The Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon Mega Thread

[Karl Cook]

How much did Marvel pay you to let them post this with your account?

Believe it or not, people do actually have views that differ from your own.

[Sighphi]

Yes, one of the many things I've learned since joining this messageboard: It's impossible to plain like something without being a shill. Let that be a lesson, kids. Never like anything.

He's right, by the way, about "get[ting] into Pete's head." People have been ranting up and down about "breaking the fourth wall," but as long as he's saying, "Take a look at my crazy life" and not, "I'm a fictional character and none of this is real," it's fine.

Believe it or not, people do actually have views that differ from your own.

No, he can like it all he wants, im dont have any problem with that.
It's just that the post reads like a straight up marketing piece.
There are several key phrases there put together in some strategic planting for maximum effect.

[David Walton]

How much did Marvel pay you to let them post this with your account?

About as much as DC paid me to criticize One More Day.

I know you made your wording very carefully around this, but you're heavily implying that SSM is aimed at "purists" which isn't true at all, any more so than Batman the animated series was aimed at Batman purists.

Well, no, I'm saying that SSM appealed to 'purists' more than USM does, in that it took its cues from the 616 Spidey's 'linear' history. It was going to carry us from Lee/Ditko to Lee/Romita and to Stern, hitting most of the same beats albeit compressed.

It's a bit harder to pin down a 'purist' approach to Batman, since his story is kind of all over the place from the beginning. He uses a gun and fights monsters, he doesn't, Joe Chill killed his parents, Joe Chill didn't, he fights aliens, he sticks with streetcrime, etc...

BTW, I don't mean 'purist' as a dirty word. It appealed to the 'purist' in me. As a long time Spidey fan, I was really excited to see my favorite stories handled so brilliantly. And I don't mean that it was aimed exclusively at 'purists.' It was a 'purist' approach aimed at kids seeing Spidey for the first time. Us longtime fans were just icing on the cake.

Yes, one of the many things I've learned since joining this messageboard: It's impossible to plain like something without being a shill. Let that be a lesson, kids. Never like anything.

He's right, by the way, about "get[ting] into Pete's head." People have been ranting up and down about "breaking the fourth wall," but as long as he's saying, "Take a look at my crazy life" and not, "I'm a fictional character and none of this is real," it's fine.

Yeah, it's a fun, energetic approach that's also a very efficient narrative technique.

[David Walton]

No, he can like it all he wants, im dont have any problem with that.
It's just that the post reads like a straight up marketing piece.
There are several key phrases there put together in some strategic planting for maximum effect.

So basically...you're complaining because I'm a good writer. I can live with that.

[Schmed]

Why do people keep defending USM by saying that it`s aimed at kids? Did i missed something? Was SSM aimed at adults?

Probably because there are a bunch of adults here posting tirades about how the cartoon is too childish (or alluding to that), yes, that a Sunday morning Disney cartoon is too childish ...and that it isn't SSM. And by probably I mean definitely.

[Schmed]

So basically...you're complaining because I'm a good writer. I can live with that.

Why you good for nothing, good writing, silver tongued devil you! WRITE MORE LIKE FRANKENSTEINS MONSTER TALKS NEXT TIME! (or Coco, it's really hard to tell them apart)

[Sighphi]

So basically...you're complaining because I'm a good writer. I can live with that.

Well, as long as you are confessing, yes you are a good marketing writer.

[Karl Cook]

No, he can like it all he wants, im dont have any problem with that.
It's just that the post reads like a straight up marketing piece.
There are several key phrases there put together in some strategic planting for maximum effect.

Seriously? All I got from David's post was that he and his kids enjoyed watching the programme together.

[David Walton]

Why you good for nothing, good writing, silver tongued devil you! WRITE MORE LIKE FRANKENSTEINS MONSTER TALKS NEXT TIME! (or Coco, it's really hard to tell them apart)

WHY PUNY CRITICS NO LIKE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN! DAVID SMASH!

Well, as long as you are confessing, yes you are a good marketing writer.

Ha! Thanks. I really do like the show. And I'd love to work for Marvel, but not in marketing...

[Schmed]

Seriously? All I got from David's post was that he and his kids enjoyed watching the programme together.

You realize all that account does is troll the day away, best to not quote it...so I don't have to read what it types...

[MrV]

Well, as long as you are confessing, yes you are a good marketing writer.

David was actually good at using rhetorical devices, maybe that's why it seemed like a marketing piece, because he got his point across well.

[Schmed]

WHY PUNY CRITICS NO LIKE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN! DAVID SMASH!

Wow, hands down the best Coco impersonation ever! Except, he doesn't smash, he redecorates.

[Karl Cook]

You realize all that account does is troll the day away, best to not quote it...so I don't have to read what it types...

Message received and understood.

[Blade X]

[QUOTE=Sighphi;14977030]Is stereotypical for a black character to have a friend set him up because he wants to get girl that is into him and while in jail he volunteers have some stuff tested on him?

Cage having a criminal background (which he had before he was framed) is what I was talking about being stereotypical. Hell, the whole thing about him growing up in the ghetto is stereotypical for many black superheroes created in the 70's.

And the test can OBVIOUSLY be something done illegally. Come on.

True. However, "realistically" speaking, it is implausible for that type of experiment to be done on an under age teenager in the prison system. For that matter, why would someone want to perform an illegal experiment on an inmate that would give said inmate super powers?

[coconutphone]

Why you good for nothing, good writing, silver tongued devil you! WRITE MORE LIKE FRANKENSTEINS MONSTER TALKS NEXT TIME! (or Coco, it's really hard to tell them apart)

Schmitty you lied! You said you weren't talking about me in this thread. Plus you're a stupid face. In the original book (and better adaptions) the Creature is very well spoken. So take that dumbo-brain!