Why?
Does anyone know the story behind why this was made? I mean, why Generation-X instead of X-Men? Did they know an X-Men movie was in development and that's why?
shareProbably cheaper licensing fee.
shareThey had been trying to do the X-Men as a movie for years so it was in development in one way or another during this time.
Also, the X-Men was very popular thanks to the cartoon and games and people would expect to see Storm, Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, etc. and those are characters that are difficult to pull off on a TV budget. Some of the Gen X characters had less “expensive” powers and since they weren’t as well-known as the X-Men, the TV movie could get away with filling half the roster with new characters with mild powers like x-ray vision while ignoring people like Chamber or Penance who would be too expensive.