Monday, January 26, 2009

Can A Not Terrible X-Men Cartoon Exist?

Wolverine And The X-men premiered on Nicktoons last week and is actually showing some promise. The character design is a vast improvement from the ugtastic 90's show and fairly consistent with the comic books, as opposed to the not-another-teen toon Evolution versions. The show also avoids the 90's pitfall of trying to throw a whole bunch of classic X-men plots in a blender and push puree. It's set in its own continuity and isn't beholding to convoluted histories. It has a past that hasn't been written yet and a limitless cast of characters from which to draw. Rockslide and Dust are in the first episode for pete's sake. The action direction leaves a little to be desired but seems like it could find itself eventually, though it may never match that of Spectacular Spider-Man. Only time will tell if the Logan-centric series can hold up as more and more mutants are crammed into it, but at least it's off to an acceptable start, looking more JLU than Morph & Jubilee's Variety Hour.

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