{"id":686,"date":"2026-07-09T19:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=686"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:24:22","slug":"disney-should-give-the-x-men-97-treatment-to-a-90s-hit-butchered-by-studio-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=686","title":{"rendered":"Disney Should Give The X-Men ’97 Treatment To A 90s Hit Butchered By Studio Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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X-Men \u201897<\/a><\/em> Season 2 is in the middle of its run on Disney+ and its improved on the first season by so much, fans are now offering up suggestions for other Marvel classics that should get the same revival treatment. These range from Avengers: Earth\u2019s Mightiest Heroes<\/em> to one person suggesting the 90s Iron Man<\/em> series, but if anything deserves a second chance, it\u2019s Spider-Man: The Animated Series<\/em> from 1994. Next to the X-Men<\/em>, it was the most successful animated adaptation but rules for kids show in the 90s kept it from reaching its full potential, and besides, who doesn\u2019t want to see a modern retelling of the death of Dr. Octopus, Green Goblin vs. Hobgoblin, or a second take at the full Clone Saga?<\/p>\n

Spider-Man Never Reached Its Full Potential<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Alright, so Spider-Man\u2019s<\/a> run of 90s stories don\u2019t have the same sort of historical value as X-Men \u201897<\/em> diving into \u201cInferno\u201d, \u201cAge of Apocalypse\u201d, \u201cFatal Attractions\u201d, and Onslaught (Who has to be coming up, right?), but dipping back into the 80s a bit would allow for \u201cKraven\u2019s Last Hunt,\u201d while \u201cMaximum Carnage\u201d and anything with the Sinister Six deserves a better adaptation. Go back and watch the Fox cartoon now, and you\u2019ll notice a few things that you didn\u2019t pick up on during its original run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For starters, \u201csinister\u201d couldn\u2019t be used, so the writing team replaced it with \u201cInsidious\u201d which doesn\u2019t have the same ring to it. Secondly, Spider-Man doesn\u2019t punch anyone. That one was, oddly enough, not a note from the network or the studio, but a choice made by Lead Writer John Semper, who felt Peter Parker was smart enough to find other ways to solve his problems. That makes sense, as Fox was showing Batman<\/a>: The Animated Series<\/em> and on that show, Batman\u2019s fists were rated E for Everyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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No blood, no vampires (Morbius<\/a> had butthole hands instead), no death\/killing (hence the line, \u201cShocker\u2019s blast should have creamed me\u201d), no blades even though they did include Blade, no realistic guns outside of flashbacks, and the list goes on and on. In interviews, Semper said fans have blown the censorship out of proportion and that it was standard for kids shows at the time, though all you have to do is again, point to Batman<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

90s Spider-Man Deserves A Redo<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Spider-Man: The Animated Series <\/em>was such a success that the world it established for Spider-Man was adapted into its own comic book, video game, and ride at Universal Studios Orlando. Like the X-Men, it\u2019s what a whole generation thinks of when they think of Spider-Man. Younger kids had Ultimate Spider-Man<\/em> and Spider And His Amazing Friends<\/em>, once they\u2019re old enough that getting out of bed hurts, expect a push for them to be revived as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

X-Men \u201897 <\/em>managed to pull off the impossible and adapt \u201cInferno\u201d for Season 1, while in Season 2, it turned Apocalypse into the baddest villain in history, while giving Kang<\/a> a better moment than he had in his entire MCU run. Imagine how horrible the Jackal and Hobgoblin (Kingsley version) could be in an updated Spider-Man \u201898<\/em>, or how cool seeing Spider-Island would be. Now that Marvel<\/a> has a winning formula, it should go beyond the X-Men to the 90s other most popular hero.<\/p>\n

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