World X-Men The Animated Series Appreciation Thread (1992-1997)

[Abaddon]

"Can't...lift...paperweight. Must...hold...on. SCCCOOOOOTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! uuhhhhhh"

 

[flavio_lebeau]

We keep going on how much she sucks and she will soon become a trash icon. :heart:

 

[ultimategambit]

I have that line as a sound bite on my computer everytime it boots up.

dude u gotta pm me that sound bite i cant find it anywere

 

[iron_spartan]

I think it was a great tv series.

 

[K.B.]

Pryde of the x-men was awesome and I wish that it would have been picked up, the 80's would have rocked just a little bit more.

This was a great series and a true classic right up there with B:TAS.

Worst season was the final one.

X-men evolution was a terrible show.

 

[Abaddon]

we wouldnt have gotten this show if the 80s X-men had been picked up.

 

[The Shredder]

we wouldnt have gotten this show if the 80s X-men had been picked up.

True.

 

[K.B.]

Originally Posted by Abaddon
we wouldnt have gotten this show if the 80s X-men had been picked up.

I don't think that thats neccessarily true. Look at Spider-man..he's had a cartoon on since 1967.

I think that X-men is a concept that any kid can get into (same as any action/adventure cartoon, especially with superheros) so wether it debuted in 1989 or 1992 it was going to be a success either way.

 

[Havok83]

I don't think that thats neccessarily true. Look at Spider-man..he's had a cartoon on since 1967.

I think that X-men is a concept that any kid can get into (same as any action/adventure cartoon, especially with superheros) so wether it debuted in 1989 or 1992 it was going to be a success either way.

no you dont ge it. The X-men may have gotten a cartoon but it would not be TAS. That was unique. Had Pryde of the X-men been picked up, and had a healthy 4-5 year run, then a new X-men cartoon wouldnt have been able to debut till maybe around 1995 or 1996. Who knows what a series debuting then would have been like. The roster would most likely have changed and/or direction of the series. It wouldnt be the same TAS that we all knew and grew up on. I think thats what was meant

 

[Abaddon]

Yessum.

 

[The Shredder]

no you dont ge it. The X-men may have gotten a cartoon but it would not be TAS. That was unique. Had Pryde of the X-men been picked up, and had a healthy 4-5 year run, then a new X-men cartoon wouldnt have been able to debut till maybe around 1995 or 1996. Who knows what a series debuting then would have been like. The roster would most likely have changed and/or direction of the series. It wouldnt be the same TAS that we all knew and grew up on. I think thats what was meant

Exactly.

Sure, another X-Men animated series would have happened eventually if the pilot "Pryde of the X-Men" would have been picked up, but there really is no telling how different of a show we would have ended up with after the "Pryde" show would have ran it's course. Havok pretty much covers it though.

 

[K.B.]

I'm not bashing the fox one at all (well except maybe the final season) I was just stating that pryde was just as good and what it COULD have been like had it gotten picked up.

I'd say an x-men cartoon starting in 95 wouldn't have been so terrible as spider-man had debuted in 94.

And as far as what type of show we end up with....well back then it would have gone from good to good wheres after fox's x-men we got crap ie. evolution.

 

[Abaddon]

evolution wasn't that bad. first few seasons were really kiddified, but it got better.

 

[K.B.]

It had some alrigth episodes and the idea that things are new and fresh (ie good guys are bad guys bad guys are good guys ala ultimate x-men) but overall it fell flat as it was like you said kiddified.

 

[Abaddon]

the last two seasons were pretty mature.

 

[K.B.]

I should hope so...

what all happened? I didn't follow it regularily by that point.

Also I did like the designs for the characters.

 

[Abaddon]

bah, lotta stuff. They were exposed to the world as mutants and faced a Sentinel at the end of season 2. Mystique blew up the mansion and so they were on the run for a while. Apocalypse was introduced. Rogue "killed" Mystique. Legion showed up. Lotta other stuff.

 

[The_Vision]

I wish they got the voice cast back to do the new Wolverine and the X-Men series.

 

[TKing]

evolution wasn't that bad. first few seasons were really kiddified, but it got better.

Yeah, I like how it was really story-driven. The characters (besides Storm ) were really fleshed out.

 

[union_jak]

I have the theme tune as my ringtone lol

 

[TKing]

I did for a while too lol

 

[union_jak]

I really wanted the theme tune to appear in an X-Men movie

 

[flavio_lebeau]

I really wanted the theme tune to appear in an X-Men movie

The X1 theme was clearly based on the Animated Series. (if you add more two notes it would be basically the same) I remember reading an interview where they said some people actually wanted that theme for the movie, but the composer decided to only base it on TAS, loosely.

 

[TKing]

^I don't remember that I'll just to rewatch it now lol

 

[flavio_lebeau]

^I don't remember that I'll just to rewatch it now lol

Download a song called the X-Jet, or just watch the last scene, as Prof. leaves the cell. It strongly reminds the TAS theme...

I suck