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So, I've just watched the first 2 episodes of X-men'97.

Episode one...decent, if a bit straightforward dialogue wise, but I suppose that is to be expected from an episode clearly meant to refamiliarize the audience with the series.

Episode 2 on the other hand is an absolute tour de force for 1 particular character, and I'm really surprised that a certain thing happens so early in the series (I was expecting a more drawn out approach to this event). If the rest of the series is as good as this episode then i think it will be very popular.

I am not a fan of the animation. There are just times when it looks... off.

Episode 1 was decent, but 2 was actually really good. Looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Pretty great.

Looking forward to more Sinister.

I like the way in which they are handling this Good twist on it.

I hope we get some more apocalypse.

Just watched episode 1.

Erm... I think that I might be going into shock. Or possibly having a stroke.

I really liked it. Didn't see that coming!

I mean, they somehow managed to make Cyclops cool. Okay, he's still a jerk, but it just manages to work.

I noticed that Jennifer Hale is doing the voice of Jean Grey, so that's always going to be a win in my book.

The thing the original cartoon understood and this does as well is that to make Cyclops work as a character, the team has to fight as a team using their powers together in interesting ways that Cyclops coordinates. There's a reason the quintessential X-Men fight is "getting off Juggernaut's helmet so he can be shut down telepathically".

Show is definitely a stunner. My one gripe is that in replicating the 90's show its replicated a era before voice acting was taken seriously and the dialog here is too good for some of the delivery. They do manage to rise above that limitation though and the second episode is real stunner, particularly with Magneto.

Absolutely top notch.

E3.

And it’s another solid one. Briskly plotted, which makes a pleasing change to drawing it out. There are merits to both of course, but a change is refreshing.

And hey, it’s more coherent than the X-Men films!

They kind of bulldozed through that plot for sure. Never been a huge fan of this bit of the X-Men canon so I'm not sad to rush through it, but they did a solid job telling the story near verbatim.

Animation though, was excellent. I often paint through stuff like this but it had my attention the full runtime.

Goblin Queen was a great name for her what with all the changeling, replacement, and baby stealing aspects to it.

X-Men 97 E4.

One for the older generation. Man, I spent many hours playing that very arcade game as a pimply yoof.

‘The Fantastic Four’: Julia Garner Joins Marvel Studios Movie As A Shalla-Bal Version Of Silver Surfer - Deadline

With the four actors set to play the iconic members of the super team, Marvel Studios‘ The Fantastic Four now has its sights set on who will play Silver Surfer, and it looks like they are going with one of the towns biggest rising stars.

Sources tell Deadline that Emmy winner Julia Garner is set to play the iconic comic book character in Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four. Pedro Pascal will play Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby is Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn is Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach is Ben Grimm (aka the Thing).

A female Silver Surfer doesn't make any sense. Everyone knows girls don't surf.

 Ahtman wrote:
A female Silver Surfer doesn't make any sense. Everyone knows girls don't surf.

I thought it was Charlie who didn’t surf?

I can hear the nerd screams across the Internet from here.

I wonder how many people are going to be complaining more about the specific actress and not a female Silver Surfer, yet will be lumped in as "argleblargle misogynist" because of this...

Why? What’s wrong with this specific actress?

Nothing. She is a really, really good actress.

knock it off

Weird choice. I’m only passingly familiar with Silver Surfer and was unaware of any female versions. I would have figured you’d want a solid foundation for the fans after the previous poor showings of FF. Then again it’s also the MCU who’s had some surprising successes when it comes to digging deep into their lore.

I hate now that the news about the movie is going to be dominated by reactions to female silver surfer and giving voice to the worst people on the internet.

 AduroT wrote:
I’m only passingly familiar with Silver Surfer and was unaware of any female versions.

Same boat. I don't know enough about the character to have any idea what going with her instead of the OG Silver Surfer means, if anything. I know Galactus has had other heralds but I couldn't talk about any of them off the top of my head. The best thing about the Fantastic Four is, and always has been, Doom.

Shala Bal is Norrin Rad's (the silver surfer) love interest/wife.

He becomes the surfer to save her as much as his planet (zen la). She honestly isn't much of a character of her own generally. More a plot device for Norrins motivations.

X-Men ‘97. That was a helluva show that episode!

 AduroT wrote:
Weird choice. I’m only passingly familiar with Silver Surfer and was unaware of any female versions. I would have figured you’d want a solid foundation for the fans after the previous poor showings of FF. Then again it’s also the MCU who’s had some surprising successes when it comes to digging deep into their lore.

I hate now that the news about the movie is going to be dominated by reactions to female silver surfer and giving voice to the worst people on the internet.

I can't believe they are casting a human in the role. Aliens need these acting gigs too!

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
X-Men ‘97. That was a helluva show that episode!

Spoiler:

Gambit ded. Magneto possibly ded. Genosha rekt. Wondering where Wolverine is though.

GodDAMN that was an Episode! Like, holy hell! I don’t even know where you go from there!

They did introduce a time traveler the second before things get real. I suspect that will resolve it, but it doesn't really change the fact that that was a stunning bit of storytelling.

Yeah, I gotta think it’ll get undone. It’s just too crazy not to be.

I don't think it's going to get undone. This is just straight up a major event from the comics. What I kind of suspect. is the season finale might be Professor X showing up with his Krakoa era look and a resurrected [insert characters] offering mutants their new home on Krakoa.

 AduroT wrote:
Weird choice. I’m only passingly familiar with Silver Surfer and was unaware of any female versions. I would have figured you’d want a solid foundation for the fans after the previous poor showings of FF. Then again it’s also the MCU who’s had some surprising successes when it comes to digging deep into their lore.

I know nothing about the character, but it honestly seems like a solid move to avoid just having this movie be a remake of the previous one. We've already seen the original Silver Surfer on the screen. I'd rather see something new.

Anywhere they can avoid having to rehash the same character stories is worthwhile, for mine.