'Spider Noir' Review: Nicolas Cage Embraces the Weirdness in Animated Spider-Man Series
By
Ben Travers
An everything bagel for the brain. Substantive, layered, well-seasoned.
Summary
A review of the animated series 'Spider Noir' starring Nicolas Cage as a 1930s-era Spider-Man. The article explores how the show embraces the inherent strangeness of the Spider-Man mythos, with Cage's eccentric performance perfectly suited to the noir-inspired, black-and-white aesthetic. The review highlights the show's unique tone, visual style, and how it stands apart from other Spider-Man adaptations by leaning into the weirdness rather than shying away from it.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledSpider-Man has always been a lot stranger than his popularity implies.
Nicolas Cage, who loves Superman so much he named his son Kal-El, finds an even better superhero to embody his bewitching weirdness.
As the reboots and crossovers multiplied faster than Tom Holland's net worth, the 'Spider-Man' movies increasingly acknowledged the silliness
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