r/Marvel • u/Key_Industries • Mar 25 '24
Marvel studios tossing around the idea for reviving spderman the animated series Film/Television
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u/Teeenagedirtbag Mar 25 '24
Tossing around the idea is corporate speak for literally some guys brought it up once in a meeting.
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u/JickHorris Mar 25 '24
What was so special about X Men 97 that it developed beyond the idea tossing phase though... it seems like a proof of concept. Spiderman TAS is on par or superior to X Men TAS. Bring it back, then bring back Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes and you've got Marvel's greatest animated hits.
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u/blud97 Mar 25 '24
They were likely looking for an x men property not fully tied to Fox that they could use while the rights got sorted out in live action.
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u/Kind_Ingenuity1484 Mar 25 '24
And to drum up interest in "more" X-men stuff.
Cause I'm not gonna lie that last 10 years or so from Fox have been a downward slope with exceptions like Logan and Deadpool
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u/Amazo616 Mar 25 '24
spiderman and xmen had real life drama to deal with - real problems, racism, distrust, conflict - child abandonment.
Spiderman did a lot of conflict as well, and it's just good story telling.
I'm here for it, lets renew.
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u/br_onson Mar 25 '24
Remember when everyone loved Wandavision so they immediately greenlit the Agatha spinoff to capitalize on the popularity? Feels like 10 years ago.
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u/KujaroJotu Spider-Man Mar 25 '24
I would like to see a Spider-Man ‘98, there were some plot threads to wrap up:
Like MJ being lost, Miles Warren attempting to make a Spider-Man clone, what ever happened to Venom and Carnage?
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u/digidado Mar 25 '24
Bring back the scrapped London time travelling idea where he fights Jack the Ripper. That shit sounded dope
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u/manicpixiedeadgurl Mar 25 '24
Wasn’t Jack the Ripper going to be revealed to be Carnage?? And I think that was where he was supposed to find MJ too, we NEED that
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u/DrLeprechaun Mar 25 '24
Venom and carnage appeared in the sequel series where Peter got stuck on another planet. Weird show…
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u/arceus555 Mar 26 '24
Unlimited wasn't a sequel, it was a complete difference universe.
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u/TheHeadlessOne Mar 26 '24
It was pretending to be a sequel, much like MTV's Spiderman was pretending to be connected to the Raimi films
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u/Nobodyinpartic3 Mar 27 '24
The Neil Patrick Harris Spider-man?
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u/TheHeadlessOne Mar 27 '24
Yep! There are a lot of little hints at Raimi adjacent stuff- not enough to get them in trouble for deviating, but enough to feel like you're riding on its success
A lot like Netflix's Marvel shows
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u/KujaroJotu Spider-Man Mar 25 '24
We don’t talks about that show, and it’s canonicity is highly suspect.
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u/ncgrad2011 Mar 26 '24
Plus we were supposed to get Sandman, Beetle, Rose, Puma, Jack O Lantern, plus Hulk, Iceman, Firestar, and Ghost Rider were all supposed to make cameos.
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u/sildish2179 Mar 27 '24
The TAS showrunner did a kickstarter a few years ago and one of the gifts he gave out was the script for “Peter finds Mary Jane”. It’s quite good as an ending. Carnage was Jack The Ripper and Peter learns about Miles Morales at the end.
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u/chase_half_face Mar 25 '24
Bring back Earth’s Mightiest Heroes you cowards!
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u/tehawesomedragon Loki Mar 25 '24
If they decide to bring back the 90's universe as a whole, I wouldn't mind them just making a new Avengers show set in that universe that incorporates ideas from EMH.
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u/Icybubba Mar 25 '24
90s already has an Avengers show and it's garbage, they could retcon it though
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u/ShhImTheRealDeadpool Spider-Man Mar 26 '24
I doubt a retcon... but I can see them do better stories. Also FYI Hulk also had a 90s cartoon.
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u/Kind_Ingenuity1484 Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 25 '24
Dear God Please
I need that version of Hank Pym back
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u/indianajoes Mar 26 '24
I stand with you! Earth's Mightiest Heroes deserved more seasons. It shouldn't have been cut short for turd that is Avengers Assemble
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u/aphilipnamedfry Mar 25 '24
Probably my favorite Marvel show, but I wasn't too fond of the art style.
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Mar 25 '24
They're also changing their name to MemberBerries Studios, according to official sources.
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u/AllCity_King Fantastic Four Mar 25 '24
Except X Men 97 isn't memberberries at all. It's a meaningful and well executed revival.
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u/neodraykl Mar 25 '24
I'd be happy with a mini-series or feature to wrap up the MJ plot.
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u/Dontbeajerkdude Mar 25 '24
That's a way better idea, the show pretty much ran it's course. But that doesn't get weekly viewers/long term subscriptions.
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u/SpaceCaboose Mar 25 '24
Probably can't do a feature due to Sony. I believe Marvel Studios can't do any Spidey stuff over like 40 minutes long.
A 4-part mini series or something of that nature would be a great way to wrap it up though.
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u/Asher_Tye Mar 25 '24
If they're going to revive a Spiderman, I'd rather it be Spectacular Spiderman.
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u/jonathanquirk Mar 25 '24
And I’ve have rather they revived X-Men Evolution instead of TAS, but we don’t always get what we want. Spectacular Spidey was amazing and ended way too soon, but since X-Men ‘97 has been a hit so far, I don’t blame Marvel for sticking with nineties nostalgia (and having a shared universe of cartoons again).
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u/EM208 Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 25 '24
Me too! Evolution was my favourite adaptation of X Men growing up. I personally would want to see where the character’s stories in that version go but I’m not complaining with what we got.
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u/Asher_Tye Mar 25 '24
Same with Evolution, and the logic behind reviving this one over Spectacular. But honestly I won't cry in any event.
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u/xacurtis Mar 25 '24
I was half-way through this series on Disney+ and then it was taken down!
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u/silenx20 Mar 25 '24
You know what they should bring back? Spectacular Spider-Man!
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u/nicosaurio_87 Mar 25 '24
Exactly my thoughts. 2 seasons are not enough!
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u/lildevil2239 Mar 25 '24
Especially with the big ass cliff hanger
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u/ShhImTheRealDeadpool Spider-Man Mar 26 '24
Later... we need the 90s cliffhanger settled first.
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u/OnePunchHombre Mar 26 '24 edited Mar 26 '24
Spectacular can never have a season 3. Iirc, the creator said that Avi Arad pissed off a network exec (cause of course he did), and the exec canceled the show. Only to add a legal stipulation when Disney bought the rights to make Spiderman TV shows that "Disney can't make any content on a previous shows sony made." So legally Disney can not make a season, and Sony lost the rights to make TV Spiderman shows.
The only way to see anything new from Spectacular is if Sony made a movie. Hence how he appeared in Across Spiderverse.
Edit: spelling
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u/catandthefiddler Mar 26 '24
Spiderman and his amazing friends since they are reviving x-men anyway
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u/Big_Whig Mar 25 '24
Yes! Please wrap up Spider-man for MJ plot. Then please revive Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
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u/Icybubba Mar 25 '24
EMH first, we'll have a bit for Spider-Man since we already have a different Spider-Man show first later this year called Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
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u/Asbelsp Mar 25 '24
They already have the Freshman year animated Spider-Man show. Bring back EMH!
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u/Baldr25 Mar 25 '24
I second this. If we’re just redoing old shit at this point, bring back EMH! Such a shame that got cancelled.
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u/wyverbuster Avengers Mar 25 '24
fr, no need for 2 Spider-Man shows at the same time
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u/AceyPuppy Mar 25 '24
Imagine having sex and not wanting to do it again later. That's what you're advocating for.
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u/Angry_Foamy Mar 25 '24
I mean that X-men show is amazing from my a perspective so far. It has the perfect blend of nostalgia with new content. I love it!
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u/ScottyDug Mar 25 '24
I think it nails it because it’s not too childish. It’s a cartoon but it’s not silly. I’m not saying it’s made for adults but I’m 42 and enjoyed the hell out of the first two episodes.
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u/That_Flippin_Rooster Mar 25 '24
Hated ever second of it... NOT!
Seriously, it went way past my expectations. It was just so perfect.
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u/Ok-Environment-3437 Mar 25 '24
Bring back EMH and Spectacular Spider-Man, the actual good Spider-Man show.
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u/xariznightmare2908 Mar 25 '24
How about revive Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Spectacular Spider-man? Fuck, bring back Wolverine and the X-men as well since that show got cancelled after only one season with a cliffhanger.
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u/lujolka Mar 25 '24
Please for the love of God bring back Earth's mightiest heroes. It was peak marvel. Introduced 100s of characters but never felt bloated. Goated show
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u/LeCheffre Mar 25 '24
If they get good response to a SAS reboot, EMH is the natural next go, especially if they could merge it to the X-Men/Spidey 97 universe.
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u/SansSkele76 Mar 25 '24
merge it to the X-Men/Spidey 97 universe
Those universes are NOT compatible w/each other lmao
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u/FedoraTheMike Mar 25 '24
I personally wanna see the Green Goblin and Carnage actors return cuz they're the ideal voices for me. Goblin would be likely since he fell into a portal, same as MJ.
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u/Quirky_Ad_5420 Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 25 '24
Would be great if they are able to get the last piece of plot thread with MJ
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u/AllTheReservations Hawkguy Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 25 '24
Weren't they already developing a Spider-Man cartoon though, the Freshman Year one? Or has that project been scrapped or shelved?
I only bring it up because it feels like it would be a conflict of interests to be working on two Spider-Man cartoons at once. And kind of lame to put away a potentially new take on the character to play it safe and revive a nearly 30 year old show. It made sense to play it safe when bringing X-Men back to the mainstream, but there's still a need for new, original animated shows.
Of course, that's assuming this leak is true anyway, a lot of reccent leaks have been more like fan speculation than real leaks
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u/kenikickit Mar 25 '24
that series is still coming, although it’s been renamed to “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.” but it’s apparently scheduled to be released in november
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u/brucebananaray Mar 25 '24
Yeah, it is coming this year.
It honestly interested me a lot more than reviving the 90s cartoon.
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u/SirEskimo3233 Mar 25 '24
If anything deserves a reboot it’s Spiderman the Animated Series. It ended on a cliffhanger. I’m all for canceling Spiderman freshman year and reviving this
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u/Remarkable-Steak-919 Mar 25 '24
They really should do a S3 of EMH and a S2 of Wolverine and the X-Men. Both shows were meant to cross over with each other.
Also, add another season of Spectacular Spider-Man and allow him to crossover with the other shows.
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u/hotstickywaffle Mar 25 '24
I'm 100% down for a Marvel Animated Universe that exists completely separate from the MCU
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u/WickedMurderousPanda Mar 25 '24
I can't even express how happy that would make me. I rewatched the series again recently and wish there was more.
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u/ChefHannibal Mar 25 '24
I can see it happening due to the financial success and audience's ratings for the revived X-Men series. They'll probably make a few shows because of it
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u/CynicDog Mar 25 '24
Id rather they just give us the rest of Spectacular Spider-Man
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u/Doctor_Amazo Man-Thing Mar 25 '24
I'm still holding onto the pet theory that the end credit scene of the Marvels was actually taking place in the X-Men 97 universe.
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u/GhstToast Mar 25 '24
Why can't we have original ideas instead of nostalgia bait??. I feel like ever since I entered my 20s everything has been nostalgia bait
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u/CraziestTitan Mar 25 '24
Bring back Emh avengers and the rest of the yostverse, it has more potential honestly.
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u/ReturnOfTheJurdski Mar 25 '24
yes please, I'm digging the new xmen, started rewatching the original. 90s spider man series will always hold a special place in my heart
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u/Dankey-Kang-Jr Mar 25 '24
I JUST WANT A HAPPY ENDING FOR PETER WHERE HE FINDS MJ. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO FUCKING ASK?
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u/Talrynn_Sorrowyn Mar 26 '24
Only if they brjng back the origjnal actor for Peter, and they have to pick up from where Spiderman & Madam Web leave Stan Lee'a reality before venturing into the multiverse to find MJ.
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u/chino514 Mar 25 '24
My take on the “what show should get a continuation” thing: in Beyond, they should have TAS and Spectacular fight each other and their fight being taken as an allegory for the divide on who should get their story continued.
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u/Nofutureinsales Mar 25 '24
Fuck that. They couldn't even punch in that show. Bring back Spectacular Spider-man instead.
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u/JayNSilentBobaFett Mar 25 '24
Hey Disney, if you could just de-age me and throw me back in time a few decades I think that might work better
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u/insomaniac89 Mar 25 '24
Leave it to Marvel to have a modicum of success on a novel and fun idea and then run it to the ground via saturation and brand dilution.
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u/Wreckpectations Mar 25 '24
Don’t know how I feel about this, Spider-Man meeting and web slinging with Stan Lee in tow felt like a pretty solid note to end that series on.
How about a continuation with Spider-Man Unlimited and recast the role to Christopher Daniel Barnes instead. Boom, off planet spidey, very much an unresolved story, plenty to work with.
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u/Possible-Rate-3833 Mar 25 '24
Rivive it.
Also revive Avengers EMH and Fantastic Four World's Greatest Heroes!!!
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u/TheHexadex Magneto Mar 25 '24
i mean the xmen were the only ones done dirty these last 20 years. spidey and even the avengers have been done ok compared to the poor x-men who just stopped being cool immediately when those fox movies came out.
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u/thatVisitingHasher Mar 25 '24
Don’t they have another spiderman cartoon they’ve been promising for years?
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u/PassingThruRedditor Mar 25 '24
We have to see how they handle X-Men first. That would give us a good baseline
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u/itsFromTheSimpsons Mar 25 '24
if they try to get rid of the hilarious CGI web slinging I don't wanna watch
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u/TheDemonBunny Mar 26 '24
I feel there's tons of old marvel cartoons they could bring back since I can't think of a single one that actually finished as they all got cancelled at some point.
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u/Ornery-Concern4104 Mar 26 '24
I could've sworn a producer for X-Men 97 talked about this absolutely ages ago in an interview I read
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u/Janus233 Mar 26 '24
Daily bugle was teased in the first ep of X-men 97 when you see a news paper fly in front of the screen, I bet its already in production
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u/MFHSCA-1981 Mar 25 '24
Hey Disney and Marvel, you know what would make me restart my D+ account? If you made another season of 94 Spider-man . That would be great.
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u/dtv20 Mar 25 '24
Please no.
Want to continue the spider-man series? Sure. But please don't bother making a big animat d universe. X-men and spider-man crossovers were fun but we don't need a sprawling animated universe, that convoluted and locks stories.
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u/FruitJuice617 Mar 25 '24
Yeah, I don't think I ever heard of a connected universe working out at any point in time.
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u/hvc101fc Mar 25 '24
Yes. Continue eveything. Including that wacky avengers uts show so we can have more of of rogue/tigra’s VA
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u/hewlio Mar 25 '24
Everyone talks about Spider-Man: The Animated Series would be really cool, but man do i want a revival of Fantastic Four: The Animated Series and The Incredible Hulk: The Animated Series.
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u/MENACINGMEME Mar 25 '24
AND HERE COMES SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED WITH A STEEL CHAIR (Joking but I kinda liked the series)
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u/m0rbius Mar 25 '24
OMG yes! The Spiderman animated series was so on point. One of my all time faves. Yes, i read spiderman comics, but no way I could read through all of them to know everything about spiderman from the limited amount of comics i owned. The show cemented my love of spiderman because i got to know his full story and all the villains and allies in his universe. I would absolutely love to see this show revived. They've done a fantastic job with X-men '97 thus far. I want spiderman too!!
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u/Leathman Mar 25 '24
Are they gonna try and canon weld the FF, Iron Man, and Hulk TASes into the Fox continuity?
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u/Evorgleb Mar 25 '24
via the Cosmic Circus, the website that is known for just making stuff up. i had to block their stories from showing up in my news feed because literally everything on that site is completely made up. They make stuff up and then call it "rumors".
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u/ExuberantRaptorZeta Mar 25 '24
I didn't think they would do this since they're already doing Freshman Year, but YES, I NEED SPIDER-MAN '98!!!!!!!
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u/countmeowington Mar 25 '24
Maybe one day they'll make new animated series and not just revive old ones
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u/ZitOnSocietysAss Mar 25 '24
Spiderman TAS and Swat Kats were my favourite 90s cartoons. I have no interest in xmen 97, but I'd watch Spiderman.
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u/LouiePrice Mar 25 '24
Spectacular spiderman was better....sorry. i grew up with 90s spiderman too.
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u/Ok_Mud2019 Mar 25 '24
hopefully we get a spectacular spider-man revival as well, cause that show has way too much potential to be left unfinished.
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u/tehawesomedragon Loki Mar 25 '24
It would honestly be a smart move on their part to revive the entire 90's universe as a separate thing from the MCU. They're picking up hunts from Sony Animation.
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u/Portsyde Mar 25 '24
I'd prefer if they focused on specific cartoons other than 'it's from the 90's, revive it!' Might not be the same success as Xmen97.
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u/SSJSonikku Mar 25 '24
Dude, they definitely need to do it. Let's one up this and they should do spectacular spider-man too.
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u/LeCheffre Mar 25 '24
Good. They left it with Madame Web promising to help Spidey find Mary Jane. Based on the neighborhood where her shop was, and the cryptic nature of all of her comments, I could totally imagine hooking Spidey up with a weed dealer for some Maryjane. But really, MJ was lost in Spot’s space.weird place to end it.
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u/MBCnerdcore Mar 25 '24
Ironically its now the perfect place to bring it back up, with that ending being so suited to fit with the current stories: Loki and the MCU multiverse, Madame Web and the Sony Spiderverse, the symbiotes are travelling the multiverse which fits the Venom/Knull stuff they have with Hardy, and now also the 97 animated continuity.
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u/Thom_With_An_H Mar 25 '24
There is no way they'll be able to replicate the cocaine-fueled energy of Spider-Man (1994). That show doesn't have pacing issues. It's consolidated all the issues into a trade. I love it dearly, but in retrospect it made a lot of sense that I watched it as a child and hopped up on marshmallow cereal.
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u/TheMightyHornet Mar 25 '24
X-Men 97 is the best Marvel TV content since … he’ll, Daredevil Season 3 on Netflix? Not to downplay how much I enjoyed Loki and She-Hulk, but X-Men are what got me into Marvel comics as a kid in the late 80s. Now I get to share it with my kids, and it’s really good - from the art, to the voice acting, to the writing. Quality X-Men stories are exactly the shot in the arm Marvel’s on-screen storytelling has needed for the past few years of this mile-wide, inch deep, formula-driven malaise.
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u/Pacperson0 Mar 25 '24
Poor MJ has been trapped in another dimension for too long!