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have loved this episode since I was a child, it is probably my
I don't know how Jon feels about this one but I have to disagree with Caroline. This is one I never saw as a child but later in the early 1990s when I bought the video at a department store. It was quite a disappointment as I was expecting something more along the lines of how I remembered the show growing up which of course consisted of the excellent first season stories. Now I know I often bash the whole "Firestar seems far too strong a character to be having all these flaky romances" but even putting that aside I think the characterization and story line in general is very poor. Again I think the attempt to capture who the X-Men are is really lost on this one. I think this episode probably sunk any chances of the X-Men having a Saturday Morning cartoon the following season. I did like the beginning when Spidey got to test out the Danger Room. The end was nice too when Firestar revealed to Spidey that she had completely lost any love she may have had for Nathan. Sadly though that leaves 20 minutes worth of story in between. Aw...it's just a cartoon anyhow right?
Yep. "Just a cartoon". That sums it up nicely IMO. Sorry Caroline. I can't believe how different all of our opinions are on this one. I loved it too as a child but it hasn't held up well for me. I totally flipped out when I first saw this just because it had the X-Men in it. ["NIGHTCRAWLER! YES!" (cue annoying Macaulay Culkin arm movement)] Looking back at it now...eh. Nothing exciting. The 'Maze of Madness' seems pointless as it would've been a lot more fun to have the teams fight their way through the Danger Room (controlled by Cyberiad). What the HECK was Thunderbird doing in this? He was dead in the comic books! (And where's Wolverine, you chickens?) Worst of all though the story gets way too serious. Typical 80s Saturday morning stuff.
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