X2 (2003) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@ivanw2080]

For those who may be interested that may not know this: the blonde at the bar whom Mystique transformed into to fool the Security Guard was in actuality Mystique's actress (Rebecca Romijn) simply without the blue make-up and prosthetics.

[@spiritconsumer]

And she was gorgeous!

[@beautifulbliss5883]

​@spiritconsumer Well, she was a model, and it makes sense why they have her as Mystique.

[@aix42]

Rebecca will always be my Mystique.

[@ChachoGSX]

Rebecca was really hot. Not the most well known, but a prime example of 90's beauty. Before lip fillers and butt implants.

[@sebastianemond5313]

​@@aix42 Agreed. 🤔Jennifer Who?

[@SwanTactical]

Professor X can’t stop time. He actually just put everyone’s brain on “pause” lmao

[@kellyturner920]

I mean, in fairness to Logan, he does come into the room to find soldiers *GUNNING DOWN CHILDREN* , so I don't really have a problem with his reaction. He's a protector.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

You are absolutely right-Wolverine’s actions in this sequence are beyond reproach.

[@slchance8839]

100% L0gan tried t0 be civil by merely restraining the s0ldier like a c0mm0n burglar ("Y0u picked the wr0ng h0use, bub.") and then the s0ldier fired his submachine gun 0n full AUT0 at a teenage b0y and came after L0gan with a knife. S0.....time t0 die, bub, y0u DID pick with wr0ng h0use.

[@Gogettor]

Logan X or Logan Roy?

[@FuzzyFoot58]

Well, he was designated as the babysitter by Charles so he just took his job very seriously.

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

I'd sleep better at night knowing Logan was my protector.

[@PanzerShrek94]

Carly got it in the first 10 minutes "He's blue, and she's blue" Mystique and Nightcrawler are mother and son in the comics.

[@stevenmcmullan409]

Actually, they are father and son.

[@PanzerShrek94]

@@stevenmcmullan409 Actually not..The father is Azazel(yet to be seen)

[@spike3082]

​@@PanzerShrek94Azazel was in xmen first class and mentioned again in xmen days of futures past

[@josephmcalister3901]

@Panzershrek You might want to get caught up on modern comics

[@stevenmcmullan409]

@@PanzerShrek94 You need to catch up on the comics.

[@osmanyousif7849]

Can we all agree that Alan Cummings Nightcrawler is one of the most underrated, yet perfectly casted and portrayal of the character? Should've gotten more of his version throughout the series. Also, you'll be surprised to learn that we'll be getting more of Aaron Stanford's Pyro in Deadpool & Wolverine

[@thedefinitionisthis]

Alan Cumming was great as Nightcrawler, but sadly he elected not to return as he hated the make-up process, and how long it took to get into character. The tie-in video game to the third X-Men movie explained his absence by saying he disliked the violent nature of the team's lifestyle and adventures and chose to leave the team.

[@CoffeeConnected]

So underused. And I have no idea why.

[@angelohernandez6060]

In the comic it's always been eluded that Nightcrawler (the blue guy with the tail) is related to Mystique. Notice simular skin color? And also in the comics, the secret facility that Logan was taken to for the adamantium grafting was a Canadian secret lab. He then was in a Canadian superhero team called Alpha Flight.

[@starlit_hawser11]

Disagree. He looked cool and his powers were depicted excellently, but his characterization is way off. In the comics, Nightcrawler is a light-hearted, swashbuckling, jovial fellow. Cummings depicted him as morose and introspective. Not like the source material at all. Watch X-Men 97 for an accurate depiction of him.

[@sebastianemond5313]

It is too bad we would never see his Nightcrawler return. No offense to Kodi Smit McPhee, but Alan Cumming does Kurt Wagner more justice. Not just with the makeup, which I understand, not easy to wear constantly; similar to Jennifer Lawrence in the prequels. But also, I like with how Alan portrayed the misunderstood demon who puts his faith in God when others have forsaken and shunned him. By accepting and forgiving their flaws, he, too, can accept and forgive any flaws he sees in himself.

[@aklimar2208]

Kudos to Cassie on figuring out that Mystique put metal in the guard. She's getting so good at this

[@Rikitikisiki]

In what? Logic?

[@davewhitmore1958]

@@Rikitikisiki and not being a bitch (take notes)

[@aklimar2208]

@@Rikitikisiki In a way, yeah, but it's more than that. She's not a comic book person who knows this stuff, but she's getting good at keeping track of the finer points of complex stories like this, such as who has what power and what that makes them capable of

[@kegr1066]

On this episode of PiB two Canadian women discover the species of animal called the "Wolverine", whose primary habitat is the *checks notes* country of Canada

[@billthomas478]

Not only that, it's from the same provence that they and I are from

[@bannjaxx]

Yep - my thoughts too!!

[@brandonparisien2381]

Admit it, Wolverine sounds like an Australian animal! Lol

[@jerryward3311]

Also, once from my state of Michigan, hence the U of M Wolverines, tho sadly we have no actual wolverines anymore.

[@gdiaz8827]

City girls

[@Manofsteel1701-f4r]

Over 20 years of watching this series and anytime I hear those claws pop and Wolverine roar I still smile. Hugh owns this role. Him and Patrick were the heart of these movies and have such amazing chemistry together. You can especially see in Logan how much they trust each other.

[@AaronLitz]

It's just too bad that he's far too pretty and a foot too tall to play the extremely hairy 5'3" Logan.

[@Manofsteel1701-f4r]

@@AaronLitz I wouldn’t mind a shorter wolverine for the next version but for me Hugh nailed the character. The writing may have let him down at times but Hugh was born for the role. I think Tom hardy would’ve been a fantastic successor

[@Fremen1971]

Wheels and Claws, together again...

[@rana1561]

And a perfect counter weight in McKellen's Magneto. The trio made the series work.

[@Manofsteel1701-f4r]

@@rana1561 couldn’t agree more. You needed Shakespearean stage actors for the first take on these characters and they were perfect for these roles

[@brt5273]

You'll really enjoy "X-Men: First Class" which will satisfy so many of your questions

[@shuddupidc]

For sure. Hope they do it eventually!

[@johnfriday5169]

My personal favorite introduction of Logan.

[@RustyDust101]

This! I hope they watch it soon.

[@gdiaz8827]

After Logan. First class is more like reboot and I really want to see their reaction to Logan

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

Hey, no spoilers. There's a couple of movies before that. Let's all enjoy their surprise. Yeah?

[@SKIP-yj3xp]

What's funny is Wolverine is Canadian. In the comics he's about 5' 4" tall. His comic appearance is written to be based on the writers description of a wolverine being a small, hairy, ferocious animal with claws.

[@Tuning3434]

Wolverine's first appearance was not even as a mutant at all, just a Canadian super agent / super hero send to keep a rampaging Hulk in check.

[@Ize19]

​@@Tuning3434Nah, he was a mutant. Len Wein, the writer who created him, had heard that X-Men was going to be getting rebooted soon, with an international cast, so he made Wolverine a mutant so he could join if they liked the character. Then he actually got tapped to write Giant-Size X-Men, so he made sure to include him on the team!

[@pcoleman1971]

Plus, Library and Archives Canada has the record of enlistment in WWI of James 'Logan' Howlett. 😁

[@stevetheduck1425]

Logan is based upon an actor in a film about an ice hockey team: 'Slap Shot'. The writer and artist back then were both Canadians, one of British descent, so this was both funny and enormously successful.

[@platinumspider7859]

5'3"

[@dereklopez9060]

Personally, I consider X-Men 2 as the best X-Men movie. Does anybody remember seeing it in theaters?

[@ct6852]

Yup in High School. Good times. Pretty much universally loved at the time.

[@ChrisMcCarroll]

i was there

[@D5v5d]

Saw it twice in theaters 🎥 😊

[@presumed_guilty]

Yes sir. Opening scene was amazing

[@Alex_Gorell]

Yup.

[@MikeB12800]

Wolverine and Nightcrawler are really good friends in the comics. They both love beer so they’d always go out drinking together

[@stagboystv]

“Can’t Bobby just freeze it all?” I’ve seen this movie 100 times and never thought of that once

[@Desmond9100]

But maybe not stop the momentum?

[@rigrmortis3393]

“Can’t Bobby just freeze it all?” I know little about the X-Men lore but what I do remember I think Iceman and Storm both have the ability to affect planetary scale changes. So at full power probably but they generally nerf the heck out of people in movies or for plot armor.

[@donnyouttheway4091]

@@Desmond9100he probably could’ve created an ice dam at least.

[@CoffeeConnected]

Well I heard a line from Nightcrawler who at the time said he couldn't use his powers because Jean blocked them. Presumably that's why none of them could do anything at that point.

[@RustyDust101]

​@@rigrmortis3393 weeell, we saw Storm/Ororo easily conjure up multiple tornados and control them while flying a plane, and using them to defend against missiles. If she has that much fine control over storms, lightning, rain, etc, a minor flood like that dam breaking should have been easy for her. In the comics she WOULD have done it while casually chilling out on a sofa. Unfortunately for plot reasons they massively tuned her down. She is one of three omega level mental power characters in the cartoon that have shown up in the movies. I won't spoiler who the others are. Logan's healing factor is at an omega level as well, but that's about it for him as it is purely physical and passive, so he doesn't classify as a true omega level.

[@biguy617]

Mystique is Nightcrawler’s mom. That is why he has the same color skin and eye color. The movies never mentioned this. His father appears in X-men First Class, Azazel.

[@ribbitrebecca]

"Who has a crush on Halle Berry, because I do!" 😂 Made me laugh out loud Cassie

[@callmeshaggy5166]

I thought they meant in the movie, lol.. cuz it would've been interesting seeing that Nightcrawler would show her affection later on.

[@ribbitrebecca]

@@callmeshaggy5166 Yes that's what she meant I'm sure, and it was nice to see a connection develop between Storm and Nightcrawler

[@glorifyfit]

That was the right question for everything.

[@kerry-j4m]

@@ribbitrebecca So true,they connected on a cerebral level,which I liked.

[@Rearend]

I have always had a crush on Halle Berry !

[@AdamIrvingHastings]

The moment Jean says goodbye to Cyclops gets me everytime. James Marsden absolutely nails his heartbreak, not seeing his eyes if anything makes it worse. More heartfelt than 90% of modern MCU, a wonderful moment that makes me cry each time. All three of Patrick Stewart, James Marsden and Hugh Jackman's performances are so good

[@NessOnett8]

Erik Lehnsherr is my favorite "villain" in any media property. He's so layered and you can't help but sympathize and understand where he's coming from in everything he does. There's a reason him and Charles have remained friends despite being on opposite sides so often.

[@Scuzzlebutt142]

Often why he's classed as an "Anti-Villain", and often ends up on the Heroes side. He and Charles are based on Martin Luther King Junior and Malcolm X, both with similar goals, but different methods.

[@tonygreenfield7820]

He doesn't think things through though. Mutants are being born from "normal" humans so if he wipes out all the normies, the number of new and unique mutants coming into existence will stop or at least slow down.

[@mr.e1026]

I think Erik Lehnsherr is that character who skirts on an anti-hero (a character of a story who lacks traditional characteristics that are associated with a conventional hero. While typically guided by the best of intentions, the anti-hero is a classically flawed character with a history of bad decisions and a questionable moral code) and an anti-villain (a villain whose goals or ends are generally benevolent, but their means of getting there are evil. They don't care about what they have to do to enact their master plan). Humanity failed him at a very young age (Holocaust), and then tried using his abilities for evil purposes, and at the end, we are somehow surprised that he turns on those people, and insists on using proven tactics in order to secure and protect mutants. We can understand how Erik ends up becoming so contemptuous of humanity, and is willing to use some very foul tactics to make them pay. For Erik, humanity will inevitably try to destroy all of the mutants, be it out of fear or envy, or whatever other motivating factor involved, and he cares more about the mutants; HIS people.

[@tubekulose]

And I don't get it why they are constantly mispronouncing his name. It's "Lehns-Herr" (German for liege/feudal lord), not "Lehn-Sherr".

[@chadfalardeau5396]

His goals are completly understandable, his methods are the questionable part

[@jamesreece1682]

The end with the wolverine bit was hilarious thanks for the great content as always

[@danielallen3454]

Logan's power-set makes him frighteningly efficient at violence. And his psychology makes him *terrifyingly* capable of it. And it's a major part of his character arc that he grows from an unstable berserker to a reluctant warrior to someone who makes the *choice* to be a hero.

[@radwolf76]

The best there is at what he does, but what he does best isn't very nice.

[@voltinator]

It also makes him a great lighting rod.

[@Enigmatic..]

@@voltinator Is adamantium actually conductive, that's the question.

[@jakester455]

He's only called Wolverine because Badger doesn't sound nearly as cool. LOL Check out the fan fiction short film WOLVERINE vs PREDATOR - Super Power Beat Down (Episode 9), it's actually pretty good.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

So....Anti-Hero?

[@michaelwatson266]

Nobody can sneak up on or fool Wolverine into believing they're someone else. His sense of smell would've been able to smell that it was Mystique and not Jean. Hell, he could hear that her heartbeat didn't match Jean's.

[@tylerjames646]

Carly is correct, that is the bad guy from Spy Kids. Alan Cumming is great as Nightcrawler! And the end of this video was too funny - not knowing if the wolvering was mythical like a dragon. why was that so cute lol

[@matthewgibson27]

Y'all never disappoint. I love the way you two play off each other! X2 was definitely a highlight theater experience. Opening night, just opened a theater across from the street from campus right before finals. Comic geeks, movie nerds and the general movie going public were in awe. The opening scene with Night crawler is so deliciously epic! The whole theater applauded when he saved Rogue too. Fantastic movie, fantastic experience and two fantastic and increasingly nerdy reactors watching it just made my night. Cheers!

[@ericstarkey551]

Jean is telepathic and telekinetic

[@jedijones]

And telegenic!

[@stevetheduck1425]

She was also a well-known model in New York, about the time Mary-Jane Watson ( of Spider-Man fame ) and Patsy Walker ( later the superheroine Hellcat ) as well.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Quite right.

[@tonyyul703]

The Power that Jean processes is not just her mutant abilities... The Phoenix, is an actual cosmic intity, and creature of pure raw emotion.

[@CrowR75]

I love how much braver Cassie is now. Takes so much more to make her flinch 😃

[@CoffeeConnected]

That metallic mutant who you described as being like The Terminator is called Colossus. Very well known in the X-Men comic series and don't be surprised if he pops up again in one or more of the films.

[@jlilley73]

I thought she said in the last video that she's already seen Deadpool. I guess she doesn't recognize this Colossus as another version of that one.

[@Tuning3434]

@@jlilley73 Gets reminded of that 'other' role Ryan Reynolds played in X-man Origins : Wolverine.... I'm depressed now.

[@lloyddobler2227]

Is he the same guy from Deadpool? Is he supposed to be Russian?

[@Edd25164605]

Colossus (Metal Man) is supposed to be Russian

[@CoffeeConnected]

@@jlilley73 Yes that's probably case. This was an early glimpse of Colossus and if he wasn't named in the film then I can understand why she missed who it was.

[@sporadicamnesic]

Logan's rampage through the mansion when Stryker's men attack is my favourite part of this whole movie! And I like the detail of the 6 puncture holes in the fridge door after he impales the soldier against it

[@freddiemossberg7204]

That moment where it looks like Jean is starting to burn when holding back the water made me as a (at the time) xmen fanboy loose my shit 😂

[@renedavila654]

For those who knew went wild in the theater

[@MarktheAirsoftPrimate]

We nerds all lost our poop

[@s0me0ne1se]

@@MarktheAirsoftPrimate🤣 yes we did lose it

[@3Kings_Industries]

Jean's codename: Phoenix

[@Gumblethebear]

That moment in the theater everyone cheered so loudly. That and the lake scene at the end with the "bird" under the water.

[@maziarjahanshahi2750]

Hey guys. Today is my birthday, and I just turned 27. I'm just feeling super lonely and melancholic and opened KZbin, and your video was the first suggestion. Just put a big smile on my face. Thank you. You may not know, but what you're doing is important to folks like me. You just made my day better. Take care

[@Delostacia]

Happy Birthday 🎉. Hope you have a lovely day!

[@ct6852]

Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳27 is a fantastic age. Enjoy.

[@TheAmericanNative76]

Fun fact: In the comic and animated series of X Men, Mystique was Rogues adoptive mom and Night Crawlers' actual mom.

[@eddawg79]

They're Canadian and don't know what a Wolverine is, it's a giant weasel. Really enjoying their X-Men journey.

[@TheWadetube]

I love that you are learning new things all the time and your affection for Logan is growing as his is the most developed of all the characters.

[@jedijones]

They're learneding!

[@ct6852]

And Rogue to an extent. Was watching some scenes from the animated show and the characterization is soooo different.

[@Surberus1066]

A few thoughts - I remember losing my sh*t at the end scene in theaters, James Marsden's final scenes on the jet are absolutely phenomenal, and Wolverine's line to Cyclops "She made a choice, she chose you" hits a little harder after ep 5 of Xmen 97 (knowing that a certain character was 'chosen' by their love, but didn't live to find out).

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Good catch! In the comics, Nightcrawler is the son of Mystique and the demon mutant, Azazel. Azazel can also teleport and has the same tail but he's red.

[@3Kings_Industries]

Mystique likes to breed the best traits of mutants. 😂

[@jedijones]

@@3Kings_Industries She's a horndog.

[@CentipedeDamascus]

That story was actually retconned fairly recently, now Nightcrawler is the son of Mystique and the mutant Destiny.

[@Zankaroo]

The image you see in the water at the end was a phoenix. Long time fans of the franchise know what is means/was and confirms what was happening every time you saw Jean's eyes turn fiery red when using her power and while controlling the jet and holding back the lake at the same time she was radiating a fiery aura. The Phoenix is in the movies is different from the comics and cartoons. That is pretty much all I can say without spoiling events in X3.

[@Wannabe_Baby]

I think in a previous reaction, Cassie said she was amazed she was making Terminator references because she never would have been able to do that before starting this channel. And here Carly is doing it too! And I also think she did it for Rocky 4.

[@lexkanyima2195]

What do you mean by that ?

[@Wannabe_Baby]

@@lexkanyima2195 They say Colossus looks like a Terminator. And in Rocky 4, they say Drago looks like a Terminator.

[@sherrysink3177]

Based on what's presented in this film, I always felt bad for Lady Deathstrike (the female associate of Stryker who has Wolverine-like claws), because she was being controlled by Stryker and always seemed confused when she was coming out of the mind control, like that's not who she really was or wanted to be. So for Wolverine to have to kill her in that way... it makes me sad for her. Those liquid adamantium tears are devastating. Their fight is brutal though! All the times she stabs him with her claws... yikes. I had to cover my eyes a bit too. 😄😬😭

[@DaveBukowski]

45:21 a Wolverine is an actual animal. Also, it is the name of the school mascot in the movie Red Dawn (1984) with a lot of popular actors. You reacted to the movie last year. Remember them shouting: "WOLVERINES!!!" when they were fighting back against the Russians?

[@hellomark1]

Not only are wolverines rare in the wild, they're solitary and they're good at it. Unless they feel like fighting, in which case they fight every fight like it's their last fight. A wolverine got into a polar bear enclosure at a zoo, and killed the polar bear. That's a 60lb animal defeating a 1,000lb animal.

[@CarloCarrasco]

The fight between Wolverine and Lady Deathstrike was the standout fight and it drew strong reactions and cheers from moviegoers inside the cinema on opening day.

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

This was the OG Marvel blockbuster before Disney gathered around the Avengers. People went to see this in theaters as a pasttime and came out thinking, "HOLY CRAP, THAT WAS A GOOD MOVIE!"

[@LittleGalaxyBoy]

The opening of X2 is still one of the best starts to a film I've personally watched. Nightcrawler, Kurt Wagner is one of my favourite X-Men character who surprisingly got done justice in this film, so used to Wolverine getting all the development but Kurt was done really well in this movie. This film along with First Class and Days of Future Past are my top three X-Men films of all time not including the spin off movies like Logan and Deadpool. Overall my favourite X-Men content in the past 24 years is by far X-Men 97 (2024) an amazing animated series that does justice to every part of the X-Men world. Us X-Men fans have been eating good this year with Deadpool & Wolverine releasing in a few months time as well. X-Men 97 is peak X-Men so I cannot wait for more of this quality of storytelling, Hopefully Deadpool & Wolverine is good as well. X-Men 97 should also be the blueprint for the MCU X-Men. I would feel so sad if we end up with disappointing X-Men films after the amazing X-Men 97.... Just look at Sony with the amazing animated Spider-Verse films and then what do they do... They released Madam Web. So hopefully that quality we see in X-Men animation applies to live action as well.

[@MrTommygunz420]

Personally I hope they do Gambit well in MCU X-Men... but yeah it was nice seeing Nightcrawler get the spotlight in this one

[@greencello599]

In regards to Madame Web, I knew just from the trailer that it was an underwhelming story. There are a lot of Spider-Man characters that are intriguing, but they need Spider-Man to make things more interesting. With any and all MCU X-Men movies, they really need to do the team justice. One thing that I think can help, and this is just my opinion, is avoiding anything regarding the Phoenix until the characters are more established in the MCU. That whole saga is a nightmare to try and get right in live action. The animated series did a good job because they were allowed to do it over several episodes. Trying to cram it into a roughly two hour movie just causes a lot of context to go missing.

[@CoffeeConnected]

I thought Nightcrawler's story arc was one of the most engaging character stories of this film.

[@kevinstull8552]

I really enjoyed the two episodes from the X-Men animated series from the 1990's that Nightcrawler appeared in. I'm really glad that he's been shown a bit more in the X-Men '97 series and hope that he becomes a mainstay on the team from now on.

[@doctaflo]

45:15 - Hugh Jackman made the same mistake and based a lot of Wolverine’s physicality on wolves for the first movie. i remember his doing press for it talking about how when he’s in character, he’s always eying his surroundings and positioning his nose to the ground and taking in the other characters’ scents, etc. years later, i think on a junket for Logan, he revealed how embarrassed he was when someone clued him in that a wolverine is basically a mean super-badger

[@LordVolkov]

Carlie was on the ball with X2! She nailed those mutation situations. Maybe it's the thinking cap?😉

[@3Kings_Industries]

Absolutely Loving all the extra hand motions y'all did during the viewing. LoL Fireball !!!

[@Enigmatic..]

Eric isn't actually evil, he just doesn't see a future where mutants are safe from humans and because of that he feels like it his responsibility to save them at any cost. Eric is a product of human mistreatment because of the pain they have caused him over the years. The next few movies will give you a better idea of why he is the way he is.

[@SIPEROTH]

The reasoning one uses for evil doesn't make it less evil. The guy literally wants to eliminate humans or have them like slaves to mutants. That is evil.

[@fang3982]

​@@SIPEROTH okay...because humans refuse to coexist with mutans. We can keep going around in cricles pointing fingers but the whole point is that the matter is complex and not black and white as so many people think.

[@residentfan1521]

@@SIPEROTH that’s probably my biggest gripe with the movie version of him. He essentially just became Hitler. In the comics, he’s more like Malcolm X and Charles is MLK. Charles tries to be peaceful and hopes that humans will see that and realize that there’s no danger. Magneto, like Malcolm X, also wants equality but believes that they need to force humans to see things from their point of view. But the end goal is still equality. The movie version starts with the goal of trying to force them to see it from the mutant’s point of view with that plan he had in the first movie but when that plan failed, the writers took away all the nuances and made him just go “fuck it! Everyone dies!”

[@Gumblethebear]

The amount of pure joy and cheering when Jean lit up to protect the plane and when the phoenix silhouette appeared beneath the water. I never saw audiences cheer louder than that until Avenger's Endgame when Cap said "Assemble"

[@DustoMan]

Cassie you triggered my Google Home when you asked yours what a wolverine was!

[@Dr.JHamilton]

This is hilarious. When Cassie asked her Google Home what a wolverine is, my Google gave the definition.

[@Lord_Cabby]

Nightcrawler is a good dude. He’s been a part of the x-men for a long time in the comics. He has the power to “teleport” but he needs to see where he is going. When he “teleports” he actually goes through a separate dimension and then reappears in the spot he wants. Can be dangerous though, if there is something in the spot he comes back in, he could become part of it, like a wall, a couch, even a person.

[@technofilejr3401]

2:34, in the comics Scott and a clone of Jean got married and had a child. That child was insanely power. We get to see their son Nathan as an adult in a future movie.

[@stich21]

Days of future past is my fav. Getting the old and younger characters together was fun to watch.

[@b-six-twelve]

Jean was my favorite character growing up in the 90s and being a huge fan of the comics and the animated series. That shot of the lake at the end had me in a vice grip. 😎

[@ct6852]

At the time my friend immediately said "Phoenix" and I was like huh? All I saw was some vaguely brown algae in the water. lol

[@ApesAmongUs]

It is very common for superheroes to use their abilities with restraint so as not to kill or seriously injure anyone. Wolverine is one of the prime examples of this, since those claws could easily kill. On his own he can be rough, but being with the X-Men keeps him in check. So, when he kills the guy against the fridge, it was a big sign to the audience that he wasn't holding back and was going to behave as if he was facing a bunch of guys with guns who were INVADING A SCHOOL. Given how very PG the first one was, that moment got a big reaction in the theater.

[@CoffeeConnected]

Yes this was a big tonal shift from the first one. Thinking about it compared to most superhero films in general it is one of the most full on in respect to how much violence is shown. Even compared to more recent superhero films. I'm surprised that many scenes in this weren't censored.

[@DomSithe]

@@CoffeeConnected they kind of mostly were censored. Other than red lines in wolverine fights and maybe a few scenes with blood (glass chamber), it was mostly just implied deaths. Not that it was badly done, or even that blood and gore would have made the movie better. It was definitely censored from what it could have been though.

[@jefetters7182]

One other power Wolverine has that they don’t make super clear in the movies. He can go into a Berzerker Rage and lose it.

[@johnnybraccia452]

What you gotta do to get PG-13. R movies historically just means less population can pay to watch your production in theaters. Dead Pòol was not just a freak successful movie. It was a wildly successful R movie. ​@@DomSithe

[@felphero]

Him killing that guy was like "OMG HE ACTUALLY USED HIS CLAWS ON A HUMAN AND NOT JUST DUMB BOTS" I felt like my soul was washed away from years and years of Wolvi not being able to properly use his sh*t and him always having to kick/throw human adversaries over the place

[@joebtm1]

Yes they don’t talk about it but Mystique is Nightcrawlers mother. They even have an episode of it in the cartoon that explains it. Pretty awesome stuff

[@Vinylrebel72]

The metal guy Colossus, in the Comic Books, he’s Russian, the movie Deadpool portrays him accurately , he has a sister named Magik….her real name is Illyana Rasputin.

[@mamandes]

What's really hilarious about Cassie asking if a wolverine is a real thing and Carly saying it's "like a wolf" is that Hugh Jackman thought the same thing! During the press tour for the first X-Men, Hugh talked a lot about how he studied wolves and tried to mimic their movements, and a story later went around that he actually studied wolves because he (allegedly) thought that "wolverine" was just another name for "wolf" and only found out what wolverines really are after filming. So, I gasped at how meta the girls' comments were. LOL!

[@stiimuli]

In the comics Logan is famously a short guy (5 feet 3 inches) but extremely ferocious. That's why the name Wolverine fits. But Hugh Jackman is 6'3" ! In the first X-men movie they tried very hard to make him look smaller than he really is, even filming him shorter than Scott, but by this movie they gave up on that.

[@ct6852]

Doesn't surprise me they gave up on the height thing. Hugh Jackman was the focus, and so good in the part they wanted him to look as heroic as possible. Which meant axing some of the quirks of the character.

[@louiscypher9558]

During a home invasion Logan is the best baby sitter you could have. Lol

[@louisenglish8069]

That opening sequence was one of the best action pieces ever put to film. Iconic.

[@MrRiddler6]

In the comics Mystic is Nightcrawlers mother.

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Remember The Last Stand, Origins Wolverine, The Wolverine, Days of Future Past & Apocalypse have end credit scenes. Don't forget to watch those too 😉.

[@MrTommygunz420]

DOFP is still my favorite of the entire series, and is an amazing lead-in to the chronological flashback of FC (exploring the new timeline instead would have been great too, but just impossible to pull off.)

[@MrMistreated]

Also not forgetting Logan

[@sheadougherty8717]

@@MrTommygunz420 DOFP is the only reasonable choice for best in the series, sad how sharp the decline was after that.

[@joshuacampbell7493]

@@MrMistreated That movie doesn't have end credit scenes.

[@marceloramos4203]

I think after x3 they should only watch first class, DOFP and logan. All the others will probably bore them out.

[@NathanS__]

Logan is called Wolverine because in the comics he's very short, like 5'3. He's small and fierce.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

The wolverine is most closely related to weasels, badgers, and otters. You can kind of think of him as a strong, ferocious badger! Don't feel too badly, though. At the beginning of filming X-Men, Hugh Jackman himself thought the wolverine was an imaginary creature based on a wolf. The director had to correct him when he started bringing wolfish traits into his role!

[@DurkMcGerk]

The intro with Nightcrawler infiltrating the Oval Office is indescribably bad-ass.

[@TheBlott2319]

These movies do Cyclops so dirty. The love story of Scott and Jean is absolutely epic in the comics.

[@RaistliniltsiaR]

Best reaction is learning that a "wolverine" is a real animal. And is not a wolf.

[@PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm]

Somebody should have told that to the writers of X-Men Origins Wolverine! 😂

[@gmchris3752]

In fairness, you're not the only ones to think wolverines are wolves- before X-Men, Hugh Jackman spent a lot of time studying wolf movements to inform his character, only to discover they're big weasel-bear things!

[@Rhodair]

Yeah if I remember correctly, Jackman also thought they were a made up creature sorta like a werewolf and was talking with someone on set when they informed him they were real and he could see one at the nearby zoo

[@christhomas1806]

"She's blue and the other is blue" There's a reason for that 😌 (I know not in this continuity, but still...)

[@biguy617]

The Japanese woman is Yuriko Oyama, Lady Deathstrike. She dated Wolverine once. Her father came up with the process that Striker and Professor Thornton, the head scientist involved in the Weapon X program, used to bond Admantium to Logan’s Skeleton. In the comics she turned to a cyborg with Admantium talons. Her father was killed and she believes Wolverine did it. He was framed. The Weapon X people may have done it. Maybe they sent Sabertooth to kill him.

[@allengator1914]

Wolverines are vicious animals when threatened, but they're much smaller than bears are weighing between 20 and 50 pounds on average. They are more closely related to Badgers.

[@seangriffin2053]

Magneto is a complicated antagonist; arguably the most complicated, in Marvel. He is scarred from the prejudice he experienced in life, especially the Holocaust. He fights for mutants by any means necessary, and he is not always on opposite sides with the X-Men. His methods of force are what make him clash with Charles so much.

[@Ambaryerno]

I think Doom has a very strong argument of his own.

[@karuux]

ok now we gotta write the plot of the movie The Calculator starring the TI-1000 as the main villain

[@ignisraendl3721]

heh, wolverine being a Canadian native is an excellent plot twist😂 and also an excellent example of Cassie and Carly being themselves. a genuine reaction to an artwork is far more interesting than a contrived performance. keep being yourselves, ladies🙌😊

[@cajunotaku3256]

Logan, X2, and Days of Future Past all crack my top the favorite films of all time. They’re all masterpieces.

[@Quixotic1018]

Wolverines are actually more closely related to skunks than wolves. Next movie has two post credit scenes if you haven't already been told

[@jedijones]

Movie would be funnier if everyone who met Wolverine kept remarking on how much he stinks.

[@BenjiSun]

Mustelidae, so they're in the same family as weasels, badgers, fishers, otters, martens, ferrets, minks, etc... probably one of the coolest family of mammals in existence. Mustelidae are cousins to Mephitidae, which skunks belong to.

[@ramonacosta2647]

Skunkerine.

[@Jasandiz]

9:47 that's because they are mother and son, although it is not stated in the film

[@turbopokey]

Awww, these two have no idea what the Phoenix force is and how it saved and possessed Jean. It’s reflection was what was seen in the water at the end but they couldn’t process what the image was or meant.

[@animatorFan74]

In the comics, Mystique (the blue lady) is actually Nightcrawler's mom, but they changed it for the movies so they put in that nice interaction scene instead. And the lady with the adamantium fingernails is in comics too - she is Lady Deathstrike and she has other cybernetic implants in the comics, but they left it out for the movies for some reason. Anyway, some fun facts for you, if you're interested. :)

[@BoboftheOldeWays]

Wolverines are real animals, closely related to badgers. They have been described as "100 pounds of mean in a 50 pound bag." Which is kind of funny, because while Wolverine is ferocious and ruthless when needed, and relies a lot on sarcasm, he's not really mean at all.

[@MrFrikkenfrakken]

Once again Cassie and Carly upstage a great movie with the best couple of minute conversation. Great reaction.

[@DarkPaladin24]

Calling Colossus Terminator got me laughing. There's a lot of reasons to hate Stryker. He's a lot less human than he claims to be.

[@Julini89]

The post credit scene is a hint to comic fans on what’s coming next. Wolverine is a mutant but he has enhanced feral senses like in the first he could smell mystique before he stabbed her. This is on top of his healing factor of cause.

[@justinwallick2181]

Wolverines are part of the badger family of animals. They are vicious and ferocious.

[@13Bbeards]

It's really fun watching people who aren't already huge X-Men fans watching the movies. There were so many little things and characters that I just took for granted that were new and unknown here. It's one of the reasons why I love watching this channel.

[@ct6852]

Definitely one of those series that sucks you in really fast. Easy to get obsessive about.

[@BatFan1]

The ending to X2 had comic book fans so hyped for what was to come, kinda like seeing the end credit scene for Avengers with Thanos. We kinda knew where the story was going, but let's just say only one lived up to the hype.

[@HawksFanMattMan]

I found your channel fairly recently and liked it so much that I became a Patron and a KZbin member! 😮😁 I decided to go back and watch all of your reactions from the first video (I'm a weird completist with that kinda stuff), and I just finished your video for The Shining. I have to commend you for your courage in watching movies WAY out of your comfort zone. That's the most scared I've seen you so far, but you did it!! 🥳

[@ricardorgomez]

Colossus isn't a mini-terminator. He's actually 6'7". Jackman is 6'3" and Arnold "used" to be 6'2" as he shrunk a bit as he got older. He's about 5'10" these days.

[@davidvawter5442]

One of Jean Grey's names is "Dark Pheonix" This should help explain what you saw in the river at the end.

[@JC-bh8qx]

What you see in the water at the end of the movie is the shadow of a Phoenix, which is a mystical bird that can burn to death and be reborn from the ashes. Jean will become known as the Dark Phoenix.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

3:40 Mark! Aloha, Gals! 🎉 Not only is he "Nightcrawler" in these movies, but he's a different "Loki" in the first "Mask" movie! 😂

[@donaldfleming5049]

Some fun facts about a few of the students: The big guy who turned into metal is named Piotr 'Peter' Rasputin (born in Russia) Code name: Colossus. Mutant ability: able to transform his skin into a virtually impervious organic steel. This also makes him incredibly strong. The girl with the sonic scream is named Theresa Roarke Cassidy Code name: Siryn Possesses a devastating sonic scream. In the comics, she is the daughter of former X-Man Sean Cassidy, code name Banshee, whose ability is the same as hers. Both father & daughter are from Ireland. Banshee will make his first appearance in the movie X-Men: First Class. The girl who disappeared through the bed is named Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde Code name Shadowcat (although in the comics, she actually went by the code names Ariel & Sprite before settling on her current code name). Has the ability to 'phase'/pass through solid objects, with the side effect of shorting out any electronic system her body passes through, an ability she has put to considerable use in the comics to disable the bad guys' computers & other electronic devices. She also learned how to extend her phasing ability to others by holding on to them & concentrating real hard.

[@arcsphere]

The opening Nightcrawler scene is still one of the best superhero scenes ever.

[@CoffeeConnected]

There have been many entertaining superhero films but I've always felt that X2 was the closest to capturing the feel of reading a good comic book.

[@nadeeml9276]

I dont know if this comment'll get back to them - but when i saw this in the cinema, way back when, when Magneto escaped, we all started clapping and cheering haha

[@PhilBagels]

The reason why so many mutants are blue is because it's based on comic books. A clear and obvious way to depict a person as being not-a-normal-human is to have them be a different color. Nightcrawler, Mystique, the Kree, Polaris, Nebula, etc. There have been many blue characters in Marvel and in other comics. Just like there are some green characters, too: the Hulk, the Abomination, the Skrulls, Gamora, etc. Other characters come in purple - there's even a villain called "The Purple Man", and he has a daughter called "The Purple Girl", red, orange, yellow, gray, etc. Comic books have always relied on being colorful.

[@stevetheduck1425]

The reason why so many mutants have red hair, is because it's a real mutation that was popular, and so people with red hair were more likely to have kids, so red-heads are hot, attractive and a popular colour in comics. The blue or green or red mutants are basically due to the Pulp Magazines hid their cross-race romances by making an exotic alien woman such colours, like in John Carter of Mars, which was a western until someone objected to the white man falling for a red woman; the black guys became the green martians, and the white martians are the evil white men, that Joh Carter no longer feels any affinity for. Basically, science fantasy and science fiction broke the US anti-miscegenation laws to sell magazines. They also employed black writers when no-one else would, too. Star Trek DS9 covered this bit of history as well.

[@zom8979]

So an interesting quirk about pyros power, he can only manipulate existing flames but he can't make them

[@LordVolkov]

X2: Mutant Boogaloo The best of the X trilogy. I wish Rogue had more to do,, but other than that it's pretty solid.

[@sebastianemond5313]

I agree as well. I feel like if they did some rewrites to X-men: The Last Stand, including Gambit and cutting out the Phoenix Saga, Rogue could've been done much more justice than what they gave us. Her and Gambit meeting and forming a friendship while Rogue is on a break from Iceman, who's getting closer with Kitty Pryde would've opened the door for a future romance and build her confidence from having someone who chooses to be with her despite the risks to his life, because as Gambit in X-men '97 said, *some things are deeper than skin.* Plus, can you imagine if Rogue and Gambit had been in the lineup alongside Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, and Beast?

[@Shiftry87]

Thats true but realisticly among a group of mutants with the powers they have going up against soldiers with guns what could she really have done. Her mutation isent exactly suitable for anything that isent very very close combat. And even then her powers isent exactly instant.

[@sebastianemond5313]

@Shiftry87 Maybe if they had othet controlled mutant subordinates to Stryker, outside of Deathstrike, among the soldiers, it might've made it more interesting and given Rogue more to do. Can you imagine if they had Avalanche, Karma, or Black Tom there? Oh my God, I just had an idea for a rewrite.

[@CarloCarrasco]

I saw X2 inside a packed cinema here in the Philippines on April 30, 2003. The White House opening scene made many moviegoers' jaws drop.

[@billthomas478]

In the comics, Nightcrawler is the son of Mystique and Azazel. You'll meet him in First Class

[@dciach12]

"We're learning!" Lol, please do that at the end of every episode now! Rofl 😂