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Spawn

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"Todd McFarlane's Spawn" really is Todd McFarlane's Spawn unlike the movie "Spawn" which probably is an insult to the character of Spawn (I feel bad for Todd). This movie (cartoon) is a perfect portrayal of the comic book series Spawn. It contains the style, the mood, maybe not the same appearances of characters (mostly Cogliastro) but still it is almost exact which is great. And since it is an HBO cartoon, it needs to be an adult cartoon with bad language, violence and animated nudity. But that's fine with me.

This is definately a must-see DVD and don't get the edited version where it is PG-13...Get this uncut version because if you don't, you'll regret it.

McFarlane's first few issues of the comic series were inspired, but because of his novice status when it came to writing as well as drawing, not fully developed. In creating the series, he was able to create a more cohesive whole - a chapter in an epic that completes its own arc. The whole series is a terrifyingly good jaunt into the nature of redemption from the shadows of true evil. The animation isn't all that it could be, but the voice acting and sound effects, as well as the use of Dolby Surround, create a whole that bleeds beauty. Watch this in the dark and the volume up - alone, and check your cynicism at the door.

Ive been a big fan of the spawn comic book since the very first issue. Living in England its not so easy to get hold of the books, or this animated series. The unrated version is fantastic, a really good move from the book to the screen, all the darkness as been brought to us in this dvd. The extra features such as the extra audio track that runs along with the show by Todd is great, lots of interesting stuff here. I really recommend this dvd to all spawn fans especially all of us in England who dot want to pay a fortune for the vhs tapes of it. I cant wait for season 2. END

Todd McFarlane's Spawn is a great adaption from the comic book series. It captures the dark images, and mystical power. The inferno of Hell shrouds Al Simmons giving him these powers! Unlike the live movie, Al Simmons is already a Hellspawn. But he is tormented by thoughts of his death, five years ago. I like the parts when Spawn kills people, that is cool. I would not recommend this movie to people under 18, because there is much...blood and gore, bad language, and adult content. I have got every censored and uncensored version of Spawn. This one deserves an NC-17 rating, at least that's what I think. Spawn is a very cool movie, throughout the movie it mostly takes place at night, and you can't see Spawn very well sometimes, except for his eyes and cape. Otherwise the rest of him is just mostly a cilouet. The edited version is about half as good as this one, only many people do prefer the uncensored versions of just about every movie. The live movie is very good too. In the animated series, it never actually shows Malebulgia, or you could call him Satan. And it even shows Angela, one of the Hellspawn Bounty Hunters. And in Spawn 3, it shows three other Bounty Hunters. Including Jade, she's pretty cool. Also in Spawn 3, Spawn battles a vampire prostitute. The fat little clown turns into the violator in this movie, and he beats Spawn up pretty bad. And Spawn actually uses his chains to [exterminate] in the animated Spawn series. He even uses his cape sometimes to choke people. It's very cool, and Spawn has a low, scratchy voice, much different from Michael Jai White in the live movie. Keith David is Spawn's voice in this one. I have no clue how many tapes there are going to be in the animated series, but Spawn 1-3 the only ones right now. This is a great movie, buy it, you'll like it.

I bought this DVD after watching the live action version. I had heard from numerous friends that this "cartoon" was amazing but I was floored.

This is a great DVD with plenty of extras. Warning this is not for kids. This DVD is a MUST have!!!

Ive been a big fan of the spawn comic book since the very first issue. Living in England its not so easy to get hold of the books, or this animated series. The unrated version is fantastic, a really good move from the book to the screen, all the darkness as been brought to us in this dvd. The extra features such as the extra audio track that runs along with the show by Todd is great, lots of interesting stuff here. I really recomend this dvd to all spawn fans especially all of us in england who dont want to pay a fortune for the vhs tapes of it. I cant wait for season 2. END

Al Simmons (voiced by Keith David) was a soldier who fought and killed for his country, his wife Wanda wanted children but suddenly Al was murdered. He got sent to hell as the dark lord Malbogia gave him a chance to be back on Earth again as a hellspawn warrior. He finds himself set 5 years after his death only to discover that his skin and face is horribly disfigured but has a special suit made of necroplasm including a mask he can make to cover his hideousness and has special powers including to control his chains as he is fighting evil to save the innocence. Guided by a kind former hellspawn now immortal man named Cogliostro (Voiced by Richard Dystart) as his guardian, Al searches for the woman he loves while being taunted by a wisecracking demonic Clown who knows how he got here and what is he now. Al discovers that his best friend Terry Fitzgerald (Victor Love) is married to Wanda and has a daughter named Cyan which is a shock to him as he will find out his origin soon enough. He befriends friendly bums such as Gareb (Michael Mcshane), Bobby (Victor Love and more as he has sworn to protect his territory from unwelcomed intruders. Al's former boss Jason Wynn (John Raft Lee) is trying to cover up for the sadistic child murders of a sick killer named Billy Kincaid who is a mad ice-cream man that is the son of a respected US senator McMillian (Ronny Cox) and helping out with gangster Tony Twist (James Keane) who wants to find out what has been killing his men as Detectives Sam Burke (James Keane) and Twitch (Michael Mcshane) are out hunting for the killers of the men.

An excellent first season to a groundbreaking animated series and one of the greatest animated shows of all time. Todd Mcfarlane created a very original and intriguing comic book in 1993 for Image comics and was selling like hot-cakes and became a comic icon for years spawing toys and merchandise then in 1996 they announced an animated series would be made but not as a saturday morning cartoon but a hard R-rated style adult animated series as HBO picked it up. It hit high ratings on May of 1997 including me when i was 15 as i have been a fan of Spawn since the first issue, this series blew my mind away. It's no kiddie show that's for sure as it has graphic bloody violence, some sexual situations, some nudity and language to some drug use but also adult themes of espionage, politicians and crime investigation to even solid storytelling. I love how it actually sticks to the source material and is faithful to the comics, Todd Mcfarlane being one of the producers make it worthwhile including excellent writing to Batman and Gargoyles style animation.

This DVD has nice extras like storyboards, interview with Todd Mcfarlane and trailer to live-action Spawn movie including bios of the characters such as Violator for example.

I love the Spawn comics, and the animated series (but I hated the live-action movie). This is truly awesome. If you can stand the content, language, and yes even a little nudity, it is definitely worth watching. It has a lot of action, romance, and espionage, there is a lot of talking about political debates, along with shooting, chasing, and awesome visual effects. The story is kind of funky, but if you pay attention to it, youll start to understand it. Although not for all people, it is not a religious movie, I am a Christian, and go to church, but this is just too cool to stay away from. All 3 seasons are excellent, the 2nd isnt nearly as good as the others, but still good. So in conculsion, I say, skip Spawn the Movie, and go for Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Animated Series!!!

Wow.

Spawn is the fruit of a twisted imaginative mind from Todd McFarlane. (spent all his millions from this movie on an antique baseball memoribilia! Warped)

The movie is a cartoon of a Dark super heroe (not that A1 nice and decent) who is faced with a challenge of death and life.

this is a sad review...I cant begin to describe it.

NOT FOR KIDS UNDER 15. Seriously. Its agraphic cartoon. But well done...

I have a friend that bought the VHS version of this show and I watched it with her. I thought it was good enough to buy a copy, so I bought it on DVD. I was amazed at all of the things that were left out of the VHS, the interview with McFarlane and the long (over an hour) and interesting monolouge in which he explains much about his struggle to get the TV show the way he wanted it and the complications involved with making this great compilation of the first season. Two thumbs up and kudos to Todd McFarlane.