X-Men: Evolution

2000
7.8| 0h30m| TV-Y7| en
Synopsis

Teenagers Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Spike fight for a world that fears and hates them.

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Steineded How sad is this?
Listonixio Fresh and Exciting
Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
TheLittleSongbird X-Men: Evolution may not hold a candle to the 90s series, but on its own merits it is decent. I can see why people dislike it as even on its own terms it does have glaring flaws, but I do think it should be judged on its own rather than being compared all the time. Okay, Season 1 wasn't brilliant, there was a lot of cheesy dialogue, slow and melodramatic story lines, not enough Wolverine, a great character, and too much of Spike, one like Kitty that annoys me to no end, plus Rogue seems bland to me in this series. However, Season 2 was much stronger, the pacing is much crisper, the action scenes are exciting, the writing was a little more intelligent if occasionally still with the odd cheesy one-liner and the stories were much more compelling. The animation is smooth and has some good atmosphere, while the sound effects really add to the adrenaline-rush feel of the action sequences and the music from the catchy intro to the haunting background music is very fitting. There are some good characters too, Xavier is quite likable to me, Wolverine and Gambit are great characters that could have been used more and Magneto is a very threatening presence. The voice acting is on the whole good. The crowning jewel for me was the finale, which was an epic knockout. Overall, shaky start, great end. 7/10 Bethany Cox
BigBadaBruce What you see on X-Mne Evolution is the development of the characters and story lines used in their later-years during the comics. With them in High School, the mutants have a new sight of Mutantism in that it coincides with puberty, and the development of their bodies and the changes of themselves. We see good storytelling in the development of the likes of Scott/Cyclops, developing from a young student of Professor X to the leader of the X-men, Logan/Wolverine is the given the role of an uncle to the X-Men, which gives his character a breath of fresh air, and the Acolytes as the High School bodies who have something else on their side; mutant powers. You see the decisions they make in the run-up to the comics, and you see a glimpse of the future in the last episodes as the story continues to grow. It's so disappointing that some bigwig decided to cancel it. Idiot!
Nicholai I had the opportunity to watch the first four episodes of this series when they first aired. Seeing all the producers and directors that were from "Batman: The Animated Series" being involved with this show and the superior production quality courtesy of Mook Animation ("Aeon Flux", "Spawn") and DR Movies ("Justice League") that was far superior than the cheesy Akom animation of the early nineties X-Men cartoon provided me with high expectations for this show.Unfortunately, those episodes were long on the melodramatics and suffered from a poverty of the necessary action. I had to suffer through Scott Summers moaning and whining about his powers, Kitty and Rogue being freaked out by their manifesting powers and their subsequent confrontations with the X-men. But the episode that really made me groan was the one where the Blob is discovered, develops a possessive crush on Jean Grey and I guess turns evil when she rejects him.What was this, Did "Dawson's Creek" and "X-Men" decide to hook up and have a baby? I wasn't even that much of an X-men fan anyways, never having watched the old nineties cartoon due to number of characters and story lines I had to keep track of. Also, back when "Evolution" premiered, I had "Batman Beyond", "Static Shock" and "Men in Black" to keep me entertained, I didn't need this crap. *Click* Fast forward three years. "Batman Beyond" and MiB were both cancelled and Static Shock was in a prolonged hiatus, so I was left with practically nothing to watch, so I decided to see a repeat of X-Men: Evolution on Cartoon Network and it happened to be the season two episode "On Angel's Wing." That episode was well crafted to include the ambiguities of being a hero, religious allusions and a kick-butt battle between Rogue and Magneto at the end with a dazzling flight through the New York skylines and landmarks, in a way that reminded me of "Gargoyles". It got me hooked to see the rest of season two which brought about the great reveal of the existence of mutants to the outside world during the finale. Now these kids not only have to live their lives with their powers but now everyone will know them as freaks? Now it's getting interesting.The series finale that featured the X-Men defeating Apocalypse was the coup de grace of the series which made me wish they made more episodes. I can honestly say that they managed to pull off the impossible during that event. With the half-hearted fare that the TV and cable stations are trying to feed us ("Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island!", "Loonatics Unleased") I miss that series more and more.**** out of **** stars.
germanfulanito I have to say that X men evo is a one of a kind show, truly it's one of the best, since i saw X men ( the original one ) i thought that nothing would be able to beat it, ever, but I think that now we are in front of a powerful fighter, the characters are great especially Rogue, Kurt and Kitty, the idea of the new mutants is awesome, adding new mutants with new powers and personalities to the original characters is a way to refresh the old gang. The story is very original and entretaining, adding new kinds of action and romance to the plot, things that you will miss in the future if it is canceled. I have to tell all the X men original fans to open their minds to this new evolution experience, you won't regret it.