Final Episode of John Semper's Spidey cartoon

*DrSpengler* · 11-15-2006, 04:55 PM

I enjoyed the show though I agree it started using dimensional vortexes waaaayyyy too much towards the end. They should've dropped that angle with the Spot.

Still, there were a lot of cool moments and I actually liked the inner monologue Peter had throughout the series. Not many comic-based cartoons or movies try to import that, and this show actually made it work pretty well.

I always felt a little gipped that Venom only appeared in a total of 3 episodes, yet showed up in the opening sequence.

Spider-Man Unlimited, the sequel series, overused Venom, though. So I'm not sure which I disliked more.

Hank Azaria was awesome as Venom, though. And the buildup to his character was very well done (much better than in the comics, if you ask me).

The Secret Wars adaptation was total crap, though. I know they couldn't use more X-Men because they could afford to get the cast from the 90's toon to fly down to LA, but they went ahead and recast the Fantastic Four and Iron Man characters instead of getting the voices from their respective shows. Ugh, they really shouldn't have bothered trying if they weren't willing to go the extra mile and get the TON of characters that Secret Wars was all about.

11-15-2006, 04:55 PM	#7
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	I enjoyed the show though I agree it started using dimensional vortexes waaaayyyy too much towards the end. They should've dropped that angle with the Spot. Still, there were a lot of cool moments and I actually liked the inner monologue Peter had throughout the series. Not many comic-based cartoons or movies try to import that, and this show actually made it work pretty well. I always felt a little gipped that Venom only appeared in a total of 3 episodes, yet showed up in the opening sequence. Spider-Man Unlimited, the sequel series, overused Venom, though. So I'm not sure which I disliked more. Hank Azaria was awesome as Venom, though. And the buildup to his character was very well done (much better than in the comics, if you ask me). The Secret Wars adaptation was total crap, though. I know they couldn't use more X-Men because they could afford to get the cast from the 90's toon to fly down to LA, but they went ahead and recast the Fantastic Four and Iron Man characters instead of getting the voices from their respective shows. Ugh, they really shouldn't have bothered trying if they weren't willing to go the extra mile and get the TON of characters that Secret Wars was all about.