The X-Men movie universe has officially expired. Cause of death: corporate merger.
Fans have probably pre-mourned the first superhero franchise of the modern era, which has been on life support for years, as Disney cleared its slate of leftovers — like Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants — in preparation for an inevitable Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot.
Make no mistake, fan service is the goal of this small-screen sequel, just as it drives the new big-screen sequel for the Merc with the Mouth. Picking up right where the original animated series left off — as if no time had passed since its series finale back in, yes, 1997 — X-Men ’97 is deeply faithful to the spirit of its basic-cable predecessor. Though a little slicker and more polished, the animation evokes the bright, splashy colors of the earlier show.
You could call the storytelling rushed, but there’s a lot of fun in how much this show tries to pack into one TV season. X-Men ’97 plays like an enthusiastic remix of X-Men lore, mixing and matching elements from different arcs of the comic. The show splits quintessential Storm story Lifedeath in two, eccentrically pairing its first half with a Jubilee one-off that evokes both Scott Pilgrim and the old X-Men arcade beat ’em up.
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