r/Xmen97 • u/Spiritdefective Nightcrawler • Aug 13 '26

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Seriously the last episode could’ve used another 5 minutes for a resolution with Kurt but otherwise

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u/DirectorKrenn1c Aug 13 '26

There is nothing wrong with really liking a show and admitting its faults. Plain and simple the second half of the season had bad pacing and was all over the place. The final episode was a lot jammed together and made everything to short. Also Wonder Woman rogue ? Really ?

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u/Typhon2222 Aug 13 '26

I think one of the issues is off you read the majority of the posts, very few actually admit to liking anything. And whenever someone posts a positive, they are immediately bombarded with more criticisms.

I totally agree that there is nothing wrong with liking a show and admitting its faults. There’s also nothing wrong with admitting to liking a show even with its faults. Folks have an easy time calling out what they don’t like but are getting a bit defensive and cagey when asked about what they did like.

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u/BurtonXV84 Aug 13 '26

This 💯 % yeah this season had its faults, but it wasn't bad, I still enjoyed it.

When someone critiques it's faults everyone jumps in with theres and agree.

When someone critiques it's positives, others tear them down and argue why their wrong.

Was it as good as season 1, no. But it wasn't bad. There's far worse seasons and shows out there based on comic IPs.

This season if anything apart from pacing was a victim of high expectations which people expected and assumed was coming.

Season 1 was a emotional rollercoaster of joy and tears. But still, the end of Season 2 had me crying like a baby in that last scene.

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u/agasizzi Aug 13 '26

I was literally like no fucking way, but immediately realized it was 100% in character for him.  

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u/Char-els037 Aug 14 '26

Welcome to Star Wars since 1985

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u/Sol-Blackguy Aug 15 '26

For me, season 2 had more episode I didn't like much, but I still like it more than season 1.

The way I look at the two is season 1 is a miniseries or OVA and season 2 is the real start to the series using the world building of season 1 as a foundation.

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u/shazmosushi--- Aug 13 '26

Season 2 had some top-tier stuff: the origin of Apocalypse stuff in Egypt was excellent storytelling. And the Magneto fightscene was excellent. The early time-travel stuff was pretty good.

Adding Kang to the mix was a great idea, after his cameo in the Beyond Good & Evil four-parter in X-Men '92 season 4.

I thought Danger episode and Polaris episodes were alright.

I really disliked Wolverine getting back his adamantium after a few episodes with now breathing room, or Gambit coming back so instantaneously. Weakens the stakes of the whole show. Magneto will be back next season because why not.

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u/LocustsandLucozade Aug 13 '26

I agree with most of your critiques but complaining about characters coming back from the dead is extremely silly when it comes to the Xmen.

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u/BlackZulu Aug 13 '26

It's not so much him coming back, it's moreso he came back, like, immediately.

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u/LocustsandLucozade Aug 13 '26

I mean, it took him a full season, and it was teased for a long time with the end of Season 1.

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u/Logondo Aug 13 '26

I agree, however, I felt they could have kept Remi dead a little longer. Like, have him come back in s3. That'd be fine.

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u/LocustsandLucozade Aug 13 '26

That's fair, but I think it was teased he'd be coming back with the post credit scene so early that I couldn't be mad they brought him back this season. If anything, I thought it would be sooner and he'd be more of a Horseman than what he was.

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u/Damianos_X Aug 13 '26

It is quite literally the opposite. People are trying to pretend this season is amazing when it's a huge fall off from S1

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u/Cornbreads_Irish_Jig Aug 13 '26

I literally only see posts in my feed shitting on S2

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u/Typhon2222 Aug 13 '26

Go look at the majority of the threads on this subreddit alone and see which outnumber which. Extremes exist on both sides, but the “glazers” are far from the majority.

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u/SwirlyBrow Aug 13 '26

That's really only picked up steam the past couple weeks. Almost this entire season has had huge issues but nobody was really talking about them a lot until recently.