io9.com: Comic Book TV Shows That Failed

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

screencap_01.jpgio9.com posted a list of “Twelve Comic Book TV Shows That Were Never Made.” …Well, they were made, but they didn’t do quite well. Pryde of the X-Men (1989) and Generation X (1996) easily made the list.

X-Men: Pride of the X-Men (1988): Before X-Men: The Animated Series, Marvel tried its hand at another X-Men cartoon. Fourteen year old Kitty Pryde joins the ranks of the X-Men (here Charles Xavier, Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, an Australian-accented Wolverine, and Dazzler) and battles the Brotherhood of Mutant Terrorists (Magneto, Toad, the Blob, Pyro, Juggernaut, and the White Queen). It was animated by Toei, the same company that did GI Joe and Transformers, but the dialogue is a bit on the atrocious side.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFBFkbubdc



Generation X (1996): After a few years of success with the X-Men cartoon series, Fox decided to roll the dice on a live-action show. The made-for-TV movie/backdoor pilot Generation X takes place at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters when Banshee and Emma Frost are at the helm. They recruit Jubilee (played by the very white Heather McComb) and deal with the amoral professor Russell Tresh. The show was never picked up, probably because of scenes like this one:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb_nRkgwrz8

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  • Mikey

    I’m going to have nightmares now :S

  • http://www.aimeeish.com aimeeish

    @Mikey – Tell me about it.

  • Shark

    Now that I think about it, I really DO want to see an X-Men musical. Emma and Hank will rap.

  • http://www.aimeeish.com aimeeish

    An X-Men musical would be awesome! …And Emma and Scott can make out in front of Jean.

  • http://emmafrostfiles.com Anthony

    @aimeeish – What No!!!! i dont even know if any of them can sing, but no, and i think Scotts over emma now, so yea

  • Shark

    Chillax man. And Scott’s over Jean, not Ehms. A musical would be awesome! Hisako will be off-key, and it will be impossible to hear anything because the whole thing will be made in print : D

  • http://emmafrostfiles.com Anthony

    @Shark – lol, yea thatll be hilar