Spectacular Spider-Man?

~~AquaParade~~ · 01-10-2021, 11:16 AM

I don't love this show as much as the average Spider-Man fan. It did a lot right, like serialization, pacing, and animation, so I do think it deserves praise.

The characterization was sort of goofy to me though. I don't think the voice acting helped. One of the characters was shrieking every time she opened her mouth and I remember Harry sounding, just, weird. I don't know, voice acting must be much harder than it looks, because sometimes characters can come across sounding so fake and unnatural.

My biggest issue, and one that is sadly not limited to this show, is Peter's perfect moral compass. I know we are meant to aspire to the character in some ways, and I also want to see proper character growth stemming from the incident with uncle Ben - Peter should learn a lesson that sticks with him. At the same time, I need Peter to make mistakes in order for him to feel real and for the stories to have a sense of pathos or some kind of redemption arc. When all of Peter's problems stem from the fact that he is saving people in his secret life as Spider-Man, I find him harder to relate to. Maybe I'm just an a-hole, you tell me, but when Peter is such a perfect, lovely, nice guy, I find the character loses some of the edge that makes him stand out from other superheroes. I think he should be constantly messing up and paying the price for it, while trying to redeem himself in the process. I suppose I see Peter as a character of redemption more than anything else.

01-10-2021, 11:16 AM	#14
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	I don't love this show as much as the average Spider-Man fan. It did a lot right, like serialization, pacing, and animation, so I do think it deserves praise. The characterization was sort of goofy to me though. I don't think the voice acting helped. One of the characters was shrieking every time she opened her mouth and I remember Harry sounding, just, weird. I don't know, voice acting must be much harder than it looks, because sometimes characters can come across sounding so fake and unnatural. My biggest issue, and one that is sadly not limited to this show, is Peter's perfect moral compass. I know we are meant to aspire to the character in some ways, and I also want to see proper character growth stemming from the incident with uncle Ben - Peter should learn a lesson that sticks with him. At the same time, I need Peter to make mistakes in order for him to feel real and for the stories to have a sense of pathos or some kind of redemption arc. When all of Peter's problems stem from the fact that he is saving people in his secret life as Spider-Man, I find him harder to relate to. Maybe I'm just an a-hole, you tell me, but when Peter is such a perfect, lovely, nice guy, I find the character loses some of the edge that makes him stand out from other superheroes. I think he should be constantly messing up and paying the price for it, while trying to redeem himself in the process. I suppose I see Peter as a character of redemption more than anything else.