The premise of this episode is simple.
We open up with Spidey fighting a mysterious robot in the subway. Run over by a train, the robot is destroyed, but, unbeknownst to Spidey, out crawls a mysterious little mechanical insect. And what does this mysterious little mechanic insect have? A mysterious vial.
Later, Mr. Osborn has to go away for a little while, and son Harry hosts a party in his dad's penthouse. Petey and Harry are having a bit of a falling out, so things are awkward. What's even more awkward? About to get toilet-dunked by Flash Tompson.
But what erupts out of "Mr. Osborn's fancy toilet"? Well, it's gooey, and black. And it growls, before you get any smart ideas.
So obviously, it's Venom.
The Venom gets to taking over the other members of SHIELD on the rooftop of the penthouse. That was definitely entertaining to see, because the power of the Venom along with their default powers? Duh. Awesome.
And when Spidey pretty much battles himself? Epicness.
But I don't want to give it all away.
Let's just say it was awesome and leave it at that until you see it for yourself.
One little problem, though.
What happened to the iconic Venom we all know and love? No offense to this Venom, who is still awesome, because Venom is always awesome in whatever style he's in, but...where's the tongue?
The tongue is legend.
Not to mention, way to go, Mary-Jane. Again. This character obviously doesn't think before she acts. I think this would be the second time that she almost got Harry, y'know...killed?
This time, he almost went splat.
Which amuses me that normal people can cling to a building like that, but whatever.
Mary-Jane is awesome at all, but I think the writers need to work on her a little bit. Take out some of the "oh, my aspiring career, blah blah blah, scoop of the century" stuff. It'll make her all the more likeable.
Also, I'm not sure if the episodes seem really long enough to do the show justice. They do what they can in their time slot, but really - in some places, it seems a little rushed, and then it seems like there was really not much of a storyline at all.
But I do still love the characters. Quite happy that Iron Fist is in there more, but now it seems like Power Man is still not in enough. Sam is hilarious, as usual, in Nova form or otherwise, and I like White Tiger way better in Ava form than superhero form.
However, still picking up a draft here. Why am I getting the feeling that each episode has a theme? Teamwork, the sense of responsibility, and today, friendship. It's not as blatant as it could be, but for those older than eight who don't particularly need our life lessons in the form of butt-kicking superheros, it could tire easily.
Just a bit.
And I just realized that this review is a little on the short side. Oh well. Reviews will probably be shorter now that we're through the initiation stage of Ultimate Spider-Man, and now we're into the nitty gritty of things. Excellent episode, as usual, Spidey, and can't wait for the next one!
Didn't see it? Catch it again tonight at 8 o'clock. You won't regret it.
We open up with Spidey fighting a mysterious robot in the subway. Run over by a train, the robot is destroyed, but, unbeknownst to Spidey, out crawls a mysterious little mechanical insect. And what does this mysterious little mechanic insect have? A mysterious vial.
Later, Mr. Osborn has to go away for a little while, and son Harry hosts a party in his dad's penthouse. Petey and Harry are having a bit of a falling out, so things are awkward. What's even more awkward? About to get toilet-dunked by Flash Tompson.
But what erupts out of "Mr. Osborn's fancy toilet"? Well, it's gooey, and black. And it growls, before you get any smart ideas.
So obviously, it's Venom.
The Venom gets to taking over the other members of SHIELD on the rooftop of the penthouse. That was definitely entertaining to see, because the power of the Venom along with their default powers? Duh. Awesome.
And when Spidey pretty much battles himself? Epicness.
But I don't want to give it all away.
Let's just say it was awesome and leave it at that until you see it for yourself.
One little problem, though.
What happened to the iconic Venom we all know and love? No offense to this Venom, who is still awesome, because Venom is always awesome in whatever style he's in, but...where's the tongue?
The tongue is legend.
Not to mention, way to go, Mary-Jane. Again. This character obviously doesn't think before she acts. I think this would be the second time that she almost got Harry, y'know...killed?
This time, he almost went splat.
Which amuses me that normal people can cling to a building like that, but whatever.
Mary-Jane is awesome at all, but I think the writers need to work on her a little bit. Take out some of the "oh, my aspiring career, blah blah blah, scoop of the century" stuff. It'll make her all the more likeable.
Also, I'm not sure if the episodes seem really long enough to do the show justice. They do what they can in their time slot, but really - in some places, it seems a little rushed, and then it seems like there was really not much of a storyline at all.
But I do still love the characters. Quite happy that Iron Fist is in there more, but now it seems like Power Man is still not in enough. Sam is hilarious, as usual, in Nova form or otherwise, and I like White Tiger way better in Ava form than superhero form.
However, still picking up a draft here. Why am I getting the feeling that each episode has a theme? Teamwork, the sense of responsibility, and today, friendship. It's not as blatant as it could be, but for those older than eight who don't particularly need our life lessons in the form of butt-kicking superheros, it could tire easily.
Just a bit.
And I just realized that this review is a little on the short side. Oh well. Reviews will probably be shorter now that we're through the initiation stage of Ultimate Spider-Man, and now we're into the nitty gritty of things. Excellent episode, as usual, Spidey, and can't wait for the next one!
Didn't see it? Catch it again tonight at 8 o'clock. You won't regret it.
- your most erratic hero
(Fun Fact: When I said that Venom isn't the awesomest villain, I'm not just trying to be all controversial here. My favorite Spidey villain is Kraven the Hunter, of course, but Carnage? Carnage is the awesomest, in terms of villainness. And no one uses him enough! One day when I'm rich and famous and zooming around the world with my custom superpowers, I'm making him a movie. Seriously.)
(Fun Fact: When I said that Venom isn't the awesomest villain, I'm not just trying to be all controversial here. My favorite Spidey villain is Kraven the Hunter, of course, but Carnage? Carnage is the awesomest, in terms of villainness. And no one uses him enough! One day when I'm rich and famous and zooming around the world with my custom superpowers, I'm making him a movie. Seriously.)
