Cinepals - X-Men '97 1x5 Reaction & Review!

Episode Date: April 10, 2024

X-Men 97 episode 5 is here! Magneto, Rogue and Gambit go to Genosha to celebrate them being accepted into the UN. They meet familiar faces Madelyne Prior, Nightcrawler with a surprise visit from Cable. Join our Patreon www.Patreon.com/JabyKoay for the full length reaction to this show and many others ans subscribe to our YouTube channel for the cutdowns www.youtube.com/@cinepals   SOCIAL MEDIA ~CinePals~ Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok: @TheCinePals ~Achara Kirk~ Twitter & Instagram: @AcharaKirk

Pals! We are watching X-Men 97, Episode 5. Remember it. Here we go. Oh. Oh, no. Oh, man. Oof. Well, shit, dude. That's wild. Interesting that cable came back to warn his mom about the Sentinels. And so it makes me wonder if maybe they're from the future or something. And that's why they're so badass. That might be possible. Or maybe that he just knew that this event was going to happen and he knew the devastation that was going to occur. So he came back with a warning.

Yeah, I'm wondering, this is probably far-fetched, but I'm wondering if this is something cable has tried to deal with multiple times. That would be interesting. Especially if we finally got to see an episode from his point of view where he keeps coming back and maybe it's wrong. Like a groundhog-day sort of situation or edge of tomorrow kind of thing. I'm wondering if that's what he was going through. Because there's no way you kill off Magneto and Gambit in the same episode,

and then that's that with them. Right. But that doesn't take away the pain she's feeling in that moment. That's a very real pain that she's experiencing in that moment. Ideally, we can undo it, and she gets her people's back. I was so mad at her. That was a crazy self-sacrifice that Gambit had done. He was, like, he eliminated that thing.

What was fascinating to me is the end shot was so reminiscent. I know it's D.C., but it was so reminiscent of the death of Superman to me. Lois Lane holding Clark. Uh-huh. After his battle with Doomsday. That is also just an image that is just so prevalent in classical art as well. Like, you got, you got, you got Mary holding Jesus just like that. Char, I understand, but like, we're talking about devastation, like an apocalyptic fucking event happened.

And like, you know, this dude is being held by the woman he loves. Fine, fine. It's very reminiscent. I'm not trying to shoot you down. I agree with you. It is a classic image. half agreed as soon as you said it, but I'm just saying, like, comic book to comic book, you know? It's like, this is a crazy event.

It's crazy. Yeah. It was heartbreaking. Also, because I love Gambit, he went out like a hero. She was kind of triggering me. The level of just, like, sticking it in and twisting the knife with her words is just like, what are you, what are you, what is your, what are you hoping is going to happen at the end of these sentences that you're saying that's coming out of your face?

In the breakup scene with Gambit? It's not necessarily a breakup scene. It's like she's letting her know that she's. she's going to stay behind and be queen of Genosha. Then what's breaking up to you? They're not actually together. She's with Magneto. Yeah.

Okay. What they? So she's always been with Magneto. I know that they said like, oh, we're not putting a label on it or whatever. But clearly she was with Gambit. At one point. Yeah. But they couldn't.

I don't know what the limitations are of that relationship. I mean, I understand where she's coming from, which is like I want to be in a relationship where I can touch my man. But also, it was just supremely frustrating because I'm like, no, you're not meant to be with Magneto. You're meant to be with Gambit and you're breaking his heart and he's being such a gentleman about it. And he's all like, we can just be friends, Mon Ami. I feel bad for Gambit, dude. Like, he's just getting totally emasculated. Every time he tries to inject something, then Magneto just kind of squashes him down.

Magneto's like, look, I've been around for decades and I look this good. I'm ahead of you every time like you say something I'm going to counter you back with a much better comeback dude you just better sit there and shut the fuck up yeah like I'm a grown up

daddy's talking yeah exactly and then she's dancing in front of them too no warning no heads up that's why I was just just so annoyed

it's like you're in front of people and not just people you're in front of Gambit I mean yes I understand he left before he saw them kiss but still that's just like it's so painful why don't you just

do a normal dance you need to be like making out yeah it's oh man i've been there i've had that that exact same kind of situation happened to me really and it was fucked it was so bad i was so i would like i was dying inside so like when when gambit was watching them dance i was having like major PTSD flashbacks of high school like oh christ not this again yeah i felt bad for him and a good thing he walked out too But he still, like, loved her and like, he self-sacrifice to save her. To the end. You don't just stop loving someone. He's not going to be like, bitch, you can die, you know.

Probably what he should do. No, I'm kidding, obviously. But this is the best way to make her feel bad. Take yourself out destroying the Sentinel. Yeah. The super sentinel, whatever the hell that was. Remember me this way. It was like a creature from hell.

I know. It was horrific. like the whole scene of destruction when it was just like blasting all the mutants and you know they were just out there having a party celebrating and then in they come and just blow everything up it's awful. The whole thing with Cyclops

and then Gene Gray finding out that Madeline Pryor is in his head I'm like whoa what is happening right now? Yeah I saw your brain was literally just like exploding you weren't the brain explosion emoji right then you're like oh no no no what's going on. But like Jean Gray Kiss Wolverine

and she has the audacity she has the audacity to throw shots at Cyclops it's like you kiss someone like this is just in his head you actually kiss someone else. It's a woman's prerogative.

That's evil. Like let's just call it square you know like he did a thing that pissed you off. This is how you all fuck us up because like you make us feel way bad for things that's just like, yo, is it that big of a deal?

It's just in his head. Yeah, it's that big of a deal. No, it's not. Especially, she's all like, how long has it been going for? He's like a month. Look, he's, Jesus, he lost his son.

I guess, I understand that. He's grieving. And so the only person who can truly understand his grief right now is his wife. I was going to say ex-wife. I don't know. Madeline. But she's like, she's giving him grief

for being in the, love with the alternate version of her it's like he didn't know such a messed up situation like it's so complicated like how how mad could you possibly be at him he was he thought he was in love with he thought he was with you he thought he made a baby with you it's like that's clearly understandable you should have known the difference yeah you should have been able to tell i thought we had something special you know sometimes you know you envy men in these like situations that seem privileged and then you see what they go through and you're like oh my god that looks awful but jean jean's also going through some shit as well because she doesn't know who she is anymore she doesn't know which memories are hers and which aren't hers and i suppose maybe there's a certain sense of comfort from hanging out with logan because you know he's just like well i know a thing or two about that but the best thing to do is just focus on the present so she's just got to get it together and start living her life and forming some new memories.

Maybe she needs to break up with Scott. Does Wolverine just like, I can't tell if the movie made was like the mature move or the stupid move? It's like, okay, you've been pining after this woman forever and she finally kisses you. I mean, I don't know. I don't know if in the original show they ever kissed. This is a real moment where she's kissing you and she's like feeling you. She's vibing with you.

And you're like, no. there's a part of me that goes, maybe he's just thinking three steps ahead because he knows the outcome of this if he pursues it, right? Right, which is she'll eventually end back with Scott. But there's another part of him that goes, maybe you just like pain,

and you just like this situation that gambits in. Like, you just like being in a situation where you can't have her. Because then what are you brooding about now? If you have the woman that you've been wanting this whole time, you've got no fight left. There's no battle. It's over.

I don't understand how a man's brain works, let alone how a man's brain. This is like, this is any, Like, don't put gender on this. This is like, if, okay, I'm going to stop. Whatever. I'm going nowhere with this. I'm just, it's just such a wild situation.

No, because he could have everything that he wants. Because right now, it's almost like she's a blank slate. If she's digging him, then maybe they could get together. But he's being a gentleman. And also maybe he's not going to. She made their first move. Well, maybe he's not going to take advantage of the situation when she's like, not in her right mind.

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. I'm saying he's being. a gentleman this was a crazy episode what's going on like their last week was like to be continued i know what's going on i'm so confused who does a to be continued episode a part one yeah and then doesn't drop part two immediately after i thought we were going to like catch up with storm catch up with storm and see some cool shit there i mean i'm not complaining about this episode this episode was wild but i'm just like what why title it at part one the outcome wasn't exactly what I thought it was going to be because when Gambit got suspicious about the

situation, I thought there was going to be something nefarious going on under the surface that we were going to learn about. But instead, it was just like, this is a planned attack because they all came together to try to move things forward politically, I suppose, and then they were ambushed. I suppose I should have seen it coming, but like, yeah, that was, anyway.