbizarreart9048 Sure. It's different nd I am fine with it. Latest example being final shot of last episode

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Kurt constantly makes the point he doesn't have to see where he's going, he just needs to picture the landing in his mind. So while I'm not sure about the range, line-of-sight isn't an issue.

[@troikas3353]

Magneto EMP'd the planet to shutdown all electrical devices, thus stopping the Sentinels, and did so by manipulating the Earths magneticfield which could cause irreparable damage to the planet if not undone, but undoing it will allow the Prime Sentinels to reactivate. It's comicbook science sure.. but it's not that hard to understand.. Especially since they literally say most of that in straight dialogue.

[@leonwoodley99]

I tell you. This show might be one of the best animated shows ever.

[@user-ev3jb2xg5w]

Regarding your criticisms most of them can be answered with- the characters don't know what the audience knows. Example: The X-men doesn't know about the Sinister connection (or did I miss it?). That's why the sent that team to fight Bastion...

[@ETPlayground]

Jean not grabbing Sinister drove me nuts. With everything he out her, Scott, Madelyne, and Nathan I was getting psyched up for her to slap him around. Wanda vs Thanos rotoscoping would have been perfect.

[@DavidC-fk2wg]

My theory on Morph is he can simulate "physical" powers. So he can grow, become stronger (like the hulk) or faster (like quicksilver), simulate claws etc like Deathstrike but (and correct me if I'm wrong here) he can't simulate powers like Cyclops, Magneto, Storm, Prof X etc.

[@drlca6601]

you misgendered Morph!! Blasphemer!

[@funkysam1345]

*they can grow

[@AnthonyBae]

What about when morph turned into magik tho ? He acquired her sword, which is in itself a magical object, so how did he morph an inanimate object

[@DavidC-fk2wg]

@@AnthonyBae Did he do anything magical with the sword or just hit things with it? (Can't remember). I imagine Morph's body is basically kinda fluid and is able to assume pretty much any shape, consistency, sharpness as necessary.

[@serenityq26]

Why are you assuming morph summoned magik's sword instead of it just being a replicate? Yall are over thinking this super basic power and making it confusing for yourself. Clothes are inanimate, doesn't morph make new clothes?? Same thing with the sword. Mystique has shaped shifted into people who wear glasses, jewelry, weapons, etc so......

[@spydey2k]

Of course Roberto went with Magneto. His mom sold him out last episode. Trust is gone at that point

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

16:17 Non Snap players must be so confused. "What the hell are ongoing effects?"

[@amartyakejora5451]

Sunspot switching up is 100% in line with everything he is this season. His whole deal is self preservasion, whatever he likes goes. Selfishness and putting himself first in every situation. That includes sticking around jubilee. They're taking a very slow approach to roberto's growth. Please, learn how to analyze text when it comes to character arcs, as Cyclops would say there are 'thousands' of subscribers on your channel

[@Qbin07]

Morph can only mimic PHYSICAL abilities. Won't get mind powers for turning into Jean, won't get magnetic powers by turning into Magneto

[@ddevil0511]

People were speculating this finale since episode 7 (Bastion revealed) that they do a Uno reverse card, OZT - onslaught - fatal attraction kind of stuff.

[@adacorfirewind6301]

I don't think psychological manipulation should be a part of Morph's playbook. They went through immense trauma doing that to the x-men because of Sinister's brainwashing. I don't think that's something they want to do.

[@shadowednight1600]

After what Sinister did to them, I doubt Morph would ever want to do that. They're a prankster, not a gaslighter

[@bloodymary9404]

Morph wouldn’t leave Wolverine like that.

[@claytongriffith8323]

To me, it seemed like Magneto had some type of internal pack of trying not to actually directly harm the mutants just get them out if the way if they aren't going join him. Because of the Rouge saying she has to put Wolverine in time out because he's playing to kill or Magnus talking about how the pack is broken so he can end the feud. But yeah, these teams were made for drama, not the mission

[@therandomnarwhal]

I think a lot of people are missing the idea that both Magneto and Charles are both wrong in different ways. Magneto is correct in the sense of humanity not willing to be accept mutants fully and that Charles’ overall dream is too far away to accomplish. But him doing the EMP thing, while understandable to protect mutants, is undeniably hurting people. Just blindly saying “Magneto is right” and thinking everything he does is entirely justifiable isn’t correct imo. Charles is correct all people need to be protected and helped, but isn’t willing to accept that fundamentally, at least at this current point in the timeline, humanity isn’t going to be able to coexist with mutants, a place like Genosha or Astroid M is needed and needs to be the priority for mutant kind.

[@BlackOmegaEnt]

Basically, Magneto launched a world-wide EMP with his powers (hence while all electronics including sentineld are now down). However, it also affected the planet’s Ozone layer & its slowly deteriorating(hence the doomsday scenario)

[@sequitur7222]

I mean even knowing there weren’t any sentinels they would know sinister would still be there which I assume is why they split in half. I can see Magneto not using the adamantium thing out of consideration for Wolverine until Wolverine actually stabbed him.

[@Sharikacat]

It feels like Magneto has to "cast out" his powers. Wolverine is a moving target, so he might "miss" and give Wolverine a chance to get close, where he would actually be a threat.

[@Luneytoon]

@@Sharikacat nah, magneto is the master of magnetism. If he can lift an island out of the ocean then he should have no problem taking on Wolverine. I mean he did it with his back turned and with wolverines claws in his torso

[@stormagedden785]

Yeah, this is why Nando doesn't make battle strategies. By his logic, sending only 2 X-Men (example Beast and Morph) would have be even worse.

[@NoMustang273]

@@stormagedden785 We saw Bastion manhandling them with 0 problem too so even if Bastion was fully alone, the plan would have failed.

[@hiryu619]

the plan should've been to temporarily reason with Magneto to get him to help take down Bastion, then they could've come to a resolution, not split the team

[@Sasu123456789x1]

Good point

[@stormagedden785]

They already had a scene with Xavier reasoning with Magneto. But he went 5 episodes being reasonable and is done doing other people's plans.

[@powercore2000]

I'm surprised Xavier didn't bring up the whole "Your plan genocides mutants too" point to snap Magneto back instead of just his standard soap box. It might have gotten him to at least focus on bastion first.

[@sneakernickel]

Yes. Bastian was literally trying to continue to commit the mutant genocide that he started. I feel like Magneto would have bee-lined back to Bastians lair and turned that shit into a big metal ball and fire it at the sun.

[@iron545]

Earth's EM field was used to make a global EMP. The Earth's EM field is now fading, without it all life on Earth will get microwaved my solar radiation.

[@RedBeardEnt]

Yeah it wasn’t that hard to understand, I don’t know why he didn’t grasp that

[@PlaylistWatching1234]

Unfortunately, they don't actually explain that. It's just flatly asserted that the world ends in 12 hours. Which I found pretty confusing. Exactly 12? How? Did I miss something? Did Magneto set up a bomb? What's going on? They should've at least had beast give a technobabble explanation, but they didn't even bother.

[@125loopy]

​@PlaylistWatching1234 yeah, they definitely could've included a few extra minutes to explain this. I was confused why they only had 12 hours. The president didn't seem sufficiently freaked out for 12 hours til the world ends.

[@theonlyethanhiroshiki]

"Even now, I can still feel the Earth's magnetic field dying." - Storm.

[@BIGFRANKOL75]

6:23 The problem with your thinking is: 1.) Mr. Sinister is still working with Bastion. The X Men know this is true, because Trask told them all just before Rogue killed him. The also saw all the work to make the Prime Sentinels at the NATO lab were they met with Trask. 2.) There are way to shield from an EMP, especially underground and inside a mountain. 3.) The make up of the teams work to need of the situation and the strengths of the characters. Beast and Forge are the tech guys Storm's powers are best on Earth Morph can be anything so is best for whatever surprises pop up. Cable is on a mission can careless about Magneto Jean is there to protect against mental attacks and to look after "her" kid The other time has more storyline must. Professor X Jubilee Nightcrawler Scott always goes with Professor X like a good boy Wolverine was always going to go just to make the hard call like only he can.

[@TheAndSlem]

Mix of soap opera and anime. So courageous. So tacky, but I'm in for it

[@spacebathtub1535]

That’s the X-Men though!

[@funkysam1345]

I guess thats the only way to keep the genre popular fr adult audiences.

[@flurpprulf1824]

My take on it is that either we get the episode we got, where teams are a bit short-sighted and and end up facilitating these one-sided fights, or they do different teams and some very convoluted things occur for the same fights to happen. As you’ve said, they probably planned the wolverine thing first, so I imagine the writers just decided that put him on the path just for simplicity’s sake. And at the end of the day, this is ostensibly meant to be a 90’s era cartoon, so a little bit of contrivance is sort of expected at this point. Especially when it allows cool stuff like this to happen!

[@pdubb35]

That’s a good wolverine impression 😆

[@jasondavis2995]

Jean has literally been shown in the comics recreating Echoes of memories just by standing in a room.

[@lol_vevo]

I like how Scott could've just told Professor X "hey not yet, the other team isn't done, just hold him for a while" but instead he lasered his wheelchair, made him lose his mental grip on Magneto and got Logan deskeletonized. Brilliant play Cyclops.

[@user-rf6vp1ct8j]

He panicked Bane voice

[@eagleotto2527]

I think he purposely made him lose his concentration, he looked like he was torturing magneto, not to mention hes not exactly happy with xavier

[@125loopy]

Yelling isn't a guarantee

[@FLprintmaker]

Magneto: Destroy electricity Go to Asteroid M Wait for humans to die Collect underpants ? Profit!

[@estefanoespinozapiccoli7015]

The organization of the teams is purely logical (maybe except wolverine but that has an explanation too): Beast and Forge are in the Gold team because they are both Geniuses of technology, they could be needed to shut down any technology that Bastion has still functioning. Cable is in the Gold team because he is an expert fighting Sentinels, fighting Nimrod was HIS thing, besides they didn't knew that Sinister was with Bastion there, specially because Sinister is a coward, he would had fleed as soon as Magneto's Black Out happened but he stayed only to get control over Cable (he said it himself). Charles was in the Blue team because he thought he could convince Magneto without too much violence and he would have basically been useless against Bastion. Jean was send with the Gold team because they needed a Telepat in each team to keep contact if the things went south and Charles was already in the Blue team. Kurt would be really useful in both teams but they ultimately send him with Blue team because with Magneto having Rouge's and Roberto's help they would need someone to evade them before getting to Magneto (Besides both Rouge and Roberto knew about the original plan so they wouldn't expect Kurt to be in the Asteroid M) and sending Kurt to fight Rogue would also be helpful, after all he is probably the only one that could convince Rogue to come back to the X-Men side, he was on Genosha too so he is the only one in the team that understands her... And also is her Brother (The Jet was on Muir Island btw) Jubilee was in the Blue team not only because of Roberto but also because the Magneto mission was suppossed to be the less dangerous one (Magneto was not trying to kill them until Charles controlled him but Bastion was) and Jubilee is still the less experienced of the team (besides Roberto obviously). Wolverine is the most difficult to explain but even he has an explanation for it. Both Magneto and Charles have some kind of pact of honor or something like that promising to each other to never use their powers to subdue other Mutants (Magneto is specially strong in this belief) so if you notices the only time before Charles brokes that promise that he uses his powers against wolverine is to get him away but not to totally stop him (even in the old show he never controlled him, he only pushed him away), besides Wolverine is the most experienced fighter in all the X-Men and he has a lot of experience fighting against people trying to control him, so having Wolverine in the Blue team was more of a distraction to Magneto than anything, having to focus on Logan instead of in the rest. I don't think i have to explain why Ciclops, Storm and Morph were on each team, most of them are self explanatory (Storm and Ciclops) or have no explanation because is not needed, they just needed more people in that team (Morph)

[@philipajfry]

Magneto suffers from that trope where villains make a lot of sense, but then do dispicable shit for no reason so viewers know they're evil. Magneto's whole ideology is simply too blunt. It's just genocide. And for a hallocaust survivor to want that is, well... Of course there will always be horrible individuals. Can he not see that the same is true for mutants? Some psycho could just go and disrupt the Earth's magnetosphere and kill EVRRYONE... These attacks, retaliations, revenge - all part of coexistence. Not like all mutants would live in harmony either. They're people, and people fight. Makes no sense. Charles or Magneto. Just 2 extreme ends of the philosophical spectrum arguing hypotheticals.

[@saucevc8353]

Is it unrealistic though? We see Israel doing warcrimes to Palestine in real life despite their own history of genocide. Hurt people hurt people.

[@ProdCritic]

If they wanted to go *REALLY* dark, just send Morph & have him transform into Magneto’s mom.

[@JonathanVegaa]

If Iron man was flying while magneto did the emp he’s probably dead

[@fangsabre]

I would be severely disappointed in Tony if his suits didn't have EMP protection. Especially since that's something he would absolutely do to take down the iron man knockoff villains

[@danielramsey6141]

@@fangsabre Exactly! Tony Has ALWAYS placed a Need for Improving Each New Suit he Builds! So Much So that His Workshop is Absolutely Cluttered With Tech!

[@skysucker4251]

It would have been cool if Nightcrawler was like “if only I could teleport us that far” and Cable was like “Professor, bodyslide by (whatever #)” and half the team was like “Professor!?”, and before anyone can say anything else, boom, the team all appears in Muir Island.

[@FrankiePo]

I agree with the limit of Nightcrawler's teleporting abilities, however they did not have the blackbird. They mention that the were going to Muir Island to retrieve Shi'ar tech that would still work regardless of Magneto's powers. Those are the 2 jets they used. The blackbird wouldn't work in the current conditions because it probably needs electricity and there's none.

[@marhawkman303]

Well, in some comics they said it's his ability to choose targets that matters. So, if Jean was to guide him he could hit a target he can't see.

[@magicoA]

I absolutely cheered when Scott did the black leather joke. This show has its finger on the pulse of the audience and what they can do now that they didn’t want to do 20+ years ago. Love it.

[@Strapper01]

He got Rogue and that’s all he needed. Sunspot was just a bonus.

[@MalcomMalediction]

Magneto did a Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) attack on the entire planet.

[@Readwandx]

Is this Mostly Nitpicking?

[@teelotus3326]

Pretty much I thought this episode was incredible

[@BerserkerApollo]

Definitely, nitpicking, 😂

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

I think the fact that Magneto is enacting revenge on humans by destroying Earth's natural system, but not saving the mutants he apparently fights for, except for 2, is a valid nitpick.

[@texcorps9432]

Is it nitpicking if their valid?

[@Readwandx]

@@texcorps9432 it’s a joke because of his podcast name. Now you have made me explained the joke. And it’s “they’re”, not “their”. Now you made me nitpick your comment.

[@cosmicgiraffe4071]

Morph trying to get Magneto to stop by transforming into Leech only for Wolverine to kill him with bone claws and the x-men holding a funeral for magneto would be 🤯🤯🤯

[@toddrogers6971]

Sinister is manipulating his cells. He can regenerate, doesn’t have to eat, can expand his mind to crazy limits.

[@landob3302]

the nitpick about the hulk is weird why would they want him to turn into hulk all the time ? plus being hulk in certain situations could be dangerous

[@fangsabre]

He just looks like the hulk/has approximated strength like the hulk. I doubt his strength is actually on par with an enraged hulk, and he's not out of control either.

[@nathangerowitz2246]

Can someone please explain why Beast and/or Forge never used the mutant power suppression technology to make Rouge something she could put on (like a ring) so she could kiss Gambit and take off when she needed to fight sentinels?

[@sniktheadthemunki2709]

The build up to Onslaught was so intense and the REVEAL was next level. Him taking out Juggernaut immediately made it feel so high stakes and then the way he takes over New York with patrolling Sentinels made such a fantastic story... if handled well I feel like it can be a banger of a story if they keep it mysteriois for the noncomic readers

[@JacobRavenglass]

11:03 Powers & abilities: shapeshifting Skills: Psychological manipulation stuff

[@JimmyRochester2233]

Nightcrawler of course can't traditionally teleport across oceans, especially with so many people at once, though he maybe he could do so with several jumps, like hopping from island to island in the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Muir Island.

[@mattmasksforehead620]

Nando: I don't intent to react to every X-Men 97 episode Also Nando: ...

[@aryamizrahi887]

The casual “Who doubles the effects of ‘ongoing’ cards near him” killed me since that’s also all I know about him

[@karlgrimm3027]

In Wolverine and the X-men there is a part where he crosses an ocean but he has to keep teleporting just above the sea over and over. He was pretty exhausted at the end though.

[@kittenscarrotsandmore1636]

Everyone was saying magneto was right last episode but this episode he’s just insane

[@bigl2328]

Tell me you’re literary inept without telling me you’re literary inept

[@iopohable]

magneto still is right, xavier is the one with the child soldiers.

[@joshheralal8758]

​@@bigl2328He’s going to destroy Earth

[@ValValentine907]

I don't really balme people, his plan was poorly explained, I didn't realize until a rewatch that he was going to destroy earth.

[@tcironbear21]

FYI: What Magento did. Magnetism affects the flow of electricity. The earth has a small, mostly stable magnetic field. We actually generate electricity by rotating wires in a magnetic field. If Magneto increased the strength of the Earth's magnetic field, our electric devices would short out. It would take days to calibrate private devices, months to get SOME mass produced electricity back, years to get mass produced electronic devices to the market, and then decades to get back to normal. And even if we adjusted the devices to the new setting there is little stopping Magento playing with dial from hour to hour until everything this side of Shiar tech is not fried. Usually, the more micro the tech, the more it is affected by magnetic fields. So that is why the prime sentinels are fried, but the old models were easier to adjust to the new setting.

[@tcironbear21]

PS - Magneto fields are good for life. They protect atmospheres. But humanity goes back to pre-telegraph steam age.

[@tcironbear21]

I personally would not have divided the team. Bastion is a much more serious threat. But my hypothesis is that Magneto Protocals was sending the Avengers and Fantasic 4 to kill Magneto, and it would have looked bad if Magneto killed the Avengers. And the simple fact is Magneto doesn't have to provide a breathable atmosphere. His whole team can live in space. He can just space them then pick off Susan Storm and Thor. Magneto had the kid gloves on in that fight with the X Men

[@cesarandrino3304]

Nightcrawler teleported 500ish miles in just a few minutes in messiah complex and 200 miles as his last jump before bastion impaled him

[@carrastealth]

Well the thing about Magneto and Wolverine is that Magneto either didn't ever do that to Wolverine before because there was a certain line he wouldn't cross against other Mutants. So him actually resorting to something like that is meant to be Magneto crossing the line past a point of no return. It can also be theorized that Wolverine stabbing him allowed Magneto to figure out Wolverine's Adamantium down to a molecular level and then could remove it from him, but couldn't prior. Either way you want to look at it. Either Magneto always held back to an extent vs other Mutants and then crossed the line with Wolverine, or Wolverine stabbing him allowed Magneto to figure it out to do what he did.

[@jeth3540]

Strong Guy just waiting by the phone waiting for someone to call him...

[@rollierick2232]

Oh my GOD the onslaught marvel snap joke made me lose my mind!!! Absolutely love the game and your videos about it, they’re pretty helpful!

[@rgaspar888]

Nando never heard of an EMP

[@thehacker4012]

16:40 Onslaught may not be the greatest character despite having a cool design and cool story. But considering how X-men 97 has a way taking elements from the comics and making it better, I do think they will do something really interesting if Onslaught is the direction they end up going.

[@Repp35]

they couldn't use the jet instead of nightcrawler because magneto turned out the electricity, the only reason they had a jet was because the muir island one was protected by the shiar barrier

[@Y0uTubeCommentPoster]

I mean, they might have told Wolverine to go on the other team. But would he go? I think he'd go after Magneto regardless.

[@CL12356]

I find it hilarious that they sent the two useful omega-level mutants (Storm and Jean) to fight the assumed neutralized threat. But then sent the one useless omega-level mutant (Charles) to fight against another omega (Magneto) who is basically immune to Charles thanks to his helmet. If the plan was to remove Magneto’s helmet in order for Charles to mind control him, then Jean could have helped do that in 2 seconds. Plus her clone literally defeated him six episodes ago. If you’re going to send anyone after Magneto, you would send Jean - a proven success 😂 Not the mutant made of metal…

[@orien2v2]

Roberto just wanted to get it on with Rogue with 3 of them being the only survivors once Earth dies 😂 All jokes aside, Kurt literally should just teleport…takes helmet…then back to Earth and put the collar on Bastion…even doing the entire mission solo would’ve worked as it wouldn’t alert anyone…world peace baby ✌️

[@restlessoblivion]

I think they've done clever twists/upgrades on the comic stories and so hopefully they'll do an upgrade on Onslaught as well.

[@dougtheheavy]

I've been saying since Genosha that the Sentinel Carrier had Onslaught-like qualities.

[@rhameseshamilton8045]

I saw it coming. That's the turn before the appearance of Onslaught. Cable is here too, watch for Apocalypse.

[@ConcordD0m]

“Doubles the ongoing effects of everyone around him” I see what you did there Marvel Snap fan

[@odistabettor]

The vibe I got from Magneto was that he was refraining from really trying to kill Wolverine because he's still the same Magneto we've seen progress through this whole season and doesn't want to take Logan off the board right away if possible.

[@Quantum_Comics]

11:32 he said nitpicking without plugg his podcast!!

[@RaizenDarchlight]

When prof X wakes up and goes out the door i was like "how did he get up there? That's not wheelchair accessible!"

[@magicoA]

I would guess he took his Shiar suit off in the bedroom haha

[@Fax1880]

You are assuming they think Bastion is a weak mutant that cannot fight for himself and has zero plans against them, Magneto was going to get distracted by Jubilee, Nightcrawler and Scott, so he cannot he focusing on Wolverine, let alone that they were clearly not trying to kill each other until Xavier made the first step of attacking his mind.

[@belishp]

When it comes to the magnetosphere failing. I was under the impression that Magneto changed the magnetoshpere so it would keep the prime sentinels dormant, which prevented normal power transmitting down the power lines. The side effect was the earth was not being protected from cosmic rays and the atmosphere was going to be blown off eventually.

[@user-ux2yp8rj5s]

With how ahead the production of this show is I really hope we get season 2 next year.

[@austindaniels4827]

i think Magneto was willing to rip the adamantium out of Wolverine the entire time, but it kinda felt like he would only do so if Wolverine crossed the line, which he did. that’s how i looked at the situation at least.

[@hartthorn]

Common misconception in the beginning: It is entirely possible to land a plane that has lost power. Won't be all of them, won't be pretty. but it is not a death sentence. Ventilators are definitely not going to be easy either, but they do have manual methods for that as well, but yeah, that is something that has an effective time limit if only because eventually those medics will all have to sleep.

[@DStevie911]

Im glad Nando's always here to say my exact comic-book-adaptation opinions back to me

[@everforward5561]

His Hulk was only that strong because Jean was boosting him.

[@WhiteWallSteve]

I was kinda in the same boat… why send the guy made of metal to fight the guy that can control metal?

[@JimmyRochester2233]

You're technicallly right about Morph transform for the Hulk, though it has made for better TV to surprise viewers by revealing the extent of his power from one episode to the next. You're definitely right that the writing in the next season should clarify Morph's powers and represented more consistently.

[@MrChupacabra555]

Also with NIghtcrawler and teleportation: Its been a long while back, but initially it was easier for him to teleport along the 'magnetic field lines' of earth than across them, which would mean his ability to teleport long range would really be messed up with Magneto's EMPing the whole world.

[@Lamq555]

Season 2 HAS to have Kitty and Iceman

[@bratpack6571]

In the original X-Factor comics, Polaris was a part of the Magneto Protocols. She was to be used to fight magnetism vs. magnetism. Magneto was comatosed before the government could use her...

[@fabooshka]

waiting eagerly for your finale video