{"id":550,"date":"2009-06-05T19:06:23","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T00:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.motorballer.org\/beyond\/?p=550"},"modified":"2009-06-06T02:06:27","modified_gmt":"2009-06-06T07:06:27","slug":"dvd-a-day-13-x-men-tv-volume-1-disc-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorballer.org\/beyond\/2009\/06\/05\/dvd-a-day-13-x-men-tv-volume-1-disc-1\/","title":{"rendered":"DVD-A-Day 13 – X-Men TV Volume 1 disc 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another skip day yesterday to consume this 2-disc collection of the old 90s X-Me<\/span> cartoon. This was probably my first introduction to the X-Men<\/span> 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<\/span> and Wolverine and the X-Men<\/span>, 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<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"