Wolverine And The X-Men - anyone watching?

[darkwing_duck1]

Christopher wrote:

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That's a decent explanation. Not sure I buy Xavier thinking in those terms, though. I see him as more of an idealist.

Since

[spoilers] Charles is speaking to them from the DoFP timeframe[/spoilers]

I can see his "idealism" being a bit blunted.

[exodus]

Christopher wrote:

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That's a decent explanation. Not sure I buy Xavier thinking in those terms, though. I see him as more of an idealist. And Scott is like a son to him. He'd be more likely to tell Scott that he had to get his act together and become a leader again because the world depended on it.

Although maybe Charles is trying to protect Scott. Logan essentially can't be killed, so if things are getting much more dangerous for the X-Men, he's a good choice as the leader.

Good points but still, they've shown that Scott can't lead if Jean is gone.

How can you really be a team leader if you can't move past the loss of one? That isn't the mind set of a soldier. They won't have Storm lead, which I assume is because of the mostly young male demographic. If "DoFP" is their fate, not Cyclops but rather Wolverire is the only one who can teach them how to fight for more than just civil rights. He can teach them how to fight to survive.

[neogothboy74]

Robotech Master wrote:

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I hear there is a new X-Men series out.

How is it? Is it worth watching?

How does it stack up to the previous shows, X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men Evolution?

I've seen the entire series, and I loved it. It's easily my favorite of the animated X-Men shows; I enjoyed the 90's tune (though I liked Pryde of the X-Men more) - and I couldn't get into X-Men: Evolution. The latest series is very serialized, and handles the cast better - and the cast of characters is huge - using mutants I never expected to see in the series. I enjoyed the ending a lot, and it's the kind of series that would really play well as a dvd boxed set, though I've only seen it released as volumes.

[RoJoHen]

neogothboy74 wrote:

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I've seen the entire series, and I loved it. It's easily my favorite of the animated X-Men shows; I enjoyed the 90's tune (though I liked Pryde of the X-Men more) - and I couldn't get into X-Men: Evolution. The latest series is very serialized, and handles the cast better - and the cast of characters is huge - using mutants I never expected to see in the series. I enjoyed the ending a lot, and it's the kind of series that would really play well as a dvd boxed set, though I've only seen it released as volumes.

The entire series is already done?

[darkwing_duck1]

RoJoHen wrote:

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The entire series is already done?

I think he means "season".

[RoJoHen]

Gah, of course. I'm such a silly American.

[darkwing_duck1]

RoJoHen wrote:

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Gah, of course. I'm such a silly American.

Well, sometimes in Europe, "series" and "season" are used synomymously.

[roguephoenix]

Dusty Ayres wrote:

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Why do you hate Wolverine and Emma Frost, and why was the franchise better in the past, exactly?

i really don't like one minor uninteresting character being billed as "top dog" when there's no logical reason that he would have lasted this long. his powers compared to the others are nothing and the fact that he's being marketed s one of the most powerful is absolute garbage. HE ruined x3 because the film's story was tailored so that the idiot can be at the center of it all. i just don't get his popularity.

and leading from that first reason he's on every damned marvel title. it wouldn't surprise me if we see him on every dc comics title now... >_< it's just ridiculous for this one damned character to get all the stories and spotlight when he's really not that much. very annoying. i think of him as the jar jar of the marvel universe.

[neogothboy74]

I did mean season. Sorry. I watch a lot of british tv (AbFab, the Doctor Whoniverse, Little Britain, etc) and I get my words mixed up as a result. I loved the Season.

I think it was called Wolverine & the X-Men to capitalize on the Wolverine movie - or at least that's what I assumed when the series was announced. But while Wolverine isn't my favorite character, I think putting him in a leadership role has worked wonders for Scott / Cyclops; his character has taken on some of the traits associated with Wolverine and I think it's really worked well for him. And this Logan has taken on some of Scott's personality as well. I really like this version of the team. A lot of the story / character seems based on the films, but they're not afraid of bringing in lots of comic inspired characters / stories - or of taking risks.

As for Emma Frost, I thought she worked wonders here. I'm so sick of Jean Grey. I used to love her and the Phoenix storyline but it's just been done to death. Literally. She's alive. She'd dead. She's alive. She's a clone. She's the Phoenix Force. She's travelled through time. She's dead. She's Alive. I just can't deal with it anymore. However, I do think they deal very well with this permutation of her character in this series, so I like her a lot more here; and I'm actuallly excited to see what the 2nd season will bring for these characters. I really enjoy the large cast of characters. I was constantly impressed at seeing so many favorites of mine, and seeing them used well. And they always left me hungry for more.

I'm hooked.

[neogothboy74]

miraclefan wrote:

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It's okay, not great. I wish they would let wolverine just cut loose for once and go ''berzerker'' and hack/slash some villians, blood ''N'' guts flying everywhere and afterwards have him smoke a cigar! I know it's a ''kids'' show and it will never happen, but I can dream

Have you seen the "Hulk Vs" dvd? It has a short "Hulk vs. Wolverine" which is something of a prequel to this series. The animation is similar, and the voice actor for Wolverine is the same; the Weapon X characters are introduced there - and there's a sequel to it in the series called "Wolverine vs. Hulk". And this dvd prequel is very bloody. Deadpool has a very memorable scene.

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roguephoenix wrote:

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i really don't like one minor uninteresting character being billed as "top dog" when there's no logical reason that he would have lasted this long. his powers compared to the others are nothing and the fact that he's being marketed s one of the most powerful is absolute garbage. HE ruined x3 because the film's story was tailored so that the idiot can be at the center of it all. i just don't get his popularity.

and leading from that first reason he's on every damned marvel title. it wouldn't surprise me if we see him on every dc comics title now... >_< it's just ridiculous for this one damned character to get all the stories and spotlight when he's really not that much. very annoying. i think of him as the jar jar of the marvel universe.

I think you might be missing the joke of irony, they even poke fun of it in the films too. About how Wolverine is the center of attention but the plots and story focus is never about him. Not one X-Men story or plot is ever about Wolverine, just go thru all the major stories & plots.

God Loves Man Kills
PHoenix Saga
Dark Phoenix Saga
Days of Future's Past
Extinction Agenda
X-Ecutioner's Song
Age Of Apocalypse
Infernio

the list goes on...

Even the films:
First plot was to get & use Rogue
Second was to get and use Charles
Third was to get and use Phoenix

Wolvie isn't top dog, he just a means to an end to carry the story along.

[Capt_Piett]

I was watching it, but then for some reason it fell off my Tivo. It recorded the first two episodes, then couldn't find it anymore when I tried searching for programs to record. Not sure what happened with it, but I did enjoy what I saw. Ah well. There'll be DVDs of the first season, I'm sure.

[miraclefan]

neogothboy74 wrote:

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Have you seen the "Hulk Vs" dvd? It has a short "Hulk vs. Wolverine" which is something of a prequel to this series. The animation is similar, and the voice actor for Wolverine is the same; the Weapon X characters are introduced there - and there's a sequel to it in the series called "Wolverine vs. Hulk". And this dvd prequel is very bloody. Deadpool has a very memorable scene.

HOLD ON!! DEAD-POOL! ''THE'' DEAD-POOL is in this? the merc with a mouth is in the DVD?! I love that ''nut'' he's my favorite marvel charactor!He's damned funny as hell to! Has anybody here read DEAD-POOL/secret invasion? or the recent one-shot? PRICELESS!

[roguephoenix]

exodus wrote:

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I think you might be missing the joke of irony, they even poke fun of it in the films too. About how Wolverine is the center of attention but the plots and story focus is never about him. Not one X-Men story or plot is ever about Wolverine, just go thru all the major stories & plots.

God Loves Man Kills
PHoenix Saga
Dark Phoenix Saga
Days of Future's Past
Extinction Agenda
X-Ecutioner's Song
Age Of Apocalypse
Infernio

the list goes on...

Even the films:
First plot was to get & use Rogue
Second was to get and use Charles
Third was to get and use Phoenix

Wolvie isn't top dog, he just a means to an end to carry the story along.

exactly. so when they took some of those great story arcs and tried to make them wolvercrap-centric they came up with... crap, for lack of a better word. trying to make the story not center on the focus of the story is just stupid. the third movie was about the phoenix and the cure and instead it became a very short wolvercrap movie. not that he's the only one to blame for that pile of a movie. they just picked the wrong people for it. first the director... come on. they thought getting a fluf comedy director would do well with an epic drama? who's bright idea was that. second, the writer. that guy needs to be shot dead. i don't know how he managed to turn two great story arcs into one very short bore-fest. that's quite an accomplishment really. one would almost think it was done deliberately. those two stories combined should have netted at least 3 hours worth of movie and not 1.5 hours.

[Ultimale]

miraclefan wrote:

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^And BOY! did I notice!YOWZA! To say that I was suprised by seeing ''THOSE'' on a ''Nick'' show is an understament!

Mmm...how I love tits.