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@UncannyGirl

4 ай бұрын

What? No Ghostbusters fans at Screen Crush? Where's the Recap/Timeline video? Since the fourth film coming out in a few days is finally covering the plot point which for over a decade was the working concept intended to be the 3rd movie, the concept reworked into the fan loved Video Game, and is an aspect of the IDW Comic's Prime Ghostbusters' dimension.... the idea of establishing newer Ghostbusters teams. (Not to menion, like Marvel Comics... the IDW Ghostbusters comics did its Spider-Verse in recent years too.)

@elonmartin5065

4 ай бұрын

Pryde was great to me

@rocko7711

4 ай бұрын

❤️🎮👾🕹️❤️

@dhmo123

3 ай бұрын

Nope

@rocko7711

Ай бұрын

📺📺📺

I´m from Uruguay and the series took a few years to reach us, I think I was 10 so around 1997. It completely blew my mind. I was already quite into comics and was more than aware of the X-Men so that was part of the excitement, to have a cartoon show about something I already liked a lot, but the main thing was that it expanded my capability of assimilating fiction and storytelling, it wasn´t just about having a good time watching cartoons, I felt involved with the story and committed to keep following it. It also helped raise dinner table conversations at home (my mom loved it just as much as me) that were very formative of my worldview and general culture at a time when most kids are not expected to have either... I´m thrilled with this revival, it really hits home.

@GODsoN_8471

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it came out in like 92 I think here crazy as a kid you don't realize cartoons take years to reach other countries

I still think the Phoenix Saga and the Dark Phoenix Saga were best adapted in this show compared to Fox X-Men movies.

@TheChronicFiend

4 ай бұрын

Thats not rly a hot take lmao

@demoniccharcoal

4 ай бұрын

That’s more a fact to be frank with you

@agentofchaos7456

4 ай бұрын

There technically was no "Phoenix Saga" in the comics. That was something that the 90s cartoon invented. I mean, the comic storyline with the Shi'ar and the M'Kraan Crystal was not called the "Phoenix Saga", and it wasn't a Jean/Phoenix-centric story. Jean/Phoenix barely appears in it. So the Phoenix Saga is basically non-canon.

@IsiahBradley

4 ай бұрын

@@agentofchaos7456 Understood, but tell the Marvel TPB people that :) I mean, there technically was no FF Wolfman/Pollard/Byrne/Sinnott 1978-1980 "In Search of Galactus" story, but there it is.

@saahir18

4 ай бұрын

That's because the X-Men deserves to be a tv show in order to do them justice.

"Tha brave are always the first to die." -MagnetoSama 😥😂🔥

The hesitant “…this was a KIDS show?!” from Doug at 2:31 killed me

The Phoenix sagas and the Green Ranger's saga were must- see, running home from the bus stop-appointment television as a kid

@Irish4oh7

4 ай бұрын

Green Ranger for life!

@GSal6

4 ай бұрын

Rip Jason David Frank 🌹 One of the few celebs I actually cried for when I heard of their passing

@TimmyneutronHBCG

4 ай бұрын

Frfr

@GODsoN_8471

4 ай бұрын

No fucking Question!! Gargoyles had some great stories too

Pretty sure that it was Rogue's voice actress, Lenore Zann, who became a Canadian politician, and not Jean Grey's voice actress (Catherine Disher). And Lenore Zann is back for X-Men 97!

@cg1704

4 ай бұрын

100%, she was a Liberal MP from Atlantic Canada.

Lanore Zahn was the Canadian politician, from Truro Nova Scotia. She is, in fact, returning to the series, and she will once again be voicing Rogue.

I programed the VCR to record it every week, and had the tapes to re-watch in-between seasons. I can't wait until Wednesday.

@KAW101

4 ай бұрын

"This Earth will be destroyed on Tuesday night, so you'll never see it." --Joe Biden.

MISTAKE @ 19:35 - Lenore Zann, who voiced and continues to voice Rogue, is the ex-politician (in Canada). She's a former member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The voice actress who played Jean Grey in the original animated series is Catherine Disher. Disher's back, but isn't playing Jean. She's voicing Val Cooper. Jean Grey is being voiced in X-Men '97 by Jennifer Hale---a fine veteran voice actress in her own right. Interesting side note: Catherine Disher's ex-husband is Cedric Smith---the man who voiced Professor Xavier in the original series. Cedric Smith is still active, but isn't back for the revival series to play Professor X. Ross Marquand is taking over that role (the same man who played the Red Skull in "Avengers: Infinity War" & "Avengers: Endgame").

I had heard the reason Wolverine got an Australian accent was because a script or comic had an interaction with Pyro where Wolverine makes an Australian reference and then folks at the show interpreted that as him being Australian when really he was saying it because Pyro was.

I think a lot of people discount the impact of those Capcom games from the 90's. X-Men: Children of the Atom was so good.

I can't wait to watch The X-Men 97'!!!!! I grew up in the 90s watching the t.v. show and reading the comics/books. Big plus cause it made me closer to my mom and love her even more since she would surprise me with the comics and books when i did my choirs and did good in school. ❤❤❤

The opening theme song still gets me going after almost 40 years

Yea. That Japanese Intro had me looking for Xmen anime for days.

@AleX-zd6bi

3 ай бұрын

Same! 😂

I love how you're crediting the writers of your scripts!

I still have the VHS copies of episode 1 and 2 of X-Men the Animated Series that I got from Pizza Hut when they were selling them in that promotion when the show first started.

@robertbarnes1828

4 ай бұрын

To this day I still associate Pizza with X-Men and vice versa because of the VHS from Pizza Hut.

@ws4jb

4 ай бұрын

Me too! Watched that thing 100 times.

@i.am.not.herbert

4 ай бұрын

@@ws4jb there were two tapes. First episode on one tape second episode on another tape and you can put them side by side and it makes a whole picture of the X-Men symbol.

I wasn't really a comic book reader, though I did read them occasionally. Most of what I knew about DC and Marvel characters came from the animated series I watched, beginning with the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon series, the Filmation Superman series, and the Hanna Barbera Superfriends. I also really loved the Adam West live-action Batman, but that almost goes without saying for a kid growing up in the 1970s. I was 24 when X-Men debuted on TV, but I watched every episode. That show was where I learned everything I knew about the X-Men and was the reason I was so interested in the live-action movies.

I have a theory why Wolverine is so popular: Because Fox was cheap and outsourced the cartoon to Canada which is what led the creators to choose a C-lister in their main lineup just because he would be there to represent Canada. The 90s were such a huge surge for antiheroes so it could have been anyone. Cable, Bishop, even Gambit... But Wolverine was always front and center with the practically forced love triangle that never existed in the comics. The 90s X-Men changed all of Marvel properties moving forward just like the 90s Batman changed all of DC. All because Fox was cheap and the stars just happened to align. : D

I ended up working for Eric Lewald , he was part owner of a Ducati dealer in Glendale CA. He and his wife Julia Lewald are Super super nice, great folks !! I never geeked out cuz it was a Ducati motorcycle shop , no Nerd stuff allowed 😂

I owe my love for comics to this show and the animated Spider-Man and Batman shows.

I loved this show as a kid. Had all the toys, too. I just rewatched all 5 seasons as I’m all hyped up for ‘97 and the show is still just as awesome with a lot more maturity that I didn’t catch as a kid. This show along with the other 90s animated comic book shows also helped me get into comics.

@13:25 Red Ranger helmet spotted in the background! I need to take my Ranger wins when I can get them lol. OH DANG AND THEN THE WASSERMAN REFERENCE. Nice.

I was 22 and had just gotten out of the Navy. I didn't know it, but my first kid was 4 years away. I raised both my kids on comics, D&D, and computers. They are now out on their own and doing fine. This show and Batman bring back lots of good memories

@Fidelis1776

4 ай бұрын

My kid could recognize the WB Animation intro music at three because their go to bed film was Worlds Finest.

We just rewatched the original animated X men series on Disney+ in preparation for X Men 97. Despite the inconsistancies of the animation, the storytelling & character development is solid. We actually taped this show, WB Batman & Gargoyles so we could watch it since it was on in the afternoons/Sat mornings. So happy to be able to watch all these shows via streaming now & can finally let those old VHS copies go 😮 Tried watching X Men Evolution but can't quite get passed all the mutants being teenagers & going to the same high school. Wut? It also dealt with social issues but feels very pre teen by design. I wish Marvel would consider more animated versions of their stories since What If seems to be their most liked TV show. And c'mon Disney, you are known (or were) for your groundbreaking animation. Seems like a no-brainer.

Correction. Rogues voice actor served in Canadian parliament, not Jean grey. Also, the VO for Jean grey is returning but will not be voicing jean grey. Not sure why, but I'm guessing with the passing of cyclops original vo, she may have stepped down out of respect or just feeling odd to voice lines against someone else.

@HorrorMetalDnD

4 ай бұрын

Fun Fact: The actors who voiced Xavier and Grey in the 90s series used to be married. He’s not returning, and like you said, she’s voicing a different character. Also, Lenore Zann (the voice of Rogue) lost her seat in 2021.

@peterhutnick3291

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I was trying to validate that information and came up blank. Cheers!

Wolverine and the X-Men was a great series that should have had a second season.

@designerdiva423

4 ай бұрын

I second this

@shadowlazers

3 ай бұрын

Agreed..the dark overtones..at the beginning of one episode theres acoustic guitar playing the animated series theme

@dhmo123

3 ай бұрын

Nope. It was bad

@troyforce2

3 ай бұрын

It trash. That was the point where Marvel put Wolverine in EVERYTHING. He is the only Marvel superhero that's been an Avenger, an X-men and a member of the Fantatic Four. Wolverine is a little overrated.

@supamariosoniku

3 ай бұрын

Terrible series

What's the best version of the X-Men?

@westonlane959

4 ай бұрын

Keep up the great work everyone! Also the animated series is just the best

@juancortes5274

4 ай бұрын

The o.g. X-Men from the 90's 😂

@rubencomics74

4 ай бұрын

Xmen Evolution

@bigbrandon9157

4 ай бұрын

90s x men and the spider man cross over

@ethanirving1313

4 ай бұрын

The wolverine led X-force team was great.

we were truly blessed with great cartoons in the 90's/early 00's. x-men, batman, spider-man, static shock, etc.

I grew up on the comics but thought the show was OK ... never knew it would be embraced so hard today.

@TheBeeber

4 ай бұрын

Age dependent novelty, like everything else. If you were 12 or under at the time, it was probably awesome to you…over 14 not so much.

@krono5el

4 ай бұрын

the x-men have been so lame since those fox movies we are craving for some good X-men from before 2000. we need our family back and not with black leather.

@thechairman74

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it's totally what age you were when the show aired. I'm age biased and since I was a kid in the 80s, the 90s weren't anywhere near as good, but clearly this show, for the time, when amazing. It just wasn't something that would have even grabbed my attention because animation was basically considered worse than live action.

@JayFingers

4 ай бұрын

Same. 😅

1:37 This right here! This show and Spider-Man are the reason I love X-Men, Spider-Man, the MCU....I grew up in a pretty rural area and there was no way a store there would sell comics - it wouldn't make sense for them to even try - so the cartoons were my gateway!

The impact and importance of the series missed me because I was already in college when it came out and I was already a huge comic book and X-Men fan. At the time, if you mentioned it to me, I would have thought it was just another comic book cartoon and the Spider-Man and friends show that I watched when I was a kid. But of course now I see how good it was, especially to the kids who watched it at the time.

X-MEN THE ANIMATED SERIES WAS GREAT .. BUT .. NEVER FORGET BLADE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MCU ..

"nothing beats good storytelling and creativity" shed a tear for the current MCU.

Please do a video on x men evolution

@claymathewselevator8121

4 ай бұрын

My introduction to X-men

Epic , we going back in Time 👊😎

What about Wolverine and the X-men? That show was amazing, and way more mature than Evolution.

@tdizzle7685

4 ай бұрын

Wolverine and the xmen and spectacular spiderman dont get the credit they deserve

@kenroycherrington148

4 ай бұрын

@@tdizzle7685 True! I would say that, millennials, are in denial that something were good in the 2000s and not just the 90s.

I was 12 when the first episode aired and I never missed one. Loved it!

Im just geeked that you mentioned Spiderman and his amazing friend's! Still enjoy watching it at 50!

No mention of how the X-Men theme seemingly took inspiration from Whitney Houston’s “I’m Your Baby Tonight”?! 😆

Can't wait until the 20th, just rewatched the whole series

X men and batman were my childhood. I love em both

Pretty excited to have this come out. Re watched the entire series on Disney+ last year with my 5 year old

No lie, the animated series, x men evolution, wolverine and the x men are all great.

Thanks for the book recommendation! I always thought the show was animated at 8-10 fps for budgeting reasons. Crazy how they were able to still deliver with one side of production consistently breaking down.

I have collected Xmen since the early 80s. I was excited when they launched the new Xmen titles in comics. Jim Lees art really solidified their looks. Their message resonated with me. I picked my future employment based on protecting those that hate and fear us. I even named one of my kids after an X-man. Any non-comic iteration is tough for me as they miss the nuance to these deep and rich characters. The animated series was the only one that truly allowed for character growth and depth to these classic characters.

One of the best episodes yet. Great job all

X-Men the Animated Series was also part of a series of shows that were connected. Spider-Man The Animated Series crossed over with them and a few other Marvel shows basically took place in the same universe. It was the MCU before the MCU existed. You've got to wonder if that influenced Feige.

Wolverine and the Xmen was a good show too

Thank you so so much for this amazing video along with a wealth of information i wasn't even aware of, it truly took me back to my childhood and reminded me just how epic this show was but also so forwarded thinking🙃

Great work. You really honored X-Men beautifully. Seriously

When I was a kid I used to freaking love the "Pride of the X-men" one shot. I watched so many times, when you played the intro it brought back so much nostalgia

I saw Spiderman, X-men and other 90s shows on Disney + before I ever knew about the reboot, and it made it so much more fun to watch the new episodes

X-Cellent recap ScreenCrush team. You guys Crushed it.

Loved the “X Men at Spring Break” series. The part where Storm won the wet t shirt contest was epic.

fantastic video!

Jean Grey's side-boob suit hooked the young me. Let's see what Disney does...

14:34... BEAST Using TheDevice to Do WhatEver TheDevice Does When *ThePHOENIX* Appears in This Scene, Became *HILARIOUS* To Me, When Re-Watching X-MEN TAS as an Adult.

I remember my brother and I having those 10inch ToyBiz action figures of Gambit, Bishop and Sabertooth. This show was amazing, and we watched it every weekend. X-Men 97 is a really good sequel so far.

I binged the Animated Series over the past few weeks, finished it today. The first 4 seasons have really held up in their story telling and acting. The art is often great, the animation is not always great unfortunately. I was surprised how many scenes were borrowed by the later live-action films. I was surprised also by the complex time-travel scenarios and multiple futures. The continuity and multiple-episode arcs are all very satisfying to watch. I already remembered how the topics were often on the mature side while keeping a kid-friendly format. Slice dem robots and walls, Wolverine. All this being said, I'm afraid to watch the new one for fear it is ruined!

Wonderfully insightful thank you man

Busking Wichita Sockman! That was funny AF Ryan!

THANKS for this, Doug and Ryan!! But don't forget "Gargoyles"--which, admittedly, was in development at the time "X-Men" and "Batman: The Animated Series" were airing on Fox and changed from a comedy to a drama, perhaps not coincidentally--did everything "X-Men" did and more!!! (AFTER HALFWAY THROUGH, LISTENING TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT "BATMAN: TAS") Ah....I see!!! I guess you would say the same thing about Disney and "Gargoyles!" I loved "Pryde of the X-Men!!!" I mean, c'mon, the X-Men done in Spider-Friends style!!! I remember when Marvel was in Wizard magazine (dating myself :)), spinning the bad animation, saying it was like going to a Jim Lee (?) style! LOL!!!

Spider-Man TAS is so underrated man

Fantastic summary here. Spoken as an audience member, I thought I understood the depth of your screen crush, until I watched this segment. I'm thinking Marvel Studios would benefit from yourself, and a few peers of your choosing to help in a think tank, would be a valuable asset to growth of the MCU. It definitely feels like they need some help.

Does anyone remember when Marvel made all those animated Ultimates movies just before releasing Iron Man (Iron Man, Captain America, Dr Strange, Ultimate Avengers) . Those were also test market projects.

Great video 👍

I cant wait for xmen 97 it spawned so much

that forgotten pilot episode has some serious X-Men OG videogame vibes.

@tking24

4 ай бұрын

Loved the arcade game.

I love when you all put out this type of content! I really enjoy learning about the production history of movies/shows. Thank you!

9:42 Every kid had a crush on her lol

I always wanted Colossus to be added to this show

Great vid SC Team!!! Doug's a good boi!!!!

That iconic music was heard years before x-men:tas in the opening score of a hungarian tv show called Linda

Shoutout to Beast for being a gigachad and willingly staying in prison because he knew he was innocent (and wanted to show humanity that not all mutants were a threat).

I liked Pryde of the X-Men, had connections to the 6 player arcade game too.

As a teenager in the 90s, I understood the darkness of the animated series.

I know it's an X-Men show but I hope to see some episodes in this new iteration with Spider-Man guest starring if possible. That's always an awesome team up.

It'd be awesome to see the Marvels post credits scene animated in the X-Men '97 show, showing how the universes connect.

I cry every time I hear the X-Men theme, every time!

The more video's I watch about the 97 show, the more I realize that i actually didn't watch the show much despite remembering it so fondly. I remember the 2 part opener so well because I had a VHS tape and watched it a bunch. (Just like I watched the Pryde of X-Men VHS a lot. I like that animation style, too bad it didn't get picked up).

You just brought me back to my parents living room, watching on a Zenith TV.

Great Vid! Highly recommend checking out the animated X-Men recap vid Ryan mentioned as well to get ready for X-Men ‘97.

Having all sorts of nostalgia right now. And I'm looking on Amazon and rather disappointed to find there's not a complete boxset available (at least, not in the UK). I want to do a rewatch!

"If TheRunt Hadn't Trashed ThePlace, I Coulda Had *TinPlatedBones* Too!" - SabreTooth -

@aretnap3653

4 ай бұрын

I Still Have The "Creator's Choice" VHS Tapes from PizzaHut. (1 Card & a "Mini"X-MEN Comic from PizzaHut as Well)

As many others have said in the comments please give Wesley Snipes Blade his flowers. If the first Blade movie had not been successful, we wouldve never gotten that first x-men movie.

I bought a bootleg VHS of Pride of the X-Men at a comic shop in 1990. Good times!

Doesnt get more 90s than "NOT!"

I, personally, would have loved to have seen Magneto explain that he would never before hurt Wolverine in such a way simply out of gratitude. When Magneto was a boy, Wolverine fought the men who caged him, and murdered his family. And Wolverine would continue on fighting such people all his life. It’s worth remembering that Wolverine is also Magneto’s elder by generations. Magneto feels a kinship with all mutants, but Wolverine he personally admires as a hero. I would have liked that angle anyway.

I few years ago I discovered the day somebody put out a coffee table, book all about X-Men animated series, and I had to have it!! When I saw they were re-introducing the X-Men cartoon with 97 I went back and read the whole thing even though it was more about the production and the voice, actors and stuff I figured I’d read it just to get caught up and see if they did anything different. I suggest anybody who is a big fan of the X-Men should pick that up.

"Of course... NOT" that was SO 90s with the Waynes World reference! lol

@adammcbroom6670

4 ай бұрын

One episode Morph says "makin' copies" like the Rob Schneider SNL character. This show had its fingers on the pulse of the zeitgeist.

These incarnations of the X-Men have also been immortalized by the Marvel vs Capcom series from X-Men: Children of the Atom to Marvel vs Capcom 2 It just makes it sting that much more when the X-Men were axed in Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite

Honestly I've gone back over the last year and watched the animated series the dialogue didn't age well in most parts but still one of my favorite action cartoons of all time.

I absolutely loved the show. I didn't watch it quite as religiously as I did Spider-Man though. The cross over episodes blew my frickin mind!

I would love a Doug "Wolverine" plushie :)

The characters in the pryde of the xmen show are the characters in the Konami beat ‘em up arcade game. I always thought I was crazy as a kid that I remembered the arcade characters from a cartoon.

Fact Check: Lenore Zann (who voices Rogue), was the one who used to serve in the Canadian Parliament, not Catherine Disher (who voiced Jean Grey), who is voicing a different character in the new series.

Xmen sounds like The Black Experience in America or in that case, this whole damn planet. Great character building for animation!!

@ScreenCrush which song is this at the start of this video? I searched hear and there but didn't find it. Once scooty says Not .. after that.. in the being less than 12secs.

Odd to think there's 16 years between the X-Men cartoon premiere and Iron Man, and it's now been 16 years since Iron Man...I feel like there was a monumental shift back then that we haven't seen on this side of the MCU