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(More customer reviews)Is it just me or was television overall, but especially children's, better in the nineties? Growing up we had such intelligent children's programs introducing us properly to mature themes of adulthood, Batman: the Animated Series, Spiderman (the 90's version that often crossed over with X-men), and X-Men itself among many more.
Even Disney had more mature shows back then with the likes of Gargoyles on the air (which I'm upset they never finished releasing on DVD) and children's shows with well done premises like Recess. Nickelodeon had it's greats back then too (Rugrats, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, etc.), now all they have are Dan Schneider productions and Spongebob.
Animated sitcoms/series were smart and edgey not stupid and in your face trying to get shocks, we had the likes of King Of The Hill, Daria and Simpsons at its peak.
Now all kids have are Ben 10 and an onslaught of angularly drawn super hero revamps (which are sometimes enjoyable but not nearly of the same calabur), along with the recent Disney sitcoms that have become so wrongly popular amongst the youth. I wish I could go back to the nineties, luckily this set will help me and anyone else longing to do that by allowing us to revisit these classic episodes.
1 Night of the Sentinels (Part 1)
2 Night of the Sentinels (Part 2)
3 Enter Magneto
4 Deadly Reunions
5 Captive Hearts
6 Cold Vengeance
7 Slave Island
8 The Unstoppable Juggernaut
9 The Cure
10 Come The Apocalypse
11 Days Of Future Past (Part 1)
12 Days Of Future Past (Part 2)
13 The Final Decision
14 Till Death Do Us Part (Part 1)
15 Till Death Do Us Part (Part 2)
16 Whatever It Takes
I can't wait to watch Volume 2, which is also announced, because it has the Pheonix Saga which I remember so vividly still today. It's amazing to me how true to source material and how few liberties comic book based animated series took back then.
There are no special features on this set and though I'd obviously love special features I'm willing to be happy with just the episodes if that's all they'll give us for now. I'm one of the people who hopes that good sales on these volumes will lead to the release of the others and possible special features in the future. I also hope that good sales on these sets could lead to the release of Marvel's 90's Spider-man series in sets like this.
Having now found the time to watch the DVD I want to say for those wondering that the video quality is near the same as I remember the original broadcast being. Any transfer issues are near unnoticeable to me and I am fairly particular about not being distracted by technical issues while watching my DVD. Obviously the animation quality is from the early nineties but really I find it on fairly on par with the new Wolverine and the X-men series. I found watching the episodes very nostalgic and find myself enjoying them in a whole new way now than I did when I was younger. I'm happy to see that the "Previously on X-men" openings are kept on the episodes and that the opening sequence and classic theme play before every episode unlike some other sets.
I also want to add that the box art is even better looking on the actual set than it is online. It comes with a cardboard slipcover over the DVD with an elevated foil colored version of the artwork on the DVD. At least Disney really made these look professional in the packaging department.
For those still wondering whether this set is worth it I say buy at least the first volume to test it out, it's really only costing you a little more than a dollar an episode. Anyways, here's hoping they'll finish releasing this whole series. I still remember the final episode where Xavier leaves the X-men truly on their own. 5 stars for this DVD despite the lack of special features and it's definitely a 5 stars series.
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