Rating:  -
The only reason I wouldnt suggest this would be the small amount of episodes, and the fact that 2 of the episodes are filled with two of the most annoying side characters the cartoon series had. That young girl and jamaican taxi driver are all over episodes 1 and 2 and ruin it basically, I was hoping that if anything these 2 cartoons wouldnt be on it but here they are. Thankfully the third cartoon is the origin of the green goblin and you cant go wrong there, and cartoon 4 is a good little romp too. All together though I wish it was more of the villain filled romp I thought it would be from the name of the dvd.
Rating:  -
When I got this DVD, I was hoping for the classic '60s episodes, not the techno '90s which are so dumbed down and PC as to be essentially unwatchable. As for the introductions from Stan Lee, I found that after twenty seconds I would just fast forward through them.
My seven year old daughter loved the origin of spider-man episode from the '60s and just wasn't interested in the '90s episodes. To be fair, the interactive menu of the different villians was well done.
The origin episode is the only reason why I didn't give the DVD 1 star and is the only reason I can think of buying it. The 60's styles, clunky dialog and wooden animation are somehow much warmer and inviting than the tech'd up '90s episodes.
Hopefully somebody will pull out the old episodes and put them all on DVD - I'd buy it in a New York minute!
Rating:  -
This DVD seems to be a little incomplete. The reason why is that there is 5 episodes in the Origins of our Fathers saga (it might be similarly named). On this disc it has episodes 2-5. But hey, the DVD is very well made. Each episode is well-remastered with good Dolby Digital sound and great digitally mastered picture. The features include interviews, introductions, original 1967 "Origin of Spider-Man" cartoon, with special Stan Lee intro. The DVD has cool artwork showing Spider-Man's head reflecting the Green Goblin. It's a little hard to understand, because of episode I not being included. Oh, well, maybe Buena Vista will release a longer version.
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This is no doubt the best Spiderman animated series ever. This dvd sure brought back memories of how much I've missed this show. It was a lot better than the series that followed (Spiderman Unlimited I think it was called) which didn't last long, now I hear MTV might have a new version soon. I highly doubt that will compare to this. My only disapointment with is that the show finale ended pretty week. Instead of us getting Spiderman having a big battle to get Mary Jane back he enters an alternate reality where he meets his creater Stan Lee.....give me a break.
Well anyway there's 4 episodes included on the disc, including an episode from the 60's cartoon series. All 4 are entertaining, they first 2 features Spidey battling the Doc Oct, the 3rd has his first outing with the Green Goblin and the 4th is entertaining but doesn't feature a super villain which is some-what disapointing. Instead it has him facing a gang who battles Spiderman with a new weapon technology. Although this dvd surely gets you ready for the movie, it leaves you wanting to see more episodes of this great show.
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Don't get me wrong, I love this DVD. I just think they picked the wrong episodes for Spider-Man's first time on DVD. But the episodes them selfs are great. I hope to see more Spider-Man DVD's in the future. If you love Spider-Man, this is a must have.
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