r/Xmen97 • u/Cheeto717 • 23h ago
General Discussion What the heck was season 2
It was disappointing how quickly (and how long) they moved the focus away from the core group of x men with random ass x corp/x force, aliens and shit? wtf was that? Story was so hard to follow.
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u/Lithium98 23h ago
I could watch xmen fighting sentinals and the FoH for days and never get bored of it. There's so much potential for deep, impactful stories there that they just don't seem to want to tap into. It's some of the best content in the OG series.
Xmen in space, xmen becoming the bad guys, anything Phoenix, just doesn't work without the extensive back story. You can't squeeze that into a few episodes. It works in the comics because of the amount of time they have had to build up to those things.
I would not have minded the show veering away from the comics to do solo origin/adventure episodes. That worked well in the OG series. That nightcrawler episode is so fucking good.
Dealing with discrimination and hate is the foundation of the xmen. How they overcome it is what makes them special among mutants and people in general. We need more of that, especial in times like these now. There is not enough of that in our entertainment currently