My Hollywood System

Chapter 197:

The months passed by quickly, and it was nearing the end of the year. The month of November arrived quicker than ever, but Will and everyone else in the cast was getting less busy with time.

Will wanted to finish the filming before December, and leave the rest of the work in [Spiderman] for the VFX and CGI department.

It was mainly because there would be a lot of computer generated scenes in the movie. There were more than half of the movie where they used green screen to make things look realistic, and for all of that, CGI was an important step in the movie making process of [Spiderman].

While Will was busy with shooting, there were also other projects that were going on. One of them was [Ultimate Spiderman], the animated series.

The dubbing, visual creations, sound effects, along with everything else to complete the first season of [Ultimate Spiderman] was ready a month ago and had started doing promotional advertisements a month ago.

After a month of waiting for the animated series of [Ultimate Spiderman], it was finally the day of the telecast of the show. So many comic fans were already excited for it, and the kids who wanted to watch the series simply adored cartoons.

***

“What? No?! I can’t watch cartoons with you! They are so childish! Give me the remote… Ah!”

Mark and Marcus were siblings who lived under the same roof. Mark was sixteen and Marcus was just twelve. Although they got along so well in some situations, one of the things that they agreed upon is what they would watch during the evenings. On school nights, a ground rule they had was, no outings.

So for them, one of the least favourite things to do, was to agree upon something to watch and watch for the rest of the night.

“Let’s rewatch [Friends] on RBO, that is the only option I think we have, and stop that, your nail is hurting me,” Mark said while trying to grab the remote from his brother’s hands.

“No of course no, we can watch [Friends] again later, we finished the second round of the entire first season yesterday, why can’t we just watch cartoons?!” Marcus whisper-shouted knowing their mom is just around the kitchen.

“They are boring! I’m not twelve, little kid,” Mark said rolling his eyes, still refusing to let go of what they were fighting for.

“No, idiot. Today is the release of [Ultimate Spiderman], it’s not boring, even Miss. Reggie said she is gonna watch it today, older people enjoy it too you know,” Marcus said, stating the facts he thought would make Mark change his mind.

“It’s still a no,”

“I’ll share my lunch tomorrow,” Marcus tried.

“We eat the same thing you moron, and it’s a no,” Mark said pulling the remote a bit harsher.

“I’ll let you go because you stole the last bite of my burger last week,” Marcus shrugged at his brother who squinted his eyes.

“A no again, I don’t even remember, and. Just. give. Me. this. F–”

“Okay, I won’t tell mom how you sneaked the girl into your room last night and the day before,” Marcus said while Mark immediately let go of the remote making Marcus fall back into the sofa.

“How did you-”

“Our rooms separate from literally one wall, Mark. I bet even mom knows, because your girl’s laugh is like a… Maniac—Cray cray,” Marcus said and turned the television on to put the cartoon he had been long waiting for.

The cartoon started after ten minutes, which made both of the kids sit silent and watch how it started. Mark, who did not like the idea of the whole childish cartoon thing, started to like it when the very first few narrative dialogues started on the screen.

“….Other kids I know start their day with orange juice. Me? I get yelled at by a hundred foot tall cranky pants. Where’s a little love for the Spidey-guy? I’m down here alone everyday trying the best I can at this hero routine. It’s not easy to learn the ropes by yourself. Let’s face it, introduction to super hero-ing isn’t a high school elective. Speaking of school, I still have to pick up a cake for Aunt May before the first period. Then its some hang time with my best pals MJ and Harry, and maybe a nap between classes, but first I gotta save that cop from a skidding car.”

“He is so cool!” Marcus said, already being invested in the movie.

“Sure he is,” Mark said sarcastically but was equally invested in the scene.

“Do you guys want any snacks?” Their mom appeared from the kitchen but got no response from both the kids who were equally if not more invested in the cartoon.

“….For those of you new to the Spider-Man experience, let me explain the whole spidey-sense thing. It’s like an early warning system that kicks in whenever there’s danger and maybe it’s on the blink. Hello? This thing on? Whoa, the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier is coming in low.”

The narration from the point of view of Spiderman went along as the actions started to show in the Television.

“See this! This is how it is in the comics,” Marcus showed the comic book to his brother.

“Oh yes, I can see that!” Mark whispered just above his voice, while the mom came to the room with snacks to give them.

“Is that the new spiderman cartoon?” She questioned while Marcus nodded. She stood in the doorframe watching the T.V. a bit from afar. ‘Alright fuck it’ she whispered to herself and walked towards the kids and sat with them to watch the entire episode.

After minutes of watching the episode with advertisements in between, the last few minutes of it reached. All three of them were invested fully in the show and enjoyed every second.

“Welcome to S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man. Hope you survive the experience.” Nick Fury who was on the screen said.

“Uh? To be continued.” Spiderman muttered back.

“Oh wow, that was so good!” Marcus said while stretching his arms above his head.

***

The RBO channel website was filled with reviews on the show soon after its release. More than 90% were positive reviews, which basically cancelled off every other negative review.

@Lit.everywhere.why gave the show a 8.5/10

I’m 32, and to be honest I have never watched such a good show in a while. I’m obsessed with the comics and I feel like this just made it all worse—worse in a good kind of way. Besides that, the story was very well shown, I like the voices of the characters and all. I find it very easy to watch and enjoy.

@call.me_mama gave the show a 9/10

I enjoyed watching the first two episodes unlike anything evah, to be honest it’s like…. I just felt the episodes were so good. And I need to mention, when I saw this show, I was all giddy since the beginning of the first episode. There are a lot of scenes where I laughed out loud… really loud, my neighbour is the witness. The sense of humour of the show is great and I really loved the art.

@will.be.fine.9090 gave the show a 10/10

The animation is good. The characters are well enough developed. The plot is simple enough for kids to understand (spoiler alert: it is a show for kids), but intriguing enough to get you hooked. Spidey’s humour is the best. It is just how I think the character should be. His jokes are for everyone to enjoy. They have no double meanings or offensive content. Children can laugh with all of them, and adults can too (if they have a kid’s heart). I really hope they can keep this show running for a while, because there are a lot of things to explore in the world of Spider-Man.

…

In the studio, the majority of the team, including employees from both the Marvel comics and Pixar Studio, which had worked hard on the show were going through the ratings, reviews and the status of how it was doing on the first episode which was released.

“Guys, I’ve an announcement, which is great news, and that is we are number three in the ratings of kids shows for the week!” Ross, who was the CEO of Marvel Comics, said, making everyone applaud while they were seated on their respective seats.

Everyone had a slight smile plastered on their faces except one or two who always looked grumpy as if someone kicked them out of their bed at six o’clock in the morning. Nevertheless, the different sorts of news based on the show kept increasing, and every one was better than one another.

“It is also estimated, by our own statistics team, that we will move ahead in no time. The channel currently is very happy by the fact that we are moving forward, also, the popularity of comics just keeps increasing with every passing second,” Ross continued, earning nods and some clapping at the good news.

“Yes, thank you. Also, it is a given that Spiderman since the movie [Spiderman] is being shot, we can expect a rise by massive digits by the end of next month, and if things are going fine, even by the start of it. So, yes. I want to thank everyone here, for all the hard work, dedication that everyone put in for this great success—Thank you,” Ross said, and then turned to Jerry, who was one of the shareholders of Pixar Studio.

Jerry was also one of the people who worked as an animator of the show, and was among the geniuses behind the show.

“I want to mention how hard Jerry worked on this project, so, thanks,” Ross said while Jerry replied immediately.

“It is not just me, the hard work behind the success is on everyone,” Jerry said, being humble this time. ‘I did it for how Will said that after six months, he would help me to make an animation movie’ Jerry thought about it although he had a meaningful smile on his face.

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