There are few things that I remember with more fondness than watching X-Men cartoons as a young girl. The drama, the action, the crazy, crazy costumes. Since the original X-Men series of the 90's went off the air, there has been no animated equivalent that has quite brought back the fond memories. X-Men Evolution, which turned everyone into teenagers, was all right, but I feel that it failed to live up to the original series' drama.The latest offering in the animated world of the X-Men is none other than "Wolverine and the X-Men". It's an alternate universe mish-mash of events from the past series, the current comics, and the various (always evolving) backstories of each character. Wolverine is hardly my favorite character, but oddly enough, I'm not put off by the series' focus on him at all.
Cyclops, who has always been my favorite guy character, has been emasculated by the disappearance of Jean Grey, and is now a loose canon. I suppose that's the only way they could justify Wolverine stepping up, and oddly enough (again), it actually worked. Scott has always been prone to melodrama, and now he just stumbles blindly into enemy territory whilst screaming "Where's JEAN!!?" and destroying everything in his path. My likey. :)
In any case, if you're a comics fan, a movie fan, or an Evolution fan, there's something for you to like in here. It's (IMHO) the best adaptation of the X-Men that I've ever seen, be it in movie or animated form. (Yeah, I'm lookin' at you X3.)
I highly recommend giving this a look.
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Yep, I have to agree with you on all points, although something pisses me off about this series.
Wolverine is a soldier- he is no leader. Wolverine and the X-men is a joke title most non-Wolverine (synonymously known as Cyclops fans) have been saying for years. Sort of like Nick Carter and N'Sync or that boy band Ronan Keating and Friends (aka Boyzone). Cyclops is THE MAN!!!
riff - Completely true about Wolverine. Though don't you mean Nick Carter and the Backstreet Boys? Lol.
Wolverine's an interesting character as a loner, but I just don't think he'd ever step up in the comics, nor would Scott pussy out if Jean died. Hell, Jean *is* currently dead, and all's well at the Manor.
:) Thanks for visiting and following my blog. I am an X-men follower too! Wolverine and Gambit were names of my cats! hahahah!
gorgeous- Omg, that's so cool, haha! :D Are you an 80's kid?
LONG LIVE X-MEN! but nothing beats the very first x-men series! My fav is apacolypse wrecking the x-men. When he turned wolverine into a rat. Archangel stopped him by the thingy on apacolypse's back right? I can't remember.
I never seen this show actually. I'm definitely a fan of the old X Men cartoons of the 90s, but there's been a serious lack of good Marvel cartoons, aside from the mentioned X-Men and the newest Spiderman cartoon. The 90s Spiderman was okay for its time, but looking at it now, I'm kind of almost embarrassed that I used to watch it so religiously. I do however think that DC has excelled in making cartoons, whether its Batman The Animated Series, Superman, Batman Beyond and even the Justice League.
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