So I had some free time and watched the new Spider-Man and man this is the most mid shit
Pros:
- Voice Acting is actually pretty decent so no performances are really bad.
- It's a little nice they show Spider-Man at least doing heroic actions that aren't just fighting bad guys, it feels like most superhero media nowadays really doesn't do this.
- Animation is fluid in action sequences I guess
- So far the supporting cast is okay like there's no one really annoying. There's problems with them but it's more on how some look and which marvel characters they're supposed to be but at least they aren't rushing to Peter being pals with other heroes yet.
Neutral:
- They genderbent and race swapped Curt Connors. Curious how they are going to handle the Lizard and honestly meh with this since all that is needed with Connors is to have one arm and be a scientist.
Cons:
- The intro is a really annoying rap remix that feels like it doesn't fit the tone of the show.
- The attempt at emulating the 60s comic style really doesn't mesh well with 3D animation
- For some reason there are side characters who are set up to be other Marvel characters like Asian Hulk, a girl from Wakanda, a Fantastic Four villain, and hell Peter's best friend is set up to be another superhero. There's also more Marvel heroes set up to come based on the promotional material and the show referencing Hawkeye, Iron Man, and Captain America too.
- The raceswapping of the Osborns feels weird since as I said many times, Norman is a character that has to be white, like I don't know why they did it, but the voice actor they have for him does a decent job but his character so far is just the same role as MCU Tony Stark. Harry also is in like one scene where he's chased by random thugs for no reason, he doesn't even seem to know Peter which feels weird to not have.
- Animation for background characters is noticeably stilted and certain shots are clearly still like for the tv channels.
- The whole Dr. Strange and Symbiote thing feels pointless. Like no one ever is freaked out about it later and is just there to remind audiences they exist for some reason. But Peter gets his powers because a random spider happened to be descending from a portal.
- There's an immediate timeskip after Peter gets his bite and he's suddenly Spider-Man, like the first 5 minutes show him going to school before he was Spider-Man but Uncle Ben is dead already and all we know is Peter is sad about it. Could've saved time to at least give Peter more scenes since most of episode 1 is more focused on side characters (like this would've been a better middle of the season episode). It doesn't help Peter helps save a girl and then timeskip, they're best friends.
- Peter meeting Norman literally is a 1 to 1 remake of the scene of Peter meeting Tony from Civil War with the main difference being that Peter talks about getting a DVD player and geeking out about Norman.
- Peter is honestly the worst part of the show. His personality is a very beta dorky nerd that is more exaggerated than Tom Holland. He's even more babied since his love interest is a highschool senior who babysat him in middle school. He's also just a goody do gooder who doesn't seem to even snark, but just makes MCU level quips. There's also moments where he does attacks that look like he could kill thugs like knocking a guy out with a brick, smashing a guy into a wall, and kicking a villain down from a burning building. This type of thing is fine in the games since it's a video game but in this show, Peter is just like "well that just happened, whoopsie".
