According to this website, Cartoon Network is restarting the series again tonight. So, if you want to catch up on everything, get those VCRs ready. Looks like CN only has the first episode to the ninth episode or so of the third season. “Strategy X” to “Under Lock and Key” to be exact. The remaining half-dozen episodes of the three season haven’t been shown yet on either Cartoon Network or Kids WB. Hopefully they’ll be released by mid-July, which is when we’ll be back to “Under Lock and Key.”
The above site I provided a link to has some brief summaries of all the episodes as well as which characters are in them. In addition, it says that the production company is already working on season four. What I gather from the site is that the Apocalypse/Mesmero storyline won’t be picked up again until about the season finale or in the fourth season.
About last night’s episode - did anyone else find it incredibly cool that we had the 5 original (comic book-wise, anyway) X-Men working with Prof. X finally?
Yeah, I doubt even Apocalypse would be a match for Phoenix.
(Then again, does Phoneix really count as a mutant? Sure, the Phoenix Force is most famous for having taken on the persona of Jean Gray, who is a mutant, but the Phoenix Force wasn’t entirely Jean Gray either.)
Man, I just saw the last episode that was shown. I want more!! I want Apocolypse! Any speculation as to the key requirements of the third door? For some reason I’m thinking that Mesmero has to gather the four horsemen. So maybe Angel will become Archangel…which is cool, cause I love those metal wings.
Siegfried, thanks for the info! I didn’t have any idea the show was still in production; I thought that like most Cartoon Network series, it was just re-runs of a long-cancelled series.
I’m like the series a lot now, though it didn’t do a whole lot for me when I first saw it. The animation quality is all over the place from episode to episode; one will be beautiful, and then the next will look really clumsy, amateurish, and Saban-esque. (For the record, I hate the original X-men animated series).
And I’m a big fan of the character design as well; they did a great job of making versions that get the point of the character across without having too many lines – again, unlike the original series, which seemed to be trying to animate the comic books and failing. Somebody complained about The Beast, but he’s my favorite! He’s got a big nose because it’s a little bit like a snout; he’s halfway between animal and human. Best look for the character I’ve ever seen, IMO.
Storywise, I don’t know quite enough about the X-Men to approve or disapprove; I can just say whether it works as a super hero cartoon. And it does. The one where Forge invents a machine to slow down Nightcrawler’s teleportation, in particular, was very cool.
And as predicted, last night it’s back to the beginning. Nightcrawler comes in, Wolverine shows up, Mystique and Magneto pop in…
Was it me, or was there actually a little bit of foreshadowing when Nightcrawler says “I look normal!” after putting on the illusion watch? Foreshadowing his later desire not to take it off or to even let people know he’s a mutant? Or am I grasping at straws?
Kurt actually said, “I’m normal!”–an important distinction in this case. I think that his reaction to the inducer, particularly the fact that he turned it back on as soon as possible after Xavier turned it off, was probably deliberate foreshadowing. He was instantly hooked on the device, which gave us a good look at an element of his character that would become more prominent later on.
Yes, although I have reservations because I hate some of the character designs (Cyborg in particular).
Yes! I always wonder why he doesn’t just buy some frickin’ jeans or something instead of wearing that uniform everywhere. I mean, does he even own any clothes, or are they all holograms?
I’d think normal clothing would be somewhat restrictive and uncomfortable for him–it’s not designed for someone shaped like him. In particular, his legs and back are different, which is why he spends so much time in a gargoyle-like crouch. Then there’s that tail. Since the inducer covers it up anyway, why shouldn’t he wear something that fits under it?
I don’t know about them, but if my lifestyle were like theirs, I’d be wearing a cup most of the time.
I’m guessing they’re mostly commando under the costumes–there’s not much room for anything else under there. I do, however, suspect Scott of wearing leopard-patterned bikini briefs.
Speaking of which, are Wolverine’s testicles also adamantium-reinforced, or does he just rely on his super-healing whenever his family jewels take a pounding? (And if the latter, would his super-healing also undo a vasectomy if he got one?)
Nightcrawler and Beast probably don’t wear underwear due to their fur. As for Kurt’s posture, while his spine is more flexible than normal he is perfectly able to stand up straight and the baggy pants he wears are loose enough to accomodate his legs and tail.
Pryde of the X-Men, the abortive TV series-pilot mentioned above, actually did still feature Wolverine…but, for some reason, his character was made into an Austrailian.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
Ranchoth
(Well, it was the 80s…)
Beast’s costume (the blue briefs) actually bug me in this cartoon while they don’t in the comic book. I think it has something to do with the fact that when he’s not in “uniform” in Evolution he’s ususally wearing normal clothes of some sort, so it looks like he’s going into combat almost naked. Maybe that’s just me.
