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Click to viewSo here's the first look at Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark 2.0! You can tell it’s a musical based on a comic because the title has two qualifiers.
Grab bag of thoughts:
» Reeve Carney looks/sounds a little too clean-cut and pretty-boy, but it's hard to judge just from a couple of clips and the one song that's been performed in full, so I'm willing to give him a chance. I also want his Spider-Jacket, even though it's not as cool (maybe ... 16.66% less cool, we'll say) as the one Leo Zelinsky designed for Spidey during JMS' run.
» Jennifer Damiano has a lovely voice, but we’ll have to see whether she gets a chance to show some sass her the role, as any good adaptation of MJ should. I’m reasonably hopeful on that front because Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the writer brought in to revise the script, showed an excellent grasp on MJ and her relationship with Peter in his stint on Sensational Spider-Man volume 2. (I wrote more about my thoughts on MJ specifically @#$% Yeah, Spider-Wife!)
» Patrick Page as the discotastic Green Goblin is clearly going to steal the show, and T-Rex!Lizard is strangely adorable.
Overall, Turn Off the Dark looks entirely goofy, but in a deliberate way, and much more watchable than I was expecting. I may have to try for rush tickets next time I’m in the area!