X-Men ‘97

I'm gobsmacked! Best episode yet. Who gave this show the right?!?! Moved me to tears of happiness and sadness within the same episode. FUCK!!

I'm just so happy that my favorite super heroes since childhood (tied with Sailor Moon) are finally getting the quality adaptation they've always deserved.

I hope this show continues to get tons viewership, fan fare...etc be a huge success because I'd love it if they took a big story and made a full length animated film in between seasons or something. The quality of this show has been so high you just know they'd knock it out of the park.

Only note/wish: Need Psylocke to become a main cast member.
 
He/Him
I want to reiterate, after today’s episode, but even after the first two episodes, that there must be a CD and Cassette release of the music from this series.

(Spoiler: I would even accept a VHS, but none of this vinyl blah! Heed my command etc.)
 
Leech saying 'Magneto promised Leech would never be scared again' and then seconds later hugging Magneto while he tries to protect the Morlocks is just devastating television.

This scene tells everything within seconds. Just recapping it breaks me. Genius writting.

Magneto reverting to speaking German was beautiful and tragic writing.

I know it was only a flash but I commend them for including reference to his Holocaust origin too.

This episode must have stirred up discussions in Disney/Marvel HQ given what's going on in the world at the moment.
 
Wait the series went from like 30 to a million with that episode. Holy fuck? The best portrayal of Gambit.. ever? I'm floored. I honestly hope it's not a "time travel fixes everything" scenario.
They well definitely fix some of this with time travel. I bet some others will die to balance out.
 
This episode really seems to be making waves outside of the usual fanbases. My Dad, who is totally not the target market for this or any comic related media, was talking to me about it today.
I think the fact that the subject matter is so relevant in today's climate has elevated it beyond just the typical Marvel spheres of interest.
 
In regards to
Rogue's last words, were they "I can't feel you" or "I can't heal you"? Either way it was so heart-breaking and an excellent piece of acting. The fact that she was holding him and their skin was clearly touching kinda proves he was dead though as she can't absorb lifeforce from a corpse. *cries again*
 
Lifedeath Pt.2 has a lot to live up to but I have faith. I wonder if we will see Storm repowered in it? And if so, maybe we find out that Forge did restore her but she needed something majorly emotional to help her reconnect to her powers. Either whatever the Adversary does to her or seeing what happens on Genosha. Her powers always were closely connected to her emotional state and ran deeper than "she can summon weather".
One thing that I always felt was missing from the animated series was the unique friendship between Storm and Gambit and this seems like a good way to show us that.
 
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Lifedeath Pt.2 has a lot to live up to but I have faith. I wonder if we will see Storm repowered in it? And if so, maybe we find out that Forge did restore her but she needed something majorly emotional to help her reconnect to her powers. Either whatever the Adversary does to her or seeing what happens on Genosha. Her powers always were closely connected to her emotional state and ran deeper than "she can summon weather".
One thing that I always felt was missing from the animated series was the unique friendship between Storm and Gambit and this seems like a good way to show us that.
Talking of Storm and Gambit; my fave line from the original series:

‘Gambit, the term rec-room does not mean you must wreck it.’
 
Talking of Storm and Gambit; my fave line from the original series:

‘Gambit, the term rec-room does not mean you must wreck it.’
It's one of my favourite X-friendships. I like how they seem like they'd have nothing in common, the goddess and the Cajun thief but both have a history of living by stealing and can understand each other in a way nobody else can.
Other underrated friendships I love in the X-world are Nightcrawler and Jean and Kate Pryde and Emma Frost.
 

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