TheAmbiguousLurker
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- Dec 16, 2019
I understand why normal criminals aren't in costume, but why do none of the super villains in this show look anything more than 'Generic person with a piece of tech on one of their limbs'? Hell, I don't think the speedster and energy blade women (are they meant to be some of the enforcers?) get named in the episode.New Spiderman episodes (surprisingly three at once)
+ Setup for Rhino, Scorpion, and Doc Ock are actually pretty decent
+ Hell Doc Ock being a proactive villain is refreshing with reasonable motives
+ Side cast is alright still
= Norman feels like they're leaning into the Iron Patriot stuff than the Goblin idea, based on his stated goals which could be interesting since I don't think they ever adapted that side of Norman before.
- Peter is pretty much Tom Holland Spiderman still even with everyone knowing his secret identity because now both the Osborns know who he is, and he's not really interesting. Like the only stuff he seems to struggle with are scheduling and I guess the financial stuff but he has a cushy internship so there really isn't much. It's kind of hard to see what sort of arc they're going for beyond the generic "be a top hero" since there isn't much else to him.
- Half of Episode 4 was spent on a subplot of Peter trying on shitty Spider-Man costumes Norman gives him (imagine that cape scene from Incredibles except a third of the episode), hell Peter and Norman's dynamic feels like it would fit in The Boys with a superhero getting advice from their agent on demographics and such.
- Tombstone's sort of turn to loving crime feels way too fast, beats up Scorpion (when he's just a gangbanger) and gets love from criminals who forced him into this lifestyle (despite already being a well respected quarterback) to suddenly embrace a criminal lifestyle (mind you he joined a gang just to switch places with his little bro). It just feels so rushed.
- A lot of MCU plot points that remind you this was meant to tie into the MCU with the Civil War stuff being mentioned except Spider-Man isn't part of it.
And who is going to the gang war without bringing a gun?