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Welp, I guess this is as good a place as any to start discussing the new X-Men 97 series here in lemmyspace…
I do realize that 3 episodes of this have already dropped at the time of creating this thread, but better nate than lever
And wow… what a start!
It’s all back! The voices, the cheesy OP graphics with bad fonts, Saturday morning character designs, but somehow it feels different, more mature.
The intro fight against F.O.H. is pretty standard fare, but right at the start the writers give us a heads up that something is up, when Storm and Bishop are knocked out by an explosion.
Cyclops, using his kinetic eye beams to maneuver himself while attacking is a treat to watch, but also his system’s weakness is displayed, when the F.O.H. guys manage to wrap his arms with a bolas.
Cyclops, back in Professor X’s old office, keeps staring at a photo of the original '60s X-Men, as if to say things have changed for him since then, as they have changed for us as an audience since the end of the original series.
The fight against the Sentinels and Master Mold is fantastically choreographed and, but not entirely without mishaps for our protagonists. A real highlight is the Sentinels crying “Omega level threat detected” just before Storm turns the desert sand to glass before lifting the Sentinels into the air and shredding them.
Big twist at the end, which most of you have likely already heard of.
And I hear is episode 2 gets even better!
The whole series so far is great. We as an audience have matured, and its like the series matured with us. It feels more mature but still the same xmen. The series are great so far and im glad i watched the original show before this because they fit great together!