Marvel Animation has released a new ‘what’s to come this season’ trailer for its animated series “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,” the clips following a PR cycle for the movie that has been dominated by one word – ‘woke’. More specifically, the series’ star Hudson Thames about the decision to introduce diverse characters into the mix for this “Spider-Man” animated series. He responded positively, and then said: “I mean, my biggest fear was that it was gonna be annoying and woke, and it wasn’t, and I was like, ‘Yes, this is great, it’s so well written,’ like it feels real.
” That comment went viral, receiving widespread negative backlash on social media and even demand that Marvel recast. Some say Spider-Man inherently ‘woke’ by his tendency towards social justice, while others have criticised the remark for being dismissive of progressive themes. A recent with showrunner Jeff Trammell saw the writer/producer asked about the controversy.
He responded: “Ha, I love Hudson and didn’t focus too much on what he said. I believe he simply misspoke, and I know that’s been weighing on him. I think we made a fantastic show that is going to appeal to a wide audience and hopefully captures what I love about this Spider-Man: that he’s a guy who cares deeply about the people around him and always tries to do the right thing.
” The series isn’t set in the same universe as the MCU (ie. Earth-616), so it is allowed to shake things up and s.