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X-Men'97 Season Two Episode 5 A massive cop out. That's my strongest impression of this episode. We have a pseudo follow on to the Season Three episode "Weapon X, Lies and Videotape". Some characters who are pretty important to the lore of Wolverine are basically five minute cameos. The Wolverine/Morph dynamic is very much less ambiguously framed friendship. Ultimately this is by far the weakest episode of X-Men '97. The new Sabretooth voice is probably the most egregious since Bishop in Season One. Some of the fights were interesting, but that's about it. 4/10

For the curious, this is what he looked like in the comics at the time:

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare A surprisingly low stakes action film. With a similar vibe to Inglorious Bastards. A seriously silly movie. It's both at times equally as gory as IB and not at the same time. The cast is decent on the whole. It's funny to hear Henry Cavill not do the Superman voice too. I read up on it being a flop. Along similar lines to 2012's Dredd aka issues with distribution and release. Personally thought it was one of Guy Ritchie's better films. 7/10

Comic Book Origins DC's Peacemaker Marvel's Grey Gargoyle

Yeah, beyond his dream/world view. Apocalypse is far more convoluted than Xavier or Magneto. Due to the immortality/time travel aspect. Cable is worse and their shared history (which thankfully X-Men '97 skimmed over) is headache inducing.

Reminded me of this..

Talk about a cover that aged well, eh? Conversely, The Living Monolith is an X-Men villain (and rival to Cyclops' brother Havok). As such this showcase graphic novel from 1985, doesn't feature any X-Men at all...🫤

A solid channel for somewhat in depth geeky knowledge.

Arty Farty Time Still my favourite X-Man since I was a kid. Admittedly the last few years of comics have really thrown his character under the bus. Making it hard to even like him.

Fair points. Having read the source material for both the past and future storylines. It's harder for me to take this in, in isolation of the adaptation itself. Like the social media "experts" saying that Kang is in this due to the MCU (he isn't, literally the antagonist of the Rise of Apocalypse mini series) and what En Sabah Nur touches is an Infinity Stone (It's a Death Seed). Speculation on episode 5 however, given the mid-credits scene, potentially hints to this: Yet also, a hint at the return of Team X: Last seen in Season Three.

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X-Men'97 Season Two Episode 4 Season one had a mike drop moment episode. That was Episode 5, if I recall correctly. This season does so an episode early. One of strengths of X-Men TAS was when it truly puts it's own spin on an adaptation. Rise of Apocalypse concludes here. In a very different way to the source material. My favourite episode of the revival so far. 10/10