Yeah. Comicbookmovie.com has some fairly decent evidence that this show is not going to make it to a third season. Instead it will almost certainly be replaced by an Ultimate version of the show, which will almost certainly not be called The Ultimates (because we want to tie it into the Avengers movie) and will almost certainly be aimed at a younger market (because the Ultimates was so famous for being kid friendly).
That’s terrible. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is one of the best shows Marvel has ever had. And we’re dropping it in exchange for something closer to the “tone” of Ultimate Spider-Man? The “tone” of Ultimate Spider-Man is bullshit. They had Venom on the show this week. Fourth episode. Venom. And not, like, the Symbiote. Spider-Man never wore it. Spider-Man never got rid of it. Eddie Brock never wore it. It was just evil goo that wanted to eat Spider-Man for whatever reason. That’s really shitty. I’m okay with some MAJOR changes to the story. I’m okay with with symbiote being man made. I’m okay with Eddie Brock being Peter’s friend, instead of his rival. I’m even okay with symbiote being designed by Peter’s parents (that one is stretching it, though). I’m okay with a lot of variation on the story. So when I complain about the fact that they completely ignored the human element, and just made it evil goo? That’s not hardcore fanboy afraid to let anything change. That’s just a stupid decision.
Wow, off topic. Point is, these folks should not be in charge of Spider-Man. Let alone ALL the super heroes. I dunno if we can fix it at this point, though. We could all watch like crazy. But the way it reads is that Jeph Loeb wants a new show, and he’s in charge. I don’t know that increased ratings are going to help. The synergy of having both their shows in the same universe, and having them both full of bullshit toys and short, one shot episodes that anyone could watch without having to know much backstory is probably too enticing. Crap.
And speaking of the whole “one shot vs serial” issue, well, those terrible X-Men cartoons were serialized. I remember watching those shows, and not knowing what was going on because I’d missed several episodes. But I watched anyway. Because kids are dumb. And they’ll watch anything. As a grown ass man watching cartoons, I want something with a little more depth than “there’s a bad guy, let’s fight it”. The first season had several multiepisode arcs that were just fantastic. Don’t get rid of that.
