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God, the show had so much potential. Imagine the posibilietes...

I watched this in its entirety on Disney + last year, I was astonished, on how great this was. When it ended on a cliff hanger, I felt somewhat satisfied since season 1 had so much great content. The ending being moreso of a foreboding than a *needed* continuation, but given now I know it was meant to continue, it would be nice.

This show deserves the same campaigning for a revival that EMH and spectacular do. Not saying it would work just that it deserves more recognition

I would honestly love new seasons for all three shows - X-Men TAS - X-Men: Evolution - Wolverine and the X-Men

This was my first X-men exposure. Making Night Crawler, who has some of the best stories, my favorite X-men and one of my favorite superheroes. One of the most mature adaptations of the character by far.

This show still holds up. Now there are issues with this show but I love the personal issues that arise in certain characters and how they handle them. I love Nightcrawler and his episodes were awesome. The flirtation between him and Wanda man... I hope we get to see it in the MCU. I know White Vision is out there but I want them to move on from each other. Seeing Magneto doing everything he can to be proven right about humanity. Emma finally realizing she cares for the squad especially Scott. Emma should be added in the MCU Xmen then Jean. 8/10 for me.

You can apply the word tragedy to so many superhero shows released between the 2000s and early 2010s. That’s the tradeoff we made for a live-action superhero boom.

We need a season 2 just like they are giving another season to the 90s x-men! I love that show!

I loved this show as a kid, the scene where (spoilers) Polaris comes back gave me chills

I think this is the best adaptation of the X-Men we’ve had. Not a knock on the 90s show, I just think WATX took the storytelling to the next level and really impressively streamlined years of iconic stories into a packed season.

This is one of my favorite X-Men related media. This show was really good and I loved how dark the story was. I'm sad this show didn't continue.

I remember loving this show when it was airing and was so disappointed when it was canceled. The darker tone and character designs were so refreshing

for everyone talking about how Wolverine the X-Men had a lot of potential, I would like to point out this is the only good dark Phoenix saga Sony has ever been fortunate enough to produce.

This series had a lot of potential! Very unique. Plus, Wolverine is one of my favorite superheroes! Since Marvel Studios is reviving the 90's X-Men series, hopefully they'll revive this series and Earth's Mightest Heroes as well! 🙏🏽💪👏

Yeah I loved this show, it came on around the same time as Iron Man Armored Adventures and I loved seeing both. I liked how mature this Wolverine was and how it connected to Hulk Vs and then to Avengers. Ah I really wanted to see how did Apocalypse, my favorite X-Men villain.

I remember this show! It was disappointing that it ended with the following conflict being the Age of Apocalypse.

Both Chris Yost and Craig Kyle are legends of marvel animation (to me at least) both of them combined created and/or wrote for some great shows (wolverine and the X-Men, X-Men evolution, avengers EMH, Fantastic four WGH, the mid 2000s marvel animated movies) they co wrote Thor Ragnarok and created X-23.They should be brought on for more MCU movies.

To me, the first tragedy was that it wasn't the next season of X-Men: Evolution

What I liked most is the angles at which the show captured these characters. I also think it's what's most interesting about not starting with the same status quo beginning over and over. Probably the best example is Magneto and his entire family. Putting Magneto in a position where he seemingly has what he wants really makes other characters and himself question his ideologies in a way that's playing out before us and isn't the same hypotheticals over and over again. We see that Eric has his perfect mutant only society, except it's not perfect. There's an entire secret police and he's hiding his criminals and prison. He's forced to realize but won't admit that neither humans or mutants are as homogeneous in behavior and personality as he wants and just kicking humans out doesn't solve the fundamental problems any society has. I also loved his family dynamic. The doted on youngest daughter whose sheltered and protected (and one day just bursts). The beloved oldest daughter who refuses to stay silent (Wanda was SO good here and this show is why Wanda and Night Crawler/Kurt are one of my OTPs). Then the son whose constantly looking for his father's approval and is privy to all the dirty secrets, but gets the least respect. I wanted another season just to see these characters grow so much. Also to see how the politics would play out. This wasn't a case where the Xmen were heroes or hidden away. I will say I had no idea that this was from the creators of evolution, but that explains a LOT why my child mind taught it was a continuation at times from how similar it "felt" (like the atmosphere of the show).

WATXM wasn’t a perfect X-Men show, and it’s bias towards and against certain characters (like Cyclops, who doesn’t care about anyone other than Jean) is definitely one of it’s pitfalls, but I really liked a lot of what the show had to offer, and I’d even choose reviving WATXM over X-Men TAS purely on the fact that WATXM was never given a chance with all the potential it had.

While I still prefer X-men TAS and Evolution. I enjoyed Wolverine and the X-men. It wasn't perfect, having some flaws (the biggest one being Wolverine as the leader and Cyclops being very unlikable and uncapable of doing anything without Jean), but had many pros as well (specially the portrayal of character like Angel and, my favorite hero of all Nightcrawler). I wish Marvel had brought this show back rather than 97 (at least TAS and Evolution got proper endings. WATXM only had one single season with many plots unsolved).

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Kari Wahlgren who played Emma Frost in this show also played Amora the Enchantress in EMH. She slayed both those roles. Wish we could see more from her.

I think it is rather ironic that Mavel has succeeded in creating a coherent universe over several films over the years, but has failed several times when it comes to animation.... whereas DC has done the exact opposite with a failed cinematic universe and an animated universe that has had a run for over 30 years with a start in batman the animated series and an end with Justice League Dark: Apokolips War ...

I will always respect this show for giving us the Pitch Perfect Casting choices of Kari Wahlgren as Emma Frost, Danielle Judovits as Kitty Pryde and Liam O'Brien as Nightcrawler. Those to me are the Definitive voices for those characters.

This is one of my favorite X Men series growing up and it was tragic to see it ended without a satisfying ending!

I miss pre MCU Marvel movies and shows ever since Disney bought Fox I miss those X-MEN movies

Me going to Marvel Studios headquarters blasting this video at full volume outside of Kevin Feige's office (I am Christopher Yost's strongest soldier) For real though, I would prefer they make one more season of this and/or X-Men Evolution rather than the '90s X-Men show. I mean, I get that it's popular, but I feel like that show is part of a bygone era, and these more recent series had much more potential.

I love wolverine and the X-men show it was really awesome and tons of fun

Man, I miss Wolverine and the X-Men series. Wish they're planning to make Season 2.😔

Another show that's long overdue for a Comeback.

Hope it gets revived like xmen TAS, really underrated show, and so much potential...

X-Men Evolution is my favourite X-Men adaption, it focused on the characters really well, and told great stories around them. Wolverine and the X-Men is my second favourite, it did the opposite, it told an amazing story, and utilized the characters really well. My only faults with the show were the art style, which was a problem for some of the characters, and the fact Logan was put in charge, but when you know Logan and his comic history it's not completely out of the question. I own the complete season on DVD I love it that much, my favourite characters been Cyclops and Emma Frost, which it kind of is in the comics too. My favourite episode is the flashback episode focusing on the first class, as they are my favourite X team.

My ranking of Marvel's various adaptations has EMH, Spectacular Spider-Man, and Wolverine and the X-men as the top three, with the animated film Planet Hulk in #4, and Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse at #5. God I miss the Yost-Verse, that was my childhood.

After recently re watching this series on Disney plus and remembering how great it is it's a crime we never got a few more seasons out of this show🤷🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

Great video! This show was a blast wish it got a season 2

Quicksilver is one of my favourite marvel characters and aside from The avengers movies this is my favourite portrayal of him there was so much room for him to grow as a character in future seasons but sadly we’ll never get to see that

Man, bummer we didn't get more. I LOVED this series, best adaptation since the original animated series by far! Great video!

One of the few series that gave Domino a bit of exposure. I will forever be thankful for that. With that said, this show and X-Men Evolution was my second childhood so to speak. This aired back when Cartoon Network was still watchable.

The show had some great points. One of the best Dark Phoenix adaptions, great use of Emma Frost by making it closer to her more modern depictions. But honestly...it was very much in line with its title. WOLVERINE (and his x-men side-kicks). The X-men work best as a team/ensemble group. But a few episodes aside, this was very much Wolverines world and the rest of the X-men were just living in it. I get what they were trying to do by appeasing the executives by making it about the golden-cash-cow and flipping the script by making him the reluctant leader....but leader of a team has never been one of Logan's things unless it was black-ops...he's done it it, but imo it was never that good.

Gosh, I love this show. I rewatch it pretty often

This show was amazing, i always like it, it deserve more seasons.

I watched this recently and it was really good, like I was glued to it, way better than I expected, id love if they could somehow keep it going

Great video! I’ve never heard of this show, but it sounds interesting so I might have to give it a watch. A shame it was canceled, it sounds like it had a ton of potential. Hopefully whatever’s currently in store for the X-Men in movies and TV is good. I’d really like to see more obscure X-Men get the limelight (basically all the ones from NandoVMovies’ casting videos).

I wish Evolutions could come back with a decent shot, like 97 is... I think it had a lot of potential, if only it had a decent chance without so much external mess all over it.

Brings back memories from back in 2009 when I used to visit the official website just to read the character bios and play the 2d flash games...those were the days

Glad to see this show getting some recognition. My favorite incarnation of the X-Men by a landslide

This was a fun show to work on. We really went out of our way to make it hit hard on the political mutant story. One of the issues that happened was Disney bought Marvel….

I really enjoyed this show and was so excited for Season 2 with Apocalypse. Then it wrongly got canceled 🤦‍♂

The show was all about Emma Frost, Nightcrawler, & Cyclops despite it being called Wolverine and the X-Men and I LOVED IT🗣 This show deserved a second season

Oh man i remember loving this and being so excited for season 2.....then devastated when it was cancelled. So good!

Loved this show so much! Glad to see it get some appreciation

This show was pretty good. I might rewatch it now since it's on D+.

09:38 Well, a year later the algorithm did serve me this episode. So you were right. Does this mean I'm in a future timeline? Am I your Charles?

One of the best Marvel series ever, really felt so unique and had a special sense of peril and new take on X-men as a whole. I hope it gets continued one day!

I remember watching this back in the day! The finale promised so much, and it makes me sad we never got any more.

The biggest tragedy of this show aside from its cancellation is it’s treatment of Cyclops. Man did they do him dirty just so they can prop up Wolverine…

Im going to say something radical: I wouldve rather see this get a revival rather than the XMen 97 show

fucking love this show, animation, story and acting are all incredible. Charles' storyline was super interesting, the MRD is an awesome antagonist, the brotherhood were intriguing and the show made me LOVE cyclops, he was one of my favourite characters. Really wish more had come of it

I was disappointed when I found out there wasn't going to be a second season, this was a good show

Great show and great video. Not this would have saved the show - but I don't know what Kyle, Johnson, and Yost etc were thinking not having Colossus as a featured team member??? The c-tease you in the very first episode in the danger room - where Colossus is training with Kitty Pryde - and then you never see him the rest of the series. Peter Rasputin/Colossus is EASILY the most neglected main mutant in animation - from the 90's series to this one. And I have no idea why?? He's massively popular - and the main team never seems to have enough brute strength heavy-hitters.

I loved this show and was so bummed when it was canceled after one season. It really had loads of potential.

after the 97 show got another season, i was flooded with memories of this show. but i remebered it having multipleseaosns, a whole phenix saga that lasted a season. when i looked it up and could only find i season i was thi king my streaming thing jst couldnt get the others. i am so surprised to learn i remebered so much stuff that just isnt true or is stretched lol

I say this as someone who grew up with the original X-Men cartoon and adored it every Saturday morning. So I hope people don't take this controversial take the wrong way, but I wish Disney had decided to continue this series instead of X-Men '97. the original had it's run, whereas Wolverine And the X-Men ending on its cliffhanger leaves so much open to explore.

Honestly, it is a shame that wolverine and the X men was never given that season 2. Especially since this is the series that got my favourite x man right. Well, specifically, the Grant Morrison Emma Frost. I think the anime got the teacher side down better but I did not know at the time that she’d become my favourite member of the X men. Another mention goes to Dust as one of my favourite new mutants.

Only just discovered this channel and I love that a large chunk of it is dedicated to the true golden age of Marvel animation, the period of the late 2000's: this show, Spectacular Spider-man, and EMH. I would almost include the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes in that mix. While it doesn't have nearly the narrative quality of the trio to come after, it at least felt true the vibe of old-school FF being a series of goofy, fun sci-fi stories following a family of heroes who often only become heroes out of scientific necessity. I wouldn't call everything after EMH bad necessarily but it's definitely regressed to a point that they'll never be that good again. While there's something to be said about the culture of recycled nostalgia we're living through I feel like it's important to look back on Marvel multimedia like this and say "Take notice! This is actual GOOD writing for these properties!" It's funny that the reason they stopped shows like this because the serialized nature turned their viewership away and yet now in the streaming age we're drowning in serialized content. Hell the freakin' MCU itself is serialized content! Look I still have a lot of nostalgia for the 90's cartoon that they're apparently bringing back but I would vastly prefer that Wolverine and the X-Men continue instead. Thanks and keep up the great work.

Everytime there was a scene with Professor X's floating head I couldn't help but think of Zordon from Power Rangers lol

Phenomenal video. I especially loved how you highlighted the writers prior familiarity with the characters and why they wanted to do something different, as well as how they used the corporate-mandated focus on Wolverine to inject their unique premise with a hesitant protagonist. I feel like the unique premise and abundance of Wolverine leads some to falsely assume that the writers didn't "get" the X-Men, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Thank you for this video on this often overlooked show. I'd love to see more on WaTXM in the future.

This show was gradually drifting away from being yet another Wolverine Saves Everything to what the X-Men is supposed to be; an ensemble cast. A season 2 would've been the best iteration of the team outside of the comics.

Glad I picked this up as a dvd back in the day, I don’t know why but it always felt like one of those shows that lasted about 3 seasons but in reality they only had 1 great one and that’s a shame it couldn’t shine more

Can't even remember how I found out about the show. But it was after it was canceled. Knowing that, I kept my eyes open for the DVDs and while it took a few years, I managed to find the four that make up season one. It's such a shame it was canceled, whenever I recommend the series to anyone I tend to give them a warning that we only have this one incredible season.

this show deserves a revival!!! i was so good

I miss these shows man 🙂🙂🙂🙂

Glad I’m not the only one who remembers this show

this was my entire childhood, watching it on release as a 10 year old was so amazing. cant believe they dropped it

I wasn't a fan of Logan as the leader. I especially didn't like how they treated Scott. That said the show was pretty good and I wish it was getting a revival instead of The 90s cartoon.

The problem is that the show was marketed to kids with a kids aesthetic but it’s a storyline for adults. Kids don’t want to see mutant concentration camp. The show was ahead of its time. It should have gone all in on the adult themes

I remember watching this when it air on TV, I love it so much and always wondered what happened with it. Such a pity they couldn't do more

I wept when this series wasn't going to continue on after that season finale. There was X-men: TAS then X-Men:Evolution and then this series came about... It was a crime that Marvel didn't find a way to keep this series alive... I know they are doing a revival of X-Men 97' but I always felt that that series had its somewhat ending (I always thought of it as Charles and Lilandra getting their own adventure) but this series deserves a continuation

The show was made by Wolverine lovers and Cyclops Haters!!!

100 % Agree that Wolverine & The X-Men was Awesome & It’s a-shame that it was only one season. Fortunately for Me Disney + does still have it in the US 🖖🏾

I loved this show. You need to get it on DVD and listen to the audio commentaries, they were informative and hilarious.

Part of me wants to watch it again because I remember being super impressed by it once I got past the first couple of episodes. (Was really not on board with the strong Wolverine-lead push out of general over-saturation exhaustion.) The only reason I struggle to start it again is that while I actually don't remember specifics, I remember the feeling of extreme disappointment of getting to the end of the first season and learning there was never going to be a season 2. AoA is my favorite X-Men story and this was the closest we ever could have gotten to adapting it. AoA is a story that works best if you're led to it. It needs proper setup for it to have the appropriate emotional & character impact. Like the Phoenix/Dark Phoenix Saga of X-Men season 3, it really was only impactful because the characters had been fleshed out well enough previously. So, I'm forever doubtful they will actually make an AoA adaptation.

It failed because it didn't have enough Storm.

This show and X-Men Evolution were much more deserving of a revival than X-Men 97.

6:50 meh, reboots and revivals becoming more common is literally why my all-time favorite video game The World Ends With You, finally got a sequel after 15 years. It's why Crash Bandicoot finally got its 4th game, taking place after Crash 3, and it's why Spyro got an HD revival too. So it's not all bad. It's a way to give dead IPs a chance at coming back as a franchise

This is one of my favorite X-Men projects of any kind.. I was gutted when we didn't get to follow up on that Apocalyptic cliffhanger..

This is one of those superhero shows that I wish had never got cancelled. Same with Teen Titans;2003)& DCSHG(2019).

8:56 Don’t worry, X-Men ‘97 might be a continuation of a 30 year old show, but it feels WAY more bold, alive, fresh, and brilliant than I could’ve ever expected

i was so excited for this show and watched all them when they were coming out. It aired early in brazil or something and i downloaded the first couple episodes before it officially aired. it’s a fantastic show that deserved way more. I still have a box of valentines from the show as well as the toy for Magneto. I was in my late 20s when it aired

I own this show on dvd. I love it. ❤️

Definitely my favourite Xmen series and in all honesty it’s the one that deserves to be renewed the most.

This show along with Spectacular Spider Man deserves to continue as a Disney+ original series.

Series was a must watch when it was on cbbc in the uk. So glad I managed to get the box set once it finished airing

Absolutely gutted when it got canceled. It was such a good show.

Around this time I suffered from heavy wolverine fatigue. I like the character but he's part of a whole and when they reduce the X-Men to his crew of sidekicks it makes things unbearable

I loved this show and was really looking forward to the 2nd season (that cliffhanger was perfect!) such a shame we never got another season

I loved this show! I hope we get a return some where down the road.

Can you do an “X-Men Evolution” retrospective please 🙏 It had the best Cyclops portrayal in media as the LEADER of the X-Men, it created the character of X-23, everyone had their fair share of spotlight, there was no dumb love triangle of Scott-Jean-Logan-instead they made Logan as the “badass uncle” of the X-Men. It was an overall entertaining show with good action and an interconnected story that had a good payoff at the end. Even if it got ended early, they still managed to make a satisfying finale with the glimpse into the future. Yet it remains underrated and deserves to be more talked about. It’d be great if you gave it a go at it :)