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X-Men - The Legend of Wolverine

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I bought this DVD, it generally was good, however it's sopposed to be about the history of WOLVERINE, not his "currrent" adventures... the WWII episode would have been better & some of the other Weapon X and Sabretooth oriented episodes would have been welcomed, personally I WOULD KILL(literally) for a boxed set of all 76(or so) episodes, in their entirety on DVD... that would make the greatest Chirstmas gift ever, now that's an X-FANS dream come true!!

The collection of cartoons from the X-Men cartoon series includes:

"Out of the Past-Parts I & II" These two episodes explore the origins of Wolverine and explain how his former love became a hated nemesis, the feared Lady Deathstrike.

"Nightcrawler" This episode of the series introduces the X-Men to the mutant of faith, Nightcrawler.

"The Lotus and the Steel" Taking a plot directly from THE SEVEN SAMURI, Wolverine leaves the X-Men and goes to Japan in order to find inner peace. He finds instead is a village under the reign of a gang of terror and discovers that in order to find peace with the world, one must find peace with one's self first.

This DVD also includes the bonus episode:

"X-Men: The Final Decision" The X-Men join forces with Magneto to prevent the collapse of all mankind, mutants and non-mutants alike.

The DVD also includes an interview with X-Men writer, Chris Claremont; Chris Claremont's talk about each of the episodes on the DVD; and a brief interview with Stan Lee.

I enjoyed watching each one of these cartoons. They work well as an introduction to the X-Men (especially Wolverine and Nightcrawler) and are full of action. The interviews with Chris Claremont and Stan Lee are especially interesting and full of nuggets of Marvel trivia. A nice collection for a fan of the X-Men or for someone interesting in learning more about this superhero team.

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* DVD Episode List *
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Episode 27 - Out of the Past (Part 1)
Episode 28 - Out of the Past (Part 2)
Episode 44 - Nightcrawler
Episode 58 - The Lotus and the Steel

Bonus Episode:
Episode 13 - The Final Decision

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* Synopsis *
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<Out of the Past (Part 1)>
Wolverines former love, Yuriko, comes to seek revenge because she thinks he caused her fathers death.

<Out of the Past (Part 2)>
The X Men stop Yuriko from killing Wolverine.

<Nightcrawler>
Gambit, Rogue, and Wolverine take a ski trip in Germany for some much-needed R & R. While Gambit and Rogue seem to be enjoying themselves, Wolverine is restless, and longs for some action. When he hears reports of a demon hiding in a local monastery, his investigation reveals not a demon, but a mutant, Nightcrawler, whose devilish appearance is in stark contrast to his peaceful and deeply philosophical nature. While the X-Men convince the townsfolk not to fear what they do not understand, Wolverine, too, learns something about the nature of faith.

<The Lotus and the Steel>
Wolverine, losing control, quits the X-Men to return to rural Japan, site of happier times, in an effort to find himself. He works peacefully with a former spiritual teacher, the monk Oku, to build a temple. But the neighboring village is about to be attacked by bandits, led by the merciless Silver Samurai, unless payment is made. Some of the villagers want to resist, and ask Wolverine for help. Wolverine is torn. This is just the sort of thing he had wanted to leave behind. Meanwhile, Jubilee, blaming herself for Wolverine's abrupt departure, is searching rural Japan for him.

<The Final Decision>
Recovering from their initial battle with the X-Men, Gyrich and Trask have resumed Project Wideawake by creating the ultimate Sentinel: the Master Mold, a walking factory capable of creating Sentinel robots at an assembly-line pace. The X-Men must join with their oldest nemesis, Magneto, to destroy the Master Mold and prevent the extermination of all mutantkind.

The video quality is about an 8 at best. Chris Claremont's commentary often has nothing to do with what you're seeing on screen. "The Lotus and the Steel" is somewhat boring, and "Out of the Past" isn't all that interesting either. So what's good about this DVD? First of all, "Nightcrawler" and second, the bonus feature "The Final Decision." If you were a big fan of the 90s TV series (like me), then by all means get this DVD. Just shop around first ;-)

I like these episodes. In fact the bonus episode The Final Decision may be one of the best X-men episodes, but come on. I wish they'd start releasing the whole series on DVD. The way they've done it, they're just teasing all of the fans out there. Throwing us a bone every now and then.

I think there were probably some episodes that might have given us more insight into Wolverine than some of these did. Weapon X, Lies, and Videotape would have been a good one, but They're still good episodes. I love the commentary. It's very good, although he could be a little more relevant at times. I'd say over all it's an excellent DVD, picture and sound are great. It's just too little, but it's not too late. If they'd get a TV station to start showing this again, peak some interest in the young kids, they could sell the whole series on DVD and it would sell great. It's one of the greatest cartoon series of all time and they should market it more.

I want to know when they will release an entire season of the X-Men series.They did it with thundercats and its about time they should do it for X-men.This was an amazing series that I wish I could own and they don't seem to be putting it out correctly.I don't think I will be buying any intallments of the X-men series until they come out with entire seasons of them.I think someone should start a petition because I think thats what got the Thundercats series on dvd.

First Off this DVD only has 5 episodes

1. Out of the Past
2. Out of the Past II
3. Nightcrawler
4. The Lotus and the Steel
5. The Final Decision (Bonus)

Only 1 episode really has to do with Wolverine. The rest is fluff. In "Out of the Past" Part one we see how Wolverine got his claws. In "Lotus and the Steel" he goes back to a monastery in Japan. In the third and fifth episode, Wolverine is just a regular X-men. This DVD is just a way the studio can make a quick buck because of the X-men 2 Movie hype. The X-men Animated Series is great and should be released as a BOX SET, not single discs. But getting back to the DVD. There are other episodes that are probably better for this DVD. Like Red Dawn with Omega Red, Repo Man which tells of his claws and time with Alpha Flight. Weapon X, Lies, and Videotape tells of his time as Weapon X. And Old Soldiers which is about his adventures in WWII with Captain America. But technically the transfers to dvd look clean and crisp.

I've adored this show since the '90s and these are some great episodes--some weird alien ship and something that eats people's consciousness, one about Nightcrawler, some Wolverine claw action, and one about the Sentinels and Master Mold. "That is illogical. Mutants ARE humans!"

Great stuff, but please, put out the box sets! People will buy it, I can assure you! It'll be #1 on my get list! PUT OUT THE BOX SETS!!!! PLEEEEASE!! PLEEEASE!!

First of all, this collection has nothing to do with the legend of Wolverine. We X-men fans deserve better! So many episodes were released on tape but few on DvD. They need to release each season. The is stories are great,animation is acceptable and wondeful voice acting! Please, don't let us wait any longer! Better for them to realease this out on dvd! X-Men - Savage Land/Strange Heart/Dark Phoenix - Special Edition

After seeing X2, my interest in X-Men once again came alive. This DVD is great. They picked some very good episodes from the cartoon series and it felt very nostalgic. The only reason I gave it a 4 was because another episode or 2 would have been appreciated.