- Experience theic Marvel(R) legacy as the popular 1990s X-MEN animated series explodes onto DVD! With stories adapted directly from the original comic books, this collection is a piece of Marvel history and a must-have for every X-MEN fan. Discover the origins of your favorite characters and uncover the secrets of Magneto and more of the world’s most diabolical villains in X-MEN: VOLUME 1. Reli
Product Description
In a world that hates and fears them, several mutants (humans who are born with unique powers and abilities) have banded together to fight the hatred, and eventually fight for their very lives. Under the tutelage of Professor Xavier, the most powerful telepath on the planet, they learn to master their powers. Cyclops, the team leader, can shoot laser beams from his eyes. The rebellious and feral Wolverine can heal himself and has metal claws. Jean Grey is a telekine… More >>
#1 by Neil K on April 19, 2010 - 12:32 am
There’s only 36 or so episdoes as I can see… The entire series has about 76 or so. FYI..
Rating: 2 / 5
#2 by CitySoul on April 19, 2010 - 2:34 am
Okay, there’s absolutely no reason why this series shouldn’t have been released EONS ago! Let’s face it, the only reason this collection is FINALLY coming to light is so Disney could ride 20th Century Fox’s coattails. If you check the date of this product’s release (and the character that’s prominently featured on both box covers), you’ll see it coincides with theatrical release of “X-MEN Origins: Wolverine” on May 1st. Could they be anymore obvious?
Since Disney took so damn long, many people resorted to buying bootleg collections online or just transferring the material they recorded/bought on VHS to DVD. The only incentives to purchasing this collection is 1) If you don’t already own the complete series and/or 2) If it has tons of bonus features: Interviews with the voice actors, commercial spots, a series bible, collectable box art…the works! Otherwise, you’re better off just downloading it from a torrent site or something. After such a loooong wait, I think the fans deserve those extras. I mean, this series ranks #9 among the most requested TV shows in history (animated or live-action) to be put on DVD. Obviously there’s been a market out there for some time.
However, judging from Disney’s past releases with shows like Ducktales, I wouldn’t expect anything special from this other than the episodes themselves. These days, Disney is just a money-making machine without any regard to the FAITHFUL fans of the projects they release. If this series went through Time Life, it would be a totally different story. If you purchased “the Real Ghostbusters” collection last year, you know exactly what I mean. It’s undoutedly THE BEST animated series collection EVER to be released! Superior packaging, cast interviews, TONS of bonus materials, it’s a very thorough collection that covered the Real Ghostbusters from every angle imaginable. They took into account what THE FANS wanted & that’s the RESPECT quality-driven shows of the 80’s & 90’s should be warranted.
Rating: 3 / 5
#3 by Kevin E. Robinson on April 19, 2010 - 5:04 am
As most every fan out there, I have been waiting YEARS for this amazing series to be released in full on DVD, not an episode here and there, but full seasons. Well it’s finally been released! Well don’t get too excited now like I did, you’re in for a BIG disappointment. Although these are the episodes, in correct order, they are EDITED AND CUT! These are NOT the full length original airing of the episodes. These are more like the re-run versions. Just like The Simpsons, the re-run episodes on TV are cut for time length from the original episodes. I guess the “new episode” airing time for shows have less commercial time, I do not not. What I know is this, just like when watching other shows on ABC Family, TBS, even FOX and etc, the original airing of each new show has MORE than the re-run version. This brand new DVD set is just like watching the re-runs on TV. So if you simply want (as I did) the 1990s version of the X-Men, go ahead and buy both of these volumes; but if you’re looking for the full length 24-26 minute unedited, uncut versions…keep waiting. Maybe one day, SOMEONE will produce this wonderful series the RIGHT WAY!
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by Marvel Me on April 19, 2010 - 7:29 am
I hope that these upcoming volumes (1&2)of Marvel X-men are full episodes in the order that they were originally released.It would be a great series to release with all seasons.If these are random episodes just put together I would not recommend buying them!I am not sure why it is such a problem to have all the 80’s & 90’s Marvel cartoons released in the way they should be.On “Amazon – United Kingdom” they started to release all the classic Marvel cartoons with full seasons and in correct order.(But you need a dvd player that plays a PAL formated disc.)Please release these the right way or not at all!
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by Kozmik_Pariah on April 19, 2010 - 9:51 am
I’ve watched this show recently, and it doesn’t really feel like anything great. It’s got plenty of corny bits (“Got bit by a dog, too.”), and the quality, to me, hasn’t really held up like that other great ’90’s cartoon (Batman: TAS, for those of you that dunno what I’m talking about). The show feels stale, and not fresh, but it’s worth a nostalgia dip. Kids today probably won’t really care about this as much, with the modern Wolverine cartoon being out (why it’s Wolverine and the X-Men, I don’t know, because every X-cartoon out there stars good ol’ Sniktbub). It was cool to see Mr. Sinister and many of the X-Men done in something at last, but for me, the older “Kitty Pryde and the X-Men” pilot is far better in terms of animation and story.
In closing, just get it if you’re a nostalgia buff, not an X-Fan.
Rating: 3 / 5