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Checkout FunnyFact.com | SuperHeroBooks - X-Men - The Phoenix Saga
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List Price: $24.98
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Alison Sealy-Smith, Chris Potter, Tony Daniels
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783250434
Format: Animated
ISBN: 0783250436
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-10-24
Running Time: 109
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1992-10-31
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Summary: We need boxsets
Comment: This is exactly why Amazon needs to make a deal with Buena Vista Home Entertainment. This is one of my favorite cartoons as a child, and its over 40 dollars for a disk with only a few episodes. WE NEED FULL SEASON BOXSETS OF THIS SHOW AMAZON, PLEASE! Buena Vista Home Entertainment has the rights to this show, and they simply refuse to release it on Season boxsets. You did a good job by getting Nickelodeon shows, please try to make a deal with them. I know that it would sell.
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Summary: "Parting Is All We Know Of Heaven And All We Need Of Hell"
Comment: That's the quote The Beast used from Ralph Waldorf Hemerson at the end of this piece that describes it beautifully. The X-Men animated series as a whole was a great achievement in animation and storytelling. While some fussed about certain characters not being on the main team, I think (looking back) they couldn't have pick better characters to be the main X-Men (though I wished Bishop could've been a full time character but oh well).
Back to this piece, it is the adaptation of the legendary Phoenix series that took place in the comics that really launched the Jean Grey character in Marvel history. A good side story is the short romance between Ilyandra and Professor Charles Xavier along with appearances from Juggernaut and the first appearances of both Black Tom and his heroic brother The Banchee. Of course, this also shows those aliens from the Shi'ar.
While it doesn't follow the comics exactly (some of the characters here such as Rogue, Gambit and Jubilee weren't even created when the original series came out in the late 70's-early 80's), it kept the same spirit of the original stories nonetheless. If you can find it for under $30, I would recommend this piece until one day someone gets some sense and release the series! I was in college when this came out and I still catch it when someone reruns it!
Anyway, a great piece of animated history to collect!
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Summary: COMPLETE DVD SETS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment: I've been waiting patiently for this entire series to come out in COLLECTION sets. Season 1... season 2... whatever. Stays true to the comics. The characters just leap off the screen with vibe and ferocity. Creativity. The show was like comic books coming to life.
To make this short and sweet, I just wanted to voice my UTTER FRUSTRATION THAT THESE HAVEN'T YET BEEN RELEASED IN A COLLECTION SERIES!! All of em' in one purchase. Not just one disk for $20 bucks and 3 episodes.
I recommend the show, but I wait patiently for a more complete collection of the episodes before I'm gonna buy these disks.
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Summary: LOVE IT !
Comment: Just thought this was great! I hope in the future we can purchase the whole orignal animated XMEN series on DVD.
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Summary: X-men is the best selling marvel comic in history!
Comment: The X-men cartoon was done very well. Various episodes has shown the true meaning of X-men. The phoenix saga is one of the best stories of X-men. The animation is done quite well for a 90's series with excellent story telling and action. Buy this now, its rare and out of print. Very few stores and owners have it now. A must have for all x-men fans!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Five episodes of the animated series on one DVD, The Phoenix Saga follows Jean Grey's transformation into the mysterious and powerful Phoenix. It's a tale full of internal conflict, feuding family members, and the sadness of sacrifice for the greater good. When Professor Xavier receives a psychic plea for help from an alien woman, he sends his X-Men on the next space shuttle to the Eagle One space station. They're greeted by a brute named Erik the Red, who's on a mission from Emperor D'Ken to destroy a rival's ship and take the M'Kraan crystal, which would give him unlimited power. The ship Erik the Red is supposed to destroy contains the emperor's sister, Lilandra, who is the one who established the psychic link to Professor X. Meanwhile, as Jean Grey pilots the shuttle back through the atmosphere to Earth, she is blasted by a burst of radiation that slowly changes her into Phoenix, the guardian of the M'Kraan crystal. The battle for the crystal becomes a battle for the safety of the universe. Family conflicts pop up throughout, from the sibling emperors, to Professor X fighting his half-brother Juggernaut, to Cyclops meeting the space pirate Corsair (who's actually his father). The action scenes at the end are not nearly as engaging as the story that sets them up, but stick it out because the final scene packs a wallop. --Andy Spletzer
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