Tolerance Is Extinction - Part 1

I'm not a big comic book reader, but I've always heard about superheroes and supervillains with all kinds of cool Earth shattering powers, and yet I've never really seen it represented in animation as well and as stylishly as X-Men 97.

The makers behind this series truly understand and know how to make use of the IP they have at their disposal. The Summers, Professor X, Nightcrawler, Magneto-we get a sample of what they can really do, and dang, I've never seen 2D animation used with such flair before.

And how do the writers manage to use cliche lines from the original series with such style? Just incredible. I don't even remember the last time I saw an animated superhero series this well done!

I may have a huge X-Men bias but even with that aside, I can safely say X-Men 97 is the best thing marvel studios has ever put out, what a crazy episode and a crazy cliffhanger. During the entire episode I had goosebumps, the dialougue grips you hard and doesn't let go then the action sequences and animation come around to take your breath away, every episode has been amazing and this has been the best one yet, it's safe to say this is what marvel studios can do when they are at their best nothing in marvel history tops this for me it's fantastic, gritty, action packed and contains lines that you'll be quoting for a while to come.

With each week, this show proves why it is the next big thing when it comes to Marvel projects! Rarely have I seen a first season of a show with THIS much love, care and quality!

This had a ton of great and memorable moments! Our favorite characters got to shine, with some breathtaking action, and memorable dialogue!

The writting in this show is very solid! Other shows have proved it too, but this show proves why writting is so important!

Magneto also shines in this episode! I really love his development!

The villain is great too! He feels like a real threat, with a goal more complex than I thought!

The ending was insane!!! I feel like no matter how good this episode is... its just the beginning!

This might be my favorite episode of the series. I was kind of bored for the first 10 minutes, but then they knocked it out of the park for the last 20, and finally left it on a great cliffhanger for the next episode. The whole series should be like Ep8.

The story took more of a twist than I expected and delved into some deep subjects like fear of robotic replacement, shifting of minorities to majorities, etc, and during these segments I put the show firmly back in the running to win the 'Invincible vs XM97' debate. And then we finally got to see Wolverine wreck stuff like we haven't seen since Ep1! And Nightcrawler! Woo! It's the kind of stuff I'm ideally signing up for when I see some X-Men. Coincidentally it's also the episode lightest on love story subplots- perhaps a correlation?

My criticisms mostly lay around the disposable army, and how given the explanation around their abilities, everyone except Wolverine should be dead, but then they basically turn into Storm Troopers. I roll my eyes every time a car jumps onto or out of an airplane, I don't care if it's a cartoon. And Jubilee? Just pat her on the head and tell her she's "making a difference", she'll get distracted soon; it's not worth getting upset about. Oh, and it's a time travel episode(boo!).

I like the premise of the new villain and his motivations, but I wish there was something a little more distinctive about him. Ask me in 5 years who the big bad of XM97 is and I'll probably tell you it's Mr. Sinister on Venom. But his master plan kind of made sense, and it works with how the rest of the season was written, so he has the potential to become a great AND memorable villain by the end. The other unfortunate aspect of this episode is that it contrasts with episodes 4 and 7 so much that I really wish they'd either done something better with that hour of screen time , or just cut them entirely.

According to the reviews, saying X-Men '97 is anything less than animated perfection is tantamount to a hate crime, but with Episode 9 I'm actually kind of inclined to agree with the Marvel stans. It was an objectively creative and provocative episode which delivered on action and entertainment. It's like the series is finally starting, and it's good!

X-Men 97 head to its first season finale. Bastion basques in the glory of the Genosha decimation. Magneto is captured. New is released that Professor Xavier is alive and faked his own death.

The media is excited with the theory that mutants are collaborating with aliens to finish off humanity.

Operation Zero Tolerance is being unleashed by Bastion and his cohorts. His soldiers are Prime Sentinels, just another bunch of robotic zombies. The aim is to wipe out every stinking mutant.

It is a new evolutionary chain, supposedly to help humanity. The ones left behind. Yet at each turn mutants are derogatory called Neanderthals.

Maybe Magneto was right all along especially as Professor Xavier is nowhere to be seen.

With a host of cameo appearances both in the form of villains and heroes. There is certainly a web being spun here.

You can sense real world events here. Social media being a hive for right wing conspiracy theories, an echo chamber for racist views. To me, this is back to basics X-Men. The eternal debate between Magneto and Professor Xavier.