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

[Kane52630]

Ace of Base - Happy Nation LOL

I knew that sounded familiar.

 

[JP]

Was that the first needle drop in this series?

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Putting an episode where Carol wakes up from her coma and goes to confront Rogue on my wishlist.

 

[Duran Man]

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

"An X-Men, not a Wolverine show"

That man just gets it. Surely whatever he did couldn't have been horrific, give him his damn pen back Feige.

 

[Lip]

Oh my god!!!!

Go write X-Men games DeMayo, please! I'll let you bottom shame me!

 

[Jordacar]

Hot damn, this show's going for Battlestar Galactica levels of gut-punch storytelling!

 

[Lip]

My list of priorities:

1. Get DeMayo to oversee the X-Men games, and make about them.
2. Get DeMayo to oversee the X-Men spin-offs: New Mutants, X-Factor and X-Force.
3. Get DeMayo to be the James Gunn of the MCU X-Men.

 

[Agent Orange]

Seriously, I was annoyed waiting so long for the MCU X-Men. But if Marvel keep feeding me with this show, I don't care about waiting for the MCU at all.

If only it came sooner.

To be honest-- use a character here and there from the X books in the MCU - Beast in The Marvel's, Logan and Deadpool in Deadpool 3 - but leave the X-Men as a property to this show exclusively. The MCU as is is already bloated and bursting at the seams. It's ridiculous that they're introducing the Fantastic Four into a universe where seemingly the first fantastical thing ever experienced was the invasion of New York. Now you have the F4, the Silver Surfer and potentially Galactus existing in the 60's? Nonsense. Not to mention the fact that nobody seems shaken by a giant celestial in the sky from The Eternals.

Even when I was a kid I tended to seperate the X-universe from the other main-line Marvel books. It's just too massive and it demands a canvas of its own.

 

[ALittlePush]

Spoiler

I'm hoping Gambit isn't dead and that it's only being made to look like it until it's revealed that he's survived but just really badly injured. Narratively, it doesn't make sense for Rogue to finally choose Gambit over Magneto, just for Gambit to be killed off.

I wouldn't mind if Magneto was actually dead because, without Xavier, he's not really got any purpose. If he is, they did kind of gloss over his death rather quickly.

Probably an unpopular opinion, but I'm kind of finding Rogue a little bit annoying. She was one of my favourite characters in the original animated series, but in this series, the "love triangle" has made her a bit of a *****. Whilst Rogue/Magneto was a thing in the comics, in this series there is no reason for her to be all doe eyed over him all of a sudden, just for there to be "drama" in the Rogue/Gambit relationship. It doesn't help that she's drawn younger looking than she was in TAS but then the reveal that Magneto hooked up with her when she was even younger pre-X-Men days, it just looks like he took advantage of her. Her casting Gambit aside after he's been loyal to her for years, just because she can touch Magneto, Gambit deserved better. Also again, just because she can touch Magneto doesn't mean that she should suddenly go gloveless because there were still lots of people on Genosha that would be affected by her powers. Also holding Gambit with no gloves, when he's severely injured at least, could kill him if his injuries haven't already.

The series is good and episode 5 has definitely been the best episode so far, especially the Genosha attack scene, but the characterisation of Rogue has not been my favourite.

 

[Sithborg]

Putting an episode where Carol wakes up from her coma and goes to confront Rogue on my wishlist.

When she returned as Binary just as Rogue literally joined was a fun bit.

 

[CB Fan]

On one hand I really want Demayo back but on the other if he was fired for being a nasty abusive piece of work in the writers room I’m not gonna tell someone to suck it up and suffer in their job for my entertainment. To be fired or “part ways” right before it all started airing is just interesting. I don’t believe it was because of the OF but if it was REHIRE THIS MAN!

 

[Donner]

Spoiler

Something tells me the massacre on Genosha will be an “absolute point.” Not necessarily specific mutants being killed but the destruction of the island itself and the deaths of millions will need to always happen.

 

[Lip]

On one hand I really want Demayo back but on the other if he was fired for being a nasty abusive piece of work in the writers room I’m not gonna tell someone to suck it up and suffer in their job for my entertainment. To be fired or “part ways” right before it all started airing is just interesting. I don’t believe it was because of the OF but if it was REHIRE THIS MAN!

Oh come on! He was just bullying gays. Who cares for the gays?



Seriously now, I've been under a very toxic work environment and it's a nightmare for your mental health.

I hope whatever he did was fixable, and this firing him is a way to punish him and give him a lesson.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

This was the best episode I've ever seen of a Marvel animated series, and up there with the best BTAS stuff.

 

[DeadStroke]

Welp now we know why Beau DeMayo was fired.

 

[Lip]

But being more Magneto wouldn't be a reason to keep him? Better than Charles.

Also, the best thing about his statement of making the X-Men about the X-Men is that Marvel bought it. That's a very good sign of how Marvel wants to invest in the X-Men in the future.

 

[BoredGuy]

I know everybody's loving Demayo right now
And I agree the way he structured these stories is fantastic (except ep 4 maybe)

But one thing I gotta say, maybe its a hot take, but the dialogue is still not very good imo
Granted, its equally the voice actors and the writing who would be responsible for that, but outside of a few choice moments (especially in ep5) the dialogue is still a bit cheesy and 90's-kids-cartoon to me.

So for all the "Hire Beau to write the X-Men movie" stuff, I say sure, let him come up with and flesh out the story, and then have somebody else take a pass to punch up the dialogue to film quality

 

[Sithborg]

I understand enjoying a creator. But, because they did one thing good, that doesn't mean you should put them in charge. Clone Wars was an amazing cartoon. And I have generally enjoyed the live action stuff. But putting Filoni in charge as chief creative fills me with dread.

 

[JP]

Maybe I'm just not that obsessive of a Star Wars fan, but I've loved everythjnh Filoni has touched.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Granted, its equally the voice actors and the writing who would be responsible for that, but outside of a few choice moments (especially in ep5) the dialogue is still a bit cheesy and 90's-kids-cartoon to me.

I mean...it is based on a 90s cartoon. I still think it is noticeable upgrade on the 90s version, even saying that.

 

[squeekness]

I'm hoping that picture has a certain spoiler in it.

 

[Spider-Fan]

My lack of interest in Star Wars new content is a topic for a different area

 

[Albright]

Why the **** is this so good? Best Marvel Disney Plus content since Moon Knight (episode 5).
Never thought I will hear Ace of Base, my first favorite music when I was a child, in a Marvel series.