I am pretty sure I had mentioned before that I sat down and watched all five seasons of the 1992 X-Men series from beginning to end. When I got my hands on Disney+, it did not take me that long to have a look and find the show to watch and reminisce on specific episodes. Moreover, I would watch the show just before bed or at random times going back-to-back with episodes and eventually falling asleep not knowing where I left off. So recently and just before X-Men '97 started, I watched all 5 seasons and made sure I paid a lot of attention to the episodes. I had heard the fifth season was not great and whoever told me that, was 100% correct. It was somewhat jarring due to the contrast between all the seasons and the last season. X-Men '97 though, although also jarring, the animation is EVERYTHING! It looks so good and even though some liberties have been taken in regards to how some of the characters look and dress, well only for some characters as they do look the same but with an upgraded artistic style. The same goes for the fighting scenes and scope of powers. I say all that to say this. Did these guys model Rogue's fighting moves off of the Marvel Vs Capcom computer game?
Not to go into too many spoilers because even mentioning Rogue fighting is a little spoilery, but this episode is called 'Bright Eyes', so we pick up after the events of episode five. It is not very hard to imagine Rogue going rogue in this episode but the cameos and name drops were great. I wanted to see Rogue fight the cameo, but in all honesty, there would have been no need other than seeing how well the other person did against Rogue, since Rogue has definitely been pulling her punches, at least we forget, Rogue got her powers from Miss Marvel and drained her of her power I put her into a coma. The cameo felt a little forced but it was good to see nevertheless to open out the universe.
This episode also touches on grief and how different people deal with it. It was touching and well written. I was hoping to see someone or a couple of people come back but that never happened in this episode, well...the other cameo came back which was also good. The writing and dialogue is top notch in this updated series. I just feel like I can relate to 90% of the things said in this show on a personal level. They really know how to humanise these characters. Minor spoiler, but there was a comment made from a famous real-life person, uttered in this show and if you know who Magneto and Charles Xavier's ideologies were based on, you will understand that, it's like poetry, it rhymes. Another great episode! Last week's episode was good, but not a weighty as this week due to the continuation from episode 5. The next 3 episodes are going to be a monster, I can tell.
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