This was the show I watched as a kid, so all these villain designs like Vulture wearing black and red and Electro gaving a full suit that sparks out is what I'm used to for villains. I'm actually more used to the red and black vulture design since that's what I grew up on!
@@ger.baltav yes and no, the person I think you're talking about is the Jackal's brother, but he was turned this monster version of the Jackal literary this year ironically in comic titled, "The Spectacular Spider-Men" so guess you are technically right
@@tortoiseoflegends4466 Spectacular & Mr. Robot winning a BW poll is such a long-time coming & a massive relief. Honestly all I need is them to get thru the rest of the DCAU up to Justice League Unlimited (Superman: TAS winning a poll gives me hope; it’s the perfect blueprint for James Gunn’s DCU), & also The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (which handles some character arcs/storylines better than the MCU), then I can finally die in peace.
Spectacular Spider-Man is up there in the S-tier superhero animated shows with the Batman animated series... they handle the blend of story telling for kids, nods for hardcore fans, and mature themes that all ages can appreciate. This show just captures the essence of Spider-Man.
@@hoya1178 i love BTAS and it has som all time great episodes but there's a lot of episodes i just skip over on rewatch... I probably watch Batman Beyond more... But Spectacular Spider-Man does such a great job of developing Peter and all the side characters every episode
@@hoya1178 Agree to disagree. BTAS has quite a bit of filler & is all over the place (but still legendary) while Spectacular immediately lays the groundwork for like 10 villains/stories just in the 1st episode. You can’t really say any villain is threatening in either cartoon because it’s a weekly kids show & the hero always triumphs by the end of each episode.
This was the show I watched as a kid, so all these villain designs like Vulture wearing black and red and Electro gaving a full suit that sparks out is what I'm used to for villains. I'm actually more used to the red and black vulture design since that's what I grew up on!
The original plan was to create extra material for each episode, then use it to edit each Story Arc into a movie for the DVD releases. But only the first arc was released like this before Sony switched to just plain episodes on DVD, leaving extra footage we might not ever see. On a more positive note, Sony was pretty hands off during the production of the show with the only stipulation that the staff had to recreate some scenes from the movies during the fights (hence why some shots look familiar). This ended up working out though as it help foster familiarity for fans of the movies. Plus it was pretty cool seeing them animated in a different context.
The eddie brock relationship with peter is from the ultimate spider man comics they took inspiration from the ultimates and the classic 616 comics basically
It definitely isn't this way in the ultimate universe, in that version they were friends as very very young kids, stopped seeing each other for years, then Pete met him again when Eddie was in college, and Eddie is a massive creep
@@williamholtzclaw3029 i’m saying the being friends thing came from those comics not saying the show fully adapted the comic they just took pieces of 616 & 1610 to make their own story
Even thought I grew up with the 90s series and it holds a special place in my heart (I hear Christopher Daniel Barnes's voice when I read Spider-Man in the same way people hear Kevin Conroy), I will make the argument this the best Spider-Man animated series
Yep. Josh knows how to do Spider-Man spin off and parody characters. The invincible Spidey is pretty much Spidey but they just didn't want to go through Disney to try and get the actual rights so they made their own version of him.
Yeah that character was a way to avoid asking for the rights and also a subtle nod to this spectacular Spider-Man by having the same voice actor voice him
Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes was on Disney originally, but they still cancelled it to make Avemgers: Assemble because they wanted the cartoon synergy with the movies rather than the comics
@@Alex_the_Ahsumunderstatement. It was such a let down. The idea makes sense but it was a miss in my book to go that route. Those shows post EMH and Spectacular just didn’t have the same impact
22:32 - The random cop called Stan probably wasn't a nod to Stan Lee. I don't know if it's the same one in this episode - if so I never noticed him - but there is a recurring cop character called Stan in this series, who is loosely based on a pretty important comic character named Stan Carter - a major figure in Peter David's run on the Spider-Man comics in the 80s. His story never made it into this series despite a few small nods, so I guess it's not a spoiler to write it here: In the comics, there was a very famous story arc called "The Death of Jean DeWolffe", in which Captain DeWolffe was found murdered in her appartment. She was a police officer that in the late Silver/early Bronze Age had basically served as Spider-Man's Jim Gordon. The story basically kicked off the trend of Spider-Man becoming increasingly dark, starting in the 80s and ending in 1994 with the "Clone Saga". Anyway, in those comics, Stan Carter replaced Jean deWolffe as police captain. He was this jovial friendly guy that gave Spider-Man all resources necessary for him to try tracking down Jean's murderer, a masked serial killer called the Sin-Eater. Sin-Eater was running around, killing lawyers, civil rights activits and critics of police violence, as well as "the liberal media". Sin-Eater also killed an old friend of Daredevil, so both heroes are finally hunting for him, but with different attitudes: Spider-Man is much more reckless and has a sort of "righteous fury", while Daredevil is more objective and professional. Eventually, Spider-Man learns that Stan Carter IS the Sin-Eater: after his partner had died, Stan had signed up to an experimental training programme with SHIELD that left him mentally unstable (but no super-powers), Now he was taking revenge on the "overly restrictive" justice system, that didn't let him do "what needs to be done" when handling criminals. When Sin-Eater targets Betty Brant (Pete's first girlfriend, JJJ's secretary), Spider-Man ends up beating him almost to death, and develops a sort of feud with Daredevil for a while: Daredevil points out that Spidey's own approach to the situation ("I am justice, I'll do what I have to do") is essentially the one Carter had as a police officer, and the one that drove Stan to kill in the first place. Another problem is that Carter is eventually judged by court to be mentally unfit for prison, which Spider-Man refuses to accept. The public almost mauls Carter to death and Spider-Man is perfectly content just watching until Daredevil jumps in and almost gets trampled to death. There later was another story, a sequel to the above, in which Carter returned from psychiatric treatment, with a stutter and unable to walk without a cane - brain damage from the beating Spidey gave him. Carter tried to help the police find another criminal but no-one trusted him, and in the end Spider-Man publicly called him a murderer and killer, which caused his psychological issues to resurface. In the end, Carter returns to villany but it ends up more as a sort of "suicide-by-cop" situation. The story is very famous and referenced in another story arc that most people even outside the comic fandom are roughly familiar with. In the comics, at one point, there was another suspect for the Sin-Eater (I think his name was Mr. Grieg?) The guy was also mentally ill and kind of gaslit himself into thinking that he was the SIn-Eater. He made a confession, and the exclusive right to interview him was secured by an investigative journalist called Eddie Brock, who built his entire career around that case. Then Peter Parker helped reveal that it actually was Carter, causing Brock to lose everything. In the comics, this is the motivation for Eddie Brock to target Peter after he becomes Venom. (I wanted to summarise that in two or three sentences, but it turned out a lot longer) Obviously, none of that stuff can make it into a cartoon like this, so it's just a reference - you'll notice that pretty much every irrelevant side character that is named actually corresponds to an actual comic character. In the series, I think he is later shown patrolling around with Jean deWolffe, his partner in the series, which is really weird. He never is more than an easter egg though.
Welcome to the Spectacular Spider-Man club. Even better that both you guys and Reel Rejects are currently both watching the show. Definitely my favorite of the Spider-Man series ever
I literally played the spectacular Spider-Man theme song all the way home from work because I’m so excited for these reactions. Growing up this show was literally the first show I watched episode for episode actually following the story instead of watching something episodically. As Rick can attest you guys will have a great time watching this and I can’t wait to keep viewing.
After Disney's purchase of Marvel Comics, Sony was forced to give up the broadcasting rights of airing Spider-Man TV shows during negotiations to keep their film rights. Rather than drafting up a new contract to continue the production of Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel and Disney decided to just go forward with a new show (Ultimate Spider-Man) instead.
No Sony sold the merchandising and animation tv rights back to Marvel, Disney's purchase of Marvel had nothing to do with it. It made it so that Sony owned the show itself but didn't have the rights to make a Spider-Man show and financially it made no sense to pay Sony to continue show when they could make their own show.
@@marvelfantasy472 Maybe they could have used the money they saved to hire better writers. Because Ultimate Spider-Man isn't quite so ultimate.... and it sure as hell isn't spectacular.
he noticed the cop named Stan, He's an actual comic character but I'll save that for the end of the series, if I remember. not that it matters too much the show was cancelled before they could anything with him
Absolutely love this show and love that you guys are reacting to it now. Great animation and the artstyle is made by same person behind the Kim possible artstyle.
At last, you guys are FINALLY starting the greatest Spider-Man cartoon and one of the best adaptions of Spider-Man period. In your Across The Spider-Verse reaction, you guys were silent when this Spider-Man made a cameo with Josh Keaton returning to voice him (probably because you didn't know who he was). But I guarantee that after watching this series, you'll understand why his Spider-Man was given a speaking cameo out of all the other nameless variants and why anyone who's seen this show lost their shit after seeing him again for the first time in nearly 15 years since the show was canceled in 2009, even if it was just for a few seconds and a single line. Get ready for a Spectacular ride!
Reel Reject started watching this series, and now you guys are, too. coincidence, I think not. So happy you guys are watching this Spiderman. There are so many Recognizable voice actors.
The webs and spider light are both long time aspecrs of the character in the comics. He had the wings since his debut, with the suit also originally being red and black, but both of these qualities were changed and removed by 1982 as different artists gradually shifted the design.
This was the show I watched as a kid, so all these villain designs like Vulture wearing black and red and Electro gaving a full suit that sparks out is what I'm used to for villains. I'm actually more used to the red and black vulture design since that's what I grew up on!
YES! This is the Spider-man I grew up on, and nerds way more experienced than I agree that this show has the best portrayal of the intersections between Spidey and Peter's lives. I'm so glad you guys are watching this!
So fun fact, the two cops they show are Jean DeWolff and Stan Carter. In the comics, DeWolff was the sister of the first Wraith, a vigilante, and her lover was Stan. Stan would become the violent Sin-Eater, after his original partner was killed. His very first victim was DeWolff after he went crazy and went on a spree. Eddie Brock would accuse the wrong person of being Sin-Eater, and when it was revealed it was Stan Carter, he was fired and it led to him becoming Venom.
Josh Keaton is a legendary voice actor for Spider-Man! He also voices him in Marvel VS Capcom 3, and Spider-Man Edge of Time! Not to mention he's also a cameo in Across The Spiderverse! He says one line, but it was enough for me lol
I’m really happy to see that you guys are watching and reacting to this because this is one of my favourite Spider-Man animated shows along with the ‘94 Spider-Man animated series as well.
THIS IS HOWNI FOUND OUT YALL STARTED THIS SERIES, THIS IS MY FAVORITE SPIDER-MAN ADAPTATION OF ALL TIME AND I CANT WAIT FOR YALL TO SEE HOW IT UNFOLDS ❤️
So excited you guys are finally giving this show a chance. I can guarantee by the end you will feel the void we all feel with the loss of the cancellation. It’s so good and Josh Keaton is an iconic staple for Spidey. Can’t wait to enjoy the ride with you guys!!
In order to make sense of decades of comics, the series often combines different characters in order to streamline the narrative. Originally Osborne's assistant Mendell Strom and the Vulture were two separate villains. The former took revenge by building robots to wreck havock on Oscorp and might've killed Norman were it not for the intervention of Spider-Man (Amazing Spider-Man #37).
This entire series is a love letter to the first 40 or so issues of Spider-Man. Growing up I reread those stories countless times via the Essential Series (complies twenty issues into one book although it's black and white). As such it was a delight to see some of the classic baddies fully realized seriously the Enforcers don't really get that much love.
Wow what a surprise! Happy to know this won the poll! This will do for Severance not winning the poll and being removed from the future polls 😂 Happy to get on board with you guys and go for another swing with the Spidey 🕸️ I also hope you eventually put 90s Spider Man show on the poll as well, the designs and voice acting in that show is top tier 🔥👍
Commenters, patreons, friends, etc need to inform Blind Wave. On Disney+ the episode 'First Steps' is actually 2x05 and not 2x13. They need to react to that one after 2x04 to avoid sheer confusion.
This is regarded as one of if not the best Spider-Man series. Lots of great voice work, Peter's voice actor Josh Keaton voiced Steve Rogers/Captain America in What If
@21:00 funnily enough Lacey Chabert(whom aaron mentioned) voices Daisy in Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes A:EMH also has one of the best intros imo (the best will always be Black Panther intro/outro imo)
This is why you stay subscribed. Even if you don’t know any of the shows they’re reacting to, eventually they’ll cover one you love. That’s why you keep notifications on 🔥
I'm so freaking excited for this 😆 I'm not ready to go on the rollercoaster of emotions when it comes to my love/hate relationship with Peter again, but man am I pumped to see the crew enjoy this!
YESSSSSSS, God I love this show, it's my childhood and I have seen it so many times, I know every line at this point lol. Can't wait for yall to react to all of it
I’m really excited to go down this series with you guys. It’s simply amazing. And that theme song is just so catchy. This show, along with the Sam Rami Movies and reruns of the Spider-Man 90’s cartoon fueled my early Spider-Man love.
I’m so happy to finally see you guys watching this show. I really hope you both enjoy it. In my opinion this is one of the best (if not the best) Spider-Man show, I think it’s practically perfect in every aspect. I can’t wait to get to watch your reactions and hear your thoughts on this series.
One of the best Spider-Man (if not superhero) adaptations ever. A near perfect blend of the original '60's Lee-Ditko-Romita Sr. comics, the Bendis-Bagley Ultimate run, and the Raimi films. No wonder this show was so good lol
YES!!! I love The Spectacular Spider-Man!! This is one of the best animated Spider-Man series of all time, with great stories and action, and the voice cast is spectacular (pun intended) especially: Josh Keaton, James Arnold Taylor, Lacey Chabert, Vanessa Marshall, Ben Diskin, Phil LaMarr, Alan Rachins, Clancy Brown, Grey DeLisle, Daran Norris, Steve Blum, John DiMaggio, Robert Englund, Jeff Bennett, Dee Bradley Baker, Kath Soucie, Brian George, Crispin Freeman and Kevin Michael Richardson!! Anyway, y'all are gonna love this series!!
The gargoyle at 14:09 is an homage to one of the Spectacular Spider-Man's showrunners Greg Weisman's wonderful animated Gargoyles series, which I would LOVE for you to react too! He is also responsible for Young Justice!
