r/Xmen97

It was disappointing how quickly (and how long) they moved the focus away from the core group of x men with random ass x corp/x force, aliens and shit? wtf was that? Story was so hard to follow.

Besides a whole myriad of other probs...If you rewatch XTAS, they did also have episodic focuses on certain characters and minimal serialization (other than Phoenix Saga) However, what '97 lacks is subtle cues! Take for instance, Morph's return episode (and only having one episode to cover this too!) in "Courage" We all know Scott was responsible for deserting Morph in the season 1 and leaving him to die. in Morph's return, they have a welcome back party and Scott is awkward in welcoming him back. There's not enough time to dwell with speeches and such (producers knowing its a 22 min. episode) but there's a less is more of a few second interaction of Morph and Scott not knowing what to say to each other. Contrast this to...Wolverine not saying a word about Magneto what he did to him....No one except Lorna and Professor (and maybe Acolytes) reacting to Magneto's death. Gambit saying not one angry word or even a mention about Magneto with Rogue. He didnt even make a joke as Poccy ruling his body about Poccy doing a favor killing Mags for Remy. I know someone said we have to fill in the blanks, but I wished we didn't have to rely on that

I took forever to get around to watching this series. I didn’t finish season two until a few weeks ago.

This morning, at breakfast, I remembered this exchange between Nightcrawler and Colossus.

I remembered the next line that Colossus says to Kurt, and suddenly I was crying over my breakfast.

This show has been such a gift with the way so many moments have been handled. Plenty to nitpick, for sure, but damn the Colossus episode ends with such a strong emotional mic drop.