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[DeafTourette]

Primal, for starters. Holy hell that show is great, though season 2 goes some weird places (even considering how weird S1 is, quite the feat!). NOT FOR KIDS!!!
Lower Decks is also great, the best team cooperative Trek experience in DECADES.
Arcane (I think that was the name) on netflix was fun, surprisingly good character development and action
The DnD podcast show, blanking on their name, has the big dumb barbarian, the elven twins, etc, is decent, if a bit heavy on the potty humor and what must be call backs to the podcast.

Anyway, not sure if these shows refute any complaints about X-men '97, but for my money they are good animated shows worth watching. Rick and Morty as well, though that should be obvious.

The Legend of Vox Machina

♪ Scanlan's haaaaaaaand!! ♪

 

[Dr. Claus]

For the sake of decent conversation, which western-created TV shows (animated or live action) from the past 3 years would you recommend people watch in place of this show?

Just looking for some recent positive recommendations.

Fall of the House of Usher
Severence
I Think You Should Leave

Animation wise, I don’t think there has been more than a single good series helmed entirely by western studios in the past decade, if not longer. And that one series was Arcane.

 

[BadBurger]

Apropos of nothing as I wait until tomorrow to watch ep6

 

[taizuke]

I have a question. I've noticed a couple of episodes refer to a singular X-Men as "X-Man". Has that always been a thing in the comics or the animated 90s show? I don't think even the live-action movies used it.

It's throwing me off a little bit. Even the new Deadpool 3 trailer has it.

 

[DeafTourette]

I have a question. I've noticed a couple of episodes refer to a singular X-Men as "X-Man". Has that always been a thing in the comics or the animated 90s show? I don't think even the live-action movies used it.

It's throwing me off a little bit. Even the new Deadpool 3 trailer has it.

X-Men is plural... The group is "the X-Men"... X-Man is singular... It makes sense and has been used in the comics and movies.

 

[jason10mm]

Yeah, while I'd be curious if they ever refer to Storm or Rogue as an "X-man", or if they did, if/when they stopped, it seems pretty obvious that individual members of the group "The X-men" would be referred to as an "X-man". The usage is inclusive of females up till the late 90s early 2000s I'd say.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

Yeah, while I'd be curious if they ever refer to Storm or Rogue as an "X-man", or if they did, if/when they stopped, it seems pretty obvious that individual members of the group "The X-men" would be referred to as an "X-man". The usage is inclusive of females up till the late 90s early 2000s I'd say.

Well I posted this before

X-Women: The Sinister Virus (lost build of cancelled SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive side-scrolling action game; 1996-1997) - The Lost Media Wiki

lostmediawiki.com

 

[BadBurger]

Spoiler: Recent episode spoilers

Storm having her Man of Steel moment was boss

 

[Toons]

I still haven't actually watched this but literally only see universal praise of it. Probably gonna resub to d plus next month and catch up. Not even gonna bother rewatching the original, i know my x men lore decently well enough.

Glad they got my boy nightcrawler in there.

 

[Toons]

For the sake of decent conversation, which western-created TV shows (animated or live action) from the past 3 years would you recommend people watch in place of this show?

Just looking for some recent positive recommendations.

I'm assuming you don't want mcu/star wars stuff stuff so for live action I can list the bear, reservation dogs, succession, and Atlanta to name a few.

I dont watch a ton of non comedy action cartoons these days(there are still comedy ones I enjoy) but bad batch was solid(im not caught up on it) and samurai jacks final season from a few years ago was amazing.

 

[DeafTourette]

For the sake of decent conversation, which western-created TV shows (animated or live action) from the past 3 years would you recommend people watch in place of this show?

Just looking for some recent positive recommendations.

Animated, I'd consider Sovereign Reign on Max.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

I just came in here to say, Marvel did it again.

That new episode is .

 

[jason10mm]

Well I posted this before

X-Women: The Sinister Virus (lost build of cancelled SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive side-scrolling action game; 1996-1997) - The Lost Media Wiki

lostmediawiki.com

See, this issue here is "X-women" is EXCLUSIVE of men, but "X-men" has ALWAYS been INCLUSIVE of women. So when some radical feminist screeches about "x-women get paid 83% compared to the x-men!!!" zhe is actually creating a false dichotomy as the X-men were accepting of pretty much everything that could cross the threshold of Xaviers school and, most importantly, adhere to the moral code of conduct he established. It was never about gender or any of that, "man/men" was just used as shorthand for "HUman" in a way that pretty much every english speaker understood until recently.

It highlights how pandering it is to try to grab a niche audience when you have all-female teams. All-male or mixed gender teams get no commentary, but EVERYONE accepts them, but all female tends to generate lots of fanfare for no reason other than "hey, nothing but vaginas on this team!". It's silly and ought to be gauche and socially unacceptable, and of course if all women teams could compete equally to the all men teams then none of this would even matter, but we know that there are very few, if any, arenas where all female teams have parity, much less an actual edge. Childbirth, I guess

 

[ManaByte]

I just came in here to say, Marvel did it again.

That new episode is .

The best X-Men content in 25 years.

No, the Fox stuff was always shit. People just liked it because they didn’t know any better.

 

[Toons]

Animated, I'd consider Sovereign Reign on Max.

I've heard love death and robots is good too but I haven't watched that

 

[DeafTourette]

 

[gimmmick]

Well if it wasn’t clear as space yet , it is now.

This show isn’t for kids.

 

[DeafTourette]

Breakdown of Easter eggs, secrets and clues from the new episode:

 

[Little Mac]

Binged all the available episodes yesterday and I’m thoroughly disappointed in Gaf for not getting me hooked on the show sooner. Episode 5 god damn.

 

[The Skull]

Watched all the episodes yesterday and I'm pretty blown away by how good this series is. Like most people are saying, episode 5 was fucking nuts.

 

[Dr. Claus]

Finished it. Admittedly it got much better at the end, but still not nearly as good as the original series. If the OG was a 10/10, this is a solid 6/10.

 

[DeafTourette]

Finished it. Admittedly it got much better at the end, but still not nearly as good as the original series. If the OG was a 10/10, this is a solid 6/10.

There's 3 more episodes coming. It's not done.

 

[Dr. Claus]

There's 3 more episodes coming. It's not done.

Yea, sorry. Poor choice of words. Meant that I caught up.

 

[Vyse]

I binged the OG series and just started 97. Three episodes in and I am loving it so much. Crazy to go from the low budget season 5 to this level of animation. Was a big comic book guy in the early 80’s. X-men was always my favorite. Nice seeing them dip in some of the New Mutants.

 

[IDKFA]

Well if it wasn’t clear as space yet , it is now.

This show isn’t for kids.

Seriously? Full of violence and hardcore sex? That's disappointing. My six year old nephew loves superheroes and would have been really into an animated X-Men series.

What a shame. It makes no sense either. X-Men is an IP designed for children, yet they make the animated show for adults only?

 

[DeafTourette]

Seriously? Full of violence and hardcore sex? That's disappointing. My six year old nephew loves superheroes and would have been really into an animated X-Men series.

What a shame. It makes no sense either. X-Men is an IP designed for children, yet they make the animated show for adults only?

LMBO! No. Just more violent than Saturday morning toons we grew up with. No more violent than Law and Order or CSI: Las Vegas

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

If there was any hardcore coma inducing Rouge or Jean mind fucking sex scenes with nudity going on I’d have them on repeat.

That or any with Storm’s current look which was always my favorite design BUT SHE MUST SPEAK LIKE THIS in the bedroom.

 

[Puscifer]

Kinda hilarious coming into this thread and reading about X-Men not being family friendly.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Apropos of nothing as I wait until tomorrow to watch ep6

So awesome.

 

[DeafTourette]

Kinda hilarious coming into this thread and reading about X-Men not being fault friendly.

Kids COULD watch it but it's made for us fans of the original series... There's no cursing, no nudity... There's certain characters killed and hurt... On screen.

 

[gimmmick]

Seriously? Full of violence and hardcore sex? That's disappointing. My six year old nephew loves superheroes and would have been really into an animated X-Men series.

What a shame. It makes no sense either. X-Men is an IP designed for children, yet they make the animated show for adults only?

The demographic that watched the show in the 90s are middle aged.

 

[March Climber]

Seriously? Full of violence and hardcore sex? That's disappointing. My six year old nephew loves superheroes and would have been really into an animated X-Men series.

What a shame. It makes no sense either. X-Men is an IP designed for children, yet they make the animated show for adults only?

I’d put the level of violence and sexually suggestive themes on the same level as Justice League Unlimited and Young Justice.

This is nowhere near Invincible or old school late night animation on Adult Swim/MTV, which is closer to what you’re describing.

 

[Vyse]

All caught up. Episode 5 was bonkers!

 

[DeafTourette]

He said the thing with an Uno reverse card!

 

[gimmmick]

Not sure how they did it but they topped episode 5 tonight.

Pretty awesome to see executive order 66, MCU style.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I’d put the level of violence and sexually suggestive themes on the same level as Justice League Unlimited and Young Justice.

This is nowhere near Invincible or old school late night animation on Adult Swim/MTV, which is closer to what you’re describing.

Off subject from X-men but it's crazy to me how prudish Invincible is when it comes to sex. Hardcore violence? No problem. Show a tit? Fuck no! That's Western animation for you though.

I haven't watched the last three episodes yet. Has Wolverine gotten any decent screen time yet?

 

[Little Mac]

Why is it every time I see a cool new character, like Quicksilver, Deathstrike, and Juggernaut, I get excited and totally forget Morph exists?

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

I hope Blackheart and Shuma can make cameos.

If not them please have Cable use the Hyper Viper Beam instead.

 

[peish]

Just started the watch wagon, this show is much much better than the fan service palette swap What if....

Pretty good animation and performance and puts to shame MCU recent output.

I give it a reccomended watch even if you are tired of MCU.

 

[DeafTourette]

Love the hidden gems and Easter eggs ...

 

[ManaByte]

I hope Blackheart and Shuma can make cameos.

Shuma can’t.

They wanted him in Doctor Strange 2, but the character is owned by the Robert E Howard estate.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Shuma can’t.

They wanted him in Doctor Strange 2, but the character is owned by the Robert E Howard estate.

So was it a different time when he was made DLC for MvC3 then?

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

Shuma can’t.

They wanted him in Doctor Strange 2, but the character is owned by the Robert E Howard estate.

Forgive me if I can't accurately generate Bishop using this AI but I just need him to describe how I feel about that.

 

[DeafTourette]

I honestly don't understand why some people don't like this sequel show. It's got action, story, world building, heart... And grown up feels because it was made for us who watched the original.

 

[j0hnnix]

This last episode was fantastic. I want more.

 

[Toons]

Im now discovering what its like to not watch stuff immediately on streaming and spend most of your time on social media on the topic of comics because im being spoiled of nearly everything.

But its ok. This show sounds like a treat and I csnt wait to dive into it.

 

[DeafTourette]

Im now discovering what its like to not watch stuff immediately on streaming and spend most of your time on social media on the topic of comics because im being spoiled of nearly everything.

But its ok. This show sounds like a treat and I csnt wait to dive into it.

Bruh... By episode 5, you'll be like "HIRE DEMAYO BACK!!!!!"

 

[-BLITZ-]

What a fantastic episode!
Oh, the nostalgia and yet it feels modern in a good way.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

Fuck man why did Dazzler have to die? So close to having this again.

 

[DeafTourette]

Dude!!!!!!!!!!!! Episode 9!