[7.0/10] This one was OK, but a bit of a step down for the “Superior Spider-Man” arc. The show manages to wring some good humor out of Doc Ock having to pretend to be Peter Parker in his civilian life, and I like that there’s a Punisher-like brutal efficiency to his crime-fighting,utilizing some greater triage and harshness with his foes. There’s also some juice to the fact that Otto-qua-Spidey uses his spider-bots to monitor the whole city. The show never focuses on it, but there’s subtext that even when he’s ostensibly on the side of good, Otto is violating people’s civil liberties and rights in a way that noble Spidey tries to avoid.
That said, a lot of the material is just kind of dull. It’s worthwhile to see Sandgirl trying to round up a criminal resistance with all of Ock’s attacks on crime, but the actual skirmishes and build are pretty mild. And the first time that Otto acts arrogant to Peter’s friends, it’s kind of amusing, but the fifth time, it gets old. The “I quit” thing feels like false jeopardy as a cliffhanger.
And color me particularly nonplussed by the real peter’s adventures in cyberland. I understand wanting to check in with the real Web-Head in the midst of all these adventures, but a gray/blue blocky backdrop, some generic cyberjargon, and the odd portal does not an exciting adventure inside a computer make. It felt like treading water while we wait for bigger things to come to fruition.
That said, I do like the fact that JJJ was skeptical of even this new Spider-Man until he burst into the Daily Bukle’s offices and acted like a jerk and....thereby earned Jonah’s respect. A funny last beat.
Overall, this is a weaker entry in this arc, but one that at least had a few good gags in it.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2019-09-27T22:30:15Z
[7.0/10] This one was OK, but a bit of a step down for the “Superior Spider-Man” arc. The show manages to wring some good humor out of Doc Ock having to pretend to be Peter Parker in his civilian life, and I like that there’s a Punisher-like brutal efficiency to his crime-fighting,utilizing some greater triage and harshness with his foes. There’s also some juice to the fact that Otto-qua-Spidey uses his spider-bots to monitor the whole city. The show never focuses on it, but there’s subtext that even when he’s ostensibly on the side of good, Otto is violating people’s civil liberties and rights in a way that noble Spidey tries to avoid.
That said, a lot of the material is just kind of dull. It’s worthwhile to see Sandgirl trying to round up a criminal resistance with all of Ock’s attacks on crime, but the actual skirmishes and build are pretty mild. And the first time that Otto acts arrogant to Peter’s friends, it’s kind of amusing, but the fifth time, it gets old. The “I quit” thing feels like false jeopardy as a cliffhanger.
And color me particularly nonplussed by the real peter’s adventures in cyberland. I understand wanting to check in with the real Web-Head in the midst of all these adventures, but a gray/blue blocky backdrop, some generic cyberjargon, and the odd portal does not an exciting adventure inside a computer make. It felt like treading water while we wait for bigger things to come to fruition.
That said, I do like the fact that JJJ was skeptical of even this new Spider-Man until he burst into the Daily Bukle’s offices and acted like a jerk and....thereby earned Jonah’s respect. A funny last beat.
Overall, this is a weaker entry in this arc, but one that at least had a few good gags in it.