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    Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider as a teenager, granting him spider-like powers. After the death of his Uncle Ben, Peter learned that "with great power, comes great responsibility." Swearing to always protect the innocent from harm, Peter Parker became Spider-Man.

    Is Ultimate Spider-Man (Cartoon) as bad as everyone says it is?

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    FiguredOut95

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    #1  Edited By FiguredOut95

    I love Avengers earths mightiest heroes and Spectacular Spider-Man .... Ultimate Spider-Man has Bendis and Paul Dini working on it sounds perfect, but it got slammed so i did not watch it, is it worth my time??

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    #2  Edited By Squalleon

    US is decent but its story is a bit boring! It's a kids cartoon, as opposed to YJ which everyone can enjoy watching it.

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    #3  Edited By Alchemax_7

    I love A:EMH and Spectacular Spider-man as well but sadly both were cancelled. A:EMH is now being replaced by Avengers Assemble and there's Hulk: Agents of smash coming out as well which for both I'm not too sure as to what to expect from them at the moment. Ultimate Spider-man is alright, I don't mind sitting through and watching it but it's far below standard of greatness that was deemed Spectacular Spider-man. Go check it out though but don't have your expectations too high.

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    FiguredOut95

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    #4  Edited By FiguredOut95

    @Alchemax_7: Yeah its a sin A:EMH and Spectacular Spider-Man got cancelled .... Jeph Loeb just cant stand to see people happy.

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    #5  Edited By Alchemax_7

    @FiguredOut95: Once last year I watched the entire 2 seasons of Spectacular Spider-man on Youtube in good quality (720p at least) over a day and a half. Woke up at 5:00am, but when I finished watching I was sad. If the show was to continue and there was no more episodes at that time. I would've been glad to know there was more coming BUT... I wasn't. Same with A:EMH just as it was getting even better It's gone. If only it wasn't so. (Sorry if my story was boring).

    @Squalleon: Young Justice is amazing!

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    #6  Edited By Avenging-X-Bolt

    @FiguredOut95 said:

    I love Avengers earths mightiest heroes and Spectacular Spider-Man .... Ultimate Spider-Man has Bendis and Paul Dini working on it sounds perfect, but it got slammed so i did not watch it, is it worth my time??

    Its not as bad as i used to think but its not great.

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    #7  Edited By TheCowman

    I rather liked it.

    It's definitely more of a comedy show than recent superhero cartoons, but I found that to be a nice change of pace. The action's still good and I thought the jokes were pretty funny as well. Plus it's nice to see the comedy aspect of Spiderman make a return since it's been a bit scarce in both the comics and on-screen.

    Its a different type of show from stuff like Justice League and Avengers, so be aware of that going in. But its still a fun little show and I'm glad its gotten picked up for a second season.

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    #8  Edited By Squalleon

    @Alchemax_7 said:

    @Squalleon: Young Justice is amazing!

    Indeed!

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    #9  Edited By Onemoreposter

    @FiguredOut95: It's definitely not bad, it's just not serious. It's a very light hearted and easy going show. It's much more comical than it is dramatic. Rarely to you feel any sense of urgency or danger surrounding the principle characters. I think if you understand all that going in, you're likely to enjoy this series.

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    #11  Edited By PunyParker

    The art is good.....the rest....NO!

    Its written for KIDS SPECIALLY!! i cant blame 'em,but i cant like it either...

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    #12  Edited By mk111

    Its not so much that Ultimate Spider-Man is an awful show. Its more that its awful when compared to pretty much any other modern comic-based animated show. That, and the humor can be beyond stupid.

    But you may as well watch it so that you can judge it yourself.

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    #13  Edited By FiguredOut95

    @Alchemax_7: Yeah I did near the same, I watched both series on YouTube laying in bed at night when I couldn't sleep on my phone over the course of bout three nights good times.

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    #14  Edited By Mastercodex

    It has good art work and I like how they had the villains appear in different ways then originally designed, but the actual story line is pretty weak and the jokes make Spiderman act like Deadpool the entire time.

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    @Squalleon:

    Haven't watched Young Justice yet. Only modern cartoon I watch is the new GL series. Watch a lot of Spectacular Spider-Man and Batman TAS/BTNA as well.

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    #16  Edited By joshmightbe

    Its kind of like crack, you know its bad for you but you just keep watching, but you feel ashamed of yourself afterwards

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    #17  Edited By Squalleon

    @SpideyIvyDaredevilFan26 said:

    @Squalleon:

    Haven't watched Young Justice yet. Only modern cartoon I watch is the new GL series. Watch a lot of Spectacular Spider-Man and Batman TAS/BTNA as well.

    definetely watch YJ its great!

    SS was awesome!

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    @Squalleon:

    SS was indeed a great show. Didn't like the theme song, but that can be fixed by watching this before every episode instead of the intro.

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    #19  Edited By mariioow

    @joshmightbe said:

    Its kind of like crack, you know its bad for you but you just keep watching, but you feel ashamed of yourself afterwards

    This is pretty much what I felt after forcing myself to watch a few episodes.

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    #20  Edited By PunyParker

    Spectacular Spiderman had everything awesome....voice acting=fantastic,writing=awesome(damn,Weisman!!)

    i dont watch till they make a mature SPiderman show,like SS or some of the fantastic Batman Animation....

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    #21  Edited By JakeN7

    @TheCowman said:

    I rather liked it.

    It's definitely more of a comedy show than recent superhero cartoons, but I found that to be a nice change of pace. The action's still good and I thought the jokes were pretty funny as well. Plus it's nice to see the comedy aspect of Spiderman make a return since it's been a bit scarce in both the comics and on-screen.

    Its a different type of show from stuff like Justice League and Avengers, so be aware of that going in. But its still a fun little show and I'm glad its gotten picked up for a second season.

    This

    It's nowhere near as bad as people say and I rather enjoy it.

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    PaperDemon

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    #22  Edited By PaperDemon

    Its awful. "Nuff said"

    - Stan lee

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    #23  Edited By batfan1939

    It's the the Weekenders starring superheroes and the Teen Titans "goofy anime" moments.

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    #24  Edited By InnerVenom123

    Yes.

    It is that bad.

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    #25  Edited By the_stegman  Moderator

    I can't say I'm a fan...at all.

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    #26  Edited By ALFMutant

    Ultimate Spider-Man gets the same hate people had towards Batman The Brave and The Bold except this time, it is more justified. When this show was running, many people were complaining about the silly tone it had and the way Batman was portrayed in these goofy adventures. But it was more an homage to the silver age, we had great team-ups with many different heroes, great humor and great voice-acting

    Ultimate Spider-Man doesn't have anything worth watching right now, personally, I can't stand the ''stop the action , there is a joke right now'', Spider-Man breaking the fourth wall all the time. It would have been more appropriated to have Deadpool instead of Spider-Man as the main character.

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    #27  Edited By TerryBogard2014

    I think The animation is top notch but they blow it with the weak sauce story lines.not really following the U comic line.and what we get are episodes that fall flat.It felt like he had to keep on learning to trust his team over and over again >>.and like others have said.the stop times when he breaks the forth wall or has some kind of scrubs day dream flash tend to get annoying.Although i did find that one flash in the captain america episode funny

    0:48

    Overall I find it disappointing But im not its target audience and every now and then i see something midly funny to me so its whatever.That new Avengers Assemble cartoon there working on better not be Like this though or i'll really be saddened

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    #28  Edited By growup

    yes it is that bad

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    #29  Edited By symbiotic

    I enjoy it. It's not strictly based on any particular Marvel reality, although it does borrow heavily from the ultimate universe. It's certainly not a serious show and it's meant for kids, but it's fun and it has some pretty funny moments.

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    #30  Edited By Phaedrusgr

    @PunyParker: Am I the only person in this world that really really enjoyed watching Spiderman Unlimited? Do I have to pay a visit to a doctor for this? About Ultimate Spiderman...hm hm hm hm hm...that's all.

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    #31  Edited By RogueJuggernaut

    It is a kids show and no need to get hyped up about it because it is not worth watching.

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    #32  Edited By PunyParker

    @Phaedrusgr: No no....i really didnt had any particular problem with Spiderman Unlimited.....

    As about Ultimate,i think things are clear....

    Executive Producers:Joe Quesada Joeph Loeb.....and Creative Consultant:Paul Dini ......Clearly all the Bat-guys are here to ruin Spider-man!....( :P )

    But seriously,why is DC animation is going GREAT (Young Justice,Dark Kingh Returns,and im sure the new Batman show will be great too...) and Marvel is pointing on the kids audience?

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    I think Ultimate Spider-man is a wasted opportunity the animation is nice but the enjoyability just isn't there which is a shame they could have just adapted the USM book

    As things stand if Young Justice is a 10, then USM is a 3

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    #34  Edited By Phaedrusgr

    @PunyParker: It's a bat-conspiracy then! And what can we say about Quesada? Definitely he's been bat-washed against Parker, that's why he's been chasing him in every universe.

    Warner Bros got the message really soon. No need for childish animations. On the other hand, Marvel's disney-fication won't be very helpful...

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    #35  Edited By PunyParker

    @Phaedrusgr: Yeah....just for that i started Spectacular Spider-Man again!! its the 4th time i watch it and its still AWESOME.....shame,really....

    Moving on to Season 1 Ep.2!

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    #36  Edited By Alchemax_7

    I loved the scene from season 2 of Spectacular Spider-man where the villains are at the opera, and they proceed to fight and opera music is playing in the background. Pure awesomeness.

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    #37  Edited By Vaccine

    First off, Spectacular SM was insanely good. The art may be average but story line-wise, it is untouchable (IMO). I was deeply saddened to hear that season 2 would be its last and not even a full season, mind you.

    *sigh*

    For it to be replaced by Ultimate SM makes the whole situation even worse than it already is. The new show is catered to kids so, I can't say whether it's bad or not since it's not even made for my genre.

    If only they could make Ultimate without cancelling Spectacular. Right now, the only animated superhero series that I'm keeping tabs on is Young Justice. Hopefully, that doesn't share the same fate as Spectacular SM. :\

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    #38  Edited By PunyParker

    @Vaccine:

    Awesome show....excellent voice-acting,awesome story/dialog....average art,but noone cared for that.....like noone cares about the geat Ultimate art,cause the show is awful....

    Young Justice,is written by Greg Weisman,Producer and writer of Spectacular,so,of cource its good!....

    And this:

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    #39  Edited By Vaccine

    @PunyParker: Oh wow! I did not know that. Thanks for the info. My love for both shows have just increased significantly. :)

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    #40  Edited By PunyParker

    @Vaccine: its a really,really,REALLY big shame,it got cancelled.....i still hope we get a 3rd season somewhen....

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    It's decent, but truly nothing special. The fact it's coming after and even taking over for Spectacular Spider-Man certainly doesn't help the show any. I've found that this interpretation tends to focus on the comedy aspect, more than a little to much. To the point that it's annoying and i'll be tempted to just stop watching. That being said some of the character portrayals are pretty cool.

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    #42  Edited By DaemonTheDemon

    it's a complete insult to spider-man. Marvel is doing this on purpose and they don't care what the consequences are.

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    #43  Edited By Ninjablade09

    Well in an interview, I think it was Jeph loeb, said if the second season does bad, US will be cancelled and replaced by a different Spidey show. Hopefully as good as Spectacular and the 90's show.

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    #44  Edited By GunGunW

    No.

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    #45  Edited By Vaccine

    @PunyParker: You're not alone in that thought, my friend. Perhaps one day....:\

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    #46  Edited By sumafatrider

    marvel are crazy why did they cancel spectecular spider and all the other good marvel animation series like wolverine and the x men

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    #47  Edited By Teerack

    It's not very good at all sadly.

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    #48  Edited By Ninjablade09

    @sumafatrider said:

    marvel are crazy why did they cancel spectecular spider and all the other good marvel animation series like wolverine and the x men

    because they spend too much time on there movies

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    #49  Edited By Earth616

    Its ok

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    #50  Edited By sammystorm75

    They wanted to make it diffrent from the other spider man cartoons and most of them were pretty dark at major story arcs while this not really i hope they will realize that they made a big mistake for doing this and they might have a chance to change their mind to replace ANOTHER one or change it little to little every episode.

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