This show stuck the landing as hard as Cyclops’s superhero landing in episode 1

For a change, the X-Men managed to land without exploding in mid-air.

Four Horsemen Gambit as Death Wolverine as Death Banshee as Death Archangel as Death " So much Death"

Typical Peter Parker "I just found Mary Jane yay! Oh no we're gonna get asteroided..."

It’s very rare that a show not only lives up to the nostalgic expectations but actually out performs the original. This is some of the best marvel content since endgame. The writers understand the characters, their trauma, their relationships with each other. They’re all flawed and make mistakes but also grow.

I always liked that bit when Galactus turns up and Spidey and Daredevil literally just sit it out and say "Nah.".

beau demayo did say on twitter that morph's feelings are unrequited, so it seems like just another addition to the x men love polygon

I don't know why everybody thought Val was Mystique. There's no way she would be able to hang around Bastion and Prime Sentinels and not have her mutant signature be detected.

Wouldn’t Bastion need Mr. Sinister to invent the techno-organic virus or to mess with people’s genetics and turn them into Prime Sentinels?

I’m just happy that Cyclops was treated better in this show after the movies and Wolverine and the X-Men treated him dirty.

I think the Morph confession was important because in ep. 3 when Madelyne is showing people what they fear, Morph's fear is having their true feelings known to Logan ("Always with the jokes, eh, Morph? As if I don't know...as if we all don't know.") So them finally confessing that they love Logan in the finale is them facing their fear. Kind of a mini background character arc for them.

The Magneto File also shows his known aliases as Ian M(redacted) and Michael F(redacted)

Lol just noticed that on the President’s file on Magneto two of his other alias are clearly redacted Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender.

Cyclops was the one who made sure Logan was on his team so that he wouldn’t be on Jeans team 😂.

They certainly stuck the landing. An amazing show.

Morph transforming into Jean to say I love you to Wolverine made me cry

The X-Men have always had The Sauce. The are literally just built different. They better have had a DAMN good reason to fire Beau DeMayo because that mf knows how to cook some gourmet top shelf X-Men.

Tbh Sunspot being all over the place with his allegiance and emotions seemed very fitting since he was a teenager going thru an emotional rollercoaster, especially b4 and after his parents allow him to be arreste

Kang did appear in the original X-Men series in a multi-part episode called "Beyond Good and Evil' where Apocalypse was kidnapping psychics. He appeared as a character called Bender who later revealed himself as Immortus, which is Kang from a different time period. So if Kang is involved it would be in total continuity with the show.

I think Sinister was necessary to help Bastion create his Sentinel-human hybrids. They never outright say it, but I’m fairly certain that was his role in Bastion’s plans.

Im very glad that you mentioned how silly it is that Daredevil was like “no theft during the apocalypse please!”

After Apocalypse’s death in the Season 4 finale, he was brought back in one of the final episodes of Season 5 by a cult. He was kinda left as a tease like “oh what’s he up to” and then the show ended for 30 years.

I thi j the reasoning for nightcrawler trying to fight bastion by himself temporarily was more to distract bastion more than to attempt to solo him. Nightcrawlers smart enough to know he can’t solo, but he also knows how distracting he can be with his power

Imagine if morph turned into mystique at the end. We would spend the whole time until season two like "Wait... did morph turned into mystique? Was he always mystique? Wich one has a crush on logan?". Now that's a cliffhanger.

Beau confirmed for the wolverine/morph stuff, wolverine sees it as a bromance while morph wants something more, very tragic :(

My main takeaways: - really thought they were teasing onslaught and outback Xmen - we need Spider-Man 98 - I wish we saw Carol Danvers in the cameo section to know she is okay after Rogue - Weird that they chose T’Chaka after T’Challa was shown in the 90s shows (are they still nervous to recast T’Challa after Bozeman?)

12:52 8 girlfriends. Half of them dead. 'Cause "that's how it usually goes." 💀

@19:00 I actually loved this part because nothing will pull you out of a stupor quicker than the love of your life. Beau used this same mechanic disguised as a double entendre when Morph turned into Jean and told Logan they love him while Logan was on the respiratory and you instantly saw his breath as his brain registered her voice while in the coma. Plus we all know it was really Morph saying how he felt to Logan which is a perfect parallel to how Logan feels for Jean in both having crushes on these people who are not interested in them like that back. And this happens often in life so I love when writers are able to weave those moments and feelings into a story for those who can relate.

"Where's Multiple Man?" * cuts to him dancing *

I definitely took it as Morph saying they love Wolverine. I think there's some kind of crazy, not even love triangle, but more like a love pentagon. Because obviously Scott loves Jean and Madelyne. Logan loves Jean, and probably Madelyne. I'm sure if both Jean and Madelyne stuck around, Logan would have tried to get together with one of them. And then Morph loves Logan. I fully assume they do it. And maybe for Logan it's stress relief, but Morph feels more than just a casual relationship

10:01 idk, I saw those wings and thought "Xanatos' Gargoyle armor"

X-men 97 is the definitive adaptation of X-men comics. You want to know what the comics are like, or at least what they were like in their prime? Watch X-men 97. My only issue with the show was that the pacing was too fast at times, but overall they nailed the characters, themes, and action scenes. Like, these are the best superhero action scenes in maybe any tv show ever. And I would argue that the changes they did make from the source material were for the better, like Cyclops/Madelyn/Jean, Forge's involvement with Storm losing her powers, Jean and the Phoenix, etc. This is my favorite show of the last couple of years, my favorite thing out of Disney Marvel, and I cannot wait for season 2.

Maybe Sunspot’s character decisions and mind changing that were weird, were because he’s a teenager and his feelings and decision making skills aren’t fully developed yet.

If you want British, Peter Serafinowicz would be a great mister sinister

Oddly enough... No, Magneto never used his magnetic powers on Logan in the original show. I checked every episode and he always threw stuff at him, but never threw HIM (something he actually did in the comics way back when they first fought). I like to think in universe people just assumed adamantium was not magnetic and so he could take on Magneto (not sure why Magneto never did that, I guess he never assumed he needed it?)

If they make Havok a main character, Ill lose my mind. He's probably my favorite mutant.

I think I subscribed to you when I found out Magneto is your favorite comic book character but it always surprises me when I find a fellow Magneto lover. He is such an amazing and complex character ❤

The absolute joy of seeing a 44 minute video of Nando talking about x-men

this has slowly become my favorite Marvel superhero content in tv or movies X-Men have always been the best team Marvel has, and they're finally getting their modern day due

Leach needs to be a horseman and have his powers super charged. JUST to fuck with Magneto.

I did not even see Morph turn into Sauron until you said it.

@18:50 this breakdown of magnetos stormy mind boat made me laugh out loud hahahah

About Morph and Wolverine: In the Madeline Pryor episode, he tells wolverine that he can get the hard to reach spots and seems confident about proceeding, hinting that actual Wolverine wouldve been okay with that. And in the OG series, Wolverine gets especially upset, to the point of hitting Cyclops, when they had to leave morph behind. I know a reasonable team member would be very upset about it, but interesting that Wolverine specifically got the angriest

Re: Daredevil You kind of have to consider the bigger implications. Looting usually happens in moments of extreme panic and societal disorder. So by stopping the looting, Daredevil's essentially trying to bring a sense of calm to the public, restoring some amount of order. Because that's what ground level heroes should be doing in extreme disorder - helping the people on the ground get through it. Looters generally loot because they don't think there's any point in respecting normalcy, or that normalcy is no longer possible and society has eroded. It's not just a finger wag, saying "looting is against the law! Control yourselves, citizens!" I think Daredevil actually cares about the looters AND about the people being stolen from. Then you consider that this is the 90s, when there was a bigger middle class, and that those shop owners might just be everyday joes. They could have even been on the streets, unable to defend their store.

This show made me feel like a kid reading about these characters for the first time. No movie or show, cartoon or live action, has ever recreated that pure nostalgic joy for me in that way. Ever. Yeah, it stuck the landing.

What a phenomenal season of Marvel Television! This season and finale were absolutely incredible, and it really had it all! Great writing, jaw-dropping animation, masterful music, amazing voice acting performances, brilliant pacing, respect for the original source material/90s animated series, and lots of fun/really cool Cameos and Easter Eggs for the fans to enjoy! I'm so excited/hyped for Season 2 and will be counting down the days! This finale and the whole season get a 100/10 from me!

We saw that Bastion has some sort of portal/teleportation ability, I was assuming that Bastion scooped Magneto up with a portal and while Magneto was falling back he had no choice but to watch the Morlocks get vaporized in that split second.

Sunspot, to me, feels like a genuine depiction of someone quickly moving from deeply closeted, to newly out and deconstructing internalized prejudice, to trying to figure out where they fit in the community. He's wildly grasping at straws to find belonging and support. I find his pingponging pretty relatable.

Dude, Exodus is the best part of the krakoa era. He's the most interesting dude on the board. Great vid dude.

I think the Morph thing made a whole lot of sense, from the perspective of a nonbinary homosexual male. There are cis/het men in my life that have been closer than best friends, but physically I was not compatible with their sexual identity. And, I’ve even experienced those friends tell me if it weren’t for my body I would be perfect for them. And that’s okay, I respect their identity and can recognize when it’s more important to have that person in my life even with unrequited romantic feelings. TLDR; most nonbinary people with cis/het bonds understand Morph & Wolverine’s relationship very well.

Very happy and excited to hear that you're doing pitches again!

As far as Morph's feeling for Wolverine go, it's clear that they were closer than just teammates. Wolverine took Morph's apparent death the hardest out of the team by a huge margin, and Morph demonstrated over and over that they know how to push all of Wolverine's buttons. For whatever attracted Morph to Wolverine, they're probably willing to shift into Jean to give Wolverine a very specific outlet. Wolverine gets to pretend he's with Jean, and Morph gets to pretend Wolverine's expressions of desire and attraction are directed at them rather than their Jean cosplay.

Forge's list might exclude people he knows personally because he knows that they're not available to X-man.

You missed the easter egg on Magneto's sheet that shows his previous alias's as been Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellen😮

Also a reminder we’ve had Immortus in this series before, so Kang/Rama Tut isn’t a huge stretch.

On the time travel thing. Bastion had absorbed Cable's arm, box was in the arm and controlled his body slides, that was the move Bastion used on Rogue. When the singularly took Bastion it closed. The time dialation effect delayed the detonation that scattered the xmen through time. I would say the magnetic field contained it to just them. The someone is probably box which is possibly greymalkin tech which is connected to Apocalypse.

I stumbled onto to your channel & glad I did. You know your sh*t dude! I love it!

I think Daredevil was stopping the looters before the chaos of the Prime Sentinels

I really enjoy this video, you have loads of great points. With Sunspot's arc, I think you're right that a couple more episodes focusing on him would have been beneficial, but I think his actions in the last couple episodes still make sense. I don't really see him going with Magneto as him being radicalized, I think he was just scared. He was just starting to feel safe being a mutant, then he was shown exactly why he shouldn't feel safe. His mother abandoned him, essentially, and he was about to go on a risky adventure to stop the world from ending. Then down comes Magneto with all his charisma, telling Roberto that he'll be safe if he joins him. No riisking his life in battle, no more humans out to kill him, all he has to do is follow Magneto and wait for a while. He showed in the fight that his heart was never really in the "kill all humans" plan, he just followed a charismatic leader promising him security, even though that security would be bought with a terrible price. Which feels pretty believable.

Great video ! I had to pause and collect myself "Daredevil and the looters" 😂. Good point

“I never planned on doing weekly X-Men recaps…but look at the numbers on these videos!” 😅 Totally understand. Gotta make that bread, and we can’t get enough.

About the confusion on how the Sentinel killed Leach and the others but not Magneto, it's actually already explained by Magneto himself. For Magneto to survive that sentinel blast he had to scale down his shield to just protect himself and let the others die, when he realised that was his only option he even told Leach not to be afraid. The reason he was so mad at the world after Genosha is because he was forced into that position, a position where he had to let innocent mutants die for him to survive. That's also how he could see Leach being vaporised and the reason he was mad at Charles.

Cant wait for unexpected weekly videos next season!

Based on my own experiences (and Beau's own comments), Morph is basically in an unrequited love situation with Logan. They know Logan is (probably) straight, so any relationship that could form would ultimately be unfullfilling for both of them. That doesnt take away how morph feels though, of course. It honestly speaks to a lot of young/fresh queer peoples experiences.

Police were out using lethal force during the riots, DD knew looters were about to turn a corner and run into their line of fire, so he saved their lives

Was it perfect no. Was it amazing? Fuck yes! I wasn’t expecting this to be this good. I loved it.

Apocalypse "died" at the end of season 4, and in season 5 Beast and Jubilee encounter a cult dedicated to resurrect him lead by Fabian Cortez. He tried to use Jubilee's body, but they managed to escape so Apocalypse took over Cortez's body. So Cortez is probably dead or trapped inside Apocalypse's mind.

This show was so awesome! I wasnt expecting to like it nearly as much as I did not having seen the OG, but man, the direction was great!

The beginning of the show didn't totally grab me, but by the time we got to Genosha I was ALL IN. And man they got so many characters SO right. Can't wait for season 2!

You actually brought up a good point about the villains. All of the big ones are usually from the past or the future it does show the X-men struggle

I wish James Gunn was still involved to do Xmen. He would’ve KILLED IT.

*"I did not expect to be making a video about X-Men 97 this week..."* Nando can't think of a new intro, huh?

As someone who's Jewish, Magneto specifically using the word "pogrom" is so affecting. And I love Storm's reaction to The Phoenix. And we’re even getting Nate Grey! I guess we also know how Gambit’s coming back. Next season is going to be _wild!!!_

“Are they gonna hug it out” 😂😂😂

finally the nando vid is here, been waiting since i finished the finale. This show turned my girlfriend into a diehard Storm stan and X-men fan

I gotta get my TV as far away from my house as possible !!! 😂😂😂

Dude I'd love to know which voice actor you thought could improve. Everyone was so damn perfect to me I can't even begin to guess who it is.

I think the one thing that bugged me in the moment was Rogue knocking Bastion to the Moon. Like, cool idea and all but get some sense of scale please guys. At their fastest speeds it would take Rogue and/or Sunspot and Bastion days to get from low Earth orbit to the Moon and back, even if you ignore that these characters were only supposed to be able to fly in space with suits or if Magneto or Jean held air nearby for them.

I’m with you on just waiting for an explanation of how Bastion got magneto off genosha. Any teleporters on his team?? Seemed like a perfect set up with Leech countering his powers to “hide” him. The only explanation I got was that Bastion was ON Genosha for the attack. Which is great and, yeah, I missed it on the first watch. But doesn’t explain how Magneto survived (especially since he says he SAW Leech die in his arms) and doesn’t explain how bastion captured him and took him off the Island. I’m not even an x-factor fan boy, but I am ALL for getting an update on that team. Particularly an update on how they feel about having been used by Val AND Bastion against their own kind? Feels like a good time for them to stop punching in their government time clocks and go rogue. I have a very special place in my heart for the og Generation X comics (especially #1-25) but it’s probably for the best if they basically mix new mutants with gen x and x-men academy, and have them ultimately “graduate” to a Cable led version of X-force. I would LOVE to get banshee and Emma co-teaching, but could also work to maybe have kitty co-teach with Emma. Would also be cool to get some of Emma’s shenanigans toying with Iceman’s powers psychically a la early 90’s x-men comics, basically making him aware of his untapped omega level potential. Don’t really see Bobby as the “teacher” type though, even if he is a founding member of the x-men.

I love your casting! Excited for the Brotherhood pitch

Your Xavier impression is hilarious😂 great recap as always

It's absolutely brilliant. Genosha was wild. The writing is wonderful. I teared up during the Cable, Scott, Jean diner chat. Was scared when Nightcrawler was fighting Bastion. Felt like this season was not pulling punches and other X-Men could offed after Genosha and Gambit.

14:00 Remember, Mystique wasn’t really a big part of the first 5 seasons of this series. She would just come in every now and again, cause havoc and then disappear.

It’s was perfect in my opinion. Very pleasant surprise overall. Now let’s just hope it doesn’t take too long for season 2.

I think Morph knows that Wolverine probably doesn't feel the same way about them and they do about him. I think that's why he says "I can't say this, but she can" He wants to tell his friend that he's in love with him and doesn't want to lose him but doesn't have the bravery to say it out loud so he "hides" it behind Jean's voice

“I’m not gonna single him out” we all know who you’re talking about cuz hen was like 3 major characters in invincible, we know…

"Speaking of people we don't see, here are characters we saw in the original series!" The winter guard had a starring episode. And Daredevil taking care of the street level crime is because he see the little people in the big picture. Small business exist and looters are known to get violent, but you think he should call up a girlfriend? Captain America was presented as an ally to mutants who thinks about the bigger picture on a macro level, which is why he doesn't act impulsively. He tried to dissuade Kelly from launching nukes. The dialogue literally never said anything about their psyches combining into Onslaught either, they talked about the risk of shattering Xavier's mind along with Magneto's. Magneto can't see the faces of his family because of his trauma (it's explained). And he never raised the kids and only found out about his parent status when his children were all grown. Sunspot's story was about learning what a real family is; you can screw up with family and they forgive you. He got pissed off and picked the side that picked him after his family threw him to the wolves. They combined launching Krakoa into space with the siege perilous to displace people across time. Morph has very obviously one sided feelings that are not and cannot be reciprocated with every line they say being a joke to avoid dealing with real feelings. Usually your reviews are usually so much more on point and less of a "did some nerdy bro casual do a bunch of reading before making a video" vibe. * HUGE fan by the way, I'm only honestly critical because I care and you've helped me to find more info over the years and you don't come off like someone who would read a comment disagreeing with/critiquing your videos so much as a "oh damn I missed that" or "Naw I disagree but I see where you're coming from" kinda person.

So glad they didn't do Onslaught. The fact that the high road was taken all around was perfect.

My guess for the one actor who wasn't great, Forge? He definitely sounded a bit flat a lot of the time

“Marvel synergy Kang” is potentially the funniest thing Nando has said

Didn't see the cliffhanger coming except for the gambit tease. Love it.

The great thing about the ending is they didn't even beat Bastion. In essence he was actually right about "humans hating their children" with the missiles(mirroring his own childhood). They didn't actually get Asteroid M away, it was Magneto in the clutch, and even if you let all that slide, they still manage to snatch failure from victory by getting scattered across time. The thing is, that's X-men in a nutshell, never getting a clean win, but saving the world, and getting screwed in the process. Edit- Daredevil did face a Prime Sentinel, and got wrecked. Also, looting is illegal, just cause things are going crazy doesnt mean free pass act like a jackass.

There was a point in watching this show i was holding my pee and waiting for an ad. As I ran to the bathroom and powertinkled I was hit was an overwhelming sense of nostolgia of when i used to do exactly that as a child. That moment was priceless.

Pls tell the name of the special. U talked about it so passionately nd then didn't mention it lol😝

Don't know how I wasn't Subscribed, Yours is the only X-men 97 recap I watch. We have a lot of the same views. I like your videos, Its like talking to a friend about X-Men. Also I just saw Beau tweet that Morph indeed was confessing romantic feelings for Logan. Great stuff my guy!

I actually really enjoy the morph/wolverine dynamic.

As a long-time X-Men fan and fan of the original series, even though I wasn't born when the show was around, HOLY S*** , THIS SERIES IS EXCEPTIONAL (pun intended). No joke, this series is so masterfully well written, with phenomenal animation and truly compelling characters and deep dark themes that put the Fox X-Men movies to shame. Truthfully this series is some of the *BEST MARVEL MEDIA WEVE SEEN EVER SINCE ENDGAME* (except No Way Home, GOTG3 and Loki)! Compared to how phenomenal this series is, the Fox movies seemed like amateur student films with such a bare-bones understanding of how truly incredible and insane the X-Men stories can be when you truly hire people who care about these amazing characters. After watching this show and this epic finale, Bastion became one of my favourite X-Men/Marvel villains. Theo James especially gave a really superb performance as Bastion; now, whenever I read a comic featuring Bastion, I'll hear his voice. Bro, the number of cameos in this series is INSANE! Cyclops and Jean saying goodbye to Cable/Nathan had me in tears🥺. YO, APOCALYSE IS COMING BACK IN SEASON 2 AND DEFINITELY BRING GAMIT BACK AS HIS HORESMAN OF DEATH, JUST IN THE COMICS! I can imagine how heartbroken Rogue will be when she is forced to fight the man she loves😭 💔 10/10 SEASON 1 I NEED A SEASON 2 NOW!!!

Daniel Radcliffe is my sinister fancast

The only thing I was a little uncertain about was the Prof X/Magneto psychic battle. What happened there? Charles hijacked Magneto in order to reverse the EMP and then, what? Brought him back? Changed him? Manipulated him? In Fatal Attractions, Magneto was left catatonic. Charles cometely broke him. In Ultimate X-Men, he wiped and reprogrammed Magneto into thinking he had always been a regular guy. In '97, it seems like he brome and rebuilt Magneto without really changing anything.

Nando’s Brotherhood of Mutants, led by Strong Guy!