Since I know you genuinely want to get in touch with Scott McNeil I’m replying to this in hopes you’ll see it, there’s a mostly transformers focused UA-camr named TJ Omega who has done several interviews with Scott for over a decade now I believe, if anyone could get you in contact with Scott, it’s him.
The Generation x comic is so good. It deserved so much better. The criticism about the school being so empty and Xavier not being around is explained by the Gen X comic having Emma and Sean mentor the kids at Emma's old school from the New Mutants days in Boston.
To be fair, it’s a frequent thing in the comics for there to be mutants whose mutations are more of a curse than anything else. Shout out to my boy, Maggot
That one blonde girl is treated like an outcast because her mutant is that she’s too muscular, but these days we live in the age of people loving muscle mommies. This TV movie was ahead of its time.
8:47 to be fair, that's how the Gen X comics were. An offshot of the Xavier Institute run by Banshee & Emma at the old Massachusetts Academy with just a small roster of mutants. The idea of the school being a large bustling academy has only really been around for the last 20 years. For most of X-History, the school has been pretty empty, barely a school. When it was the original five, it was just them and Prof X. When it was the New Mutants, there were no other students, just them and whatever X-Men roster was running around
i get the feeling that this was the year of bumper robinson in the 90's. the jacksons, the OJ Simspon tv movie on fox and this guess it was his moment at the time
Hey, Legoking from the future here! He did it! He talked about the JL tv movie! Not only that, but also a whole bunch of other failed superhero pilots.
Does anyone remember mutant X, basically it was this X-Men show they didn’t feature any mutants from the comics and was it own separate thing from the comics and movies
Great video, but it would've been nice if you mentioned a few thing about the Generation X comic series, that this movie is based on. At least, it would have explained this unusual (for general audience) roster of characters cuz it is present in this exact series.
I mean, the rooster (including Xavier's school being run by Emma frost and Banshee with no Xavier in sight) was from the comics.... They replaced Synth (who can copy any mutant powers) and Chamber (Who is constantly on fire with a gaping hole, which would have made him horrible to adapt even with a better budget, and was the telepath of the group..) with the Cyclops expy and Husk became the super-strong girl... Otherwise, that's the comics team, yes. It's mostly the lack of good plot and budget that is hurting, because the comics the show was "adapting" was popular for a few years, and people did learn to care about the group.
The fact that they were willing to create a pilot to an X-Men drama really shows how popular they are. 0:58 You really should review Godzilla Singular Point sometime if you want to justify the Godzilla in the name
Damn, even compared to other old superhero stuff like those captain America movies where he wore a motorcycle helmet or that justice league pilot with fire & ice in it, at least those were like…. somewhat remembered. This is is just like completely forgotten lol, props on you for finding it
It's actually one of the most prominent things on my radar between the ones you name. I think this even aired on television where I first saw it (in the Netherlands. Probably some summer time later at night air time filler, but still). From the other properties, the JL series is one I'm least aware of.
I was literally just watching ur tmnt video and I went to uphold ur promise at the end of ur videos about 3 other videos coming out in the past month and this video proved it right..well played..
I first heard about this movie in my X-men history Encyclopedia book copy from 2007. It easily started a new gap in my mind making me eager to learn more about it. Great video. I can see why it didn’t truly take off but they at least had the Dreamworld and that definitely looks like the coolest part of the movie! Great review! Looking forward to more good X-men content from you in the future!
3:35 Wait he's that Angelo? The one that was crucified and died in a Chuck Dixon X-Men Issue that Linkara made fun of cause he didn't know a thing about him? That Angelo?.
Yep. this was an attempt at adapting the Generation X comics, given the rooster (I think only pseudo-cyclops and maybe super-strong girl weren't main characters from the comics? Wait, Jubile was a main character in another X-book at the time...). Ironically, Skin/Angelo might be the one who stuck closer to the comics, and his powers were not portrayed that way.
Buff and Refrax are basically the dollar store version of Husk and Chamber. Main reason for the change was because their power would’ve been way too expensive for this for those. I don’t know those characters, husk can cheddar skin and become anything. Like a layer skin can become diamond, metal,stone, lava, or even uranium all underneath. Fun fact, husk had a pretty sweet relationship with Toad. Chamber has psionic abilities. When his powers first emerged, they destroyed his lower jaw, leaving a gaping hole down to his chest. Emitting flame like energy that he tries to control. He’s also a bit of a telepath, which is how he is able to talk now. Except his telepathy only works one way. Like he can talk to you telepathically but you can’t talk to him the same way, unless you’re an actual telepath.
Wow, I didn't even know there was an early live action X-Men attempt. And this didnt have any big name Mutants(except Jubilee). No wonder no one talks about this. Also, why was 2000s Rouge mentioned when the character has always been white?
I remember being incredibly eXcited when I first saw this at bond st video in the 90s. I couldn’t trick myself into enjoying it one bit I was 9 or something
There's another X-Men show that actually did get made, but is probably just as, if not, more obscure than this: Mutant X. It aired in 2001, lasted only 3 seasons, and I have heard absolutely no one talk about it. The only reason I've heard of it was because I was scrolling through Tubi and happened to find it; though, I haven't watched it yet. I don't know if you'd want to review it at the moment since Avi Arad was executive producer on it, but it is out there if you want to look at another obscure X-Men thing.
That's one of the reasons I'm excited for X-Men in the MCU. There's no possible way they can make Mr. Sinister or Apocalypse sympathetic villains. They're simply evil as fuck 😂😂
As a GenX’er, and a fan of Generation X (the comic) by Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo, you wouldn’t have wondered a lot of these things had you read it. Is it bad, oh hell yes, but the things you comment on like Skin and M are fleshed out (pun intended) in the comic and I’m sure was planned in the future after this back door pilot. Emma Frost and Sean Cassidy were given a place to start the new school in the Berkshire’s in MA. I get you are commenting on the bad made for TV movie, but you didn’t really go into the source material at all. Even less than the show did. And for the record; the shows these days can’t wrangle a 10th of the viewership of today because there are too many channels and streaming services. Something gets an 8 share now and it’s a miracle. An 8 when this aired would be cancelled faster than it aired.
It really bothers me you keep calling this an X-Men adaptation when it’s a Generation X adaptation. That’s like saying Teen Titans is a Justice League adaptation. This movie is pretty faithful to the setup of the Generation X comic at the time. That’s not to say it’s GOOD, but it at least seems to try. It even had the sense to introduce stand-ins for characters that were too costly to use (Buff for Husk and Refrax for Chamber) instead of using the characters in name only or trying to do a version of their powers and failing miserably. The only two issues I have with it lore-wise are (a) it should take place at Massachusetts Academy and not Xavier’s, and (b) they left out a character - Synch - for seemingly no reason even though his powers are very tv friendly.
Firefly was canceled after one season where they did not even show the episodes in order. A show dying because of mismanagement is nothing new and not tied to Stranger Things.
I feel like you're conflating Generation X with the X-Men. Gen X and X-Men are two different teams. This is based off of the Generation X comic book, not the main X-Men comic book team. Generation X was a team that was led by both Banshee and Emma Frost. The team's primary purpose was to learn to be the next generation of X-Men, hence the title 'Generation X, so some of these criticisms are a bit off base
Speaking of little-known X-Men properties, have you read any of the new Ultimate X-Men run (all two issues, lol)? If so, what do you think so far? If not, why not?
Emma's such a cool character, but the powers that be just don't seem to know what to do with her. The one movie that used even part of Wedon and Cassidy's Astonishing X-men left her out.
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Since I know you genuinely want to get in touch with Scott McNeil I’m replying to this in hopes you’ll see it, there’s a mostly transformers focused UA-camr named TJ Omega who has done several interviews with Scott for over a decade now I believe, if anyone could get you in contact with Scott, it’s him.
White Jubilee sounds like a mixed drink.
Gotta love how being a buff girl in the 90s qualifies you into being a mutant.
So, does that make Noi from Dorohedoro a mutant?
The Generation x comic is so good. It deserved so much better.
The criticism about the school being so empty and Xavier not being around is explained by the Gen X comic having Emma and Sean mentor the kids at Emma's old school from the New Mutants days in Boston.
You can tell he doesn't know shit about the comics
My god I loved that comic. PEAK Bachalo/Buckingham too imho.
100% agree that it deserved better.
@@quequekhariwell he does he just isn't an expert
Massachusetts Academy.
@@quequekhariOh sorry he doesn’t know a x-men comic series existed amount an ocean worth of x-men titles.
The X in Godzilla X Kong stands for Xavier
Underrated.
To be fair, it’s a frequent thing in the comics for there to be mutants whose mutations are more of a curse than anything else. Shout out to my boy, Maggot
Or Wither, whose mutant power is that he DECAYS everything that makes skin contact with him.
And people thought Rogue had it bad.
and poor beak. at least he got a family in the end.
Or the guys who’s power is to blow up once then die
That one blonde girl is treated like an outcast because her mutant is that she’s too muscular, but these days we live in the age of people loving muscle mommies. This TV movie was ahead of its time.
Muscle Mami's, am I right?
That’s the contrary of being ahead of its time…
I love when youtuber comments just repeat what they say in the videos
I don't think it's necessarily better just because people would openly drool over her.
You'd be surprised how much muscular women love it when u compliment them for their buffness@@Draliseth
What's most impressive is how Xavier always manages to find such old footage and sometimes even lost media from decades ago for these videos.
Piracy is super easy when you know what you're doing.
The full film is on UA-cam...
@@gravityfalls1826 people don’t tend to look into things before giving an opinion 🤷♂️
think its on youtube or if you were alive back then on wgn :P
It’s 1000% on UA-cam.
There is an alternate timeline where Godzilla Mendoza runs the UA-cam channel XavierMendoza
Holy shit, GodzillaMendoza just made a new video after 3 days. That’s a new record.
8:47 to be fair, that's how the Gen X comics were. An offshot of the Xavier Institute run by Banshee & Emma at the old Massachusetts Academy with just a small roster of mutants. The idea of the school being a large bustling academy has only really been around for the last 20 years. For most of X-History, the school has been pretty empty, barely a school. When it was the original five, it was just them and Prof X. When it was the New Mutants, there were no other students, just them and whatever X-Men roster was running around
Max Headroom already proves Matt Frewer's an exceptional personality when it comes to character acting ngl
i get the feeling that this was the year of bumper robinson in the 90's. the jacksons, the OJ Simspon tv movie on fox and this guess it was his moment at the time
Now I want to see Xavier talk about the 1997 Justice league tv movie. Another failed pilot for a live-action superhero show!
That Pilot was like friends meet super heroes. Or a Sorta Proto “Justice friends” from Dexters Lab without the intentional comedy.
Agreed would also live for him to talk about the 70s Spider-Man live action
Hey, Legoking from the future here! He did it! He talked about the JL tv movie! Not only that, but also a whole bunch of other failed superhero pilots.
5:46 oh Jubilee is playing Virtua Fighter 2, that's a nice detail
I thought you were talking about Gen X, as in your parents...lol
Same!!! I almost had to drop a call with my boss...
That Generation X are even worse because they don't have laser eyes
@@GodzillaMendoza just thick skin you're a goof :)
@@GodzillaMendozaOf course they do, they’re just hiding them to keep from being discriminated against and/or hunted down by giant mechs.
Between this, Gen V and The New Mutants, we come a long way from something similar to this series.
Does anyone remember mutant X, basically it was this X-Men show they didn’t feature any mutants from the comics and was it own separate thing from the comics and movies
And it was created by public enemy number 1 for fans of the Raimi trilogy, Avi Arad
I remember Mutant X. It was pretty good.
I was wondering if he would mention that.
Finally, Xavier uploads again aft- hey wait a minute. It hasn’t even been a week?!?! Are we in the end times?!!
I never realize how many failed and forgotten superhero pilot for shows there were.
Great video, but it would've been nice if you mentioned a few thing about the Generation X comic series, that this movie is based on. At least, it would have explained this unusual (for general audience) roster of characters cuz it is present in this exact series.
I mean, the rooster (including Xavier's school being run by Emma frost and Banshee with no Xavier in sight) was from the comics.... They replaced Synth (who can copy any mutant powers) and Chamber (Who is constantly on fire with a gaping hole, which would have made him horrible to adapt even with a better budget, and was the telepath of the group..) with the Cyclops expy and Husk became the super-strong girl... Otherwise, that's the comics team, yes. It's mostly the lack of good plot and budget that is hurting, because the comics the show was "adapting" was popular for a few years, and people did learn to care about the group.
Me, in a big X-Men mood, and Xavier uploading an X-Men video??? So stoked
The fact that they were willing to create a pilot to an X-Men drama really shows how popular they are.
0:58 You really should review Godzilla Singular Point sometime if you want to justify the Godzilla in the name
I see the writers were a fan of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors lol
Apparently
So is Josh Boon the director of the new mutants movie
Always up for reviews of weird obscure comic book adaptations that nobody talks about.
Damn, even compared to other old superhero stuff like those captain America movies where he wore a motorcycle helmet or that justice league pilot with fire & ice in it, at least those were like…. somewhat remembered. This is is just like completely forgotten lol, props on you for finding it
It's actually one of the most prominent things on my radar between the ones you name. I think this even aired on television where I first saw it (in the Netherlands. Probably some summer time later at night air time filler, but still). From the other properties, the JL series is one I'm least aware of.
NEW XAVIER ALREADY!? Damn we eating good today
For a second I forgot GodzillaMendoza's name was Xavier and I thought you were just super happy Patrick Stewart didn't act as Professor X
(in the 90s show)
Just saying, it’d be awesome if these characters appear in Deadpool and Wolverine just to get killed off immediately. Them and F4NTASTIC’s characters
Dude last video was 3 days ago 2 great videos in the same week 10/10
0:26 oh cool so you've met my and 75% of your audience's dads
wait a minute, that sounds a lot like riddler's scheme in batman forever!
You almost got a phone call... but Ok, you're safe... for now. ...another fantastic take from my favorite mutant!!
Why do I get the feeling that they’ll use all of the characters here for the next X-Men movie reboot?
It's kinda sad that this version of Jubilee was better than the one in the actual fox movies
The guy who played the villain in this went on to voice the Leader in the 90s Marvel cartoons❤
I think he was doing that at the same time as this
I was literally just watching ur tmnt video and I went to uphold ur promise at the end of ur videos about 3 other videos coming out in the past month and this video proved it right..well played..
For the record, Xavier was Charles' last name.
I'm aware.
I remember as a kid not seeing the ads on tv for it ever… but it being heavily advertised in every marvel comic at the time.
I first heard about this movie in my X-men history Encyclopedia book copy from 2007. It easily started a new gap in my mind making me eager to learn more about it. Great video. I can see why it didn’t truly take off but they at least had the Dreamworld and that definitely looks like the coolest part of the movie! Great review! Looking forward to more good X-men content from you in the future!
Since you talked about Generation X, when are you going to talk about mutant X? Anyone else remember that show.
I remember
thank you for this video mr xaivier, i can’t wait to watch this after class
Hey what the hell this was supposed to take you a million years.
3:35 Wait he's that Angelo? The one that was crucified and died in a Chuck Dixon X-Men Issue that Linkara made fun of cause he didn't know a thing about him? That Angelo?.
Yep. this was an attempt at adapting the Generation X comics, given the rooster (I think only pseudo-cyclops and maybe super-strong girl weren't main characters from the comics? Wait, Jubile was a main character in another X-book at the time...). Ironically, Skin/Angelo might be the one who stuck closer to the comics, and his powers were not portrayed that way.
I was right, Godzillamendoza will get around to doing a video on ANYTHING (which is awesome BTW)
Godzilla shoulda been your middle name my god
You should read the comic series this was based on. It doesn't make the movie good, but it makes some of the decisions make more sense.
Now we need a review of gifted.
Ah ok the title confused me for a moment, so it’s a 90’s X-men people don’t know about I see🤔
Buff and Refrax are basically the dollar store version of Husk and Chamber. Main reason for the change was because their power would’ve been way too expensive for this for those. I don’t know those characters, husk can cheddar skin and become anything. Like a layer skin can become diamond, metal,stone, lava, or even uranium all underneath. Fun fact, husk had a pretty sweet relationship with Toad. Chamber has psionic abilities. When his powers first emerged, they destroyed his lower jaw, leaving a gaping hole down to his chest. Emitting flame like energy that he tries to control. He’s also a bit of a telepath, which is how he is able to talk now. Except his telepathy only works one way. Like he can talk to you telepathically but you can’t talk to him the same way, unless you’re an actual telepath.
I guess they forgot the Massachusetts Academy sign, which would explain Prof. X's absence.
Wait until you see the Power Pack pilot. Yes, there was one. No, I do not know why.
Bro please do an X-Men show retrospective, I really wanna hear your thoughts on Wolverine and The X-Men
I waited so long for this as a kid. I borrowed a vcr and bought a blank tape to record it but didn’t get home in time 😢😂
I find it odd how this thing suddenly resurfaced and multiple channels decided to tackle it short time apart.
The gen x comic actually looks interesting
Wow, I didn't even know there was an early live action X-Men attempt. And this didnt have any big name Mutants(except Jubilee). No wonder no one talks about this.
Also, why was 2000s Rouge mentioned when the character has always been white?
Her and Emma Frost, but yeah.
Yay I actually got a notification to watch the video.
Didn't even knew this thing existed.
7:14 She looks nothing like the girl on the lawn to me. Very strange what lighting can do, I suppose.
2 gm videos in one week? Am i dreaming
This video is like 20% Mallrats
Which
I am all for please more mallrats references
I'm going to say that this is connected to corman fantastic four
Another episode of "Huh, this exists"
YES NEW UPLOAD LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!🗣️🔥
I know it isn't related to marvel but I really liked that Mutant X show from the 90s
Bro I haven’t seen you for a month we’re have you been
Xavier I’m living off those Mallrats clips dude! So glad I’m not the only one who loves that film
Your parents at all considered naming you Godzilla…
Finally Xavier uploads after all these years
I remember being incredibly eXcited when I first saw this at bond st video in the 90s. I couldn’t trick myself into enjoying it one bit I was 9 or something
There's another X-Men show that actually did get made, but is probably just as, if not, more obscure than this: Mutant X. It aired in 2001, lasted only 3 seasons, and I have heard absolutely no one talk about it. The only reason I've heard of it was because I was scrolling through Tubi and happened to find it; though, I haven't watched it yet.
I don't know if you'd want to review it at the moment since Avi Arad was executive producer on it, but it is out there if you want to look at another obscure X-Men thing.
That's one of the reasons I'm excited for X-Men in the MCU. There's no possible way they can make Mr. Sinister or Apocalypse sympathetic villains. They're simply evil as fuck 😂😂
18:45 R.I.P. Nicolas Cage
As a GenX’er, and a fan of Generation X (the comic) by Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo, you wouldn’t have wondered a lot of these things had you read it.
Is it bad, oh hell yes, but the things you comment on like Skin and M are fleshed out (pun intended) in the comic and I’m sure was planned in the future after this back door pilot.
Emma Frost and Sean Cassidy were given a place to start the new school in the Berkshire’s in MA.
I get you are commenting on the bad made for TV movie, but you didn’t really go into the source material at all. Even less than the show did.
And for the record; the shows these days can’t wrangle a 10th of the viewership of today because there are too many channels and streaming services. Something gets an 8 share now and it’s a miracle. An 8 when this aired would be cancelled faster than it aired.
Thought this was Mutant X at first
So, this is basically the Generation X comic but with a few OCs
Or like that recent gotham knights show
this shows looks like are you afraid of the dark to me for some reason
Skin is another example on why mutants (especially Rogue) should put on the collar at least temporarily.
I know it's off topic but you should review the new Ultimate Spider-Man comic run!
I didn't know this existed
Remember Mutant X, me neither.
It really bothers me you keep calling this an X-Men adaptation when it’s a Generation X adaptation. That’s like saying Teen Titans is a Justice League adaptation.
This movie is pretty faithful to the setup of the Generation X comic at the time. That’s not to say it’s GOOD, but it at least seems to try. It even had the sense to introduce stand-ins for characters that were too costly to use (Buff for Husk and Refrax for Chamber) instead of using the characters in name only or trying to do a version of their powers and failing miserably.
The only two issues I have with it lore-wise are (a) it should take place at Massachusetts Academy and not Xavier’s, and (b) they left out a character - Synch - for seemingly no reason even though his powers are very tv friendly.
I knew this "movie" pilot existed, i remember that i saw it on TV after the first movie was a hit.
Finally, Xavier uploads again after all these years!
Omg an xavier video im not months late for
Two videos in a week let’s go
Can we all agree that the best Marvel movies were made before the 2000s
Huh?😅
I remember watching this on TV as a teenager. It was soooo disappointing 😞 😕 lol 😆
When you have the director of The Hidden you'd expect something great, but not here.
Firefly was canceled after one season where they did not even show the episodes in order. A show dying because of mismanagement is nothing new and not tied to Stranger Things.
Okay, apparently I'm the ONLY one who had no idea Jubilee was supposed to be even a little bit Asian until like, a decade after TAS ended.
the language is so tamed, honestly shocked you find that bulgar when it feels closer to how normal kids speak
I feel like you're conflating Generation X with the X-Men. Gen X and X-Men are two different teams. This is based off of the Generation X comic book, not the main X-Men comic book team. Generation X was a team that was led by both Banshee and Emma Frost. The team's primary purpose was to learn to be the next generation of X-Men, hence the title 'Generation X, so some of these criticisms are a bit off base
Speaking of little-known X-Men properties, have you read any of the new Ultimate X-Men run (all two issues, lol)? If so, what do you think so far? If not, why not?
thanks for the video
I have so much nostalgia for this show and despite it's flaws I can't help but love it.
FINALLY, XAVIER UPLOADS AGAIN AFTER THREE.. days????
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INCONCEIVABLE!!!
Is the villian Matt Frewer? I gotta watch this now
Emma's such a cool character, but the powers that be just don't seem to know what to do with her. The one movie that used even part of Wedon and Cassidy's Astonishing X-men left her out.