They all went into space sooner or later.
The crazy part is that the Giligan's Planet cartoon premiered 10-12 years after Jose and Pussies Cats In Outer Space aired yet looks like they aired around the sametime. That's just how much the animation industry stagnated to a crawl since the late 60's up until the mid 80s. As much as people look back at the 80's cartoons with nostalgia, what they fail to mention is that all the primecuts were a minority and spread out, like 5% of what was churned out, because there was tons of them.
I’m surprised there wasn’t a Sanford&Son spinoff where they were like junkyard mech pilots or something. These cartoons were retarded.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MagAchLlJP4
Not entirely absurd proposition compared to what actually came out. I'm sure that was pitched, especially when you had hits like Voltron. In fact, other repurposed anime like Battle of the Planets (Gatchaman) that was popular in the late 70's in that States no doubt got someone at HB to pitch "What if...Harlem Globetrotters in space....but like BotP/Superfriends and called Harlem Galaxytrotters?"
Forgettable stuff like this was the norm for dominant studios like HB and Filmation for the longest time due to creatively bankrupt restrictions on TV. 1983-1987 was when you saw this chain reaction of causation following the Reagan administration deregulating the FCC that gradually changed the animation industry with higher budgets. The biggest being near the tail end with the introduction of Ducktales, which was a industry catalyst for tv animation quality onward that didn't need to rely on being based on toylines to be financially lucrative.
He wasn't the wise-cracking joke maker, but he perfectly captured the tragic side to Peter Parker.
The opinion Rich has isn't too unique, I felt this myself back when seeing the movie in 2002. Granted I grew up with the comics and the 1994 Spiderman cartoon, which I felt captured Peter/Spidermans's personality almost perfectly. And its this polarity between the dweebish struggling/grieving HS/college student to cocky charismatic wisecracking superhero that helped push Spiderman into becoming a sensation in the 60's onward. Basically a "what if someone like you, the reader, could indulge in a superhero power fantasy!" Before that, comic protags were always handsome successful career minded gigachads that already had it made and their superhero alter ego never deviated too much from their outward personality. Infact, Peter Parker/Spiderman duality and character development was so influential that it became a staple in comic culture to even retroactively influencing the characters of both Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne, with the latter being pushed back to his grittier roots and taking it a step further in the bronze age.
I really think this opinion of Tobey Maguire comes down to age groups. If you were a child when these came out, chances are these movies are far more impactful and sentimental to you then if you were already adjusted to what Peter was before that.
Also another great interpretation of Spiderman (and a game that needs to be rereleased)
