Topic: Gambit 2024

[Toadman005]

It’s a ‘What If’, and will likely be stupid, but, still, when was the last time Gambit starred in a WI?

[NElizaV]

"What if Gambit was popular again and people were demanding solos for him alone that are part of the timeline..."

[NElizaV]

I'm not intending on start a political discussion, but remember how much certain people wanted comics to change because (fictional) women were being exploited for their sexuality and yadayada?
Well, I have no problem with eye candy or any of that, but have you noticed too how Gambit's lately defined due to how his sexuality belongs to Rogue?
Case in point:
UXM3 Spoiler.


This is an absolute "female fantasy" Gambit has to cater too.

We get it, Simone, you're horny over Gambit. (I could make more comments about her and where she comes from doing this, but I won't). It's not the nudity I don't like (I welcome it), it's the intention behind the author. She's writing for herself here. She shares this because she knows who's her readers are. I doubt she wanted to write X-Men to bring stories, but to do exactly this.

[andresa]

*sigh* Why does every little line have to be analyzed and so often twisted? Honestly I miss reading comics for their primary purpose: having fun.

[NElizaV]

*sigh* Why does every little line have to be analyzed and so often twisted? Honestly I miss reading comics for their primary purpose: having fun.

I would have welcomed this scene with another author, to be honest. It's not gonna be X-Men, it's gonna be "my fanfic, featuring the X-Men".

[purplevit]

Both Uncanny issues were great so far and previews looks as good.
I like this series and can`t wait to read #5 with Gambit on cover that will arrive on my birthday.

[Nekobaghira]

Versace Ad, he looks great! This is how Gambit could look via him. A little rugged but ... and while I don't think the face is right, it could work easily.

[hairlesscat]

Versace Ad, he looks great! This is how Gambit could look via him. A little rugged but ... and while I don't think the face is right, it could work easily.

I don't know how or why, but I think they made him look older in this ad than he does IRL.

[Toadman005]

Blah

[andresa]

New rumor claims second season of X-Men 97 will only debut in 2026. It seems the changes to season 2 and 3 are deeper than first stated.

[purplevit]

New rumor claims second season of X-Men 97 will only debut in 2026. It seems the changes to season 2 and 3 are deeper than first stated.

Rewrites are for the best probably?
Don't know anything about new writer but I hope he won't mix a few stories into 1 episode.

[NElizaV]

https://www.nexuspointnews.com/post/exclusive-x-men-97-season-2-to-premiere-in-2026

More info here.

Matthew Chauncey has been announced to write the scripts for the third season reworking the drafts Beau DeMayo had written for the show. Larry Houston, Eric and Julia Lewald who are the executive producers of the original X-Men: The Animated Series, will remain as consulting producers for the series as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.


Another tweet said that S2 will be darker. I dunno how darker can be, we already saw a genocide and a character being stabbed to death before was blown up.
Two years is still too much. I hope someone eventually leaks what they are trying to rewrite from whatever they had planned for S2. And I wonder if it has to do with Demayo being in such scandal.

[wantutosigh]

I read somewhere that Demayo said he was adapting Age of Apocalypse and they are changing that idea. Obviously we know that's the storyline where Magneto and Rogue are married and have a baby. I wonder if one of the reasons they want to change things is his continued focus on Magneto and Rogue. And I wouldn't be shocked if Demayo kept Gambit dead almost the whole season. I can imagine them wanting to change that as well.

[NElizaV]

https://x.com/XMenUpdate/status/1838666105713287627
"‘X-MEN '97’ Season 2 will reportedly have 9 episodes."
OOF.

I read somewhere that Demayo said he was adapting Age of Apocalypse and they are changing that idea. Obviously we know that's the storyline where Magneto and Rogue are married and have a baby. I wonder if one of the reasons they want to change things is his continued focus on Magneto and Rogue. And I wouldn't be shocked if Demayo kept Gambit dead almost the whole season. I can imagine them wanting to change that as well.

That makes sense. Specially considering how popular Gambit became after ep. 5 (and after D&W), bosses could have realised that spending a full season without him would be bad for ratings. It's not like Gambit it's Morph.
OTOH, whatever happened to brevity? OG XTAS was adapting long stories in two episodes. Phoenix Saga took 5, but they had about 20 episodes that season. Bastion storyline took them 9 episodes to adapt and it wasn't that complicated. Why are they mogged this bad by a show made 30 years ago?

Having only 9 episodes is really gonna hurt the show, imo. XTAS had single episodes helping to flesh up the characters and their backgrounds. They are going straight to one single storyline with only nine episodes being released two years from now. We have Apocalypse, the X-Men trying to return to their times plus whatever they are doing in those eras, solving the mutant massacre, X-Factor X-Force, and Gambit returning. And new characters being introduced (I know Danger's one of them). Either they're gonna rush hard or it's gonna have a lot of loose ends.

[NElizaV]

Some tweets by Demayo about it.

• link Yep, pretty sad. Season 2 is also only 9 episodes because of this and them canning my Onslaught/AoA finale. But Marvel loves shooting themselves in the foot, especially with certain directors and execs pushing their backwards “we know better than the comics” agenda.

• link From what I’m hearing, the one director and exec who fought me and anyone else who loved the comics at every turn during season 1 has tossed most of what I had planned out  At one point, the exec was pushing Emma and Logan being a couple

• link Yeah, sorry guys. But when Marvel protects a director who openly discriminates against anyone who isn’t like them, writes off Claremont as a old white man who’s stories we shouldn’t be adapting and instead do “our own versions,” what do you expect…

• link No one took me seriously at the studio. The day to day exec routinely tried to remind me it was “just a cartoon” as they then proceeded to abuse me and the crew with ridiculous pipeline demands.

• link Actually, my version was dark and gritty. The exact opposite is happening. They wanted it to be more kid-friendly and focus “more on the school” when I wanted to take the X-Men into space and AoA. They’re doing damage control.

• link Apparently, a story about “fighting for a world that hates and fears you” should be  lighter fare. I tried reminding them that the OG series succeeded because it didn’t pander to kids. I was ignored and undermined by this exec and director.

• link Season 2 was written in 2022 and 2023. Animatics were in full review and episodes were being shipped. Animation has a long lead time. I was turning in the Bible for Season 3 in March when we parted.

Putting aside him being a perv and all that, I wouldn't immediately disregard his claims because X-Men wouldn't be the first product where execs and others involved meddle in based on the idea that they think they know better than the material they are adapting. GRRM recently wrote a long entry about the issues with HotD and he was right. I do believe they want the show to be more "kid friendly" because many execs are morons who don't understand that cartoons is not just for kids and because they think people want to watch infantilized stories. Despite the flaws, X97 nailed the "show for the kids who watched the og and are now adults" vibe.