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Jewish. Father to two children and one dog. Husband to one wife. Attorney maligning officers for sport. Gamer/geek. One time martial artist. Dad jokes. He/him. Magneto made some valid points.

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X-Men '97 Rewatch, S1, E3 - "Fire Made Flesh" This episode is a tall order, basically trying to jam Inferno, one of the most complicated and longest burning X-Men events into a single half hour of television. I think it does it pretty well, given the limitations. We get a lot of the high notes

(Yes, I was absolutely the sort of kid who insisted the comic was better than the cartoon, because I was fucking right.)

EVERY DAY IS SHUT THE FUCK UP FRIDAY

and certainly all of the emotional beats. There are some parts that get short changed (why does Madelyne pick that name? Why is she the Goblin Queen), but we get all the emotional beats that are at the core of the Inferno story. And a bit more foreshadowing that I totally missed at the time.

Speaking of the X-Men, I'm now finally caught up on @herecomestomorrow.net , and I really enjoyed the whole thing. The discussion of Planet X was particularly interesting. I still don't LIKE Planet X, but the discussion was good, and had some interesting insights.

Another planned office day blown apart by an emergency court appearance... (Also, parenting tip--don't call the cops on your kids, folks. They don't help.)

On a rewatch, I am impressed by how much foreshadowing there is here. Some of the later season surprises are hinted at early on. The show absolutely nails Magneto, in all of his morally conflicted glory. Speaking of foreshadowing, I'm pretty sure the music when he kidnaps the tribunal mirrors his

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X-Men '97 rewatch S1, E2 -"Mutant Liberation Begins." Man, this series is incredible just for how much stuff it packs into a thirty minute episode. We've got the Trial of Magneto, the set up for Lifedeath, the birth of Nathan Summers, and end off with a setup for Inferno.

later, scarier (scariest) moment. I'm really curious to see if they do more with the Morph/Wolverine relationship in S2, because it is *so* heavily implied here. Legit laugh of the episode for "Wolverine, he's coming!" "Who? Apocalypse?!" "THE BABY!" "Oh crap." Anyway, this series is really good.

Larry Hama's GI JOE: A Real American Hero comic.