A young man with spider like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.A young man with spider like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.A young man with spider like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.
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- TriviaSince the series was developed for MTV, stories were free of censorship marring kids programming. For the first time in a Spider-Man series characters were allowed to die on screen and there was some (mild) bad language.
- GoofsThe episodes are numbered out of order. For instance episode 1.7 (Head Over Heels), happens before episode 1.1 (The Party), and episode 1.4 (Tight Squeeze) happens before episode 1.3 (Spider-Man Dis-Abled).
- Quotes
Spider-Man: Max, it doesn't have to be like this. I know... what it's like.
Electro: No... you... don't!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Atop the Fourth Wall: Spectacular Spider-Man: "Persona" (2017)
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Pioneer of NextGen Cartoons doesn't disappoint
I religiously tune in to Spider-Man every week.
While it does use the Villain-of-the-Week scenario, I don't think this detracts from the success of the show. The animation is spectacularly done: it captures Spider-Man's motions with a McFarlane-esque fluid grace that has only ever been accomplished in comic books.
The villains themselves are modern: don't look for Electro to wear that laughable starfish mask!
What I like most about this series, though, is that the character of Peter Parker/Spider-Man portrays a lot of the duality and pathos that has made the character so popular over the years; here's a teenager with everyday problems and even superpowers out the ying-yang doesn't help him hold a job or get a passing grade. He's very... human.
What I don't like: the Harry Osborn and Indie characters. Harry's very 2-dimensional and his hatred for Spider-man (carried over from the movie) feels forced, it's more like the hatred one reserves for a rival sports team than the man who killed your father. He also flip-flops between brooding and vengeful to aloof playboy (for the love of God, pls stop swirling martinis!!!). Indie just feels out of place. A character they dreamt up but didn't have any other place to put her.
I love the series, I hope to see more, deeper stories and moreover, I hope this is a sign of cartoons to come!!
While it does use the Villain-of-the-Week scenario, I don't think this detracts from the success of the show. The animation is spectacularly done: it captures Spider-Man's motions with a McFarlane-esque fluid grace that has only ever been accomplished in comic books.
The villains themselves are modern: don't look for Electro to wear that laughable starfish mask!
What I like most about this series, though, is that the character of Peter Parker/Spider-Man portrays a lot of the duality and pathos that has made the character so popular over the years; here's a teenager with everyday problems and even superpowers out the ying-yang doesn't help him hold a job or get a passing grade. He's very... human.
What I don't like: the Harry Osborn and Indie characters. Harry's very 2-dimensional and his hatred for Spider-man (carried over from the movie) feels forced, it's more like the hatred one reserves for a rival sports team than the man who killed your father. He also flip-flops between brooding and vengeful to aloof playboy (for the love of God, pls stop swirling martinis!!!). Indie just feels out of place. A character they dreamt up but didn't have any other place to put her.
I love the series, I hope to see more, deeper stories and moreover, I hope this is a sign of cartoons to come!!
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- RedErik
- Mar 6, 2004
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