64 reviews
This show is definitely not what Spider-Man needed to be redeemed from Ultimate Spider-Man series, but in ways is just as good or maybe a bit better. Unlike Ultimate Spider-Man, this show is a little more serious and yet not as creative in design. The character designs are pretty simplistic and almost every character is just a slightly different replicate of the other. One thing this show does have, is its ability to take things pretty serious for the most part and still stay true to a high school version of Peter Parker.
Some major issues that I have concern for is staying true to it's source material. Everything that happens and is placed in the show is from some form of comic, but not in a way that will please the fans of Spidey. Some of which includes Horizon High and Peter getting transferred from Midtown over to there for school instead (happens in first 2 episodes). There are other minor issues like that, plus the character development is either too weak or too fast-paced, at first. As this series progresses, you get to understand each character and get more and better development from the characters. Some other character arcs I feel were pushed too far in advanced or just too predictable, especially if you are a fan of the comics. What I mean is there are characters that you may know to develop and become a villain later in the show.
The good thing about this show is that it is enjoyable and really embraces and focuses on Spider-Man at it's core rather than universe building. Don't get me wrong, there is some of that, but its not as forceful as Ultimate was. It definitely almost feels like Disney is trying to look at Spectacular Spider-Man and their Ultimate series, and they are trying to take the good from both. At first I failed to see any success in that, but as you delve deeper into the series, it really pays off. You get a lot of unique story arcs and lesser known characters and villains making their debut and it's more exciting than I thought. Still not a "Spectacular," "Ultimate," or "Amazing" series, but for just being labeled as a basic Spider-Man, it really is pretty basic.
PS: Ultimate Spider-Man did not live up to it's name
Some major issues that I have concern for is staying true to it's source material. Everything that happens and is placed in the show is from some form of comic, but not in a way that will please the fans of Spidey. Some of which includes Horizon High and Peter getting transferred from Midtown over to there for school instead (happens in first 2 episodes). There are other minor issues like that, plus the character development is either too weak or too fast-paced, at first. As this series progresses, you get to understand each character and get more and better development from the characters. Some other character arcs I feel were pushed too far in advanced or just too predictable, especially if you are a fan of the comics. What I mean is there are characters that you may know to develop and become a villain later in the show.
The good thing about this show is that it is enjoyable and really embraces and focuses on Spider-Man at it's core rather than universe building. Don't get me wrong, there is some of that, but its not as forceful as Ultimate was. It definitely almost feels like Disney is trying to look at Spectacular Spider-Man and their Ultimate series, and they are trying to take the good from both. At first I failed to see any success in that, but as you delve deeper into the series, it really pays off. You get a lot of unique story arcs and lesser known characters and villains making their debut and it's more exciting than I thought. Still not a "Spectacular," "Ultimate," or "Amazing" series, but for just being labeled as a basic Spider-Man, it really is pretty basic.
PS: Ultimate Spider-Man did not live up to it's name
The material is there, but it's too whimsical and slapstick goofy. I grew up watching the 90s animation (which had its own flaws), and it did a great job capturing Spidey's tangled life (pun intended) while also giving us plenty of action and classic villains from the comics. This show has so much potential, yet the audience it's aimed at feels like pre-teens - even Peter feels like he's in middle school - and it falls short of what we want.
Sony did an absolutely incredible job with Into The Spider-Verse, and gave all us Spidey fans everything we love about the Webhead(s). Aside from the stunning animation, they created a gripping storyline, great character development, and amazing writing. Disney could take a page from Sony.
With all the money Disney/Marvel has, and especially with an ever-expanding MCU and fan base, I expected something better.
Spidey needs to be allowed to grow up a bit.
Sony did an absolutely incredible job with Into The Spider-Verse, and gave all us Spidey fans everything we love about the Webhead(s). Aside from the stunning animation, they created a gripping storyline, great character development, and amazing writing. Disney could take a page from Sony.
With all the money Disney/Marvel has, and especially with an ever-expanding MCU and fan base, I expected something better.
Spidey needs to be allowed to grow up a bit.
- gbsanderson
- Sep 11, 2021
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I realize I am not the target audience for this particular incarnation of Spider-Man, and that's why I rated it a 6, instead of a 4.
This toon is fine. It's not great, and for my personal taste, it's not even really that good...just...fine. The plots are rushed and extremely surface-level, and there are a lot of inconsistencies that I can't even imagine younger teens being willing to overlook, much less an adult viewer. The insertion of multiple characters per episode, and new ones in each new episode may excite fanboys and fangirls who just want to see all the fight and flash, but in relation to plot, it just feels like they're all thrown in there to sell toys and breakfast cereal. It's not cohesive, and they treat you like a 5 year old one moment, while discussing vaguely correct scientific terms, the next. I understand we live in a faster-paced world than the one these characters originally matured in...but I feel this is dumbed down & sped up, to the point of not being worthy of the attention of a discerning viewer. On the positive side, it's easy to watch and does have decent quip-writing, at times, and the pace fits Spider-Man, fairly well, if you don't have any real interest in story. If you can just turn your brain off and enjoy the existence of it, then it will at least be good background noise. Again, I am not the demographic...so I guess that's OK. If you have kids...watch this with them. They will enjoy it, and you probably won't hate it.
This toon is fine. It's not great, and for my personal taste, it's not even really that good...just...fine. The plots are rushed and extremely surface-level, and there are a lot of inconsistencies that I can't even imagine younger teens being willing to overlook, much less an adult viewer. The insertion of multiple characters per episode, and new ones in each new episode may excite fanboys and fangirls who just want to see all the fight and flash, but in relation to plot, it just feels like they're all thrown in there to sell toys and breakfast cereal. It's not cohesive, and they treat you like a 5 year old one moment, while discussing vaguely correct scientific terms, the next. I understand we live in a faster-paced world than the one these characters originally matured in...but I feel this is dumbed down & sped up, to the point of not being worthy of the attention of a discerning viewer. On the positive side, it's easy to watch and does have decent quip-writing, at times, and the pace fits Spider-Man, fairly well, if you don't have any real interest in story. If you can just turn your brain off and enjoy the existence of it, then it will at least be good background noise. Again, I am not the demographic...so I guess that's OK. If you have kids...watch this with them. They will enjoy it, and you probably won't hate it.
- vexborgface
- Sep 16, 2017
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- aniekanenelson
- Aug 3, 2018
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I think Spider-Man animated series must follow the same storyline as the original comics. And this series definitely doesn't do that !
There are huge changes in what we're used to see about spider-man.
Some might say that's good , but I don't.
The story is too sentimental and sometimes things are too irrational. Like they made it for 9-year-olds than teenagers. For example Pete and Harry are enemies now and 10 seconds later , a simple emotional scene happens and they are best friends.
I consider this series a step back from the Ultimate Spider-Man. (And even that wasn't very good.)
In my opinion , Marvel should simply stop adding idiotic characters and happenings to its animations and make a little more rational and more like the comics.
- n-nima-shakeri
- Feb 18, 2018
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People looking for a good Spider-Man animated show, steer clear of this one. Re-visit the 1990s show, that's way more rewarding on any given day.
- paularjyarishi
- Jul 15, 2019
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Like many people who watch this show, i'm very fond of Spider Man and have definitely read some of the comics! I absolutely love him and although this show takes a different turn when it comes to how Spidey does things, as it's more science-based compared to past Spider-Man shows, that doesn't mean that you should turn your back on it. Give the show a shot and eventually it will grow on you (hopefully).
I might go a bit on a ramble here, but I don't really get why this show gets so bad reviews! I mean sure, it's not as close to the comics as some cartoons, but that's being done for a reason! If all of the cartoons were the same then Spider Man would become a character that just becomes repetitive, you wouldn't get anything new out of him.
I see these new cartoons that give him something a bit new more like a 'What If' type of series. What different adventures would he encounter here because he thinks more like this and goes to this school? What new problems will arise from it? The events could become endless! You just have to give it a shot.
Now you might be wondering why I didn't give it a 10/10 if i'm so fond of the show. Well there are some things that I can agree on when it comes to people who don't like the show. One BIG thing that hit me is that it seems like Spidey isn't doing things as solo as he used to like he did in the comics. He's definitely getting a lot more help from his friends to a point where they /almost/ overshadow him. That part sort of throws me for a loop because this is Spider-Man and he knows how to kick butt by himself and without the extra help and someone telling him how to do his job.
But take into the fact that THIS IS A KID'S SHOW. By watching a lot of the episodes, this show encourages teamwork and working with others, which is no doubt a good trait to learn as doing things by yourself a lot isn't always the best thing. The fighting might not be as graphic as you want it to be because this is Disney and they don't want to start exposing the young ones to crazy fights. I wish the fighting animation was more action-packed, but with that thought in mind i'm actually pretty happy with it.
That's the bad part, but luckily the series is getting to a point where the plot is getting darker, the story is going deeper again into who Spider-Man is and why he does what he does. Clashes between characters are amazing and I have to admit that the art style isn't half bad. Just like the show, the art style and animation improves as the series continues on and same goes with the action!
As stated before, you just have to experience the series past the first three episodes and then you'll start seeing why I admire it so much. If you get at least past those pilot episodes then you can really start saying that you know how the series is. Don't judge a book by its first few pages. Take time to get to know it!
I might go a bit on a ramble here, but I don't really get why this show gets so bad reviews! I mean sure, it's not as close to the comics as some cartoons, but that's being done for a reason! If all of the cartoons were the same then Spider Man would become a character that just becomes repetitive, you wouldn't get anything new out of him.
I see these new cartoons that give him something a bit new more like a 'What If' type of series. What different adventures would he encounter here because he thinks more like this and goes to this school? What new problems will arise from it? The events could become endless! You just have to give it a shot.
Now you might be wondering why I didn't give it a 10/10 if i'm so fond of the show. Well there are some things that I can agree on when it comes to people who don't like the show. One BIG thing that hit me is that it seems like Spidey isn't doing things as solo as he used to like he did in the comics. He's definitely getting a lot more help from his friends to a point where they /almost/ overshadow him. That part sort of throws me for a loop because this is Spider-Man and he knows how to kick butt by himself and without the extra help and someone telling him how to do his job.
But take into the fact that THIS IS A KID'S SHOW. By watching a lot of the episodes, this show encourages teamwork and working with others, which is no doubt a good trait to learn as doing things by yourself a lot isn't always the best thing. The fighting might not be as graphic as you want it to be because this is Disney and they don't want to start exposing the young ones to crazy fights. I wish the fighting animation was more action-packed, but with that thought in mind i'm actually pretty happy with it.
That's the bad part, but luckily the series is getting to a point where the plot is getting darker, the story is going deeper again into who Spider-Man is and why he does what he does. Clashes between characters are amazing and I have to admit that the art style isn't half bad. Just like the show, the art style and animation improves as the series continues on and same goes with the action!
As stated before, you just have to experience the series past the first three episodes and then you'll start seeing why I admire it so much. If you get at least past those pilot episodes then you can really start saying that you know how the series is. Don't judge a book by its first few pages. Take time to get to know it!
- Rectangular_businessman
- Aug 30, 2018
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If the show isn't writing Peter Parker completely incompetent and overall embarrassing it is putting the spot light on characters who nobody cares about.
Peter is set up to fail so that characters like Ms Marvel, Gwen or Miles can succeed. The show insults the legacy of Peter Parker at every chance it gets, always making sure that he only get's to play the role of damsel in distress or comedic sidekick while other characters do all the fighting and heroic action.
Peter Parker in the show himself points out how often he get's put into humiliating situations while all the other spider ripoffs are shown as superior to him in every way.
A way to improve the show would be to cut all spider rip off characters completely and let Peter mature into the heroic and amazing superhero we all used to know and love.
Let him save the girl (the almost soap opera like romance used to be a huge part of Spider-Man after all), let him make good jokes at the expense of other (that is why he started out making jokes in the first place).
Do not tear him down to elevate charters nobody cares about.
But it seems clear that the writers of the show hate Peter Parker and don't want him to overshadow the new female and minority spider rip off characters.
- notyourdodo
- Nov 25, 2019
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- pranjal-98503
- Aug 1, 2020
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This show is a complete insult to Marvel. The animation is terrible and some of the characters are inaccurate.
- dawsonpersi
- Mar 18, 2021
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Spiderman talked too much to the point that he woudln't shut up for a second in many scenes. The animation is kinda bad but ok. The series exist in the same universe as Guardians of the galaxy and the fifth season of Avengers assemble. I like how this spiderman was part of the Spider-Geddon.
This cartoon is the worst. The "I'm glad your father isn't alive to see this" is sadly true with this show and the late great Stan Lee. It's not funny, it's bad plot lines, and it's not true to the Spider Man franchise. The worst show ever
- cmburton-29875
- Mar 9, 2019
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The show really is a hard watch if you are a Spider-Man fan since they get about everything wrong what made the character so great in the first place.
Instead of a smart yet troubled hero we get an embarrassing "big brain theory" light clown.
Peter Parker of this show is nothing like the one you used to know and love.
It almost as if the entire shows purpose is the ridicule and belittle him.
He is more comic side kick then hero.
Instead of the show focusing completely at Parker learning to become a great Superhero the actual hero stuff get's down by characters like Miles, Spider-Gwen, Black Widow or Ms Marvel, characters who unlike Peter are very marie sue like, as in everybody likes them and they never fail or need to be rescued/helped.
Meanwhile the actual hero of the show Spider-Man like I said is more comic relief then hero, if he isn't humiliated he makes terrible jokes at his own expense or he needs to be saved.
Having almost ever episode being about Spider-Man teaming up with another hero or group of heroes who are all presented as smarter and more competent then him is insulting form the very fist episode.
Spider-Man is by far the most beloved hero of them all yet the show treats him terrible. He is set up to fail so that new heroes can look good.
Most of the time while watching the show you will wonder why it is even called Spider-Man in the first place since the focus of the show clearly isn't on Peter.
Peter's personal struggle of trying to balance a private life while also holding up to his superhero responsibilities never gets brought up, neither does romance.
Women in general seem to really hate Peter with every word from them directed at Peter being either ridicule or annoyances but never being thankful.
All the female characters in the show like I mentioned before have been turned into superheroes who are better then him at everything and are always very insulting to him, often calling him stupid or useless.
You would think that the show would give Spider-Man a chance to proof himself and show them that he is actually not only just as good as them but better at being a superhero but nope. He never saves any girls and none of the superheroes ever apologize to him for constantly undermining and insulting him.
The only interesting thing the show does is try to focus a bit more on Peters friendship with Harry but sadly that part is very underdeveloped to make space for yet more episodes of Miles, Spider-Gwen, Ms. Marvel, Spider-Girls, etc saving the day and ridiculing Peter.
- ricardobentolas
- Aug 25, 2020
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Dont watch this, it will only make you mad and disapointed,they changed the story to the maximum, all the villains are changed and isnt by the comics at all,bring back the spectacular spider-man that was a good cartoon not this.
only good thing about this cartoon is style but thats a personal opinion
I'm suprsed at the low ratings on this one, and the genral hate people are giving it. As if being a life long fan of spider-man gives them the right to basically expect everything to be the same as it was when they were 6 years old.
The writing is pretty decent, and the reimagining of certain characters and their roles is refreshing. Personally to me it strikes a good balance between familiar and new, and it's still more on the familiar side than not.
The animation is anime inspired, and I think its good for the purpose. Give it a shot to have fun, and you won't be disappointed.
Mmm, i watched 5 first episodes and all of them were just a complete trash. No content at all. Empty dialogues, senseless storyline, bad narration, generic characters and action scenes as well not impressive. The picture itself is bad, really bad, as for Spider Man tv series, cause it looks worse than random youtube guys doing for free, the animation is lame as well. 2012 spider man had at least 13 first episodes than were good. I mean how could the picture be so bad in 2017, in Spider Freaking Man? For example in TMNT (by nickelodion) everythig is fine, and i don't think that the animation in TMNT is so expensive, that no one can do at least the same. As far as i remember in 2012 Spider Man thing were much better, in 1994 better as well, in Unlimited Spider Man picture is better, in Spectacular Spider Man too. There was also "New Animated Series", but, it was 2002(?) and it was in 3D, so it is quite understandable, that it's picture looks not that good today.
- meissotruey
- Aug 27, 2022
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I'm a lifelong Spider-Man fan. As a kid, I remember watching videos of the first life action, made for TV movies w Nicholas Hammond. So, when I saw there was a new Spider-Man cartoon, I was kind of excited, but was immediately disappointed.
I get doing reboots, but they just changed EVERYTHING, and not for the better. Black Cat suddenly has some weird "bad luck" super power???, w/o even having Felicia Hardy as a peripheral character. It makes absolutely no sense. Not to mention Doc Oc is a teenager HS teacher, and Harry Osborn is Peter's "frenemy", and basically a villain from the get go - hating Spider-Man for some unknown reason.
As others have mentioned the stories are so poorly written, they seem to have been created for young children, not even "tweens".
They incorporate characters, but with completely new (and ridiculous) origin stories. Rhino is now a classmate that was "stung" by some sort of weaponized ring Gwen's uncle (new villain Jackal) wears. And apparently Shocker (or at least his weaponry) is created by a student trying to develop a project in order to qualify for Norman Osborn's new science school - to compete w the Horizon Academy, (which Harry got kicked out of) that Peter and his friends attend. All the classmates are somehow super geniuses capable of developing any advanced tech convenient to the storyline. I don't know what happened to Midtown, where Peter et al have always attended.
I've only seen two or three episodes (hoping the one I saw was just a poorly written episode), but it's consistently bad enough to make me give up on the series already.
I don't know what they're using as source material, because other than Peter being bitten by a radioactive spider, and the presence of Gwen, Aunt May, and the Osborns, there's no correlation whatsoever to the comics, movies, or any previous iterations of Spider-Man. There's not enough time to go into all the new characters they've thrown in.
They just pulled the beginning out of thin air, and they seem to be making everything up as they go, with no clear trajectory of where they want things to go. Poorly conceived and even more poorly executed. At the very least, they could include some sort of tagline indicating it's a new "universe" like 'Ultimate Spider-Man' did. I wasn't a huge fan of that series, but they made it clear it wasn't the original Spider-Man canon/storyline.
I get doing reboots, but they just changed EVERYTHING, and not for the better. Black Cat suddenly has some weird "bad luck" super power???, w/o even having Felicia Hardy as a peripheral character. It makes absolutely no sense. Not to mention Doc Oc is a teenager HS teacher, and Harry Osborn is Peter's "frenemy", and basically a villain from the get go - hating Spider-Man for some unknown reason.
As others have mentioned the stories are so poorly written, they seem to have been created for young children, not even "tweens".
They incorporate characters, but with completely new (and ridiculous) origin stories. Rhino is now a classmate that was "stung" by some sort of weaponized ring Gwen's uncle (new villain Jackal) wears. And apparently Shocker (or at least his weaponry) is created by a student trying to develop a project in order to qualify for Norman Osborn's new science school - to compete w the Horizon Academy, (which Harry got kicked out of) that Peter and his friends attend. All the classmates are somehow super geniuses capable of developing any advanced tech convenient to the storyline. I don't know what happened to Midtown, where Peter et al have always attended.
I've only seen two or three episodes (hoping the one I saw was just a poorly written episode), but it's consistently bad enough to make me give up on the series already.
I don't know what they're using as source material, because other than Peter being bitten by a radioactive spider, and the presence of Gwen, Aunt May, and the Osborns, there's no correlation whatsoever to the comics, movies, or any previous iterations of Spider-Man. There's not enough time to go into all the new characters they've thrown in.
They just pulled the beginning out of thin air, and they seem to be making everything up as they go, with no clear trajectory of where they want things to go. Poorly conceived and even more poorly executed. At the very least, they could include some sort of tagline indicating it's a new "universe" like 'Ultimate Spider-Man' did. I wasn't a huge fan of that series, but they made it clear it wasn't the original Spider-Man canon/storyline.
- vinkomacka
- Aug 26, 2020
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This series follows Spider-man in high school once again reusing the same rogues as seen in every series as of late. This unfortunately bland and strangely paced series takes even fun twists on characters and somehow presents them in a very boring and generic package. As a fan of almost every previous version of animated Spider-man series I was disappointed with the cheap looking animation and rushed storytelling. Marvel Spider-man is an unnecessary and hollow follow up to what was in my mind the best Spider-man series since the '90's. The Ultimate Spider-man deserved a better follow up than this.
I only watched this a bit but, as the title says, Stan Lee has a cameo. Watch the first episode and you will know. I like it. But if you haven't watched it on tv, it is on Disney+. ( if you have it.) I suggest it. That is all I have to say.
- cillianmacpherson-78135
- Mar 30, 2020
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Thought I was going into a new season of Spider-Man, packed with good action, funny Spidey quips, and the occasional moments when an animated show for younger audiences doesn't shy away from getting serious. First episode in I already knew what was gonna happen, unlike the Ultimate Spider-Man (the best spidey animated series of the 21 century, in my opinion), it does it's origin story. Thought we were done with this story trait, no recent comic books, games, even movies have covered this in the main story of the media, and yet I have to sit through the first episodes, watching something I've seen thousands of times (not done well, let alone entertaining in general) because I don't want to see if I missed anything if skipping to the next episode.
So anywho it's probably for new comers to the story, but the millions of people who have known and loved Spidey have no need to watch this, especially us nerds.
To sum up: waste of time to previous fans, and also not the best introduction for new ones either if I'm being honest.
So anywho it's probably for new comers to the story, but the millions of people who have known and loved Spidey have no need to watch this, especially us nerds.
To sum up: waste of time to previous fans, and also not the best introduction for new ones either if I'm being honest.
- rhoades-99493
- Sep 5, 2022
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- Luvstagrind
- Dec 23, 2019
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