Please Watch X-Men '97

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[@AdzzieMac]

_”What did you expect, black leather?”_

[@ghintz2156]

The callback was so perfect

[@gavinisback]

That was an amazing reference

[@nalday2534]

Some real reddit fanfic energy right there

[@king_supreme1102]

100/10 Meta reference

[@chadgames3518]

That line is my favorite in the whole show

[@Burfensmurf]

Magneto’s dialogue was so good. “Oh, to play by the rules and still they come for you.”

[@alexkramerblogs]

"You gave a monster a trial, and now you are a traitor"

[@noobmasterruben5167]

Definitely. I had chills when he said " Dont make me LET YOU DOWN"

[@derekmaullo2865]

​@@noobmasterruben5167Cringe

[@justicehunt8532]

“Yet so many allow their leaders to be terrorists.”

[@derekmaullo2865]

@@noobmasterruben5167 Cringe quote

[@redbeans4900]

Glad to see Nightcrawler getting representation

[@ghintz2156]

A nightcrawler who is both happy-go-lucky and philosophical and reflective. He's always just one or the other in tv and movies. Well, he was good in Wolverine and the X-Men but that was just like one episode.

[@johntheanimator4317]

yup

[@4546Bean]

#1 X-Man

[@Tsnackle]

WHEN THE NIGHT CRAWLS‼️‼️‼️‼️🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@majintv24]

Nightcrawler is maybe my favlrite to watch for fight scenes his teleportation ability looks so cool with the effects and just works so well for fight scenes and when he triple weilded those sabres oh boy i loved every second of that fight

[@BallotBoxer]

The series is full of awesome one-liners. One of my favorite is from episode 7 where Rogue is attacking the military base: *General Thunderbolt Ross:* "I thought your kind were the good guys." *Rogue:* "You killed those, sugar. Now you get me."

[@SWOTHDRA]

🤡🤡🤡 you call that a good line?

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

@@SWOTHDRA so what would you write?

[@whenallelsfails21]

​@@SWOTHDRA be better

[@kestral63]

@@SWOTHDRADon't judge when you talk in emotes, that's your middle school English teacher's job when she fails you.

[@ProAntagonistYT]

@@SWOTHDRA you killed those, now you got this

[@andyb6400]

I will never forget that shot of teary-eyed rogue bursting out of the rubble during Genosha. What a show.

[@johntheanimator4317]

ok

[@CrazyEight-art]

ok

[@girl-xk2db]

ok

[@terranical437]

ok

[@JRLSpiderman]

ok

[@Zazzy235]

Magneto's speech to the UN, especially the part where he says "when I was a boy, my people's homes were burned to the ground because we dared to call God by a different name" has stuck with me

[@tyrian9471]

Magneto's speech (and just all of his dialogue tbh) is just god tier. "Is this the high road's destination?" is next level.

[@ghintz2156]

I literally shouted with excitement for a few of Magneto's lines in that episode. So damn good.

[@disjustice]

This is why it's so difficult to reframe X-Men in contemporary times in my opinion. Being a holocaust survivor is just so intrinsic to his character. Unless you make him and Charles immortal, it just doesn't work. Xmen needs to be a late 20th century period piece, at least this era of it.

[@Lifelight_]

@@disjustice My conspiracy theory is that this is precisely why the X-Men will not be introduced into the MCU until after Secret Wars. A soft-reboot and conveniently they will now be part of it. That or Disney will have the balls to adapt X-Men without Magneto and with a Charles Xavier who died many years ago. Both are equally likely.

[@aduckwithayoutubechannel]

@@disjustice Y’know what might work? Tie them into the super soldier program. Characters like Hulk are already tied into it, so it’s definitely not super out there. Have the mutants be studied by the government, and put Magneto and Charles on ice like cap was between the events of some old X-Men events and the modern day MCU, where they can be thawed out.

[@josevelazco9233]

If X-Men 97 is so good where is X-Men 98

[@ComicXanz]

Maybe ‘99 was the friends we made along the way

[@the-amazing-super-W]

'100 is the one we don't talk about

[@RoyaltyEntertainment510]

‘101 is the one hidden gem unseen to normies

[@travisjordan3853]

@@the-amazing-super-W I assume that's the season that adapts Chuck Austen's run on the comic.

[@LotteBlueJays]

X-Men 2K gonna blow your mind

[@NandovMovies]

They gave Strong Guy a line. Best show ever.

[@christopherbennett5858]

They gave Stacy X a cameo and Dust two. Best show.

[@nalday2534]

You're probably the biggest shill on that planet so nothing you say has any relevance

[@suicaedere7244]

I admire your consistent dedication to Strong Guy.

[@RobbieMartin745]

​@@christopherbennett5858 when did DUST appear?

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@RobbieMartin745 cameos really. She’s on the front page of the Newspaper that flies at the screen when the FOH place blows up with 3 other people; Marrow, some other person and someone who, judging by the forehead, is the iconic Stacy X. A fun collection. She appears on Forge’s board of potential Xmen team candidates alongside Emma, Kitty and… Exodus. Okay, if they put Sooraya and Benet in the same team, chaos will happen.

[@swagtasticpanda]

'The name's Gambit Mon Ami, remember it!'

[@DanTheMeek]

Fun fact, my wife and I speed watched the original series before '97, she'd never seen it before, and literally the DAY before we got to the episode your quoting, my wife had commented out loud during the original series "Why does Gambit keep saying that? Why does he want all the villians to remember his name?" so it was full in our mind when we started '97 that telling the villian "The name's Gambit Mon Ami, remember it!" was his "thing". Made that episode sooooo much more powerful, not that it needed it. Also the throw back to the line in the finale.

[@NTWoo95]

Gambit is my favourite, that whole episode was great for Remy representation

[@MrGruzefix]

I really never liked him, so his sacrifice fell flat for me. I was rooting for Magneto and Rogue the whole time.

[@SomeoneThatIsHappy]

​@@MrGruzefixok?

[@rockwellwebb8586]

@@SomeoneThatIsHappy don't let bro back in the kitchen 💀(I mean the guy you're commenting about)

[@ChocolateAsian9000]

When the Sentinel grabbed Cyclops from the plane and the animation absolutely popped the fuck off in the first episode I knew something special was happening

[@Snarkysean]

And he USES HIS OPTIC BLAST TO SLOW HIS FALL.

[@acidrain92]

Thank you! I hardly see people ever talk about that scene. That little bit of animation of him slicing the sentinel to pieces is really special.

[@ChocolateAsian9000]

@@acidrain92 absolutely my jaw dropped and I had to rewind lol

[@Streetsvillainy]

@@ChocolateAsian9000 Anyone in this thread who feels they aren't seeing people talk about this scene and how cool it was enough online, make a bluesky account. The good and smart comics/literature nerds are there now and we're having a blast, a visor blast. hah

[@lappyappreciator2340]

when i heard that to me my x-men thats when i knew this shit was gonna bang

[@spugediwestern78]

I think this show is to X-Men what Spiderverse is to Spiderman.

[@mhawang8204]

Spider-verse innovated animation. So many animated movies were clearly influenced afterwards. X-Men ‘97 excelled in getting the characters right and adapted classic comic storylines in a clever way. Both are great in their own ways.

[@nalday2534]

Spiderverse wasn't nostalgia bait garbage

[@aduckwithayoutubechannel]

@@nalday2534 neither was X-Men 97, so it’s cool we’re all on the same page

[@comandantethorn9929]

@@nalday2534 yeah because it definetely didnt pull from multiple beloved shows, movies, games and comicbooks to build the concept of the spiderverse lmao

[@nalday2534]

@@comandantethorn9929 definition of a corporate stooge

[@DanHubA]

The line "I promised a little boy that he will never be afraid again, onlly to watch his eyes vaporize in his tiny brain" is honestly a bit scary

[@torcheded495]

rogue completely dogwalking bastion and screaming at him to remember gambit had me doing laps around my house jumping up and down doing cartwheels and shit this is the greatest show of all time

[@mackielunkey2205]

Agreed, it was absolutely well-earned.

[@burnt-croissants]

i was screaming in the dead of night, pretty sure i woke up my neighbour

[@kickass2117]

Having been used to the weak, constantly needs to be saved character in the live action movies, I had to constantly remind myself that this Rouge has absorbed Captain Marvel's powers.

[@HawkknightXC88]

Rogue is easily best female character ever in this show.

[@andreibratosin]

@@kickass2117 not captain marvel, marvel boy

[@josciety5579]

I think Sunspot’s family drama made his role in the story worthwhile. It was showcased how there’s more nuance to intolerant family than just the movie’s “have you tried not being a mutant?” by having the reaction instead be “Oh of course I accept you honey, now keep that under wraps because not everyone does and I can’t have that shame.”

[@Crowrona]

My favorite part of the show is when they would call it a violation whenever someone uses telepathy to get into someone else's mind.

[@peterdarker1]

...or strip them of their powers. Storm was like "aw HELLS naw" when Hank geeked out suggesting it in the lab lol

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@peterdarker1Comics Hank needs that. “Let’s pull the younger versions of us into the present because I believe Cyclops has gone too far.” “Let’s invent Mutant Growth Hormone” “Let’s sell this homeless black woman to Mengela era Sinister to get the ethical notes on the legacy virus. Everything has a price”. These all happened.

[@razamirza5841]

Out of curiosity have you ever seen young justice?

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@razamirza5841 I have. I swear, season 3 ticked me off the moment you see post timeskip Miss Martian get proposed to by Connor. Especially after all that went down in season 2

[@razamirza5841]

@@christopherbennett5858 I haven’t actually finished season 3 yet but I’m kind of in the same boat. It’s not that I think the season is awful or anything, but compared to what the series once was, it has fallen off tremendously.

[@neptunemedia8746]

The last five minutes of episode five might just be my favorite scene in marvel, in anything, ever. As a Gambit superfan I was physically jumping for joy, but as just a viewer I was in awe. I seriously think that scene is the best crafted scene ever. The tension as Cable shows up combined with everyone partying, jamming out to "Happy Nation," which was just edited perfectly. The appearance and pure fear the Master Mold put into everyone. How it's edited, how the sound is cut out, how its shot, the atmosphere. The shear magnitude of the Master Mold's attack, and the decision to see the "boots of the ground" point of view. The sound effects of the Master Mold's attack, Magneto protecting the Morlocks. Magneto comforting Leech. And Gambit's sacrifice. Everyone, rewatch this scene and just focus on the sound effects and the lack of music. It's perfection.

[@BolshoyZloyDed]

100% certified banger

[@4546Bean]

(Major Spoilers) When they revealed that Leech was dead, that was actually the first time I truly understood Magneto’s character and motivations. He’s ultimately a deeply traumatized person trying to stop people like him being hurt.

[@christopherbennett5858]

And, unlike Spiderman, because he was the villain, his means were more extreme and doomed to fail. No wonder he took the chance to make Xavier shut up.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

"I promised a boy a future free from fear, only to watch his frightened eyes be vaporised inside his tiny skull, because he believed in me. In the future you had me sell."

[@fransesco97]

Magneto's character and motivations have always been the most clear out of all the X-Men characters, how is that scene the first time you truly understood his motivation when it's been spelled out many times before in similar ways

[@thehumanity0]

Yeah, Genosha really put into perspective Magneto's motivations & gave you a front row seat to the repeated trauma he experiences at the hands of the human race

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@thehumanity0 Kind of makes sense. Because a bunch of the adaptations like to add the holocaust survivor bit and almost make him trigger happy. Literally taking the phrase “Never again” as a declaration of villainy when going up against men who were “just following orders”. 97 showed exactly why Magneto is unable to play the hero for long; even without his years as a straight up villain, even when he plays by the rules set before him, the people in charge, like Val, will always find a way to screw up in ways that will cause the deaths of thousands before hanging their heads in shame and declaring him right,

[@rycolligan]

As a long time Cyclops apologist, the success of this show in rehabilitating his public image has been very cathartic for me.

[@elvis820]

Me too

[@TimacherKamar]

Yes. For once😭 Kinda mad about Roberto though.

[@markspc1285]

​@TimacherKamar yeah Roberto is terrible

[@Jurassic_Malcolm]

Same, Scott deserves the fame

[@leftistdegeneratejs]

Theo James as bastion is the standout vocal performance this season

[@milkiassamuel780]

Bastion quickly became one of my favourite X-Men/Marvel villains after watching him in this show since barely knew anything about the character. Theo James especially gave a superb performance as Bastion; now, whenever I read a comic featuring Bastion, I'll hear his voice.

[@girl-xk2db]

when he was introduced, I thought he sounded like Dr hemlock from star wars the bad batch

[@pyguyofdoom182]

@@girl-xk2db I had the same thought! Maybe it was his completely cold, calculating, robotic nature and technocrat background but I had to look on IMDB to make sure it was not the same VA.

[@killerkendro]

So creepy yet so charming

[@gorb688]

in both this and castlevania he did so well as character who didn't really stand out in the original material but absoloutely shined in the show

[@N00bkillr693]

I was vibrating tf out when Wolverine says “Lady, I’ve got six reasons why!” And then Nightcrawler drops that cold ass line “No mien friend. Nine!” Also, best Marvel animated show besides Spectacular Spider Man?

[@Crispy_9678]

DUDE. SAME. I was quoting that to my fuckin Dad after I saw that

[@Mwezi828]

Agreed

[@firstlasy1883]

Avengers emh ?

[@kaybaumann4989]

For me it’s this show, Spectacular and EMH. Also as someone that also grew up with the original show, this is an improvement on literally every level.

[@nalday2534]

EMH and 1994 Spidey are far better than a bazillionth Xavier Magneto nonsense. Hell this ain't even the top 3 best X men show let alone marvel show

[@boqk]

X-Men 97 DEFINITELY has 120% sauce meter ngl

[@aksharaghav9657]

Magneto's speech about the Earth being big enough for both humans and mutants to coexist was some of the best written dialogue I've ever come through in an animated series. Certainly better than Falcon's "Be better, Senator" speech.

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

It’s like a shakesperian speech, which fits magneto XD

[@chukuemekaoje1015]

"Don't let me let you down." was the coldest line ever.

[@DebonairOfTheWind]

Lol

[@ShadowSonic2]

Oh, so when Braveheart does nonsense like "FREEDOM!" it's fine, but Falcon saying it it's bad? Nothing Sam could say would please you.

[@aksharaghav9657]

@@ShadowSonic2 I haven't watched Braveheart. And I was trying to draw up a comparison from another MCU project.

[@JazzyTyfighter]

RebelTaxi said it best on Twitter that X-Men ’97 feels like they made a show that matches the Japanese opening of the original X-Men show.

[@travisjordan3853]

Makes sense as the people behind the show have confirmed anime as an influence on the series.

[@HawkknightXC88]

Just like the good old days of original X Men Show.

[@JohnDoe______]

It was animated by studio mir who have worked on a lot of anime inspired cartoons like avatar the last airbender, legend of korra, my adventures with Superman, the Netflix voltron, and the upcoming devil may cry Netflix show

[@CoolManCoolMan123]

​@@JohnDoe______ studio itself is Korean dominated so those animators probably worked on other anime as freelancers.

[@TheNightofWalpurgis666]

Cyclops did his Mega Optic Blast on Bastion was delightful. Dude is saving his level 3 super all through out the season

[@alexkramerblogs]

When he's crying and rips of his visor to fully launch the full spectrum 😭🤘💀

[@RoseGarden17]

Had to build up that meter throughout the fight👏

[@RastaGamesful]

Episode 5 of X-Men '97 was one of the best of any superhero cartoon ever. I really didn't expect this show to be THAT good!

[@paradox4780]

Bold of you to assume I wasn't already

[@Calmoose415]

When I first heard Magneto's speech in the second episode, I knew this show was going to be amazing. He's honestly my favorite character in the whole show.

[@ethanengelking2492]

I really love animated series that aren’t afraid from getting dark. X-men 97, Transformers Prime, TMNT 2012 and so many others.

[@madtitan0825]

I think the success of them making it dark stands from not trying too hard to be edgy, it comes off naturally to the plot’s progress, like Invincible(even though it’s violent af but it served its purpose), they’re shocking but help raise the stakes and move the story forward

[@Watch-0w1]

I miss transformer armada style. The bot just keep getting cooler for merch But of course nothing beat beast war. So many death

[@jaylenjayden9305]

Same

[@MrTragedious986]

And The Clone Wars.

[@madtitan0825]

@@MrTragedious986 absolutely

[@extremelyvividcardgames7890]

The genosia episode was and is one of the best looking pieces of animated media I've seen in a long while

[@VoonNBuddies]

And one of, if not the most, emotionally effecting! "Sugar, I can't feel you," reduces me to tears every single time.

[@noobmasterruben5167]

Its the best episodes I have seen in animation history since ep 5 of Blue Eye Samurai

[@rockwellwebb8586]

God i love this show man, its so freaking good. Im so glad they gave every character justice.

[@rockwellwebb8586]

Also I was first a guess

[@nalday2534]

What justice did they give to wolverine and Gambit again?

[@mydreaminorbit9297]

​@@nalday2534 Gambit got an omega level showcase of power. One of the most talked about moments, and was an emotional through line. Wolverine has been the center of the X-Men in the media for decades. He got his moments and wasn't the center of attention.

[@nalday2534]

@@mydreaminorbit9297 I do not care about omega level showcase of power. His arc was left incomplete. And do not dare to lecture me about Wolverine getting spotlight when all this show desolves to is a bazillionth nonsensical xavier/magneto debate instead of actually focusing on other characters.

[@mydreaminorbit9297]

@@nalday2534 Just cause your butt hurt doesn't mean others didn't find these characters well done. Storm got an arc, Scott and Jean got an arc, Bastion was developed, Scott became the leader, Kurt played his part, Wolverine saw action, Sunspot was explored, hell Jubilee got more screen time than ever before. Gambit got to go from the scoundrel to the hero and will feature heavy next season. Yet continue to cry in your corner.

[@Wollenbear]

“Hab keine angst.” Shows in 3 words so much about these characters, that line and scene that will stay with me forever

[@SWOTHDRA]

🤡

[@Calebe_Sagaz]

*X-Men 97 was so good that now it will be even more difficult for the MCU to bring the X-Men and mutants to the movies. The animation was so good that I don't even feel the need to watch a film of them.*

[@PASH3227]

It’s almost like animation is a better medium for superheroes! Batman Animated is THE BEST Batman because it’s animated!

[@Calebe_Sagaz]

@@PASH3227 I agree. Some superhero stories are better in animated form.

[@joshuacox5817]

I agree. Live action will ruin what's going on.

[@beauottenbreit7992]

Just remember that they have done a great job with the Deadpool movies. There is a place for live action super hero stuff. They really just need to get beyond the ego and outspokenness of the actors/actresses who usually release an incredibly woke bs statement before release that taints anything that comes out. Probably also why GG3 was so great imo.

[@joshuacox5817]

@@beauottenbreit7992 yeah but Deadpool is comedy and GotG were good as movies because they were different from the comic book

[@drattyg8099]

Man, they really did Scott right.. during the bastion fight, "You'll never hurt my family again!! AAAAAAHHHH!!" And he just straight up cancels into his super I was hooting and hollering. Huge ups to his VA too.

[@KingOfMadCows]

This show was animated by Studio Mir, who did My Adventures With Superman, Scorpion's Revenge, Legend of Korra, etc. The studio was founded by people who worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender and they'll be doing the animated Avatar: TLA movie.

[@mybluguitar6051]

Episode 5 is honestly the best episode of any show I've seen this year. Thats including Invincible, Fallout, and Shogun

[@nalday2534]

All you watch is mid. Is that supposed to be positive?

[@chance757]

@@nalday2534shōgun was fire wtf are you on about?

[@brandonjuno]

​@@nalday2534 go to bed, little boy

[@nalday2534]

@@brandonjuno or what you gon do grandpa? Hack feige will not let you hit

[@acidrain92]

@@nalday2534 lol are you trying to goad this guy into hitting it from the back? You a freak!

[@Meddadius]

The amount of times my brother and I mimed the pen writing fire meme while watching... THE DIALOGUE IS SO GOOD, MAN

[@zed-up]

Nice to see Cyclops and Storm finally done right, especially after binging the X-Men movies recently. Also, I haven't connected to Magneto as a character this much, since first class. He was done exceptionally well.

[@rnpee]

I felt the same way about Gambit in your terms with Magneto. I watched the entire X-Men TAS, and I just never could get myself to actively care for Gambit. Now, this show? His fight in Ep.5 made me feel chills when he spouted his one-liner one last time. This show is serving a BUFFET and I'm gonna eat it all

[@SWOTHDRA]

​@rnpee 🤡🤡🤡

[@TandemTuba]

This show also made something clear to me. I think we're seeing a lot of people enter the animation industry that clearly watched a lot of anime growing up. Like, the action scenes have that special feel you see in anime vs. western action. At times watching Rogue felt like watching Goku.

[@CIII328]

I’ve been saying for years that Cyclops is a lot cooler than people give him credit for. When he’s poorly written, most only see him as a dickhead or a boring Boy Scout, so I’m glad the show did him justice. With Gambit being my all-time favorite X-Man, his death hurt, but I couldn’t have asked for a more Gambit-esque way for him to go out. And I’m sure this is wishful thinking, but I hope we get Legion in the future; if this season is any indication, I think they could adapt Legion Quest beautifully

[@Thenewboidahlia]

I’m hoping we’ll be seeing more of Gambit in the future as well!

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

@@Thenewboidahlia he definitely is coming back as Apocalypse's Death horseman

[@Thenewboidahlia]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 YESSSS! Yay!!

[@CIII328]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 Yeah, that’s what I was thinking, too

[@beauottenbreit7992]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 Now I absolutely want this...

[@lyokocomicdubs]

I did it four times. I love this revival. Glad you enjoyed it Marcus, always love watching your videos.

[@simon-peterwilliamson2412]

I agree about magneto. But one thing i really LOVE about him in this show is his history is still very prevalent to him. His time and his family during ww2 in the camps are always in his mind. Even something as small as saying the term chancellor makes him twitch. I really enjoy it and it gives me chills.

[@rnpee]

YES!! Man, the confirmation of Magneto being Jewish is SO GOOD and it really makes what happened in Ep.5 that much more heartbreaking; It is exactly what he feared would happen again.

[@DuhBeyonder]

0:23 but you couldn't get your hands on some chapstick?

[@austagtheglorious4534]

I also liked how the show kept me guessing with each episode, every time my friends would make a fan theory of how the next episode would play out, all our theories would be wrong. Amazing storytelling and melding of multiple sagas from the comics!

[@acidrain92]

(Spoilers) It cracked me up how many people kept going on and on about Onslaught happening in the finale, but then it just doesn't lol

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

that's what happens with a lot of shows though

[@mebnt]

Episode 5 is one of my favourite episodes of any show I have ever watched. The "Happy Nation" dance scene between Rogue and Magneto has had me in an unexplainable trance since I watched it. I am constantly thinking about that episode and scene non-stop. Love this show

[@Skidibibapbap]

Never made me want to be Rogue as badly as that😩

[@ShefiaKurniawati]

The man said all of that just to give it 8,5? God damn

[@shiningknight23]

Fr lol I was expecting a 9 at the least

[@victorisaksson5061]

thats 1,5 pts away from a perfect score wyd

[@rickygforce4217]

5 is around average and 10 is basically perfect. 8.5 sounds spot-on to me?

[@mmopronick7443]

This show has the sauce

[@listenatwork99]

"His name was Gambit. REMEMBER IT!!" So right about Rogue stealing scenes. This one goes so hard.

[@BulletBeez]

As someone who’s never seen the original cartoon, this show fuckin rocks. I cannot wait to see where it goes in the next season

[@bluessbelles]

I watched ‘97 with no knowledge of the previous show, loved it and so I watched the OG series between new eps and honestly, I loved it just as much. As you mentioned, it didn’t age the best but I overlooked those parts and very much appreciated the storytelling and how adult it could be at times. Like, I was shocked with some episodes like the mutant virus two parter. I got into X-men back in 2020 and both of these shows re-ignited my love for it. Just quality stuff

[@vanydakhiev3910]

I love revisiting the original series especially to see Gambit again. Apocalypse is a terrifying villain who can’t be destroyed. I’m excited for season 2 of 97 and how they’re going to adapt the Apocalypse storyline.

[@mccarthy233]

I just graduated high school AND cosmonaut posted?? Best day ever, thank you cosmonaut

[@rnpee]

Congrats!

[@The8BitBoi]

the show takes place over way more than a month, Scott mentions he and Madeline had been talking for months

[@tanmanstudios]

I think you’re underselling the greatness of the original series. For a kids show, they did a great job at tackling mature subjects in a respectful way that kids could still understand. It was such an influential series and a huge step in expanding the X-Men’s widespread reach as a series. Sure, some of the animation and voice acting has aged, but it still has its value to this day. And that’s coming from a 20 year old who just started watching it for the first time this year.

[@nathansossai]

This! They did so much with so little that it's incredible what they achieved.

[@tanmanstudios]

@@nathansossai yeah and it really holds up in its storytelling I think. It’s genuinely one of the first cartoons I’ve ever known of having such a strong continuity in. I feel like Marcus is definitely overlooking the show, he probably watched a couple of episodes before turning it off.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Nah dude, it's REALLY melodramatic and corny and that hurts a lot of what they were going for. Marvel animation was just kinda ass in the 90s, there's a reason the DCAU is more fondly remembered. Evolution and Spectacular run circles around the 90s cartoons

[@tanmanstudios]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 respectfully disagree, I think most people do look fondly back on those series and you gotta understand that they walked so later shows could soar. X-Men was literally Fox’s most popular program and lasted for an extra season and was so popular even after all that time that it got a revival series so you can’t deny its popularity just because it’s not your cup of tea

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@tanmanstudios Yeah because they were stereotypical Saturday morning cartoons, they didn't really have anything to say or any envelopes to push

[@umjackd]

One thing I love about this show is that there are a lot of lines that, in another context, could come across as cheesy. But the show goes so hard that it becomes epic. Storm doing her goddess monologues, or Jean explaining her telepathic powers, it's so comic book in the best ways.

[@sand4273]

I love this series. The way it adapted multiple storylines at once while modifying them to all fit together felt seamless. Sure, some characters and plots get a bit overshadowed, but that’s the nature of the beast. It also was bold enough to take swings (most notably episode 5) that will have consequences. I’m still trying to tally all the storylines they touched upon this season. Operation Zero Tolerance, E is for Extinction, Trial of Magneto, Fatal Attractions, Lifedeath, the Jim Lee Shi’ar arc, a bit of Krakoa / Hellfire Gala vibes, a random Wolverine/Mojo/Jubilee plot from the Larry Hama years, Inferno, etc. Insane but in the best way possible. Character-driven, beautifully animated and voice acted, and just the right amount of melodrama.

[@andrewfirth9858]

i was sad they didn't learn more into new x-men. when xavier learns of the genoshian genocide its a direct quote from the comic... i was PRAYING for cassandra nova but...

[@sand4273]

@@andrewfirth9858 Yeah, same! I think Cassandra might be off limits until Deadpool & Wolverine. Maybe they’ll want to do something after the character gains more notoriety. With Xavier barely around at the beginning of this season, I don’t think they had the right foundation set for Cassandra’s arrival. They definitely leaned into some Morrison stuff with the psychic affair between Cyclops/Madelyne in place of Emma (but we got diamond Emma!).

[@andrewfirth9858]

@@sand4273 WAIT this is not how i find out cassandra nova is in deadpool and wolverine haha

[@sand4273]

@@andrewfirth9858 Lmao yeah hopefully that wasn’t a spoiler 😬

[@andrewfirth9858]

@@sand4273 no it wasnt haha i need to see that movie now big new xmen and cassandra nova fan

[@ShauryaSriram]

Markus: X-Men is a masterpiece, best thing I've seen in years, too good for this world, my favorite show on television. Also Markus: 8.5/10

[@bobbyshewan4229]

That Logan/Nightcrawler fight though?😮‍💨my two favorite X-Men kicking ass together has been the highlight of my year

[@DarthRevan260]

That scene was just sick

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

I've been waiting for those two beer bros to fight together on screen for years!😊

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

I've been waiting for those two BFF's to fight together on screen for years!😊

[@MonsieurHapgood]

"Oh, how I've waited to see these two words to you, old friend. SHUT... UP!" I literally heard it coming and I said it in unison with him as he said it. What a line.

[@Leahcimmichael]

Finally got the Cyclops we deserve. The voice cast was phenomenal.

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

Ray Chase did such a great job voicing Cyclops. He sounds exactly like Norm Spencer back in the 90s. It's very rare to have a replacement voice actor who sounds that good.

[@firebat9664]

This was my introduction to the X-men outside of the wolverine movies but I didn’t remember them very well. I fell in love with magneto, what an amazing character. I feel like people aren’t talking enough about how great this show is cause I like it better than invincible.

[@danyrinolds8148]

They should make a game based off this. Maybe even an rpg

[@MarinaInChains]

this show is also so full of foreshadowing that rewatching for a second and, hell, even a third time still feels fresh

[@robintrash]

cyclops blasting the ground to slow his fall was one of the most badass entrances i've ever had the pleasure to witness

[@whackapigeon3583]

I am surprised he didnt mention the barrage of Cameos in this show. It got me hyped seeing them even if for few seconds. And then there was Spiderman.

[@jervin8132]

Went from having a passing interest in this show once I heard it was good to “this is my favorite marvel thing ever” by episode 8

[@DebonairOfTheWind]

Cyclops to Cable: I love you son. 😢😢😢😢

[@Calebe_Sagaz]

X-Men 97 is the best Disney production in many years. Finally Cyclops as a leader, cool battles, big conflicts, good dialogues and characters that interest us. Regarding Jubilee and Roberto, I believe they will be even more prominent in the coming seasons, mainly because anyone who knows them from the comics knows how powerful they are. Furthermore, we have a lot of teamwork between the X-Men, a good conflict between Xavier and Magneto, great consequences and a good highlight for almost all the characters. My only negative point was the fact that the story evolved very quickly. Why could there be 3 more episodes focusing on character development? But for a first season I thought it was perfect and I give it a 10. And I apologize if I said something wrong, I'm Brazilian and I don't understand much English yet.

[@caspergarcia804]

After Magneto says “Do not make me let you down” I was giddy everytime he had screen time.

[@lordjustinian2913]

The weird thing this tells me is maybe the X-Men are better when they are animated, because I gotta be honest I do like the Original X Men animated show, I watched the first and second seasons of the show and enjoyed them quite a lot. The stories are pretty well told and I'm also going to be very honest as a gay and disabled guy I actually felt it when the characters were basically disowned by their families and the discrimination honestly felt super real in terms of how it was presented.

[@Calebe_Sagaz]

About X-Men 97 I always will... remember it.

[@jameswalmsley9038]

I’m in a similar position to you, in that I started reading the Xmen comics recently, a few months before 97 came out I read house of M and then house of x powers of x after that. I have been sucked into the comics and realised that the comic book movies I’ve grown up on are just this weird watered down version of these insane story lines. I thought the movies would’ve set a bar but after reading the comics it’s made the movies look worse somehow. I thought this tv show was gonna be a kids show, I was born in 97 so I had no context going in either. Every episode I went into thinking it was just gonna be some kid shit but in each one I was so humbled by how awesome this is just as a whole art piece. The effects whenever something or someone takes off, it’s just so visceral and awesome. Anime style speed ramps etc. then the story telling is on par with the comic book stories I’m reading now too. This is just an awesome translation of that calibre of writing that you get from the comics. I’m reading through the Hickman omnibus now and I feel like it’s the same quality, which is rare, I feel.

[@toomanyoldsports]

Bro I feel the same way regarding the movies. After reading Claremont’s run of the X-Men the movies piss me off so much.

[@freddyfleal]

I'm 10 years older than you, I learned to read with X-Men and grew up with the OG cartoon. Now you know how actually bad the movies are. Brian Singer destroyed X-Men for a generation :/

[@Alastorchaos]

Local man who has Marvel Fatigue says to watch Marvel. This has to be GOATED

[@willpoweramv]

This show finally turned me into an X-Men fan. I thought they were alright in the movies, I loved Days of Future Past but Hugh Jackman was the reason i was watching any of the movies anyway. 97 made me appreciate and love every character. Insane how good this show is.

[@jole5468]

rogue is so underused in most xmen media so im happy this show gives her time to shine

[@ToploadedGaming]

I’ve probably watched every episode 3-4 times in between episodes and watched the whole run twice now since it’s all out. I love it!

[@Koraxus]

Are you watching it on disney+? Anything else that is good there? I'll probably just hire it just to watch xmen97 but anyway

[@Matt_Laine]

As soon as I saw them nail Cyclops shooting force beams rather than just generic energy beams in episode one I knew this team had COOKED with this show. Absolutely loved it.

[@lucena.gabriel]

Without a doupt, the best Marvel production I've seen since Endgame.

[@tomgu2285]

Endgame is not good at all.

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

To me Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is also a good show.

[@Jamie_skywalker06]

​@@tomgu2285Its mediocre at best

[@Eric-jy4qm]

Marcus will always say things like “it was the most brilliant show I’ve ever watched; it literally changed my life. 7/10”. and i love that.

[@cecilboyd1692]

This deserved more than a quickie. This was CINEMA!

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

I feel the exact opposite of your opinion on the original series and I'm a newer fan. I always knew about X-Men but 97 inspired me to binge the original and it converted me into a major fan. I was genuinely surprised with how nuanced a lot of it's stories are. A stand out moment was Mystique straight up telling Kurt she never wanted him and that he was inconvenient. I was like "Dude this shit's deep for a 90s cartoon." Ms Marvel's episode made me care more about Carol Danvers in a 20 minute timespan than her MCU movie ever did and I genuinely felt sad for her situation. This show actually made me care about my least favorite superhero.

[@ShadowSonic2]

Carol's problem is that for 30 years she was written terribly and then when later writers tried to fix that, too many people were used to be her being a laughingstock and didn't want to see her as a respectable character

[@ChrisLT]

X-Men have been mistreated long enough. Fox seemed to go "this is the Wolverine and Mystique franchise." But you can do so much with movies, shows, and games with this group.

[@ryanschuster5621]

I love that his new term for describing how well made something is is whether or not it has “the sauce”

[@lax9586]

The X-men animated series made my childhood awesome. The og show most def had issues I am not even gonna front but they built a good base for what came after it. The X-men were the first comics I ever read and I was hooked. They really cooked with Xmen 97. It was an emotional roller coaster.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Spectacular and Evolution are everything their 90s counterparts were trying to be

[@Cheloluis2003]

Episode 5 completely broke me man, what a great show

[@Pleia_Ds]

I watched the OG X-men cartoon for the first time for this and can confirm old+new are worth your time

[@optimascrime5235]

This has to be one of the best adaptations for a Marvel Comics property in at least 5 years.....When you have a creative team that are not only fans of the source material but are actually talented you get an excellent show, so good that the studio is practically begging you to make more seasons straight away, this and deadpool 3 proves that the X-Men are back when we needed them the most

[@Macapta]

As someone who was way more into X-Men Evolution as to the 90s cartoon. I’m so glad they went and continued this version. It’s damn near perfect for what it is.

[@darkar138]

When I was a kid i loved the original x men series... So, when this was anounce I was so happy a decided to watch the original series again with some friends. We fucking loved everything both animated series are. We laugh, we cry, we loved... This give me so much

[@hjermsted22]

When X-Men the animated series debuted in 1992, the only X-Men appearances outside of the comic books up to that point were some cameos (ranging from insulting to half-hearted at best) in Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends and an elusive un-aired pilot (Pryde of the X-Men) that in the pre-internet days seemed to be just a rumor. X-Men fans were begging for their favorite heroes to be adapted into something cool. Then came five seasons of very faithful X-Men adaptations in the form of a Saturday morning cartoon. The love for those '90s X-toons is more than just nostalgia. X-Men TAS was the X-Men '97 of its time. We X-Fans were stoked and couldn't wait for new episodes. I'm still waiting for a live-action adaptation of this team of characters that's as respectful as either of these two animated series. For the most part, the FoX-Men films were a colossal missed opportunity to turn average cinema-goers into rabid X-Fans the way the MCU made them love the Avengers.

[@StuffSupreme]

all that praise for an 8.5 kind of made me giggle

[@elithegaymer]

Was NOT expecting an 8.5/10 score... This show is a 10/10 buddy. I suggest you watch the show again from start to finish and reevaluate your score.

[@fajarsetiawan8665]

The fact that Marcus's criticism is basically "I want more" shows that this show is THE SHIT

[@Ironoxe]

I actually went back and watched the OG show for the first time before the ‘97 premiere and I loved it. It was super fun to watch and sorta helped when watching ‘97.

[@thrawn4emp]

I totally agree on the pacing. Like it felt too fast, but mostly I just wanted more. I wish there were 15 or 20 episodes, I really think they had the story and characters to fill that out. But I still thoroughly enjoyed it. It's interesting, bc I think the pacing would've seemed totally normal 10 or 20 years ago, but cartoon and comic shows have really been allowed to breathe. So it definitely fits the Saturday morning cartoon superhero vibe with the pacing, but since it's available for streaming and we don't have to rely on catching the episodes as they air on cable, I wonder why they didn't go for a longer run

[@ayanbasu11]

That opening theme just itched in the right place.

[@chadgames3518]

Dude, the final fight of the first episode had me hooked all the way through. I never watched the original show, so I had no idea what I was getting myself into. The main theme absolutely blasting while they expertly work together to body the sentinels had me in absolute awe.

[@bauer0788]

So many people think the original is out of this league great, when.. it was good for the time. Like 80s TMNT has a special place in my heart. It was great for the time and has a special endearing charm to it, but good lord old school TMNT fans act like it's the Gospel and anything after is sacrilegious . It hasn't aged well hardly at all. Things like the 2012 TMNT is a much needed improvement. Heck even Rise of TMNT is better if only for the stellar animation. And xmen 97 is much the same here.

[@dubsknit]

Fantastic show. Made me feel things no other show made me feel in a long time. Happy it was made.

[@Wasteland_Media]

I was literally waiting for you to drop this

[@Wasteland_Media]

It’s been fun watching your X-men character arc Marcus

[@dratomik]

This series is so fucking good, Nostalgia goggles or not. Like, you don't need to have grown up in the 90s watching X-men like I did to enjoy the show... but if you did grow up in the 90's watching the marvel shows on saturday morning, Holy shit this is SO GOOD. Especially the cameo at the end of the show that lets us know what happened to another character.

[@chrisludwig4729]

I agree 100% with the pacing. I wish they'd just slowed down a bit and let the stories breathe. I think it's great, but I think if they improved pacing it'd be a true masterpiece