Generation X (film)

Generation X
Title	Generation X
Release Date(s)	February 20, 1996
Film Details
Directors	Jack Sholder
Producers	Avi Arad, Eric Blakeney, Matthew Edleman, Stan Lee, David Roessell, Bruce J. Sallan
Screenplay Writers	Eric Blakeney
Cinematographers	Bryan England
Editors	Michael Schweitzer
Distributors	Fox Television
Running Time	87 minutes
Language	English
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Appearances

Featured Characters:

• Generation X (First and only known appearance)
  • Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (First and only known appearance)
  • Skin (Angelo Espinosa) (First and only known appearance)
  • M (Monet St. Croix) (First and only known appearance)
  • Buff (Arlee Hicks) (First and only known appearance)
  • Mondo (First and only known appearance)
  • Refrax (Kurt Pastorius) (First and only known appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• White Queen (Emma Frost) (First and only known appearance)
• Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (First and only known appearance)

Antagonists:

• Dr. Russel Tresh (First and only known appearance)
• Bob Ralston (First and only known appearance; dies)
• M.E.A. (Mentioned)
• Lance (First and only known appearance)

Other Characters:

• Alicia Lee (First and only known appearance)
• Jim Lee (First and only known appearance)
• Kayla (First and only known appearance)
• Estella Espinosa (First and only known appearance)
• Hellions (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Mutants
• Humans

Locations:

• Earth-700029 (First and only known appearance)
  • Earth (First and only known appearance)
    • United States of America (First and only known appearance)
      • New York (First and only known appearance)
        • Oswego County (First and only known appearance)
          • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (First and only known appearance)
            • Danger Room (First and only known appearance)
            • Cerebro/Command Center (First and only known appearance)
          • Hastings (First and only known appearance)
          • Williamstown State Mental Institution (First and only known appearance)
        • Litchfield (First and only known appearance)
          • Watkins Mall (First and only known appearance)
          • Litchfield Police Department (First and only known appearance)
      • California (First and only known appearance)
        • Los Angeles (First and only known appearance)
      • Mutant Camp (Mentioned)
  • Dream Dimension (First and only known appearance)

Items:

• Mutant Registration Act (First and only known appearance)
• Dream Machine (First and only known appearance)
• Cerebro (First and only known appearance)
• Slick Lips lipsticks (First and only known appearance)
• Coffinnail cigarettes (First and only known appearance)
• Virtual Fighter video game (First and only known appearance)

Vehicles:

• X-Van (First and only known appearance)

Plot

Banshee and Emma Frost are the headmasters of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. They recruit Jubilee, and introduce her to her fellow students; M, Skin, Mondo, Buff and Refrax. The students are learning to cope with their mutant powers, and come into conflict with the "townies" who mock the students. Emma Frost worked previously with a mad scientist named Russel Tresh who felt that he could extract part of mutant's brains to develop psychic powers, and Russell is back and wants to use Skin's brain in his experiments.

Gallery

Generation X - T.V. Pilot

Generation X (1996) Trailer

Cast

• Amarylis – M (Monet St. Croix)
• Suzanne Davis – Buff (Arlee Hicks)
• Matt Frewer – Dr. Russel Tresh
• Finola Hughes – White Queen (Emma Frost)
• Heather McComb – Jubilee (Jubilation Lee)
• Jeremy Ratchford – Banshee (Sean Cassidy)
• Bumper Robinson – Mondo
• Augustin Rodriguez – Skin (Angelo Espinosa)
• Randall Slavin – Refrax (Kurt Pastorius)
• Kevin McNulty – Robert Ralston
• Lalainia Lindbjerg – Kayla
• Jeaneth Munoz – Estella Espinosa
• Kavan Smith – Lance

Notes

• Generation X is a made-for-TV-movie based on the Marvel Comics series Generation X aired by the Fox Broadcasting Company. The extremely low-budget film was scoffed at by fans and plans to develop a syndicated series were abandoned.
• Buff and Refrax were two new characters developed for and introduced in Generation X to replace the characters of Chamber and Husk. Husk and Chamber were absent from the film due to budget constraints limiting the special effects required to depicted their powers. Other characters also had the powers altered due to budget constraints.
• Many fans were disappointed and offended that Jubilee, a Chinese-American character, was portrayed by Heather McComb, a Caucasian actress. According to an interview with director Jack Sholder, the original script and casting breakdown sent out to agents did not specify an Asian actress for the part of Jubilee.

Trivia

• The characters Buff and Refrax were two new characters developed for and introduced in Generation X, while classic Generation X characters including Husk, Synch, Chamber, and Penance were absent from the film.
• The real world Hatley Castle is the setting for the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and is the same location used in 20th Century Fox's X-Men movie franchise.
• The X-Men Arcade game (based on the "Pryde of the X-Men" pilot) was in the background in the Generation X pilot. The scene where Jubilee was in the arcade room playing Street Fighter, her powers activated and Tresh noticed the display. In the background behind Tresh is the arcade game.

See Also

• 32 image(s) from Generation X (film)

Links and References

• Generation X (film) on IMDB.com
• Generation X (film) on AllMovie.com
• Generation X (film) on Marvel Movies wiki
• Generation X on IMDb
• Marvel Films
• Kindred Spirits - Info, pictures, video and sounds
• Fan Review
• International Catalogue of Superheroes
• Superhero Lives

References

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