Spider-Man - The New Animated Series - Extreme Threat (Vol. 4)

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While fans breathlessly await the fate of the computer-animated New Adventures of Spider-Man (it remains in limbo after being dropped by MTV in 2003), they can enjoy three episodes of its first season on this disc (culled from the 13-episode two-disc set, which is a better choice for completists). The three episodes on this disc are "Royal Scam," "Heroes and Villains," and "Flash Memory." Mainframe Entertainment (which created the cult Saturday morning series ReBoot) and writer/executive producer Brian Michael Bendis (the Ultimate Spider-Man comic) give the venerable story a spin by placing Peter Parker (voiced by Neil Patrick Harris) in college alongside pal Harry Osborn (Ian Ziering) and longtime crush Mary Jane Watson (singer Lisa Loeb). As usual, Parker/Spidey must conceal his secret identity while wrangling a host of foes, which are a mix of ones drawn from the comic book and brand new enemies. Spider-Man fans seem firmly divided into "for" and "against" camps over the animation, which beautifully captures Spidey's web-slinging, but often looks awkward when depicting everyday movement. --Paul Gaita

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I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ONE, AND OH, IT IS JUST KILLING ME IT IS SO GOOD!!!.......2005-11-10

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT, THEN AGAIN, WHO WOULDN'T, IT IS SPIDER-MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS MY FAVIROTE HIGH FLYING, GREAT WEBSLINGING ADVENTURE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! AND, IF I COULD, I WOULD GIVE IT AS MANY STARS AS THERE ARE IN THE UNIVERSE! I HAVE BEEN ENTICED RIGHT OUT OF MY SEAT AND INTO THE WORLD OF MARVEL, I EVEN FIND MYSELF WISHING FICTION WERE REAL- SUPER-HEROES, AND VILLAINS, BUT WHICH ONE WOULD I BE, ONLY I KNOW.

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