This one has got "1981"
splattered all over it, which is part of it's charm now, but at the time most of
the video game elements felt forced to me. Regardless, I'm not fond of
this episode. It's a bit TOO hokey and clichéd. Spidey is suppose to be
for an "all ages" audience. When amnesia is used as a story
crutch, a writer has limited the audience to the Mickey Mouse crowd. Even
lower points go to this one for having some of the worst animation in the
series.
I
always quite enjoyed this episode. Of course it is very 1980’s but as Jon
said, that is now part of it’s charm. I liked the concept of Iceman, Firestar
and Flash Thompson being trapped inside a computer game, although I find
the amnesia cliché to be a weak resolution to an otherwise decent
plot. It’s a shame that Marvel didn’t capitalize on the idea and
make a Spidey and Friends computer game!
Well,
call me crazy but I like this episode a whole bunch. Video games
were suddenly all the rage. Yes, back in the 'Atari' 8-bit days it
did seem a bit absurd and silly to anyone who even had a basic knowledge
of computers. There was no shortage of movies like 'Tron', 'Electric
Dreams', or 'Superman III' that also stretched the facts and added to the
computer myths. Today however these stories seem ahead of their time with
movies like 'The Matrix' and given all the V.R. and A.I.. The idea
of being trapped in computer world or a computer coming to life has always
intrigued me. 'Sudden memory loss' seems to be a bit over-used (I
think four or five times in this series it was done). However I think
this is the first and only time Flash Thompson acts courageous, which finally
stretched his character beyond one-dimension. Oh yeah...Electro is
one of my favorite villains too, although how he managed to create a Videoman
is a mystery. You'd think with that kind of computer savvy he wouldn't
have to steal anything; he could have become the Bill Gates of the Spider-Friends
universe.
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