Hello Filmwatchers. First let me apologize for my scarce attendance over the last couple of weeks. With the holidays, a bit of vacation time, being sucked into the world of Skyrim, and battling the flu over the last few days, I haven't been around a whole lot. However, I should be back to full working order now.
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Marvel’s merry mutants are back in all-new, all-different (not really) animated adventures on Disney Plus. A direct continuation of X-Men: The Animated Series, which ran from 1992 to 1997, X-Men ‘97 features a similar art style and most of the same voice actors from the original. The new series borrows heavily from dozens of X-Men comic books, with some original flourishes sprinkled on top and many events chronologically rearranged. In some ways, the series works as a quick and convenient way to enjoy multiple comic-book arcs in 30 minutes. In others, it feels like a nostalgia play that lacks depth and nuance.
To dissect and discuss the first season of X-Men ‘97, RPadTV host Raymond Padilla enlisted the help of Turtle Beach’s MacLean Marshall and PaulSemel.com’s Paul Semel. This episode will mainly be Mac and Raymond talking about what they liked and disliked about the show, with Paul commenting as the curmudgeon that disliked the first episode so much that he couldn’t stand to watch another.
Raymond and Mac will discuss the plot points, changes, performances, problems, and CliffsNotes-ification of the comics in X-Men ‘97. Paul will chime in and (hopefully) explain how he could make it through the wretched Green Lantern movie, but couldn’t watch a sometimes entertaining X-Men cartoon.
You go into a movie thinking the main character is the good guy and then BAM–you had it all wrong.
The Big Cigar Review: This show is an entertaining and intriguing watch that is thrilling in the right doses.
Sounds great JL....glad you're feeling better. Both my husband and I got that flu before the holidays and it is hard to get rid of sometimes.....it's good to start the new year in good health.
Whoa, I stop coming to the site, and you throw this out there, this is awesome.
I wonder if they would ship to NZ.
being sucked to the world of skyrim ^_^
well cant blame you on that one cause it's a very nice game
Sick im pretty excited about this.