I knew very little about the X-Men comics when I first started watching this show, so I didn't really have too many preconceptions. You're right that some elements of XME are very different from the comics - it's an AU/adaptation in the same way that the movies are. One of the reasons why I call it the "canon high school AU" is that the teenage X-Men live and train at the Xavier Institute, but they attend classes at a local high school with normal humans. It's a change that I actually quite like, but it's a departure from pretty much any other version of canon.
Magneto was my first love in the X-Books because the first title I read was the New Mutants, and he was the Headmaster of Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters at the time.
I remember those issues! I liked Magneto's interactions with the New Mutants.
Unfortunately, although X-Men: Evolution's Magneto does have a few compelling and interesting moments, he spends a lot of time being a stereotypical megalomanical villain. I've known some Magneto fans who happen to like this version regardless, so I would leave you to judge for yourself.
With that in mind, if you still want to give the show a try, the Season 1 episodes that I'd recommend are "The X-Impulse," "Rogue Recruit," "Speed and Spyke," "Turn of the Rogue," "Shadowed Past," and "The Cauldron." So, fewer skippable episodes than I thought. The others aren't horrible, but I don't think that they're necessary to understanding the show as a whole.
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Date: 2013-11-08 02:19 pm (UTC)Magneto was my first love in the X-Books because the first title I read was the New Mutants, and he was the Headmaster of Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters at the time.
I remember those issues! I liked Magneto's interactions with the New Mutants.
Unfortunately, although X-Men: Evolution's Magneto does have a few compelling and interesting moments, he spends a lot of time being a stereotypical megalomanical villain. I've known some Magneto fans who happen to like this version regardless, so I would leave you to judge for yourself.
With that in mind, if you still want to give the show a try, the Season 1 episodes that I'd recommend are "The X-Impulse," "Rogue Recruit," "Speed and Spyke," "Turn of the Rogue," "Shadowed Past," and "The Cauldron." So, fewer skippable episodes than I thought. The others aren't horrible, but I don't think that they're necessary to understanding the show as a whole.