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Longshot Review and Media By Stu Episode #70 - Longshot Original Airdate 5th October 1996 Longshot escapes Mojo's dimension, but the fat TV host follows him, once again leaving the X-Men to battle the gargantuan villain. Credits Written By: Steven Melching, David McDermott Music Composed By: Shuki Levy Animation Services By: AKOM Review: This episode initially came as a surprise to me because, after a few seconds, I’d realised I’d never seen it before! Longshot was never the most interesting of characters to me, but hell, a new to me episode is awesome by itself. Much to my surprise, it was a fairly good episode too. There are a couple of dozen episodes I’d have rather seen than a sequel to Mojovision, but thankfully, it’s much better than the aforementioned episode. The episode was helped greatly due to some awesome animation. This was one of the few episodes that Philippines animated before they completely revamped the show, and it’s a thousand times better than what AKOM could produce. It’s not quite as nice as Out Of The Past, but it’s slightly better than Cold Comfort. Despite the fact she was one of the episode’s main focus’, Jubilee wasn’t quite as annoying as usual. She could’ve have been presented as entertaining her, hadn’t they done that awful Storm-style speech with her pretending to be “Jubilee, Mistress of The Elements!”. Ugh. I’m not quite sure why, but during the fight in the park, music from The Incredible Hulk was played. It was a slower version of music used in “Return of The Beast, Part One” albeit, slowed down a little. Whether or not Hulk was made first or not, I’m not sure. It wasn’t distracting in any way, but still surprising. As I said above, I’m not too big a fan of Longshot, or Mojo. Mojo himself is a ghastly villain, a constant annoyance throughout the episode. I’m aware that that’s how he’s supposed to be, but I think they could’ve done with a complete revamp of the character. A ruthless TV executive from another dimension could’ve been a great villain if used right. I like what they did with the character in Ultimate X-Men, and I wish we could’ve seen something similar here. Despite this minor grumble, the majority of the episode is entertaining, but it’s the animation that’s the standout here. Screenshots: