Jun 5, 2026 · 2 hr 2 min · 17 segments
This week on the Major Issues Podcast, the hosts break down Spider-Noir, the gritty alternate take on the Spider-Man mythos that trades bright costumes and super-powered spectacle for shadows…
George SerranoHost
Frank JeromeHost
I, I, um, I saw the first episode, I did a mini review on it because I thought it was enjoyable, but you know, I was still in the mindset of like, I get very frustrated sometimes.
The feeling I had after watching this, it was kind of like the feeling I had after watching Joker, where it was like, this is a very adult take on, like, this is a very adult take that takes place in a universe that doesn't really, isn't really consequential.
And it almost frustrates me sometimes in the geek way of being like, why can't you just have the same level of care for the mainline stuff? But after getting past, you know, my own hiccups regarding the show, and definitely after that first episode, I found myself really liking it.
The story is... different enough that you can still get some twists and turns in it, but it also lends so much of its plot to classic noir, it feels like.
For instance, I looked over to a friend of mine when I was watching it, and I'm like, how big was the epidemic of guys walking into jazz bars and falling in love with the singer? Because that is like in every single...
there's just multiple men in fedoras just falling in love with whoever the lounge singer was.
I, I, um, I saw the first episode, I did a mini review on it because I thought it was enjoyable, but you know, I was still in the mindset of like, I get very frustrated sometimes.
The feeling I had after watching this, it was kind of like the feeling I had after watching Joker, where it was like, this is a very adult take on, like, this is a very adult take that takes place in a universe that doesn't really, isn't really consequential.
And it almost frustrates me sometimes in the geek way of being like, why can't you just have the same level of care for the mainline stuff? But after getting past, you know, my own hiccups regarding the show, and definitely after that first episode, I found myself really liking it.
The story is... different enough that you can still get some twists and turns in it, but it also lends so much of its plot to classic noir, it feels like.
For instance, I looked over to a friend of mine when I was watching it, and I'm like, how big was the epidemic of guys walking into jazz bars and falling in love with the singer? Because that is like in every single...
there's just multiple men in fedoras just falling in love with whoever the lounge singer was.
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