Spectacular Spider-Man

I just finished watching the first and second season of the sadly short-lived cartoon series Spectacular Spider-Man. Batman and Spider-Man both have one major thing in common for me. My favorite portrayals of these characters, besides the comics, are animated series. Batman The Animated Series. And Spectacular Spider-Man. Yes, I favor the cartoon over the movies. YES, that includes Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2. And it is simply because this show captured, so perfectly, who this character is, and what the universe around him is like. Nailing every facet, every aspect of the character, and supporting characters. This show was written by true comic book geeks, and often can be viewed as a best of of Spider-Man in Marvel comics. Capturing solid moments from every decade of the original source material; characters, gadgets, plot points, arcs -- and compiling into a giant stew. Is a stew a whole bunch of different parts all working well together? I don't know. But that's what this is. In the Sony Spider-Man films, it seems that they would get some aspects, and fail at capturing others. For me, SP2 being the most consistent, and accurate to the comics -- but even that movie is heavily flawed. For one, Spidey is a fucking deaf mute in those films and barely talks. In comparison to the Marc Webbs films, yes, deaf mute. In the reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, one big noticeable difference was the attempt to make Peter/Spidey more talkative, to give him more wit and humor. And even more so in the sequel. Which I appreciated. But, almost everything else fails. In ASP, Peter is a bit of a dick to his aunt and uncle, never coming across as that sweet kid, who had gained this strong moral center from Ben. And ASP2, well, you can look at my review for that. In Spectacular, everything is on point. This Spider-Man is funny, he's fast and lively. Peter loves his Aunt May and is always worried about her. At every turn, something goes wrong for Pete whenever he thinks things are looking up. He can't catch a break. And the City and police hate him. They're not off to the side of the street chanting his name. They hated him. Borrowing from the Amazing run, and the Ultimate run, it's portrayal of the supporting characters and villains was fantastic. His first crushes, with Betty and Liz, Harry's addiction. Eddie Brock. All solid, man. Particularly, when Peter was getting rid of the black alien suit, and the episode showcasing the importance of Ben in Pete's decision to stay true to who he is, was just fucking perfect. Yeah, this cartoon serious was phenomenal. And was going to go into some real interesting places before the plug was pulled. Shame. I say, Spectacular Spider-Man (animated series), aside from Bendis' Ultimate run, is my definitive Spidey.

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