Originally posted by Neo Darkhalen
Is it sort of 90's TAS negative effects, in the comics the only "bad effect" was for it trying to perm bond with him, i guess this also gives him the chance to hurt Eddie now...does the symbiote possess any of it's comic ability's such as clothes making?
Yeah, The symbiote changes into clothes and stuff just like in the comics. They are sort of 90's TAS effects, yeah.
Ahh classic, i wonder if they will ever touch upon Venom's invisibility.
According to that interview, when Venom is beaten he won't have the symbiote sent up to outer space for it to return 3 seasons later, (since Ben is already reading lines for his return) i expect he will be taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D or something of that nature, or the symbiote does get separated from him but escapes.
Greg Weisman on Spidey's Powers.
Well, you say his powers have been watered down, but I say his powers have been put back to where they started in the early Lee/Ditko comics. Potato/Potahto, except we both know it matters more than that, right?Spidey has the proportionate strength of a spider still, and I can't say how you can see our show and not feel he has spider-reflexes. But I've never bought into the notion, despite what's been written by individual writers in things like the Marvel Universe Handbook -- and this from a guy who once wrote multiple, multiple entries of DC Comics' Who's Who -- that Spidey is one of the strongest guys around. He's stronger than a normal human, certainly. Considerably stronger. But he's not Hulk; he's not Rhino; he's not as strong as Doc Ock's arms. He's about at Gobby level, in my mind. Even a quote-unquote normal human like Ox, for whom strength is his main claim to fame, can challenge him. Again, all you have to do is look at the early Lee/Ditko issues to see that's how Spidey started. And that's how I think he should stay -- at least as long as he's still so young, physically immature and inexperienced. Which is not to say you haven't seen and won't continue to see feats of strength in coming episodes and especially in Season Two. But Spidey's never been about the strength, and I think it's flat out WRONG to make him too strong, so to speak. Frankly, I'd rather see him overpowered, than over-powered.
Spider-Sense is another ability that I think has, over the years, been abused as well. Pete was bit by a spider, not by a psychic. If you buy the notion of SPIDER-sense at all, you need it to fit with (at best) our perception of what a SPIDER can do. So in our show, Pete can only anticipate an incoming blow. That to me, is key. Pete could walk right by a serial killer with a chainsaw hidden under a trenchcoat and not feel a buzz, unless the guy took a swing at him. (Again, he's not psychic. He doesn't have a built-in EVIL SENSOR.) Because having spider-sense is NEW to Pete, he's not even that great at taking advantage of it now. We've decided that his spider-sense doesn't go off (or at any rate it's too low a level to bother with) when he can see the danger right in front of him. That would be redundant. And unless there's a lot of anticipation to a blow coming from an unseen source, he just may not get enough warning or information. Often the warning comes too late for him to react. Often the warning comes. But it's generic. He knows he's about to get slammed - but doesn't know from where. (It's just a tingling sensation. It can't talk to him and give him more information.) I won't deny that some writers -- including, on occasion, Stan -- have in fact turned spider-sense into an all-purpose evil sensor. But personally I don't buy it.
Of course, you're more than welcome to disagree with me. But I think you can see that there's at least a logic to our choices.
And for the record, all of the above was laid out in our series bible -- long before a single episode was ever written, boarded or animated. And that bible was vetted and approved by Marvel. They had every right -- not to mention responsibility -- to disagree with me and insist on a different approach to protect the integrity of the character. But there were no disagreements. We talked it over and concurred. These decisions weren't made lightly.
Originally posted by H. S. 6He can react as long as he doesn't look. Its like that in some comics. Spidey has to learn how to completely trust his spider sense and just dodge when it tingles. At this point, he looks at whatever it is thats attacking. What if it goes off when someone is a milisecond from firing a bullet? If he looks, he's as good as dead.
Meh. The strength thing doesn't bother me, but I always thought Spider-Sense was Spidey's strongest (and most interesting) ability. Kind of wish they'd keep it relatively potent.I mean, if it doesn't even give him time enough to react... what's the point? 😬
in the comics spidey as a young teenager was weaker. over the years he got stronger. so i have no complains about that how they show him.
I like the show. the fighting scenes are really good. much better than the 90 tas or 80s show. story telling so far is also good. there is only one thing i dont like and that is this symbiote coming with the space shuttle to earth. but unfortunaltey you cant make a secret wars series...but the way coming the symbiote the earth shown in the 90s show was much better. at least it was a rock and the astronauts took it to research. in the movie and in this show the symbiote just clings on the space shuttle..kinda lame....anyways. overall its a good show, and the title song ist cool.
Preview for the next episode.