New "Ultimate Spider-Man" Animated Series Coming to Disney XD For Fall 2011? - Part 2

[Nathan]

Finally managed to sit through the entire first episode. Love the final scene, when he was going to the Helicarrier. It sucks that a series with such good animation, doesn't aspire to be more.

 

[Chewy]

Connors probably has both arms because he's already experimenting on himself. I don't see why it would be dismaying

 

[Scarecrow_King]

I wasn't a fan of how Danny Rand was written. He's a very zen character, which I guess sort of fits with being a surfer. But if I hear him say "dude" one more time, I might punch somebody.

 

[Sebastos]

I wasn't a fan of how Danny Rand was written. He's a very zen character, which I guess sort of fits with being a surfer. But if I hear him say "dude" one more time, I might punch somebody.

I didn't think it was that far of a stretch. He's a very zen character yes, but he's had his moments over the years lol.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Connors probably has both arms because he's already experimenting on himself. I don't see why it would be dismaying

I didn't think about it like that.. interesting. Hmm, very possible.

 

[spiderbob]

Spider-Man is close to my geek heart. Interest in him as a kid developed into my taste for comics in general. I always give his comics and media endless chances. Thus, when something is good I adore it, and when it isn't, watch out.

Glad you two liked my review.

Spider-Man was my very first comic book. To my eternal shame, in my ignorant youth I discarded the comic, but I still remember the very first issue I ever got (very last issue of the 1990s Animated Series adaptation). And the second (Peter Parker Spider-Man 75, Part 4 of Revelation).

Not so familiar with the third.

I think that may be why I'm willing to give this show so much lee way, when similar treatment to other franchises would have incited anger, resentment, or indifference. I'm sure in time, those feelings will fester and bloom, and I'll grow disinterested and spiteful, but at the moment, nostalgia and blinded love is a heck of an anesthetic towards geek pain.

And I always enjoy your reviews, Dread. Even if I disagree with the assessments sometimes, they are always incredibly detailed and inspective, and thus at the very least deserve respect.

 

[Hellion]

I caught a repeat of the first episode. I enjoyed the heck out of it. X-Men and Spider-Man are the characters that got me into Marvel (and comics in general)...I try to keep up with new cartoons/media for those two......I see Drake Bell is playing Spidey, I knew the voice was familiar but couldn't register who it was at first, good work for the most part.

...whats the schedule for the show?

 

[WolfCypher]

Episode 1 was...tolerable. But I think eppy 1 was to lower my guard because eppy 2 reminded me of all the s*@# I was concern with...MORE TO COME

 

[Webhead2006]

Or conners could have accident and lose arm and it leads to him becoming lizard in a later arc.

 

[Dread]

Its funny Dread said Wolverine and and x men was too serious lol.Im sure he will appreciate that show when the next x men show ends up like ultimate spiderman

A show can be serious without being humorless, and a show can have humor while still being serious. "AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES" often gets that tone right.

In fairness of course, the X-Men rarely have much fun in ANY medium. Angst is their power source.

Cipes even has the some of the same traits as Danny lol, meditation and etc. Form the start I knew he'd be a good choice.

Interesting.

Although not as harsh, I tend to agree with Dread's review.

Sadly, this show seems to be aimed at a short attention span audience. This show is not the worst Spidey cartoon. I still think that distinction goes to Spider-Man Unlimited and and the MTV show. It seems to be a decent adaptation of Ultimate Spider-Man. However, I much prefer the 616 version. The part that is annoying is Spectacular was dropped in favor of this. (And it doesn't help me to see Joe Q during the commercial breaks). This show is not near the level of Spectacular or the 90's show. Heck, my nostalgia puts the 60's show ahead of this!

Thanks for the read. I specifically never state this is "the worst Spidey cartoon" because I know it is not true. "SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED" was far worse. Comparing this against the "MTV SPIDER-MAN" is something like a cruel experiment in which someone pits two deformed freaks against each other. And since I am under 40 I don't exactly have fond memories of the original late 1960's cartoon.

But, hardly thrilled at all by it either.

Connors probably has both arms because he's already experimenting on himself. I don't see why it would be dismaying

Or conners could have accident and lose arm and it leads to him becoming lizard in a later arc.

True. Both are possibilities. I just don't have much faith in the show 2 episodes in.

Spider-Man was my very first comic book. To my eternal shame, in my ignorant youth I discarded the comic, but I still remember the very first issue I ever got (very last issue of the 1990s Animated Series adaptation). And the second (Peter Parker Spider-Man 75, Part 4 of Revelation).

Not so familiar with the third.

I think that may be why I'm willing to give this show so much lee way, when similar treatment to other franchises would have incited anger, resentment, or indifference. I'm sure in time, those feelings will fester and bloom, and I'll grow disinterested and spiteful, but at the moment, nostalgia and blinded love is a heck of an anesthetic towards geek pain.

And I always enjoy your reviews, Dread. Even if I disagree with the assessments sometimes, they are always incredibly detailed and inspective, and thus at the very least deserve respect.

Thanks. I do appreciate and under stand the fondness for certain characters and franchises. If I am honest with myself, I could see the writing on the wall with this show from the previews. But I dug in because I've watched anything Spidey (at least a few episodes), and both Iron Fist and Power Man are in it.

Watching better shows like "YJ" and "A:EMH" is what I do to clear the palette, personally.

I suppose the best comparison I can make in recent memory is "THE BATMAN". I disliked that show from the start, and most of the first season was ghastly to me. It did end better than it started, and things improved onward. Season 4 with Robin was actually exceptional Batman animation; "THE BATMAN VS. DRACULA" was fun, too. But in the end I looked at all the episodes and after I split up the excellent and the atrocious episodes, the rest just formed a middle; overall the show was average. There is a possibility "USM" could improve, but to what? Will it go from crap to average? Or will it shift, as stated infamously in "SPACEBALLS", "from suck to blow"?

For the moment I may stick with it a bit longer for the HEROES FOR HIRE (and to a lessor degree, White Tiger). I wish this Nova were Richard Rider, not Loeb's pet creation. But depending on how the next few episodes go, even that won't keep me forever.

 

[Ajendo]

Is there a site I can watch this on?

 

[craigdbfan]

http://marvelkids.marvel.com/shows/161/ultimate_spider-man

 

[Grommers]

I personally haven't made up my mind if I like this show or not.

There's two things to take from this, I honestly think the animation is far better quality for any super hero show out there.

I don't think we are going to get any "deep" story lines. I honestly feel there going to be very basic, heres the bad guy, stop the bad guy.

That's my biggest gripe, and it allows for Disney to hit that elusive 10-15 yr old demographic. Which is fine if thats what there doing, but personally I hope for a more enriched spiderman.

 

[Michael Frost]

I wasn't optimistic at all about this show out of what they were showing in clips and trailers, and you guys were saying to not judge a book by it's cover. So I watched the two episodes to make sure it wasn't bad promotion... It wasn't and I was right. This show shouldn't even be associated with Spider-man at all.

I came in here with a huge rant to post but it seems Dread already beat me to it.

Thing is, this show would probably have some "merit" if it was a new franchise with custom characters and a different lead. The animation is quite good! What I don't understand is how they take an established character, strip him down of what makes him good and unique, shove in some extra characters to make it a team show and then dare to call it his show. This isn't Spider-man at all. This is Marvel Teen Hero Squad...

The moment they said somewhere in an interview that Marvel's vice-president came to them with a "wonderful idea for a Spidey show except with a twist - it's not his show at all!" I was groaning. This is exactly what happens when people make something out of a executive request guideline rather than what happens when you have creative freedom and love the material you're making. They have the bucks, they look at their supposed demographic and they shove in what kids these days seem to like in their cartoons without stopping for a minute to look at what they're doing to the franchise itself. It's a sad picture indeed.

This makes me wonder tho. Are kids these days really into this sort of stuff or is this what executive producers seem to think they like? One way or the other it's not really good for the art itself...

I knew Spectacular Spiderman would always leave a void behind. I didn't know it would be this big...

 

[Webhead2006]

Totally dread not knocking you at all. You have great reviews even if I disagree with you. For me usm was design to be a different show. Sure its not the type of show we all wanted/hope for. But the marvel guys wanted to try something different. Will it be total crap could be, or it could grow a bit and maybe the cheesy stuff gets toned down. In the end I still found enjoyable aspects to it.

 

[Ajendo]

http://marvelkids.marvel.com/shows/161/ultimate_spider-man

Cheers!

 

[Sebastos]

 

[Hellion]

IMO, the animation is a step in the right direction...I enjoyed A:EMH but the animation was/is a turn off for that. I was a bit dumbed down like another poster said but it was tolerable.

 

[kguillou]

Spider-Man was my very first comic book. To my eternal shame, in my ignorant youth I discarded the comic, but I still remember the very first issue I ever got (very last issue of the 1990s Animated Series adaptation). And the second (Peter Parker Spider-Man 75, Part 4 of Revelation).

Not so familiar with the third.

I think that may be why I'm willing to give this show so much lee way, when similar treatment to other franchises would have incited anger, resentment, or indifference. I'm sure in time, those feelings will fester and bloom, and I'll grow disinterested and spiteful, but at the moment, nostalgia and blinded love is a heck of an anesthetic towards geek pain.

And I always enjoy your reviews, Dread. Even if I disagree with the assessments sometimes, they are always incredibly detailed and inspective, and thus at the very least deserve respect.

This comic is my favorite Spider-man comic of all time. I've maybe read it a 1,000 times and everytime I read it, i get very emotional. To me it was a perfect comic exemplyfying who Peter Parker is and who Spider-man is and why he is the greatest.

Anyway, like you and Dread, Spider-man has always been very close to my heart. He is the reason i plunged into comics in the 90's, so I too take the character very seriously. However, just like Wolverine and the X-men just simply was not for me, I think it may be the same with this show. It just is not for me. I do hope that this show is able to do what the 90's cartoon did and bring in a new generation of kids to become Spider-man fans.

You know, eventhough it will probably never happen again, I would love it if one day Marvel did another Spider-man cartoon with an older Peter Parker like in the 90's cartoon. I think that would be so cool to have a cartoon where Pete is in college and dealing with more mature sitations rather than the same high school setting.

 

[Webhead2006]

Um we only had two shows as teen, all the rest from 60s, the 70s live action, 80s/90s where all collage/adult peter.

 

[Spidey220987]

http://marvel.toonzone.net/ultimatespiderman/media/grabs/

some new pics there, e.g. the fire

 

[brainchild81]

Although not as harsh, I tend to agree with Dread's review.

Sadly, this show seems to be aimed at a short attention span audience. This show is not the worst Spidey cartoon. I still think that distinction goes to Spider-Man Unlimited and and the MTV show. It seems to be a decent adaptation of Ultimate Spider-Man. However, I much prefer the 616 version. The part that is annoying is Spectacular was dropped in favor of this. (And it doesn't help me to see Joe Q during the commercial breaks). This show is not near the level of Spectacular or the 90's show. Heck, my nostalgia puts the 60's show ahead of this!

MTV Spidey was better than this is so far. I just hate that the eps were aired out of order. The great animation of this show deserves better material to work with. I'll watch a few more eps of this, I guess

 

[nogap87]

If this show was a person he would wear sunglasses indoors and a baseball cap sideways. It tries so hard to be cool but all it's doing is pandering to a demographic that, I pray to God, doesn't exist.

It doesn't help that I've never got the appeal of Drake Bell, Ben 10, and Gerator Rex. Hopefully USM will get better and Marvel will get rid of its painfully unfunny Mash-Up segments.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

I love the bit where the show shoves Aunt May in our face...

''Don't worry kids, shes not old and boring... shes young, hip and cooooool. She does yoga and everything''.

No old people on this show kids.

Just Thwip it!!

 

[Gold Samurai]

When has Spider-man gotten a show like this?

Teen Titans and Brave and the Bold are some examples where DC has already dabbled in this format.

Marvels' got "Super Hero Squad"

It's about time Spidey got a show like this with anime head cutaways and turning into Spider-toast.

Everyone has to go through one non serious series.