X-Men: Volume Three and X-Men Volume Four Reviews (Spoilers)

[mattzimmer]

Upcoming Reviews on this journal include Heroes: Season 3, Star Trek: The Next Generation Season Four, Wallace and Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death and Alias Season Three.

Comments

[90scartoonman]

I haven't even made it past the first season, ack, but a lot of these episodes are still fresh in my memory

[mattzimmer]

Dazzled: Cool info on the comics. Thanks!

The Fate Of The Phoenix: Yeah, but you can almost understand a retcon years later. At least they didn't completely cop-out during the story itself like the cartoon did.

Weapon X: Angel is the only thing in the cartoon that doesn't jibe. And I don't find it so much a continuity glitch as untapped potential for a VERY juicy storyline that never happened. I dislike Spider-Man's continuity because the show was too fast paced for it's own good and them squeezing in flashbacks even more than was necessary made the terrible pacing of the show even worse.

One Man's Worth: I'm glad they explored it in the comics even though I like Storm and Black Panther together. I wish they had wound up together on the old show.

Courage: I think Morph was interesting for that reason. I know he was created for the series but did they ever use him in the comics like DC used Harley Quinn and Renee Montoya?

[90scartoonman]

I remember Spider-Man squeezing stuff in, but not so much fast paced...maybe I'm remembering it wrong.

I think Morph was a character from another universe who appeared briefly before the X-Men cartoon. I could be wrong about that, but about 10 years ago, there was this new X-title called Exiles that had mutants from different dimensions in a Sliders-type situation, and Morph was one of them.

[mattzimmer]

Spider-Man: It wasn't as bad in the earlier episodes. It wasn't until they got into seasons two and three that the show became overstuffed and never had an off switch. I GET that it was aimed at the MTV generation but even Sesame Street allows you to catch your breath.

Morph: Thanks for the info.

[90scartoonman]

Sanctuary - Proves why Magneto is one of the greatest and most interesting villains there is

[mattzimmer]

Sanctuary: I like it better when Magneto isn't a villain and this episode was one of the reasons why.

Beyond Good And Evil: I'm pretty sure The Phalanx Covenant rocked and even though I've never seen it from the story desciption Storm Front sounds pretty cool too.

Secrets Not Long Buried: Funny, you should mention Igthorn as here Toad almost looks like a stickier version of Toadie. I wonder if the Gummi Bears producers had him in mind when developing the Ogres.

Family Ties: See, I completely forgot that Quicksilver became a hero because of Evoltion and WATXM. It's something Wolverine needs to explore in the second season.