This video essay is my attempt at a nuanced assessment of the highly entertaining Marvel cartoon 'XMen: Evolution', trying to figure out precisely what this show accomplished and what it didn't. My criticisms come from a place of appreciation I'm not at all trying to hate on what was an interesting and timely series!

Links:
TVTropes on High School AUs: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...

J.K. Rowling is a TERF: https://theblemish.com/2019/12/jkro...

XMen Films as Gay Rights Parables: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertain...


Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction What Was Evolution?
1:41 High School 101
4:58 2000s Flashback School Reboots, Dialogue, and Soundtrack
7:16 Adaptation 101
9:49 Sociology 101 Or, the Missing XFactor
12:00 Missed Opportunities?
13:09 Conclusion Evolution in Retrospect


#marvel #xmen #mutants