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Summary: Good fun for the "not too young"
Review: Aside from the 5 star rating (I mean, come on. 5 stars implies perfection, or close too it.), I totally agree with everything the previous reviewer said. If you want to see something that explores every corner of the Spider-man comic, then this isn't for you. Pick up one of the other, more for kids, DVDs of the 95 animated series that I consider a somewhat jumbled mess. If you however want to see something that is a little more adult and more related to the movie in terms of characters, then this is for you. But fear not old schoolers. There are some familiar Spidey villians here such as Kraven the Hunter, Silver Sable, Kingpin, the Lizard, and a Electro who only resembles the comic version in name. (The Lizard episode is my favorite) Most of the episodes involve villians that were developed exclusively for the show. But what's wrong with that? I do enjoy the way Peter is portrayed in this series. He is a smart and very responsible kid here. The emphasis on these qualities make him even more heroic. Many times it is his brain that allows him to triumph over the villian rather than just his Spider-abilities. If it wasn't for the more adult action and relationship themes, I would recommend this for kids as Peter is someone to emulate here. And of course, he still has his witty Spidey one liners.
The extras, listed on this page are somewhat dry. It would have been nice to see something about Spidey's origins or about the translation from comic, but it is mostly stuff concerning production of this series. There are plenty of cool trailers on disk one though as well as a commentary track and pop-up Spidey fact for every episode. If you are a fan of the movie and need something to hold you till Spider-man 2, or even just a comic fan, you may like this. Marvel's writer of "Ultimate Spider-man", Brian Micheal Bendis co-produced this series and it shows. It very much has the feel of that great comic. This set contains all 13 episodes of the first season of the show. That's over 5 hours of fun, and interesting Spidey-adventure.
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Summary: A very good series... almost makes me forget about the movie
Review: The short-lived(unless another channel revives it) Spider-man cartoon from MTV finally makes its way to DVD. It's pretty good, it more than makes up for the atrocity that was Spider-man Unlimited from 1999-2000. It's more or less about even with the '94 show. There's quite a few special features, and they're the usual sort you can find on a DVD, such as commentary, trailers, behind-the-scenes stuff, and the rest, but the episodes themselves are quite interesting. Best of all, the episodes are placed IN ORDER, something MTV failed to do, which is why the problems with the Electro episodes caused some confusion. There's quite a bit of talent, starring Neil Patrick Harris and Lisa Loeb, as well as guests like Rob Zombie(as the Lizard! PS, Lizard fans may lose it when they see his episode), Micheal Clark Duncan(reprising his role of the Kingpin from the Daredevil movie), Edward Asner, Jennifer Hale, Rino Romano(all three having done voices in previous Spidey cartoons), Tara Strong(stalking Spidey!), Micheal Dorn(as Kraven), and of course, Stan Lee himself. Sadly, the series ends on a cliffhanger, so hopefully another channel(hopefully Cartoon Network!) will continue it.
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Summary: Good Animation, Good Stories, but a bit too short
Review: This show really impressed me. The animation is really cool, and the episodes are pretty well written. If your a fan of the ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN comic series I think you'll get a real kick out of this DVD set. My only regret is that it's a relatively short first season, but for $25 it well-worth the price, considering most TV shows DVD seasons run at about $50 and there is a pretty good amount of DVD extras.
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Summary: This Show and DVD are OFF THE HOOK! :-)
Review: First of all, lemme begin by saying that I'm only a marginal Spidey-fan. With that outta the way, lemme say that I'm a HUGE fan of this animated series, and especially the DVD! The animation is vividly and fluidly stunning, the cinematic touches given to the cinematography and direction are entrancing, and the audience is treated like they actually have a mind (and are not 7 year-olds in front of the tube on Saturday morning). I'm also incredibly impressed that much of the DVD content enjoyed the benefit of anamorphic enhancement. I don't, however, know what MTV was smoking when the coin landed and they decided on Spidey's time slot . . . but MTV has issues anyway. To be honest, watching Spidey on MTV was the first time I'd watched MTV in years. Alas, I remember when they used to be a music TV channel. Oh well . . . Anyway, I LOVE THIS DVD/SERIES . . . AND I WANT MORE! Excellent job to all who had a hand in putting this amazingly well-done show together! My only request, however, is that you make all of the content anamorphic. In a very short time, all of the viewers of your content will have widescreen, progressive-capable hardware on which to view your stuff. Thanks for reading! Sam :-)
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Summary: PERFECT
Review: I've long been a fan of the spider-man comics, being the only comics I ever collected and still collect. Sometimes I didn't get them because of the bad art, once in a while I bought the bad art for the storyline in the books. I only like a few scenes in the movie of how Spiderman fought and moved. All the cartoons done in the past, I've been disappointed by the humor and moves. Often by the graphics as well. With this new cartoon tho, I showed at 2am at Walmart and made the cashier get it from the back of new arrivals, and put a price on it right then and there so I could walk out owning it, which I did. PERFECT. I'm no fan of organic webbing, yet still I say PERFECT graphics, PERFECT acting, PERFECT characters, PERFECT moves and choreography. This is how I've always imagined Spidey moving. This is the hero I'm a fan of. Excellent job to the makers of, outtake bloopers on the DVD are hilarious and impressively creative as well. I'm waiting rather impatiently for Season 2 DVD.
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Summary: Bendis can really weave a web.
Review: I just recently purchased the DVD set and am anxiously awaiting the fate of this television series. I didn't get into it when it was first coming out on television because I am not the hugest fan of the MTV programming of recent years and feared what might happen because of the way most of its programming has been like. I caught only a few episodes when it was on just out of curiousity and discovered it was really good, the stories, the voice work, the new characters, and even the animation. The only problem with the DVD is that you NEED to know what happens next and I truly hope that someone will pick up this television and give Bendis more opportunities to see what he can really do.
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Summary: Better than most of the marvel cartoons
Review: I liked this version of Spider-man, maybe even better than the movie, much better than the Fox series in the nineties. The animation is far better than most of what marvel has been putting out lately. I expected to hate it because I don't generally like computer animation but I thought they did Spidey justice. The stories were good at integrating old spidey enemies and new characters. The one weak link was the MJ - Peter relationship. Since the story is set in the movie universe, they could not move their relationship forward at all. This led to some frustrating and unbelievable interactions between them. Also, I'd like to see the characters wear some different clothes from time to time. I do like the actors they got for the parts. Many would call me a fanboy, and I was pleased with this series overall. I expect I will buy it when it hits the shelves.
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Summary: Near Perfect Spider-Man
Review: I am not the world's biggest Spider-Man fan, but I like a good superhero show when I can find one. This series was the best thing to come around since The Batman Animated Series originally aired on FOX. Other than the fact that the series was based on the movie-version of Spider-Man (which was not an entirely bad thing), this was the best-animated series EVER produced for TV. The animation was lightning-fast & really looked comic-bookish, and the writing was pretty good too. Unfortunately, MTV did not know what to do with it. MTV stuck it in a terrible time slot, and re-ran the first few episodes to death. Subsequent new episodes were hard to track down. I personally missed several of the episodes when they originally aired, so I was looking forward to the release of a collected set.
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Summary: I happened to enjoy it.
Review: I for one liked this Spider-Man series. While I can see it might not be everyone's taste, I found it to be fun and action oriented and hope it gets a chance at a second season to develop further. I love how the animation looks like a 3-dimensional comic book. Other's may complain that CGI should look like the Final Fantasy movie. Sure it may look real standing still but I found the performances almost creepy in how zombie-like the movement is. CGI just doesn't look real to me. MTV's Spider-Man still has the look of a cartoon so movement issues can be forgiven. Unlike traditional cell animation, this series was able to render action scences from all angles allowing the "camera" to move through out the scene to great effect. The voice cast is all perfect for their roles. Neil and Lisa work really well together. And as always, don't judge a show based on internet rumors. More often than not they turn out to be completly false, just smear tactics used by angry "fanboys".
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Summary: Terrible, terrible, terrible...
Review: The stories are as sterile and lifeless as the animation, and the dialog is beyond awful. Although they (very) occasionally manage to capture a little bit of true Spider-Man spirit, this is almost pure concept over content. No wonder there won't be a 2nd season.
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