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Originally Posted by yourfacehere

No you're thinking of 90's spiderman, that guitar riff in the opening is what proves my point.

Spectacular Spider-Man BLEW AWAY the 90's cartoon. 90's cartoon (both Spider-Man and X-Men) had horribly inconsistent animation. Peter was bulkier than Eddie Brock, MJ's chin was freakish, and the pacing was horrible. Only two good things came out of the 90's Spider-Man cartoon: Edward Asner's J. Jonah Jameson (Who obviously influenced Sam Raimi's casting of J.K. Simmons) and the much more streamlined origin of Venom.

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Originally Posted by Exodus

Have to agree with you there...but I guess they're making it more kid friendly or something.

OOOOOO my biggest peeve in the world... adult nerds who get pissy because a comic or toy franchise is being marketed to kids. Transformers boards are FULL of them. What is wrong with making a kids friendly Spider-Man? He's a comicbook character for christsakes! I fully endorse and LOVE the fact that he's not the angsty, whiny, self-admonishing, and obnoxious character they turned him into during the late 1990's and into the 20xx's. I LOVE the 4th dimension breaks. Spider-Man SHOULD be quippy, and indulging. Part of Spider-Man's fighting style, ever since the 60's, was running his mouth to annoy adversaries and to bring the reader in. Deadpool stole that from Spider-Man and upped the ante a bit, but Spider-Man was the original funnyman of Marvel, and it's nice to see that side of Spidey for a change, rather than constantly being bombarded with "Oh, woe is me coz I'm poor Peter" that was beat into our heads with the live films, 90's cartoon, and a lesser extent, "Spectacular Spider-Man".

Ultimate Spider-Man appears to me to take less from Spectacular and the 90's cartoon, and instead get it's inspiration from the fantastic 80's "Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends" cartoon. Not just because of the SHIELD teamups, but the overall direction they took with Spider-Man as a character. Obviously, I base this on only two cartoons, and a lot can happen in a series (Transformers Prime is and example of that.. hated the pilot, but LOVE the series now), but I am more than willing to place my faith in Marvel Animation, because they haven't failed me yet.