Official Score = 1 1/2 Devils[/caption]So far I have to say that I am pretty impressed with this series, I mean I haven't seen to many episodes yet, but the ones that I have seen I gotta say have been pretty awesome!
Admittedly it is true that unless you are a fan of animation then you might find this show to be a little infantile (probably almost exclusively due to the fact that it is a cartoon...) But if you are reading this review then I suspect you are like me, and are a fan of this type of stuff!) Anyway, so far this series has proven to be real nice addition to the, 'X-Men' world!
Although it is true that probably for the most part, I doubt the Hollywood would really utilize the information from this cartoon, it is cool... I mean you get a glimpse in to the possible history of the, 'X-Men' from their origin as Children... Which I haven't really seen in the movies (although there are elements that may slowly be coming together...) Also I have to admit that I never was able to find the X-Men origin comics, and so I never got to read about their true origins... And that is largely in my opinion what makes this show awesome!
Although I hate to say it... But as a follow up episode to the pilot, Episode 2 is pretty bland... But we will get in to that in a moment...
Written by: Greg Johnson (Planet Hulk), Rick Ungar (Mutant X) & Directed by: Gary Graham (Jungle Book 2). Starring: Kirby Morrow (Fringe), Scott McNeil (Eve Of Destruction), Venus Terzo (Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog), Maggie Blue O'Hara (Living With The Dead), Christopher Gray (RoboCop: Alpha Commando), Brad Sawile (Dragon Ball Z) Kirsten Alter (RV), David Kaye (Up) & Colleen Wheeler (Cabin In The Lake).
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The X-Men as they were in season... This show just keeps getting better and better![/caption]Now I hate to say it, but this episode was not the most inventive episode there is, and frankly not the most entertaining... but it does introduce, Shadow Cat (Kitty Pryde), and Avalanche (Lance Alvers) in to the mix... both of course being important characters in both the good and evil side of the X-Men Universe...
You see Kitty Pryde (Maggie Blue O'Hara) is a young high school girl who is just learning the scary fact that she is a mutant and not particularly happy about it especially when she ends up waking up one evening having phased through the floor and in to the basement of her house...
Now the unhappy, 'Kitty' and her parents are just trying to make the best of it when Cyclops (Kirby Morrow) and Jean (Venus Terzo) are asked to go and recruit Kitty to become the latest edition of the growing (X-Men) family... Of course non of them are particularly enthused by this...
But in the end things will change... You see Kitty is being pursued by a delinquent (and fellow mutant) by the name of, 'Lance Alvers' (Christopher Gray) who will try to win her over to the dark side of the force and get her to try and break in and steal a test that he wants to sell!
If Cyclops, Jean and and her old (and soon to be new) families can get to her in time though, she will be inducted in to a a world that will change her life in a positive way forever!
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Kitty Pryde is just one happy camper to become a mutant![/caption]Like I said, this episode is not particularly inventive, the story line is not particularly original (it has been done many times over in both TV and the movies), but in all truth the best thing that I can say about this current episode is that it does take the story line in the right direction (even the older more well drawn X- Men cartoon from the 90s didn't have Shadow Cat in it... Which is a shame because she truly was an original, 'X-Man'!)
In summation, this may not be the best episode of the series, but stick with it, I doubt you will be disappointed... I know I haven't been!
http://youtu.be/7Z7chBBJx1o
