Marvel Comics’ X-Men franchise
It’s arguably the year’s most highly anticipated Marvel series, and it’s finally here in a two-episode series debut. Today, we look at all things X-Men ’97!
SPOILER WARNING! The following contains spoilers for X-Men ’97 Episodes 1 and 2! Do not proceed if you wish to avoid spoilers!
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Today we look at late-breaking news on X-Men ’97, a name change for the Agatha Harkness series (AGAIN?!?!), and review the mid-season finale of The Bad Batch!
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Disney announced X-Men ’97 a few years back. As the name implies, it takes place in 1997 and is a direct sequel to X-Men: The Animated Series, which ran on Fox in the mid-1990s.
Not only does it reunite the cast and characters from the original show, but it is also done in the same animation style as well. There are no 3D renderings or obvious CGI to be found. We took a deep dive into this trailer to see what we could find. As always, we reserve the right to cry and complain if our predictions are wrong.
Continue reading Geekville Radio #346: Examining the X-Men ’97 TrailerDisney announced X-Men ’97 a few years back. As the name implies, it takes place in 1997 and is a direct sequel to X-Men: The Animated Series, which ran on Fox in the mid 1990s.
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It’s a double-shot of topics today! We finally got a look at Deadpool & Wolverine which marks the debut of both in The MCU. Plus, Gina Carano is back in the news with her lawsuit against Disney.
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Seth and Train return to discuss more Star Wars news and rumors. In addition to that, they talk Namor finally turning up in a live-action film, as well as his part in Black Panther 2. Finally, they top off the show with DC movie news regarding The Snyder cut of Justice League, and the potential return of Henry Cavill’s Superman.
Continue reading Geekville Radio #261Aside from The Mandalorian and the recent seventh season of Clone Wars, Disney+ has been light on original programming. Sure, we know new Marvel shows are in the works, but they are several months away.
Not any longer. Marvel has announced Fury Files, which is set to debut on May 15th.
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In our first post-quarantine episode, Seth returns to his mobile underground bunker to chat with Train about the news of the past two weeks.
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Seth “Zandrax” Zillmann and “Crazy Train” Jonathan Bolick return to the airwaves to discuss some of the news topics of the week
Mark Hamill to be in Guardians Of The Galaxy? (1:15)
Since the return of James Gunn to Guardians Of The Galaxy 3, rumors have resurfaced that Mark Hamill may be playing a character in the film. Could he be a hero? Villain? Mercenary?
Emily Bett Rickards leaving Arrow (9:30)
The actress recently announced her departure from Arrow. Shortly afterwards, it was revealed that Felicity will not be appearing in Season 8. Could this mean a return to the comic-based pairing of Green Arrow and Black Canary?
Disney recasting X-Men except Deadpool (16:00)
It had been speculated for years, but Marvel all but confirmed during C2E2 that The X-Men and Fantastic Four will be recast and rebooted for The MCU. The only exception is Ryan Reynolds will continue as Deadpool.
We did predict on Episode 225 that this would happen, because it’s common sense. Though it will likely be several years before we get the MCU Proper X-Men film.
There is the new rumor that Stan Lee cameos may be replaced by Deadpool cameos. Which may be the best option to go with.
It is also worth noting that X-Men material is already available on Disney’s site.
Here is the list of channels and studios that Disney now owns after the merger with Fox.
Batman retrospective 80th Anniversary (29:30)
At C2E2, DC Comics held a Batman 80th Anniversary Panel, in which some fun questions were asked.
The creation of Batman has its roots in the pulp crime magazines of the 30s. Several of the panelists mentioned the characters of The Shadow, The Phantom, and Green Hornet as pre-Batman inspirations.
Well, who are three out of the first four entrants in our Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame? The Shadow, The Phantom, and Green Hornet
Is there a favorite incarnation of Batman?
All this and more in another fun-filled edition of Geekville Radio!
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At C2E2, Marvel unveiled their upcoming major storylines that will take place in 2019.
War Of The Realms (1:55)
The major universe-wide crossover is called War Of The Realms. As the name implies, it is all 10 Asgardian Realms. The last one left is Midgard, aka Earth. This may be an attempt to put Malekith on the level of a Dr. Doom or Kang, as he will be the central villain.
House Of X (7:55)
Every few years, Marvel does something to refresh the X-Men franchise. This summer brings two new X-Men titles, House Of X, and Powers Of X. Both set to be written by Jonathan Hickman.
As usual, Marvel was tight lipped over what will happen, but the presentation did have an interesting piece of art showing many characters from, as they put it “Past, Present, and Future”.
Absolute Carnage (14:30)
Yes, Cletus Kassidy is back from the dead… again!
This time around, Carnage is hunting down everybody who has EVER used a symbiote suit. This means not just Peter Parker, Eddie Brock, or the other usual suspects. Even The Guardians Of The Galaxy, Deadpool, and dinosaurs are potential targets.
Admittedly, I could only think of about 20 off the bat, but there were others who fit the bill of using a symbiote
I’m curious how Carnage would last against those last two, wince their cosmic level characters
The others that I forgot were (and this is by no means a complete list)
Not only that, the special variant covers seem to imply other Marvel heroes may bond with symbiotes. Including Captain America, Black Panther, and Thor.
As discussed, I attended C2E2 with Clint from Geek Dig Podcast, and Joe from Beside The Point.
And Norko from The Wrestling Brethren Podcast did have this unintentionally hilarious post due to Autocorrect.
