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Can't see this mentioned on here so far. I kind of just missed the original TV show as I was about 11/12 when it started and just a bit too old for it I think although I do remember watching it in the afternoon from time to time.
Anyway, the new series started on Disney+ and I have to say, it's brilliant. First of all, the intro has been completely redone but it's the same as the original with the awesome theme song intact but slightly amped up. It looks great, sounds amazing and based off the first two eps it has some of the best X-Men action I've seen. They've nailed the team dynamic, the voice performances are all on point. It's a great show and I honestly wasn't that excited for it.
Anyway, the new series started on Disney+ and I have to say, it's brilliant. First of all, the intro has been completely redone but it's the same as the original with the awesome theme song intact but slightly amped up. It looks great, sounds amazing and based off the first two eps it has some of the best X-Men action I've seen. They've nailed the team dynamic, the voice performances are all on point. It's a great show and I honestly wasn't that excited for it.
C5_Steve said:
Can't see this mentioned on here so far. I kind of just missed the original TV show as I was about 11/12 when it started and just a bit too old for it I think although I do remember watching it in the afternoon from time to time.
Anyway, the new series started on Disney+ and I have to say, it's brilliant. First of all, the intro has been completely redone but it's the same as the original with the awesome theme song intact but slightly amped up. It looks great, sounds amazing and based off the first two eps it has some of the best X-Men action I've seen. They've nailed the team dynamic, the voice performances are all on point. It's a great show and I honestly wasn't that excited for it.
Thanks for the heads up. Will check this out, big X-Men fan.Anyway, the new series started on Disney+ and I have to say, it's brilliant. First of all, the intro has been completely redone but it's the same as the original with the awesome theme song intact but slightly amped up. It looks great, sounds amazing and based off the first two eps it has some of the best X-Men action I've seen. They've nailed the team dynamic, the voice performances are all on point. It's a great show and I honestly wasn't that excited for it.
Not sure how many are still watching this but I've just seen ep5. Incredible episode, up there with the best animated stuff I've seen and certainly one of the best things with the X Men in full stop. Still another 6 eps to go and I can't believe how they keep knocking it out of the park with this series episode after episode.
C5_Steve said:
Not sure how many are still watching this but I've just seen ep5. Incredible episode, up there with the best animated stuff I've seen and certainly one of the best things with the X Men in full stop. Still another 6 eps to go and I can't believe how they keep knocking it out of the park with this series episode after episode.
For context: I was reading X-Men comics religiously from the late ‘70s to late ‘80s. After which I dropped in and out, buying the occasional collection of issues. When the ‘90s cartoon came along I wasn’t interested, but gave it a try a few years after. Thought the voice acting made it unwatchable. Also tried DC’s Justice League cartoons a few years after they were made, and they were vastly superior in terms of acting and animation. So I went into the new reboot/continuation out if curiosity, thinking I’d give it an episode or two.
Ep 1: Meh. Animation in the same style, but vastly improved. Voice acting is similar, but somehow much better. ‘For fans of the old show.’
Ep 2: This is better.
Ep 3: I think this might actually be quite good.
Ep 4: First half made me think ‘This is wasting minutes of my life’. 2nd half was getting back on form.
Ep 5: Oh wow! Fantastic work. It’s like the previous episodes were just the warmup.
It’s good. Far better than I would have expected.
However, I don’t think it’s on par with Invincible, which I reckon is far better than most live action superhero live action films out TV.
Looking forward to where they go from here.
SpudLink said:
For context: I was reading X-Men comics religiously from the late ‘70s to late ‘80s. After which I dropped in and out, buying the occasional collection of issues. When the ‘90s cartoon came along I wasn’t interested, but gave it a try a few years after. Thought the voice acting made it unwatchable. Also tried DC’s Justice League cartoons a few years after they were made, and they were vastly superior in terms of acting and animation.
So I went into the new reboot/continuation out if curiosity, thinking I’d give it an episode or two.
Ep 1: Meh. Animation in the same style, but vastly improved. Voice acting is similar, but somehow much better. ‘For fans of the old show.’
Ep 2: This is better.
Ep 3: I think this might actually be quite good.
Ep 4: First half made me think ‘This is wasting minutes of my life’. 2nd half was getting back on form.
Ep 5: Oh wow! Fantastic work. It’s like the previous episodes were just the warmup.
It’s good. Far better than I would have expected.
However, I don’t think it’s on par with Invincible, which I reckon is far better than most live action superhero live action films out TV.
Looking forward to where they go from here.
Invincible is incredible don't get me wrong, but this has done a hell of a lot in just 5 episodes (that are half the runtime of Invincible remember). Not even the biggest episodes of the series either which after 5 I'm pretty shocked by. Apparently 8-10 are massive.So I went into the new reboot/continuation out if curiosity, thinking I’d give it an episode or two.
Ep 1: Meh. Animation in the same style, but vastly improved. Voice acting is similar, but somehow much better. ‘For fans of the old show.’
Ep 2: This is better.
Ep 3: I think this might actually be quite good.
Ep 4: First half made me think ‘This is wasting minutes of my life’. 2nd half was getting back on form.
Ep 5: Oh wow! Fantastic work. It’s like the previous episodes were just the warmup.
It’s good. Far better than I would have expected.
However, I don’t think it’s on par with Invincible, which I reckon is far better than most live action superhero live action films out TV.
Looking forward to where they go from here.
ThomW said:
I can see the showrunner is trying to put his stamp on the genre with Ep5 - that's a pretty bold move killing off ttwo main characters. Though I'm going to assume Magneto won't stay dead, he was resurrected by the Morlocks in the comics, so that may happen.
The showrunner was sacked just before the show aired (nothing to do with the show, issues outside it). He mentioned that when he first pitched the idea of bringing the show back in 2018 (I think), he pitched episode 5. He's described the arc as a bit pre/post 9/11 in terms of Ep 5 and how the season plays out. C5_Steve said:
ThomW said:
I can see the showrunner is trying to put his stamp on the genre with Ep5 - that's a pretty bold move killing off ttwo main characters. Though I'm going to assume Magneto won't stay dead, he was resurrected by the Morlocks in the comics, so that may happen.
The showrunner was sacked just before the show aired (nothing to do with the show, issues outside it). He mentioned that when he first pitched the idea of bringing the show back in 2018 (I think), he pitched episode 5. He's described the arc as a bit pre/post 9/11 in terms of Ep 5 and how the season plays out. It's the world of superheroes, so when the time comes there are dozens of ways for the writers to easily bring characters back, or undo the whole thing with time travel. But until then, they have the potential to give us a story as good as anything we've seen from Marvel.
SpudLink said:
C5_Steve said:
ThomW said:
I can see the showrunner is trying to put his stamp on the genre with Ep5 - that's a pretty bold move killing off ttwo main characters. Though I'm going to assume Magneto won't stay dead, he was resurrected by the Morlocks in the comics, so that may happen.
The showrunner was sacked just before the show aired (nothing to do with the show, issues outside it). He mentioned that when he first pitched the idea of bringing the show back in 2018 (I think), he pitched episode 5. He's described the arc as a bit pre/post 9/11 in terms of Ep 5 and how the season plays out. It's the world of superheroes, so when the time comes there are dozens of ways for the writers to easily bring characters back, or undo the whole thing with time travel. But until then, they have the potential to give us a story as good as anything we've seen from Marvel.
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