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Podcast: Does It Hold Up?
Episode: X-MEN
Description: July 14, 2000 mutants come to the big screen for the first time. Fox Studios puts together an all star cast of acting legends and up-and-comers. The US government wants all mutants (superpowered humans) to register and probably something more sinister even. Professor Xavier and his band of mutants, the titular X-Men, don't agree with this decision but want to resolve things in a peaceful way. Their opposites are Magneto and his Brotherhood of mutants who want to resolve things in a more violent way. Magneto has created a machine that can change normal humans to mutants. Which of these groups...