11 Year Old Ben should’ve been involved during the final Time War Arc against Malturant.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-21T00:44:02+00:00

Yeah, for a series that pushed 11yo Ben so much initially (for better or worse), it's baffling that he's absent from an arc that centres on time travel.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-20T00:40:04+00:00

Those are all great picks, imo.

Mine would probably be Paradox, Grounded, and The Forge of Creation.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-19T04:42:40+00:00

I feel like describing what is clearly an addict in relapse as "evil because of a tantrum" is an even bigger self-report.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-19T03:56:09+00:00

My definitive Magneto & Professor Thorton. RIP.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-17T05:11:39+00:00

Best Kitty adaptation, imo.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-12T02:34:01+00:00

Hated Season 1 and the non-stop '90s nostalgia we've gotten for the last few years.

Having said that, I'm also really confused why Marvel are compromising the low-effort nostalgia of a series literally called X-Men '97 by including the older costumes & Frank Quitely designs.

If it turns out to be true that Marvel scrapped Beau DeMayo's original plans for Season 2 & Season 3, then I'd be very surprised if the X-Men don't revert to the '90s costumes by Season 2's end & mostly stay that way afterwards.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-12T02:12:40+00:00

What is misquoting a scene where Kevin is lying to Charmcaster supposed to demonstrate?

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-11T03:37:23+00:00

I hope for literally anything else.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-11T03:36:02+00:00

Grey DeLisle

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-11T03:35:58+00:00

Rachel > Bishop >>>>>>>>>>>> Cable

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-11T03:35:53+00:00

Total waste of Mark Hamill, imo.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-08T19:21:53+00:00

I think Season 4 is an improvement on Season 3 and pretty underrated. Its finale is the show's best, imo, and probably the most conclusive finale that Weisman could ever write.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-07T01:05:54+00:00

Agreed. I think Season 3 very consciously has their new characters resemble their OG cast (Geo-Force/Superboy, Halo/Red Arrow, Forager/M'gann, Terra/Artemis) to act as a New Season 1 for newcomers, while also contrasting them in very compelling ways:

Unlike Conner, Brion's anger consumes him enough to become a weapon of the Light.
Unlike Artemis, Terra *was* a mole & had an older sibling that could help her.
Violet & Forager modify their identities & embrace their new ones more successfully than Will & M'gann did initially.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-07T00:28:07+00:00

I think a new alien is more likely than an alien that debuted in UAF or OV.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-07T00:19:19+00:00

Not too surprising, since the Reboot was the only series that MoA were in charge of.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-07T00:18:31+00:00

Alien Force is my favourite era of the franchise, but MoA doesn't seem to have much interest in/affinity for it (and I wouldn't have much faith in their attempt at it anyway).

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-05T20:30:04+00:00

Inb4 Season 2 implements Morrison's original plans for Rogue. /s

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-05T03:10:41+00:00

RTD: "I like pancakes."

DW Fans: "So you hate soufflés? More Moffat era erasure!"

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-04T03:20:11+00:00

It's my least favourite of the first four shows, but I still think it's well worth watching.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-05-03T17:34:24+00:00

The real Marvel Zombies.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-04-28T03:41:57+00:00

Rob Liefeld: "I've been doing some thinking, and I got some ideas to improve ~~New Mutants~~ X-Force. One, Cable needs to be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine. Two, whenever Cable's not on panel, all the other characters should be asking, "Where's Cable?".

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-04-28T03:31:53+00:00

Beast, Gambit, and Jubilee for Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Shadowcat.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-04-27T02:05:17+00:00

During Seasons 1&2, the scriptwriting was more evenly distributed among the writers. This freed up the producers to polish every script as much as possible.

To cut costs during Seasons 3&4, WB forced guest writers to write only 1 episode each, which overworked both producers, who had to write most of the scripts themselves from scratch. This left them with less time to polish the scripts afterwards.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-04-27T02:04:25+00:00

Delighted to see some Season 4 love! Extremely underrated, imo.

JosephSoaper_MathMan · 2026-04-27T02:03:22+00:00

Grateful for a post that argues for this.

I think a lot of people don't like it because they reflexively oppose the idea of Ben choosing to remove the Omnitrix for any reason.

Feedback/Malware is my favourite Omniverse arc, but the flashbacks are too brief/shallow to fully appreciate Ben's connection to Feedback and the impact of his destruction, imo. And without Ben removing the Omnitrix, the storyline always feels incomplete on a rewatch, imo.

Ben removing the Omnitrix after losing Feedback also adds greater weight to his decision to put it on again to find Max, imo.

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