Watching ‘X-Men ‘97' now is a slightly weird experience for me. I was a kid when I watched the original series, and didn’t know I was queer or neurodivergent. Now I’ve grown up and learned both those things about myself, and the whole “otherness” theme of the show is hitting in a completely new way.

Unfortunately, the early films was hamstrung by the fact that things like comics-level costuming would be very offputting to mainstream audiences. The MCU in particular has done a lot to bring audiences around to accepting a lot of things that - depicted live-action - can come across as goofy. And my hope is that…

As a Rogue fan, I have spent decades now trying to explain to non-fans why I love the character and no, that Fox movie version is nothing at all like what she is in the comics. And it is just SO REFRESHING to have such a wonderful take on her character. I am loving what this show has done for her so far.

What a naive take. Violence is absolutely necessary in the face of attempted genocide. Dr. King did not espouse absolute pacifism–he only argued for the efficacy of non-violence in *social movements*. The X-Men’s struggle is not primarily for civil rights, but against the attempted genocide of mutants.

Tribalism is ingrained in the human condition. It served an important evolutionary purpose which humans no longer require in order to succeed as a species. I find it troubling how many think that “Separate but equal’ is a viable option for society. Historically it has never worked. Not one time. People believing that…

I would agree with the basic premise of this, but while the show has been very good, I think it’s just not a high bar to be the best X-men adaptation of all time, because most of them leave a lot to be desired.

love the idea that anyone would be familiar with something from the new mutants movie.

I roll my own before I go to Taco Bell.

I wonder how Taco Bell would feel about customers bringing tortillas and then rolling their own

“Full of yourself” and “cocky” are often applied to confident, non-white individuals.

This thread is so corny.

Knock if off with these foot puns, unless you want to make an arch enemy out of me.

Exactly how I took the scene

oops, sorry

Again with this? I heard stories about Lee’s arrogance and cockiness decades before the movie was made. Tarantino didn’t make it up. The story the scene is loosely based on has also been out for years.

Breaking news:  Arrogant man was nice to his daughter.

Again with this? It’s Cliff Booths daydream. Yea Quentin wrote it but it’s fiction. 

Exactly. I am not the sweepstakes type but I would have assumed that all relevant info were easily accessible on the interwebs.

*civil suit filed in Federal court in New York has entered the chat.

Maybe Rhodey died in that fall in Civil War and it’s been a Skrull the whole time