tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post717513593628734248..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: X-MEN Episode Forty-Six - May 6, 1995G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-42093192538387911062014-01-30T13:10:57.815-05:002014-01-30T13:10:57.815-05:00Oh, I don't know. If this is the series' w...Oh, I don't know. If this is the series' worst episode, then I guess I find it enjoyable in the sense of "so bad it's good." The focus on Xavier's background is also appreciated, as his character never got much of a spotlight in the show's run.<br /><br />That creepy Cyclops line stuck with me too. I would also like to nominate, "You don't have to make it <i>that hard</i>." Someone really ought to isolate that, context-free. Norm Spencer had a real knack for melodramatically capturing that way '90s comics word balloons would place emphasis on arbitrary words.<br /><br />The characters' civilian garb on this series rarely matched anything readily identifiable from the comics, but Madureira's style was so distinctive that it really shows here. Adam Kubert had been hanging around for awhile, but Uncanny X-Men's lack of a long-term penciller after Portacio's departure meant that the Jim Lee house style reigned supreme well into the mid-1990s. With Madureira making the book his own, Lee and co. felt decidedly old hat. Would've been interesting to see if that influence further trickled down to the animated series, had it gone on longer (or started a year later).cyke68https://www.blogger.com/profile/16863809928504935104noreply@blogger.com