Post by 2X the All-Powerful! on Jun 9, 2008 12:15:52 GMT -5
Because no one else would make the thread.
I love this show. After seeing clips and trailers I thought it would be very kiddied down and shallow, with cheap cartoon action and no root in the comics. I was pleasantly surprised. The show makes good use of the rich history of the comics and goes out of its way to include both iconic and obscure characters (everywhere from Gwen Stacy to the Tinkerer). None of the characters are as 2-dimensional as their first impressions say, showing their better halves and what not. The continuity is excellent; they've established the characters of Flint Marko and Alex O'Hirn like 5 times before they became Sandman and the Rhino. Peter himself is a very intriguing character, suffering the angst of a high school kid whose family suffers from financial issues while he has to deal with fighting crime, as well as having to deal with the temptations to either use his talents for money or stop using them altogether.
The animation threw me off a bit, but it really grew on me, as well as the character designs. They're simple, but not too childish, and it's all very smooth. The writing and drama are also very excellent, and relatable to kids with themes from peer pressure to steroid use.
And while a lot of the scenes and moments are from the movies, the details are all from the comics, like peter's web not being organic, etc. And there are a lot of subtle details, like when Spidey first gets the black suit, the costume is designed after the costume from Spider-Man 3. But, each time it appears in the next episodes, it slowly changes to match the comics (the second time it appears, the web outlines are gone but the white spider insignia's still the same; the third time the spider enlarges to wrap around his chest like the comics; and the last time it solidifies and becomes a duplicate of the classic black suit). I just think it's cool because I think it was the writer's way of showing the suit slowly growing more powerful and more dominant over peter's body.
It's little things like that that make the show awesome. The show is supervised and written by Greg Weisman, who created the epic Gargoyles, and in this cartoon his talents definitely shine. Both new and old fans of Spider-Man will like this cartoon, so you all owe it to yourself to check it out. Also, feel free to talk about it here, and discuss further plot elements (i'd like to discuss Green Goblin, for example)
I love this show. After seeing clips and trailers I thought it would be very kiddied down and shallow, with cheap cartoon action and no root in the comics. I was pleasantly surprised. The show makes good use of the rich history of the comics and goes out of its way to include both iconic and obscure characters (everywhere from Gwen Stacy to the Tinkerer). None of the characters are as 2-dimensional as their first impressions say, showing their better halves and what not. The continuity is excellent; they've established the characters of Flint Marko and Alex O'Hirn like 5 times before they became Sandman and the Rhino. Peter himself is a very intriguing character, suffering the angst of a high school kid whose family suffers from financial issues while he has to deal with fighting crime, as well as having to deal with the temptations to either use his talents for money or stop using them altogether.
The animation threw me off a bit, but it really grew on me, as well as the character designs. They're simple, but not too childish, and it's all very smooth. The writing and drama are also very excellent, and relatable to kids with themes from peer pressure to steroid use.
And while a lot of the scenes and moments are from the movies, the details are all from the comics, like peter's web not being organic, etc. And there are a lot of subtle details, like when Spidey first gets the black suit, the costume is designed after the costume from Spider-Man 3. But, each time it appears in the next episodes, it slowly changes to match the comics (the second time it appears, the web outlines are gone but the white spider insignia's still the same; the third time the spider enlarges to wrap around his chest like the comics; and the last time it solidifies and becomes a duplicate of the classic black suit). I just think it's cool because I think it was the writer's way of showing the suit slowly growing more powerful and more dominant over peter's body.
It's little things like that that make the show awesome. The show is supervised and written by Greg Weisman, who created the epic Gargoyles, and in this cartoon his talents definitely shine. Both new and old fans of Spider-Man will like this cartoon, so you all owe it to yourself to check it out. Also, feel free to talk about it here, and discuss further plot elements (i'd like to discuss Green Goblin, for example)