@Icydog: original spider-man, he grew up and headed out, saw alot of turmoil and death and all that. he's been hardened by life as much or more so as the next man. ultimate spider-man, while he had a rough teenage life, didn't really suffer all too much, until his death of course. the Ultimate spider-man was naive and reflexive, never really doing anything past his abilities, and suffered for it. that and ultimate was of course based on a new generation, which for some reason equaled spazzing out all the time instead of handling the situation.
raimis spider-man, was just their way of trying to honor the character but go a different way, so as not to tell a story already seen a thousand times by the fanboys. this led to some choices that were liked and others that werent. Mcguire wasnt someone i would have gone with, but at the time i suppose he was the best choice. and the same problem with ultimate spider-man is noticed in the films, being that spidey didn't lose anybody other than his uncle, which while traumatic isn't something that can break a man entirely, leaving him to have to build himself back up. in the movies gwen stacy didnt die, let alone get her neck snapped because of a sloppy web shot, so pete was overall still an optomist in the movies, and still a kid in many ways.
can't speak for the spectacular spider-man, only saw one and didnt like how they mashed both ultimate spider-man and classic spider-man into one
ultimate spider-man show seems to hit the ultimate universe right on the nose, and is a great version of it. its better in alot of ways than amazing spider-man to me, because it acts like it knows it a cartoon, installing saturday morning comedy into it, which I like, it doesnt have cheesy jokes, but it isnt high tension, theres a good balance of levity that just makes it work for me, its so early on though I can say wether this show will have the shock and trauma factor of classic spider-man but I'd give it at least a thumbs up for creativity
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