X-Men Collection (X-Men/X2 - Full Screen Edition)

Starring:X-Men 2pak
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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X-Men
It's a rare comic-book movie that doesn't fall over its cape introducing all the characters, and X-Men is the exception, dropping us into a world that is closer to our own than Batman's Gotham City, but is still home to super-powered heroes and villains. Opening in high seriousness with paranormal activity in a World War II concentration camp and a senatorial inquiry into the growing "mutant problem", Bryan Singer's film sets up a complex background with economy and establishes vivid, strange characters well before we get to the fun. There's Halle Berry flying and summoning snowstorms, James Marsden zapping people with his "optic beams," Rebecca Romijn-Stamos shape-shifting her blue naked form, and Ray Park lashing out with his Toad-tongue. The big conflict is between Patrick Stewart's Professor X and Ian McKellen's Magneto, super-powerful mutants who disagree about their relationship with ordinary humans, but the characters we're meant to identify with are Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Anna Paquin's Rogue. There are in-jokes enough to keep comics fans engaged, but it feels more like a science-fiction movie than a superhero picture. --Kim Newman

Description

This collection includes all 4 of the following titles X-Men Revolution titles: 1) UnXpected Changes: Volume 1 includes episodes 1-3. "Strategy X" - Cyclops has an "Accident" with his optical beams while trying to defend Toad at a school football game. "T

Customer Reviews:

Are you a die-hard X-Men fan?.......2007-05-11

Do you refer to all of the X-Men (including Wolverine) by their full names instead of their code names? Do you reassure yourself that the discrepancies between various versions can be explained by invoking alternate timelines? Do you while away boring tasks by mentally assembling teams with synergistic combinations of mutant powers? Can you use the expression "oh my stars and garters" with a straight face?

If you answered "yes" to all of the above, you should buy X-Men: Evolution Season 1. If, instead, you rolled your eyes in disgust and assumed I was joking, you should probably pass on it.

The first season is exactly what one would expect of an X-Men take-off targeted at the Saturday morning cartoon crowd. Major characters are accounted for, but the intellectual elements are missing, or at least obscured by the saccharine "feel-good" tone of the show. Like all things X-Men related, the stories are character driven. However, relying heavily on tired high school clichés, they have all the emotional depth of a Hallmark greeting card.

The scenario has teenage versions of Jean, Scott, Kitty, Kurt, Evan, and Rogue (ok, even I don't know her real name) attending high school with several members of the Brotherhood. Clearly, this must be some alternate timeline because otherwise serious liberty has been taken with the biographies of some major characters.

Despite the dubious tutelage of principal Raven Darkholme (a.k.a. Mystique), the young mutants learn that its important to know who your true friends are, home is where the heart is, your family is all those who love you, and teamwork should come before rivalry. Professor Xavier and his fellow faculty members, Ororo and Logan, exchange kids-will-be-kids looks and all is well with the world.

The central theme of mutants as a metaphor for various oppressed groups does not come into play, as the story assumes mankind is unaware of the existence of mutant abilities. However, those lovable teenage misfits in the Brotherhood make enough trouble to keep the X-Kids busy and make the series enjoyable. If you shudder at the idea of supervillians so adorable you just want to tousle their hair and pinch their cheeks, let me reassure you that the cuteness does have a limit; the major antagonists are taken seriously and represented as adults. You won't see the master of magnetism wielding his powers to steal road signs, or a teenage Mystique banishing a pimple with her shape shifting ability.

In all fairness, the aspects of the first season which so disappoint the basement-dwelling thirty-somethings make it perfect for children. The episodes generally stand on their own, requiring little or no effort to follow. Morality is fairly black-and-white and happy endings are the norm. There is a final confrontation at the end, but little was done to lead up to it. Don't expect to be dazzled (or challenged) with creative plot twists.

For adult fans, the greatest strength of the X-Men: Evolution series is the writers' uncanny talent for putting the characters' powers to use in amazing combinations. For example, in the first season, you'll see Nightcrawler and Shadowcat making synergistic use of their abilities. I personally found this rather refreshing, as I have often postulated (during a boring commute) that Kurt and Kitty would make an astounding team. Evolution is one of the few incarnations of the X-Men where power-related plot holes are difficult to find. Unlike many science fiction creators, the Evolution writers clearly define the "rules" of their universe and play by them consistently. These subtle indications of genius foreshadow what is to come in later in the series.

Considered in isolation, the first season is mediocre and rates three stars. I was tempted to give it four simply because of the inherent sentimental value in seeing my favorite superheroes (and a few villains) as adorable animated adolescents. The main reason for the die-hard fan to purchase season one, however, is the expectation of what is to come. The humor, intrigue and drama of the later seasons build upon the characters and relationships established in the first episodes, so if you intend to watch the series it is best to get in at the beginning.

And no fan should go without seeing the rest of the series. In the second season, X-Men: Evolution, like its protagonists, undergoes a rapid and dramatic transition from an immature, simplistic form to a thing of awesome and unlimited potential. The contrast is enough to elicit and exclamation of "oh my stars and garters".

nice to get them all at once in a first season pack.......2006-12-18

nice price and nice to get all of one in one order toobad it wasn't packaged like season 3 and they need season 4 the fight with apocolips it was only a few episodes long.

Great Entertainment.......2006-08-26

Awesome fun wholesome entertainment. Classic entertainment with all the comic book heros we know and love.

Great Price for a Great Show.......2006-07-21

I was thrilled to find this set here on Amazon, and buying this set is so much cheaper then buying each volume seperatly. All of the DVD's have some good interviews with the producers, designers, voice actors, and other people associated with the show. I don't usually like watching interviews/things where people talk a lot, but I love watching those interviews over and over and seeing the steps they took to make this show as good as it was. I totall reccomend it to anyone looking for something a little different.

Not the best - but fun for X-fans.......2006-07-07

Season One of X-Men Evolution is undoubtedly the weakest season of the show. The voice actors have not settled in to their roles (most notably Professor X and Wolverine), the show introduces a lot more the high school aspect of X-Men, and its constant changes to X-Lore take a lot of getting used to.

But Evolution will eventually win you over. It's fun to see the high school setting, the different interpretations of the characters and the show itself is good fun. X-fans may have to grin and bear at some of the more "unwise" decisions (most painfully the season finale with Magneto), but I think overall that this is worth any X-fans hard earned cash. It's a thoughtful show, unique, and never lets itself get pretentious, preachy, or too serious.

X-Men Collection (X-Men/X2: X-Men United - Widescreen Edition)

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xmen collection
Good Buy
One Really Great Movie
DVD bos for special collection
Reviewer: Big Zach! Not a kids review! although a kid!

X-Men Collection (X-Men/X2: X-Men United - Widescreen Edition)
Starring: X-Men 2pak
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Spider-Man (Widescreen Special Edition)
Spider-Man 2.1
X-Men - The Last Stand (Widescreen Edition)
Underworld (Unrated Extended Cut)
Fantastic Four (Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B0000C826X
Release Date: 2003-11-25

Amazon.com

X-Men
It's a rare comic-book movie that doesn't fall over its cape introducing all the characters, and X-Men is the exception, dropping us into a world that is closer to our own than Batman's Gotham City, but is still home to super-powered heroes and villains. Opening in high seriousness with paranormal activity in a World War II concentration camp and a senatorial inquiry into the growing "mutant problem", Bryan Singer's film sets up a complex background with economy and establishes vivid, strange characters well before we get to the fun. There's Halle Berry flying and summoning snowstorms, James Marsden zapping people with his "optic beams," Rebecca Romijn-Stamos shape-shifting her blue naked form, and Ray Park lashing out with his Toad-tongue. The big conflict is between Patrick Stewart's Professor X and Ian McKellen's Magneto, super-powerful mutants who disagree about their relationship with ordinary humans, but the characters we're meant to identify with are Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and Anna Paquin's Rogue. There are in-jokes enough to keep comics fans engaged, but it feels more like a science-fiction movie than a superhero picture. --Kim Newman

X2: X-Men United
X2 does a fine job of picking up where X-Men left off, giving fans more of what they liked the first time around. Under the serious-minded custody of returning director Bryan Singer, the second film of this Marvel comics franchise ups the ante on Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and the superhero mutants from the first film, pitting them against a mutant-hating scientist (Brian Cox) who's determined to wipe out the mutant race by tricking Xavier into abusing his telepathic powers. More a series of spectacles than a truly satisfying thriller, X2 introduces new mutant allies while giving each of the X-Men alumni--notably the temporarily helpful Magneto (Ian McKellen)--their own time in the spotlight. Well aware of the parallels between "mutantism" and virulent intolerance in the real world, Singer lends real gravity to the proceedings, injecting dramatic urgency into a continuing franchise that, in lesser hands, might've grown patently absurd. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

xmen collection.......2007-05-28

The xmen collection 4 disc boxed set was by far the smartest purchase I've ever made. It's absolutely fantastic. Packed with great interviews of all the actors,and behind the scene footage of the making of the movies. Seeing how the special effects were conceived was facinating. This boxed set was worth every penny and I recommend it to anyone who is an xmen fan.

Good Buy.......2006-02-01

Two well made films that stay fairly true to the comics. I actually found the 2nd movie to be better than the first. If you didn't grow up reading the comics, there may be more mutants than you can handle in these two movies. The story is pretty simple, mutants are at best mistrusted by humans. Some like Professer X want to find a way to live peacefully, while others like Magneto want to eliminate homo sapiens altogether. For 30 dollars this is a good value with tons of extras. These are fun popcorn movies.

One Really Great Movie.......2005-11-29

When I first saw the first X-Men movie I was highly impressed by the special effects, but the plot nearly bored me to tears. But I can't say that about X2: X-men United.

In this outing, there are several good plots here, all of them leading to spectacular action scenes. Chief among these is William Stryker's (an advisor to the president) is his plan to kill off all of the mutants: first by initiating an attempt on the president's life that is more than it seems at first, then using knowledge he gains from Magneto, who has been imprisoned in his all plastic cage since the end of the first movie. Once he knows all about Cerebro, Professor Xavier's special computer for locating mutants, he then captures Professor X and forces him to attempt to kill all mutants.

Another plot involves Wolverine's attempt to learn about his past from Stryker. In trying to learn his past, Wolverine encounters a vicious female version of himself equipped with his own powers of regeneration and claws to boot. His battle with her is not to be missed.

There's yet another plot where Magneto attempts to turn Stryker's plan around and to kill all the humans instead of mutants. All of these elements and more fit beautifully together in this film where we are introduced to new characters like Nightcrawler and Pyro, and we see the loss (?) of one of the core X-Men characters. This is a much better movie than it's predecessor-- and at 135 minute, nearly two and a half hours-- it's a much longer movie, too, but one that's well worth watching. It would have been nice if a few lose ends had been tied up, but I guess then there wouldn't be anything for the sequel you can just feel is coming.

DVD bos for special collection.......2005-09-15

Very good item, you can see the two movies of X men,
for comic fanatic, there are action, special effects
and good story, One of the best for movies collection

Reviewer: Big Zach! Not a kids review! although a kid!.......2005-08-26

This is an excellent movie series. Both of them are one of my favorite movies! Hugh Jackman is the perfect Wolverine. The other costars Halle Berry(Super Hot!),Patrick Stewart,Famke Jammsen(Super Hot!), Ian Mckellen,Anna Paquin(Super Hot!), and Rebecca Romjan Stamos(Super Hot!) and others were very good in this film series. Bryan Singer is a great Director and he did a super super duper Job directing these movies! These movies are one of the best film series ever these are must see movies! They are Dramatic Action Packed and just plain Awesome and Amazing!

X-Men Collection (X-Men/X2 - Full Screen Edition)

Average customer rating:

xmen collection
Good Buy
One Really Great Movie
DVD bos for special collection
Reviewer: Big Zach! Not a kids review! although a kid!

X-Men Collection (X-Men/X2 - Full Screen Edition)
Starring: X-Men
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Action & Adventure | Genres | DVD | Video

General | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video

DTS | Fully Loaded DVDs | Features | DVD | Video

( X ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Boxed Sets | Stores | DVD | Video

Spider-Man (Widescreen Special Edition)
Spider-Man 2.1
X-Men - The Last Stand (Widescreen Edition)
Underworld (Unrated Extended Cut)
Fantastic Four (Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B0000C826W
Release Date: 2003-11-25

Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

xmen collection.......2007-05-28

Good Buy.......2006-02-01

One Really Great Movie.......2005-11-29

DVD bos for special collection.......2005-09-15

Very good item, you can see the two movies of X men,
for comic fanatic, there are action, special effects
and good story, One of the best for movies collection

Reviewer: Big Zach! Not a kids review! although a kid!.......2005-08-26

X-Men 2 United DVD & X-Men Ultimate Comic Book Collection on CD

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X-Men 2 United DVD & X-Men Ultimate Comic Book Collection on CD

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Hale Berry, Famke Janssen and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos star in this breathtaking, action-packed spectacle that "may be the best superhero movie yet made!
In the wake of a shocking attack on the President, the X-Men face their most dangerous mission ever. They must stand united with their deadliest enemies to combat a menace that threatens every mutant on the planet.
PLUS THERE'S MORE....
Revisit and relive every Ultimate X-Men comic book ever printed, including the mind blowing 8 milestones of Ultimate X-Men spanning February 2001 through May 2006.
A total of over 70 complete comic books including Annual, all articles, X-Men Letters, Bullpen Bulletins, Pinups and every single page.

ASIN: B000RLU930

Product Description

X-MEN 2 - UNITED DVD PLUS MARVELS ULTIMATE X-MEN COMIC BOOK COLLECTION COLLECTORS EDITION ON DVD-ROM Ultimate X-Men is the wildly successful relaunch that jettisons over forty years of continuity and sets the clock back to the beginning for Marvel's first group of mutant super heroes. This is a fresh start for the X-Men that begins when they're still teenagers just becoming a part of Charles Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters and chronicles their new first encounters with Magneto, the Sentinels, Juggernaut, etc. The book is published on a monthly basis and is a cornerstone of the Ultimate Universe, a separate line of comics Marvel produces all sharing the same taking-it-from-the-start philosophy. Ultimate X-men includes 70 issues from February 2001 through May 2006, including annual. It also includes bios of all characters!

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