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Director:

Jack Sholder

Writer (WGA):

Eric Blakeney (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

20 February 1996 (USA) more

Tagline:

heroes are no longer born... ...they are created.

Plot:

A group of young mutants--humans with a genetic variation that gives them superpowers and makes them... more | add synopsis

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User Comments:

Marginal attempts to bring superheroes to the small screen more (24 total)


Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Company:

MT2 Services more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The Xavier school used in the movie is the exact same school use in the X-men movies for the Xavier school for gifted youngsters. The same building is also the mansion Lex lives in Smallville. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: While Jubilee is supposedly playing a video game, in fact the screen shows the between-games demo and the legend "Insert Coin." more

Quotes:

Jubilation Lee: [to Banshee and Emma] Look! I'm sure you guys got some great schemes in mind, which is why you nabbed me all right? but I'm a bad girl and I've got some nasty mutant tricks so just back off! more

Movie Connections:

References Frankenstein (1931) more

Soundtrack:

Telephone Call From Istanbul more


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Marginal attempts to bring superheroes to the small screen, 27 December 2000
5/10
Author: Gislef from Iowa City, IA

Compared to most comic-to-TV adaption, Generation X is...adequate. It doesn't rely on campiness (Batman/60's, the Justice League TV show pilot...). The main problem is that the writers don't seem to have much idea what they're doing. They opted for one big-name star (Frewer) and ended up with a bargain-basement Joker impersonation. The whole Dream Dimension plot is just stupid (even the characters acknowledge they're ripping off Freddy Krueger/Elm Street - not a good sign).

When the show sticks to the mutants themselves, it's pretty good. The school seems curiously understaffed, and in that huge mansion, why do six students have to sleep in two fairly small rooms? And the lack of budget shows, since the superheroics are mostly small-scale. Still, the cast is likeable enough, and it probably would have made a decent TV series if the ratings had been there.

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