Todd McFarlane's Spawn (Animated Series)

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Summary: A must-see.
Review: I love the Spawn comics, and the animated series (but I hated the live-action movie). This is truly awesome. If you can stand the content, language, and yes even a little nudity, it is definitely worth watching. It has a lot of action, romance, and espionage, there is a lot of talking about political debates, along with shooting, chasing, and awesome visual effects. The story is kind of funky, but if you pay attention to it, youll start to understand it. Although not for all people, it is not a religious movie, I am a Christian, and go to church, but this is just too cool to stay away from. All 3 seasons are excellent, the 2nd isnt nearly as good as the others, but still good. So in conculsion, I say, skip Spawn the Movie, and go for Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Animated Series!!!

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Summary: This movie rules!
Review: I love this movie! In fact when I bought it I was so confident in it being good, I didn't even rent if before hand. This movie has tons of blood and gore, sex, and bad language. It's a great movie for a fan of spawn, or of japanese animation. Although this isn't japanese animation, it's still the same kind of thing.

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Summary: WARNING
Review: I ORDERD Todd McFarlane's Spawn (Unrated Collector's Edition) (Animated Series) (1997) used.

BUT WHAT I GOT WAS Todd McFarlane's Spawn (Uncut Rated R Collector's Edition) (LIVE ACTION movie) (1997) used

I really "hate hate hate hate!" live action versions of comic books becouse they suck in comparisson to the real story. But animated movies like this one actually do a good job of interpreting the story. Not to menchan the animated movie has a MUCH MUCH MUCH better ending than that stupid live action movie!

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Summary: Good, but a little disturbing.
Review: I rented this 2 weekago, when I got this box accidently instead of the live-action one. But I can say this:I wasn't COMMPLETLY dissappoited. This is actully a good cartoon. Just like the Heavy Metal series, there's plenty of gore, cursing, and nudity, to the point it's disturbing! It stays loyal to the comic, as in the characters are all drawn the same way, the plot's the same (unlike the live-action movie;but it's still good), and all the chracters' attitudes are the same. I believe it was directed by Todd McFarlane (creater), so you can see why. If it seems familar, you probably have amensia or have HBO, which this aired on for about a year or so.

If you liked this, check out the other 2 Spawn movies, the live-action movie, and the Heavy Metal series.

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Summary: Good rental/keeper for adult fans of Spawn.
Review: If you like Spawn and felt the live action movie was too heavily targeted toward non-fans, then this HBO animated special really makes up for it. Unlike it's sequel - Spawn2 which, although a worthy sequel, was far too murky in its artistic efforts - TM's Spawn was carefully crafted to please comic book fans. I can't wait for subsequent sequels where Spawn meets granny-God!

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Summary: comic to screen: done right
Review: Ive been a big fan of the spawn comic book since the very first issue. Living in England its not so easy to get hold of the books, or this animated series. The unrated version is fantastic, a really good move from the book to the screen, all the darkness as been brought to us in this dvd. The extra features such as the extra audio track that runs along with the show by Todd is great, lots of interesting stuff here. I really recommend this dvd to all spawn fans especially all of us in England who dot want to pay a fortune for the vhs tapes of it. I cant wait for season 2. END

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Summary: The new Noir for a world engulfed in Shadow
Review: McFarlane's first few issues of the comic series were inspired, but because of his novice status when it came to writing as well as drawing, not fully developed. In creating the series, he was able to create a more cohesive whole - a chapter in an epic that completes its own arc. The whole series is a terrifyingly good jaunt into the nature of redemption from the shadows of true evil. The animation isn't all that it could be, but the voice acting and sound effects, as well as the use of Dolby Surround, create a whole that bleeds beauty. Watch this in the dark and the volume up - alone, and check your cynicism at the door.

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Summary: Spawn is awsome!!!
Review: Spawn with a shadow of a doulbt was one of the best animated series. The story on follds when al simmons,a goverment assasin is betrayed and killed by his boss jason wynn. He then makes a deal with.....wait why am I telling you this. Its spawn for
crying out loud! Its one of the best comics ever made!
I have all videos. There very good. Espissialy the second season. The first season was outstanding too.
This series is very ADULT orienteted. With lots of graphic violence to make a 10 year old cry. The series is awsome bottom line. Its a damn shame they havent thought of making a 4th season but there to busy with the comic and lot has gone on for the comic so were should they start for a 4th season?
the 3rd season left alot of people thinking what was going to happen next. I doublt HBO will want a 4th I just think that.

Over all the spawn series is great.
I also wanted to mention....if people didnt know....this is not a movie. Its episodes from the HBO series. All the spawn videos are from the HBO series. They just put all the episodes together to make it look like a movie. I dont get how this is a collecters uncut mature edition.....THE SERIES WAS FOR MATURE AUDIENCES! And now I see on the front cover its suppose to be
a uncut collecters addition. Well anyways the series on Tv was
wasnt censored either I dont get why they said uncut collecters addition when the damn series was for adults on tv. Well what ever, If you want to buy the tape on sale get it now cause the series is awsome. But for the people who watched on HBO like me who taped it than dont get the tape.
Over all its an awsome show.

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Summary: Spawn is awsome!!!
Review: Spawn with a shadow of a doulbt was one of the best animated series. The story on follds when al simmons,a goverment assasin is betrayed and killed by his boss jason wynn. He then makes a deal with.....wait why am I telling you this. Its spawn for
crying out loud! Its one of the best comics ever made!
I have all videos. There very good. Espissialy the second season. The first season was outstanding too.
This series is very ADULT orienteted. With lots of graphic violence to make a 10 year old cry. The series is awsome bottom line. Its a damn shame they havent thought of making a 4th season but there to busy with the comic and lot has gone on for the comic so were should they start for a 4th season?
the 3rd season left alot of people thinking what was going to happen next. I doublt HBO will want a 4th I just think that.

Over all the spawn series is great.
I also wanted to mention....if people didnt know....this is not a movie. Its episodes from the HBO series. All the spawn videos are from the HBO series. They just put all the episodes together to make it look like a movie. I dont get how this is a collecters uncut mature edition.....THE SERIES WAS FOR MATURE AUDIENCES! And now I see on the front cover its suppose to be
a uncut collecters addition. Well anyways the series on Tv was
wasnt censored either I dont get why they said uncut collecters addition when the damn series was for adults on tv. Well what ever, If you want to buy the tape on sale get it now cause the series is awsome. But for the people who watched on HBO like me who taped it than dont get the tape.
Over all its an awsome show.

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Summary: Awesome introduction to dark animation.
Review: The movie was one of the worst I had seen in my life. I did not have high hope for the animated series but I was very much surprised. The dialogue and, bizzarly enough, the acting are a hundred times as good as the film and the plot and characters are also much more intriguing.

This is the first season of Spawn. And a great way for the uninitiated to get into it. There is no tedious exposition or any of that rubbish. Just a great set-up of characters and cool stories. But since this has stopped airing as of 1999 there has been no fourth season. It's a shame since the one thing I can be sure ofis that the story could have had one hell of a send-off when it finally climaxes.

It's more than likely in syndication somewhere so I'd start watching this if I were you. But be prepared. The violence is quite graphic and the overall tone of the stories ranges from kiddie fiddlers to satanic demons. Needless to say, it's not a cartoon for kids. It's an animated series for adults.

The DVD is in full screen format, as originally drawn and is in Dolby 2.0 surround. All three of the Spawn animated series DVD are flippers with 3 half hour shows on each side of the disc.