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Trip To Tomorrow... AKA Trip To The Past. (Review)

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Today I'm looking at the last episode of the 1967 Spider-Man TV show, since I think it's worth looking at. I just gotta watch it first. It looks like the guys at Krantz films (aka Grantray-Lawrence Animation) were aware of this being the last Spider-Man episode, because it sure feels like one, but it also doesn't feel like one.  Back in 1966, Marvel teamed up with Grantray-Lawrence to produce the very first motion comics based on their superheroes. But they decided to make Spider-Man its own separate TV show. Y'know, I think that's very neat because Spider-Man is way cooler than whoever those guys were, like, I could ask my mom if she knows Spider-Man, and she'd say yes because she used to purchase large amounts of merchandise for me as a kid, but if I asked her who Namor was, she'd be pretty fucking confused.  This show had lots of characters from the comics and even some original characters like Dr. Noah Boddy... Uhm... He's the most memorable one for ...

Reviewing things I haven't seen!

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That new Spider-Man TV show just came out, but I don't have Disney+, everyone's talking about it and I don't want to be an outcast, so I'm gonna do the ballsiest thing ever, I'm gonna lose my credibility as a reviewer! I bet the other review sites are gonna be so proud of me... Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, written by Jeff Trammel and directed by Mel Zwyer, a show inspired by the comic book titled "Spider-Man", and also a little bit inspired by the MCU films featuring "Spider-Man", it was announced somewhere around 2022, and the first 2 episodes were released yesterday. Man, I remember when we thought the show was NEVER coming out.  First of all, the intro features a rap song that samples the 1967 Spider-Man theme song. The track is titled "Neighbor Like Me"by the Match Club (featuring Relaye and Melo Makes Music... Okay, Melo, now I know that you make music and not sandwiches). Let's talk about this theme song. First off, ...