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This series pushies it to the max and pulls it off amazingly. It takes a lot to seriously disturb me and this mini did just that. I only wish it was finished!! The acting is superb, the writing is wonderful and the cinimatography is perfect. Highly reccomended for those who like the weird and wonderful.

All I can say is that this is the only movie with a plot twist (there have been so many) pulled off so well it actually made me gasp out loud. The effect it was trying to pull went off without a hitch: I sat there for the first hour and 45 minutes confused and bewildered, got to the (first) twist and though "oh, well...I get it now" and was then completely blind-sided by the (real) twist which knocked me on my ass. It was great - and every person I've forced to watch this film has had the same reaction exactly...followed my an immediate urge to watch it again. And again.

Not being a huge fan of modern american cartoons which tend to be bad quality and not very entertaining nor visually stimulating, I always liked the animation of the WB's Batman/Batman Beyond and Superman cartoons. They looked good, and were obviously done well - the idea of taking the "comic book" style and making them move without looking terrible. So I was glad to see that's what they did with the X-Men. Being a young fan of the origional animation, which i grew up with and quite enjoyed, I had rather low expectations of this new one (a "travesty" is what they've been calling it) and wasn't initially too pleased with the new characters: Nightcrawler? What happened to Beast? Shadowcat?? Where's Jubilee? And what's with making them all teenagers, anyway? Well, I understand now where they're coming from. As a kid I always liked Jubilee because it was she who I could relate to (it's difficult for kids to relate to a bunch of 20-30something superheros) so it really does work. I've also realized with time what a useless character with useless powers Jubilee is and how much cooler Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) is. Also Kitty was always more an X-Man then Jubilee anyway. I'm still disappointed not to see Beast, but am a big fan of this new and improved Nightcrawler. No longer scary (or Bible-thumping) he's turned out to be a fan favorite, which is understandable with his cute accent and silly humour. I quite like him...besides, he's pretty cute now...for a cartoon. All the other characters work well, although I don't think Spike is too useful a character, nor do I understand the point of Toad as a villain...there are so many more to choose from that would be much more entertaining. Same goes for Avolanche. All in all, a good show in my humble opinion.