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 three is confirmed to contain the following fifteen
episodes from the third and fourth seasons of the show spread across
two discs:
Disc 1
34 Savage Land, Strange Heart (1)
35 Savage Land, Strange Heart (2)
36 Obsession
37 Dark Pheonix: Dazzled (1)
38 Dark Pheonix: The Inner Circle (2)
39 Dark Pheonix: The Dark Pheonix (3)
40 Dark Pheonix: The Fate Of The Pheonix (4)
Disc 2
41 Cold Comfort
42 Orphan's End
43 The Juggernaut Returns
44 Nightcrawler
45 Weapon X, Lies and Videotape
46 One Man's Worth (1)
47 One Man's Worth (2)
48 Courage
Really every episode from this series can be considered a fan
favorite but more noticable in this collection is the four part Dark
Pheonix Saga as well as Weapon X, Lies and Videotape, Nightcrawler
and Obsession.
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.
As of my writing there is no news on possible special features for
these volumes but with none on Volume 1 & 2 and given the fact we're
dealing with Disney I wouldn't count on them, but I'll always hope.
I will update this 'pre-view' as more information and specifics are
given closer to the release. I know there are a lot of people just
as excited for these volumes as I am, 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.
