Spiderman 1 was, for me, the perfect superhero movie, the perfect Spiderman movie. This shows when SSM lifts so much of it when showing the origin scenes. I was expecting Spectacular Peter to say "Nice costume, did you husband buy you that?" in the cartoon flashback. I think it's at least fair to say that Spectacular isn't afraid to combine the best from several era's of the comics, the 90's cartoon, and the movies.
I would have liked Eddie's arc better if they'd set him up as a bitter loner more in the early episodes. The change seemed to come out of nowhere. With Harry, we could see why, and even though making him the first Goblin was a big change, it made sense in retrospect. Watching Eddie's legitimate heroism in 'Natural Forces' doesn't make sense when watching him in 'Nature vs Nurture' as having not a single hesitation, no restraint, no remorse. Even giving himself over completely to the symbiote, there's no sense that Eddie's personality disappeared, it was still a combo, and he was still willing to kill Gwen. It's just weird to me.
I love Gwen, I love how MJ is handling Peter, there is an obvious direction for two 16 year olds in Gwen and Peter to move together, and there's an obvious possibility with MJ in the future when MJ and Pete are older. They may or may not go this far, but the setup seems believable. MJ is very sympathetic, very much a people person, very smart about relationships, and yet very fond and respectful of Pete.
I've never really liked anything about Venom, Carnage or the storyline there, and never understood why it's popular at all, in the sense of Venom being more popular than the Scorpion or any of the other rogues gallery. Venom is like some herpes virus that keeps breaking out in sores every time you're about to go on a hot date. It's just a monster that won't go away, there's no real depth to that story. The most interesting thing about it was the pre-venom mystery of what's going on with Pete and the suit, but get past that and it just drags on and on with a one-dimensional villian that has no personality, no motivation I can sympathise with as a human being. Compared to the Goblin storyline, Venom is nothing but a stain on the sidewalk.
I would have liked Eddie's arc better if they'd set him up as a bitter loner more in the early episodes. The change seemed to come out of nowhere. With Harry, we could see why, and even though making him the first Goblin was a big change, it made sense in retrospect. Watching Eddie's legitimate heroism in 'Natural Forces' doesn't make sense when watching him in 'Nature vs Nurture' as having not a single hesitation, no restraint, no remorse. Even giving himself over completely to the symbiote, there's no sense that Eddie's personality disappeared, it was still a combo, and he was still willing to kill Gwen. It's just weird to me.
I love Gwen, I love how MJ is handling Peter, there is an obvious direction for two 16 year olds in Gwen and Peter to move together, and there's an obvious possibility with MJ in the future when MJ and Pete are older. They may or may not go this far, but the setup seems believable. MJ is very sympathetic, very much a people person, very smart about relationships, and yet very fond and respectful of Pete.
I've never really liked anything about Venom, Carnage or the storyline there, and never understood why it's popular at all, in the sense of Venom being more popular than the Scorpion or any of the other rogues gallery. Venom is like some herpes virus that keeps breaking out in sores every time you're about to go on a hot date. It's just a monster that won't go away, there's no real depth to that story. The most interesting thing about it was the pre-venom mystery of what's going on with Pete and the suit, but get past that and it just drags on and on with a one-dimensional villian that has no personality, no motivation I can sympathise with as a human being. Compared to the Goblin storyline, Venom is nothing but a stain on the sidewalk.
