World MTV Spider show

[RaidonKid]

-sigh- It is a tv show. God. It isn't perfect, it is a cartoon. It has its flaws, if you don't like it - then you don't like it. Why complain consistantly about it? What does that achieve? Nothing... however much you think it does.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Nope.

 

[Bishop2]

I wonder why he disliked working on the MTV show. Any reason for that out there?

 

[tzarinna]

April 24, 2006

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0604/24/bendispanel.htm

Brian Michael Bendis, Executive Producer:



So... no second season?

Booooo

Oh, well. I enjoyed it and I have the complete season.

 

[The Red Bird]

From what I've gathered, Bendis left the show half way through the season to spend more time with his daughter. I imagine he, like everyone else, had differeing ideas than MTV on how to make a Spider-Man cartoon.

If MTV had left them be, I think this could have been a great series. No death restrictions, utterly outstanding fight scenes and some beautiful visuals. Whilst I did greatly enjoy the series, I do sometimes wonder what could've been.

 

[tzarinna]

^^^^^That's hawt!!^^^^

 

[Chris Wallace]

What Do You Mean By "Death Restrictions"? I Thought There Was Too Much Death.

 

[Green Goblin]

I actually liked this show. It had a more mature feel to it like the Webb and Raimi films so that more younger people could enjoy it and not just kids.

 

[Human Torch]

Never cared for it.NPH did a decent job as Spidey,but it was mostly forgettable.

 

[Senator Pleasury]

I actually liked this show. It had a more mature feel to it like the Webb and Raimi films so that more younger people could enjoy it and not just kids.

Funnily enough, I too enjoyed this more than Raimi films who felt to me more kid-oriented than this cartoon.

 

[Picard Sisko]

I really enjoyed this show, and I think its unfortunate that it was cancelled so prematurely. Season 2 probably would have introduced us to more villains and storylines from the comic books.

 

[Spider-Gnome]

Never liked this show. No way did it ever feel like a Spider-Man show. The whole vibe was off. I'd put it in a dog fight with Ultimate and Unlimited as worse show. The only thing it had going for it was the look of Spider-Man's costume and how he moved.

 

[Green Goblin]

Never liked this show. No way did it ever feel like a Spider-Man show. The whole vibe was off. I'd put it in a dog fight with Ultimate and Unlimited as worse show. The only thing it had going for it was the look of Spider-Man's costume and how he moved.

It's not like it was airing on FOX Kids. It was MTV which targets a much, much larger audience in a similar way to the movies. The target audience was aimed at younger people who had watched Raimi's first film and so it was best they mirrored it in terms of tone. Even SM1 was canon to the continuity.

 

[Spider-Gnome]

It's not like it was airing on FOX Kids. It was MTV which targets a much, much larger audience in a similar way to the movies. The target audience was aimed at younger people who had watched Raimi's first film and so it was best they mirrored it in terms of tone. Even SM1 was canon to the continuity.

But it's tone was way off. It did not feel like Raimi's film at all. It was clearly aimed at an MTV "Real World" type demographic. And it felt like that type of demographic would not be interested in a Spider-Man show anyway.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I love the animation, the costume colors
One thing I hate about the costume is how fast it shreds, it shreds faster than a paper tissue

Never liked this show. No way did it ever feel like a Spider-Man show. The whole vibe was off. I'd put it in a dog fight with Ultimate and Unlimited as worse show. The only thing it had going for it was the look of Spider-Man's costume and how he moved.

No one remembers Ralph Bakshi's portion from the 60s to be placed as the WORST Spider-Man show
It's an entirely different show compared to the charming cheese and more appealing artistic choices of the first season done by Grantray Lawrence

 

[Picard Sisko]

I'd still place Ultimate Spider-Man as the worst Spider-Man series.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

That's just the tip of the iceberg

 

[Ipodman]

I'd still place Ultimate Spider-Man as the worst Spider-Man series.

I have never seen Ultimate Spider-man...is it really that bad? I see it being bashed everywhere...

And for the record, I do like the MTV series when I watched it as a kid (yes, I'm that young). The MJ was hot

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I have never seen Ultimate Spider-man...is it really that bad? I see it being bashed everywhere...

I like it, it's not terrible, I'd say it's watchable

 

[Picard Sisko]

I have never seen Ultimate Spider-man...is it really that bad? I see it being bashed everywhere...

I find it pretty unbearable, and I'm someone who can tolerate Spider-Man 3 (I still find that film to be entertaining. Check

And for the record, I do like the MTV series when I watched it as a kid (yes, I'm that young).

The MJ was hot

No arguments there!

 

[ever tim]

I'd rather have seen this continued or repeated forever than the USM show...

Reminds me a lot of Webb's Spidey, so I didn't mind it then and I love it even more now.

 

[Green Goblin]

But it's tone was way off. It did not feel like Raimi's film at all. It was clearly aimed at an MTV "Real World" type demographic. And it felt like that type of demographic would not be interested in a Spider-Man show anyway.

From memory it had more bloody violence and sexual references, kinda like the Spider-Man comics of now IMO the tone was fine. It was a more mature cartoon kinda like many of DC's direct to DVD animated films like Doom or The Red Hood.

 

[Human Torch]

Ultimate is miles above this show.The only competition it has for the title of worst is Spider-Man Unlimited.And I'd say it still wins there.

It felt like they were using scripts that even Smallville had rejected and adapted them to Pete,Harry and MJ.It felt nothing like the tone of Raimi's SM 1 despite supposedly being in continuity.It felt more in line with TASM,which is why it's probably getting the minor applause it has. They were clearly going for MTV's "hip n trendy" crowd of the day.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I like USM, I like SMU, and I like this one

 

[Green Goblin]

Ultimate is miles above this show.The only competition it has for the title of worst is Spider-Man Unlimited.And I'd say it still wins there.

It felt like they were using scripts that even Smallville had rejected and adapted them to Pete,Harry and MJ.It felt nothing like the tone of Raimi's SM 1 despite supposedly being in continuity.It felt more in line with TASM,which is why it's probably getting the minor applause it has. They were clearly going for MTV's "hip n trendy" crowd of the day.

Nope, just a more mature version, like the comics of today. It's not a kids show. Spider-Man 1 had darker moments than this show like MJ being about to get raped and the final fight.

They got the characterisation right in this. Ultimate failed.