Things to Watch While Waiting for Spider-Man 2 (Part 2) August 29, 2023

We are less than two months away from the release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on the PS5, and since there hasn’t been much in the way of official previews coming from Insomniac Games in anticipation for the game’s launch there isn’t much we can do between now and then to just kill time. Well, I’m happy to share that I found a great source of Spider-Man content! Today, we wanted to highlight the incredible work of the YouTube Channel ChannelPup, and his incredible videos about the history of Spider-Man fandom.

I first became aware of ChannelPup’s work while researching behind the scenes information on Spider-Man 3. As someone who was an enormous fan of the first two Spider-Man films directed by Sam Rami, I was INCREDIBLY hyped about this movie when it was leading up to release! This video highlights the incredible build up to the release of Spider-Man 3, and as someone who had been there for the hype, I can assure you that its a great history lesson of that era of the internet.

I wish I could tell you, after I saw it during a midnight showing, that it lived up to the hype, but I’m afraid it did not. Regardless, there’s something else he produced I wanted to share with all of you.

Before I was ever born, Spider-Man had appeared in two very different live-action television series in the US and Japan. While we’ve discussed the Japanese show in a previous video (and I can assure you we will be talking about it again in a later article), we haven’t seen that much from the original CBS television show. This video documents the live-action show, its history, and the era that the show was released in.

Honestly, I would have honestly loved to see this show cross over with The Incredible Hulk.

Next up we are going to be talking about something that I just can’t get enough of watching documentaries about, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. This Broadway flop captured the imagination of online reviewers for years, and despite bad reviews from critics and fans alike, audiences went to go see it…for three years. Once the audiences dried up, the show closed forever. Sadly, I was never able to attend to see the spectacle for myself back in the day, but ChannelPup’s video was so thorough I feel like I did have the chance to see it for myself.

Hope this succeeded in killing some time for you! If you need more ChannelPup, you can visit his channel (and watch ALL his videos) here. He makes great content that covers not just Spider-Man, but also Batman and The Avengers. We will continue to post more featured articles randomly over the next few months. If you have something you’d like us to feature, please post a comment below!