It’ll sometimes randomly pop into my head that Xanatos’s first name is David. Fucking David and Goliath
Will Riker is the evil Will Riker.
Did you not see the beard?
I grew up thinking that “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few” was from a speech from some historical figure, centuries ago.
No. It was literally Spock from TOS.
I always feel weird about these, like that dril quote. Shakespeare, Hobbes, Dril, and the people who worked on gargoyles all share the same thing: THEY ARE WRITERS. They know how to write good. They got paid to write good. They built their lives around writing good. These amazing quotes like “face god and walk backwards into hell” don’t happen by accident, they are intentional creations by people who are doing their absolute best to write something memorable, and occasionally succeed.
They know how to write good. They got paid to write good. They built their lives around writing good.
They know how to write well. They got paid to write well. They built their lives around writing well.
They know how to write. Well, they got paid to write. Well, they built their lives around writing. Well, …
They wrote about heroes saving the world, therefore they wrote good.
That what they wrote is so memorable to us means they wrote well.
Not to mention they got deep in the lore of King Arthur and Macbeth and what not for information to write that show.
I loved those old 90’s cartoons that didn’t try to make the themes and storylines not too dark and complex for children. Reboot, Gargoyles, Batman from what I can remember… there were others but I’m old and I can’t remember.
i think it’s the opposite. the best ones didn’t talk down to children and weren’t afraid to go to some darker themes, if the story would better be served as such, not for the sake of being edgy. that’s the difference between good 90s shows and the dumb cynical shit zack “having a moral code is childish” snyder comes up with.
x-men dealt with racism, terrorism, loss of family, abduction, all sorts of shit. it was never cynical though. had a strong moral code, was full of hope and love and heart. the finale still makes me cry multiple times.
Interesting writing aside, this was also the season Marvel outsourced animation to a tiny Filipino studio to save money during their impending bankruptcy.
yeah the animation quality was pretty mediocre, but magneto leaving his dream position to help his lifelong frenemy, and xavier’s farewell speech to the x-men… damn, they’re so good.
Rogue, unable to touch, yet look around you… You will find you have touched us all.
fuck, man.
