Music Monday - Neighbor Like Me

Check out intro theme for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man performed by The Math Club and featuring Relaye and Melo Makes Music. It's a great track with elements of the classic theme.

I've watched the first two episodes of the series and I am  digging it. I know it's not for everyone, but I really enjoy the cell-shaded animation. I've been a big fan of that style for a while. I was a bit hesitant to watch it though because of recent comments from Spidey voice actor, Hudson Thames.

"I thought it was awesome. I mean, my biggest fear was that it was gonna be annoying and woke, and it wasn’t.”

If a person uses woke as a pejorative I immediately want to disassociate with them and the creative projects they are involved with. It shows a lack of empathy. However, I also understand that many other folks were involved with creating the show so I decided to give it a shot anyway.

I find Thames anti-woke comment funny, because of the main cast, only a few folks are white. Harry and Norman Osborne are now African-American. The same is true for Dr. Connors, who has also been genders-swapped and is now Dr. Carla Connors. Peter's closest friends are Nico Minoru, Lonnie Lincoln, and Pearl Pangan. Additionally at his Oscorp internship Peter meets Amadeus Cho and a Wakanda teen.

The series definitely deviates from existing versions of Spider-Man, but that's what the Multiverse is for. I'm really looking forward to seeing where it's going to go.