X-Men fans it's been well over a year since I last spoke about any episode from the classic X-Men: The Animated Series. Which is such a shame because this show is that darned good while it's not Batman: The Animated Series good it's easily better then Spider-Man: The Animated Series and as such i'm taking a look at the next THREE episodes of this classic cartoon show and so then join me as I review the episodes that introduce us to two classic X-Men characters with the episodes in question being called simply just "Captive Hearts" "Cold Vengeance" and "Slave Island" enjoy.
The overall plot of these three episodes is that Wolverine's feelings for Jean Grey continue to grow and Gambit , Storm and Jubilee are sent to an island that supposedly welcomes mutants only to discover something far more sinister is going on. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured /presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good with the best plot going to either Slave Island or Cold Vengeance simply because those two actually tie in together where as Captive Hearts feels alot more like a prolog then apart of the actual story in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in these episodes is Cedric Smith as Charles Xavier / Professor X and Cal Dodd as Logan / Wolverine. Also starring these episodes is Norm Spencer as Scott Summers / Cyclops , Iona Morris as Ororo Munroe / Storm , Chris Potter as Remy LeBeau / Gambit , Catherine Disher as Jean Grey , Lenore Zann as Rogue , Alyson Court as Jubilation Lee / Jubilee , Susan Roman as Callisto , John Stocker as Leech , Dan Hennessey as Sunder , David Corban as Tar Baby , Judy Marshak as Plague , Kay Tremblay as Annalee , Ross Petty as Ape Don Francks as Graydon Creed, Sr. / Sabretooth , Paul Haddad as Kiyoek , Barry Flatman as Henry Peter Gyrich , David Fox as The Voice Of The Sentinels and Master Mold , Brett Halsey as Bolivar Trask , Stephen Ouimette as Cameron Hodge , Lawrence Bayne as Cable , Robert Cait as The Blob and Dennis Akayama as Sunfire.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. With all of this cast really turning in some really good performances and the same can also be said for all of the guest cast in these very episodes as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Doing the animation for these episodes and for the rest of this vole series is Akom Production Company. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good altho I did notice an animation error in Cold Vengeance which is very sadly a common thing with all of these early episodes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
The episode Slave Island also introduces Mystique and Cable with Mystique appearing in a none speaking role. I have to admit that knowing that Mystique was in one of these episodes was the reason as to why I wanted to do these reviews however I had no idea that the very same episode would also see the debut of Cable it's just a shame that we don't really get to find out all that much about either character tho which is a understandable it's still something that I didn't like about these episodes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Out of the three episodes I really did like the episode Slave Island the best simply because of the fact that it really does delve into the hatred that regular people have for mutants. With the idea of mutants being used as slaves being an incredibly dark idea and it's one that's pulled of really well it's just a shame that the episodes leading up to it just aren't that good with the first episode being forgettable at best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
The episode Captive Hearts starts a plotline that you'd think would play a part in the further two episodes but it sadly doesn't. That being the fact that Storm becomes the ruler of a group of underground mutants which is a shame because the remaining X-Men that go help out Storm , Gambit and Jubilee know about these mutants and so they could have gotten them to help them out and that would have redeemed them and fully turned them to the side of good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Now then all of these episodes have a combined grand total running time of roughly one hour and thirty minuets. With all three episodes lasting no loner then twenty one minuets which is a great amount of time for all of these three episodes to last since this is essentially a three part storyline but even so it's only episodes two and three that connect to each other and as such I have to wonder why this storyline was as long as it was since it really didn't need to be that long in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. With the best action coming from Slave Island where we get to see a hole bunch of mutants fighting together which is just so cool to see in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall these are some really good episodes which do a good job of advancing the first seasons storyline a whilst also being some genuinely fun episodes to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes in this very review and as such all of these episodes get a combined score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Marvel Animated Universe fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images this film being the official Marvel Animated Universe fandom wiki page this is because all of the images that I got and that currently up , featured and on the official Marvel Animated Universe fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high in definition.