Why was 'Wolverine and the X-MEN' cancelled?

[ReadyAndWilling]

i never really liked the title of the show and it seemed like everything x-men was now everything wolverine. i haven't seen all the episodes, probably about 70 percent and ironically, the episodes not featuring wolverine were the better ones.

the end of season 1 introduced 'the age of apocalypse' storyline and i was really looking forward to what interpretation the writers were going to take, since the last x-men show, 'evolution' was overall weak, and the all-time great of the 90's concluded 15 years ago.

the 3 episode arc towards the end was great, but i really enjoyed 'rover' and 'future X': "mutant apprehension in progress!"

 

[Gaith]

The ratings were insufficiently X-cellent.

 

[C_Miller]

Funny, I actually liked X-Men: Evolution better than the 90s Series. The 90s Series was far to close to the comics. Evo tried to do something new and more often than not succeeded. If I wanted something exactly like the comic, I would cut out the middle man and just read the comic.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I didn't think much of the concept for "Wolverine and the X-Men" until I actually sat down and started to watch it. Thought it was great and was looking forward to seeing AOA done. They should do a straight up AOA series IMO. I think X fans would eat it up.

 

[TemporalFlux]

From what I understood, it was the Disney buy-out of Marvel that killed the show; same thing killed Spectacular Spider-man. Disney was wanting to pull Marvel shows under the Disney umbrella and cut out other studios who were producing those shows.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ That's what I understand the reason was as well.

 

[DarKush]

Funny, I actually liked X-Men: Evolution better than the 90s Series. The 90s Series was far to close to the comics. Evo tried to do something new and more often than not succeeded. If I wanted something exactly like the comic, I would cut out the middle man and just read the comic.

I agree on Evolution. I never could get into the 90s show. I didn't care for the animation, the bad voice acting, and the mishmash of comic storylines. I thought Evolution was better in comparison on all those levels.

I purchased the Wolverine & X-Men DVD series, but have only watched a handful of episodes. So far its decent, but nothing to rave about.

 

[Thestral]

Count me as another that really liked Evolution, and I adored the 90s series growing up.

I've seen a few episodes of W&tXM, but the title and premise turned me off and pretty much keeps me from being a dedicated watcher.

 

[Admiral_Young]

The thing about WAXM is that the tease of the AOA adaption was really what made me a fan. They did some good episodes, and it was fun seeing some current comic book characters in the series like Pixie and even Blink was shown but yeah I think it was just hitting it's stride at the end of season one.

 

[sojourner]

From what I understood, it was the Disney buy-out of Marvel that killed the show; same thing killed Spectacular Spider-man. Disney was wanting to pull Marvel shows under the Disney umbrella and cut out other studios who were producing those shows.

I think this also killed the Ironman cartoon. Though it deserved to die anyway.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

I think this also killed the Ironman cartoon. Though it deserved to die anyway.

Iron Man: Armored Adventures has been renewed for a second 26-episode season, which will air sometime this year.

 

[sojourner]

Really? wow, delayed a bit isn't it?

 

[KB24]

Because the 90s classics is coming to netflix in June? I didn't like any cartoon incarnation since that one.

 

[Mr Light]

According to wiki the last regular IM:AA episode aired way back in November 2009! That is quite a delay!

 

[TemporalFlux]

If I remember correctly, the only reason Iron Man got a second season is because season two was already in production before Disney finalized the Marvel buy out. I don't know why there's been such a delay in airing the episodes, but I would put my money on Disney causing the problem somehow (given that they didn't want any of these shows continuing at all).

 

[Dream]

Never watched Evolution, sounded too much like Smallville for me, but I thought the 90s cartoon was great. It is the definitive version of the X-men for me.

 

[Anwar]

EVO was actually rather faithful to the original comics. At first, the world didn't know/hate mutants and it was only after the first Sentinel Incident that it started. That's how it happened in EVO as well.

 

[Thestral]

Indeed. The first season (or maybe half-season) of EVO is a bit... ehh; not bad, just nothing particularly special. But S2 onward, it really starts to develop.

 

[ReadyAndWilling]

I think this also killed the Ironman cartoon. Though it deserved to die anyway.

Iron Man: Armored Adventures has been renewed for a second 26-episode season, which will air sometime this year.

wow, the girl in your avatar looks like an angel.

 

[ReadyAndWilling]

Because the 90s classics is coming to netflix in June? I didn't like any cartoon incarnation since that one.

do you mean classic or are you talking about a group of shows?