X-MEN '97 - BASTION'S PLAN and Avengers vs X-Men, EXPLAINED!

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Written and Hosted by Ryan Arey ( / ryanarey )
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Paul - @heavyspoilers

[@zackhostetler4889]

Paul: I won’t spoil it. Ryan: ItS vAl CoOpEr

[@suaedeus5566]

Literally spat out my drink when Ryan said he hasn’t seen any of Paul’s videos in years

[@drivingonparkway]

I’m with you couldn’t believe it

[@lazr4096]

Shade !!!

[@jonathanstafford3383]

He cuts him off multiple times and edits out his good points to put in his own non live scripted rebuttals … pretty shitty Ryan array

[@Lauren-dk6ex]

RIGHT!!! So rude to have someone on your channel and then shade them the whole time

[@artificiallyflavord5588]

You guys know Paul shits on Ryan all the time right? Lol

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Episode 8 ,9 ,and 10 are going to be crazy.

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Right

[@edkwon]

Yep it's a three parter

[@santamendezmarte3814]

​@edkwon of a comic book, which is going to be interesting

[@elphiegleason3899]

I’m wondering if they’re gonna get into Legion at some point in the show

[@markstriker925]

Gonna be a wild 3 partner.

[@Bman32x]

Went back and watched “One Man’s Worth pt 1&2” per DeMayo’s advice. I’m stressed out and even though the colors were palette swapped they absolutely showed an Avengers vs X-Men scenario back in the 90s.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

This show is the best thing marvel has done since the original X- men TAS! Please never stop making new seasons marvel!

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@SWOTHDRA]

Not even close

[@dangerfly]

As an adult it's way too melodramatic. Someone is crying a river in EVERY episode. Its color palette, drama, themes are obvious which means it's for kids.

[@frankemann81]

​@@dangerfly that's a terrible take 😂

[@davesleyer9393]

@@dangerflyyour wrong.

[@Croakin]

Can't believe Ryan actually got The Adversary as a special guest

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Right

[@coops074]

Did you guys notice the edits when Ryan made digs at Paul?

[@solvseus]

Somehow Uncle Kevin Spoilers has returned. It's like poetry...

[@IsiahBradley]

@@solvseus LOLOL

[@user-lq8tw3jd4w]

Paul has a weird voice

[@GaaraFPS]

No way a heavy spoilers crossover F*** yeah!!! Y’all two are my favorite channels!

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Right it’s lit

[@aliengranpa]

I knew that was him even behind the blurred screen 😂

[@markjohn5201]

Disappointed that neither of them dropped. Your mum 😂😂😂😂

[@solvseus]

it's all connected...

[@ilariasdiary8074]

​@@markjohn5201wdym?

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

I remember seeing onslaught in the comics for the first time. Reminded me of like a super shredder magneto.

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Exactly

[@GODsoN_8471]

I've always thought the same thing lol

[@ZombieFarmboy666]

Love seeing Paul here! I really like when like channels cross over.

[@89THEJOKER]

How Strom got her groove back was a top tier throwaway joke 😂😂😂 layers 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 well done

[@espalier]

Strom Thurmond? That is a different type of groove.

[@SAlcocer12]

So cool to see Paul and Ryan talking X-Men

[@saucemasterx911]

You can’t call this a children’s show anymore lol… they have crossed too many lines.

[@dangerfly]

It's definitely a kid's show. Everything is over the top.

[@saucemasterx911]

@@dangerfly you’re a epic failure with that kind of logic

[@fatbibbythegamer8231]

It was never intended for children! It’s for the kids in the 90s that grew up actually watching it! So basically it’s for adults bruh kids can watch if they want 😂

[@KingOfMadCows]

In the original show, Apocalypse created the Legacy Virus and he used the Friends of Humanity to spread it while blaming it on the mutants. And Apocalypse has tried to get humans and mutants to fight and wipe each other out so he can rebuild the world from the ashes. So I think Apocalypse is the secret villain and they're going to set up Age of Apocalypse for season 2.

[@GODsoN_8471]

So weird in the movies he wants mutants around but want hynye

[@BenjaminSomers]

When even the theorists have no clue what's gonna happen, you know its gonna be good.

[@doctordoom7232]

I have a feeling that Apocalypse will return at the end of this season as a cameo and bring back Gambit as one of his horsemen Death

[@neekos3084]

🤞

[@neekos3084]

Fingers crossed 🤞

[@fefer1075]

Apocalypse is the real villian. Cable and the prime centinels hace something in common, the technovirus. That same virus was created by apocalypse.

[@doctordoom7232]

called it

[@Kalin5513]

I love how Ryan and Paul are just digging at each other. They are best friends and we know it lol

[@djhatter]

Showing my age here lol but the video game X-Men Next Dimension has Bastion as the main villain and uses the weapon to strip away mutant powers. Each sentinel he created took away many of the main character powers like beast, rogue and cyclops.

[@KendallGandFam]

I was looking for this comment! That game was actually really dope and loved the story line

[@chainmasters2178]

I love how they are doing this show. I love seeing these videos on it, these videos fill the void I have in my life ... ALL of my friends are waiting to binge it.... Leaving me with NO ONE to have conversations with about the show They are all missing out!!!

[@IsiahBradley]

I'm like, 40 years older than the audience for these videos! So why am I here? Because all my life I've been looking for people this hardcore on Marvel, DC and Who. I would have been one of these people if KZbin had been created in 1985 instead of 2005.

[@IsiahBradley]

I'm like, 40 years older than the audience for these videos! So why am I here? Because all my life I've been looking for people this hardcore on Marvel, DC and Who. I would have been one of these people if KZbin had been created in 1985 instead of 2005.

[@ChicagoBornPilsenBred21]

Bastion gonna turn Magneto into one of the sentinels💯

[@baconeggcheesepodcast9390]

Why

[@bet0v966]

Bastion wants to fan the flames of war to spread fear so that humans will be so scared they r all in for mutant extermination. Right now the mutants r pissed and wanted justice meanwhile the humans & governments know they have defend themselves from mutants. If the humans r okay with fighting mutants it allows legal and full authorization for programs like the sentinels which allows him to prime sentinel the entire earth population. He’s going to turn Magneto into a prime sentinel puppet so that he can use him spearhead the mutant call for violent revenge for Genosha

[@BluntculturE42]

He might create onslaught.

[@thomassutherland2647]

​@@BluntculturE42 Onslaught was a merge of Magneto & Charles. Jean & Magneto might merge, adding Phoenix, and kicking Bastion's Butt!!

[@rjbrando9616]

Man, setting Magneto on a redemption arc, only to have him turned into a Sentinel. Ruthless

[@12oshinko]

De Mayo knocked out what makes X-men special Would love to see more X-titles in their own individual art styles E.g. Astonishing X-men, District X, Fallen Angels, Generation X, Hellions, X-Statix, etc...

[@usthefolksmusic]

The friendly fire in the banter😂

[@juancortes5274]

I knew it was Paul 😂 Ive watched his videos as well as new rockstar 😂 imma big nerd and been watching all 3 of y'all for years.

[@TheLegolord11]

Screen Crush and Heavy Spoilers! The crossover episode I’ve been waiting for!!!

[@GrandAdmiralNemeschy]

Is it juat me or does Geirich look like Dale from King Of The Hill?

[@jwm2004]

Same guy

[@funkyfreshspringrolls]

KZbin crossover is fire!

[@TheArlanza]

I love the fact all you scoopsters are collaborating

[@IsiahBradley]

I remember when HS, RR and SC all tried a collective merch store a while back.

[@ericrobins5188]

I think we're going to get Magneto pulling out Wolverine's Adamantium this season and we're going to get feral Wolverine as a cliffhanger

[@spiritbombing]

i hope you see this ryan but videos like this remind me of exactly why i love you and your channel such great viewpoints and perspective provided though your video it’s always so informative and interesting in the best way i hope you’ll continue to stay in the scene for years to come i know it isn’t the most financially satisfying business in the world but we need u man i love you and your channel

[@therestinghornet6906]

Jesus christ i couldnt imagine if they somehow tackled Ultimatum and used Magneto as a LITERAL weapon against the world

[@anferno804]

Also here's a thought: Are Bastion and Sinister gonna use Leech's powers (the ability to temporarily shutdown any mutant power) in their Prime Mutants? Last we saw him he was clutching Magneto back on Genosha.

[@splatbubble]

oh yuck. I bet you're right... they are gonna grab his DNA and use it to make mutant-sapping sentinels...

[@musunshine31]

​@splatbubble with their lab being on Alcatraz, leading to Magneto tearing away the Golden Gate Bridge and using it to access the island

[@NicodemusatNite]

Love the channel and all the vids on Xmen '97. Just ordered an X-Fast shirt, can't wait.

[@bradleybaker8085]

I love that Paul was the mystery guest. I follow both of you, and your teams/product are truly superb. 😁

[@unidentified2117]

Love the hard work that you guys do and all ur hosts are awesome 😎

[@robintirollo2644]

Loving this series, really enjoy your channel

[@guythompson7902]

Excellent. Screen Crush is killing it. Glad to have you back Ryan

[@stevenkilboy1319]

I love you guys and heavy spoilers it’s awesome to see you guys working together

[@MattSaysHello]

The Ryan vs Paul spat is better than Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman!

[@gr8tbigtreehugger]

Great panel. Love the YT channel crossover. Many thanks - much appreciated!

[@drivingonparkway]

Let’s go for as many season sons as possible! Do all the eras! drag this dope show out for years, X-men the best!

[@jlo1195]

It's been Bastion all along...

[@SWOTHDRA]

Weak retcon

[@jordancarter8029]

I love these discussions.

[@nidarussell7420]

Thank you for the video

[@jlo1195]

we will get to see a X-MEN and X-FACTOR team up!!!!

[@Foe_Doe]

It's interesting hearing the viewpoint from heavy spoilers. He kinda got the marvel history in reverse, so he understands the lore but in a different way.

[@PRLShrimpNoodle]

Whenever rogue kills boliver in this episode, its the same song that plays during the hellfire gala

[@yames]

Love the the tension between Ryan and Paul hahahaahaha

[@duk2112]

Paul is so white in his studio lighting. He looks like a ghost! He’s haunting this video

[@kyzerbatiste2645]

Heavy Spoilers × Screen Crush is absolutely epic 💪🏿⚡😆

[@ajk635]

I agree about the scripts and animation being more locked in. That makes it more like their source material of comics. The artists are drawing panels based on the script and dialogue that exists already. If the artist feels it’s clunky or hard to get across, an edit or agreement is reached prior to going forward. THAT is the biggest difference in it being more of a comic book feel. The artists can draw the animation as a panel set up then set it in motion. They can do so creatively due to a tight script operating in heavy time constraints. Just a thought

[@BiggReddNerd]

That blur effect did nothing to hide Paul lol Love when he pops up

[@tillythehun]

We love Paul! Great episode Ryan

[@kevinstone7588]

I kept saying, “Exactly” and “Yes!” You guys nailed this

[@domferretti]

13:40 absolutely.

[@jarltheripper]

I just hope that they bring back Gambit goddammit.

[@anthonysolis3795]

Great takes

[@cliveroberts8760]

best channels ever! screenCrush and HEAVY SPOILERS COMBINE!!

[@M.D.M.X]

Fun odd theory: When the 'Godzilla'-Sentinel states "Omega Lvl Mutant", maybe it was not referring to Magneto for it had targeted him already. Perhaps it was referring to Leech, who at that point hadn't been detected before. Maybe in relation to Leech's 'power suppressing' abilities and how that might play a part.

[@camiheartyt]

The only issue with X-Men '97 being the universe at the end of the Marvels is that we know Carol Danvers exists in that universe. Unless both of them got powers in this universe?

[@doro626]

The marvel 40 years sets are great places to start for foundations. There was Amazing Spiderman, Fantastic Four, X-men and I think spectacular spiderman was released later ( oh and 40 years of Avengers). Took me just over a month of daily reading on the train to get through each one. It was also great to read the letters to the editor.

[@ajk635]

Love my Xmen nighthawks, Murdoch & Nelson Attorneys at Law, and Spice Krispies shirts.

[@vincentthomas5485]

11:40 Mike is preaching the truth!

[@dominiquemcclerin4361]

I really agree with your cable theory that’s where I’ve thought the whole story was meant to go & been very excited cause with this new season it’s showing that more & more so right on

[@prinzisu]

I ❤ my "remember it"shirt! It's very comfortable n soft. Most my shirts are covered in wood gule.. cause my job. I'll never we're this to work wish o could tho

[@markmcgowan3692]

Messiah Complex - Messiah War - Second Coming. Excellent run. So many great stories can from these books. Those stories involved Cable, Bastion, Scott/Emma, the beginning of X-Force/kill squad.

[@spiritbombing]

8:25 “ I UNFORTUNATELY HAVENT GOTTEN ARKUND TO WATCHING ONE OF YOUR VIDEOS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS😂😂😂 ryan is fucking hilarious man

[@bonslurpenstein]

Just yesterday I wondered to myself "when are they having Paul on from HeavySpoilers" and today he is on. Hell yeah!

[@trevatron2000]

Stryfe and an adaption of X-ecutoners Song is coming

[@SWOTHDRA]

Nice

[@Snazz42069]

Best episode ever fucking screen, crush, and heavy spoilers in the same episode, wicked!!

[@guivasquez]

I love Ryan's little digs at Paul 😂 Would love to see an Episode where Ryan is sick or something and Paul comes in to cover so we can see him and Doug interact. Then if you could get Paul to plug the Doug merch that would be 🔥!

[@elphiegleason3899]

As for Rogue and Cap America. She is in major grief and everyone griefs different….. hers is making her lash out ultra violently

[@williamkleimanjr]

For a live action X-Men to be actually successful it would have to be a G.O.T. multi season series with tie in movies.

[@GODsoN_8471]

I forget where I heard it but it was a great point about comic adaptations. The movies usually have one focus and tone where the stories and cartoons will have different things going on sometimes they'll have something so random that it makes no sense. MCU has to make writing, creativity and appreciation for the genre to stick to the storyline and stop making changes for the hell of it

[@kihembonobert8851]

Gotta love crossovers!

[@KingofReads]

2 of my faves together!

[@lnrdo]

It's so weird seeing Paul not "in character" as the Paul that narrates the Heavy Spoilers videos 😂

[@mattheendpod2659]

Dude. Heavy Spoilers FTW. MOOOOOOORE!

[@evrywerigoable]

I wish when Peter collared Wade in Deadpool 2 he’d have found out his sister were inside.

[@prinzisu]

Rocket was the lead character in guardians of the galaxy 4. N it's a amazing movie with friends finding our they are family

[@MJC1891]

8:46 Doug is going to go after Paul. He’s no joke

[@SmartypantsTutoring]

I wonder if a live action franchise is even necessary. X-Men maybe works best as a tv series where you could have a solid mix of episodic episodes and soap opera serialization. Visually you can do anything in animation and I think generally speaking the reason why X-Men 97 works over the MCU shows is that it’s designed to be a tv show and not a 10 hour movie.

[@pepperdiao37]

I hope Apocalypse and his horsemen (Gambit as Death) come to "save the day" at the end of this season. Killing Sinister, stopping Bastion, subdue Magneto, and exerting dominance over Charles and his X-Men bringing a cliffhanger of a season finale.

[@cafeapaka7501]

Watching X-men 97 and the original series definitely brings me back to X-men writer Chris Claremont - the influence in tone, characterization and plot progression is seen throughout - although I wasn’t a hardcore fan growing up, his stories in the X-men laid the groundwork especially his run with artist John Byrne for the explosive popularity in the late 80’s. Although not needed it will help any fan contextualize the current animated series making it much more enjoyable - great coverage as usual.

[@ca_quixote]

Between Tommy from NR and Heavy Spoilers, this channel is becoming my fav multiverse 😅

[@dannypitassy]

You guys are crushing the KZbin

[@maggieeggert2]

Magneto = Supreme Sentinel. From "Engines of Destruction" X-Men Annual comic, 1998. Machine Man was Bastion's original plan, but I think they'll adapt it to be Magneto. SCARY.

[@TheTheae06]

The dig at not watch Paul’s vids for years

[@timmurphy232]

Love seeing Paul on here, can never tell if hes actually a hater or a fan, its great lol

[@captainm8889]

If you live the X-Men theme check out the cover of it by Power Glove. They do great metal covers of 80s, 90s TV, Movie, and video themes and soundtracks. They do a great 89’ Batman theme too!

[@guitarpunk200]

It’s Paul!!! lol!!!

[@ThisGuy_Again]

Yes, I thought the same thing after Sinister being the one to give cable the virus and then after seeing Gambit die. This seems to be the result of Apocalypse not having existed in this timeline. They will need to bring him back in order to defeat Bastion. Gambit will become death.

[@lastkryptonbaby]

Heavy Spoilers my fave! Love you Paul! 🫶

[@doro626]

One of my favorite stories was when the New Mutants got Doug Ramsey killed and then Magneto had to call his parents and tell them their son who was sent to the school he was head master at for an education was dead. The show needs to have students at the Institute. Also Doug's powers are totally awesome. You could make an entire show on Fox around it.

[@Hundo_Mo]

26:45 This is close to the Theory is subscribe to. Cyclops is giving rhe impression that he is thinking more like the Magneto of old. A key theme of this season has been keeping the Xmen family together. I can see a scenario where some of the team falls in line with Cyclops and Magneto and others fall in line with Charles and Jean.

[@mikhail5428]

*What could change and bring a different vibe from the comics, is if you got Cyclops, Rogue, Charles and Magneto going full Punisher and attack the "ones" that killed his friends and love ones*

[@Cvmpbell]

This video is longer than the actual episode lmfao

[@frankiesoto1118]

And?

[@cruzinthruspace]

And it's long. How hard is that to understand? ​@@frankiesoto1118

[@BladeDaRazor]

I’m okay with this!

[@version3155]

That happens when people have conversations, must be a new thing to ya

[@theunknown308]

I think it’s a joke guys 😂

[@TalesFromTheBooth]

A lot of ppl are saying Onslaught but I would be shocked if they brought in that element so late in the season. If Bastion forces Magneto to initiate a war with humanity (and a confrontation w/ Xavier), they could set that up for season 2. I think Bastion has infected most of the UN/Military with prime sentinel technology and he’ll activate it using radio waves. Cooper will be exposed as Mystique, who has somehow sabotaged the process. Cable and Bishop help defeat Bastion but screw up the timeline even further. The Avengers show up late, clean up the sentinel remains and take the credit for saving humanity 🔮🧐

[@manueldelgado2417]

Cyclops to Jean Gray watching the screens of Genosha : "we need to give them hope" that was kind of in the nose.

[@andrewschneider2121]

For those of you with better things to do Bastion wants to eradicate all the mutants or something. Idk, I didn’t finish the whole thing.

[@syedshahar]

No way Paul, I love your show and Mastertainment

[@thomassutherland2647]

Magneto & "His" X-Men with Mr. Sinister's Help, Maybe Even Using Cable, and / or Apocalypse's Help; Could Defeat Bastion. I Feel Somehow Storm & Gaia Will Merge, With Either Apocalypse's Or Mr. Sinister's Help To Fix It. Other Fix Is Jean Going Full-On Phoenix!

[@karlharrison1499]

I think what would be cool for Avengers vs X-Men would be 1 movie be in the eyes of the X-Men, and 1 movie in the eyes of the Avengers, then a 3rd movie to meld both stories together as allies.