I wanna watch this. But is the original show available anywhere? I don't wanna watch '97 without watching the original
dreamer_at_best2025-10-11 19:58
Disney+ is it not?
Romnonaldao2025-10-11 20:00
It's on Disney+
kakahuhu2025-10-11 20:00
The original was much more of a kids show and not necessary to watch (especially if you have a general understanding of the X-Men)
HyperFunk_Zone2025-10-11 20:05
Don't listen to this guy
AdamH962025-10-11 20:08
He is correct though
artfrche2025-10-11 20:09
It was much more of a kids show, and it is not really necessary to watch BUT it doesn’t mean it’s not for adults to enjoy and will help understand the show more.
kakahuhu2025-10-11 20:16
Yeah, I didn't mean it was a bad show, but I did watch it as a kid and pretty sure I was the intended audience. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy it as an adult. I don't think it ever reached quality of something like Batman the animated series, but i did a good job bringing the stories from the comics to a different medium.
honkymotherfucker12025-10-11 20:27
Animated batman is so sick
uncleben852025-10-11 20:55
It also wasn't a *great* show, though.
Again, doesn't mean you can't enjoy it, but nostalgia is strong. If anyone reading this is going in to watch it for the first time or rewatch it after a long time, don't expect the moon.
The reboot does step its game up, though, imo, in terms of intensity and story.
kakahuhu2025-10-11 21:00
Yeah, I haven't seen either in a very long time so maybe shouldn't comment on what I think of their quality
Kaiowut2025-10-11 20:10
I don’t agree that it was more of a kids show, I rewatched it leading up to the premiere of season 1. What I do recommend is if you have the time to spare watch it, but I’d skip the last season and watch a YouTube recap/explanation cuz the budget got hella cut for that last season.
padfoot121112025-10-11 20:15
Season 1 is easily the best one.
TobioOkuma12025-10-11 20:02
its all on disney plus, and you can watch 97 without watching the original
ki7002025-10-11 22:46
I wouldn’t recommend watching ‘97 without having seen at least some of the original. Particularly the space stuff would be very confusing if you didn’t know the backstory.
TobioOkuma12025-10-11 22:46
if you have passing xmen knowledge, you're more than fine. They explain everything well enough. I watched without having seen the original.
ki7002025-10-11 22:52
I think passing knowledge is mostly fine but the Lilandra stuff really doesn’t make sense without context.
wordwords2025-10-11 23:34
Tbf you get the who, what, why, when, and where in the first five minutes of dialogue and you don’t need anymore than “after he was attacked he got taken by bird people to space because he was in love.” They treated it exactly the way they would if it was a new plot that had nothing to do with the old show.
I’d say the goblin queen plot is way more confusing to new viewers who didn’t spend any time Jean before its reveal, and it had nothing to do with the old show lol
Sometimes we just have to let people be a lil confused for a few minutes and catch up. They’ll be ok.
I think people get too invested in watching everything that’s come before instead of just learning it fresh. When people talk about homework, they don’t realize they can skip the homework and still get a decent understanding by just paying attention lol
Primus71127652025-10-12 17:08
I just watched a 10 minute recap of the original show on yt and was completely fine.
RellenD2025-10-12 00:23
They explain why Charles is off-planet in the show just fine
ki7002025-10-12 01:08
They don’t really explain it much, actually. Plus everybody acts like he’s dead in the first half of the season, so a new viewer would also assume he’s dead. Then suddenly he isn’t.
RellenD2025-10-12 02:21
I hadn't watched the final season of the original show as far as I can remember and wasn't confused at all. The fact that a viewer might think he's dread isn't really a problem I'm any way
electrorazor2025-10-12 18:49
I watched it without seeing original and none of it was confusing
Alleggsander2025-10-11 20:09
I have a lot of nostalgia for the original show and still love it. That being said, it really isn’t necessary to watch it before 97.
There are a couple good two-parters and it’ll help introduce you to the characters if you aren’t familiar with them, but 97 is far better than anything from the original.
BatmanForever232025-10-11 20:12
Same place as ‘97..
Flemz2025-10-11 20:28
I didn’t watch the original and I enjoyed ‘97. It works on its own
rtslac2025-10-11 21:15
I never saw the original show and still thought '97 was phenomenal.
Literally the only thing worth watching out of Disney these days
Ash_Killem2025-10-11 20:13
‘Remember It’ was some high level Marvel content. If you didn’t like Gambit before, you you after watching that episode.
Moquitto2025-10-11 21:14
That episode on its own is better than most Marvel movies
soapbutt2025-10-12 00:08
It’s my most rewatched marvel content. I’m blown away by that episode every time.
grim1472025-10-12 13:58
I have rewatched that episode alone multiple times. It's phenomenal and heart breaking. I'm both ready and not ready for season two.
Jonathon_G2025-10-11 20:23
Did I miss season 2 come out?
Tuskin382025-10-11 20:24
next summer
uncleben852025-10-11 20:56
2+ years between seasons for 10 episode per season cartoon is kind of insane.
BrownAJ2025-10-11 21:03
If they can maintain the art quality I would not complain at all
Nomustang2025-10-11 21:18
How is it insane? High quality animation takes time?
Kanin_usagi2025-10-11 21:27
No we should just crunch the illustrators until they’re suicidal so some dudes on Reddit complain slightly less
knokout642025-10-11 22:02
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Nomustang2025-10-11 22:05
On what basis? I ask this genuinely. Most shows nowadays will go for maybe 12 episodes or so. Anything that goes longer than that usually will have downgrades in quality. Even the anime industry has adapted to this where 24 episode seasons are seperated in cours.
YouThinkOfABetter12025-10-11 22:40
Hey remember when shows had seasons come out yearly because nothing other than movies needed movie level budgets to have movie level quality in order to be good? Pepperidge farm remembers.
SacoNegr02025-10-12 09:04
Animation literally never had that, it's not even possible, you're in the wrong conversation
YouThinkOfABetter12025-10-12 14:09
So the countless cartoons over the several decades that had seasons come out once a year means what to you? Like The Simpsons has been on the air since 1989 and season 37 just started last month. You may not like the Simpsons, but they don't keep a show going for 37 straight seasons, animation or otherwise, if the show isn't bringing in the ratings. You are objectively wrong.
SacoNegr02025-10-12 09:05
Invincible had a whole episode explaining why IT IS because of it
ThisIs_americunt2025-10-11 21:37
It is the new norm now cause everyone is booked for more than a year for other projects
SteveFrench122025-10-13 02:23
They literally announced this week that after season 2 and starting with season 3, new seasons will come out annually
shadowCloudrift2025-10-11 21:53
Season 3 of One Punch Man is about to come out. Guess what? We waited six years for it.
FreljordsWrath2025-10-11 23:47
And the animation is going to be insanely lackluster.
Carrnage_Asada2025-10-12 19:16
*laughs in Half-Life 3*
ki7002025-10-11 22:44
Animation takes a long time. They’re renewing for Season 3 this far in advance so they can get it done for 2027. We’ll similarly see a renewal for Season 4 before Season 3 is out, so they can get it out for 2028. It’s the same way they did Invincible. S1 to S2 had the longest gap because they didn’t renew it early enough.
9FingeredFrodo2025-10-12 00:07
Bring it back to 90s style. It showed up reliably for a new season every fall with an average of 15 episodes per season.
ki7002025-10-12 01:06
The animation was often really bad and rushed, which is how we got so many episodes back then. I’ll gladly take 10 gorgeous episodes a year going forward over 20-25 ugly ones.
Malemansam2025-10-12 01:25
I think a good middle ground is having more consistent seasons every year with a couple of showcase episodes and a lot of average animation episodes rather than having to wait 2+ years for 10 or so great looking eps. Moving the story along is more important than having more sparkles in the frame.
Life is too short to wait so long. I don't know the numbers with viewership but I can't imagine these longs breaks do good for getting people back to watch them. Shows get canceled very quickly nowadays, they need to get through their stories.
ki7002025-10-12 02:10
The whole point of the S3 announcement now, almost a year before S2 even comes out, is that they won’t have 2-year long gaps again in the future. We’re gonna get 10 episodes a year starting 2026.
It’s the same as Invincible. They renew way in advance so they can maintain annual releases, but that wasn’t possible for S1 to S2. With S3, they renewed it at the same time as S2, so there was no long gap. Then S4 was renewed like 8 months before S3 came out. And now again, S5 was renewed 8 months before S4 even comes out.
X-Men is probably gonna be the same going forward, renewing way in advance. Daredevil is doing the same thing. They just renewed for S3 like 6 months before S2 is even out.
Malemansam2025-10-12 02:21
That's great news, I'd like a bit more than 10 eps but happy with whatever we can get really. Thanks :D
DotisDeep2025-10-12 03:07
'97 S2 was announced way back at SDCC 2022, the finale was already being written in mid-2023. The delay to 2026 is the combination of reworking deMayo's stuff so he isn't credited and MS' overall plan to spread out their releases.
MIAxPaperPlanes2025-10-12 11:33
Even Invincible have realised though that 2+ year gaps hurts viewership (or at least hurt theirs) hence it’s only about a year now between seasons.
And that’s for a show that has the same episode count as X-men 97 but twice as long episodes
ki7002025-10-12 19:27
You seem to misunderstand. Invincible always wanted annual seasons but Amazon wouldn’t renew them until Season 1 was a proven success. Now they get renewed way in advance so they can get annual seasons out. The animation isn’t as good as X-Men ‘97 though, so if that team needs shorter episodes then that’s fine. They did well with that runtime in Season 1.
GillGruntFan532025-10-12 01:20
Tbf, they had to start over after firing DeMayo so they didn’t have to credit him
Sir__Will2025-10-12 09:33
I highly doubt it was completely overhauled. It's still all about Apoc like the ending indicated.
lalindu1232025-10-12 04:13
It's not insane
wildeebelmondo2025-10-12 04:32
That’s actually pretty common with modern animation. Especially with the level of detail. Another good example is the Castlevania series. The animation team never stopped working since the first season in 2017, but it was always 2-3 years between seasons.
XAMdG2025-10-12 20:59
Tbf, that's kinda been the release model for animated shows for decades. It's just that a new episode would come out every so many months.
dahlkomy2025-10-14 04:11
Very few cartoons are broadcast live. It's a terrible strain on the animators' wrists.
Procrastinator_3252025-10-12 08:45
Scott Summers
chewywheat2025-10-12 05:05
lol, glad I wasn’t the only one haha.
tokra20032025-10-11 20:23
When the season 2 gonna release ???
Tuskin382025-10-11 20:24
Next summer
tokra20032025-10-11 20:26
Thank sir
Riversntallbuildings2025-10-11 20:24
I wish they hadn’t matched the original animation style.
If they had used the same style as What If or Marvel Zombies I could watch it.
But I cannot stand the animation that is so uncoordinated with the voices.
pokepat4602025-10-11 20:34
I would probably skip it if it looked like what if. That show is cool conceptually but is very bland and cookie cutter animation style
ki7002025-10-11 22:47
X-Men ‘97 looks significantly better than What If
CaptHayfever2025-10-12 05:35
> But I cannot stand the animation that is so uncoordinated with the voices.
97 is drastically better animation than the original show; the mouths match the voices here.
_Levitated_Shield_2025-10-11 20:25
I mean, was there ever any doubt?
TDStarchild2025-10-11 20:26
JRHThreeFour2025-10-11 20:38
That’s great. I absolutely loved Season 1 and can’t wait for Season 2.
BlazinKal2025-10-11 20:44
What a beautiful day
zlmb5_2025-10-11 20:55
Hyped as fuck, but it should've been X-Men '98 , missed opportunity
SpooderMan11082025-10-11 20:55
Isnt the showrunner changed? Now its who did What IF? Cautiously optimistic
GillGruntFan532025-10-12 01:21
They also rehired the original crew of the first show as lead producers on S2 onwards
Sir__Will2025-10-12 09:34
Most of the staff is still the same.
powerlevelmatters2025-10-11 21:49
So, another season of op Storm carrying everyone, because the rest of the team is utterly weak and useless lol. Should just name the series Storm, and kill off the rest of the characters.
ki7002025-10-11 22:49
You realize that it’s an ensemble cast, right? Not every character can get a major focus each season. S1 was very focused on Storm, but also Scott, Jean, Rogue, and Magneto. S2 will likely shift to be more about other characters. I could see them focusing more on Wolverine, Beast, Jubilee, and almost certainly Gambit.
powerlevelmatters2025-10-11 22:54
It's not about just focusing on specific characters. It's the fact that Storm is so powerful, that the other members aren't needed at all. The other members are just utterly weak and useless; they don't bring anything to the table at all.
ki7002025-10-11 23:01
There’s a lot more to the team than raw power, but even then we’ve seen incredible feats of strength from characters like Rogue, Gambit, and Jean. Plus they can accomplish a lot more as a group than any of them (including Storm) can do individually. One person can only do so much.
powerlevelmatters2025-10-12 00:09
Lol, Storm is so powerful, she can do everything on her own, without any help. She can do what they all do by herself.
Maiar7182025-10-11 22:10
Excited to see where they go with this without rehashing the old story. I'm hoping somehow they eventually crossover this iteration of Xmen into the MCU. We have already seen animated universes in Multiverse of Madness. Regardless I want to see more of Angel/Archangel, Iceman, and Nightcrawler.
SpectacularSpidee2025-10-11 22:26
durenatu2025-10-11 22:28
This is how dreams are made
Rising-Dragon-Fist2025-10-11 22:47
I hope the voice acting gets better. I appreciated them bringing back some of the original ones, but boy did they sound old and past it. Rogues was the worst imo.
ChaoticCaptain1772025-10-11 23:40
Season 2 hasn't come out but I'm not complaining. LFG
MasterWinston2025-10-11 23:40
Love the show but it should be releasing yearly
HeartoftheSun1192025-10-11 23:50
cool but they gotta speed up production. They aren't making 22 episode seasons anymore. Jesus.
Spiritual-Map-762025-10-12 00:01
Is there a reason morph gotta be so prominent...lime there are other major characters I wld actually like to see in that spot he can come and go like before for visits
Spiritual-Map-762025-10-12 00:04
The art is pretty subpar I saw a 90s take of the xmen on YouTube down by I think a spanish artist it was incredible really got those characters as they were then it was easy to see why it was so popular then show and comics...they brought it to life better then marvel currently...it had jean and wolverine, storm and cyclops and nightcrawler.and.psylocke...was very impressive instead of all these activist types there are some incredible creators and artists that ideally wld get a shot to bring there vision to life that wld appeal to the max number of ppl
AgentZealousideal2342025-10-12 00:14
Mutant saga confirmed
Eric_T_Meraki2025-10-12 00:23
Hopefully the writing holds up for s3. Original show runner who got axed supposedly already completed s2 writing but we'll see how much of his stuff they keep.
PhotoBonjour_bombs192025-10-14 16:48
Some Redditor told me season 3 is gonna be written by the what if crew
Most_Humor53922025-10-12 00:55
This is one of the best tv shows marvel as has produced in the last 10 years, they would of been dumb for cancelling this
CMF422025-10-12 02:33
Is it called 97 or are they renewing a show that's been away for 20+ years?
Longjumping_Bar_74572025-10-13 06:00
Its called 97
Grayx_28872025-10-12 02:57
As if the show wasn't gonna get renewed for a third season?! But, let's see how the post-Beau DeMayo era of X-Men '97 turns out after its second season.
Neoxon1932025-10-12 03:49
Good, let it run for as long as they want to keep it going.
OldAge60932025-10-12 04:25
That was the best x-men
YOURESTUCKHERE2025-10-12 06:44
To me, my profits.
telking7772025-10-12 13:10
Now bring Beau DeMayo back. Renew him
Wholesome_peek22025-10-12 14:08
Shouldn't it be X-Men '99 then...? ;)
stephens5672025-10-12 16:04
I love the MCU and still quite enjoy the stuff some people dislike. But even I can admit that my hype for projects has died recently, but I am so excited for this. Loved every second of season 1.
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Again, doesn't mean you can't enjoy it, but nostalgia is strong. If anyone reading this is going in to watch it for the first time or rewatch it after a long time, don't expect the moon.
The reboot does step its game up, though, imo, in terms of intensity and story.
I’d say the goblin queen plot is way more confusing to new viewers who didn’t spend any time Jean before its reveal, and it had nothing to do with the old show lol
Sometimes we just have to let people be a lil confused for a few minutes and catch up. They’ll be ok.
I think people get too invested in watching everything that’s come before instead of just learning it fresh. When people talk about homework, they don’t realize they can skip the homework and still get a decent understanding by just paying attention lol
There are a couple good two-parters and it’ll help introduce you to the characters if you aren’t familiar with them, but 97 is far better than anything from the original.
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yeahhhhhhhhh lets goooo
Life is too short to wait so long. I don't know the numbers with viewership but I can't imagine these longs breaks do good for getting people back to watch them. Shows get canceled very quickly nowadays, they need to get through their stories.
It’s the same as Invincible. They renew way in advance so they can maintain annual releases, but that wasn’t possible for S1 to S2. With S3, they renewed it at the same time as S2, so there was no long gap. Then S4 was renewed like 8 months before S3 came out. And now again, S5 was renewed 8 months before S4 even comes out.
X-Men is probably gonna be the same going forward, renewing way in advance. Daredevil is doing the same thing. They just renewed for S3 like 6 months before S2 is even out.
And that’s for a show that has the same episode count as X-men 97 but twice as long episodes
If they had used the same style as What If or Marvel Zombies I could watch it.
But I cannot stand the animation that is so uncoordinated with the voices.
97 is drastically better animation than the original show; the mouths match the voices here.