10 Things From Spider-Man: TAS The Sony Spider-Verse Should Feature
It's the most beloved Spidey show, and there's plenty Sony could learn from it.
Let’s hope that the last six months has given Sony’s executives plenty of time to plan out their Spider-Verse.
While Morbius, Venom: Let Their Be Carnage, and the potential ties to the Marvel Cinematic Universe were hinted at, it’s still largely unknown what exactly Sony’s Spider-Verse will look like. A variety of other projects are reportedly in development like Sinister Six, Nightwatch, Black Cat, Silk, Silver Sable, Jackpot, and Kraven the Hunter…
...But let’s not forget that Sony has a tendency to amp up a Spidey franchise before falling back to square one and resetting everything once more.
Regardless of what potential plans may exist, Sony's writers need to look at Spider-Man: The Animated Series for inspiration. The beloved nineties cartoon still holds up today as one of the best Marvel animated series created. It had heart and drama, offering up mature storylines with serious consequences.
If Sony wants to create a universe that reaches MCU levels of success (without falling into the same traps as the DCEU) they should borrow a few key plot points that made Spider-Man: The Animated Series so great.
10. Spider Wars
Let's start with the obvious: If there’s one thing fans want to see, it’s the collision of Spider-Men from various multiverses.
Sending Tom Holland (or whoever our “original” Spider-Man is) or Tom Hardy to an alternate dimension with other Spider-Men/symbiotes would be an excellent way to give fans a chance to see such an event while still keeping our “home” reality still relatively self-contained.
The two "Spider-Wars" episodes for TAS effortlessly took Spider-Man out of the main timeline, told an effective story, then allowed that story to end with few loose ends.
If Sony can pull such a story off, it'll be huge.
If they can't, it will still let Sony save face.
Should Sony fall into their habit of making a mess trying to juggle too many characters, they can easily fall back into their "home" world without damaging it irrevocably.
The old trope "once the portal closes, it's closed forever" is an acceptable way to quickly pivot and move far away from a failed multiverse experiment. Whenever the time is right, Sony can dive back into the multiverse and fix their missteps.