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seriousficYou kids today with your Avatar and your Naruto and your Spectacular Spider-Man don't know how good you have it. Back in my day, our cartoons couldn't even say the word "kill". Spider-Man couldn't throw a punch, the buildings were cheaply animated CGI, and the Hobgoblin was a blatant rip-off of Mark Hamill's Joker, without the good writing.
Without the budget or freedom for any real action, Spider-Man TAS was more of a melodramatic soap opera than anything else (no child of the 90s will EVAH forget the love theme from Spider-Man). But we liked it! We loved it! And damnit, but I'll still say Spider-Man sounds like the TAS/video-game version over Tobey Maguire. "Spider-sense! Danger!"
Second episode: No Black Cat yet, but Felicia Hardy goes to the same college as Peter Parker (why does poor-as-dirt Parker go to the same school as rich heiress Felicia Hardy? Umm... scholarship?). And her mother's sponsoring a party that J. Jonah Jameson is hosting. JJ promises to send his best photographer (with fingers crossed, natch) and that means Parker. And Parker and Hardy in the same room means wads of sexual tension.
Felicia: Parker, you're just as unpredictable as ever. Mr. Jameson says you're his best photographer.
Peter: He does?
Jameson: Think you can take pictures of something other than Spider-Man for a change?
Peter: Well, call me Mr. Versatile.
Felicia: I'm sure you won't disappoint me.
Jameson: Parker, your mouth's open.
I know it's just to save money on animation, but they spend A LOT of time smiling at each other, looking into each others' eyes... somehow I don't think this is a continuity where Felicia loving Spider-Man but not Peter Parker will be a problem.
Skip some boring stuff about Norman and the Kingpin and Alistair Smythe... honestly, it's going to be better a decade later when Spectacular Spider-Man comes out, so who cares?
Party time! Felicia's going with Flash Thompson. They're dancing, talking about what a success the party is, when Felicia catches sight of Peter, stops mid-sentence, and says his name as if she's in-between multiple orgasms.
Peter's brought Aunt May as a date, which Felicia thinks is sweet, being pre-disposed to like it when men take an interest in white-haired women (oww! Who threw that?). Aunt May is, of course, trying to set Peter up with MJ, to which Peter responds appropriately.
Felicia: Very nice to meet you. Mind if I borrow your nephew for a dance?
Peter: Felicia, I should be taking pictures.
Felicia: And I should be dancing with Flash Thompson.
Flash Thompson, consider yourself SPIDER-BLOCKED!
Look at their faces! Peter has apparently received an N64 for Christmas, while Felicia... might be having a psychotic break. Stupid animators...
Warning: The following image contains toxic levels of "how YOU doin'?" Pregnant women should not stare directly at it.
Felicia: You're a good dancer. I'm surprised.
Peter: A lot of things about me would surprise you.
Felicia: I love surprises. See what you think of this one.
She kisses him so hard his spider-sense tingles. Not an euphemism, but... yeah, that too. Then Spider-Man shows up. Yeahbutwhat? Oh, it's only Flash Thompson.
Felicia: What does he want?
Peter: Relax, it's just some imposter.
Felicia: How would you know that!?
Peter: Uh... yeah, yeah, maybe it really is him.
Smooth, Parker. SMOOTH.
It's Flash's big brilliant ploy to show up Peter for stealing his girl (Peter: Your girlfriend is now mine, due to my actions). Of course, since it's really Flash Thompson threatening him, Peter can totally blow off the supposedly super-powered outlaw in front of his date. Smooth, Parker. Non-sarcastic SMOOTH. Then, the most aerodynamic giant robot EVER shows up on its rockets.
Peter: ("apologizing" to "Spider-Man") Well, what would you like me to say?
Flash: (sees Spider-Slayer) Nggh... ah!
Peter: Okay. "Nggh... ah!"
I love that he takes a moment to mock Flash BEFORE he gets around to investigating the giant robot hovering outside the window. Flash is just THAT MUCH of a douche.
Party crasher!
Felicia: You! You're ruining everything!
Yes, she actually talks smack to the giant robot spider for ruining her party. Of course, a second later she screams in fear and has to be saved by Spider-Man, but that's longer than you've stood up to a giant robot spider, now isn't it?
The rest of the episode goes about as you'd expect. The spider-slayer captures Flash Thompson instead of Spider-Man (leading to a great exchange between Jameson and Spidey upon Flash's 'unmasking'. "...which means Eddie Brock just made my whole company look like jerks!" "Not hard to do."). Spider-Man saves the day and, stupidly, Felicia thinks Peter's a coward because he bailed when the Spider-Slayer showed up, even though it was to get Aunt May to safety. "Sorry for thinking the octogenarian needed more help than a physically fit college student, your highness."
But still, aside from the writers needlessly piling on Peter even when he has a perfectly valid excuse for superheroing, not bad.
Without the budget or freedom for any real action, Spider-Man TAS was more of a melodramatic soap opera than anything else (no child of the 90s will EVAH forget the love theme from Spider-Man). But we liked it! We loved it! And damnit, but I'll still say Spider-Man sounds like the TAS/video-game version over Tobey Maguire. "Spider-sense! Danger!"
Second episode: No Black Cat yet, but Felicia Hardy goes to the same college as Peter Parker (why does poor-as-dirt Parker go to the same school as rich heiress Felicia Hardy? Umm... scholarship?). And her mother's sponsoring a party that J. Jonah Jameson is hosting. JJ promises to send his best photographer (with fingers crossed, natch) and that means Parker. And Parker and Hardy in the same room means wads of sexual tension.
Felicia: Parker, you're just as unpredictable as ever. Mr. Jameson says you're his best photographer.
Peter: He does?
Jameson: Think you can take pictures of something other than Spider-Man for a change?
Peter: Well, call me Mr. Versatile.
Felicia: I'm sure you won't disappoint me.
Jameson: Parker, your mouth's open.
I know it's just to save money on animation, but they spend A LOT of time smiling at each other, looking into each others' eyes... somehow I don't think this is a continuity where Felicia loving Spider-Man but not Peter Parker will be a problem.
Skip some boring stuff about Norman and the Kingpin and Alistair Smythe... honestly, it's going to be better a decade later when Spectacular Spider-Man comes out, so who cares?
Party time! Felicia's going with Flash Thompson. They're dancing, talking about what a success the party is, when Felicia catches sight of Peter, stops mid-sentence, and says his name as if she's in-between multiple orgasms.
Peter's brought Aunt May as a date, which Felicia thinks is sweet, being pre-disposed to like it when men take an interest in white-haired women (oww! Who threw that?). Aunt May is, of course, trying to set Peter up with MJ, to which Peter responds appropriately.
Felicia: Very nice to meet you. Mind if I borrow your nephew for a dance?
Peter: Felicia, I should be taking pictures.
Felicia: And I should be dancing with Flash Thompson.
Flash Thompson, consider yourself SPIDER-BLOCKED!
Look at their faces! Peter has apparently received an N64 for Christmas, while Felicia... might be having a psychotic break. Stupid animators...
Warning: The following image contains toxic levels of "how YOU doin'?" Pregnant women should not stare directly at it.
Felicia: You're a good dancer. I'm surprised.
Peter: A lot of things about me would surprise you.
Felicia: I love surprises. See what you think of this one.
She kisses him so hard his spider-sense tingles. Not an euphemism, but... yeah, that too. Then Spider-Man shows up. Yeahbutwhat? Oh, it's only Flash Thompson.
Felicia: What does he want?
Peter: Relax, it's just some imposter.
Felicia: How would you know that!?
Peter: Uh... yeah, yeah, maybe it really is him.
Smooth, Parker. SMOOTH.
It's Flash's big brilliant ploy to show up Peter for stealing his girl (Peter: Your girlfriend is now mine, due to my actions). Of course, since it's really Flash Thompson threatening him, Peter can totally blow off the supposedly super-powered outlaw in front of his date. Smooth, Parker. Non-sarcastic SMOOTH. Then, the most aerodynamic giant robot EVER shows up on its rockets.
Peter: ("apologizing" to "Spider-Man") Well, what would you like me to say?
Flash: (sees Spider-Slayer) Nggh... ah!
Peter: Okay. "Nggh... ah!"
I love that he takes a moment to mock Flash BEFORE he gets around to investigating the giant robot hovering outside the window. Flash is just THAT MUCH of a douche.
Party crasher!
Felicia: You! You're ruining everything!
Yes, she actually talks smack to the giant robot spider for ruining her party. Of course, a second later she screams in fear and has to be saved by Spider-Man, but that's longer than you've stood up to a giant robot spider, now isn't it?
The rest of the episode goes about as you'd expect. The spider-slayer captures Flash Thompson instead of Spider-Man (leading to a great exchange between Jameson and Spidey upon Flash's 'unmasking'. "...which means Eddie Brock just made my whole company look like jerks!" "Not hard to do."). Spider-Man saves the day and, stupidly, Felicia thinks Peter's a coward because he bailed when the Spider-Slayer showed up, even though it was to get Aunt May to safety. "Sorry for thinking the octogenarian needed more help than a physically fit college student, your highness."
But still, aside from the writers needlessly piling on Peter even when he has a perfectly valid excuse for superheroing, not bad.
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Date: 2008-09-25 04:00 am (UTC)Felicia is a blonde? I always thought she had like white hair or something.
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Date: 2008-09-25 12:11 pm (UTC)Felicia is a blonde in the series, but when Black Cat finally makes her appearance, she has the more recognizable silver hair.
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Date: 2008-09-25 09:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-25 09:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-25 12:10 pm (UTC)I love Felicia's random insanity in the comics, but I really liked this series take on Felicia. They turned her into someone Peter could actually have a successful relationship with without taking out all of her personality traits that make her awesome. I especially liked that the show developed their relationship on several different levels. We had the Peter crushing on Felicia, Felicia crushing on Spider-man and Peter, and then we had the third season filled with the awesomeness of Spiderman/Black Cat. I'm so bitter that it all ended before they revealed their super secret identities to each other.
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Date: 2008-10-02 08:59 pm (UTC)It's SCIENCE!
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Date: 2008-10-02 09:04 pm (UTC)and the revelation was shortly followed by hot sex.no subject
Date: 2012-07-10 07:04 pm (UTC)