This might
be a review that takes a while it because of scheduling, but this made me stop
in my tracks! I’ve put a review on an early list before, but never have I
started writing it before its time was coming, that stopped with this. Yup,
we’re talking about Spider-man again.
Ultimate
Spider-man was not a series I enjoyed, it had a number of issues, particularly
regarding their over-use of 4th wall and anime-style jokes, some of
the sitcom plots and the fact that Peter Parker as an entity is ignored for
large chunks of the series, also the series tried to expand its universe at the
expense of having its own identity. But the series did have some decent
animation, occasionally a joke would land and there’s no doubt a guest
appearance would bring a smile to kids’ faces.
So… WHAT THE
F*CK IS THIS SH*T?
I’ll admit,
when I heard about the reboot, I was excited. Hearing it would go back to Peter
Parker’s roots, and the design aesthetic kinda reminding me of Spectacular
Spider-man, which is a favourite series of mine, all good signs. But… from seeing
the first few episodes my first thoughts were… my god is it awful. I mean it,
this is the worst Spider-man cartoon I’ve seen, and it’s by a considerable
margin. But I’ll stop beating about the bush and try and explain why.
