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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series – Season 1
Spider-Man aired on MTV during the summer months of 2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series is an updated version of the classic animated adventure series. After being bitten by a genetic manipulated spider, young Peter Parker finds that he now has spider-like super powers. Hoping to use his new-found abilities for wealth and fame, he lets his ego blind him to the needs of others, and indirectly causes the death of his uncle Ben when he refuses to help a police officer catch a fleeing criminal. Humbled by his failure, he resolves to use his talents for fighting crime, and becomes the superhero Spider-Man. While he fights assorted super-villains, Peter also must balance his personal life, including his almost-girlfriend Mary Jane, his job as a photographer at the Daily Bugle, and his best friend Harry Osborne, who has to deal with being the new boss of Osborne Industries, after the death of his father Norman.
Episode 01: Heroes and Villains
The series opener was alright, but I think the producers relied a bit too much on the first movie, which was practically the prequel of this episode. Or you could say the series is the sequel of the movie. Just the villain of the week was annoying and boring, and not just because there is no character behind Turbo Jet (Harold Perrineau). But there was a bit development regarding the relationship between Mary Jane and Peter, after all I find it pretty sweet, when she tries to tell him by not telling him that she is in love with him, even though Peter completely knows what is going on – sometimes that is really funny, and one of the better storylines in the series.
Spider-Man being a villain in New York for a short time was boring, because the stories vanished later on in this episode, which made it a bit predictable in the last part. But all in all, the episode was alright and good. 6,5/10
for graphic language, sexual references and depiction of fictional violence
