Friday, February 20, 2004

Spidey Goes MTV

I've been watching the first (only?) season of MTV's Spider-Man cartoon on DVD, and loving it. The concept of a CGI Spider-Man took a little getting used to, as did Neil Patrick Harris as the voice of Peter Parker, but I'm on board. All thirteen episodes on the two-disc set have optional commentary by various people involved, from Ultimate Spider-Man writer Brian Bendis, to excutive producer/writer Morgan Gendel, to original Spidey writer Stan Lee.

It's interesting to hear how cartoons have the same approval and budgetary concerns as live-action show like "Firefly." Gendel also comments on a writing process that usually involved "a lot of snacks," "waiting around for it to be lunchtime," "and then about the third day..."

Ah, my people.

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