X Marks the Spot

Starring:Damian O'Flynn, Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Jack La Rue, Neil Hamilton, Robert Homans, Anne Jeffreys, Dick Wessel, Esther Muir, Joe Kirk, Edna Mae Harris, Fred Kelsey, Vince Barnett, Edmund Cobb
Director: George Sherman
Studio: Alpha Video
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Are you a die-hard X-Men fan?
nice to get them all at once in a first season pack
Great Entertainment
Great Price for a Great Show
Not the best - but fun for X-fans

X-Men Evolution - Season 1 Collection (UnXpected Changes / Xplosive Days / X Marks the Spot / Xposing the Truth)
Director: Steven E. Gordon
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X-Men Evolution - Season 2, Volume 3: Enemies Unveiled
X-Men Evolution - Season 2, Volume 1: Mutants Rising
X-Men Evolution - Season 2, Volume 4: Mystique's Revenge
X-Men Evolution - Season 2, Volume 2: Powers Revealed
X-Men Evolution - The Complete Third Season

ASIN: B0000AOV3H
Release Date: 2003-09-16

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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

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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 Evolution - Season 1, Volume 3: X Marks the Spot

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season three and four
Rouge joins up and Sabertooth and Juggernaut come calling

X-Men Evolution - Season 1, Volume 3: X Marks the Spot
Director: Steven E. Gordon
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X-Men Evolution - Season 2, Volume 1: Mutants Rising

ASIN: B00009WVLK
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Description

Volume 3 of 4 from Season One of X-Men: Evolution animated series. Includes episodes 7-9. "Turn of the Rogue" - During a field trip to explore a series of underground caverns, Rogue discovers the sinister truth about Principal Darkholme and is forced to choose between Mystique's minions and teaming up with the X-Men. "SpykeCam" - Spyke's school project results in disaster when it leads to a confrontation between Wolverine and his nemesis, Sabertooth. "Survival of the Fittest" - While the X-Men attend a survival school, Mystique unleashes a force from Xavier's past, and the X-Men must join forces with their enemies in a desperate battle against the unstoppable Juggernaut!

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season three and four.......2006-02-01

Really love this show. Does anyone know when season 3 or 4 is do out.

Rouge joins up and Sabertooth and Juggernaut come calling.......2003-11-10

"X Marks the Spot" offers up episodes 7-9 of the first season of the animated series "X-Men Evolution" that airs on the Kids! WB network. The series, focuses on the core group of Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Gray, and, of course, Wolverine: (7) "Turn of the Rogue" (Aired February 3, 2001) is the episode where Rogue discovers the truth about Principal Darkholme on a Geology Club field trip to some underground caves and finally decides to turn her back on Mystique and throw in her lot with the X-Men; (8) "Spykecam" (Aired February 10, 2001), has Spyke working on a school assignment to document teenage life using his digicam, just as Sabertooth attacks the Institute looking for his old friend Wolverine; and (9) "Survival of the Fittest" (Aired March 3, 2001), starts with the X-Men attending a survival school and ends with Mystique releasing the Juggernaut from prison to go after his brother, Professor X. The situation is so bad that the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants have to join forces to take down the Juggernaut. This is the third of four vidoes covering the first season of "X-Men Evolution," which covers a lot of ground in getting all the merry mutants together. All three of these episodes are above average in terms of this particular series. Interestingly the show manages to put off the first confrontation with Magneto until the final pair of episodes, to be found on the next tape.

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X Marks the Spot
Starring: Damian O'Flynn , Helen Parrish , Dick Purcell , Jack La Rue , and Neil Hamilton
Director: George Sherman
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Interest in the Civil War far exceeds that of any other period in American History. There are myriad clubs, thousands of books and movies that try to capture all the glory and tragedy of the war that nearly tore this country - quite literally - in half. The number of buffs who take their interest to an extreme and don the heavy wool of the gray and blue uniforms, trot out onto battlefields on sweltering hot days to re-enact some of the more famous fights of the Civil War show a devotion to an interest that is truly commendable. But there is a small community that specializes in an slight secretive sliver of that history that doesn't get a whole lot of attention. The primary goal of that community - and it's most devoted leader Bob Brewer - is to find the millions of dollars in stolen Union gold they believe is buried throughout the country. Bob Brewer is a treasure hunter who roams across the country with his metal detector and he's actually found treasure in the foothills of Oklahoma. He sees clues and patterns in the deep forests and woods that most people wouldn't give a second look to. Buried bits of metal, that all - in his mind - form a pattern and led to other clues and ultimately, treasure. A well-respected and award-winning journalist, Warren Getler, has just completed a book about Bob's adventures into the forests of America and into a "secret" slice of American history. The gold Bob is searching for - he says - is part of a series of hidden treasure all over this country.

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X-Men Evolution: X-Marks the Spot

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Release Date: 2005-09-20

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