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- Feb 5, 2011
Let me frank and say I was not looking forward to Ultimate Spider-Man when it was announced. The Spectacular Spider-Man was already proving to be the Spider-Man cartoon I've waited for. Season 2 left me with so much more, so much wanting and... cancellation. Why? Ratings? Bad rep? Nope, Sony had a choice of either movie rights or television rights and they choose to keep the movie rights. So, does Disney decide to renew the show they have completely under their control? Nope, they made Ultimate Spider-Man with Drake Bell as Spider-Man.
I'm gonna repeat that again...
Drake Bell as Spider-Man?!
I've mentioned this show before but I need to make it clear to everyone. The Spectacular Spider-Man is, hands down, no argument, the BEST Spider-Man cartoon. No lame censorship, no recycling animation 50% of the time, no need for non-Spider-Man Marvel characters to make guest appearances, it is a near perfect show. Even if you don't like Spider-Man, you should watch it. If you say you don't care or don't like Spectacular, then you don't deserve the right to complain about One More Day.
A perfectly cast Josh Keaton as Spider-Man with funny jokes, Sand Man appeared in more than just one episode, every character and villain backstory felt linked, Electro was cool again, reimagining elements of the Ditko era, combining elements from all previous incarnations of Spider-Man to fit into a story that is both original as well as pays homage to everything Spider-Man. Characters you hadn't seen recurring in a Spider-Man cartoon like Molten Man, George Stacy, Betty Brant, Sally Avril, and, to show how much Greg Weisman showed respect for the source material, Gwen Stacy.
And then came the Season 2 finale, Final Curtain. But what do I get besides a third season? A NEW show. Do you know why I was bitter about a new show? Because WE DIDN'T NEED ONE!
BUT now that I've seen Ultimate Spider-Man's first two episodes... while it wasn't as awful as I thought... it still sucked. Everything I felt Spectacular got right in the first two episodes GONE. Drake Bell is whiny and annoying as Spider-Man, the animation isn't as fluid and it has a ton of bad jokes and the jokes that COULD be funny are ruined by visualization worthy of lame Family Guy gags, and the costume changes to the arms AND the SpiderCycle AND Spider-Man is working with SHIELD?!?
Excuse me, I got to bash my head on the keyboard.
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I only remember two funny moments out of the two episodes combined. They were both Flash Thompson moments.
I went online and found the show to be a mixed bag, IGN giving it a 6 out of 10, a score they didn't give 1 single episode of Specatular Spider-Man. If it turns out you do enjoy stuff like the Spider Cycle or that really stupid "Spider-Man sits next to me in Spanish class" joke ruined by the imagery or the unneeded fourth wall breaking that Deadpool would probably kill Peter Parker for, then maybe you'll tolerate it more than me.
I really feel like this show is Marvel's answer to Batman: The Brave and The Bold by focusing on Spider-Man teaming up with other heroes. Except in that show, which was lighter because it was inspired by the Silver Age, an underrated era of comics, Batman still remained the brooding, serious minded individual he's known as despite being a bit snarkier and still maintained the important elements of Batman. Here though? It just tosses aside elements that previous Spider-Man in favor or a whiny, reckless rookie who knows little about responsibility as a superhero... despite that element of his personality as well as learning on his own are major themes of Spider-Man. For Marvel's first Spidery cartoon completely made by them... I'd say give it back to Vic Cook and Greg Weisman.
PS Amazing Spider-Man's gonna suck too.
I'm gonna repeat that again...
Drake Bell as Spider-Man?!
I've mentioned this show before but I need to make it clear to everyone. The Spectacular Spider-Man is, hands down, no argument, the BEST Spider-Man cartoon. No lame censorship, no recycling animation 50% of the time, no need for non-Spider-Man Marvel characters to make guest appearances, it is a near perfect show. Even if you don't like Spider-Man, you should watch it. If you say you don't care or don't like Spectacular, then you don't deserve the right to complain about One More Day.
A perfectly cast Josh Keaton as Spider-Man with funny jokes, Sand Man appeared in more than just one episode, every character and villain backstory felt linked, Electro was cool again, reimagining elements of the Ditko era, combining elements from all previous incarnations of Spider-Man to fit into a story that is both original as well as pays homage to everything Spider-Man. Characters you hadn't seen recurring in a Spider-Man cartoon like Molten Man, George Stacy, Betty Brant, Sally Avril, and, to show how much Greg Weisman showed respect for the source material, Gwen Stacy.
And then came the Season 2 finale, Final Curtain. But what do I get besides a third season? A NEW show. Do you know why I was bitter about a new show? Because WE DIDN'T NEED ONE!
BUT now that I've seen Ultimate Spider-Man's first two episodes... while it wasn't as awful as I thought... it still sucked. Everything I felt Spectacular got right in the first two episodes GONE. Drake Bell is whiny and annoying as Spider-Man, the animation isn't as fluid and it has a ton of bad jokes and the jokes that COULD be funny are ruined by visualization worthy of lame Family Guy gags, and the costume changes to the arms AND the SpiderCycle AND Spider-Man is working with SHIELD?!?
Excuse me, I got to bash my head on the keyboard.
uy7hyghtytyh7ytgfrrfhyrfdsferghyijkuugrfghtyjyuhyhtt5r4ty6iuu56 3e4wdseghybtjkiml
I only remember two funny moments out of the two episodes combined. They were both Flash Thompson moments.
I went online and found the show to be a mixed bag, IGN giving it a 6 out of 10, a score they didn't give 1 single episode of Specatular Spider-Man. If it turns out you do enjoy stuff like the Spider Cycle or that really stupid "Spider-Man sits next to me in Spanish class" joke ruined by the imagery or the unneeded fourth wall breaking that Deadpool would probably kill Peter Parker for, then maybe you'll tolerate it more than me.
I really feel like this show is Marvel's answer to Batman: The Brave and The Bold by focusing on Spider-Man teaming up with other heroes. Except in that show, which was lighter because it was inspired by the Silver Age, an underrated era of comics, Batman still remained the brooding, serious minded individual he's known as despite being a bit snarkier and still maintained the important elements of Batman. Here though? It just tosses aside elements that previous Spider-Man in favor or a whiny, reckless rookie who knows little about responsibility as a superhero... despite that element of his personality as well as learning on his own are major themes of Spider-Man. For Marvel's first Spidery cartoon completely made by them... I'd say give it back to Vic Cook and Greg Weisman.
PS Amazing Spider-Man's gonna suck too.