This rendition of X-Men features Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Spike as teenagers as they fight for a world that fears and hates them. Professor Charles Francis Xavier, who has the mutant ability to read minds, searches for new mutants to train them how to use their powers for good and to prevent the mutants from harming themselves and others at his School for Gifted Youngsters. His opposition, Magneto "Master of Magnetism", is doing the same thing, but for evil purposes. He has made Mystique who is a shape-shifter, a principle of his high school to gather evil mutants to prepare them for war against non-mutants. The most interesting plot of the story is that all the heroes and villains attend the same high school. The classic battle of good vs. evil has begun again. The new X-Men evolution series is weaker than the 90's cartoon. The characters are mostly adolescence and deal with life in High School. Its like X-men Saved by the bell. The weakness lies in the fact that it seems the themes are toned down for children, Scott and jean don't have a relationship yet and jean is WAY too young for Logan. Rogue actually touches Cody, not kisses, to put him in a Coma. Logan is tough, but not quite the savage he's meant to be. Little things like that show the direction of this show. Whats with the "no kissing between Cody and Rogue" but lets make jean a 36D cartoon character? Looks like Disneys suttle sex standard. Stan lee must be getting too old to notice this stuff.<br/><br/>However, it does provide a fresh new look at the X-men, focusing on the characters from the movie more than the comic (could Sabertooth look anymore like Tyler Mane???) Obviously the character histories from the comic are ignored and have been rewritten to create a new Universe. Not bad, worth checking out, just not as good as the old X-Men cartoons(still played on Fox) or Batman/Superman or even Batman Beyond! A lot of people have been putting this show down, and I'd like to set the record straight. For those who don't know, the show is about the X-men when they were teenagers. The creators probably thought that by making them younger, they could appeal to a younger audience (it's survived 3 years up to this point, so who's to say they were wrong?). And for the most part, this angered X-men "purists", who argued that the series butchered their favorite characters, and that this was an insult to "true" fans. Get over yourselves.<br/><br/>I'll admit, the first season was pretty dull. The writers spent the majority of time introducing new characters (a necessity for a show with such a large, diverse cast). They couldn't develop individual characters very much, or put them into the complex story arcs that the comics are famous for.<br/><br/>But that all changed with season two. Unfortunately, by that time, most older fans had already given up on the series and are missing out on some great stuff. The story has evolved (no pun intended) over the years, and now we're beginning to see some of the classic X-men arcs. With the escalated aggression of Magneto, the rising tension between humans and mutants, and the emergence of Apocalypse, I feel that the series has reached a turning point. The writers are able to explore complex issues such as prejudice and tolerance, while still presenting it from a kid's-eye view. They've reached a new depth that they're now just starting to explore. So give it a shot. Just because these X-men aren't exactly what you're used to isn't necessarily a bad thing. Heck, if they were just going to copy what came before, there would really be no sense in making a new series in the first place.
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