The reason the character roster feels weird is that it is not about the X-Men but Generation X. Generation X were essentially the late 90s replacement for New Mutants - a team of rookies learning under the guidance of Banshee and Emma Frost. In the comics they were not stationed in Xavier's School but in the Massachusetts Academy - formerly the Hellions' base of operation.

I actually have a VHS copy of this! Not a pirate copy, not an imaginary copy, not a dream copy, an actual copy! 😂

Wait until you find out there's a Nick Fury television movie that came out in 1998 starring David Hasselhoff.

Until 2010, this film was shown regularly on TV here in Brazil.

You forgot to mention that Emma Frost was played by Finola Hughes of General Hospital for she is still on the soap to this day!

I was an X-MEN obsessed teenager when this came out. It was all we had so we ate it up. We cleared our plates and asked for seconds.

Generation X deserved better. Also, this totally would have been a TV series if it was in the old CW.

I think they wanted the villain to be like a psychic Shadow King type villain, but at the last minute they changed their minds and made him discount Jim Carrey Riddler.

It's funny that this movie paid more respect to Jubilee than literally any of the theatrical films ever have.

I remember being genuinely excited about this movie. I had it written down in my assignment notebook so I wouldn't forget. Back in the day this was all we'd get in the way of live action superheroes, so we had to be thankful for what we got.

The Punisher DOES have arch-enemies-Jigsaw, The Kingpin, Bullseye.

In 1996, there was a drought of superhero live contact. I made sure to get off work early.That day so I wouldn't miss one minute of it.🗣

I still have this on VHS I got it free with a Generation X graphic novel lol

drinking game: take a sh0t each time that he says X-Men instead of Generation X. 🥃😁🥃

I swear this actually came out as a show. Also, Matt Frewer is awesome. What a career.

God I miss Kevin Conroy. I wasn't expecting to get hit in the feels there at the end.

Matt was Trash Can Man in the first TV adaptation of The Stand

Buff was a replacement for Husk, Cannonball’s sister.

Vee at that time what Emma Frost was wearing in this show , was far more conservative then anything she wore in the comics , in or out of her costume 🖖🏾

I pray this entire cast makes a cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine

Holy moly! I didn't know that anyone else even remembered this existed! That's awesome! This was actually my first interaction with the characters of Emma Frost and Banshee. You could go so far as to say that it inspires me to really go deeper into the comics. I still have it from where i recorded it on VHS from when it aired on Television.

Max Headroom as the Villian of X MEN

No joke, I used to watch this movie every month when I was a kid, it used to play on TV in the afternoon at least once a month, I loved this movie, it was the pinacle of superhero movie when I was a kid, now I realize how bad it was, but it still has a special place in my heart.

The thing that stands out to me about the film more than anything is that Mondo is played by Bumper Robinson. Yes, Bumper "The Voice of Falcon, Deadshot, Cyborg, Bumblebee, Rook, War Machine, Black Lightning,..." Robinson. So at least his Comic Adaptation pedigree wasn't tarnished by this, though I think the only time he's specifically returned to the X-Men franchise was voice Bolivar Trask in the Origins: Wolverine Game.

As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I knew EXACTLY what movie you were gonna talk about.

I remember seeing it when it came out, I think it was on Fox, or wb? It was like plucking characters from The New Mutants, X-Force, X-factor, X-men, and made up some characters for the show, I was heavy into comics at the time, so seeing the commercials for this had me hype! It’s not great by any measure, but this was way before the x-men and spider-man movies, so I know its hard for people to understand how things were before the internet but when this came out, the internet was in its infancy, and what we had were books, TV, and magazines, so seeing finally some superheroes getting their own movie was exciting for us comic readers.

This kinda reminded me of The Gifted, you know, that OTHER X-Men show that came out around the time of Legion

I can't tell you how awesome this was for kids born in 1984. We all raced home, had our blank VHS' and VCR's ready, and were glued to the TV. The time slot relied on dull adults to move it forward though. The marketing was phenomenal.. on arcades, posters, the comic shop, commercials.... and then they stick in a late night evening slot 1 time. It's actually not that bad for a comic book movies from the 90's.

So mad at how they did M in the movie. Shes amazing in the comics same with Skin and emma

6:36 He was also great as Rat Man in The Stand (1994). Talking about chewing scenery.

When Jubilee is your most well known X-Men in the show you're in big trouble.

Not only are you mistaken that I’ve never seen it. I watched it when it came on TV for the first time.

Ah yes, the 90s camera tilt, the twin brother of the 90s fish-eye camera lens.

Wait, is one of that villain the same actor who plays the time traveller from TNG, the one who claims to be from the future but is just a conman from the past who found the machine?

Some say that Jim Carrey stole his shtick from Matt Frewer

Bumper Robinson, who plays Mondo (the one who was Polynesian) was in Family Matters and recently playing additional voices in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and played Deadshot in the SSKTJL game. He has been busy.

...I like X-Men Origins: Wolverine...

The Nostalgia is real with X-Men

Shame they cheaped out on Husk because with the right practical effects, her molting powers would be AMAZING in the MCU

I can understand them eliminating Chamber and Husk due to the budget, but still don't understand getting rid of Synch. Sure, his power in the comics has a psychedelic aspect to the way it looks, but that wouldn't be hard to pull off, and anyways, they don't need to put in the visual aspect. At a basic level, his power is to copy the power of other mutants around him, which should be quite easy due to the fact that he'd only be using effects they already had in their budget. Especially if they only had him mimic Mondo, Buff, or Emma, since none of them in the movie really had powers that required VFX. Penance being gone is the most understandable, though. Would have been a nightmare under their budget to try to figure out. Sadly, no Artie or Leech, either--those two are the best duo Marvel has ever come up with, and nobody can change my mind on that (and Franklin Richards was a good addition to the dynamic as well).

The villain Matt Frewer was in a lot of good movies in the 90s.. honey I shrunk the kids and national lampoons senior trip are 2 of my favorites with him in it

I remember this movie because I had the comics. Back then, I thought it wasn’t bad at all. I was in my early twenties…Guess I should rewatch it (or not!).🤔💭

Rather confusing how someone like Skin made it in but not Husk. Even taking the budget into account. Skin doesn't stretch like Mr. Fantastic (as seen in the dubious 90s CGI). He's basically got several extra feet worth of skin he can manipulate (or at least, at the time this movie was created/aired). In fact, for a while he was drawn looking more like a shriveled old man than a teen. *What does this have to do with Husk?* At a glance, her powers sound _really_ special effects intensive; she's basically a shapeshifter with a gimmick of ripping off her outer layer of tissue (husking herself) in order to do it. Except it is pretty easy to shoot around, due to that aspect. You don't need a careful, expensive CGI transition from Husk's current form to whatever she's shifting into. Sound effects and implying some/all of it happened off screen would do... and probably look better than Angelo did in the film.

You went to X-men school too?

Still a better Emma Frost than January Jones

I was 18 almost 19 years old when this aired on FOX back in 1996 and the only thing this pilot accomplished, for me as a fan, was to piss me off!

I watched that when it aired originally and guess what that’s the best we thought we would get

It was on Fox, it’s a product of its time. So it has that tv goosebumps filter coupled with its virtua fighter 2 arcade love, like that x files episodes around then with jack black in it and opens with playing virtua fighter 2 in an arcade. Kids nowadays don’t get how big fox was back then.

Jim Carrey stole his whole act from, "That man."

I watched it on release. Thought it was fine. Again, you have to judge on the curve of the 90's and TV. This is a more entertaining movie that "Steel" for instance.

I remember watching this on Fox 2 in Detroit I just remember it being just kinda of weird . To be honest I didn't hate it

Question: Which movie is worse, Generation X (Marvel) or the Justice League of America (failed DC Comics TV pilot from 1997)?

Don't forget the first live action Danger Room!

Im old enough to have watched this when it aired on Fox back in the mid 90s. My whole fam sat down and watched it with because i was so geeked out, they wanted to know what all the hype was about. I honestly believe it only aired once and was never brought up again.

Matt Frewer was also in Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Lawnmower Man 2, and The Stand!

Matt Frewer also from the Dabney Coleman movie Short Time

Max Headroom! I believe that he was the Mask in the animated series as well.

Thank you for posting this! I watched this on Fox 2 the night it premiered. I wasn't even in the double digits yet so I loved it. Haha

That print ad really activates my nostalgia. I remember nothing about the actual movie itself.

Oh, 11-year-old me recorded this when it played on Fox, and I showed all my friends. I loved it at the time. Movies always changed comics when adapting them, so I didn't take offense.

Yeah, back when people weren't offended by every little thing and could take a diss without crying to the cops and people would just watch a movie and either like it or not and move on.

That was the yummy Finola from General Hospital. back in the day and Staying Alive

I saw this on TV as kid. For the longest time I thought this was just a literal fever dream.

@Vee Infuso Please do a video on X-Men Evolution, aka the Teen Titans precursor.

The characters are mostly based on an X-Men comics spinoff series in the 90's. The first year or two of issues was a good read and adds a lot of context to what this movie is trying to emulate. The cast really tried, but this movie is definitely limited by its budget and the sfx technology available at the time. As for the cursing, adult content, etc. There was a big push in the 90's to market comic books to adults like the Watchmen, Dark Knight, and a few others managed to do in the late 80's. The problem is that most of the time, it wasn't done with mature storytelling or complex social commentary. Usually, the artists just drew very sexually explicit panels, and the writers cussed a lot. That's how we got the Snyderverse 👎👎👎 Those cameos are priceless tho 🔥🔥🔥

Heather McComb is lovely and underrated. She was a guest star on Party of Five.

They were all the same mansion??? That bizarrely feels so mindblowing to me! 😂

is it the only Xmen film that utilizes Jubalee and not just have her cameo? is it really THAT BAD, apart from the fart scene?

Just saw Double Toasted do a Roast on this. Oh goodness!

Let's not forget the other poor earlier Marvel attempts. Dr Strange, 1978 Captain America 1990, The Fantastic Four 1994.

#MattFrewer (#Empyrean) Was #MaxHeadroom & ALSO in #LawmowerMan 2; Job's War #HeatherMcComb Was ALSO in #Hellraiser 3: Hell On Earth & Was Married To #DawsonLeery AKA; #JamesVanDerBeek & #KeriRussell Was HUSK (ArleeHicks) & #TylerLabine Cameoed As: Chamber (See Arcade Scene).

VR Troopers was Waaay Better than this. That's for sure. 😎👍💯

This video made me really want to watch this movie.

I remember seeing action figures of Skin everywhere when this came out.

Matt Frewer can actually act. His brief turn in the Dawn Of The Dead remake is proof of that. Too bad he only got to mug for the cameras in this turd.

Every point you made is spot on , but Vee IMO you should have at least made the point , that since Fox made this pilot trying to hopefully catch onto some of the X-Men 90’s animated series fans , while working on the major motion picture & deciding not to use any of the mainstream heroes or villains that were planned for that first trilogy of X-Men movies …🖖🏾

great video man!

I didn’t know Jubilee was Asian at the time, seeing she just looked like a white girl with black hair in the cartoon to me. (When she actually looked Chinese in the last season I was confused) The X-Men game in the background reminded me of the Double Dragon game in the movie.

“It’ll make X-Men Origins Wolverine look like Days of Future Past” 🤔 So it’ll make a bad movie look like another bad movie? Makes no sense.

I thought that last one in the asylum was terrible 😊

The guy that has an issue seeing a white jubilee probably wouldn't say a word about a black wolverine 😅

Actually, watching Matt Frewer in this video, I can't help but think that he would've made a great Joker.

Here is the thing. As bad as this movie is, I loved it at the time because it was all we had! We waited forever for an X-Men film, and I was a huge Generation X fan (loved them since there were introduced in the phalanx covenant) so when I saw the commercials for this, I cleared my schedule! I still remember being the only person I knew who was so excited! So yes, it sucked, but I loved it and am so thankful that it was made!

I've seen this

For years I was unable to convince anybody this was real. They all thought I was nuts or making it up.

This was bad, but back in the 90s we were starved for anything X-Men based. Its biggest shortcomings is its budget, choice of characters, and a lot of the story.

I know it's hard to believe for the younger generation but there was a time when "super hero" movies or anything having to do with comics were roundly treated mostly as a joke with rare exception (Superman, Batman, etc.). X-Men's early 90's popularity surge was what helped change that, which is also why it was mistreated so horrifically so often. The suits knew that "the kids" that were really digging the X-Men were 10-16 years old, & it was 90's. Hence the schlocky acting permitted, crap budget, and the constant sexual innuendo. This is one that rightfully should just stay buried. Here's hoping the MCU gets X-Men right whenever they get to it, I've yet to truly enjoy any live action iteration of it so far.

Off topic but what are your thoughts on suicide squad kills the Justice League. I think we deserve your opinion on that topic. ...ty

LOL. Thanks for the video. As a big time X-Men, I remember watching this when it first came out. It was bad, but still good to see it. Born in 1970, I did not get into X-Men until the early 80's. Been a comic fan since 1975, mostly funny animal comics for me back then.

One can enroll at the Xmen school. It is played by Royal Roads University in Colwood, BC.

Russell Was SUPPOSED To Be "Empyrean" & #ScottLobdell's "Generation X" Was Actually Supposed To Be A Feature Length Pilot Episode For The Cancelled Full-Series; Which Later Became: #MutantX. Very Much Like "Pryde Of The X-Men" Was A Pilot For The Saban Produced FOX Animated Series (92-96).

14:24 I'd react like Stewie if I saw this movie for the first time too.😂

This piece of sh*t is real?! I thought i hallucinated this movie? Actually i thought it was a show and ppl kept acting like i was crazy, waiting for the second episode.

I remeber this movie. Hell i still have some comics from the time that have ads for in them.

Matt Frewer also played the Trashcan Man in the 1994 TV movie The Stand.

The over the top actor did voice Lloyd in the Dumber and Dumber cartoon. Thats why he is carrey-ing the whole movie 🤣

Another Vee Infuso banger.

I completely forgot about this movie until now and had no idea it was a failed pilot for a TV show. I remember watching this as a 12yo kid and thinking this must be the first live action X-men adaptation and was so excited but ended up being somewhat disappointed by the end. I still appreciated the effort though cos back then the only superhero live action stuff we got was mainly Batman and Superman. It wasn't until the late 90s and early 2000s that Marvel began making their own superhero movies so you kinda had to just appreciate what you got even if it was terrible lol. Nowadays we are swamped with superhero content which is crazy in comparison to how it used to be.

Although Ratchford did voice work on the animated series, he didn't voice Banshee, that credit goes to Phillip Williams. How hard is it to actually check these things beforehand?

The line "I don't like jello!" Lol