MARVEL KNIGHTS: X-MEN BLURAY BOX (BD) [Blu-ray]

These are very simi-animated pictures.The stories are action comics are fun if you already enjoy the x-men comic books or a deep dive into specific x-men stories.They are good at what they are.

Joss Whedon's time at the helm of the Astonishing X-Men will forever be recorded as one of the best story arcs in Marvel history (see  Astonishing X-Men Omnibus ). The motion comic adaptation takes the comic book story that made Marvel history and creates an entertaining sort-of-cartoon version that will appeal to readers of of the comic as well as to a new audience.What is a motion comic? Its a bit of a hybrid genre-- the video looks like someone was able to animate the spaces between the panels in a comic book. The conversation bubbles are replaced by voice actors. The voice acting is spot on. Emma Frost drips with her elite mannerism. Wolverine is gruff and quick-witted. The voice actors do a great job of dramatically portraying the x-men without going over the top into the field of campy or too corny: It is not a Saturday morning cartoon-- in some ways it much better.I loved the 1990's x-men cartoon, but as I grew up so did the X-men. Astonishing X-men are still dealing with some of the issues of discrimination and intolerance that have been a hallmark of x-men series since the comic debuted in the 1960s but in a much more sophisticated manner. In these episodes a cure for mutants is discovered, and the x-men are torn between inner conflicts as well as inter-stellar conflicts.I wont give anything away, but the acting and animation is paced so that the suspense never slackens.The color and artwork is truly brilliant in HD. If you ever wished you could have a comic book panel splashed across your wide screen living room TV, look no further than this 2-disc blu ray collection.The plot and storytelling are perfect. But There are a few "cons" to the motion comics. The episodes are very short (each under 15 minutes-ish). And each episode ends with a relatively long 'credits' sequence. It is not a big deal, but it does disrupt an otherwise seamless story.X-Fans will be able to curl up with almost 5 hours of 1080p X-Men. Excelsior!

My husband and I are quite impressed with Josh Whedon's creativity -- even if his stories tend to stretch our tastes a bit. This X-Men series is no exception. As with the "Firefly" t.v. series, big themes are the order of the day, and "Astonishing X-Men" takes on nuclear annihilation, suicide, and bigotry, among other things. It's violent, humorous, thrilling, and horrific all-in-one -- typical Josh Whedon fare, in my limited experience. We've seen two of the four stories, so far, and have had to steel ourselves for the experiences (we don't have strong stomachs or hardened sensibilities), but have been dazzled as we always are by Mr. Whedon's uniquely creative mind. The limited animation of motion comics didn't take us long to adjust to, due no doubt to the fast-paced and compelling stories.

First, let me say that I absolutely love the four volumes/chapters/whatever you want to call them--they're one of the better X-Men stories that I've come across (not that I'm a huge comic book nerd, but I've read my fair share lol).However, there is one thing that I don't like about this product, and maybe it's just an issue I need to resolve with my blu ray player, but the music and background noise is waaaaaay too loud at quite a few points. It makes it very difficult to hear what people are saying. Again, it might be something on my end--I didn't really care enough at the time to investigate (although it doesn't do it with other discs, so I kind of doubt it anyway), but regardless of the cause while I might normally take off a couple stars for something like this the story is way too enjoyable to make me want to give it any less than 5 stars.

First time viewing a motion comic, and it does take a little getting used to. It dos give you a good appreciation of how the artists drew the comic in its original form though, and I like that aspect of it. Part of me just naturally still wishes it were full on animation...but thats just what this is....the middle ground between comic and cartoon.The stories were generally good, my favorite being the final one. You do find some of the standard Joss Whedon humor sprinkled throughout the series (if you were a Buffy fan you know exactly what I mean).I would recommend getting this box set, nice to get the full story arc in Astonishing X-Men all in one shot, and didnt cost that much.

I love the X-Men, and I love motion comics. Simply put, it's great. Not as good as the Wolverine solo set, but still enjoyable.

I'd seen a trailer for the Watchmen motion comic and thought it looked like terrible animation and how could I ever love something like that. Then I got a movie-by-mail subscription from a mediocre company with a poor library (but they had this) so I decided to watch these with my wife and ended up loving it! The animation is fairly robust here, still a motion comic but the mouths move, the figures move, it's not much worse than Anime (and it looks better) [please, flame me for this]. The stories a great, the Blu Ray-ness isn't fully there but that's OK, it looks fine on my TV. I'm happy to have bought this.

This is how XMEN are supposed to be!!!I hope the MCU can deliver like this in the new movies!!!

I adore the content. Joss Whedon's work is some of the best the X-Family has seen and these motion comics capture it brilliantly. The five stars are for that.However this review serves as a warning to buyers in the UK, where this will probably never be released. I bought it from the USA and as you can tell by the title, it's region locked.I could lament the pointlessness of this safety feature all day, but I'll just have to buy them again on R1 DVD instead.(Note to Shout Factory: Legitimate buyers, even those outside of America are not the enemy, you help nobody and hinder everybody with this practice.)On a side note these are on UK Netflix, enjoy.-Alex Shaw

The animation is very unique, which is what stands out the most for me.The animation is great, but it's a different style -- you kind of get a very detailed picture with the background changing a few frames at a time, and then the foreground changes.I've not seen the like elsewhere, but I do really like it.I've not encountered this particular story arc before.Professior Xavier is not actively leading the team, but he has left Cyclops in charge.The main characters are on the front of the package - Cyclops, Wolvering, Colossus, Kitty and Emma Frost.Lots of supporting characters here and there.Entertaining.

This is a nice series if you like this style