Product Details

• Actors: Scott McNeil, Meghan Black, Christopher Judge, Kirby Morrow, Venus Terzo
• Writers: Chris Claremont, Jack Kirby, John Byrne, Stan Lee
• Producers: John W. Hyde
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Run Time: 68 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000059XY8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #356,971 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The X-Men (and a few women) stand ready to rock your world with three x-ceptional tales charting the struggle of good and evil between two powerful teams of mutant superbeings. Based on Marvel's television series (seen on the KidsWB Network), this first-ever video continues the saga of Professor Xavier in his search for teens that possess the special gift of an X-gene to join his School for Gifted Youngsters. The professor's goal is to train his band of teens to master their mental powers for good. Meanwhile, his nemesis, the menacing Magneto, and fellow conspirator Mystique are molding their protégés for darker deeds. In the first episode, "Strategy X," Kurt Wagner, a.k.a. Nightcrawler, joins Professor X at the Institute, but not before a highly charged close call in the Danger Room. In the second segment, "The X Impulse," we meet 15-year-old Kitty Pryde as she discovers her secret phasing ability--the power to walk through walls. Professor X and Jean rush to bring her to the Institute, arriving just in time to save Kitty from a new mutant adversary, Avalanche. Finally, in "Rogue Recruit," Professor X has detected a new mutant named Rogue who is a danger to herself and others after she accidentally steals the memories of a boy at school. Xavier sends his team to rescue her, only to discover that Mystique is competing for control of Kitty's limitless power. Clever story lines, suspenseful action, and a few romantic subtleties are certain to satisfy X-fans. --Lynn Gibson

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost as good as the movie!, April 16, 2001

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Scottarmstrong (Sacto, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: X-Men Evolution - Unxpected Changes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is the first 3 episodes of the new series.. It introduces most of the characters, and gives good insight into the younger years of the X-Men. I would reccomend it to all fans, over the original animated series.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you liked the X-Men movies, you should love this, September 22, 2003

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Pecos Bill (Gaithersburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Men: Evolution - Season One, Volume One - UnXpected Changes (DVD)

It's certainly true that X-Men: Evolution is toned down in terms of violence. It's aimed more for PG-13, not R as the other rater seems to want.

But it's still an excellent show, and anyone who can enjoy the movies should certainly enjoy the animated series. If you hated the movies due to inaccuracies with the comic books then you won't like this series either. The characters in the series are nearly identical to the ones from the movies, with the exception of Nightcrawler. In the movies, he was blue and covered with self-inflicted tattoo scarring. In the series he's blue, fuzzy and lighthearted. Wolverine, Cyclops, Xavier, Magneto, etc, are characters you'll be immediately familiar with from the movies.

Is this a show intended to capture the attention of X-Men comic book loyalists? Probably not.

It's a show about a group of young people coming into mutant powers who find themselves thrust into the role of superhero.... or supervillian, depending on if they chose to join the X-Men or ally with Magneto. The animation style is colorful and contemporary, the voice acting is excellent, there's enough action and laughs to entertain the younger crowd and enough character development and plotline to keep an older crowd entertained as well. It's X-Men in a format friendly enough for primetime. The character interactions are much richer than you typically find in animated superhero shows and it's just an all around great show.

Like any book (or comic book) converted to film, don't get so hung up on what got changed or "left out" and this will be a series you can really enjoy.

Also, check out the boxed set which has all of season 1.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super perfect!, August 28, 2001

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J.E.F "Cartoon/Anime Lover" (The Land of Fuzzy Rabbits) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Men Evolution - Unxpected Changes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Can't go wrong liking this new series from Marvel. Not exactly true to the comics, but who needs to hear the same stories again and again? This is all new good stuff and worthwhile to get hooked on. It got me back into X-Men and Marvel again. Beautiful nearly-like-anime art and animation too, buy this for the perfect audio and picture quality and just because it has Nightcrawler in it. If they didn't have NC in this series, it would flop like a dead fish. All hail to the fuzzy German elf!:) Don't miss the 2nd season coming out in Sept and the comic as well!