X-Men Evolution - Season 2, Volume 1: Mutants Rising

thats right they are back. XXXXX MEN. awesome new series, just now kids this will spin a new direction of characters and story lines. it's pretty good.

This series is a "teenified" version of the familiar X-Men stories and characters in the comics of the last 30 years or so. I won't say anything that spoils any surprises (This was a series that actually followed a progression over all, Season-to-Season) but if certain adjustments; like Scott Summers and Jean Grey being way younger than Wolverine in appearance, all the X-men going to a regular high school in addition to being "students" at the Xavier school, "the brotherhood" being all comprised of teens, bother you, then you probably won't be able to stomach this series which can at times feel like "Saved By The Bell" cast with Marvel Mutants. They play fast and loose with the continuity borrowed from the comic books. If you're a purist, you won't like any of this --Which would be too bad, because the action sequences are dynamic and beautifully animated, the voice characterizations are spot on. In general, the stories are pretty light in tone, not like the adult tone of the "Justice League Unlimited" Series or the "Ultimate Avengers" DVD movies for example. They tend to raise the stakes near the end of the seasons across this series.
As a media product Season 2 Volume 1 is a good quality DVD in my opinion. These DVDs are however a little short on extras and behind the scenes material. They should do away with all the trailers and promotion and save that space for featurettes and "making of" shorts.

This series doesn't mince words with the comic. If you are looking for cheesy characters and the same old story line as the comics go for the 90's episodes. If your going for something new and a revitilized x-men than watch this. This is a new day for mutants and shows the trouble of high school teenage mutants. My son and I watch it and both enjoy it, so it is good from 4 yr's old to 27. Those of us who have been reading for a while will recognize and be amazed by how many chaaracters are brought to the new generation that we remember from our youth. really a great show and worthwile buy.

The first season of this show was where it started. The sceond season was when it started to get reall good. All of these episodes are good but i'm kinda getting bored with Badda-Bing Badda-Boom. Tabitha is a good charcter and she comes back to the institute in the third season. She leaves the brotherhood house when Mystique came back. She wasn't happy to learn that Avalanche had tried to join the X-men but she soon straightens them out. Power Surge focuses on Jean and her teleapthy problem. The team helps her get under control soon. This is a great bunch of episodes and i'm sad that the series was cancelled. It's still on Cartoon Network though.

Unfortunately, the WB is very poor at marketing DVDs for their animated series. This show is best viewed as a series, and it would have made more sense to simply come out with the entire second season on 1 DVD than simply throw a few episodes on a disc. That being said, if you can't wait for them to do that, I recommend grabbing this DVD. No extra features are included, but the show is one of the best comic book adapatations I've seen.