Ep. 172: X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men featuring Peter Fluet

About this episode

The episode discusses the X-Men animated pilot 'Pryde of the X-Men' with guest Peter Fluet, focusing on its nostalgic elements and Marc's discomfort with superhero content.

It's that time of year again, the time Marc dreads: Marc's Miserable Marvelous May, where we torture the non-superhero loving Marc with all the Marvel content produced while New World Pictures owned Marvel! In previous years we discussed The Incredible Hulk, the Punisher, even Power Pack, but now it's time to discuss the misfits of Marvel, The X-Men for our 4th installment of making Marc's life a superpowered living hell! In order to properly discuss this merry band of mutants, we brought back one of our most powerful previous guests, the hilarious writer and performer Peter Fluet! You may remember home from Episode 33: STAR CRYSTAL ! Peter brings his deep Marvel knowledge to the pod to help us make Marc Miserable. This original pilot with 1989's PRYDE OF THE X-MEN was a pilot that didn't quite kickstart the X-Men Animated Series, but was certainly a precursor, though this version of the X-Men is slightly more... Australian than it needed to be. And also maybe a little pervy. Join us as we discuss the amazing theme song, the nostalgic animation, the wild collection of characters and their vocal choices. Don't worry Marc is still miserable, and we'll spend the month making sure he…

People in this episode

Host: Marc

Guest: Peter Fluet

Topics covered

• X-Men
• Marvel
• animation
• superheroes
• podcast
• film history

Keywords

• X-Men
• Pryde of the X-Men
• Peter Fluet
• Marvel
• animation
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New World Pictures, Marvel

Books & works: X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, the Punisher, Power Pack, STAR CRYSTAL

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