Another skip day yesterday to consume this 2-disc collection of the old 90s X-Me cartoon. This was probably my first introduction to the X-Men way back when, but as with much of the cooler 90s cartoons, I was never able to watch much of it. Its a little strange to revisit the show, between X-Men Evolution and Wolverine and the X-Men, I’ve gotten used to seeing them in a particular style. While the newer shows have a slicker, animation friendly design to everything, the design of the show very much holds to the look of the comics from that era, which must have made it a bitch to animate(as evidenced by the show’s IMDB trivia).

As the show works its way from episode to episode and arc to arc, its nice to see an ongoing continuity develop and be respected, especially in a kid’s show. Unfortunately, in being a kids show, this often comes at the expense of logic and some extremely questionable behavior from both the heroes and villains. Despite all that, its still the X-Men, and still entertaining to watch the classic tales come to life (and just as fun to make fun of the really bad bits). Throw in a healthy dose of character cameos and the ever-awesome X-Jet, and its becomes a fun way to spend an afternoon.