The X-Men Films Should Have Learned THIS From The Animated Series

[@lincolnpascual]

"Beyond Good and Evil" is my personal favorite. Heavy on philosophy, action, and cameos... Cable is the absolute baddest of badasses. And Apocalypse had some of the most epic lines ever.

[@orome9793]

Came here to mention this. "I am the rocks of the eternal shore, crash upon me and be broken!"

[@Eastsid3]

'I am as far above mutants as they are of humans' was one of my favorites.

[@pittland44]

I still love Cable's line: The world won't stomach your evil forever Apocalypse. The animated show made me absolutely fall in love with Cable, and every time I've read X-men comics since I read them in the voices of the animated characters.

[@jastervega4647]

Yes this was my favorite as well amd is why Cable was my favorite!!!

[@yodudeyo100]

Cable is my favorite X-Men character! I always saw him as a time traveling Solid Snake! Though him being my favorite character doesn't really say much, I kinda love all the X-Men a lot!

[@227]

My favorite part of this arc is how before the Phoenix elaborates that everyone can give a little of their life to resurrect Jean, Cyclops and Wolverine fight over who gets to die to bring her back, which is just a hilariously perfect summation of their dynamic.

[@SuperSongbird21]

And then the Phoenix basically tells them "Hey, it doesn't have to just be you two. What about the rest?" And the whole group step straight up, again showing us the X-Men as what they're MEANT to be, a team/found family.

[@garyjones3896]

The age of apocalypse storyline also was handled perfectly in this show

[@zerjiozerjio]

Truly. When they explain why the psychics are the only ones who can either defeat him or be used for his victory due to the mind’s relative relationship to time, I was so blown away. It was almost poetic.

[@zerocool5395]

The movie was so bad lol.

[@dereksookdeo1720]

We needed a true AOA arc. Wolverine and the X-men almost did it, but the second season was canceled

[@leonardobraynen1524]

@@dereksookdeo1720 yeh.

[@zeffmalchazeen3429]

Apocalypse and Mr. Sinister scared me as a kid.

[@Marx1684]

Look how memorable these stories were with the team sticking to source material. There's a message SOMEWHERE in here.

[@mickeymouse7726]

Yeah the moral of the story is stick to the source material if you're adapting something

[@unclecreed2986]

If it's not broke don't fix it.

[@CabezasDePescado]

All studios should learn from it.

[@illapuproductions]

@@mickeymouse7726 Not the new SJW stuff...

[@someniam8021]

@@illapuproductions Ironic.

[@alexandrefrauches132]

My favorite episode of the series is "Bloodline", in which Nightcrawler (one my favorite x-men in the comics, as well my favorite super hero, followed by Spider Man and Flash) discovers that Mystique is his mother. The interactions between Kurt and Mystique are very emotional and highlights Kurt kindness and compassion, always refusing to let hate corrupt him and still trying to reach the humanity in others, specially villains like Mystique. Nightcrawler may look like demon, but he has the soul of angel.

[@pittland44]

X-Men the animated series did Kurt and Hank (Nightcrawler and Beast) to absolute perfection. I loved Kurt's deep and abiding faith and how he leans on that to make it through tough times. And to the show's credit they didn't downplay or ignore it, they leaned into that showed him as the man of conviction and forgiveness he is. I also loved how they captured the tragic element of Hank McCoy's character. Hank is one of the great minds of his time, but because of his mutation he's basically ostracized. We really did get to see that and it was great, because that's part of what makes Beast so compelling.

[@classicgunstoday1972]

“That faith of yours has a way of rubbing off on folks”

[@alexandrefrauches132]

@@pittland44 Yeah. There's also that episode ""Beauty and Beast" that really show Hank difficult to have normal life just by the fact he is mutant. Not only he is force to leave the hospital he works as doctor but he has break up with the girl he loves after she became a target by the Friends of Humanity, really showing how the prejuice the x-men deal also affects the people in their lifes, no matter if they are mutants or humans.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@pittland44 Eh, the show didn't do Nightcrawler that good. People forget he was a Adventurous Swashbuckler for years, this show gave us his Faith Devoted side but not enough of the rest.

[@thedeaderer8791]

Hells yeah he was my favorite as well

[@juliiju0484]

I doubt anyone would question the fidelity of X-men TAS. You can really feel like you're looking at a Chris Clearmont comic on screen.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

And yet the series got most of it wrong.

[@andrewaugustus6447]

@@vetarlittorf1807 did better than the movies

[@vetarlittorf1807]

@@andrewaugustus6447 Not really. The movies had their ups and downs but at least Wolverine didn't get his ass handed to him every other minute, at least there was no annoying Jubilee and at least Jean wasn't a useless damsel in distress who faints all the time.

[@andrewaugustus6447]

@@vetarlittorf1807 I see what you’re saying but the movies casting was mostly bad. They butchered the Phoenix saga not once but twice.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

@@andrewaugustus6447 Maybe, but they did really good adaptations of God Loves Man Kills and Days of Future Past. Even Chris Claremont himself said that the only X-Men movies he didn't like were X3 and Apocalypse. But the casting was fine. Heck, Kelsey Grammer as Beast, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool are some of the best superhero casting choices of all time.

[@brandonface917]

This show is what my dad and brother lived for growing up. Some of my best years was watching X-Men with them. Makes me a little emotinal thinking about it.

[@TMNWG]

I always liked that one episode, where Wolverine reveals to the Friends of Humanity that their leader is actually the son of Sabertooth.

[@draekoolleres4439]

Graydon Creed.

[@TMNWG]

@@draekoolleres4439 Junior to be precise. :D

[@jordanbetteridge1598]

@@TMNWG The father is Victor Creed. the son is Graydon Creed.

[@vicshephard9231]

It was Vic Jr in the cartoon. Graydon is in the comics.

[@wyvern723]

I just remember someone saying to the affect of "Beast has totally lost it, and Wolverine is using his head. what planet are we on?"

[@grapeshot]

One of my favorite episodes from this X-Men series was the one that had Archangel in it called Obsession. Also a favorite is the one when they were trapped in the Savage Lands and they went looking for Professor X.

[@anwarnaveedali4412]

GREAT Episode! The savage lands were cool. Also Magneto pulling the space Ships along in space, that was amazing.

[@karlmorgan9793]

The savage land one was brilliant

[@bradsmith1314]

omg yes and wolverine was like there aint nothing mutant about these!!!

[@rodrickrichard4877]

It's hard to pinpoint the favorite when you enjoy the whole series!!!

[@matthewschwartz6607]

I loved how they used Magneto in the cartoon.

[@stimpaxx]

This saga and the Morlocks were some of the best animated episodes I ever watched as a kid. Bishop was sick too.

[@Mitsu2040]

Totally agree, in the movies everyone is too busy with their own drama to really show how much they love Jean. In fact, Storm--who loves her like a sister--is readily willing to give up on her in both movie adaptations. The movies lack the build-up for this kind of story. This needs to be the Endgame to the X-Men movie franchise.

[@estebancasas8004]

The mutant saga hopefully Is next in the mcu

[@Craxin01]

Animation is probably the best way to adapt comics overall anyway. You have more time to explore and flesh out characters, themes, and worlds than with a two-hour movie.

[@kaisarr7632]

I’ve been saying that for years

[@Whatever94-i4u]

Or live-action shows (with a good budget). Really, anything is better to adapt long-winded materials like books and comics than blockbuster movies...

[@reyemilio00]

100% agree. Serialized storytelling always works best for X-Men, since it allows more opportunity for character development for such a relatively large ensemble cast. With the movies, we really didn't know any of the characters except for Wolverine. Granted, I personally feel like Cyclops wasn't shown to be the rich, multifaceted character he is in the comics, and Jean Grey, arguably the most powerful member of the team, did little more than faint and scream Scott's name in TAS. However, the Phoenix and Dark Phoenix Sagas finally gave the characters the justice they were missing for much of the series. For me, we could skip the live action movies and just focus on quality X-Men animated series going forward, but I know that won't happen lol.

[@lh9591]

Same with fairytales. All these live action Disney movies fall flat.

[@Craxin01]

@@lh9591 Amen. They keep making them because people keep going to see them. I have successfully boycotted all of them. I know they're going to suck, so I don't reward that bad behavior with my money.

[@steve_en5903]

The 2 parter where morph returns and wrecks havoc on the team will always be my favourite

[@grapeshot]

The one with the Energy Drinker that was a prelude to the Phoenix Saga. That was an excellent little extended episode.

[@ajtaylor8750]

This show is in my Top 10 animated shows of all-time along with Spider-Man and Batman The Animated Series. As much as I loved the live-action X-Men films, none of them could capture the magic of this series.

[@Nick-zn1vj]

Dont even have to know, what that list consists of ,but those are definitely somewhere in the Top 3 C'mon Batman The Animated Series!!!

[@Oskar0424]

@Iron Sheik Wow BTAS is surprisingly quite down in your list..

[@ChairmanMo]

Spider-Man, Batman, Exo-Squad, TMNT and X-Men are my favorite animated shows from the 1990s.

[@fernandosegovia8806]

@You're under 19 don't argue It sounds to me like you should give them a re-watch yourself; the stories told in those episodes have so much depth I wasn't able to pick up on some things after re-watching them twice. Apart from that, the voice acting is phenomal, the soundtrack is absolutely fantastic, and there are a lot of iconic moments and especially dialogue and bits of visual storytelling that are worth studying, seriously. Now, Batman did have some continuity between episodes and you can notice some characters developing as the show continues, but Superman had a lot more and, for some reason, it feels a lot more fun to watch to me. It never quite reaches the same levels of complexity as Batman: TAS, because Superman (as much as they explore his character and Clark's) just doesn't have it, but maybe it's its vibe or the strong cast of secondary characters that make it way more entertaining but it just feels easier to enjoy. P.D. Completely agree on JL/JLU's positioning though.

[@jp3813]

@IStevenSeagal Uh... pretty sure you're questioning the most re-watched superhero cartoon of the 90s. Hence, Batman TAS has maintained the strongest fanbase throughout the decades. For example, it has 115K votes on IMDb while X-Men has 47k and Spider-Man has 35k.

[@maxhocks2006]

It’s wild that the animated series did what TWO live action attempts have failed at. This is easily the cartoon at its most emotional.

[@secondgiygas4599]

It's cause they wanna change shit to make their own vision but when it ain't broke don't fix shit

[@soupdujour4086]

@@secondgiygas4599 but then it's not miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!

[@ChairmanMo]

The animated series also did what they did at probably 1/100 of the cost of the movies.

[@wickedchild8501]

Not to mention that the series came several years before the movies so it's not like it made it better, the movies made it worse

[@lukalakicevic2305]

Keeping in mind the common demoninator in all the bad xmen movies is Simon Kinberg.

[@EqualOpportunityDestoroya]

Jim Lee's artwork also played a part on the X-Men being popular in the 1990s.

[@aussiewanderer6304]

I loved the Days of Future Past stories. They honestly could have kept doing it where Bishop kept having to go back in time again and again with his reason changing (assassination, disease, etc).

[@fka_the_body1542]

Yea same days of future past my favourite

[@caladuz2]

Came here to post this

[@RW77777777]

poor Wolvie left the last man alive again; I always though the 141 wanted poster cover was great by showing all the different X-men who wouldn't be taken alive

[@jordanbetteridge1598]

My favourite episode is The Final Solution, where there is a final showdown with hundreds of Sentinels and Master Mold and Magneto joins forces with the X-Men. Spectacular dialogue in that episode.

[@omegon88]

Mine too! I'm Larry Houston and I directed the X-Men and I had no guarantee of a season two, so I poured my fanboy heart into THIS last episode.

[@RaptorJesus720]

LOL, they titled it the Final Solution?

[@84bucco]

Explains why magneto would join the X-Men and go ham on those tin cans 😂 ​@@RaptorJesus720

[@grapeshot]

Yep this was the X-Men series that me and a lot of my friends while we were serving in the military. It got us to collecting comic books something I do to this day.

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

I love how the 90s X-men and Spider-Man were so well done that filmmakers were told to just watch episodes of the show if they need to learn about the stores. The 90s Spider-Man show is more influential to the modern perception than the comics. The entire Venom storyline is take more from the show than the comics. So cool.

[@richardrichard688]

So much in the Raimi films was from that Spidey toon.

[@muigokublack6487]

@@richardrichard688 Well it also helped that Sam Raimi grew up reading the 60s Spider-Man comics but for the first X-Men film yeah Bryan Singer was told to just watch the cartoon.

[@wicked_deftlady]

Not only is this animated series the best X-Men reference to use but the voice actors gave them life! I love my X-Men! 🖤☮️☯️🥰🥰🥰

[@LenBerry]

THANK YOU for saying the core of The Dark Phoenix Saga is the relationship between Jean and Cyclops. As a big fan of the central couple of the X-Men, I'm shocked at how often other fans miss this key fact. The ensemble is always important, but in every story, one or two characters always take center stage. In The Dark Phoenix Saga, it's Jean and Cyclops. And, yes, the best "episode" of X-Men The Animated Series has to be a story arc. That's just how the show works.

[@GreetingsMortal]

Rip Cyclops. His VA was iconic

[@sliferxxxx]

Norm Spence

[@Drew_D]

This video wasn’t just great, it was UNCANNY! Well done! Also, my favorite episode was Cold Vengeance.

[@blacki4268]

Season 3....man what a great season! The entire Phoenix Saga (this and Dark Phoenix with the Hellfire Club), Lady Deathstrike at the season premire during primetime, arguably two great episodes in weapon x, lies, and videotape, and cold comfort. Words cant describe how perfect this season was

[@hiredgoon93]

Xmen TAS is easily one of the greatest animated series of all time and thats because it nailed the characters. Even now, I look back at those characterizations as the characters "DEFAULT" settings.

[@jamesa.romano8500]

Stan Lee apparently wanted to do an opening narration and end each episode with a "lesson" to be learned from it, which he had done throughout the Marvel cartoons in the 70s/80s (including X-Men's '89 pilot Pryde of the X-Men). I feel like passing on this was a smart idea, as it was better let the viewer determine each episode's meaning for themselves and to show them the respect of trusting them to follow the string of events without being hand held by a narrator. That and the creators even said that the show was more rooted in the Claremont run of the X-Men, and stylistically in Jim Lee's '90s X-Men revamp - Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's run on the X-Men was good and all, but it was never the gigantic property it is now until Claremont and Len Wein got involved. ALSO: This might be bold but I actually prefer the Rogue vs. Gladiator fight in the Trial by Combat in the Dark Phoenix saga over the Colossus vs. Gladiator fight of the comics. I don't know if its the that they both could fly that made the faceoff more epic, or the fact that Gladiator - and probably the viewer as well - underestimates Rogue to the point that its shocking how well she almost stalemates him. Rogue got a MAJOR upgrade in the Animated Series and I'm here for it.

[@eskanda3434]

Nah colossus should have been in this episode and series. Lame he was written out for Rogue

[@jamesa.romano8500]

@@eskanda3434 I'm just shocked anybody read that far down and made it through my whole post to even comment 😅😆 Viva la difference

[@dudujencarelli]

And Wein actually got to write multiple episodes.

[@RW77777777]

thanks Shipwreck!

[@Sagplaya]

Great vid! I remember crying when reading the DPS books. The teams unwillingness to back down from supporting their friend was successful writing. They were a team, they were Xmen!

[@matthewschwartz6607]

Yeah, I really dug this one . I remember when Gladiator trashed The Juggernaut, too (That was awesome. The Juggernaut was used well in the cartoon. Also, Omega Red was a bigger Wolverine villain in the cartoon than he was in the comics .).

[@pittland44]

They played Omega Red to perfection. They didn't sugar coat anything, the man is a psychopath.

[@nando9443]

In my opinion, One of the main issues with the movies is that they are unsure of themselves, Ether as a series or even as separate movies, They try many things at once as if they want to see what sticks Which eventually made them fell very incoherent and short sighted Side note: On the other hand the movie Logan was very committed and sure of itself, didn't try to do many different things at once, but everything it did, it did well, And guess what, it's the best x-men movie!

[@Princesspandapop]

Jean living in the cartoon was a big influence on me as a kid. It was the idea of giving your life to what you love and brings you fulfillment. My favorite episode from the series was an Apocalypse story line that was called Axis of Time.

[@alexdipietro9341]

This show is timeless

[@alexchen9375]

How is there no mention of the theme tune?! It's easily the most classic and catchy of any tv show, and it's still being used in the MCU movies!

[@elijahneal5286]

This is a great exploration on how to grow from the source material and work with audience expectations. Thanks!

[@Clouds23x]

90's cartoons are pure gold. X-Men, Batman, Gargoyles, Pirates of the Dark Water were some of my favorite cartoons.

[@cjgangworld4313]

This was a damn great cartoon in the 90s. I remember watching it as a kid. I’ll dare the toughest of men to watch the last episode “Graduation Day”and don’t cry. It’s funny how this series is better than any of the movies.

[@jasonking4146]

My favorite single episode was somewhere in the last season and depicted the origin of Mr. Sinister. How the episode made it to air past ratings is still amazing to me. A must watch.

[@ak_hoops]

"Show reverence and faithfulness to the source material but don't hesitate to look at how the story succeeded and failed in the eyes of the fans, and make changes that suit the themes of the story!" THAT PART!

[@FireMadeFleshII]

What? No credit to Fox Kids president, Margaret Loesch??? She's the main reason X-MenTAS & that entire Fox Kids block was so badass. SHE fought tooth & nail for that series. The show's creators/producers Eric & Julia Lewald & Larry Houston will tell you. If it were up to Haim Saban, the show would've lacked that source material integrity & arc-style storytelling as Haim's primary goal was to inject some totally unrelated crap (like a Wolverine mobile) to help sell toys. Give credit where credit is due. More people should know Margaret Loesch's name & thank her for that era.

[@thezenlu]

Hell, Power Rangers didn't even air till a year after Xmen started, so I don't even know where they got that nonsense

[@FireMadeFleshII]

@@thezenlu Bro, EXACTLY 💯

[@dannyganelin9777]

One of my favorites shows growing up. My personal favorites were the Dark Phoenix and Days of Future Past, they were epic story arcs!

[@commiehunter733]

Gambit and wolf erine

[@zer0pulse156]

I still can't get over that they leave Morf, and those first season battles with the Sentinels were among the best...

[@jeremy1860]

As an OG fan of the show, I agree that no other X-Men adaptation has been as good. With the possible exception of the First Class movie 😊

[@jasonking4146]

Have you ever seen the pilot episode Xmen pride of the xmen? It was done sometime in the mid 80s. As an OG it's a must see.

[@jeremy1860]

@@jasonking4146 I did see it once, years ago. It was great Saturday morning cartoon material, but I feel the finished product is better 😊

[@jasonking4146]

@@jeremy1860 I tend to call it wasted potential

[@Craxin01]

@@jasonking4146 The one with an Australian sounding Wolverine?

[@jasonking4146]

@@Craxin01 that's the one. Very well animated and a lot of potential just poor timing in my opinion

[@jagnestormskull3178]

As you mentioned, the cartoon breaks it into two parts - Phoenix Saga (which introduces complex cosmic concepts like the Phoenix and the Shi'ar), and Dark Phoenix Saga (which introduces the Inner Circle/Hellfire Club, as well as bringing back the Shi'ar and Phoenix into a cohesive narrative with the Inner Circle/Hellfire Club). If the studio really wants to do this story properly, they shouldn't be afraid to make two movies, because otherwise, they're going to be rushing things and leaving things out.

[@comiccaperproductions]

Two movies with another connected film between them to let the Phoenix breath and develop before the inevitable heel turn

[@jagnestormskull3178]

@@comiccaperproductions I was going to say that a trilogy is too big of a risk from a monetary standpoint, but X-Men are fully owned by Disney now, so... infinite money.

[@cfhall54]

I totally agree. Just wanting these clips made me emotional. They made you feel like you were apart of the team.

[@robertzarfas9556]

This was and still is one of my all time favorite comic runs and the fact that it is so well adapted was just the icing on the cake. I completely agree that x-men’s ability to tell serialized stories set it head and shoulders above most other 90’s cartoons. But personally the run where bishop keeps messing with the timeline that culminates in all the most powerful psychics defeating apocalypse in the axis of time will always be my favorite.

[@jona3180]

man this show had so many good ones. phoenix saga, days of future past, time fugitives, beyond good and evil, reuinion. This show and the 90s spiderman are untouchable

[@Aureilius2112]

The fact Cyclops isn’t a big name character is one of the greatest sins from Brian Singer and Fox.

[@ShadowSonic2]

You can't wholly blame them, at the time the movies were made Cyclops hadn't been a relevant or well written character for like 15 years. For most of the 80s and all the 90s no one knew what to do with him until "Schism" and "Decimation".

[@Aureilius2112]

@@ShadowSonic2 untrue. Cyclops was a huge character in the 90s and was basically the main character of the 80s. They had planned on Cyclops being the main character of X3 until Bryan Singer left to make Superman returns and the actor James Marsden followed him. He still remains incredibly popular. CBR does an official poll with Marvel to rank the most popular characters and Cyclops is the #9 most popular character in all of Marvel comics.

[@chibicelina]

LOVE THIS and Thank You. You brought back that energy and reason why I chose to make comic books and why I love them.

[@aaronwilson4267]

The Final Solution, Season 1 finale. The X-Men learn the full extent of the Sentinel threat, and attack their base. There's a scene where each member has to choose weather or not they wish to fight this mission. Gambit is the holdout, but Wolverine convinces him by being vulnerable in front of the team for the first time by telling him how much it means to him to be an X-Man. Great drama, stakes, action, writing....the best episode. Best quote from the episode. "The brave are always the first to die." - Magneto.

[@aSUGAaddiction]

I became a Marvel fan and became interested in comic books because of the stories told and the Phoenix saga blew my mind and is a core memory when it comes to cartoons.

[@pepueone]

Kudos man, great video ✌🏻

[@UrbanRiotProductions]

Great work! Really loving these.

[@garagasrividya1805]

I loved this show as a kid!!

[@PhillipLemmon]

"Buster I don't know what you are, but I'm dying to find out!!!" this is the line that made me LOVE wolverine!

[@28starwarsfan]

The Fox-Men films have an awful hatred of Cyclops.

[@muigokublack6487]

Actually my favorite episodes were the ones that adapted "The Phalanx Covenant" comic. It was awesome and it really instilled a sense of paranoia about who was human and who was infected in a race against time to both stop The Phalanx and prevent mutants from being assimilated. The fact it forces a rag-tag alliance between Hank, Sinister, and Magneto is a highlight. It was basically "The Thing" but for kids.

[@miked9594]

I am rewatching the series and seriously this was ahead of its time.

[@ThisisDaniel]

The animated series had the benefit of being produced by talent who were faithful to the source material. They also didnt try to use the existing story to implant their own political narrative, just told a solid story that didn't condascend or insult the intelligence of its audience - i.e. the adults and children alike.

[@Heimdal001]

The old Xmen cartoon didn't have a different political narrative than the comics, but it's hardcore famous for the political narrative it had. Dripping with civil rights allegory.

[@ThisisDaniel]

@@Heimdal001 that's true 👍

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@ThisisDaniel X-Men always had a political narrative. Ever Marvel story does. Saying "No Politics" is stupid.

[@dangerfly]

The way this video presents interesting points and follows up with illustrated supporting evidence is so... enjoyable. I'll have to see if the Watchmen movie's ending change has been similarly analyzed.

[@nivaldowesley666]

days of future past is also a very good adaptation!

[@ShagunSuvarna2006]

One of the other best stories in this series was Beyond Good And Evil Part 1-4 (season 4 episode 12-15)

[@newsmith]

ONLY complaint is that Rouge and Beast were used instead of Nightcrawler and Colossus. Aside from that, spot on from the source material.

[@fracturedfingers]

The 90's was 100% the best years for the X-Men and I'm glad I grew up during that era.

[@pavisuav7513]

It was heartwarming that they gave a part of their life force to let her live. That was great deviation choice on the part of the writing staff.

[@timcarder2170]

LMAO I used to just shake my head and walk away, when someone would complain about Jean's many resurrections (and inevitably the attempted comparison to *every* comics character not staying dead). But now, i just tell them, that if they want to know the difference, just go to the library, and research the meaning of what a *"Phoenix"* is.

[@SketchCartoonGuy]

I'm not sure how Power Rangers could have been used as a bargaining chip for greenlighting X-Men when X-Men predates MMPR. Though I would believe Saban pushed for more episodes of X-Men using MMPR in negotiations. Margaret Loesch was the person most responsible for bringing X-Men: TAS to Fox Kids under her tenure she pushed hard for it and also pushed for the linear storytelling.

[@JediMB]

Yeah, X-Men was just two months away from airing its 2nd season by the time people saw the first episode of Power Rangers. Sounds like a weird rumor that was accepted as true with zero fact-checking. Wouldn't be surprised if it was something Saban made up, tbh.

[@Phant0mwolf-Productions]

That's what I remember personally. I had seen stories where she wished her job for it

[@krisfrederick5001]

X-MEN: A little too cautious X-2: Hitting their stride X-Men The Last Stand: Tried to run in too many directions at once with it's shoe laces tied together and fell on its face... X-Men Origins Wolverine: It had its moments.. The Wolverine: Just confused and making up terrible characters X-Men First Class: Very creative and took risks that paid off with character development X- Men Days of Future Past: BRILLIANT X-Men Apocalypse: Sigh... Logan: Absolutely brutal and satisfyingly heartbreaking... X-Men Dark Phoenix: Didn't...even...bother... In all honesty for some fans like us that had been since the early 90's really couldn't be totally pleased. No gatekeeper here, just my thoughts...Bub.

[@lennystengel8999]

I loved this whole cartoon! I was always excited when it would come on tv I believe it was a Saturday

[@brianjong8945]

That’s the one tricky spot with an X-Men movie plan is that a lot of what the X-Men is, is that long form character heavy serialized fiction, so for the MCU I don’t know how they could possibly try to satisfy that with movies given long production cycles and aging actors. Another challenge for the MCU version of the X-Men will be trying to get everyone to not just do “Wolverine and Friends” like Fox did and even when they did, Jackman’s Wolverine character-wise did not resemble Wolverine in the comics, so there’s a lot of work to be done with these characters in the MCU.

[@solesoulsorrow]

Agreed

[@MrSAP1988]

I remember watching The Phoenix Saga back in 96. Woo great 5 part episodes that well illustrated what happened in the comics. Arguably the best episodes in the X-MEN TAS.

[@diegowushu]

Man this show was so good. Serialized stories were almost unheard of back then, they did it brilliantly. In fact I can only remember Batman TAS had some continuity and callbacks, and some GI Joe special episodes that were the exception (the Serpentor saga).

[@satnav1980]

This show needs to be released on Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray. Just imagine the artwork for the covers. Plus it could even get a special box set for each series and limited edition steelbooks that have this cool embossing.

[@amai_zing]

The animation could be a little wonky, and the dialog/delivery often hammy/cheesy (lots of chewing scenery), but it _worked_, most likely because of solid writing. So many thoughtful moments and pieces that didn’t try and talk down to its audience or dumb things down, which made the show great

[@wildling3034]

The realization that Jim Shooter had is what the creators of Doctor Strange lacked, the dark Phoenix Saga is very similar to Wanda's capitulation, but the movie fails to make wanda atone for her crimes instead it tries to pass her of has a victim

[@JeannieLove]

The first two episodes and Dark Phoenix Saga were my favorites.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

I would rank 'Graduation Day' as #1. The last season had some art style changes that some disagreed with but that didn't interfere with a tearful, heartfelt farewell to professor Charles Xavier, or the crisis of soul that makes Magneto throw away the chance to fight the war he's always called for. In general this is probably the best animated depiction of Magneto, as he's at his most sympathetic here and will team up with the X-Men whenever there's an enemy who directly threatens mutants as well as humans such as Apocalypse, Mr. Sinister or Master Mold.

[@ShadowSonic2]

But the entire setup of that episode was stupid. There's no explanation for how Gyrich got back with the government, how he convinced them to try another Mutant Control Bill and Xavier would never be stupid enough to let Gyrich within 100 feet of him.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

@@ShadowSonic2 ...Have you MET the US government? Xavier isn't stupid, but he wants to trust people and didn't expect Gyrich to straight up try to murder him.

[@Thisthat1234]

I associate the costumes and character traits of all the main X-Men characters in the show to be the quintessential portrayals.

[@ebmax55]

I loved all the stuff with Morph

[@jon6309]

I agree. This was my favorite series as a child that got me into Marvel Comics in the first place. I was born in 1991 and got into it watching the re-runs on Fox Kids during the late 90s and early 2000s. My favorite arc was Beyond Good and Evil.

[@supercyc10]

The funny thing to me with the movies is that they hired the SAME guy who wrote X-3 to write DarkPhoenix . So he HAD the chance to redeem himself...and still wet the bed

[@IferGanomer]

The reason Cyclops was killed off early in X3 was due to James Marsden's prior commitment to Superman Returns, directed by Bryan Singer who directed the previous films of X-Men. Personally, I feel like killing him off instead of Xavier, would've worked better in the narrative.

[@xmentas6446]

Many thanks for the kind words, Brian. Making good comics stories work on TV was always a terrific challenge. It's gratifying to discover that some viewers got what we were trying to do. ERIC LEWALD, Showrunner, X-Men:TAS.

[@YungandRekless545]

I would say NEAR perfect, because some of the VA performaces made me laugh when I should have been taking them seriously lol

[@Marchaland]

I just love the VAs performances even when gets a little goofy and the cheesy one liners

[@jfp4life]

Jean whenever she faints comes to mind

[@thallus23]

This cartoon was my introduction to Marvel! Still a fav of mine 😎

[@richardnichols277]

I loved all those X-men animated series. I use to video tape them while I was at work and rush home to watch them.

[@jacobdrj101]

I also loved the precursor story with Lady Death strike and introducing the Shiar.

[@Kenneth_James]

Yes it is. Its animation and sound doesn't really hold up but the story does

[@cmbaz1140]

The 90s were the best time to be a kid when it comes to cartoons animes and animated content in general...

[@tbok75]

I'm 47 now... I don't remember seeing these episodes at all, yet being a faithful watcher as a kid. Gonna hafta revisit it on Disney now.

[@anekamckenzie9504]

Dude you've just beautifully expressed why I've been so frustrated with the movies. As X-Men was among my top 3 favourite things to watch growing up when I heard about the movie that would be made I was beyond excited. But was disappointed & frustrated by how the amazing story of these heroes was told on the big screen. Would love to see an x-men movie that does the characters' stories & their bond justice in my lifetime.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

The voice acting is also awesome as well.

[@437thx1138]

How they did Cable was excellent. He was ok in Deadpool but in the series still one of my favorite characters in TV

[@MrOrcshaman]

My most favorite episode of the series was "Beauty & the Beast", where Hank McCoy treats a blind woman he had fallen in love with, Carly, facing against the brotherhood of humanity's persecution at the time, him curing her, but the brotherhood kidnapping her, and Beast/Hank just turning savage in fighting them, while in contrast Logan/wolverine uses his brains to hunt down the brotherhood. The bittersweet ending of Hank and Carly having to break apart despite loving one another, because of being unable to have a normal life due to human and mutant hostilities, it was just heartbreaking, especially the scene where Hank is enraged and in tears wishing he could be 'normal'.

[@gentlemandemon]

I always preferred X-Men Evolution. It emphasized the "Gifted Youngsters" aspect better for my money while streamlining some of the bonkers continuity of the comics

[@anthonyrios7668]

you have such a great perspective

[@JoybuzzerX]

I like X-Men: Evolution more, but 90's X-Men was great

[@djninjaturtle]

How could Haim Saban have used a season of power rangers as a bargaining chip to air X-Men when the first season of X-Men had finished before MMPR ever hit the air?

[@djninjaturtle]

I think you might even have the story backwards

[@sliferxxxx]

I'll never forgive Fox for what they did with my sweet heart Rogue. She was such a badass in the cartoon. In the movies, not even close.

[@ShadowSonic2]

The thing is, Rogue doesn't need the Ms Marvel powers to be cool. The Rogue in "X-Men Evolution" didn't have those powers either and she was one of the best characters in the series.

[@noaholson9047]

I really love Sanctuary it is a good show that groups of people with well mean intentions can be corrupted

[@ryankramer8779]

Yes. Sanctuary was the episode that defined this iteration of Magneto for me. I like the Magneto from the movies, but something about the whole "Holocaust survivor turns genocidal" really rubs me the wrong way. Also, I have a massive urge to break Cortez's nose after the BS he pulled 😂