Time for another season 1 episode of Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends that has a sort of familiar feel to it.
In this story, an independent filmmaker is doing a bio on Spidey, though one wonders how without learning the webhead's true identity. Mix in master illusionist Mysterio, an old foe of Spidey's who appeared in the 1967 series, and chaos follows. Of course, just 3 years earlier, The New Fantastic Four had a similarly themed episode with the FF in Tinseltown. And there's also the matter of Spider-Man having already flopped with a primetime show........
Could they have been foreshadowing Spider-Man's future cinematic endeavors 21 years before the Raimi trilogy? Hmmmmmm.
Rating: B.
2 comments:
Despite the live action TV series, I think a big screen adaptation was inevitable. We just needed better special effects to make it!
The TV series wasn't bad - We tuned in every week - and I nearly fell over when I learned Peter/Spidey was portrayed by one of the Von Trapp children in "The Sound of Music"! I didn't realize it at the time.
I don't think anyone could've made the connection in re.: Nicholas Hammond, who basically dropped out of sight after "Amazing Spider-Man" ended its run.
As for the cartoon, I'm trying to remember if they'd tried the same thing in the '67 series.......
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