Totally agree with the broader point, but it won’t be the arrival of Tiamut that draws him because the story will be in the 1960s. Tiamut will still be gestating. However, maybe that will be the thing that stays his hand if the heroes fail?
Right? It’s hilarious and just shows how much they love the characters they’re playing with
They did it. They went full Fatal Attractions. Amazing.
But also…
The retro suits!
MORPH SMASH!
“Make them mind your weather.” “And weather your mind, sister.”
This show is just perfection.
X-Men 97 continues to have no right to be this good and this relevant.
“Overload their bandwidth, too much to compute. Because when your skin’s not in the game, apathy’s the answer.” - Bastion
The Wolverine/Nightcrawler team up was great, especially when they showed Nightcrawler with THREE swords!
Nods to Iron Man and Dr Strange, and outright cameos from Dr Doom, Baron Zemo, and Spider-Man
The whole concept of “absolute points” makes me think we are gonna see Kenosha destroyed in the MCU at some point too
Loving this show!
I tried but apparently I’m doing something wrong. What am I missing?
EDIT I’m not sure how to spoiler tag apparently, so read at your own peril
Easter eggs I’ve noticed so far:
That’s a sling ring portal
The ::: spoiler
Ant-Man helmet
:::
is actually ||his whole corpse, as you can see his arms fanning out beside his skull, his skull under the helmet when it opens, and you can see that when DP and Deadpool jump into the Sling ring portal it is through the skull’s eye socket||
You can see ||Azazel and Lady Deathstrike|| in the group shot of the thugs around 1:52 and maaaaaaaybe ||X-23 in costume|| on the far right
The shop in the background during the slomo walk is ||Liefield’s Just Feet|| 🤣🤣🤣
What an ending!
CAMEOS: Cap, Iron Man, T’Chaka, Dr Strange, Psylocke, Alpha Flight, Peter and MJ, Daredevil, Cloak and Dagger, Silver Samurai, Omega Red, Crimson Dynamo, Darkstar, Mr Fantastic (Morph). I probably missed some but that’s what I could remember
CRITICISMS: Rogue seemed to make up with everyone a little too easily, but I guess seeing Magneto rip out Logan’s Adamantium will do that. Phoenix was a cheap get out of jail free card, especially considering it just kind of disappeared after it freed the X-Men
HIGHLIGHTS: All the Blue team members individually beating down Bastion. Rogue: “HIS NAME WAS GAMBIT! REMEMBER IT!” The sentinel Trojan horse with gold team. The goodbye between Nathan and Scott/Jean. “I should have been in those stories!” “You were.” Mother Askani! We are going to get to see Scott and Jean raise Nathan!
And the post credits scene! We are definitely getting Gambit as Death!
This is easily one of the best things Marvel has done. A total nostalgia trip loaded with fan service for all us 90s kids. It stayed true to the original while becoming more mature at the same time. All the praise to Beau DeMayo. Whatever he did to get fired must have been bad, because this was an excellent product and it will be a shame to lose him.