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X-Men ’97 Will Validate Your Nostalgia
Was Gambit always this shirtless? (No complaints!)
Magneto is a fan favorite because, well, he’s mostly right that humans in this universe are not especially deserving of the turn-the-other-cheek treatment Professor X gave them for so long, but he’s also principled enough that he’ll honor Charles’s wishes and pick up the mantle of leading the X-Men. For the rest of us, this is at least a solid source of future intragroup tension as Rogue and Erik share meaningful, doubtful looks when Scott insists that the X-Men’s goal is “de-escalation” and have secret romantic meetings in Charles’s old office. They make the animation more creative — Wolverine’s claws glowing bright pink thanks to his transmission of Gambit’s kinetic energy is neat — and, like the Rogue-Magneto pairing, open up exciting places for the season to go now that the mutants can accentuate each other’s skills.
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