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X-Men, Volume 4 (Marvel DVD Comic Book Collection) |  | Actors: Iona Morris, Lenore Zann, Alison Seasly-Smith
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 4631
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 322 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 10237800
UPC: 786936793710
EAN: 0786936793710
ASIN: B002DYKPFQ
Release Date: September 15, 2009
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Product Description
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 09/15/2009 Run time: 322 minutes
A pair of potent multi-episode stories--the tragic tale of supermutant Proteus, and Apocalypse's world-shattering scheme to attain godhood--are the cornerstone of this double-disc set, which compiles most of the fourth season of the 1990s X-Men animated series. The Proteus two-fer, adapted from the 1979-80 story line in Uncanny X-Men, concerns a superbeing with powers of possession and reality alteration who escapes confinement at the Muir Island Research Centre (where he'd been placed by his mother, Moira McTaggart) to search for his father, who rejected him at birth. It's a fairly moving story that hews closely to the print version (Proteus is less lethal here, and the meeting between father and son has a milder ending) and should please X-Men fans who value accurate depictions of the canon. The Apocalypse arc, which unspools over four episodes, is more complex: "Beyond Good and Evil" has the archvillain kidnapping psychics--including Jean Grey and Professor Xavier--to unleash a wave of mental energy that will destroy the world so that he can rebuild it in his image. The scope of the story is fairly impressive (it was originally intended as the conclusion of the series) and satisfies both the action and speculative-fiction elements that make the X-Men such an enduringly popular series. A second two-parter on disc 1, "Sanctuary" (based loosely on the "Fatal Attractions" arc from 1993), finds Magneto securing a permanent home for mutants on Asteroid M, but running afoul of Fabian Cortez and his Acolytes. Volume 4's second disc is a grab bag of assorted single-story episodes, some good ("The Lotus and the Steel," which nicely encompasses Wolverine's travels to Japan; "Family Ties," in which Magneto is revealed to be the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch), others less so ("Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas," in which the subterranean Morlocks seek Wolverine, Jubilee, and Storm to aid an ailing Leech). Unfortunately, these are presented out of broadcast order (as is the case with the other Marvel/Disney X-Men discs), which may prove somewhat aggravating for those looking for a complete-season set. Also irksome is the continued lack of special features, though the image quality of the episodes is solid. --Paul Gaita
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 X-Men Rises From The Ashes On DVD (2) June 20, 2009
Reconnecting To My Childhood
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
After the release of Volumes 1 & 2 most fans were ecstatic to be able to own the first three and a half seasons of this classic animated series on studio released DVD. The problem with Disney is you can never tell if they will finish releasing a series or cancel it because of poor sales or God knows why. Luckily fans of this series will be able to collect more episodes this September 22nd with the further release of X-men: The Animated Series with Volumes 3 & 4. Volume four is confirmed to contain the following fourteen episodes from the fourth season of the show spread across two discs:
Disc 1
49 Proteus (1)
50 Proteus (2)
51 Sanctuary (1)
52 Sanctuary (2)
53 Beyond Good and Evil (1)
54 Beyond Good and Evil (2)
55 Beyond Good and Evil (3)
56 Beyond Good and Evil (4)
Disc 2
57 Have Yourself A Morlock Little Christmas
58 The Lotus and the Steel
59 Love in Vain
60 Secrets, Not Long Buried
61 Xavier Remembers
62 Family Ties
Really every episode from this series can be considered a fan favorite but more noticable in this collection is the four part Beyond Good and Evil saga as well as The Phalanx Covenant, Sanctuary and Family Ties.
The audio & video quality we can expect will be the same as that of the first two volumes. Episodes tended to be in the same quality they aired with minor compression issues that go unnoticed by most and didn't impede on my personal viewing enjoyment. Also the further we go into the series we should notice a slow steady improvement on the actual animation quality of the show.
There are no special features on these volumes but given the fact we're dealing with Disney that's to be expected. Television was better in the nineties. Thanks for your time.
* Rather than clutter up the review page I have included a list of episode summaries in my comments section for those interested.
X-Men are back with more fun, action and adventure July 1, 2009
Vulture Girl (San Diego, CA USA)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
In my opinion, X-Men, Batman TAS, Spider-Man, Animaniacs, Power Rangers, Eek the Cat, Bobby's World, Tiny Toons and all the other shows that were featured on Fox Kids were the very best shows. X-Men, in spite of being a Saturday morning cartoon gathered very high ratings. In fact, it was so successful that it ran for a whopping 76 episodes with a total of 5 seasons, all the way from 1992 to 1997. In fact, it is the longest running Marvel animated show with Spider-Man being the second longest. X-Men has often been compared to Batman the Animated Series in terms of quality.
We can now witness more adventure as episodes from season 3 and 4 are now being released. X-Men closely followed some storylines from the comics. In this one, we witness Magneto building Asteroid M, a sanctuary for mutants, Wolverine battle Silver Samurai and the X-Men even clash in an epic battle with the immortal god-like mutant Apocalypse as he plans to reshape the universe in his own evil ways. We'll even encounter Mr.Sinister as he teams with Apocalypse and Magneto who reluctantly battle along side the X-Men to battle Apocalypse.
X-Men is something for all ages. Kid and teens will love the action and adventure, while adults will appreciate the well written episodes and how some of them follow the comics. And of course, everybody will appreciate the top-quality animation created by some of the greatest animation studios of the day and everyone will love the nicely drawn awesome looking characters who bear great resemblance to the X-Men of comic book artist Jim Lee and writer Chris Claremont.
In case you're a fan of X-Men, Marvel, good action, emotional scenes or epic battles of good vs evil or if you even watched this on Fox Kids during the fantastic era of the 90s, don't miss X-Men! If you got the first volume and volume 2, then I,m sure you'll adore volume 3 and volume 4 and if you haven't experienced X-Men, it might just be a good time to grab both new volumes and prepare for epic adventures featuring Marvel's mutant team.
Here are the episodes in this volume.
Proteus Part 1: A deadly mutant foe named Proteus who can warp anything it touches has been unleashed at Muir Island. The X-Men head to Muir Island to battle him.
Proteus Part 2: Proteus searches for his the Father who abandoned him as a child whilst Moira and the X-Men continue to try and him.
Sanctuary Part 1: Magneto establishes a sanctuary in space known as Asteroid M. But when the mutant Fabian Cortez overthrows him and takes over, the X-Men are called for assistance.
Sanctuary Part 2: As the X-Men battle Cortez who temps to take over Asteroid M, Magneto returns to reclaim his place on the throne.
Beyond Good and Evil Part 1: As Cyclops and Jean prepare to wed, Mr.Sinister drops by and kidnaps Jean and takes her to an unknown world and learns that Apocalypse has plans for her.
Beyond Good and Evil Part 2: The X-Men figure out that Apocalypse is after Psylocke and other mutants who posses telepathic abilities. They even have a run in with Angel. The X-Men must figure out why Apocalypse is after psychics.
Beyond Good and Evil Part 3: Professor Xavier and the X-Men are taken to a place known as the Axis of Time and realizes that Apocalypse plans to use the psychics to recreate the universe in his own will. Cable heads to the Axis of Time to stop Apocalypse once and for all.
Beyond Good and Evil Part 4: In the final part of this episode, an epic battle between the X-Men, the psychics, Cable and Apocalypse will decide the fate of the immortal mutant once and for all.
Have Yourself a Morlock Little Christmas: It's Christmas time at the X-Men's mansion and Wolverine, Storm and Jubilee have a run in with The Morlocks who have an ill member of the family. Will everyone have a happy Christmas? Will Jean survive the wrath of Gambit's competitive cooking?
The Lotus and the Steel: Finding himself continually losing control, Wolverine takes a sabbatical to Japan, in an effort to find inner peace in temple-building. Instead, he faces a village under siege by a group of bandits and Silver Samurai, and struggles to help them without compromising his search for his true nature.
Love in Vain: Rogue's childhood sweetheart, the boy whom she put into a coma when her powers first manifested, returns to her life unexpectedly. But what strange connection does he have with the bug-like aliens Wolverine encounters in the desert?
Secrets Not Long Buried: Cyclops visits an old teacher only to discover strange things about the town he lives in.
Xavier Remembers: Xavier's concussion leads to more problems than a simple headache.
Family Ties: Magneto is summoned by his dead wife to a reunion, but all is not as it seems.
Awesome!!! when is Volume 5 Coming Out? October 30, 2009
M. J. Joyce (New Zealand)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
It's great to finally have a decent copy of the original X-Men Animated Series from the 1990's. This collection contains my favourite saga Beyond Good & Evil.
I would highly reccomend this to any X-Men Fan.
What a series! October 4, 2009
Donald Dube (Holyoke, MA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really liked this series. It had my favorite story THE DARK PHOENIX SAGA. Nowhere near as good and the comic version, but still VERY good! It is a shame this series was canceled when MARVEL went though bankruptcy back in the mid 90s. I bet it would have gone on for many more seasons.
I am hoping they will release the last season, when they SERIOUSLY upgraded the animation...and finally showed THE PHALANX, and THE BROOD.
X-Men forever July 27, 2009
N. Durham (Philadelphia, PA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The fourth volume of Fox's excellent animated X-Men series from the 90's continues to provide more of the same kind of quality action and excitement. More classic X-Men literature gets used in a few of the episodes featured here, including the X-Men's encounter with the powerful mutant Proteus, in the aptly titled "Proteus". We also witness Apocalypse bringing his plan for universal domination using psychics to fruition, but the time traveling Cable isn't about to let that happen in the four part "Beyond Good and Evil". We also witness the personal struggles of Professor Xavier in "Xavier Remembers", Rogue in "Love in Vain", Cyclops in "Secrets, Not Long Buried", and Wolverine in "The Lotus and the Steel" (featuring a face-off with Silver Samurai). Magneto is also in fine form in the two-part "Sanctuary", in which he creates a haven for mutants that ends up being anything but, and "Family Ties", in which he learns of a startling connection between himself and X-Factor member Quicksilver and Avengers member Scarlet Witch. Also featured here is the surprisingly touching "Have Yourself a Morlock Little Christmas", in which Wolverine proves just how heroic he is when the Morlocks are in need during Christmas. Just like the episodes collected on the previous three DVD volumes, volume four of Fox's X-Men remains classic to this day. It manages to both mine and pay tribute to the comics that it draws from, and remains must-see animated TV to this day and beyond.
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