I like the show as a whole. Granted, its not the most original take on the X-Men, and its kind of wierd to see tham all concurrent as teens. Nevertheless, the pots are good and the villainy is suitably comic-booky-nerdcool.
Examples:
Every government soldier, despite being ready, in full battle gear, and having his gun pointed straight at [mutant superhero/villain] cannot possibly hit them. Look, it was fine in Star Wars. But these X-Men have character shields from hell! Geez, why is Magneto so afraid of humans? They refuse to actually try to hurt ANYBODY, except possibly by punching their mutant classmates.
This is fine when you have Juggernaut or Magneto around; they are supposed to be nigh-invulnerable supremely cool bad guys. But it getting ridiculous when they can’t shoot Avalanche or Spyke.
Mutants with insane targeting. OK, people, if you ever lean outside the jet and fire your power such that they shoot the missiles tracking you *at point black range[/i again, I will hunt your creators down and kill them. Not Stan Lee, the show’s writers.
Spyke is a dull nitwit. Granted, he may be the most realistic character next to Kurt, but nevertheless he is dull.
Lance/Avalanche’s attitude is rather wierd. One minute he is joining the X-men to be with Kitty (good episode, too). The next he nearly killing people because he doesn’t like the X-men. Figure it out, will ya? He’s a fun character.
The Biggy. My biggest problem with this show is what they demand of humans in terms of human-mutant relations. Lets See; you battle a giant walking death machine in the middle of the city, regularly do immense property damage simply to have a scrape with your opponent’s, go around mucking wiht people’s minds, and then you say you want to be accepted for who you are? Try learning some control. Try not owning enough military equipment to outfit a small brigade. Try not breaking FAA regulations six ways to sunday. Principle kelly (snicker) is made out to be a bad guy. But lets face it, the man has been nearly killed by Beast, the Pof tried to screw with his brain, and there are rampaging super-powered teenagers wandering the halls. If you want people like him to accept mutants, try showing some respect, first.
Magneto, what the hell do you think you’re doing? OK, so you believe there is a coming war between humans and mutants, etc. Why are you trying to start it now? Time makes your side stronger (more mutants). Maybe he’s counting on the “Humans Suck” rule (see #1), but in that case, why start a war?
Similarly, dude, you had the Gems of Cytorrak and a gene-enhancing machine. Do you now how many people out there would freaking kill for superpowers? They;d be beating down your DOOR to become mutants!
Was there really a reason for having an “X-Van”? It never gets used. Likewise, how was a small heli-plane able to get to the moon in an hour?
Ok, I know I shouldn’t try and insert logic and morality into a carton show, but seriously, ain’t there supposed to be some consistancy, here?
I really did like one joke on yesterday’s show. The X-Mansion was destroyed previously, and they bring in ‘Confidential Construction’ (Your secrets are safe with us.) to rebuild it. We never see a single worker, only darkened cranes and vehicles coming in an out. This fits with my theory that all these giant bases are built mostly by highly trained ninja engineers. No one sees them, they work as fast as a drawn blade, and they leave quietly in the night.
My question re: what’s up with X-Men Evolution is: Where did it GO?? Did they cancel it?? It was on saturday mornings here… the story line JUST STARTED getting good… they brought in the SENTINALS and GAMBIT and all kinds of fun plot twists… then X2 the movie came out… and BAMF! it’s gone. No idea if it’s on hiatus or what.
It comes on after Justice League on Cartoon Network. What is it? Sunday through Thursday? They’re almost to the end of the 3rd season and I asume they will, as is typical for them, restart the series from the 1st show.
TV Tome has news and an episode guide. Click on the news on when the series will restart on Saturday with new episodes. Mid-season they say.
I can’t really comment much on the OP since I just started watching the last few weeks because Kitty is drawn very cute. What an idiot Lance was to walk out. But they do seem to have a sort of half everything back to normal in 30 minutes half continuing story line with major changes.
Yeah, Sunday till Thursday, 10:30 I believe. That, Justice League and Futurama give me my cartoon fix. Last night’s was good. The show is amaturish and the animation not always so hot, but they have enough interesting touches to make it good.
I just found it funny on last night’s episode where Scott and Jean finally seem to get their act together and start getting romantic. The camera pans over and you see Wolverine and Storm watching them, and Wolverine says “It’s about time,” hinting that he approves of the budding relationship.
Well, sure. In the Evolution universe, Storm and Wolverine are teachers while Scott and Jean are students. If Wolvie had the hots for Jean, that’d be a little creepy.
Although considering Logan’s habit of hanging around with the likes of Kitty and Jubilee…
Hell, last night’s episode, in which Scott is abandoned by Mystique in the Mexican desert without his glasses or visor, made me think Cyclops was an interesting character.
That’s a hell of an accomplisment. Kudos to all involved.
I agree, it really showed the problems Cyke faces. Poor guy can’t even open his eyes. It’s worse than being blind, really. Sure you CAN see the world…for the few seconds until you destroy it.
Cyclops has been the focus of this series, not Wolverine. And the villains get some real face time. I like that, and its not something you see too often.
Eh, its’ okay, but I hate what they did to my favorite character from the previous character, Rogue. She looks hideous. She wasn’t exactly Miss America in the last one, but geez. Next, who does her voice? That’s the worst Southern accent I’ve ever heard.
I’ve watched a few episodes, including last night’s. I like the artwork, even if the animation is a bit spotty at times.
One thing that bugged me about last night’s episode with Scott in the desert was the inconsistency of his eye-beam’s power. One scene he’s blasting holes in walls, in another he’s only stunning wolves (he beamed one right in the head, and it didn’t appear to do anything more than slow it down). I realize it’s probably meant to be a kid’s show, so they can’t show him disintegrating wolves or anything, but still. I think they could have dealt with that whole sequence a little differently.
Personally, I think X-M:E is a lot better than the last X-Men cartoon. I mean, really, at least they’re not showing the Dark Phoenix saga every other week.
I might get stones thrown at me for this one, but I rather like what they’ve done with Rogue’s character (ok, maybe the accent could be a tad better!)
I think it makes sense for her to be slightly goth - she’s a girl with untouchable skin - of course she’s going to be withdrawn from those around her. She has to slap on heaps of goth make up so that if people accidently brush against it they won’t touch her skin.
FWIW, I like what they did with Rogue too. A little Dawson, maybe, w/ the Rogue/Cyclops/Jean triangle, but showing her absorb, and use multiple powers at the same time was damn cool. And her “identity crisis” episode was excellent, IMHO (albeit in a suspending disbelief kind of way).
I came here to make exactly Darwin’s Finch’s point about Cyclops’ ability to destroy an entire hospital with his optic blast, but not even phase a wolf with it. One other thing: Why the HELL does Wolverine wear safety gear on his bike? Christ, the guy’s invincible (for all intents and purposes), that’s all the safety gear he needs. A little skull-cap helmet doesn’t do anything beyond make him look like a dipshit.
