X-Men ‘97 X-Men ‘97 News and Discussion Thread (TAG SPOILERS!!!!)

[ALittlePush]

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Rogue holding Gambit barehanded was a bit of a risky move because if he was still barely alive at that point, then her touching him would've finished him off.

I think it will be interesting now that Magneto is dead because it opens up the field to other villains rather than falling back on the whole Xavier vs Magneto dynamic again.

 

[Lily Adler]

Quick lesson how to do blurred spoilers. Hit the three dots next to Bold and Italicize, and click on the Mask icon. You should see "ISPOILER" and "/ISPOILER" in brackets. Type your spoiler in between there and it should blur when you post.

 

[Arachnerd]

I only learned how to do it by quoting some of your guys' posts.

 

[Still Wynning]

Feige seriously, let them.

 

[Legion]

Are you sure? Some of the snippets from the into for episode 6 include

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Xavier and Lilandra and Forge

that I don’t remember from the original series.

It's pretty much a highlight reel for characters featured in the current episode. There is an exception with this one though:

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The scene of Mastermold creating Nimrod. That was NOT in the animated series. So either its a mistake or ties into the ending with Sinister having gained access to Mastermold. It shows that it can be used to create more advanced Sentinels.

 

[Lip]

Another great episode. I just love how this show wonderfully mix everything we love about the X-Men. And I'll say it without sarcastic emoji: give DeMayo a second chance.

About the episode structure, I felt it was much better than LifeDeath part 1. It felt more organic.

I loved Storm's new costume and I'm hoping for other X-Men to get theirs as well.

And I was also thinking Gambit could leave to give room for other member. I just thought he would leave heartbroken on his own journey.

Now my other predictions are still Jubilee and Beast to leave. The first to follow her own journey now that she's 18. The later, I don't know.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lip]

Feige seriously, let them.

Yes, henny!

And I'll tell you what. I've been listening Happy Nation in repeat for a week now. The X-Men deserves nothing but a killer soundtrack like Guardians and Spider-Verse.

 

[Lip]

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AND THANK GOD NO MORE MOHAWK.

 

[JP]

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The new voice for Xavier is fine but how he'll handle the true test remains to be seen:

I haven't seen this in forever. I'm crying. LMAO.

 

[legendkillin]

The other story

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Chuck is going to be in for a surprise when he does try to get in touch with the X-Men. That wasn't the voice I expected for him though. I did like Deathbird(Milky Way Ghetto line made me laugh), Gladiator, Ronan, and the others. I hope they do more shows with them.

Storm section

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Forge magic makes me hopeful Dr.Strange appears in a cameo or something. Amazing to get our long hair Storm back

 

[legendkillin]

"They were dancing, drinking wine, making love!" lmao

 

[legendkillin]

Another great episode. I just love how this show wonderfully mix everything we love about the X-Men. And I'll say it without sarcastic emoji: give DeMayo a second chance.

About the episode structure, I felt it was much better than LifeDeath part 1. It felt more organic.

I loved Storm's new costume and I'm hoping for other X-Men to get theirs as well.

And I was also thinking Gambit could leave to give room for other member. I just thought he would leave heartbroken on his own journey.

Now my other predictions are still Jubilee and Beast to leave. The first to follow her own journey now that she's 18. The later, I don't know.

Spoiler

They haven't done anything with Beast, he is due to get his own episode.

 

[legendkillin]

On the semi-bright side, given Xavier's vision and what it could represent, there's still somewhat of a likelihood that he could return as Death. Lord knows Sinister would take notice of how Gambit's abilities obliterated the Master Mold and not letting it go to waste, Apocalypse or not.

I don't know if Rogue will let Gambit's body go so Sinister would need to figure out a way.

 

[CB Fan]

"They were dancing, drinking wine, making love!" lmao

I wasn’t ready for that line either lol

 

[Donner]

I don't know if Rogue will let Gambit's body go so Sinister would need to figure out a way.

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I mean, they’ll bury it lol. There’s a clip of a coffin being lowered into the ground from one of the trailers and it’s more than likely Gambit’s. At that point, Sinister just needs a couple of sneaky and quick grave robbers.

That being said, I think the skeleton Gambit vision was a fake out to give Gambit fans hope but the writers are being jerks about it

 

[Lip]

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They haven't done anything with Beast, he is due to get his own episode.

I just realized Wolverine had like 2 minutes of screentime in the last 3 weeks and I had a little erection.

And I hope he won't have his own episode.

 

[JP]

I just realized Wolverine had like 2 minutes of screentime in the last 3 weeks and I had a little erection.

And I hope he won't have his own episode.

Four episodes are left, and Wolverine, Rogue, Beast, and Scott are still due for a "Previously on..."

 

[BoredGuy]

So yeah
I don't get why Lifedeath wasn't just its own episode, and then mash the Mojo and Sh'iar stuff together
Kinda sucks that a major comic arc for Storm was made into the b plot in two episodes

But it was a good (not great) episode

And yeah, those interviews don't give me hope for Remy... "Killing off" two complicated, beloved characters to give one character trauma to work through (a character who's already had plenty of trauma over the years)... idk

At least they went out like champs

 

[Bren]

A wise android once said, "What is grief but love persevering..."

Either they go the easy route and bring the character back, or the hard way where death, loss, finality are real things.

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Episode 6 for me was just okay. But then, Xavier and Storm have never really been up there in my favourites list.
Still a decent watch.
I did enjoy Xavier's little bit of swagger in the 'classroom' and in fact the whole episode. Had some personality!

 

[Arachnerd]

Perfectly executed dread. Love that scene.

 

[BobJM]

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I really hope we continue to see more of Forge, hopefully as an X-Man. Makes sense that he’d go with Storm to the mansion after seeing the news of Genosha.

And I know the new costume is a classic Storm look but I live for the all-white 90s get-up; sad to see it go. It seems odd to use a look from the mid-70s for a show very definitively set in the late 90s but that’s probably just me bugging. I just hope the rest of the team doesn’t follow suit, with Jean going back to her Marvel Girl look or Cyclops putting on the big ‘ol pirate boots.

I’d imagine the next episode ‘Bright Eyes’ will deal with the fallout of the Genosha with the X-Men regrouping and mourning before kicking into high gear for the finale.

Oh and super excited that Nightcrawler is seemingly joining the team. I wonder if Iceman and/or the other X-Factor members are far behind…

 

[psylockolussus]

I would like to see Forge with an "intro shot" with his name on.

 

[Lip]

I'll confess that I'm more upset that Dazzler is gone than Gambit. But that's because we at least got 6 seasons with him. Not Dazzler.

 

[katie_girl09]

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I never thought for one moment - even immediately after watching Episode 5 - that Gambit was getting killed off for good. I'm really surprised at how many people believe this is going to be permanent.

1. People who work on the show have gone on record to say that Rogue and Gambit are OTP. Pretty tough sell when 1/2 of it dies 5 episodes into the show and never comes back.

2. That producer's statement danced around the question of Gambit's death being permanent without actually answering it.
Q: Is Gambit dead for good?
A: Don't think about that. Think about what it will do to Rogue!

3. The MASSIVE references to time travel.

4. All that to say nothing of how monumentally stupid it would be on a practical level to bring back a character people have been begging for over the better part of 20 years only to kill him off five episodes into a new series and never bring him back.

5. Even if NONE of these other things convinced you, surely the Gambit cameo in Episode 6 should make you question whether he is coming back. The glaring at Professor Xavier on the astral plane, the globe being blown up (with his power signature btw), and everyone in the room "dying"? Come on, now. Isn't that obvious foreshadowing for Death Gambit?

Just my opinion.

General comments about the show and the X-men in the MCU:

I am enjoying X-men 97 a lot. But it isn't a perfect show by any means. The pacing is horrendous in some parts. And the show, in my opinion, relies far too heavily on the work done in the original series and the comic books to establish characters, relationships, and stories. Storm and Forge's relationship immediately springs to mind as an example of this. If I were not someone who had been reading X comics for years and was very familiar with the characters and their world already, I'm not entirely sure I would have found Episode 5 as compelling as I did. But maybe that's just me. *shrugs*

People are saying they want this team to have creative control over the live-action movies too. I would prefer that a different team bring a different creative energy, thanks. We can have two different teams both doing amazing and different things with the X-Men.

Also, I am genuinely saddened by how many people online have started a Get Beau Demayo Back campaign. How can you want that when you have no idea why he was fired in the first place? He is not the only person in the universe who can do the X-Men justice. And giving him sole credit for the success of this series is wild af.

ETA: More points and general commentary on the show.