X-MEN (2000) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@merchillio]

This movie still holds very well so many years later. It was my son’s introduction to the Marvel movies before we dive into the MCU en route toward Deadpool vs Wolverine. He binged the entire X-Men series in a week

[@tktopmovies]

This is a fantastic start into the world of X-Men! We can't wait to see more!!

[@ChrisReise]

Fun Fact: Toad is played by Ray Park (great guy BTW, I met him at Comic Con) Park also plays Darth Maul in "The Phantom Menace" and "Solo: A Start Wars Story"

[@tktopmovies]

Hey Chris! That is so cool that you met him! That's sweet he's played so many iconic roles!! Great actor!

[@Jymm]

26:27 In the comics back in the 60s the X-Men characters wore Yellow Spandex outfits.

[@tktopmovies]

LOL! Love that!

[@KamoMustafaWWE]

I'm glad you are starting the X-Men series. I can't tell you how many times I've watched reactions and never not enjoyed it. So I know I'm going to enjoy this. Wolverine is my favourite X-Man.

[@tktopmovies]

Thank you so so so much!!! We are so excited to get into this franchise! 😊🎉

[@LittleGalaxyBoy]

*X-Men Bigger Than The Avengers?* Before the MCU kicked off with Iron Man (2008), the X-Men were the face of Marvel, right alongside Spider-Man. Even today, the X-Men hold the record for the highest-selling comic book issue ever: X-Men #1 (1991). They often took center stage over the Avengers, even in big crossover events. Just take a look at the cover of Infinity War (1992), and you'll see a bunch of X-Men characters front and center. Then there’s X-Men: The Animated Series (1992-1997), which introduced a whole generation of kids and teens to the team, becoming many people's first experience with the X-Men. Back then, the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man were easily Marvel's biggest franchises. Meanwhile, the Avengers, featuring characters like Iron Man, Hawkeye, Antman, Wasp, Doctor Strange, and Captain America to name a few were more like B- or C-listers. Thor and Hulk were a bit more well-known to mainstream audiences, but if you mentioned Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, or Hawkeye, most people wouldn’t have had a clue who they were. Ask someone back then, "Who’s Iron Man?" and they’d probably draw a blank. But ask them about Wolverine, Storm, Beast, or Cyclops, and you’d probably hear, “Oh, they’re from the X-Men!” *The Avengers Become Mainstream* This all changed when Marvel shifted focus to the characters they still owned. With their biggest IPs like X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man tied up with Fox and Sony, Marvel began building their own interconnected universe around the Avengers. The MCU was of course born with Iron Man (2008), which turned the once lesser-known character into a household name overnight. Over the next few years, characters like Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Captain America gained widespread recognition through their solo films. But it was in 2012, with the release of The Avengers, that these heroes truly became global icons along with The Avengers team itself. So many people were introduced to Marvel through the MCU, which created this odd effect where, for some, anything outside the MCU wasn't "Marvel." They saw movies like X-Men and Fantastic Four years prior but didn’t connect the dots that these were actually Marvel properties. Since those films were made by different studios and had no connection to the MCU, many people just assumed they had no ties to Marvel at all. Maybe they heard about the X-Men and Fantastic Four but just didn't know they were Marvel. *X-Men Connections To The Greater Marvel Universe* The X-Men have deep ties to the greater Marvel Universe, with key characters like Rogue, who started as a villain in Avengers Annual #10 (1981) and later became an X-Man, having a complicated history with Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel). Wolverine shares a long history with Captain America, while Magneto is the father of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. The X-Men have also been crucial in major crossovers like Infinity War, Civil War, and Secret Invasion, often involved in mutant rights, cosmic stories, and events that shape the larger Marvel narrative. It's such a shame that Fox never allowed Marvel to connect the X-Men universe with the MCU. During Phase 1 of the MCU, there were many planned crossovers, such as a deleted scene in Iron Man (2008) where Nick Fury mentions mutants during his post credit scene, and early ideas for Wolverine and a young Magneto to appear in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). However, the X-Men films continued to release alongside the MCU, remaining entirely disconnected from eachother, right up until 2019 with the final Fox-produced X-Men movie, Dark Phoenix. *The Future Of X-Men* Disney acquired Fox in 2019, the same year Avengers: Endgame concluded the Infinity Saga, bringing the rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four back to Marvel. This gave Marvel the freedom to create their own X-Men and Fantastic Four movies and shows, but the challenge now is how to introduce these iconic teams into a universe that’s existed without them since the beginning. As of 2024, Marvel has released X-Men '97, set outside the MCU as part of the '90s Animated Universe, and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), which serves as both a love letter and a farewell to the Fox era of Marvel films. Next year, we’re getting Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), which will officially bring the Fantastic Four into the MCU. Following this, it’s likely we’ll finally see the X-Men join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

[@tktopmovies]

Wow, center stage over the Avengers?? It would be pretty epic to have something with ALL of them in it!

[@PatrickPrejusa]

RIP MICHAEL KAMEN, HIS SCORE IN THIS IS LEGENDARY.

[@steved1135]

Nice. This movie really changed things. Assuming that you're going to follow through the entire 'X-Men' movieline to get to Deadpool 3, you really should also be watching the Blade movies, the Fantastic Four movies, and the Ghost Rider movies...

[@Billinois78]

I think Blade and X-Men were the 2 movies that reinvigorated Marvel comics and the idea that comic book movies can be successful. It helped to get great actors for the roles. Patrick Stewart (as Prof. X) is perfect in everything. I don't know if you already have your holiday movies picked out, but he played Ebenezer Scrooge in a version of A Christmas Carol. It came out the year before X-Men, so it was done around the same time.

[@NigelShepherd-z7k]

Both Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen are heavyweight Shakespearean actors and have been for many decades. They are no joke. Hence the fantastic, rich voices 🤓🇬🇧

[@tktopmovies]

Fantastic is right!!!

[@sussie5463]

I was hooked on this movie when it came out. Wolverine played by Hugh Jackman might be one reason I liked it so much. 🤩 Can't believe it's almost 25 years ago!!!

[@tktopmovies]

Hey Sussie!! We really enjoyed this movie! We can't wait to watch the sequel next!

[@ChrisReise]

36:45 I AM a mutant. My power is the gift of gab and the ability to retain a ton of useless information.

[@tktopmovies]

That made us LOL! Love that!!!

[@DingleJBerry]

In the comics scarlet witch and her brother are Magnetos children

[@tktopmovies]

WOAH!!!!

[@turbulentlobster]

I'd been reading the X-Men comics for nearly 20 years when this came out. Cannot tell you what a thrill it was to see these characters I'd come to love on the silver screen, in a movie that was pretty damn good. The scene near the end, where a badly wounded Wolverine deliberately risks his life and lets a dying Rogue take his healing factor, was taken pretty directly from one of my favorite moments in the comics. That really hit in the feels. Going forward, some of the X-Movies are awesome, some are some are satisfactory, and a couple are disappointing, but it's definitely worth the journey. Hope y'all enjoy it as much as I did.

[@tktopmovies]

We are so happy to be diving right in! Thanks for joining us :)

[@midnight7703]

Great reaction as always! The X-Men series are a "must-watch" imo. Fyi, at the 17.08 time stamp, Bobby's eyes flashed yellow because this is actually Mystique imitating Bobby (aka Ice Man) to influence Rogue to leave the mansion.

[@tktopmovies]

Ooooh, Mystique is so sneaky! Thanks for enjoying this with us! We can't wait to watch the next one!

[@Billinois78]

Yeah, Ty caught on a little bit later, at 18:55

[@_toph_]

in the comics, magneto is the father of scarlett witch (wanda) and quicksilver (pietro).

[@tktopmovies]

WOAH really??! Do you think that will ever be revealed in the films? That's a really cool connection

[@txheadshots]

⁠@@tktopmoviesthe answer to your question is spoiler territory Real world backstory, though… When Marvel sold off movie rights, they did it with bundles of characters: Spider-Man (Sony), X-Men (Fox), Fantastic Four (Fox), and Avengers/Captain America (unimportant because the rights reverted back before anything significant was produced) . Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were in the Avengers bundle, but Quicksilver (being a secondary character) was also in X-Men. So when the MCU used Scarlet Witch and QuickSilver, Fox still owned X-Men movie rights, including Magneto - so they couldn’t use him as their father. Avengers/Cap reverted back so Marvel created the MCU. Disney then bought Marvel. Sony made a deal that allowed the MCU to use Spider-Man but not his villains. Fox has now been purchased by Disney so the X-Men and Deadpool are back with the MCU multiverse. (So is the Fantastic Four.) Other, less valuable properties were also sold off but have since reverted back to Marvel such as Daredevil. The outliers here are Blade - which went to New Line but has since reverted back to Marvel - and The Hulk which Universal still has the rights to produce solo movies with the Hulk, but Marvel can include the character in other movies.

[@Codametal]

Wonderful reaction guys! I grew up in the 80's and read the X-Men comic books. And this movie honored us with alot of things from the comic book as we already recognized most of the characters, even the secondary and background characters. AND their own stories. There was already decades of lore when the movie came out and they try to cram in alot. We home you continue to watch the subsequent ones, although they weren't as good as this first one as it seemed the studio took over on how the story should be told and what elements to use from the lore. But it's still fun and entertaining to watch. On to the next, and we can't wait!

[@tktopmovies]

Thanks for watching and for leaving this awesome comment :) We would love to learn more about the original comics! Can't wait for the sequel next!

[@gregkirby9059]

professior X is played by Patrick Stewart who played Captain Picard in star trek tng

[@tktopmovies]

Ohhhh! We've never seen Star Trek

[@gregkirby9059]

@@tktopmovies something maybe to look into its a great franchise... Start with TOS, then TNG, then Ds9, then VOYAGER, then Enterprise and the movies from 1979 to like 2000.

[@murrayj7619]

Dont know if it will ever happen but in the comics Rogue permanently takes captain marvels abilities.

[@roystoyscomics1361]

More and more of the pre MCU movies are being brought in because of the whole multiverse thing. Before Wanda and Pietro there were the X-Men: Scott Summers/Cyclops, Beast/Hank McCoy, Angel/Warren Worthington III, Ice Man/Bobby Drake, Jean Grey/Marvel Girl and their mentor Charles Xavier/Professor X. Mutants are born latent. Their powers usually manifesting at Puberty or extreme stress. Wolverine can regenerate so she really didn't save him...lol Anytime you see yellow eyes that's a tip that it's Mystique the shape shifter. Ray Parks who plays Toad also played Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

[@roystoyscomics1361]

X-Men, X-2, X-Men 3: Last Stand, X-Men Origins:Wolverine, The Wolverine, X-Men: First Class, X-Men Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, New Mutants.

[@tktopmovies]

Love these facts!! You're awesome, Roy!!

[@ChrisReise]

There ARE post credit scenes in SOME of the X-Men films so always keep an eye out.

[@markcainyourfriendinthecar3387]

The actor playing Sabertooth is named Tyler Mane. He played Michael Myers in the Rob Zombie Halloween movie. I sold him a truck a few years ago. He was a pro wrestler in the 90s. Super nice guy.

[@tktopmovies]

Woah you sold him a truck?! That's too cool!

[@Billinois78]

He was in a tag team in WCW with a pre-Diesel Kevin Nash, but got lost in the shuffle when Nash left for WWE (then WWF) to be Diesel.

[@JadeK297]

I’d have Jean Grey or Storms powers. Both very strong.

[@tktopmovies]

LOVE that!!

[@_quintessence]

omg! so excited for you guys to watch through the X-Men movies!! X-Men First Class is my favourite one out of the series so i'm looking forward to seeing your reaction to it 🫶

[@tktopmovies]

Thanks for joining us on this adventure! We can't wait for more! (:

[@gregkirby9059]

Toad is played by Ray Park who was Darth Maul in star wars

[@tktopmovies]

Oh no way!? That's awesome!!

[@boqndimitrov8693]

a wonderful film, with a rarely successful cast. established stars such as patrick stewart, rising stars such as halle berry, as well as those who were yet to be talked about such as hugh jackman and anna paquin. as for famke jansen, star of james bond: golden eye, she turned out to be one of the few bond girls who made a career instead of fading into obscurity. the reason? talent!

[@tktopmovies]

Outstanding cast is right!!

[@seankennedy4548]

Awesome recation guys! Great to see you starting with the original from 2000. Lots of movies in the franchise. The first trilogy covers the current actors. The rest cover the beginnings of the X-Men back in the 60's - 70's with young Charles and Magneto. Then the merge both sets of actors across different time periods. This is intermingled with the Wolverine movies. Release order: X-Men X2: X-Men United X-Men: The Last Stand X-Men Origins: Wolverine X-Men: First Class The Wolverine X-Men: Days of Future Past Deadpool X-Men: Apocalypse Logan Deadpool 2 X-Men: Dark Phoenix The New Mutants Deadpool & Wolverine Chronological order: X-Men: First Class (starting in WW2 with Magneto's origin) X-Men: Days of Future Past X-Men Origins: Wolverine X-Men: Apocalypse X-Men: Dark Phoenix X-Men X2: X-Men United X-Men: The Last Stand The Wolverine Deadpool The New Mutants Deadpool 2 Logan Deadpool & Wolverine (present day)

[@c-mc]

Deadpool & Wolverine is part of the MCU

[@Jessicat9919]

The chronological order is wrong because you've merged 2 separate timelines together and you're missing the gifted before days of future past

[@tktopmovies]

I'm glad we started from the beginning too!! This first movie definitely sucked us right in!!

[@junniormattos1]

In the comics Mystique can move all of her organs to a different place in her body, so when somebody hits her, she can survive. And she can camouflage and became invisible too.

[@tktopmovies]

Woah!! She is sneaky!

[@PatrickPrejusa]

ok good, NOW YOU GOTTA WATCH , X2 X3, XMEN ORIGINS:WOLVERINE, XMEN FIRST CLASS, THE WOLVERINE, XMEN APOCALYPSE, DEADPOOL, LOGAN, DEADPOOL 2, NOW YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR MCU JOURNEY, THEN WATCH DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE(WHICH I AN MCU MOVIE) NOW PLEASE WATCH DAREDEVIL SEASON 1 BEFORE WATCHING HAWKEYE, XMEN 97 (SERIES)

[@douglasmatos4648]

XMEN Days of future past after The Wolverine! And remember, always stay till the end of the credits ;)

[@ronnopotter]

The first trilogy is my favorite among all the movies. IMO because of the cast. Not saying that the rest are bad or something but the storyline in the first three is more solid. You will enjoy all of them surely

[@tktopmovies]

Looking forward to learning more about these mutants!!!! Thanks for watching, Ronno!! (:

[@SmokinDroFrayser]

The best comic characters of any franchise

[@tktopmovies]

We can't wait to watch more!!!

[@otisroseboro5613]

Nice Reactions Everyone,You Will Definitely Love The Sequel's Forsure,See You Both at The Next One

[@tktopmovies]

Looking forward to the sequel and getting to know the characters more!!! Thanks for watching, as always!!!! :)

[@ArabianLady]

This is a great series! The animated series is fun too!

[@tktopmovies]

Hey Melissa! Thanks for watching :) We are totally hooked! Can't wait to check out the sequel next!

[@junniormattos1]

As a Brazilian, I'd be the Brazilian X-Men Roberto da Costa, aka Sunspot

[@tktopmovies]

Woah that sounds really sweet!!!

[@c-mc]

YEAH finally X-Men !!! They were first introduced in the comics back in 1963 created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and they're the one of the big trio of Marvel, alongside The Avengers and Fantastic Four. Obviously this movie is one of the original Marvel movies way before the MCU existed, and you gotta give credit to the X-Men franchise because the MCU wouldn't exist without em. The franchise was made by 20th Century Fox, but in March 2019 Disney purchased Fox and now the rights to X-Men and Fantastic Four are officially back at Marvel, where they belong. But because they were made back in the 2000s (the original trilogy), they didn't use their comic book accurate costumes because at the time studios thought they looked stupid with em which is not true, so they made these black leathers cause The Matrix was big at that time. All that rambling aside, I'm glad y'all started watching the pre-MCU Marvel movies because since we're in the Multiverse Saga, these movies are gonna come into play especially after that Loki season 1 finale. There's also the older Spider-Man movies with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield y'all need to watch (unless you've already seen em), then you have the Blade trilogy, Daredevil from 2003, Elektra, the 2000s Fantastic Four movies etc. Y'all guys are the best and I can't emphasis it enough how awesome you both are... :D

[@tktopmovies]

C-MC you're the best!!!! We are so thrilled to be diving into the X-Men movies! HOLY MOLY we are in for a ride!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the context with the rights, it sounds like back and forth with purchasing them. We have seen the older Spiderman movies (love them!!) but none of the other ones you've recommended! So glad you're here enjoying these with us!!

[@c-mc]

@@tktopmovies ofc I'm always happy to help :)...one of the big things they've changed from the comics to the movies is Wolverine, obviously no comic accurate costume but also he's 5'3" in the comics, while as here the actor Hugh Jackman is 6'2" and this was his first Hollywood gig since he was basically a nobody from Australia at that time

[@tktopmovies]

@@c-mc Hugh Jackman is perfect for this role!!!! So cool he started here and to see how his career has grown!!

[@Jessicat9919]

*edit* Added No Good Deed. This is the best order to watch them in as it prevents spoilers and keeps you in a mostly chronological order X-Men X2: X-Men United X-Men: The Last Stand X-Men Origins: Wolverine The Wolverine The Gifted (both seasons) X-Men: First Class X-Men: Days of Future Past X-Men Apocalypse X-Men: Dark Phoenix Deadpool The New Mutants Logan No Good Deed (short video) Deadpool 2

[@tktopmovies]

Thanks for the watch order!! :)

[@asiaroberson3442]

​@tktopmovies Logan is after xmen apocalypse, than dark phoenix, and the new mutants

[@asiaroberson3442]

That's not the right order after apocalypse

[@Jessicat9919]

@@asiaroberson3442 Logan is in 2029

[@asiaroberson3442]

​@tktopmovies the release order is this Xmen Xmen 2 Xmen 3 Xmen origin wolverine Xmen first class Wolverine Xmen days of future pass (2 version of this movie, this one and the rogue version. Please watch the rogue version because it's more extended scenes) Deadpool Xmen apocalypse Logan Deadpool 2 Xmen dark phoenix The new mutants

[@john99218]

The xmen series is one of my all time favourites. I'm happy to see somebod(ies) with a bit of perception to be beginning it. Now WARNING the xmen films don't always follow the history in the comics and don't even have continuity amongst themselves SO.... you are going to have to be a bit forgiving when you 'come across' such 'flaws'. Please don't let them spoil what is otherwise a great series. In particular you're going to have to Watch XMEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE with such flexibility in mind. The world in general hates this movie because of such liberties while I consider it one of the best in the series - I'm anxious to know what a couple of "extra perceptive" reviewers might think of it. Last thing: have you noted any similiarities betwenn Professor X and Martin Luthur King jr.; Magneto and Malcolm X? Do you think a young Stan Lee in the 60's was using his employment in the comic book industry to be (just a little) didactic?????

[@tktopmovies]

We can't wait to move on to the other films! This was a FANTASTIC start!!

[@markcainyourfriendinthecar3387]

I think you are the first reactors to notice Stan Lee

[@tktopmovies]

It definitely helped seeing him in so many of the MCU movies!!! LOVE seeing him in this as a cameo, it was a nice surprise :)

[@marveleslaonda8376]

You started this short journey There are 13 movies of this universe that Fox made it

[@tktopmovies]

13?!?! Woah.....

[@TheViper4Life]

Yeah I don't want to spoil anything of course, but it'll help immensely in your enjoyment of the upcoming things in the MCU if you get caught up on a lot of the older Pre-MCU stuff like X-Men and the older Spider-Man films (Spider-Man 1-3 and Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2). Might even want to watch (at least) the first Venom movie before getting to Spider-Man: No Way Home.

[@c-mc]

they've already seen the Tobey and Andrew Spider-Man movies

[@tktopmovies]

Thanks for the recommendations! We have seen (and loved) the Spiderman movies! But we haven't watched or know about Venom! That would be cool to see

[@TheViper4Life]

@@tktopmovies Ah that's right, you did mention early on in your MCU reactions that you've seen Spider-Man already. And yeah Sony has their own "Villain-verse" of movies that they make just so that the Spider-Man IP doesn't revert back to Marvel. They contain: Venom Venom: Let There Be Carnage Morbius Madame Web Venom: The Last Dance Kraven the Hunter (Coming out December 13th). I also forgot to mention, there's the Marvel Netflix shows. They had a minor connection to the MCU when they came out (they name drop some characters and mention the attack on New York from the first Avengers as "The Incident"), I would suggest AT LEAST watching the first season of Daredevil before No Way Home. There's a new MCU show coming in March called "Daredevil: Born Again" and it'll serve as Season 4 of that Netflix show (but now have a deeper connection to the MCU). The confusing part here though is you might want to get caught up on ALL of the Marvel Netflix before Born Again as there's been mention of the other characters showing up now too. But I will warn you, it's a bit of an undertaking. But if you guys decide to do so, the watch order is as follows: Daredevil Season 1 Jessica Jones S1 Daredevil S2 Luke Cage S1 Iron Fist S1 The Defenders The Punisher S1 Jessica Jones S2 Luke Cage S2 Iron Fist S2 Daredevil S3 The Punisher S2 Jessica Jones S3 It's a lot, especially when the X-Men movies are on your plate right now too. But you guys will love that you'll understand references and who's who when the time comes.

[@c-mc]

@@TheViper4Life the Netflix shows are not necessary for Daredevil Born Again, even the head of Marvel TV said that you can start from Born Again and nothing is lost

[@TheViper4Life]

@@c-mc You're going off the original announcement. The D23 Brazil showing, Marvel announced that Born Again went through a ton of reshoots and they got old cast members back, and it's now basically S4 of the Netflix series. Even then I said to AT LEAST watch S1 of Daredevil as it will help with a....certain moment...in No Way Home.

[@93deadpool]

Do you all even do the slightest minuscule of research about the films you intend to react to?

[@txheadshots]

That ruins the blind reaction

[@93deadpool]

@@txheadshots Then they shouldn't be asking the audience for information then.

[@SmokinDroFrayser]

XMen Origins Wolverine X-Men First Class X-Men X2 X-Men United X-Men The Last Stand The Wolverine The Gifted Seasons 1 & 2 XMen Days of Future Past X-Men Apocalypse Dark Phoenix Deadpool Logan New Mutants* Deadpool 2 Deadpool 3 Deadpool X Wolverine

[@ChrisReise]

Great compilation of the chronology...it's the same timeline I follow.

[@catherinethurmond4776]

Why weren't you allowed to watch this movie?

[@catcalvin]

You lost me with this blurring of the video. Other reactors don't do it.

[@shirleydurr411]

As a fan of the x-men comics and Saturday morning cartoon series when I was a child. I ate this movie up. I was disconcerted by the Wolverine / Jean infatuation in this one and the continued elevation of Wolverine above Prof. X's 2nd in commands (so to speak) -- Cyclops and Storm. I love Hugh but after seeing Wolverine Origins( movie #4 in the series) I started skipping the Wolverine movies until Logan (near the end of the series). Here's the order. X2: X-men United, X3: The Last Stand, (I like these two). #4: Origins: Wolverine. (I think they were going to do more Origins movies but never dd. So disappointing to me.) #5: First Class, (love it! sort of an origins movie). #6: The Wolverine (which I've never seen), #7: Days of Future Past (one of my favorites), #8: Apocalypse, #8: Logan (which I love!). #9: Dark Phoenix (saw it but not sure I like it). #10: The New Mutants (saw it but didn't like it). Then there's the Deadpool series which I've never seen but I'm sure other people will tell you to watch.