By: Brocktoon
I tried to get my kids interested in this show through Netflix instant. On an LCD, the color pallette gave us all cavities. So much pink and orange and blue!
View ArticleBy: George_Spiggott
The music recreation was okay until the bell didn't toll at the Xavier/Magneto moment. I can't believe I know that, but as soon as it didn't happen I realized it was missing.
View ArticleBy: Slap*Happy
Great, now I am reading X-Men continuity articles and good god, the answer to any question anyone has seems to be ¯\(°_o)/¯ Basically, everyone who the X-Men fights winds up on the team, and everyone...
View ArticleBy: Mezentian
I got side-tracked. Pryde of the X-Men is here in full but if you only have a minute why not rock out with the credits? You'd be singing the song all day. This seems to be part of the Amazing Friends...
View ArticleBy: Mezentian
It is basically the same reason Sue Storm is called "The Invisible Woman" instead of "the Invisible Girl." A change which only happened in Fantastic Four #284 -- one of the Byrne issues from the...
View ArticleBy: griphus
Great, now I am reading X-Men continuity articles and good god, the answer to any question anyone has seems to be ¯\(°_o)/¯
View ArticleBy: Rock Steady
As a young comic book reader, it was incredibly transgressive that Jean Grey didn't even have a superhero name. It made the X-Men the most "real" comic book I read.
View ArticleBy: griphus
The Phoenix/Dark Phoenix saga matured her quite a bit as a character, so it would be sort of inappropriate to keep on calling her 'Girl' when she came back to life. It is basically the same reason Sue...
View ArticleBy: Mezentian
Aha. According to the Wikipedia: Jean was added to the Gold Team beginning in Uncanny X-Men #281 (October, 1991).[29] During this time, she was no longer given a codename, but instead was referred to...
View ArticleBy: Mezentian
When and why did they decide to stop calling Jean Grey Marvel Girl I stand to be corrected, but I think it the Marvel Girl codename was scrapped during the Phoenix era (the first one), was resurrected...
View ArticleBy: griphus
Yeah, it is a wonderful combination of the cartoon and the ToyBiz X-Men toys everyone had.
View ArticleBy: thecjm
I really liked the stop motion. The terribly bro-y wrap around, not so much.
View ArticleBy: wabbittwax
This seems like an opportune moment to ask this question: When and why did they decide to stop calling Jean Grey Marvel Girl? Is Marvel Girl not a cool enough name? What's the deal with that?
View ArticleBy: FritoKAL
Well, I have an entire X-Men LjRPG that just got this sent to them with me going OMG GUYS YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS because most of us grew up on that cartoon.
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The X-Men animated series opening sequence redone in stop-motion (SLYT).
View ArticleBy: RobotHero
Cartoon openings are kind of great for quick shorthand introductions. "You have 60 seconds to show our nine heroes and their powers and/or other defining characteristics, plus show all their recurring...
View ArticleBy: straight
Basically, everyone who the X-Men fights winds up on the team, and everyone who winds up on the team they'll eventually have to fight. The rest is love triangles. Everyone is in at least two at any...
View ArticleBy: epersonae
Stupid bro ending. Otherwise, it reminded me of some very weird & (mostly) happy times in college. (Rewatched everything but the last season this year. I'd forgotten how incredibly bizarre that...
View ArticleBy: Rangeboy
Animated X-Men still has one of the best TV theme songs. I even put it on some mix tapes back in the day.
View ArticleBy: Mezentian
And then the DM complained you weren't playing attention to the game, AMIRITE? /I was that DM.
View ArticleBy: robocop is bleeding
I too have fond memories of this show. Back in high school, my friend Perry and I would recreate the essential truth of every episode: He would clutch his fist and say "Charles" and I would grasp my...
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