New Spiderman on MTV

[frogboy4]

Has anyone checked out the new Spiderman cartoon on MTV? What are your thoughts? I'm not a big fan of 3D taking over traditional animation, but this is a very interesting direction. There are still some issues with character stiffness and lack of expressiveness, but the beautiful visuals make up for it. I've only seen a handful of episodes, but I encourage you to watch it. Good stuff.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

When is it on? Of course, I don't have cable, but my friends do.

 

[frogboy4]

Think it's on tonight at 10 or so. They had a block of shows on last night at 1 AM. MTV.com should have more detailed info. It also has some cool imagery from the show.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Groovy. Call me and remind me to watch it.

Oh, wait...you can't.

nevermind. I just need a personal secretary.

 

[Crazy Harry]

I agree on cgi trying to look like traditional animation, but there are some advantages. It's easier to A. create dramatic lighting and 2. move the camera around during action squences.

 

[frogboy4]

Actually, that's what I like about the show. I just don't like the new trend for animation companies to scrap traditional animation. Spiderman has used 3D very well. I approve of what they're doing in that case, The final product is rather striking. I'm fairly well informed of 3D and traditional animation techniqes. I've been instructed in both myself. I find it silly that studio executives think one is better than the other. They are simply different artforms with different strengths.

 

[Crazy Harry]

They are simply different artforms with different strengths.

Again, I agree. I'm an art major and I know of the things that one art form is more capable of then the other and vise versa. I just sometimes wonder what's the point of using outlines and stylised shading to make 3D animation look more like traditional.

This tread's starting to get off topic. I like the show. Let's stick to that.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I think it's a good show, it was a little stiff looking, but it seemed pretty good to me...in the 5 minutes of what I had the chance to see.

 

[Buck-Beaver]

I attended a panel discussion with Brian Michael Bendis (the writer of Ultimate Spiderman) over the weekend at the Canadian Comic Expo and he discussed the series. I believe he wrote the pilot and was a consultant on the first season. He had a lot of good things to say about the series. I haven't seen it yet, but I understand it will be debuting here (Canada) on YTV very soon.