Review By Arsenal, Media By Stu
Episode #8 - Prison Plot
When Magneto attempts to free his Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants from thier prison cells, The Spider-Friends must stop him.
Written By: Francais Peighan and Jack Hanrahan
Music Composed By: John Douglas
Guest Starring: Michael Rye as Magneto.
Review:
What a waste of Magneto�one of the greatest antagonists of the comic-book medium wasted.
Magneto has seen much iteration. He was a standard super-villain with standard lackeys originally, then he became a Holocaust survivor, afterward he was a hero (and a member of the X-Men), a loving father, then he was a civil rights leader, then a government figure (Magneto Rex), a megalomaniac (with Morrison) and a powerless human�what he despised most.
Some of these iterations were more successful than others; but, no question, the most boring was the stock super-villain. Disappointingly, this is the version S & AF chose to use.
It should come as no surprise that Magneto is simplified here. S & AF doesn�t do �grey area� or conflicted villains, and that�s part of its charm; but Magneto is defined by his conflictions and convictions. None of which are on display in this episode.
The episode�s highlight is Peter and Bobby�s admissions of an attraction toward Angelica. Unfortunately, this subplot was never developed because S & AF doesn�t do angst.
Taken as a whole, S & AF is a breezy, fun Saturday morning affair, but train wrecks like this make you with the series could have grown up
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