The First of the Finale

X-Men'97 delivered a solid first part of its three part finale last night, "Tolerance is Extinction". Co-written by Beau DeMayo, it capably weaves together story threads based on the comics and includes some really impressive action scenes.

Wolverine finally shows some proper participation fighting the Sentinel zombies. He's joined by Nightcrawler in one of the best action sequences so far in the series. I have to say Nightcrawler outshined Wolverine a bit. The animators gave him a real dancer's grace and his teleporting was as impressive as it was in the second Bryan Singer movie.



Meanwhile, Jean, Scott, and Nathan have a nice creepy sequence with Trask's mother. Everything has that great feeling of a pulp serial. Even the subplot about Jubilee and Roberto doesn't feel preachy.

I'm looking forward to next week and finding out what Magneto's up to. He seems to be exerting some kind of ultimate power that shuts off machines everywhere. I wonder why he didn't use it in Genosha.

X-Men'97 is available on Disney+.