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X-Men '97: Season 2

Well, season 2 is in the bag and I have a lot of thoughts. I'll try to keep them brief, but I don't know if that is a promise I will keep. I'm doing away with my list format so I can let these thoughts flow out. Be warned, there are spoilers. Anyways, what did I think of this season? It was okay. I did not love it like the first season. I borderline almost didn't like it. There are specific things that save it for me and I will get into it. I know this show went through turmoil with it's showrunner and you can look that up online. I won't get into it here. I bring it up because this season just doesn't have the FEEL of the first one. It felt very disjointed. X-Men has a long history and this season felt like they tried to cram twenty years of story beats from the comics into this season alone. What do I mean? We got X-Force (a modified team). We got X-Factor (pretty much intact). We got the look of the Grant Morrison New X-Men. We got some time travelling wi...