I always say X-Men was my gateway to everything superhero. I watched the 90’s cartoon (the video below is of the iconic theme song) and then the X-Men: Evolution cartoon was on TV on a Saturday morning (forget about X-Men: Apocalypse, if you want to see the Apocalypse story-line, watch X-Men: Evolution, that show did it amazingly) and then of course are the films.
Now the films are a huge rolled up mess of continuity if you think about it too hard. The best way to not give yourself a headache in my opinion is think of it as; the original trilogy (X-Men, X2 and The Last Stand), the First Class trilogy (X-Men: First Class, Days of Future Past and Apocalypse) and then the various Wolverine movies are their own little trilogy. It still doesn’t really make sense as the characters in X-Men: Apocalypse are twenty years older than they were in First Class but the actors all look exactly the same, and Wolverine keeps popping up everywhere so his backstory is a huge mess if you want a straight timeline – but that’s the X-Men movies for you!
My favourite X-Men films are X-Men, X2 and Logan. I adore the attack on the school scene in X2, it shows off so many different characters’ powers and you get to see some of Wolverine’s berserker rage that you don’t really get to see that much – until Logan that is when there’s no holding back.
I’ve tried reading the X-Men comics but there’s so many timelines and so much history that I’ve found it pretty difficult so far. I’ve read and loved Old Man Logan and I read the iconic Days of Future Past story before the film came out so I think self-contained stories are the way forward for me and X-Men comics.
Still, I love everything to do with X-Men – weird, convoluted timelines and all.
I am almost embarrassed to admit I’ve not seen ANY of them, even though I love the actors in the movies. One of these days I’m going to have to rectify that!
Calen~
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Haha! There are many films I’ve not yet seen *cough*The Godfather*cough* so I wouldn’t worry about it too much 🙂
I was a fan of the original X-Men group from the comics in the 1960s and early 1970s, and remember the debut of the “new” X-Men (including Wolverine) in 1975. They were realllly good for about ten years, until they started spinning off into numerous other titles and guest-starring all over the place. I’m not surprised you’re a bit put off by the comics you’ve encountered.
I thought they did a great job with Logan. I’ve seen all the X-Men moves but there are definitely differing levels of quality. The only comic version I’ve read was the Astonishing X-Men written by Joss Whedon. I enjoyed that one.WeekendsInMaine
I love Wolverine, but I didn’t love Logan. Honestly, I think it was the ending that killed if for me.
Doree Weller
I love The X-Men too. The animated series from the 90s was my gateway. I highly recommend Grant Morrison’s run on the New X-Men series in the early 2000s. The ones they put out today vary in quality. The movies are hit and miss but I did absolutely love Logan.