Are things going too fast?

[Anwar]

But how? I don't see this Eddie willing to endanger May or even reveal Peter's ID because it would harm May, Gwen and everyone at Midtown High in the process. May has probably got to be like an Aunt to him too since he also lost his folks.

TAS and Movie Brock it was believable that he'd hurt innocent people (though TAS Brock never did).

 

[Arcturus]

But how? I don't see this Eddie willing to endanger May or even reveal Peter's ID because it would harm May, Gwen and everyone at Midtown High in the process. May has probably got to be like an Aunt to him too since he also lost his folks.

TAS and Movie Brock it was believable that he'd hurt innocent people (though TAS Brock never did).

Sigh, don't ask me. Ask Greg.

 

[Arcturus]

Anyways, I don't think things are going to fast. I think the pacing of each episode is fine.

 

[ReggieWhiteJr]

Nah, I think the pacing of this season has been just fine. Some eps seem to move at a brisk pace while others take it a bit more slow, which is alright with me. There's yet to be an ep I have not liked.

 

[Ratcrawler]

I do think things are going a bit fast but not in terms of "It's WAY too soon for the Symbiote Arc!" or general comic book continuity. Hell, the movies introduced Venom before all but 4 of sPidey's classic enemies unless they retcon that. But if the movies introduce sPider-Man villains at a snail's pace and pretty much kill 'em all off at the end of each film, it could be said that this cartoon is an almost perfect counter-balance of that.

Everything does seem a bit more "compact" in this show. The same two cops (DeWolfe & What's his face) show up in every episode, sPider-Man kept catching Marko and O'Hirn who kept robbing places before 10 and there's never any traffic. It's like the show takes place in a small town sometimes.

 

[Sarcastic Fan]

Everything does seem a bit more "compact" in this show. The same two cops (DeWolfe & What's his face) show up in every episode, sPider-Man kept catching Marko and O'Hirn who kept robbing places before 10 and there's never any traffic. It's like the show takes place in a small town sometimes.

This is very much Greg Weisman's style, he did it in "Gargoyles" all the time. Every character, no matter how minor or background, he always remembered and eventually did something with them.

This Yuppie Couple named Brendan and Margot appeared as background characters a lot. Eventually, we found out that Margot was an Assistant D.A. and would become a public servant enemy of the gargoyles.

Or, this sap who had his motorcycle destroyed and worked two security gigs that were messed up by the gargoyles. Well, forty episodes later, we get an episode all about him.

Greg does that, and I think it's kind of cool that no one is incidental.

 

[Anwar]

Also, he's doing it with all established chars even if they aren't exactly as they were in the comics (somehow I don't see the Sin-Eater story happening to Stan here).

Yeah, it does make the world a little smaller but there are more chars they can show later on. What about the other Stacys (Arthur, Jill, Gwen's mom Helen) and that Cop that JMS had Peter contact during his run on Amazing?

I do wonder if they'll make Richard and Mary Parker into government agents in this version or if they'll be scientists like in Ultimate. Since they and the Brocks all died together I'm guessing the latter.

 

[Ratcrawler]

WITH THE PIE-LAUNCHER!!! LOL That dude was great!

 

[Spiderine]

i think this series is moving at a reasonable pace. Which is good.

 

[Valorman]

the thing i don't understand about this argument is people are talking about "pace" as in villain introductions, and the prime example seems to be venom.

they've weaved in a bunch of story seamlessly and theirs still a lot of complaints about people appearing too fast, a prime argument being once their introduced, nothings going to be exciting because the big guns are already set.

why does it seem like the big key to all of this is something people keep forgetting, will they introduce, say, venom in first season? yes. does that mean we wont see him again? absolutely not. were going to get scorpion and hob goblin in season three, and a bunch of others I'd bet as well, but between those episodes i wouldn't be surprised if we got our third sandman appearance or our fifth shocker appearance, Etc. Etc.

just because their introduced, doesn't mean their finished, this is LITERALLY only the beginning.

 

[FNSpidey]

why does it seem like the big key to all of this is something people keep forgetting, will they introduce, say, venom in first season? yes. does that mean we wont see him again? absolutely not. were going to get scorpion and hob goblin in season three, and a bunch of others I'd bet as well, but between those episodes i wouldn't be surprised if we got our third sandman appearance or our fifth shocker appearance, Etc. Etc.

just because their introduced, doesn't mean their finished, this is LITERALLY only the beginning.

Precisely. Moreover, introducing them now gives them a chance to use them in more intricate storylines, involving many characters, without having to get origins and introductions out of the way first. I hope this is what storylines like "Gang wars" will be about.

 

[Valorman]

Precisely. Moreover, introducing them now gives them a chance to use them in more intricate storylines, involving many characters, without having to get origins and introductions out of the way first. I hope this is what storylines like "Gang wars" will be about.

Couldn't have said it better

 

[Captain Planet!]

It's not going too fast. TAS went faster than this.

 

[Silver Spider]

Defenitley no. They are moving at a perfect pace, IMO.

Agreed. When you think about it, how much have we really seen? We've had a Dr. Connors arc; a Big Man arc; a Green Goblin arc, which is connected to the Big Man arc; a Chameleon/Black Cat semi-arc, and a symbiote arc. Five main stories in one season is not bad.

 

[19bernardo87]

Well, you gotta realize that right now they have two seasons made adn don't even know if they will be able to air the second. They are trying to showcase as much as they can.

 

[Webhead2006]

No they have the second season we just dont know what network it will be airing on. Will it be airing on cw 4 kids or will it move to another network we dont know. Currently they have been doing the voice recordings for the season 2 episodes and are working on the animation. That is what greg said in the podcasts and SF said too before.

 

[ragingdemon155]

First off, let me see that I love the show. It's levels above the Spider-man show from the 90's. I enjoyed that show as well, but this show is allowing Spider-man to really cut loose. I mean, I'm a bit in shock at how brutal some of the fights are. It's great to see cause this is how super hero action should be. That being said, I do believe that the show is going a bit too fast. It probably seems a bit faster for me being that I downloaded all the episodes and viewed them in about two sittings. Still though, feels like the show just started and we're already getting Venom. I wouldn't mind a little slow down in the pace, but then again the plots are so well done that it's hard to complain about anything.

Bottom line is....I love this show.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Agreed. When you think about it, how much have we really seen? We've had a Dr. Connors arc; a Big Man arc; a Green Goblin arc, which is connected to the Big Man arc; a Chameleon/Black Cat semi-arc, and a symbiote arc. Five main stories in one season is not bad.

I couldn't have said it better, Silver Spider.

 

[Casius--J]

When watching the black suit episode i was thinking the exact same thing but it makes sense if they want to be back for another season. There's still plenty of places these characters can go in the next few seasons.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

When watching the black suit episode i was thinking the exact same thing but it makes sense if they want to be back for another season. There's still plenty of places these characters can go in the next few seasons.

You defenitley have a point and personally, I'm really excited to see what will happen to these characers and how they will change in each season.

 

[WarrenPeace2012]

I'm loving this show and the pace is going just right imo. The sooner we see Venom, we can get to Carnage! Let's just hope they dont go the Sam Raimi route and kill Venom off and did a huge hole for themselves if they ever want to bring him back.

 

[Anwar]

They could do the logical thing and have the symbiote survive and bond to Harry, who SHOULD have always been Venom.

 

[Webhead2006]

well i dont know if greg wants to do carnage i think someone mentioned that he doesnt have any plans to do carnage. If they are doing anything with the symboite it should just stay on brock for run of series or have the symboite die.

 

[Spiderine]

They may say that, but who knows come season 4 or 5 they may decide to go ahead and do him.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

well i dont know if greg wants to do carnage i think someone mentioned that he doesnt have any plans to do carnage. If they are doing anything with the symboite it should just stay on brock for run of series or have the symboite die.

Yeah, I think he said it in the Podcast we listened to.