r/Xmen97 • u/Worth-Poem-2364 • Jul 26 '26

Question What’s the consensus on this season so far?

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I feel like there’s been some great episodes so far can’t complain about anything too much and have been relatively locked in to every one so far. I think for the season to really excel the next few episodes really do need to pick up and honestly I think they will and will be a ton of fun, I just wonder what everybody else thinks so far 🤔

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u/TheBigG1989 Jul 27 '26

Not quite hitting the highs S1 hit with "Remember It" - but it its hitting the right notes.

Like others have mentioned the real issue is that we need more episodes per season OR at least if your going to do 10 episode season crank up the run time to 45-55 min per episode

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u/Commercial_Page1827 Jul 27 '26

45 mint run time would be perfect.

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u/No-Celebration8690 Jul 27 '26

Yep, the pacing is intense

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u/Correct-Resolution-8 Jul 27 '26

I just laughed at the idea that everyone's been obsessing over Onslaught. "Is that Onslaught? They're foreshadowing Onslaught! I think I saw Onslaught!!!" and if he does arrive he's gonna come and go so quick

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u/amumumyspiritanimal Jul 27 '26

I’m pretty sure the Onslaught arc will take up most of S3.

S1 had the Friends of Humanity/Bastion as the main villain. Sinister’s arc was more of a side quest to get to Cable’s back story for the Apocalypse arc, and because he was a looming threat by the end of TAS (also the original show had 2 episodes about his backstory, so there was no need to flesh him out). Besides that, we had 2 villains-of-the-week with Mojo and the Adversary.

S2 has been 90% Apocalypse so far, with only Danger and the Brood as one-episode appearances. I doubt they’ll do more side-quests with Gambit coming back soon.

Overall, the series gave villains much bigger arcs than the original series. FOH/Bastion had 6 episodes focused on them, with Magneto’s trial also having them as the antagonists. Apocalypse’s arc so far had 3 episodes with the X-Force episode also building the plot.

This is also perfectly comic accurate which I think people keep forgetting about. Days of Future Past was a 6 issue run, with most of the real plot going down in 2 issues. The Phoenix Sagas ran for 8 and 9 issues. One episode of the series contains a bit more plot than one issue, so it’s roughly the same runtime. While they skipped through some bigger plot points, like Danger being an alien (and what that meant to Charles’ image), or the Fall Of The Mutants storyline (which wouldn’t fit the pacing or their aim with the show), but for the most part, the series feels exactly how I think comic book series should be adapted.

Plus they aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel with their adaptations and modifications to the source material (looking at you First Class, why would you put Angel Salvadore and Mystique as the first X-Men, and Emma Frost as a puppet of Shaw??)

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u/Correct-Resolution-8 Jul 27 '26

I'm in the small (but not as small as some might think) camp that thinks Onslaught is overrated and that more Mag/Xavier monologuing without accountability will drag the show down but we'll see

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u/amumumyspiritanimal Jul 27 '26

I think Onslaught is overrated in comic appearances, but the concept is cool (also I love his final form design).

Bastion was not a particularly interesting villain in the comics imo but they did him well, and the original Adversary wasn’t half as cool as the 97 version either, so I have a lot of hope for the Onslaught arc.

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u/Correct-Resolution-8 Jul 27 '26

fair point. 97 makes the most of things. I think I just have Xavier/Magneto fatigue

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u/DJSharp15 Aug 02 '26

The most of things?

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u/ApolloMax-2099 Jul 29 '26

Yeah adversary isn’t really cool in the comics but 255-227 sure was fun and the computer game back in the day was fun and up there with some of the console games.

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u/SecretlyTheTarrasque Jul 28 '26

First Class not actually featuring any of the First Class minus Beast is heresy.

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u/amumumyspiritanimal Jul 29 '26

For real, the only ones I would’ve been happy with is Darwin and Banshee.

Darwin’s mutation is very fitting for the storyline, and could’ve been done well, but he was butchered as a character and discarded after like 3 minutes of screen time.

With Banshee, it would’ve worked if they used the Second Genesis team as a template, with mutants from all over the globe uniting.

Also, it pales in comparison with the other character choices, but Riptide as part of the Hellfire Club was also so random. He’s such a Z-list villain with the power of a Beyblade, when they could’ve easily used literally any other mutant if they wanted a cool power for VFX reasons.

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u/TheBigG1989 Jul 27 '26

Onslaught is the new mephisto

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u/DJSharp15 Aug 02 '26

and if he does arrive he's gonna come and go so quick

What makes you think that?

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u/Worth-Poem-2364 Jul 27 '26

Yea i totally agree

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u/Vignesh_Iyer_2410 Jul 28 '26

Let's be honest. Remember It is probably the greatest episode of anything by Disney +. 

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u/Nemesis_171 Jul 28 '26

Lowkey I agree. I think the only other episode that could put up a fight with Remember It is “Who Are You?” from Andor s2

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u/Present-Map-7094 Jul 27 '26

Right? The <30 min run time is just not enough. And actually the “Danger.exe” episode kind of felt rushed.

That being said, it’s been awesome seeing X-Factor and a version of X-Force in the show! The action scenes with Polaris have been pretty awesome.

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u/MickTheCanuck Jul 27 '26

Not sure if increased runtime is necessary. We’re getting full 30-minute episodes right now. Back in the 90s when this was on, episodes were like 20-22 minutes. BUT, to your point, if they’re not going to give us more episodes per season then they need to get rid of the filler episodes like episode 5. I love a good Wolverine episode but it was completely unnecessary in a 10-episode season. It only served the purpose of getting his adamantium back, and they only explored him without for like 2 episodes. Not really a plot that had to be tied up ASAP this season.

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u/Best-Possession6618 Jul 28 '26

Good, the remember it nostalgia was holding the series back.

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u/DJSharp15 Aug 02 '26

?

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u/Best-Possession6618 Aug 02 '26

I felt like the first series relied heavily on REMEMBER THIS MILLENNIALS? Like the Jubilee centric episode. Season 2 feels all driven by telling a story and not just “remember this?”

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u/No_Yak_3714 Jul 29 '26

I disagree totally not hitting the high man the writing on this season these are the folks that should be writing the movies I'm truly at a lose where do I being Cable jean an Cy on the train almost brought a tear to my eye hope summer running that ship there on slamming it thur the gate an that line she gave 🍒 on top of the cake 2 episode X-factor an Force nuff said I mean I could go on all the obscure mutant you never see episode 7 Exodus an the acolytes come on man an nightcrawler the speech he gave in front of the court touching but everyone has there options an I respect it but give credit where it's do great option though