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Review And Media by Amazing Spidey
Episode #64 - I Really, Really Hate Clones Written By: James Krieg, Mark Hoffmeier and John Semper Music Composed By: Shuki Levy and Kussa Mahchi Animation Services By: Toyko Movie Shinsha (TMS) Guest Starring: Christopher Daniel Barnes as Spider-Man/Peter Parker/Spider-Clones, Mark Hamill as The Hobgoblin, Neil Ross as Green Goblin, Roscoe Lee Brown as The Kingpin and Ed Asner as J. Jonah Jameson. Review: After waiting 3 years for Madame Web to explain this big battle that she�s been training Spider-Man for, it�s finally explained. Peter is transported to another ruined dimension for which he is responsible. I thought they�d have a hard time topping Secret Wars for a big battle, with 3 years hype no less, but they managed to pull it off flawlessly.The alternate Spidey�s were cool. Whilst some they did seem to reek of �TOY AD!� they actually worked pretty well. I especially liked the arrogance of the armoured Spider-Man, who almost came across as a joke on Iron Man. All he needed was the moustache and we could�ve had a great little play on The Golden Avenger. The actor kept a good amount of mystery in the episode and I don�t think anyone could�ve predicted where they were going with him. The 6-armed Spider-Man was a great throwback to the Neogenic nightmare, whilst Octo-Spidey really simply came across as little more than an action figure ad. Hell, it worked. I own an Octo-Spidey figure, it�s one of the cooler Spider-Man variants this show�s toy line had. The animation in this episode was superb. Considering that there was so many Spider-Man�s to animate they did a fine job, with very little reused animation. Considering this is the last time we�d see them, it was nice to have it done properly. Whilst it doesn�t live up to the likes of The Alien Costume or Night Of The Lizard, this animation has some of the best this show ever did. I got a big kick out of seeing The Scarlet Spider animated. This episode didn�t do anywhere near as bad a job as the comics did by the time they�d finished with him and he appeared perfectly likeable here. It was one of the episode�s highlights. Despite the fact he was in another dimension for the majority of the episode, I liked how they managed to get so much in. We got to see Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, Kingpin, Smythe, Jonah and Robbie for one last time. This show did a pretty good job with most of the villains, and it was nice to see them one last time. I could�ve done without the Spot cameo though. It brought back too many painful memories. The new villain of the episode was absolutely superb. He didn�t really do much until part two, but I loved having an alternate version of Spider-Man that was a villain. Considering how much the comics� Spider-Carnage sucked, I absolutely loved what they did with him here. The ending with Man Spider was grabbing Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider was especially cool, but this episode, whilst enjoyable doesn�t come anywhere near living up to it�s conclusion. Screenshots: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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