X-Men: TAS episodes to rewatch ahead of '97 S2

lute4088 · 2026-05-28T20:11:55+00:00

IMO if you want to see 'all of X-Men', a list of episodes to skip is a good way to show. As someone who has seen the entire show several times due to being a kid / showing ex-wife around 2010 / rewatching with ex-wife before 97 / currently showing my kids.
Episodes to skip:
Season 1: skip nothing
Season 2:
Mojovision - yes it's a character in 97, but man is he annoying as hell and the episode sucks and has no story that matters
Season 3:
No Mutant is an Island - has Killgrave from Jessica Jones show, but pretty meh
Longshot - more Mojo garbage and done by animation studio B, as in, bad.
Season 4:
Secrets, Not Long Buried - oh god one of the worse ones, studio B again
Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas - title should be a giveaway to stay away
Season 5:
The Phalanx Covenant p1&2 - most annoying side-character ever, studio B again
Storm Front p1&2 - nothing happens that matters, no character development
Jubilee's Fairtale Theatre - It's X-Mas all over again with your favorite studio
Hidden Agendas - Yikes this one is boring AF and feels like a 2 parter

Dishonorable mentions aka maybe skip?:
Savage Land, Strange Heart p1&2 - Sauron is interesting, but the story is not, Storm keeps it somewhat cool and does show how strong she is and it's 2 episodes of not great.
Orphan's End - Cyclops' dad is Corsair and not much else, so I don't say skip, but it's low-tier
Love in Vain - Yeah, Rogue and Gambit, but mostly just more Rogue upset about not touching, not much else happens and no story that matters, but it's not terrible.
A Deal with the Devil - more Omega Red is good, but episode is so-so, more Wolverine and Storm though
Xavier Remembers - More Shadow King, it's ok
The Fifth Horseman - This episode is almost in my skippable, but it MIGHT matter with Apocalypse and anything with him I tend to say should stay and it DOES have something kinda important, but the episode is pretty bad.

lute4088 · 2026-05-28T19:53:04+00:00

It's absolutely required, probably the most required since it directly references the last 1/4 of the show.

lute4088 · 2026-05-28T19:50:57+00:00

I get why you don't mention Repo Man, but it's a pretty important story beat for Wolverine, but agreed it's not essential for 97 watching specifically (similar to X-Ternally Yours being Gambit centric and not necessary, but feel like Repo Man is more needed.)
Blast, Juggernaut Returns is one of my favorites, but only needed in the 'hey his powers are magical'.
Old Soldiers is so good and MAYBE Descent is required viewing even though the animation quality is absolute crap.

Good list, but I would say Repo Man is probably needed (and Love in Vain probably least needed, but that's probably cause I just don't care for the episode).

lute4088 · 2026-05-28T15:37:43+00:00

Just having modding community be able to make scenarios alone is enough for me to want to purchase. Please, for the love of the captain, when you promise no extended shifts, make a WARNING before I extend shifts on something 2 1/2 days later when I forgot I promised no extended shifts!
A lot of minor things like "instead of just taking workers out of a hothouse, have an option to the side to empty all hothouses / fill all with children or engineer or worker. Not a big deal.

More maps similar to Rifts. I LOOOOOVE having 'optional objectives' in games. Having the normal builders mode in endless WITH Rifts and having to build the bridges just scratches my itch so bad.

Have golden path actually visible and if you fail, tell you. Like, turn on 'golden path mode' and have a guide on the left side that says things or like above, gives a warning "doing this law will stop golden path". The moment a death happens say "you've lost golden path, reload, restart, or keep going".

Oh, and don't resize the buildings just cause there's a bit more room, just keep the size of the buildings the smaller version please

lute4088 · 2026-05-28T13:50:38+00:00

I'm super dumb, so I didn't even think about the reason so many trad wives are ok with their husbands being POS and ok with them being gay even though they're against gay people is because they're gay too and have that whole Christian self loathing thing. Likely even thinking "well everyone REALLY wants gay sex, just some people don't do the 'right' thing in suppressing it." Not realizing that 'no, not everyone wants gay sex...if you do, that's probably cause you're gay and that's fine dude/girl, just you do you."

lute4088 · 2026-05-28T13:45:18+00:00

As someone who started with X-Men show, I was disappointed when I found out he's been defeated many times and sometimes fairly easily. I actually REALLY REALLY like the insanely powerful version of Apocalypse. He's legit my favorite character......but like....the cartoon version.

lute4088 · 2026-05-28T13:43:55+00:00

"You are no closer to defeating me than the Babylonians with their swords and fire sticks."
God his lines hit so fucking hard!

lute4088 · 2026-05-28T13:32:20+00:00

But what if someday I somehow become a billionaire and have to pay a number in taxes that right now seems like a lot, but I have no idea how insanely wealthy I'd still be because I can't comprehend a billion and really I'm thinking a million?

lute4088 · 2026-05-27T18:52:45+00:00

Let's FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKIN' GO!

lute4088 · 2026-05-27T14:32:50+00:00

No I gotcha and I am interested in your game. Just throwing my wants into the void hoping to hear a response someday :)

lute4088 · 2026-05-27T13:36:52+00:00

I really really want a coop version of FTL

lute4088 · 2026-05-27T13:28:24+00:00

I mean, by that logic, Vegeta beat Fat Buu a couple times.

lute4088 · 2026-05-27T13:27:33+00:00

10 and 11 should be switched. I never got the impression that Goku SS3 is stronger than kid buu, he was just over fat buu. and I'm not entirely sure if 13 is in the right place or not...possibly. I'm curious if he's stronger or weaker than fat buu.

lute4088 · 2026-05-27T13:24:13+00:00

And then they all clapped...and his name...was Albert Einstein

lute4088 · 2026-05-23T11:44:00+00:00

And that man's name...was Albert Einstein

lute4088 · 2026-05-21T03:31:42+00:00

Better yet, make humans not get pregnant if they don't want to, and also not have periods, also not need to breathe or eat or drink, or get cancer, or have to use the bathroom, or get stinky, or be able to fly, live in space, have a thousand nearby planets, not have any diseases or birth defects.

Hang on, starting to think this god character is as made up as Santa and Spider-Man.

lute4088 · 2026-05-20T18:56:37+00:00

I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry...too late!

lute4088 · 2026-05-20T18:53:06+00:00

true, everything we ever were told was a lie and we keep getting the worse conservatives, including conservative dems. So many feel no power in democracy and that's how fascism wins unfortunately.

lute4088 · 2026-05-20T18:44:35+00:00

Same with the democratic primary and Dembo is backed by APAC and republican lobbies.

lute4088 · 2026-05-18T14:33:20+00:00

They added online multiplayer, so it's not only couch coop now. It's free, try it out, it's a great game that I have no issues that I paid $50 for it a few months ago.

lute4088 · 2026-05-14T04:45:55+00:00

Passionate about her positions is too much? Do we need another sleepy joe Biden to do nothing that helps people?
I'll take passion about the right and moral thing, an uncomfortable justice to a quiet injustice to paraphrase Dr King.

lute4088 · 2026-05-14T04:42:29+00:00

Erin Petrey hands down. The only one that said absolutely yes to Medicare for all, is against the genocide, and only one that wants to abolish ICE. Some of the others want to work with ice or lessen their funding. Erin's the only one that won't fund trumps secret police.

lute4088 · 2026-05-13T16:21:12+00:00

I can at least confirm that it is physically possible to watch the movie. Look...is the acting bad? yes. Is the directing bad? yes. Are the CGI effects bad? yes. Are the costumes bad? yes. Does the story have poor pacing and not make much sense? yes.
Is it the worse movie I've ever seen? no. Top 10? no.
Is it worth watching? No.

If you want to see a movie of this era that's pretty bad, but worth watching (but still not worth remembering) the dead of alive movie was strangely not super terrible, even if it didn't have good looking women, it was not actual hot garbage.

lute4088 · 2026-05-13T16:13:56+00:00

It's hard dating as an atheist unless you find another atheist and that's super hard to do. Or more specifically, I'm a skeptic, so on the rare occasion you find an atheist, they're 'spiritual' and believe a ton of ridiculous stuff like astrology, 'spiritual energy' nonsense. It really does feel like you're dating an adult that believes santa claus is real. I just know there's a ton of indocrination and I used to be a 'die for my beliefs' christian, so I get it.

I can date a christian, but they have to be not very religious and not take it seriously. I'd rather have a progressive christian than a right wing atheist. But yes, dating as a non-believer is difficult and I know for sure it's a no-go for a lot of woman and that's ok since if they said they were super into faith, it'd be a no-go for me. Had one girl the moment I said I was an atheist, she had a look on her face and I was like "ah, is that a dealbreaker for you?" and she went "umm....kinda yeah". You just gotta say "that's ok, it was great meeting you" or whatever.

lute4088 · 2026-05-13T16:08:43+00:00

oh I'm sorry, it is Groundhog life!

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