DawnWarrior
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Okay, watching and dissecting this episode again, here are some of the little knick-knacks I noticed. Such details are the marks of a well-made cartoon:
-Kicking the pies into the guys’ faces. That’s some good choreography, as is when he strings up the guys with his webbing, winding the third webline around the first two guys.
-Randy: "Dude, you want some Aloe-Vera for that burn?"
-Conners’ kid: definitely a real kid’s voice. There’s certain things you can hear in a real kid’s voice that don’t come across in an adult actor imitating a kid.
-"So it’ll remove all non-human DNA," says Gwen. "Even Spider," thinks Peter. That's it. Simple. The writers don’t have to carefully explain it to us in Peter’s inner monologue. We get it in just two little words.
-"Cause they’ve only got lizard brains," Billy whispers. Creepy!
-Ballsy of Eddie to leap on Lizard’s back like that. He shows his fortitude again later when he volunteers to use himself as bait to lead Conners to the polar bear pool.
-“Maybe he’s just scared,” says Martha. “First Electro, now this.” Nice continuity.
-The web bandage shows how good the animators are with the details. The bandage is visible on Spidey's LEFT HAND throughout both the fight in the subway and the one at the zoo. The only time they miss it is when Spidey meets Eddie outside the reptile room, and that could just be the position of his hand hiding it. That’s some SERIOUS attention to detail, ladies and gentlemen.
-My favorite: Eddie calls Martha and tells her that Lizard/Curt is at the zoo. Spidey leaves to go after him. Martha hangs up the phone and goes to follow, telling Gwen to watch Billy. Gwen opens the door to Billy’s room and finds Billy gone and the phone hanging off the hook. END SCENE. From that last image, we in the audience must infer for ourselves: Billy was LISTENING IN on the phone in his room, and has now gone to "help."
-Eddie: "Did you…skateboard here?" Just what I was thinking. Billy: "I took a cab. Duh." Nice detail.
-In the polar bear pond, Spidey seals off the bears’ doorways with webbing, so the bears don’t disturb his pending fight with Lizard. Another nice detail.
-Lizard overpowers Spidey three times in this episode: 1) In the subway when Lizard prepares to bite his head off, only to have the purse lady distract him. 2) At the zoo, when Lizard is about to drown him, the crocodile intervenes. 3) Up against the rail, just before Billy arrives. Intense.
-When Lizard changes back to Conners, his arm and tail don’t just shrink back, they DISINTEGRATE. Gross.
-“I never asked to be Spider-Man! I never asked for these powers! I never knew it would mean a bashed-up hand, a hard 9pm curfew, no job, and friends who all think I’m scum.” “Except I saved him. Thanks to the webhead, Curt’s cured, and Billy gets his father back. So what if nobody threw a parade?” PURE LEE & DITKO CLASSIC SPIDEY! I LOVE IT!
-Kicking the pies into the guys’ faces. That’s some good choreography, as is when he strings up the guys with his webbing, winding the third webline around the first two guys.
-Randy: "Dude, you want some Aloe-Vera for that burn?"
-Conners’ kid: definitely a real kid’s voice. There’s certain things you can hear in a real kid’s voice that don’t come across in an adult actor imitating a kid.
-"So it’ll remove all non-human DNA," says Gwen. "Even Spider," thinks Peter. That's it. Simple. The writers don’t have to carefully explain it to us in Peter’s inner monologue. We get it in just two little words.
-"Cause they’ve only got lizard brains," Billy whispers. Creepy!
-Ballsy of Eddie to leap on Lizard’s back like that. He shows his fortitude again later when he volunteers to use himself as bait to lead Conners to the polar bear pool.
-“Maybe he’s just scared,” says Martha. “First Electro, now this.” Nice continuity.
-The web bandage shows how good the animators are with the details. The bandage is visible on Spidey's LEFT HAND throughout both the fight in the subway and the one at the zoo. The only time they miss it is when Spidey meets Eddie outside the reptile room, and that could just be the position of his hand hiding it. That’s some SERIOUS attention to detail, ladies and gentlemen.
-My favorite: Eddie calls Martha and tells her that Lizard/Curt is at the zoo. Spidey leaves to go after him. Martha hangs up the phone and goes to follow, telling Gwen to watch Billy. Gwen opens the door to Billy’s room and finds Billy gone and the phone hanging off the hook. END SCENE. From that last image, we in the audience must infer for ourselves: Billy was LISTENING IN on the phone in his room, and has now gone to "help."
-Eddie: "Did you…skateboard here?" Just what I was thinking. Billy: "I took a cab. Duh." Nice detail.
-In the polar bear pond, Spidey seals off the bears’ doorways with webbing, so the bears don’t disturb his pending fight with Lizard. Another nice detail.
-Lizard overpowers Spidey three times in this episode: 1) In the subway when Lizard prepares to bite his head off, only to have the purse lady distract him. 2) At the zoo, when Lizard is about to drown him, the crocodile intervenes. 3) Up against the rail, just before Billy arrives. Intense.
-When Lizard changes back to Conners, his arm and tail don’t just shrink back, they DISINTEGRATE. Gross.
-“I never asked to be Spider-Man! I never asked for these powers! I never knew it would mean a bashed-up hand, a hard 9pm curfew, no job, and friends who all think I’m scum.” “Except I saved him. Thanks to the webhead, Curt’s cured, and Billy gets his father back. So what if nobody threw a parade?” PURE LEE & DITKO CLASSIC SPIDEY! I LOVE IT!
