X-Men '97, An animated Original Series, Coming in 2023 To Disney+

[JayC]

X-Men '97, An animated Original Series, Coming in 2023 To Disney+. This will be a continuation of the beloved 90s animated series that ran from 1992 through 1997. The animated series from Marvel Studios explores new stories in the iconic 90s timeline of the original series. Written by Executive Producer Beau DeMayo.

[leokearon]

Apparently it is going to be a continuation of the Classic 90's show, which may be a bad thing.

[Audie]

See also: MAY BE A GREAT THING!

[JayC]

On 11/12/2021 at 11:50 AM, leokearon said:

Apparently it is going to be a continuation of the Classic 90's show, which may be a bad thing.

Why would that be bad?

[Inspection12e]

I am so excited!!!

[leokearon]

On 11/12/2021 at 5:00 PM, JayC said:

Why would that be bad?

Because it could easily try to play on nostalgia instead of doing anything new. I'm struggling to think of a show that got a revival after a long time and was just as good as it was.

[McHogan]

Fun era to revisit. Wonder if many of the original voice cast will come back. I did watch the show but was not as big a fan as many here. 

Id love a revisit if Avengers United We Stand as this was as close to a comics adaptation of the team we’ve ever gotten.. 

[tarot]

This is just an indication that marvel are starting to make new xmen media beyond the comics. 

[McHogan]

Whoa whoa WHOOPS.. I meant Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes cartoon..

United We Stand was not a great anything haha.. still can’t get those Jungle Mission Suits out of my mind

[JayC]

On 11/12/2021 at 12:11 PM, leokearon said:

Because it could easily try to play on nostalgia instead of doing anything new. I'm struggling to think of a show that got a revival after a long time and was just as good as it was.

I view it more as the era of comics it will focus on which to me is much more interesting than anything more modern. It may suck but def sounds promising to me.

[enzosaurusrex]

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[MODADDYDODOK]

 

On 11/12/2021 at 11:11 AM, leokearon said:

Because it could easily try to play on nostalgia instead of doing anything new. I'm struggling to think of a show that got a revival after a long time and was just as good as it was.

Well I can’t think of a show that carried on pretty much where it left off, rather than a reboot or ‘20+ years later’ situation. 👀

[Benn]

Whoa. I literally thought this morning “now that Disney has their paws on the X-Men, I wonder how long it will be until we get a new cartoon?”, for the first time. Crazy.

[icematta]

Excited, but fearful of the new tone they might want to take the show, let's hope it keeps with the same Jim Lee themes that we all loved...

[LordVenger]

On 11/12/2021 at 10:11 PM, icematta said:

Excited, but fearful of the new tone they might want to take the show, let's hope it keeps with the same Jim Lee themes that we all loved...

You know better than that. 

[Lord_Scareglow]

I'm excited I hope they don;'t stray too far from the old animation style and just give it a nice updated facelift, seems super cool, just continue where the last episode we saw left off, and man..that sounds wonderful, I gotta say it sounds like a dream, that show is still one of my fav cartoons of all time, I'm sure most of us would say that, I've watched it from front to back numerous times throughout my days and wow..so cool to have this announcement.

[Bluecomet]

That is good news 🙂 I hope they did well on this new season. I wonder if they will add more to the main roster.

[MonsterChris]

On 11/12/2021 at 12:13 PM, McHogan said:

Fun era to revisit. Wonder if many of the original voice cast will come back.

I think that if they're going to do this, they need to get Cal Dodd at any cost.  Cedric Smith and Lenore Zann would by my second-highest priorities were I in that decision-making position.  Norm Spencer is going to be hard to replace.  He was too young.

Edit: Duh, I bothered to read an actual article (https://www.thewrap.com/x-men-97-1990s-x-men-animated-series-2023/).  The returning cast members include Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Adrian Hough, Christopher Britton, Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith, Alyson Court.

That's Wolverine, Rogue, Beast, Nightcrawler, Mister Sinister, Jean Grey, Gambit, Storm, and Jubilee, respectively.  I just looked up David Hemblen (Magneto) to see if there was any chatter about him coming back and found out he passed away last year.  Dang it.

Edited November 13, 2021 at 02:10 PM by MonsterChris
Duh

[Satam]

Alyson Court's coming back!  I wasn't a fan of Jubilee on the show when I was a kid (I'm still not), but I've been a fan of hers for years. Kinda weird she sits out the fan events, like Galaxy Con and stuff, but she seems really cool otherwise. Glad to see pretty much the entire original cast is coming back.

[leokearon]

On 11/13/2021 at 1:56 PM, MonsterChris said:

I think that if they're going to do this, they need to get Cal Dodd at any cost.  Cedric Smith and Lenore Zann would by my second-highest priorities were I in that decision-making position.  Norm Spencer is going to be hard to replace.  He was too young.

Edit: Duh, I bothered to read an actual article (https://www.thewrap.com/x-men-97-1990s-x-men-animated-series-2023/).  The returning cast members include Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Adrian Hough, Christopher Britton, Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith, Alyson Court.

That's Wolverine, Rogue, Beast, Nightcrawler, Mister Sinister, Jean Grey, Gambit, Storm, and Jubilee, respectively.  I just looked up David Hemblen (Magneto) to see if there was any chatter about him coming back and found out he passed away last year.  Dang it.

Sadly we also will be without Norm Spenser who played Cyclops and also died last year.

[MonsterChris]

On 11/13/2021 at 11:50 AM, leokearon said:

Sadly we also will be without Norm Spenser who played Cyclops and also died last year.

I remember.  That's what I meant when I said he was too young.  He was only 62.  From interviews with his cast mates, he sounds like he was a really fun guy.

[enzosaurusrex]

On 11/12/2021 at 8:11 PM, icematta said:

Excited, but fearful of the new tone they might want to take the show, let's hope it keeps with the same Jim Lee themes that we all loved...

What's a Jim Lee theme?

[A_Spidey_Fan]

On 11/12/2021 at 12:11 PM, leokearon said:

Because it could easily try to play on nostalgia instead of doing anything new. I'm struggling to think of a show that got a revival after a long time and was just as good as it was.

I think some would say that the recent Animaniacs is a good example of a show that's been gone since the late 1990's/very early 2000's, only to come back around 2020 or 2021.  From the little bit I've seen and from comments I've read online, it feels like the recent Animaniacs series is a continuation that took a approx 20 years Hiatus before it's return, instead of an entire new series. 

 

Though I do wish they gave some focus on some of the other characters in this new series(Like Slappy The Squirrel, Buttons And Mindy, The Good Feathers, etc.), instead of just focusing on the Warner Bros and Sister, along with Pinky And The Brain(Though I do understand why they focus on those because they are the most well known or popular ones from the original series).

[Satam]

On 11/13/2021 at 3:57 PM, enzosaurusrex said:

What's a Jim Lee theme?

Wearing headbands and wearing jackets and coats with rolled up sleeves.

[enzosaurusrex]

On 11/14/2021 at 9:27 AM, Satam said:

Wearing headbands and wearing jackets and coats with rolled up sleeves.

Didn't really think of any of that as "Jim Lee." But surely you must've seen this pic by now. There's headbands and jackets and rolled up sleeves.