X-Men: The Animated Series
Summary
hug drug - Men ' 97promises to revive the continuity ofX - Men : The Animated Series , but the original toon had some missteps that will need to be correct . The long - awaited return of the beloved franchise has many Marvel fans looking back fondly on the 90s ' animated series , which still go for up today as one ofthe best X - Men cartoonsever made . From its iconic rock idea song to its riveting characters , disco biscuit - Men : The Animated Seriesmade Marvel ’s mutants popular long before the movies did .
As well asX - Men : The Animated Seriesholds up , its crucial not to let nostalgia too color the sensing of the show , which still has several very noticeable flaws upon revisit today . For better or for worse , the original X - Men series is very much a time ejector seat of the 90s , which comes with some luggage that is impossible to discount on a re - scout . Hopefully , go - Men ' 97will be able to recapture whatX - man : The Animated Seriesdid well while avoiding the key missteps that become obvious on a modern - twenty-four hour period viewing .
10The Accents Were A Bit Over The Top
Rogue and Gambit’s dialogue can be hard to get through
The quirky and eclectic cast of mutant that made up the tenner - Men was one of the enfranchisement ’s biggest tie from the beginning , andX - Men : The Animated Seriesintroduced many fan to these characters for the first fourth dimension . look back objectively , some of the voice performances the series choose to go with for certain eccentric can get rankle fast . In picky , Gambit ’s intermittent Cajun accent and Rogue ’s southern drawl can wear on the capitulum after pregnant picture , coming off as cheap stereotype .
9Some Episodes Were Definitely Duds
They can’t all be zingers, but the X-Men series had some terrible entries
In lasting memory , the dear episode are what nostalgic fans will recollect most , but it ’s important to note thatX - humanity : The Animated Serieshad its fair share of poorly - receive episodes . As the serial scour the more obscure scoundrel and storylines from the comics , duds likeSavage Land , Strange Heart , Jubilee ’s Fairytale TheaterandLove in Vaintook the show in strange , unnecessary directions . From giant distance aliens to the series ' strange fixing onMarvel ’s Savage Land , many of the show ’s sequence feel clearly " not ecstasy - man " .
8The Series Was Hampered By Being Kid-Friendly
The mature themes of the X-Men didn’t always translate into a cartoon
For as groundbreaking ceremony and faithful to the cartoon strip as the series could be , at the end of the day , X - Men : The Animated Serieswas limited by being a Saturday morning kid - well-disposed toon . The 10 - Men are an inherently political story , match on themes like discrimination directly , littered with macabre characters to iron boot . Things like Wolverine only ever being able-bodied to practice his claws on automaton or never getting to make the most out his healing element limited how far the series could go in truly doing the X - Men funnies justice .
7Iceman Is Turned Into A Villain
The lovable cyrokinetic X-Man spent most of his time on the wrong side
Despite being a staple fiber of the X - humans , Iceman was n’t introduced in the 90 animated series until halfway into the third season , with the 16th episodeCold Comfort . Here , it ’s revealed that Iceman ’s tenure on the team had already come and go , and he had become a radicalized violent mutant comitting number of scourge against the government . Far from Charles Xavier ’s ideals , it ’s a shame Bobby Drake did n’t get more time working with the just Guy , turn over down Professor X ’s go to re - join the team .
6The Scott-Jean-Logan Love Triangle Gets Tiresome
“Will-they-won’t-they” eventually became “please, don’t”
The love triangle between Wolverine , Jean Grey , and Cyclops was a to a great extent recurring sub - plotofX - Men : The Animated Series , and quickly becomes one of the most tiring prospect of the show . The concept was n’t handled much substantially in the show than it was inthe springy - legal action FoxX - Menmovies , ultimately cease with Cyclops and Wolverine literally reason over who would be the one to nobly sacrifice themselves so that Jean could live . It ’s hard to imagine this insistence on Romance language was positively received by younger consultation at the time of the show ’s initial release , either .
5The Series Teased The New Mutants Without Delivering
Of the famous secondary mutant team, only Cannonball got an appearance
As the series was heading to an end , ecstasy - Men : The Animated Seriesmade the problematic decision to rag the future visual aspect of the New Mutants , another illustrious mutant team in the X - Men world . While Cannonball got an obnoxious coming into court in as late as the 2nd - to - last instalment of the entire serial , none of the other famous New Mutants members , like Magma or Boom - Boom , were able to even make a cameo in the 90s show . It ’s a shameX - Man : The Animated Serieswasn’t able to go all - in on the next crop of crime - fighting mutant champion .
4The Animation Isn’t Amazing By Today’s Standards
The 90s were a long time ago, and it shows
At the time , disco biscuit - Men : The Animated Serieswas likely a visual wonder for kids just catch into the tenner - man from the comfort of their living rooms , with eye - popping character plan and gloss unlike anything else . Within the hindsight of modernistic animation , however , it ’s out of the question not to see the cracksX - Men : The alive Series’art style , with stuttery , sometimes downright cheap - looking animation . For touting itself as the ultimate animize serial for the X - hands , the real spiritedness could certainly have been improve .
3The Show Is In Desperate Need Of A Remaster
It’s painfully obvious the animated series wasn’t made for modern TVs
Admittedly , the inevitable onward motion of engineering science is n’t of necessity the fault ofX - Men : The Animated Seriesitself , intelligibly made for the standard definition CRT TVs of the 90s . That being say , on a re - watch , its impossible not to notice the abrasive blurriness the bleeding colors of the serial publication stomach from when displayed on a modern idiot box . Disney+ ’s current of the series is peculiarly big in this regard , making it toilsome to in full appreciateX - Men : The Animated Seriesin the face of its technical limit .
2The Series Picked The Worst Love Interest For Storm To Explore
The animated series did Ororo’s characterization dirty
One of themost herculean X - Men , not to mention being once worshiped as a actual goddess , it ’s no admiration that Storm has had a rotary motion of prolific love interests in the comics befit of her station . Rather than incorporating the likes of Thor , Black Panther , or even Doctor Doom into their show , X - Men : The Animated Seriesinstead paired Storm with the tyrannical major planet - conquering potentate Arkon , decrease her character by having her pin for his terrible wiles . At leastStorm closely destroy his planetdid almost make up for dillution of her strong personality .
1X-Men: The Animated Series Was Rife With Continuity Errors
It can be hard to get into the series, which played fast and loose with continuity
Like many funny franchises , the X - Men have a sprawl cartoon strip persistence that can be by all odds unwieldy to conform . X - Men : The Animated Seriesclearly struggled with this from time to fourth dimension , wriggle with the timeline of when certain characters and events appear . For instance , Angel ’s first appearance has him presented as a new recruit , but flashbacks in next episodes render the flee X - Man as having been with the team from the beginning . It ’ll be interesting to see howX - piece ' 97irons out the original serial publication ' loose kinship with continuity .
