Best animated Spider-Man series?
What do you think is the best animated Spider-Man series ever? What about the worst?
shareThe best one was the 90's version. Great story lines and characters.
Although, the new one was pretty awesome as well. I loved the animation.
The MTV series is the best one for me. It's the only Spider-man animated series so far that matches the comic book's level of story, action, dialogue and violence. The 90's series came up short in all these areas. It was basically kid's stuff and not much else. I don't think it was supposed to be anymore than that. If you make a Spider-man cartoon for the kiddies it's gonna fall way short of the comics.
shareI really liked how this cartoon took SpiderMan to the darker side. More about his turmoil between what he wants and what he feels is right. This was an awesome cartoon and MTV should have kept it up!!
shareThis is the best animated series I've ever seen, it makes the 60s cartoon suck and the 90s kiddie series suck. This show is what Spider-Man should really be about. If no channel picks this up (I think it should be on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim) then they should continue making episodes and just release them on DVD, I'm sure they'd sell money! Many people are going to disagree with me on this being the best animated series ever (i'm going to get people saying The Simpsons is or some other baloney) but if you want proof, look to the animation in episode 8 on the first DVD of the first season special edition that came out in January, the one with Electro, watch some of the CGI effects, and tell me that does not look like something out of the movies. This sets the standard for great animated series everywhere! Its dark, violent (to a point, we're not talking blood and gore violence but pretty dark) and a little bit of everything else! This is not Spider-Man for kids, this is made for mature teenagers and adults, hence the TV-PG rating. There is mild language and the action/violence is pretty intense for younger viewers, but who am I to say not let them watch it. Bet you alot of younger children are watching Adult Swim, The Simpsons and Family Guy, so I can't stop them, but this is a pretty cool show none the less. It sort of reminded me of the HBO series of "Spawn", which was super cool (except the third and final season which wasn't all that great).
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I would put them in order the same way you did. The thing I like about the 94 one was the story line seemed to come pretty close to the comic I grew up reading. I don't know why so many people hated it. Granted the 3d houses looked out of place, but who cares. I didn't watch Spiderman to look at the buildings. I watched it to see my childhood hero.
The 2003 one was pretty freaking amazing too. I didn't see every episode, but the visuals were amazing. Also, I liked how it developed its own new characters and mythology.
Hate is a strong word. I just didn't like the 90's series. I think I can explain why there are those that don't like it. Some People don't like it because it had all the trappings of a children's cartoon. Spider-man didn't punch anybody or engage in fist fights. Fist fights happen frequently in Spider-man comics. There is no getting around it. The DC animated cartoons had fist fights. Villains and cops used laser pistols instead of guns with real bullets. They use the real deal in the comics and in the DC cartoons; real guns. Nobody died except Uncle Ben which is a given. Death occurs in the comics. The show couldn't tackle that because it was made for the kiddies.
The plots were very outlandish for Spider-man. It had Spiderman going up against Dormamu, The Spot, The Big Wheel, and Morbius the Non Vampire (he couldn't suck blood). Dormamu is WAY out of Spidey's league. Dormamu is a villain for Doctor Strange. The plot devices like Dimensional portals, and The Beyonder and the secret wars. The corny, cliche and very fast dialogue. If Spidey sees a lever he has to pull. He first thinks out loud ("I gotta pull that lever!") before actually doing it. He should just pull the lever. No need to think everything out loud. His constant thinking to himself out loud can be annoying.
The cartoon made the mistake of making Spider-man seem like he was chosen to recieve special powers because he had some big important destiny. One of things that made the comic Spider-man work was that he wasn't important. He recieved his powers totally at random and that ANYBODY could have been Spider-man. The cartoon writing was too cliche and contrived. That's OK for the kiddies but not for the older set.
The 90's series may have lasted longer but that doesn't say anything about the quality of the show. The 90's cartoon was aimed at kids and it showed. The MTV series avoided many of these trappings and so far in terms of action, dialogue and violence is closest to the comics.