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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Leech telekinetically splits up the mob, on his left are a man with a light blue shirt, followed by a man with an orange shirt, and man with a light blue shirt behind him. On his right are a man with a green jacket and yellow shirt, a man with an orange jacket and pink shirt behind him, and lastly, a man with a blue jacket and yellow shirt. When the shot changes, the men have not only swapped sides, but now it is two men in light blue shirts in front of the man in the orange shirt, and the man with the orange jacket and pink shirt is now just wearing an orange shirt, and he is standing in front of the man with the green jacket and yellow shirt, and the man with the blue jacket and yellow shirt is in front of him. (00:06:05)

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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Leech begins to telekinetically steal fruit from the vendor cart, he is stealing a red apple and what appears to be an orange with a yellow peel. When the shot changes, the orange is now orange in color, and as the two pieces of fruit move towards Leech, the orange is on his right, and the apple on his left. When the shot changes, the orange is now yellow in color again, and the fruits have swapped sides. (00:05:52)

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Slave Island - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: When Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Rogue enter the War Room to tell Professor X they are leaving for Genosha, the monitor Professor X is watching is level. A couple of shots later, the monitor is now slanted downwards. (00:08:04)

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Slave Island - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: When the lead guard is explaining the inhibitor collars to the new prisoners in the wide shot, you can see Blob at the back of the group, and he is wearing tights, even though he is usually shown wearing a speedo. (00:02:24 - 00:03:41)

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Cold Vengeance - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Jubilee, Gambit, and Storm are first shown in their bungalow, there is a coffee table with a couple cups near the edge on the viewer's right, and some magazines on the top corner of the same side. A couple of shots later, the cups and magazines have all moved closer to the center of the table. When Gambit sits up, the magazines have disappeared entirely. (00:19:14)

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Cold Vengeance - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Storm tells Gambit to put the discount placard back, he sets it in front of the clerk's computer. When the bellhop comes to get everyone's bags, the placard has disappeared. (00:13:24)

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Cold Vengeance - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Cyclops and Jean Grey enter Wolverine's room at the end of the previous episode and find it a mess and him gone, Cyclops is wearing brown pants, a yellow collared shirt and a charcoal tie, and Jean is wearing a pink dress. This episode picks up where that episode ended, and suddenly Cyclops is wearing blue jeans and a purple turtleneck, and Jean is wearing off-white pants and a turquoise blouse. (00:02:06)

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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Xavier is talking to Jean and Cyclops at the end, the three of them, along with Storm, are all to the left of the bed Gambit is lying on, with Storm being behind Xavier, over his right shoulder, and a piece of machinery behind her. When the shot changes, it is a closeup of Xavier, and neither Storm, nor the machinery are visible over Xavier's shoulder. When Jean and Cyclops leave the room, Xavier is now at the foot of Gambit's bed, several feet away from Storm. (00:20:08 - 00:20:32)

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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: The picture of Jean and Cyclops Wolverine has framed shows them against a yellow-orange background, and Cyclops' sunglasses are red. When the picture is shown again at the end of the episode, the background is now white and Cyclops' sunglasses are gray. (00:08:14 - 00:20:44)

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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Storm is offering the Morlocks sanctuary at the mansion, several of the Morlocks that were standing dozens of feet behind Storm in a previous shot are now standing in front of her. They are then behind Storm again when she is helping Callisto to her feet. (00:18:58 - 00:19:45)

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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Storm defeats Callisto in combat, Sunder and Tar Baby are in the far background, standing near a tunnel opening. When the shot changes, they are now standing in front of some machinery. (00:18:58)

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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Storm and Callisto are about to engage in combat, they are using staves that look like lightsabers, with the hilts at the bottom. When they start striking at each other, both staves now resemble a double-edged lightsaber, with the hilt in the middle. (00:18:25)

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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: Callisto's staff is roughly the same length as her body. When she is holding the staff to Cyclops' throat, only the bottom quarter of it is visible, when the rest that isn't obscured by their bodies should be visible and pointing outwards at her left. (00:18:06)

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Slave Island - S1-E7

Plot hole: After Storm's attempt to escape the Genoshan prison is thwarted, she ends up in the ocean right at the shoreline of the beach, where she is captured by a Sentinel. Aside from the fact that it makes no sense for a Sentinel to be hiding in the ocean in the event that a mutant tries to escape the prison, there is absolutely no way that a two-story tall robot could hide in the ocean right by the beach, as the water would be way too shallow. You can even see that the water level only goes up to the Sentinel's ankle area when it is standing upright in the ocean. (00:03:15)

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Suggested correction: Perception. (1) The Sentinel isn't as close as it appears. If it were close, then she would have been caught in its waves as it emerges. Also, she would be looking only at its chest circle. It's several yards away. (2) She washes ashore. She fell from the sky. She couldn't have fallen from that great height into shallow water without hitting bottom. (3) It's also a two-story tall robot. Its weight would sink it into the sand. So it could have very well been down that deep.

DetectiveGadget85

Sentinel never sank into sand in other episodes.

Well, it's shown here.

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Trivia: Following Disney's acquisition of Fox, the creators of this show pitched a revival to stream on Disney+. Producer Larry Houston has said he would come out of retirement specifically to work on this. The revival - titled X-Men '97 - was announced on Disney+ Day in November of 2021 for a 2024 premiere date, with much of the surviving original cast returning.

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Answer: It appears a number of factors led to its demise. It was originally intended to air for 65 episodes, but its popularity extended that. However, there were continual production quality problems, issues regarding whether the content was suitable enough for children, as well as financial considerations that finally led to it being ended.

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