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27 out of 34 people found the following comment useful :-
Super Hero series don't get any better than this!, 8 March 2008

Author: Dark-Kenshin from The Enterprise

I gotta say, when I originally came in to watch this program, I had some pretty low expectations based on what I had already seen of the show via the Internet. Boy was I wrong! Where to start? First, the animation is excellent. I like how the animators often subtly pay homage to the Spider-man films. In the first episode, there was a scene that depicted Spider-man scaling a building at high pace. It was the same scene that was used after Doctor Octopus had knocked Spider-man of the train in Spider Man 2. Spider Man looks great and the capturing of his movements has been the best capture in a Spider man series to date. Having watched the first two episodes, I have no complaints in this department.

Second, the scripts are top notch. It would do the series a great injustice for me to merely provide a brief synopsis to both of the episodes which I watched, so I would suggest you catch it when it airs on WB next Saturday. That said, I will say that the episodes capture all of the characters excellently. Peter Parker is still a guy (just like the rest of us) who has his fair share of problems (can't get a girl, can't get a job, unintentionally makes situations worse than they are, and needs money to support his aunt) while trying to do the right thing at all cost. While Spider man, his "banter through the fight" routine is as amusing as ever. Aunt May is still a lovable old woman who is very protective of her nephew, Flash Thompson is still the typical high school jock who gives Peter trouble whenever possible, and J. Jonah Jameson is still a hilarious gentleman who will do practically anything to sell a paper. There have also been plenty of updates. Eddie Brock is now someone who went to the same high school with Peter Parker before going to college; Eddie is practically the big brother Peter never had. Gwen Stacy is now one of Peter's best friends. And Electro and the Vulture actually have real back stories now. In short, this series has come with plenty of improvements.

There were a few problems which I had, but these problems are incredibly insignificant; I thing the theme song is mediocre as well as the guy who voices Harry Osbourne.

Overall, great show. To Parents: Spider-man is a great role model for your children, so if you catch your kids watching this, I'd advise you pull up a chair and join in on the fun; Super Hero series don't get any better than this.

I want to give this show a 9.5, but since IMDb does not allow me to do this, I suppose I'll just have to round my rating up to 10. If you're new to the Spider-Man mythos, this series is just what you need. For those who have been fans for a long time, you'll love it (especially if you've had to abandon the Spider-man comics due to the idiotic events of "One more Day." I highly recommend this series. recommend to people of all ages.

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12 out of 17 people found the following comment useful :-
Better than the Rest... WAY BETTER!, 5 April 2008

Author: datdudesketch from United States

I've watched every spider-man animated series there has ever been and this one is by far my favorite of them all. The past series that I've watched have so many flaws I can count them 10 hands, but this... flawless so far!

Okay, the theme song is pretty weird, but I kind of like that too.

I love that it's more about the high school years with Gwen Stacy (something that was left out of the 1st film Grrrr!) Though I seriously doubt that the producers will kill the animated Gwen :P That's not likely. Plus they're keeping faithful to the comic by making Mary Jane's identity a mystery. Nice!

Compared to the 90s show, the animation is consistent from one episode to the next. In the 90s series artists got lazy and repeated scenes or it was drawn crappy one weekend, then beautiful the next. Spectacular stays clean and well drawn. Even the action sequences are clean, like Spidey's movements are so well done it's hard to believe. And thank you so much for not incorporating 3D buildings....yuck! Spidey's jokes are funnier than they ever been in any previous series as well. The villains give him plenty of ammo.

Speaking of villains, they are so strategically placed throughout the series it's amazing (no pun intended). Their stories are not rushed like the 90's show. He's not babbling on and on about some girl while fighting the baddie and then the scene gets cut back and forth sporadically. I can't say anything bad about this show... yet. But I doubt that they'll give me a reason to.

So until this one goes belly up, make mine Marvel!

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10 out of 14 people found the following comment useful :-
Redeems the web crawler, 29 March 2008
Author: Darwinskid from United States

After the very disappointing Spider-Man 3 I'm happy to see things improve and what better way to improve by a whole new animated series.

This show is yet another reboot for the Spider, so far it's a good new take. at first I didn't think I would care for this show, I really had no interest but inside me I am a Spider-Man fan and therefore I had to check it out when it first aired, and I loved every second of it. I haven't been able to fault this show since it aired, everything seems to be working out well in terms of humor, drama, characters, plots, etc. Not only that the show has a pretty good pace of things, all balanced right unlike some action packed shows which don't have a heavy balance of all things considered.

I'm glad this show hasn't been another superhero disappointment like The Batman was for me when that first aired, and progressed. This is no The Batman, it kind of feels like the Batman: The Animated Series for Spider-Man here, little bit, but in terms of being well written and depth. Nothing highly dark or crazy here, yet.

Sometimes change is good, isn't it? Hope the series gets better and better.

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6 out of 13 people found the following comment useful :-
Not spectacular but it's sneaking around there., 20 April 2008

Author: TheSpectacularSpidey from Sweden

I liked the first episode as well as the second episode, but, there was a lot of changing the characters and the stories. And it keeps going on changing things for no reason. Like Montana becoming the Shocker was a very bad idea in my opinion and Liz being Hispanic, Randy Robertson being some kind of Fox's Kingpin, and making Eddie Brock a nice person.

But there is a lot of characters I really love in this show. Like The Vulture, he had the perfect voice and a very cool design, Norman Osborn seems just as badass as the Green Goblin, J.Jonah Jameson is hilarious but he reminds me of the movie version of Jameson. Flash Thompson is also funny, especially his retarded laugh.

This show has tons of very cool fight and action scenes. It seems like every villain get their own "spectacular" fight scene with Spidey.

Spidey/Peter himself is great, a good voice and good character development. They already shows Peter's problems.

A great show which keeps going better and better. And I love MJ's classic line "face it tiger, you just hit the jackpot".

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