Marvel Animation’s X-Men ‘97 Discussion Thread.

A clip from tomorrow’s episode

 

It seems Pryde of the X-Men has been, all along, a prequel to X-Men: TAS/X-Men ‘97.

So… where’s Kitty now?

 

So Wolverine will suddenly sound Austrailian now?

 

ooof

Spoiler

Magneto finally declawed wolverine

 

I know in the movies Magneto's helmet protects him from Xavier but in the 90s animation I seem to remember it not being an issue.

Or sequel....

 

Hmm... This fell into an all-too-common pattern, where season finales (or finale arcs) are not as impressive to me as preceding episodes, because they focus more on big action and plot advancement at the expense of character and theme. There were some good character moments and bits of good writing (though "Make them mind your weather, sister" / "And them weather your mind" is one of those bits that sounds cooler when you first hear it than when you think about it afterwards -- did they rehearse that?), but overall I just didn't find it as potent as what came before.

Part of the problem was that it felt too constructed around playing nostalgia cards. It contrives to get everyone into their 1980s costumes, even while it references the '90s "Blue Team/Gold Team" division from the era that spawned the show's original costume designs, and it ends up recreating the moment of Magneto ripping out Wolverine's adamantium.

 

This show’s always been a remixed ’Greatest Hits’ from the comics. They clearly thought at the time of production this was a one (season)-and-done, so they resorted to the kitchen sink approach.

 

To an extent, yes, but it works when the references serve the story, not so much when the story serves the references.

 

That was a hell of a finale, after all the buildup they really went all out with the big action set pieces for this one. Lots of cool, and shocking moment. I was wondering if they were going for Magneto removing Wolverine's adamantium, so I was not too shocked that was where they ended things.
I didn't catch, why did they change to their old uniforms? Their current ones didn't seem to be in bad shape or anything.

 

Because those uniforms sucked.

 

Current uniforms that weren't being actively worn were destroyed with the Mansion.

 

There's one more episode left.

 

Both work for me.

 

Oh, OK.

 

Helluva way to end part one of the finale. That episode went hard!

Also interesting that Beau De Mayo is saying that the "extra credit homework" for the season finale is...

Spoiler

TNG: "Cause and Effect"

 

Oh, that's worrisome. That suggests they're going to do exactly the kind of copout I was hoping they wouldn't do.

 

Can someone who is more familiar with the comics-verse explain to me how the premise of the X-Men aligns with the wider Marvel universe? Because, watching X-Men 97, and seeing the occasional cameos of characters like Captain America and Spider-Man (and also Morph briefly become the Hulk) I'm kind of at a loss.

Okay, so I understand people hate and mistrust mutants due to their superpowers, so they become a marginalized class. But tons of people have superpowers not due to mutations they are born with, whether due to technology, years of study, serums, being part alien, etc. But these superheroes are okay, while mutants are not?

 

Wolverine seems to be the only one that really needed a replacement uniform, since his was ripped up during the mansion fight.

 

Mutants are seen as different because they were born that way. People are frightened of their powers too so they are marginalized in society. It's a metaphor for racial discrimination. I remember even in Spider-man the animated series that Spidey hated the thought that he was a mutant and didn't consider himself like them.