I must admit that this was one of the hardest animated series for me to get through.
This adaption of Spawn doesn't pull any punches when it tells the story of the government assassin whose life on earth as a hellspawn is nothing but pain and suffering.
The animation is very dark and gloomy and heavy on detailed gore and freaky images, and adding to the atmosphere is the music composed by the brilliant Shirley Walker. The subject matter is mature and the storytelling and realistic, so this is for adults only, but surely not for everyone.
Keith David does a good job at portraying the tortured soul of Al Simmons/Spawn whose deep voice is both gritty when his anger is ruling and high-pitched when his sorrow and desperation consumes him. And Michael Nicolosi's performance as Violater is the epitome of frightening and gives Mark Hamil's Joker a run for his money.
So to sum up, Todd McFarlane's Spawn is dark, gory, mature and atmospheric like nothing else, and therefore, it definitely isn't for everyone, but nonetheless very well done.
This adaption of Spawn doesn't pull any punches when it tells the story of the government assassin whose life on earth as a hellspawn is nothing but pain and suffering.
The animation is very dark and gloomy and heavy on detailed gore and freaky images, and adding to the atmosphere is the music composed by the brilliant Shirley Walker. The subject matter is mature and the storytelling and realistic, so this is for adults only, but surely not for everyone.
Keith David does a good job at portraying the tortured soul of Al Simmons/Spawn whose deep voice is both gritty when his anger is ruling and high-pitched when his sorrow and desperation consumes him. And Michael Nicolosi's performance as Violater is the epitome of frightening and gives Mark Hamil's Joker a run for his money.
So to sum up, Todd McFarlane's Spawn is dark, gory, mature and atmospheric like nothing else, and therefore, it definitely isn't for everyone, but nonetheless very well done.