Friday, May 23, 2014

X-Men: Animated Series Review, "Days of Future Past" notes

The previews for this episode really get you into it. It was a great technique, discussing Senator Kelly, prejudiced humans, techno-internment camps. Wolverine disappearing. It's very relevant now considering how governments and democracy can change and lead to destruction of the world at any time with major large facilities and barbaric people.

A thing I sorta disliked about the show was how easy it was to defeat Sentinels.
While, X-Men: Legends is neither considered a video game classic, nor its gameplay polished due to wall glitches, one has no doubt the amount storytelling and easter eggs in the game for fans of the comic and synergy marketing.
In game, it was noticeably difficult to defeat Sentinels, unless you used your strongest attacks, depleting your mutant power.
It did make the action awesome though! Explosions!

Bishop meanwhile has this awesome western guitar and harmonica music playing when he attacks Wolverine and co. It's very campy considering how dire the situation is.
He portrays this sellout mutant who attacks mutants who cause trouble.
You see the X-Men graves in what seems to be the most random spot, but it's used for animated series efficiency.

Wolverine seems more educated, aware that he'll be stopping a well thought mutant to saving somebody he doesn't like.

Some of the ADR is very odd, like the cast only had one take or something.
They even have a line going, "the 90s!"

Bishop sounds hilarious not knowing what to do.

It also isn't clear if Bishop's a hero, an anti-hero, or a villain. He's just doing what he wants to survive. I'm not exactly sure where they wanted to go with that direction, but at least they made you think about it a bit, whether intentional or not.

Its animation is definitely more polished than Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

There isn't much in Part II. Just some notes for a fairly predictable plot once you've watched it before.
Why doesn't Jean or Xavier just read Gambit's mind? Pro-mutant propaganda really hits home.

I'm really surprised Pyro get a bigger cult following considering all the cool animations they did with his fire this episode.

Apocalypse being mentioned as a key factor in the episode is worth mentioning as well.

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