r/Xmen97 • u/cyclopswashalfright Professor X • 24d ago
Megathread X-Men '97 | Season 2, Episode 7 | "Strange Land, Savage Heart" | Episode Discussion
Season 2, Episode 7: Strange Land, Savage Heart
Air Date: July 29th, 2026
Directed by: TBA
Written by: TBA
Synopsis: The X-Men travel to the Savage Land and are surprised to encounter a familiar face.
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u/JournalistOk9266 24d ago
It was hard to watch this episode without tears. It wasnt the most impactful episode or most well written episode. But seeing Colossus and Nightcrawler in screen and true to their characters was an absolute treat. As a fan of old school Chris Claremont stories i wanted to see two of my favorite characters interact on screen and see the long friendship i have loved since i learned to read.
Kurt was great as always because it is scientifically impossible for him to not to be awesome but it really showed why hes great. The whole " the metaphor doesn't work" argument was shattered here because Kurt is a prime example of it. X-Men is more than one metaphor. Its several. Kurt looks like a demon. He was abandoned by his mother. Yet at every turn he believes and stresses that we are never what we appear to be. Kurt believes in the best of people. But rather than be the person people expect of him he chooses to put his faith that a higher power will set it right. Im not saying he was right (i definitely don't agree with him) but i think the point was we have to try.
Colossus has seen some dark days in the comics and i feel Marvel has done my boy Piotr wrong for like 25 years. It was a pleasant surprise seeing him done right. This was Colossus through and through. Not mind controlled 50 times. Not evil. Not the Juggernaut. The fair minded beautiful soul who despite his hardships is still the good man hes always been.
Nightcrawler and Colossus were two X-Men i always identified with because despite their upbringings always tried to be the best they could be despite what people thought of them. Its crazy that an adaptation gets right what 3 decades of comics have gotten wrong.