X-Men 90s Animated Series - 25 Years Ago Today

[chazraps]

25 years ago today was the Sneak Preview of the X-Men 'Night of the Sentinels.'

I still have my VHS of the original airing, which has a few differences in color/dialogue/scenes.

Here's a clip from my copy with some dialogue that was removed after this first airing, as well as Beetlejuice's sign-off for the episode:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba7YFoegTtS

[BorneAgain]

The acting could be absurdly hammy, the stories convoluted, and even the animation choices more than a little dubious, but this...

..this will always be my X-Men. For a decade that was very mixed for the team in terms of the comics, the series still remains enjoyable and distilled a lot of complicated plots into enjoyable episodes. Considering it and the 90s Spider-Man were more or less introducing to concept of continuous story arcs to American animated television for the first time, its a credit to the writing that it turned out as well as it did.

[Bub (BLM)]

While it's not my favorite iteration of X-Men, I still have fond memories of watching this show every Saturday morning. I always got pumped when Colossus or Nightcrawler guest starred.

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Still one of my favorite Saturday morning shows ever. The X-Men were basically my entry into superhero comics as a kid, even before Superman, Spider-Man and the like.

[Deleted]

Still my favourite of all the x-men cartoons and the beyond good and evil arc is still IMO the best set of episodes in the shows entire run.

[Limity (BLM)]

Thank you for posting this, like many others, I have fond memories of this show.

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

I loved the show as a kid but wow has it aged terribly.

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Without this show, I probably wouldn't have gotten into comics. So many great memories.

[chazraps]

Oct 31, 2017 19:50:29 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

I loved the show as a kid but wow has it aged terribly.

You really think so? Animation aside, the story archs and voice work really hold up.

[Jiren]

This cartoon is the reason I read comics to this day (Batman TAS was not long after though).

I still love this cartoon (Warts and all) and lets not forget that f***ing intro

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A nice retrospective from the people who were there: www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/x-men-animated-series-story-90s-cartoon-hit-1052263

[Limity (BLM)]

This thread makes me want to go to Pizza Hut and get a personal pan pizza.

[BlackoutCreature]

So little known fact, if Avengers: United they Stand had gotten a second season, it would've included a crossover with X-Men: TAS.

[Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill]

I AM STILL PLUGGED IN

[Mozenrath]

"REMOVE SENATOR KELLY'S BRAIN AND REPLACE IT WITH A COMPUTER!"

Oct 31, 2017 20:13:00 GMT -5 Jiren said:

This cartoon is the reason I read comics to this day (Batman TAS was not long after though).

I still love this cartoon (Warts and all) and lets not forget that f***ing intro

I love that intro for how well it sets up the world they live in and giving all of the main characters a title card, damn, that's really well done.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

JEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!

[BrodietheSlayer]

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

Oct 31, 2017 20:07:52 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Oct 31, 2017 19:50:29 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

I loved the show as a kid but wow has it aged terribly.

You really think so? Animation aside, the story archs and voice work really hold up.

Personally I would say that the voice acting is the only thing that has held up.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Love this show.

It's not as tightly scripted as Batman TAS but it is still fantastic.

[Mozenrath]

LADY, YOU PICKED THE WRONG GIRL TO ADOPT!