Fun Series, Mediocre DVD release
First off, let me say that I am thoroughly enjoying Ultimate Spider-Man. That being said however, for fans who want to complete the series, in order, I have to vent. Disney and whoever is marketing this series is making the level of frustration on this almost unbearable, thus the 2 star rating. Sure I know Jeph Loeb wanted to kill all the previous Marvel Animated series because they had story arcs that were "too involved" but I think our kids are smarter than that. From as young as I can remember (age 4) and I am 37 now, my favorite animated series have always been the ones that have long meaningful story arcs, not the ones that were all stand-alone and never went anywhere. However, the strategy seems to have worked somewhat. Twelve of the 26 first season episodes are on this two disc set. They tried to pick the "Avengers-centric" ones no doubt to capitalize on last year's movie. Does that mean they have little faith in the remaining 14 episodes? And what about season Two just...
Not Willing to Pay for Parts
Bring out complete seasons of this series and you will get my money, but I will not be nickel and dimed to death just to own something that you want to spoon feed to the public so you can make more money. NOT RECOMMENDED until entire season sets are available.
Episodes NOT in order - Be careful about purchasing.
When Ultimate Spider-Man debuted, I hated it. However, after watching it more, it's growing on me and I'm enjoying it. Mind you, it's not the best Spider-Man cartoon, but it is enjoyable.
I was ready to purchase this set, to catch up on things I missed when I gave up on it. However, I then realized that once again, Marvel & Disney have screwed up and not put the episodes in order. The biggest downfall with that, is that there are hints of things that have haven't in past episodes, but those previous episodes aren't included. So, you feel kinda of lost.
For whatever reason, this is becoming typical with the Marvel & Disney animated release, as they screwed up the last two volumes of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes too.
Be very careful about purchasing this, or do what I'm doing, and start DVRing them as they are replaying the episodes over, in order, around 4:30am on DisneyXD.
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