Spider-Man as a character is one that's been a touchstone of Marvel since the sixties with the character appearing in dozens of TV shows and movies. Well now then it seems that we can add another show to that list as the first two episodes of his newest animated TV show have just dropped on Disney+ and well then you all just knew that I had to check them out and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FILLED first impressions of the show that ruins a classic theme song with the show in question being called simply just "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" enjoy.
The plot of these first two episodes is in the first first episode Peter has to come to terms with the girl that he likes having a boyfriend whilst also trying to deal with his new life as Spider-Man whilst in episode two Peter has to deal with being a new intern at Oscorp. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I inn all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad as they both do manage to capture the every day aspect of the Peter Parker down perfectly but at the same time tho there's really nothing to these episodes interms of actual plot with the plot of both of these episodes being thin at best and whole this something that could change over the course of this first season it's also something that doesn't set the show of on the best of grounds either as it makes it look like that the plot is coming in second to the shows visuals when it really should be the other way around but what little plot that there is is solid enough to make this show worth watching to see how they take the mythos of this truly legendary character with the plot of these first twp episodes also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in these first two episodes is Hudson Thames as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and voice acting legend Kari Wahlgren as May Parker and Eberhardt. Also starring in these first two episodes is Grace Song as Nico Minoru , Eugene Byrd as Lonnie Lincoln , Zeno Robinson as Harry Osborn and Campbell , Colman Domingo as Norman Osborn , Kellen Goff as Symbiotic Alien , Robin Atkin Downes as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange , Cathy Ang as Pearl Pangan , Erica Luttrell as Emma , Mrs. Lincoln and Asha , voice acting legend Phil LaMarr as Mr. Taylor and Mr. Lincoln , Ogie Banks as Pizza Shop Owner , Roger Craig Smith as Coach Grayfield and J. Gallo , Anjali Kunapaneni as Jeanne Foucault , Aleks Le as Amadeus Cho , Paul F. Tompkins as Doctor Bentley Wittman , Zehra Fazal as Doctor Carla Connors and Jake Green as Butane.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad. Which was alot better then what it really could have been as alot of this shows actors aren't voice actors there live action actors and there is a huge difference between acting on camera and acting into a microphone but this shows actors do manage to turn in some really good performances in these first episodes and while of curse there acting will indeed get better and better as the show goes on just based off of these first two episodes alone the acting does seem to be off to a really good start as it's clear as day that all of this shows actors are cast pitch perfectly for there respective characters with them all being really well cast which is something that Marvel Studios is really good at doing and that is something that thankfully does indeed continue with the casting of these actors in this very show with the acting that's in these first episodes also really being helped by the fact that the scripts for these first two episodes is also really good and so all this shows actors really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performances really will come out of them naturally which s something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in these first episodes.
Doing the animation for these episodes is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Polygon Pictures and CGCG, Inc.. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I inn all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good with the show using an art style that makes the show look like comic book panels which is something that does really work for this show as it makes it look like the comic book panels have come to life but at the same time tho it does also limit the amount of detail that can be added to the characters and that is something that could potentially hold the show back especially when it comes to characters like Doc Ock for example but for these two episodes the animation really did look really good and was to be frank one of the best aspects about both of these first two episodes as it was something that not only catches you of guard with how good that it looks but the more simplistic designs also go along way in capturing that old school Marvel Comic look with even Peter himself kind of looking like a more up to date of his original design from the sixties and while the characters aren't really given alot of fluid movements in these two episodes the show does give them what could best be described as being more realistic movements which work fine for these first episodes but it is something that could become annoying to watch in later episodes tho.
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In a really rather bizarre move this show both does and doesn't take place in the MCU as it's meant to take place mere months before the events of Captain America: Civil War and yet none of the characters apart from Aunt May look like there film counterparts. To make things even more confusing is the fact that in episode one of this show we have the same portal design from the MCU with even a possibly different universe version of Doctor Strange showing up to fight an alien symbiote something which hasn't happened in the mainline MCU as of yet all of these are things that do make it confusing as to if it's canon to the Marvel Cinematic Universe or not as alot of the shows that have been produced for Disney+ including the animated ones have in some ways been canon and yet here it really is hard to tell if that's the case or not and this is something that the makers of this show should come out and clarify as even the show itself started out life as being canon to the MCU with it even being due to star Tom Holland as Spider-Man and yet from these first two episodes alone it is something that really does make it hard to tell if this show is canon to the MCU or not and while this won't put people off watching the show either way it is something that should be clarified just because of the fact that the first episode of this show does have things that were made possible due to the MCU and it will also stop people from being confused as well.
As with alot of Disney+ shows Disney have decided to drop the first two episodes of the show however unlike alot of the other Disney+ shows they'll also be doing the exact same thing for alot of the shows first season. Which just seems pointless as you could have gotten alot more viewing hours if the show was released weekly as that would then equal people talking about the episodes for longer over social media as well and yet by releasing all of the episodes two at a time apart from next week and the week afters where there releasing three episodes of the show which just makes it even more pointless and it makes it look like that Marvel and Disney are ashamed of this show when they really shouldn't be as they do have a really solid show on there hands and this is something that they clearly already knew about as they've renewed the show for a further two seasons PRIOR to the show even debuting so they knew that they had a hit show on there hands and yet they still went with a faster release schedule when releasing one episode a week would not only drive up numbers for Disney+ but would also mean that us the audience can theorize over what's going to happen next week as both episodes end on pretty big cliffhangers with episode two even revealing that Norman Osborn now knows that Peter Parker IS Spider-Man something wouldn't have much of an impact if they released three episodes this week but the fact that they didn't do that now means that us the audience can now theorize about what could happen to Peter now that his secret is out of the bag.
There is one thing that both of these episodes managed to get right about Peter Parker's personality and that's the fact that he's just a normal kid. He's a kid that doesn't know how to get the girl or would even struggle to do his homework let alone hand it in on time he's your next door neighbor's kid because that's how normal and average that he is and that's something that does come across rather beautifully in these two episodes as we not only see him struggling to talk to the girl of his dreams but when he does get the courage to ask her out it turns out that he's two late as she's dating somebody else and we do see him struggle to even get up on time to catch the train to school and it's those things that might seem little in the grand scheme of things but they also help to make Peter Parker feel more real and that is something Stan Lee wanted for the character as it made him more human alot of us struggle to get up in the morning be it for school or work or whatever and alot of us struggle to talk to the one person that we love but haven't had the courage to ask out yet and to see Peter go through those issues in both of these episodes does say that the makers of this show really did understand that core concept of the characters as without that you basically just have another superhero and that's really it and that's something that works for Spider-Man or for Peter Parker as well as it is something that does help to make him more human and because of that he also comes across as being a more relatable character on top of that.
Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty seven minuets and twenty seconds and episode two of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty five minuets and fifty seconds. With episode two having the much more better running time but at the same time tho it is understandable as to why episode one was as long as it was as while both episodes don't really have alot there interms of plot episode one did have alot of backstory and character setup to do where as episode two didn't have any of that and even tho the show is pretty much skipping over the entire origin story for Peter Parker apart from showing him getting bitten by a spider from another dimension it still would have been if episode one justified it's slightly longer running time by giving us more of Peter's backstory or even giving us some backstory for Norman as he only appears right at the very end of episode one before taking on a similar role in episode two which for a character that's this iconic doesn't really do him justice and as such the makers of this show could have put in some of his backstory into episode just to help to make his character more of a parallel to Peter and heck both of the episodes really could have spent same time in making the shows recurring characters more fully developed as well as we are going to be spending quite alot of time with those characters as well but I really will admit that both of these episodes really do have some really good pacing to them tho.
So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action this actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad. However that is also the problem as alot of the action that's in these first two episodes wasn't all that good either which is something that does make sense as Peter is only just starting out as Spider-Man as such he wouldn't be able to do all of the cool things that Spider-Man can do in a fight just yet because he's not learnt it yet but at the same time tho the action in both of these episodes does come across as being really flat and boring to watch as there just so repetitive to watch with even both of the episodes having three action scenes across both episodes which is fine as you can't expect a thirty minuet show to have lots of action scenes in it but you still at least have to show us something us something that's interesting during any of those action scenes with the only good action scene in both of these episodes being the one with Doctor Strange at the start of episode one as we get to see Strange struggle to defeat an Alien Symbiote as that's something that we really haven't seen yet in the MCU and we also get some plot during that scene as well as that's when we get to see the spider that's presumably from Doctor Strange's world bite Peter with the action in that scene alone being really good and really fun to watch as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
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Overall just based off of these first two episodes alone the show does seem to be worth watching and the fact that's already been picked up for both a season 2 and a season 3 does mean that we might be in for a good show but only time will tell if this show is indeed a show that not only good but also worth watching as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if this post does decently well and if you guys want me to check out another episode then I will do it and that post would then be a review of that episode and that episode only and not a review of the show as a whole.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally got all pf the images hat I personally used in this very post from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Marcel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very post being the really great the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from these very episodes with alot of them being better quality then what'd think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.