The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)
In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based primarily on the Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr. era of The Amazing Spider-Man, with a similar balance of action, drama, and comedy as well as a high school setting.The series follows Peter Parker, a student at Midtown Manhattan Magnet High School who struggles to balance his responsibilities as the costumed hero Spider-Man with the problems of his personal life.In addition to fighting crime, Peter must navigate his romantic affections for Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson; maintain his friendships with Harry Osborn and Eddie Brock; deal with being bullied by football star Flash Thompson; keep his internship position as a lab assistant to Curt Connors at Empire State University; and help to support his Aunt May by working as a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle.Among the supervillains that Spider-Man is forced to contend with are the Vulture, Electro, Lizard, Shocker, Sandman, Rhino, Doctor Octopus, Chameleon, and Black Cat.After the Goblin is seemingly vanquished, Spider-Man overcomes an alien symbiote who possessed his body, which ultimately leads to Eddie Brock's transformation into Venom.Harry returns to school after a leave of absence, while his father Norman becomes Peter's mentor and helps him reacquire his position as Curt Connors' lab assistant.Other new characters introduced, who were intended to have more prominent roles in future seasons, include Miles Warren, Calypso, Cletus Kasady, Morris Bench, and Roderick Kingsley.Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn and Mary Jane Watson are depicted not as direct equivalents to their counterparts, but rather as characters who will eventually evolve into their established roles from the comics."[9] "The advantage of hindsight" allowed the show to be "more coherent and cohesive than the original" comic continuity, which contains "considerable duplication, a false start here and there, [and] conflicting interpretations.[26] Weisman also indicated that the creative team had long-term plans regarding the introduction of Miles Warren, a character who eventually becomes the Jackal in the comics, as well as Stan Carter and Jean DeWolff, who are both pivotal to the origin of the former becoming the vigilante Sin-Eater.There were also plans to eventually seed more elements of the Spider-Man mythos from the comics in the show beyond season 2, including the introduction of the Spider-Mobile and Spider-tracers, as well as a future episode exploring how Peter developed his web-shooters.Weisman also expressed his wish to use other characters from the wider Marvel Universe that were not solely associated with Spider-Man as the series had done up to that point, such as Beast, Cyclops, Professor X, Captain America, the Hulk, and Johnny Storm.Series writer Chris Wyatt confirmed on Twitter that they had planned to incorporate Spectacular Spider-Man more prominently, but were unable to due to the legal restrictions and were only allowed to make a variant of him used as an easter egg.[35] Despite the legal troubles between Sony and Marvel, fans have continued to voice their support for the series more than a decade after its cancellation, in the hopes for more episodes to be produced someday.Josh Keaton, who voices Peter Parker in the show, also responded to the trending hashtags while wearing a Spider-Man mask and staying in-character, saying, "I just wanted to shout out some support to everyone tweeting today with #SaveSpectacularSpiderMan."[37] While promoting his DC Comics animated film Catwoman: Hunted, Greg Weisman also responded to the ongoing fan campaign calling for The Spectacular Spider-Man's revival, ultimately expressing doubt as to the likelihood of the series returning, but concluding that he would "love to do it again".[40] His inclusion in the film prompted positive reactions from fans of the series, as well as responses from co-showrunner Victor Cook and lead artist Sean Galloway, who were similarly appreciative of their show's acknowledgement.The Spectacular Spider-Man received critical acclaim, with praise being aimed at the exploration of surprisingly mature themes, the faithfulness to the source material, the vocal performances from the cast, the unique character designs and art style, the animation, and the use of clever writing while paying homage to classic stories from the comics.[60] Outside of comic resources, Variety highlighted that "although seemingly conceived largely to push a new line of Hasbro toys... the soon-to-fadeout Kids' WB (on the CW!)
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