X-Men'97 (2023)

[Gotham Knight]

Coming to Disney Plus:



The show has been revived and will pick up where the show left off.

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I'm interested.

[Gotham Knight]

Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Alison Sealy-Smith, Chris Potter, Catherine Disher, Adrian Hough, and Christopher Britton return to the series as voice actors. They will be joined by Jennifer Hale, Anniwaa Buachie, Ray Chase, Matthew Waterson, JP Karliak, Holly Chou, Jeff Bennett, and AJ LoCascio.

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Is it too much to hope that this incarnation of Wolverine is a little more balls out than the old series? You know, actually using his claws for something?

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Is it too much to hope that this incarnation of Wolverine is a little more balls out than the old series? You know, actually using his claws for something?

I wouldn't hold my breath, especially now it will be on Disney Plus.

I binge-watched the original animated series a decade, and thought it didn't age all that well. But for the sake of curiosity, I'll watch X-Men '97. Since the original show ended in 1997, I assume the title of the new will take place right after Professor Xavier left with Lilandra in the finale.

It's sad that the original Cyclops actor Norm Spencer died last year, he was one of the best voices on the show. I'm curious to know who will replace him.

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I binged watched X-Men TAS last year, and still think the show did much more right than wrong, so of course I can't help but be interested. Guess we should be counting our lucky stars that Victoria Alonso was gracious in allowing the "X-Men" name to continue on under the Disney umbrella. You know, with women being apart of the team, that right there automatically deems the name "X-Men" outdated and all. 

With that sort of idiocy 'thinking' in the upper echelon, when it comes to X-Men under Disney, including this, let's just say I am cautiously interested. Put it that way.

[The Laughing Fish]

First look photos of X-Men '97 have been revealed at SDCC. Magneto is now the new leader of the team, following Professor X's departure with Lilandra at the end of the original series.









Does Morph even have a face in this new show? He looks like the Question in that picture.

https://consequence.net/2022/07/x-men-97-revival-marvel-comic-con-first-look/

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I binged watched X-Men TAS last year, and still think the show did much more right than wrong, so of course I can't help but be interested. Guess we should be counting our lucky stars that Victoria Alonso was gracious in allowing the "X-Men" name to continue on under the Disney umbrella. You know, with women being apart of the team, that right there automatically deems the name "X-Men" outdated and all. 

With that sort of idiocy 'thinking' in the upper echelon, when it comes to X-Men under Disney, including this, let's just say I am cautiously interested. Put it that way.

I wonder if part of the reason "X-Men" hasn't been changed to something else is because there's no good alternative?

X? X-People? X-Mutants? The Mutants? All of those names are just BAD. X-Men truly is the best option.

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I finished watching the first season of this show. Aside from a few gripes, it's excellent! It's the best thing that Marvel has produced in years. Spoilers below.

The animation is top-notch, the storytelling is elevated to an even more mature tone that's free from the censorship that held back the original Nineties show (and that's saying a fair bit because the Nineties show was quite heavy at times!), it's full of tragedy, twists and is much satisfying than any of the live-action films that came out in the past two decades.

Bastian was a surprisingly good villain, and how his manipulation to more Mutant bloodshed reversed Magento's redemptive arc by forging him to back to villainy, how Rogue goes down a dark path herself out of grief and anger, Cyclops coming to terms that Cable is his son Nathan and the Summers family comes full circle under bittersweet circumstances, and Nightcrawler returns as a worthy member of the X-Men. Magneto pleading and threatening the UN council while persisting attempts to become a better man despite X-Cutioner robbing Storm of her powers is more poignant after the attacks on Genosha and capture by Bastian sets him off to lash out at humanity with a new-found sense of betrayal. The lighter episode of Jubilee and Sunspot stuck in Mojo's video game simulation is still a cool episode, as it contains Easter eggs of Capcom graphics and a homage of Magneto as the final boss in the 1992 Konami X-Men game.

There was one peculiar recurring thing going on with Morph in this show, however. It's heavily implied throughout the show he has romantic feelings for Wolverine, who seems unaware as the two are seen together as nothing more than buddies. The creator of the show, Beau DeMayo, confirmed that Morph is supposedly secretly in love with Logan on Twitter, but seeing as DeMayo got sacked for reasons unknown, I wouldn't be surprised if this plotline gets scrapped in the next season.

Season two is reportedly already deep in production, and the third season is in development with a new showrunner. Whatever happens next, it doesn't change my opinion the first season of X-Men '97 has been an outstanding revival.