Spoiler Alert: Pryde of the X-Men, Part 2 · 5:11pm Jul 19th, 2014

: The X-Men, meanwhile, fly to save some hostages from the Blob, who's even less articulate than usual, and Pyro, both members of the Brotherhood. The X-Men ignore every principle of Hostage Negotiation and just rush at the two villains, who teleport away, their diversion a success.
: We then see Asteroid M, Magneto's base, where we meet the pathetic Toad and the small, cartoonish, unexplained dragon, Lockheed. Magneto clearly hates both of them, but keeps them around because reasons. Magneto uses the Mutant Power Circuit to greatly increase his powers. Meanwhile, Professor X, recovered from the Brotherhood's attack, uses his psychic powers to determine that Magneto plans to use his newfound power to pull a comet to Earth, wiping out humanity so that he can rule. However, Magneto's new power causes the Professor to pass out from the stress of reading a now enhanced mind. Gee, this is kind of a trend for the Prof.

: The X-Men go to fight Magneto, but leave Kitty behind because, you know, she's an untrained 14 year old. Kitty sneaks along regardless, but not without being caught by the Professor, who ultimately decides to let her go. Once again, I remind you that she's an untrained 14 year old, and given that she arrived at the school with no luggage, I'm presuming she was just visiting the school and wasn't actually enrolled. This means the Professor has no legal right to 'let' her do anything. So for both Kitty's and the Professor's sake, this is a VERY bad move.
: Once they arrive at Asteroid M, the X-Men ignore any and all combat tactics and decide to fight each of the Brotherhood one-on-one. This results in the greatest curb stomp you will EVER see: Toad vs Wolverine.

: Anyway, Nightcrawler and Kitty use a battle plan which, apparently, they developed off camera to trick Magneto back into his machine and send the comet moving back away from Earth. However, the machine was damaged in the fight, forcing Nightcrawler to use his body as a circuit to keep it working. Gee, that's smart. Magneto, satisfied that at least one of his enemies will die, cuts his losses and leaves with the Brotherhood. The X-Men fly away as the Asteroid blows up. Because that's what supervillain bases do.
: Kitty seems more upset about Nightcrawler's tragic and arguably unnecessary death than any of his long-term teammates. Fortunately, Nightcrawler managed to teleport onto the X-Men's space....plane just before the Asteroid blew up. The pilot ends with Stan Lee promising that the X-Men will be ready for Magneto whenever he returns. Just not these X-Men, because the pilot was never picked up.
: So, how was it? Well, it wasn't bad for a first attempt. It's a competent introduction to the franchise, and impressed the veteran voice actors who worked on it with its serious tone. That being said, I'm glad it wasn't picked up. Poor character interpretation, network censorship, and a bland plot all led to a project with less heart, guts, and brains than its successor would have three years later.
: Ironically, even though its themes were much more docile than they'd be in the '92 show, the pilot was still seen as too complex for a superhero cartoon. As one network exec said, 'It looks nice, but why is that Wolverine guy so mean?"
Ya heard that right. Wolvie don't drink, smoke, swear, or spill a drop 'a blood in the entire episode, an' is the only hero who questions bringin' an untrained child on a dangerous mission. But he was STILL too edgy for late '80s cartoons. Quite a difference from how supah-heroes are seen today, ain't it?
: Still, it wasn't completely worthless. The pilot WAS the inspiration for the classic X-Men arcade game.