493 – Now a Major Motion Picture

In which the first X-Men film turns 25 (and holds up remarkably well). X-PLAINED: A startling absence The X-Men’s big-screen debut An X-film that might have been X-Men (2000), in general; and related publications Some very casting What makes a good adaptation Wolverine’s hair Those costumes The cinematic X-Men The cinematic Brotherhood Sabretooth’s eyebrows Condensed backstories The movie magic of magnetism The worst toy of all time Going to school with superheroes Things we’d like to have seen in the movie NEXT EPISODE: The origin of Thunderbird! (Not that one.) (Or that one.) The visual companion to this episode is the film X-Men (2000). Find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop!