Keith David wants to do Spawn. He has always gone for the record that he wanted to finish the series or reboot it. He is all in and I'm glad he got to do it in MK at least.
Unfortunately, in the current society we live in, I feel that the Spawn series being finished or rebooted would be totally protested by the outrage crowd. I want more Spawn so fucking bad.
@@H0und0fHircin3 Heard that Todd McFarlane had been working on the remake for years now. But that's still up in the clouds. Dunno how and when it's gonna happen.
Man the reason we don't got season four is cause Al has been trying to kill Kronika so he can fix our timeline so we have those movies and shows bruh I mean c'mon common sense.
Keith David... doesn't matter if he's a marine in COD, a general in Armageddon, the president in Rick and morty, bolo in final space or spawn... he's fucking awesome!!!
the Spawn story could be told so much better in a video game think God of War meets Spawn, while also avoiding all the annoyances of putting something on TV... or i guess Netflix now.
I still remember Spawn digging up his grave and his corpse saying to him which still creeps me out " You made a deal you stupid sob, You made a deal with Malebolgia"
There is a point where he removes himself as a pawn in the game between heaven and hell. He then travels for a few issues helping out in small affairs if that is what you are referring to.
Adding onto what Jeremy said about The Clown: I loved his true form, Violator. I also love as to why Violator/Clown messes with Spawn so much. It's not just because he's an asshole, picking on the one he's in charge of. In one line of dialog, Violator (as Clown) rants to Spawn about how his Clown form isn't just a disgusting disguise. It's a punishment bestowed on him from Malebolgia, because Spawn won't hold up his end of the deal he made with Malebolgia. So Violator/Clown is legit pissed at Spawn for getting him in trouble, and all his taunting and bullying is him lashing at Spawn, and for him to do his job. Makes for a unique archenemy dynamic between Spawn and Violator.
Good point I almost forgot about. The series did a great job at making everything nuanced. Clown could have been a throwaway thing, but they gave him good motivations for sowing chaos and trying to push Spawn towards the forces of Hell.
In the comic I’m pretty sure it’s mentioned at some point that he’s jealous he (Violator) and his siblings aren’t the generals of malebolgia’s army as well
@@austinalexander8457 All good, dude. Yeah McFarlane's been trying to get that movie done for a loooooong time now, and he's had Jamie Foxx attached for a good while now too
Call me selfish, but given the option, I'd prefer a cartoon revival over a new live action movie in nearly EVERY instance. (obligatory shout out to Young Justice fans - here's hoping next season delivers the goods!) New Batman movie, complete with a new version of Catwoman, Riddler, Two-Face, Penguin and Joker....or a revival of Batman the Animated Series. Take a wild guess. (And I'm not even as big a fan of BTAS as most) At least the cartoons actually have Batgirl, Robin and Nightwing in them. While on the topics of Batman, you know what was cute and charming? Scooby Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. I could go for another one of those. Gargoyles live action movie? Nah, just give me the real Greg Weisman-headed S3 in animated form, thanks. Before Lexington's VO passes away if possible. Asner would probably have to be replaced no matter what, I think he's probably too old to do Hudson. Justice League sequel or Justice League Unlimited revival? JLU all day every day. TMNT 2003 over ANY new version of TMNT that's not directly based on the IDW comics. Teen Titans/Titans.....is an anomaly. I'd prefer Titans, Go and Teen Titans co-exist since they all have different styles, approaches and goals. I don't actually think there's much in specific that needs to be done with TT that wasn't already done in the original 5 seasons, but fans want it so I'll chime in with that. Plus, Jericho, Cheshire, Wonder Girl, Miss Martian, Bunker, Solstice, the return of Red X....you could do some cool stuff. Beast Wars movie? DO WANT....but I'll happily sacrifice it for a continuation of the Beast Wars cartoon. Hell, throw in a S4 of TF Animated and Prime while we're in at, and, you know, G1 didn't even GET an ending in tv form outside of the Japanese version...if friggin' He-Man can get a continuation, G1 could. Reboot.....what I wouldn't do to get the real ending. Even if it was just an animated movie or mini adapting the official webcomic ending....even that would be marvellous.... Sonic.....actually I can't wait for the sequel to the live action flick, and they're set to film in March. But I know fans want a revival of SatAm.....which I haven't streamed yet. Outcome clearly, ask again later. Resident Evil.....is currently doing both. Good for them. Live action Zelda? Maybe a new cartoon would be the better approach. It shouldn't be hard to top the goofy original cartoon... Star Wars? Bitch please....let the movies die. Kill them if you have to. Marvel's a major anomaly. Pretty much everything I'd rather have as MCU at this point. Maybe Spider-Man if they wrap up the movie version first. EXCEPT X-Men. A revival of ANY of the X-Men cartoon shows we've had would probably be preferable to having to start all over again in new live action movies. Plus I never thought X-Men was ever capable of reaching it full potential in movie form anyway. Big Hero 6 is of course also excluded, but that one's actually still on tv right now.
@whysoserious54 Well it was the best at the time. Considering aside from anime there weren't many adult oriented animated shows so they must have had a very limited budget to produce it.
@whysoserious54 specially hated how he 1 day helps the hobos then the next day just mopes around watching them get killed. Not sure if it really happens in the comics but dude pick a side hahaha
This really is criminally overlooked, it really was one of the first adult oriented animated series that wasn't anime. The writing, the characters and the voice cast are top notch, Keith David is perfect as Al Simmons/Spawn, although I remember the third series wasn't as good.
The McFarlane intros are so 90s.. As a 90s kid I’m nostalgic af when it comes to anything that was released in those years. I can literally feel it in my whole being, and it feels freakin great!
All I can think of now when I rewatch McFarlane's intros are the "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" scenes parodying that whole trend of having actors/creators introduce TV episodes haha
I respect the man a lot. But I really can't take him seriously, with that accent of his. Especially with the way he says, "I'm Todd McFarlane, the creator of Spawn." And yes, I am fully aware that he is Canadian.
@@gayatritripathisaxena7224 - Bro, you better quit sleeping on HBO Max. 😌💅🏼 lol They got the best quality content next to Netflix, but nobody is giving them love. "Raised By Wolves" was the best show on television this year, hands down.
@@gayatritripathisaxena7224 yea HBO max is great since it has all of hbos shows and HBO really focused on quality over quantity but it’s been around so long you have a lot of choices
@@Bluehood77 Well I reside in a country where the President was an Orange Man for four straight years, if you guys wanted, you could vote him out of office, right? Anyway, I do not have HBO Max.
Literally watched the whole series within a day back in 2009. I was so upset with the cliffhanger ending that it made me want to actually go buy comics for the first time in years and read Spawn’s story so I could see what happened next. I loved the show that much to where it made me become an avid comic book reader and it was a pleasure to read Spawn’s story all the way up to Spawn: Armageddon.
The HBO Spawn series is as far beyond the Spawn movie, as Apocalypse is beyond mutants. (Read in the voice of the character from the 90's Xmen animated series)
RIP to Michael Nicolosi! I’m very saddened that we won’t get to hear him as Violator ever again - his performance was right up there with Keith David’s as Spawn. Apparently he was a sweetheart at conventions as well.
I remember being 16 sneaking downstairs when this aired in 97 to watch it on HBO, love it and best version. Soooo glad Keith David was asked to voice Spawn for MK11
@@kingcaesar3693 it's hard to sell me on a Spawn movie without Spawn and Todd has been talking for years about all sorts of ideas, who knows what the movie would even look like if it ever happens. I don't think we'll be getting anything anytime soon.
The Maxx is another good animated show. I bought the VHS of the series and found out that it was edited, which pissed me off period some of the best scenes were cut for time because they wanted to fit the entire thing on one tape. I used to watch that and Aeon Flux on MTV.
@@wolfgang6442 everything about that series just... some of what would normally be the simplest things were given a bizarre twist. "Open mouth kissing with tongue, let's make it to where their tongues intertwine with one another. let's have this odd sexually charged scene where two characters hook up their air supply to each other and keep inflating the other person's suit. And oh yeah, for the opening title screen or commercial reel, we're going to have a fly trapped between the main characters eyelashes. That's a wrap, people."
Love the Maxx show since i was 12 when it came out and the Aeon Flux shorts since i saw Liquid TV at age 10 in 92 and was 13 when the spin-off show aired
@@salmanmazumder6148 If you're referring to the "Black Freighter" animated short, that doesn't really count. I'm talking about an animated mini-series adaptation of the entire "Watchmen" story, with Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, etc.
well unfortunately HBO disbanded their animation department, probably because Warner Bros had their own animation studio. it's really shame considering how much talented their studio was, this show literally proves that. but now when they are launching HBOmax, I think they should really think about making their own permanent studio, because Warner Bros's animation studio is no matter how much good at writing, their animation is still very low productions (and I don't think they will ever gonna improve that) and at this point they mostly use their studio for the DC movies which are also direct to dvds
The legal story surrounding Angela from Spawn is really complicated, but I'll try to summarize it for anyone curious. When Todd McFarlane founded Image Comics, he set it so that every character is owned by their creator, not the company. Then Spawn merchandise started selling really well and Todd wanted to make more, including Angela merchandise. However, Neil Gaiman wrote the story that created Angela, making him the owner. Neil offered to trade the rights to Angela for Todd's partial rights to Miracle Man, but Todd instead created a long lawsuit instead. Neil eventually won with the help of Marvel, so as thanks he gifted the character to Marvel. Angela is now Thor's long lost sister.
Oooooh yes, the times when "adult animation" wasn't solely comprised of cringy, try-hard comedy with terrible art styles. Nonono, this was the fine whisky of adult animation; dark, edgy, but above all quality maturity.
Well adult animation has gotten good lately that reminds us of past adult animation thanks to Love Death an Robots ( a love letter to Heavy Metal) Archer (danger mouse for adults), Primal (a love letter to Fire and Ice Wizards and Princess Mononoke), Undone (A mind fuck series on Amazon prime that reminds us of American Pop meets The Wall), Bojack Horseman (this generation's Fritz the Cat and Duckman and The Critic), Disenchanted (Fun series from Matt Groening that is a follow up to Futurama and something different as too bad The Simpsons after season 11 has became stale and zombiefied as it needs to die already) etc.
I loved Violator in this show. His voice was one of the few in any form of animation to give me the creeps, especially when he shows his true form. He’s literally if the Joker was possessed by a literal demon.
One of the best animated series ever. Purely because it exists and is the most 90s thing ever. Love it. Reaction channels really need to get on it. would be a big hit on their channels, they just dont know it yet.
Keith David just an amazing voice actor, first introduced to him in the first mass effect game and now recognizing him in other projects just makes me so excited to hear his voice
About Angela, if I remember correctly; a couple years ago, there was a legal dispute between Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane over the legal ownership of Angela. Gaiman sighted that in a previous agreement With McFarlane that because Gaiman created the Angela, he owned the rights to the Character. However McFarlane later claimed that Gaiman's work ws a work for hire case and that he was actually the one that owned Angela and all chareacters that he co-created with Gaiman; in addition McFarlane hadrefused to pay Gaiman for his work on Spawn. The legal dispute was later settled in 2012 where Gaiman got full rights of Angela before selling the charcter to Marvel in March of the following year.
it was a premise of image comics, the autor that create the character it wont belong to image comics but to the autor. was a thing to pull all the good writers of marvel and dc in the 90's
Speaking of John L, that scene where the Clown is eating a maggot ridden slice of pizza? Yeah, those were real maggots. John committed. Dude doesn't get the credit he deserves.
I'm very proud of your beard! Also, Keith David, who would have thought he could play the roles of a noble and charismatic ancient Scottish gargoyle, a despotic alien overlord, a Hellspawn and a crafty voodoo witch doctor. Seriously this man brought such energy to his roles there isn't a character he's play I've not loved in some way or other.
Only thing I wish it had more was him using his guns. He’s supposed to be some mercenary CIA guy. Season 3 felt like everything was starting to turn around for spawn, but cliffhanger rip.
I just rewatched the whole series. God damn, it brought me to tears. This is one grim dark and sad show. I watched it ages ago when I was a kid originally. It's a damn tragedy that the show was cancelled. Season 3 was amazing and I felt like the show was just getting started. Jesus h.
I have seen the Spawn movie and is a guilty pleasure, when I was a kid I was in love with Spawn how it looked, the design of the other characters, the enemies, the animated series was so great as you said it gave another layer to the Spawn mythos, and that line from Cogliostro´s was funny, I think I'm gonna say it from now on, as always is great to see that you have passion for what you review, stay safe Jeremy.
Loved Spawn as a kid in the 90's and you're right, Todd basically taught me how to draw haha. I saw the show back then (only a few episodes) and liked it, wasn't until I was like 20 something that I saw the series in it's entirety and I think it's pretty outstanding and holds up really well. Way ahead of it's time. Was always right up my alley (pun intended).
YES, THANK YOU! I’ve been asking for this review for a while now. I fucking love this show. I greatly appreciate you covering it. I hope you decide to do the movie as well
About Angela, the same thing happened in the comics, and it was a licensing issue. The character was written by Gaiman (kudos for you, Jeremy), and went to have a short-lived own publication. But this was something classical in Image and other indie publishers in the 90s, authors would invite and use characters from friends or business partners like a shared universe, the same way that Mike Mignola used Freedom Torch on Hellboy's very first issue, and then he never showed up again.
@@CorderoStephens I didn't mean that as a knock of course. Him and many things influenced the character. I just think it's cool that there's a physical manifestation of what criminals perceive Batman to be like.
This was the best comic adaptation animation in reference to the source material. Bold, unapologetic, way ahead of it's time. Wish we could have more of this.
This has been on my mind for a rewatch for weeks now and now I HAVE to after you brought it back up! I first saw this on my brother's VHS tapes of the series as a kid when he wasn't home! It was mine and my sister's first time seeing something so gloriously fucked up in animated form. KIDS THESE DAYS WOULDN'T KNOW MAN.
@@jond.4519 Game of Thrones is the first time in TV history where I don't blame the studio for its out come, the 2 show runners are just complete donkeys.
No, there was no ending. We are just left with possibility of what may have been, and none of the earlier seasons are ruined because of a shitty ending. I mean, if there was a shitty ending I would have no need for a rewatch.
Angela was removed because she was created by Neil Gaiman and was meant to appear only in a couple of chapters he wrote for the comics, but the character was so popular Todd McFarlane made her appear more. The thing is that, unlike Marvel and DC, when you create a character for Image Comics you keep the rights of the character and only you can decide what to do with it. Gaiman and McFarlane waged a legal battle since McFarlane used the character of Angela without Gaiman's permission, and of course Gaiman won, that's why she didn't appeared more in the series and the comics. He later sold the rights to Marvel Comics and she debuted there as Aldrif Odinsdottir, sister of Thor and affiliated with the Guardians of the Galaxy. The funny thing is that her past as an angel is still kinda canon so yeah... Spawn slept with Thor's sister.
Love the Spawn Animated series. So underrated. One thing to note: the characters of Sam and Twitch in the Animated Series are brilliant. They easily pull off being the show’s gritty, foul-mouthed comic relief, in addition to being a sort of surrogate for the audience who may be newcomers to the Spawn mythos; they’re just regular ol’ detectives trying to piece together the messed up stuff that goes on in the shadows. In the three short seasons they are given a decent arc and are, in my opinion, an essential part of the story, as they were in the comics.
Remembering Spawn reminds me that HBO could make a Berserk animated adaptation. Perhaps they might have the "Guts" that the last anime studio lacked of...
I’m so glad you did this review. I just bought this dvd a month ago because I was playing spawn on MK11 just like you. I grew up watching this series but hadn’t seen it in years and MK11 revived my interest in spawn. Thank you!!!!! This series is a classic imo!!!!!!!
YEEAAAHH!! THANK YOU FOR THIS REVIEW!! After seeing this animated series I actually HATED the movie. The HBO series was way better. Keith David's voice IS Spawn forever! Whenever I see him in other movies, I can't help but wish for another season!!
Keith David is GOATED. He IS Spawn to me how Kevin Conroy IS Batman.
You are not even CLOSE to wrong my friend!
Took the words right out my mouth! 100%
Absolutely, categorically, undisputedly correct.
Not to mention a thing.
Hell yes!
If they actually get a season four, they should call it... RE: SPAWN.
I'll see myself out.
It landed for me .. 😅
But hey its actually geniously corny and fitting for a 90's series and comic.
You're not wrong though.
XD
@@VideosNoOne I think you are confusing 80's to 90's. Because 90's shows were edgy and dark.
Keith David wants to do Spawn. He has always gone for the record that he wanted to finish the series or reboot it. He is all in and I'm glad he got to do it in MK at least.
Unfortunately, in the current society we live in, I feel that the Spawn series being finished or rebooted would be totally protested by the outrage crowd.
I want more Spawn so fucking bad.
@@H0und0fHircin3 Heard that Todd McFarlane had been working on the remake for years now. But that's still up in the clouds. Dunno how and when it's gonna happen.
Man the reason we don't got season four is cause Al has been trying to kill Kronika so he can fix our timeline so we have those movies and shows bruh I mean c'mon common sense.
And i'm here fingers crossed for a Spawn game made by Rocksteady
He might come back to play Spawn when he shows up in Invincible :)
Keith David... doesn't matter if he's a marine in COD, a general in Armageddon, the president in Rick and morty, bolo in final space or spawn... he's fucking awesome!!!
You forgot Goliath leader of the Gargoyles
he was also mongel for young justice and t'chaka for avengers assemble.
Don't forget Captain Anderson in Mass Effect
How bout that Elroy Patashnik?
And the vice president in saints row
Can we all agree that the 90s had the best most faithful animation ever for comic book characters
Yup. Batman the animated series, the Maxx and spawn to name a few
Dont forget spiderman and x men
Some writers working on animated adaptations today could learn a thing or two!
They were at the anime level. Even better at it! Now it's just cartoon..
Heck, even Street Fighter The Animated Movie was the most faithful to its source...as far as video games go.
This series had amazing voice acting almost entirely across the board. They nail the tonal mix of noir and existential dread.
Never really gets into the whole taking on Hell thing though.
Masterpiece
the Spawn story could be told so much better in a video game think God of War meets Spawn, while also avoiding all the annoyances of putting something on TV... or i guess Netflix now.
@@Alex_Logan22Sadly, the last episode was setting up the tone for THAT. But we never got more content. :/
I hate twists voice a lot though
This was a good show, but the best part was hearing Spawn speak
Keith David has such a kickass voice. Having him voice him again in MK11 was such a great touch.
They should bring this series back
Couldn’t agree more
That and the tidbits about the Spawn universe Todd MacFarlane talked about before every episode.
It was way better than it had any right to be.
It's honestly a god damn tragedy that this show got cancelled. It's amazing. I wish they could continue it or restart it.
Keith David also helps sell the tragedy of Spawn, one of his first quotes on the show is “I CAME BACK FOR YOU! WHERE ARE YOU?!”
painful
I still remember Spawn digging up his grave and his corpse saying to him which still creeps me out " You made a deal you stupid sob, You made a deal with Malebolgia"
Too bad that the series was cancelled before Al Simmon's quest for his humanity.
Does he ever get it in the comics?
@@terminator1567 It has been so long, so I do not remember. He kill Malebolgia (at a price).
@@terminator1567 He does get a normal life for a little bit I think but it doesn't last long. Eventually he becomes God and recreates the universe.
There is a point where he removes himself as a pawn in the game between heaven and hell. He then travels for a few issues helping out in small affairs if that is what you are referring to.
It's a tragedy honestly. The show was just getting started and then just cut short
Adding onto what Jeremy said about The Clown: I loved his true form, Violator. I also love as to why Violator/Clown messes with Spawn so much. It's not just because he's an asshole, picking on the one he's in charge of. In one line of dialog, Violator (as Clown) rants to Spawn about how his Clown form isn't just a disgusting disguise. It's a punishment bestowed on him from Malebolgia, because Spawn won't hold up his end of the deal he made with Malebolgia. So Violator/Clown is legit pissed at Spawn for getting him in trouble, and all his taunting and bullying is him lashing at Spawn, and for him to do his job. Makes for a unique archenemy dynamic between Spawn and Violator.
Good point I almost forgot about. The series did a great job at making everything nuanced. Clown could have been a throwaway thing, but they gave him good motivations for sowing chaos and trying to push Spawn towards the forces of Hell.
In the comic I’m pretty sure it’s mentioned at some point that he’s jealous he (Violator) and his siblings aren’t the generals of malebolgia’s army as well
If they green light the live action movie, I wish they would let Keith David voice Spawn when the suit covers his face
A live-action film is already on the fast track to development. Jamie Foxx will play Spawn
@@austinalexander8457 It's been on the "fast track" to development for like 10 years now lol
@@travistotle, ah. I wasn't aware it was that long. My b
@@austinalexander8457 All good, dude. Yeah McFarlane's been trying to get that movie done for a loooooong time now, and he's had Jamie Foxx attached for a good while now too
@@travistotle, I hope it gets off the ground soon. I'm a newer Spawn fan and he's such an interesting character
I'm not interested in a live action movie, I just want more of this show.
Call me selfish, but given the option, I'd prefer a cartoon revival over a new live action movie in nearly EVERY instance. (obligatory shout out to Young Justice fans - here's hoping next season delivers the goods!)
New Batman movie, complete with a new version of Catwoman, Riddler, Two-Face, Penguin and Joker....or a revival of Batman the Animated Series. Take a wild guess. (And I'm not even as big a fan of BTAS as most) At least the cartoons actually have Batgirl, Robin and Nightwing in them.
While on the topics of Batman, you know what was cute and charming? Scooby Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. I could go for another one of those.
Gargoyles live action movie? Nah, just give me the real Greg Weisman-headed S3 in animated form, thanks. Before Lexington's VO passes away if possible. Asner would probably have to be replaced no matter what, I think he's probably too old to do Hudson.
Justice League sequel or Justice League Unlimited revival? JLU all day every day.
TMNT 2003 over ANY new version of TMNT that's not directly based on the IDW comics.
Teen Titans/Titans.....is an anomaly. I'd prefer Titans, Go and Teen Titans co-exist since they all have different styles, approaches and goals. I don't actually think there's much in specific that needs to be done with TT that wasn't already done in the original 5 seasons, but fans want it so I'll chime in with that. Plus, Jericho, Cheshire, Wonder Girl, Miss Martian, Bunker, Solstice, the return of Red X....you could do some cool stuff.
Beast Wars movie? DO WANT....but I'll happily sacrifice it for a continuation of the Beast Wars cartoon.
Hell, throw in a S4 of TF Animated and Prime while we're in at, and, you know, G1 didn't even GET an ending in tv form outside of the Japanese version...if friggin' He-Man can get a continuation, G1 could.
Reboot.....what I wouldn't do to get the real ending. Even if it was just an animated movie or mini adapting the official webcomic ending....even that would be marvellous....
Sonic.....actually I can't wait for the sequel to the live action flick, and they're set to film in March. But I know fans want a revival of SatAm.....which I haven't streamed yet. Outcome clearly, ask again later.
Resident Evil.....is currently doing both. Good for them.
Live action Zelda? Maybe a new cartoon would be the better approach. It shouldn't be hard to top the goofy original cartoon...
Star Wars? Bitch please....let the movies die. Kill them if you have to.
Marvel's a major anomaly. Pretty much everything I'd rather have as MCU at this point. Maybe Spider-Man if they wrap up the movie version first.
EXCEPT X-Men. A revival of ANY of the X-Men cartoon shows we've had would probably be preferable to having to start all over again in new live action movies. Plus I never thought X-Men was ever capable of reaching it full potential in movie form anyway.
Big Hero 6 is of course also excluded, but that one's actually still on tv right now.
This series is a perfect series... Wish they would finish it
@whysoserious54 Well it was the best at the time. Considering aside from anime there weren't many adult oriented animated shows so they must have had a very limited budget to produce it.
Agreec, I wish it was properly finished.
How is it perfect, if it is incomplete? It was great but left us all hanging. So, no it ain't a perfect series
Hey yall im awsome
@whysoserious54 specially hated how he 1 day helps the hobos then the next day just mopes around watching them get killed. Not sure if it really happens in the comics but dude pick a side hahaha
As a voice actor, Keith David is what I dream to be. Top tier Actor.
Keith David's voice is what made me question my sexuality.
LOL
AMEN to that lol
Would you believe he got his start on Mr Rogers Neighborhood? Yeah, no joke!
Wtf lol
🤣😂
This really is criminally overlooked, it really was one of the first adult oriented animated series that wasn't anime.
The writing, the characters and the voice cast are top notch, Keith David is perfect as Al Simmons/Spawn, although I remember the third series wasn't as good.
Can we talk about how awesome Jeremy’s Keanu Reeves cosplay is lol
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Biker Jesus.
It's breath taking
@@FromBeyondTheGrave1 No, you’re breathtaking!!!
@@javgoblin lmfao
The McFarlane intros are so 90s.. As a 90s kid I’m nostalgic af when it comes to anything that was released in those years. I can literally feel it in my whole being, and it feels freakin great!
Todd McFarlane doing a Jonathan Frakes and asking you odd questions in a 90s dark room setting. 😂
Is it wrong to find him so good looking? I mean, DAMN!!
He's the least threatening man ever lol
All I can think of now when I rewatch McFarlane's intros are the "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" scenes parodying that whole trend of having actors/creators introduce TV episodes haha
@@conquixote9612 He looked down as saw blood, blood, looks to camera blood, his blood.
I respect the man a lot. But I really can't take him seriously, with that accent of his. Especially with the way he says, "I'm Todd McFarlane, the creator of Spawn." And yes, I am fully aware that he is Canadian.
The 3 most legendary voices ever
Keith David
Jeremy Irons
James Earl Jones
Add Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy to that list
Peter Cullen and David Hayter too 👌
Morgan freeman?
David Attenborough.
Throw Alan Rickman on there too. 😀
“I’ve been on a Spawn kick” is not something you usually hear
Is it available on any OTT platforms? I doubt it, too bad that we have to pay for the disk to watch it.
@@gayatritripathisaxena7224 Its on HBO Max.
@@gayatritripathisaxena7224 - Bro, you better quit sleeping on HBO Max. 😌💅🏼 lol They got the best quality content next to Netflix, but nobody is giving them love. "Raised By Wolves" was the best show on television this year, hands down.
@@gayatritripathisaxena7224 yea HBO max is great since it has all of hbos shows and HBO really focused on quality over quantity but it’s been around so long you have a lot of choices
@@Bluehood77 Well I reside in a country where the President was an Orange Man for four straight years, if you guys wanted, you could vote him out of office, right? Anyway, I do not have HBO Max.
Literally watched the whole series within a day back in 2009. I was so upset with the cliffhanger ending that it made me want to actually go buy comics for the first time in years and read Spawn’s story so I could see what happened next. I loved the show that much to where it made me become an avid comic book reader and it was a pleasure to read Spawn’s story all the way up to Spawn: Armageddon.
Spawn Armageddon was my first introduction to spawn and I had to work my way backwards. You triggered a memory for me!
The show is so underrated
Frrs man, but this show ain't for pussies or snowflakes and if they ever saw it they'll complain something on it
@@wolfgang6442 I agree, the show takes no prisoners at all. Not for the faint hearted.
The HBO Spawn series is as far beyond the Spawn movie, as Apocalypse is beyond mutants. (Read in the voice of the character from the 90's Xmen animated series)
Dude I totally did😂
I am beyond them as they are beyond you
RIP to Michael Nicolosi! I’m very saddened that we won’t get to hear him as Violator ever again - his performance was right up there with Keith David’s as Spawn. Apparently he was a sweetheart at conventions as well.
What happen to him?
@@teddybear8348 His cause of death was never revealed as far as I’m aware. I’m just sorry that he’s gone.
Big shout out for Swamp Thing. Alan Moore's run on that series was brilliant.
I remember being 16 sneaking downstairs when this aired in 97 to watch it on HBO, love it and best version. Soooo glad Keith David was asked to voice Spawn for MK11
Oh man imagine if they made an animated movie dedicated to the Batman/Spawn crossover with Kevin Conroy and Keith David😩
They would have to make filler material to conpensate the relative short lenght of the comic.
@@thewarrior6784
No one would mind after ninja turtles.
Todd McFarlane is gonna direct the next live-action movie
It better not be like when Frank Miller decided to direct THE SPIRIT
I heard it was going to be from Sam and Twitchs perspective. Like a detective horror movie about a urban legend. Which sounds promising.
@@kingcaesar3693 it's hard to sell me on a Spawn movie without Spawn and Todd has been talking for years about all sorts of ideas, who knows what the movie would even look like if it ever happens. I don't think we'll be getting anything anytime soon.
That movie is probably never gonna happen. It basically stalled in pre-production.
Todd is not as crazy as Frank Miller
@@Ratchetcomand That’s a relief
"I know it's pretty baby, but I didn't take it out for air." - -Keith David deep cut right here.
“Is it the frank or the beans?”
The Maxx is another good animated show. I bought the VHS of the series and found out that it was edited, which pissed me off period some of the best scenes were cut for time because they wanted to fit the entire thing on one tape. I used to watch that and Aeon Flux on MTV.
Yo that aeon flux cartoon was unique but bizarre as hell I hope he does a review on that show as well
@@wolfgang6442 everything about that series just... some of what would normally be the simplest things were given a bizarre twist.
"Open mouth kissing with tongue, let's make it to where their tongues intertwine with one another. let's have this odd sexually charged scene where two characters hook up their air supply to each other and keep inflating the other person's suit.
And oh yeah, for the opening title screen or commercial reel, we're going to have a fly trapped between the main characters eyelashes.
That's a wrap, people."
Ah yes, the 90's and Image Comics brief but glorious hay-day.
Love the Maxx show since i was 12 when it came out and the Aeon Flux shorts since i saw Liquid TV at age 10 in 92 and was 13 when the spin-off show aired
I love ‘90s Image Comics.
After seeing "Spawn: TAS", I'm honestly surprised that HBO never did an animated mini-series adaptation of "Watchmen" before the Zack Snyder movie.
They did tho, in 2008. Check it out.
@@salmanmazumder6148 If you're referring to the "Black Freighter" animated short, that doesn't really count. I'm talking about an animated mini-series adaptation of the entire "Watchmen" story, with Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, etc.
@@nerdsman567 Yes there is. It is an "animated" version of the graphical novel, where they added movement and dialogue to Graphical Novel panels
@@GaradrielS You're refurring to the "Motion Comic" adaptation. That doesn't really count, either.
well unfortunately HBO disbanded their animation department, probably because Warner Bros had their own animation studio. it's really shame considering how much talented their studio was, this show literally proves that. but now when they are launching HBOmax, I think they should really think about making their own permanent studio, because Warner Bros's animation studio is no matter how much good at writing, their animation is still very low productions (and I don't think they will ever gonna improve that) and at this point they mostly use their studio for the DC movies which are also direct to dvds
The legal story surrounding Angela from Spawn is really complicated, but I'll try to summarize it for anyone curious. When Todd McFarlane founded Image Comics, he set it so that every character is owned by their creator, not the company. Then Spawn merchandise started selling really well and Todd wanted to make more, including Angela merchandise. However, Neil Gaiman wrote the story that created Angela, making him the owner. Neil offered to trade the rights to Angela for Todd's partial rights to Miracle Man, but Todd instead created a long lawsuit instead. Neil eventually won with the help of Marvel, so as thanks he gifted the character to Marvel. Angela is now Thor's long lost sister.
Which sucks because Angela is totally awesome. Her mini series was so cool and we'll drawn
“Reminds me of a R -rated Gargoyles” - the fact that Keith David is both Spawn and Goliath probably helped 😂
Oooooh yes, the times when "adult animation" wasn't solely comprised of cringy, try-hard comedy with terrible art styles.
Nonono, this was the fine whisky of adult animation; dark, edgy, but above all quality maturity.
Well adult animation has gotten good lately that reminds us of past adult animation thanks to Love Death an Robots ( a love letter to Heavy Metal) Archer (danger mouse for adults), Primal (a love letter to Fire and Ice Wizards and Princess Mononoke), Undone (A mind fuck series on Amazon prime that reminds us of American Pop meets The Wall), Bojack Horseman (this generation's Fritz the Cat and Duckman and The Critic), Disenchanted (Fun series from Matt Groening that is a follow up to Futurama and something different as too bad The Simpsons after season 11 has became stale and zombiefied as it needs to die already) etc.
@@Johnlindsey289 Right but it sucks that they get overshadowed by fucking hazbin hotel, bigmouth and all that garbage.
@@lemongaids7642
And you agree Simpsons and Family Guy are stale zombie corpses that need to die when they should had ended years ago?
"Don't bring the kids" I must've missed the memo when I was younger
“How’d the beans get above the frank???!!!”
@@Mr_Case_Time Poor Ted.
I deadass thought this was gon be a kid show when I first watched it 😭😭
I loved Violator in this show. His voice was one of the few in any form of animation to give me the creeps, especially when he shows his true form. He’s literally if the Joker was possessed by a literal demon.
Omg THANK YOU jeremy!!!! The fact that no one talks about how great John Lenguazamo is as an actor is baffeling to me
I would LOVE it if they managed to bring back the animated series. I binged watched all 3 seasons and was sad when I finished it.
Dude, same. Such a masterpiece.
One of the best animated series ever. Purely because it exists and is the most 90s thing ever. Love it. Reaction channels really need to get on it. would be a big hit on their channels, they just dont know it yet.
I’m not first I’m not last but when I see Jeremy Jahns I click fast
Bro you're so lit for reviewing this show. Spawn is my favorite comic book character of all time. You're a king 🤴 🙌
Keith David just an amazing voice actor, first introduced to him in the first mass effect game and now recognizing him in other projects just makes me so excited to hear his voice
Would you believe he got his start on Mr Rogers Neighborhood? No joke!
@@colleen4ever wait what?! Really????
About Angela, if I remember correctly; a couple years ago, there was a legal dispute between Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane over the legal ownership of Angela. Gaiman sighted that in a previous agreement With McFarlane that because Gaiman created the Angela, he owned the rights to the Character. However McFarlane later claimed that Gaiman's work ws a work for hire case and that he was actually the one that owned Angela and all chareacters that he co-created with Gaiman; in addition McFarlane hadrefused to pay Gaiman for his work on Spawn. The legal dispute was later settled in 2012 where Gaiman got full rights of Angela before selling the charcter to Marvel in March of the following year.
So Angela is now part of the Marvel pantheon? (And by extension Disney)
@@herbertortiz9159 Yep, and she is the half sister of Thor and Loki
it was a premise of image comics, the autor that create the character it wont belong to image comics but to the autor. was a thing to pull all the good writers of marvel and dc in the 90's
Still one of my favorite characters wish we could get a spawn game, maybe rocksteady studios can get something going
Speaking of John L, that scene where the Clown is eating a maggot ridden slice of pizza? Yeah, those were real maggots. John committed. Dude doesn't get the credit he deserves.
This notification made me drop everything.
I'm very proud of your beard!
Also, Keith David, who would have thought he could play the roles of a noble and charismatic ancient Scottish gargoyle, a despotic alien overlord, a Hellspawn and a crafty voodoo witch doctor.
Seriously this man brought such energy to his roles there isn't a character he's play I've not loved in some way or other.
This is just one of those animated series in the '90s that we can really say has made the animated series in the '90s so great
Only thing I wish it had more was him using his guns. He’s supposed to be some mercenary CIA guy. Season 3 felt like everything was starting to turn around for spawn, but cliffhanger rip.
You know whats saddest part of the Spawn Show? Is that it ended on a cliffhanger & never got a new season
I just rewatched the whole series. God damn, it brought me to tears. This is one grim dark and sad show. I watched it ages ago when I was a kid originally. It's a damn tragedy that the show was cancelled. Season 3 was amazing and I felt like the show was just getting started. Jesus h.
oh sh*t haven't watch Jeremy in like a month. He is a dayum Werewolf now. Noice.
I have seen the Spawn movie and is a guilty pleasure, when I was a kid I was in love with Spawn how it looked, the design of the other characters, the enemies, the animated series was so great as you said it gave another layer to the Spawn mythos, and that line from Cogliostro´s was funny, I think I'm gonna say it from now on, as always is great to see that you have passion for what you review, stay safe Jeremy.
I’ve had the entire spawn animated series since 2013 and for some reason I’ve YET to watch it. I think I might finally pop it in
Its badass. Use ear or headphones its better that way
Dude watch that shit. It's fantastic!
It's a good time!
Loved Spawn as a kid in the 90's and you're right, Todd basically taught me how to draw haha. I saw the show back then (only a few episodes) and liked it, wasn't until I was like 20 something that I saw the series in it's entirety and I think it's pretty outstanding and holds up really well. Way ahead of it's time. Was always right up my alley (pun intended).
I was one of those lucky kids with parents that thought "animated=for kids" so I got to watch that over and over! I loved it!
Thank you for spreading more light into it again that it clearly deserves 🙌🙌🙌
*Jeremy now* vs when he first started the channel, *looks like how we are all feeling in December 2020.*
YES, THANK YOU! I’ve been asking for this review for a while now. I fucking love this show. I greatly appreciate you covering it. I hope you decide to do the movie as well
"And now Spawn, so turn off your lights"
About Angela, the same thing happened in the comics, and it was a licensing issue. The character was written by Gaiman (kudos for you, Jeremy), and went to have a short-lived own publication. But this was something classical in Image and other indie publishers in the 90s, authors would invite and use characters from friends or business partners like a shared universe, the same way that Mike Mignola used Freedom Torch on Hellboy's very first issue, and then he never showed up again.
Batman: The Animated Series ran, so SPAWN could fly!
Spawn is basically what Batman pretends to be.
@@Alex_Logan22 but Batman influenced Spawn 🤔
@@CorderoStephens
I didn't mean that as a knock of course. Him and many things influenced the character. I just think it's cool that there's a physical manifestation of what criminals perceive Batman to be like.
@@Alex_Logan22 All love fam I got you lol. Either way Spawn is badass!
Thanks for reviewing this so more people can know this masterpiece exist
Animated Series that Jahn should review:
Central Park
Infinity Train
Harley Quinn Show
no no and No!
@@wikandakitana304 Do you have better recommendations?
@@wikandakitana304 Bruh have you even watched these? Harley Quinn show is actually pretty amazing
Adding to that Animaniacs 2020, Avatar the last airbender, and gravity falls
@@masonarnold6887 harley quinn show is trash
This is one of the best things I watched in the 90s ,extremely well done
I feel like the age of 8 was too young for this cartoon and might be a big part of why I felt so psychologically secluded growing up lmao
This was the best comic adaptation animation in reference to the source material. Bold, unapologetic, way ahead of it's time. Wish we could have more of this.
Jeremy review Avatar the last airbender, Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood, Attack on Titan and Deathnote. Pretty sure you’ll love those shows.
Thanks for showing my boy Spawn some love, I can’t wait for him to come back soon.
+ KEITH DAVID
Hey Jeremy when are you doing Batman The Animated Series? One of the greatest if not the greatest animated series of all time.
He did it already
@@Jeffer.son04 do you have the link cause I can't find it. Thanks
Another great show
This has been on my mind for a rewatch for weeks now and now I HAVE to after you brought it back up! I first saw this on my brother's VHS tapes of the series as a kid when he wasn't home! It was mine and my sister's first time seeing something so gloriously fucked up in animated form. KIDS THESE DAYS WOULDN'T KNOW MAN.
Do you like foreign films Jeremy? I would like to hear what you think about ‘I Saw The Devil’ it’s a great film
Amazing film.
I absolutely love this show, I’m so happy you reviewed it! We need to finish this show
Game of Thrones fans were all butt hurt, but at least they got an ending.
screw game of thrones
Nah I pretend that shit got cancelled
Its because the last season was complete shit
@@jond.4519 Game of Thrones is the first time in TV history where I don't blame the studio for its out come, the 2 show runners are just complete donkeys.
No, there was no ending. We are just left with possibility of what may have been, and none of the earlier seasons are ruined because of a shitty ending. I mean, if there was a shitty ending I would have no need for a rewatch.
Angela was removed because she was created by Neil Gaiman and was meant to appear only in a couple of chapters he wrote for the comics, but the character was so popular Todd McFarlane made her appear more. The thing is that, unlike Marvel and DC, when you create a character for Image Comics you keep the rights of the character and only you can decide what to do with it. Gaiman and McFarlane waged a legal battle since McFarlane used the character of Angela without Gaiman's permission, and of course Gaiman won, that's why she didn't appeared more in the series and the comics. He later sold the rights to Marvel Comics and she debuted there as Aldrif Odinsdottir, sister of Thor and affiliated with the Guardians of the Galaxy. The funny thing is that her past as an angel is still kinda canon so yeah... Spawn slept with Thor's sister.
Jeremy has evolved past Keanu into straight up Scar from the Lion King
Love the Spawn Animated series. So underrated. One thing to note: the characters of Sam and Twitch in the Animated Series are brilliant. They easily pull off being the show’s gritty, foul-mouthed comic relief, in addition to being a sort of surrogate for the audience who may be newcomers to the Spawn mythos; they’re just regular ol’ detectives trying to piece together the messed up stuff that goes on in the shadows. In the three short seasons they are given a decent arc and are, in my opinion, an essential part of the story, as they were in the comics.
Love those characters as Sam reminds me of Bullock
This show is legendary, and I have watched it many times over the years, and my only complaint?
ITS NOT FINISHED!! ._.
This show was so dark and evil .
@@firefly8471 kinda the point
Thanks for showing love to Spawn knowing your platform. I fucking loved the series.
Yoooooo WTF, I _just_ got finished watching it! This is _weird!_
@@maj9260 hbo max
Some episodes are on RUclips too
You can buy them on Apple TV and play store too.
I loved the aesthetics of this show! Loved the red of the capes, the way it moved, everything!
Also, Japanese animation studio Madhouse made some of the episodes.
When I read the comics, Keith David’s voice is what I hear, just like how I hear Kevin Conroy for Batman and Ryan Reynolds for Deadpool
Remembering Spawn reminds me that HBO could make a Berserk animated adaptation. Perhaps they might have the "Guts" that the last anime studio lacked of...
Found out about Berserk a month ago, I'm super obsessed with it now and I'd love to see the entire manga animated. HBO sounds perfect
Thank you for bringing some light to this show. I don’t think it got enough love because it hit HBO in a time before streaming.
Which would you rather have?
Another Spawn movie
Or
Another Spawn Animated Series
Yes
Both
Video game
Animated series
If the series were complete, I would prefer the series.
I’m so glad you did this review. I just bought this dvd a month ago because I was playing spawn on MK11 just like you. I grew up watching this series but hadn’t seen it in years and MK11 revived my interest in spawn. Thank you!!!!! This series is a classic imo!!!!!!!
Not sure if you’ve seen it, but the short film Spawn: The Recall on RUclips is gold
My man showing some love for Spawn!
I remember watching this series when I was a teenager and it being the first series I had to go to my parents about how I was uncomfortable.
Really?
@@Johnlindsey289 This show got some messed up stuff in it 😭😭 I don’t blame them
@@MichaelMixerMasonGASS
What makes it no different than adult animation like Heavy Metal, Wizards, Watership Down, Fire and Ice, Ninja Scroll etc,?
OMG! I was just watching this last week!🤣
You are so psychic J.
I literally thought that was Keanu Reeves but it's just Jeremy Jahns but oh my god he looks exactly like John Wick. He definitely has the look.
(slowly removes all pencils from the room 😳)
YEEAAAHH!! THANK YOU FOR THIS REVIEW!! After seeing this animated series I actually HATED the movie. The HBO series was way better. Keith David's voice IS Spawn forever! Whenever I see him in other movies, I can't help but wish for another season!!
I have this series in my eye for quite a while
Its going up on the priotity list
Spawn is easily one of the best animated series of all time. Spawn & The Batman 90’s animated series are phenomenal
read the comics of hellspawn that is where is at now, Todd is amazing.
And easy on the eyes too!
Can't wait for the Spawn reboot by Todd Mcfarlane. Also,your reviews are on point and entertaining.