@@neon-brian6155 He had more of inpact on Gwenpool than Spider-Man tbh. He was also in Avengers:Earth Mightiest Heroes cartoon and had Deadshots costume. Besides wouldn't by your logic Taskmaster and Doctor Doom be Spider-Man villains?
Seriously? How is Electro the worst Spiderman villain? There are literally other worst villains like Screwball, the Wall, and the Big Wheel. Just because Electro has basic motivations doesn't make him bad.
Don't forget Carnage: By the logic presented here, he's the actual worst Spider-Man villain, because he's literally just a bloodhound, and little-to-nothing else.
@@scottreacher Hey, he can be positive, but I’m just mad he’s spitting crap at my boy when WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY worse villains exist. You don’t need to be complex to be beloved.
In the Web of Shadows game, his main motivation in that story was to find his sister and make sure she was safe. Unfortunately, she was infected with a symbiote and turned him into a venomized-Electro. Maybe future adaptations could do something with his sister, because he apparently also has one in the comics but barely gets brought up.
“Stupid fun”? I will never understand people who praise shit for being bad. Electro isn’t even stupid fun, I like him because you can get creative with him.
I liked Spectacular's Electro, he has his own degression throughout the show. In his first episode we see him desperate for a cure and to be normal again and live his life, when that fails he turns to the only person who reached out to him after what he's done but ends up being used, and in season 2 he's essentially given up on a cure rejecting his old identity and accepting his new life as Electro to the point where the last time we see him he's in a seclusion room screaming "Don't Know Anyone Named MAX! My Name's ELECTRO! ELECTRO I TELL YOU!". We followed his journey, from the accident, a victim Spidey mistakingly judges as a criminal ultimately becoming one, to his descent into Madness. Also, Crispin Freeman does an amazing job voicing him
Spectacular Electro NEEDS more love his PAINFUL transformantion and SCREAMS AND CRIES FOR HELP the they YELLING at the end where he's tired of being bullied and attacked by everyone when he just wanted a cure to get his normal body back to get his dreams relized and when that didn't happend he's only resort is Dr Octopus and then in season 2 him and Otto and Eddie just straight us said fuck our old lives with Otto being Master Planner Electro having PTSD about Max and even when Eddie is STRAPPED to a hospital bd he's STILL refering to himself as Venom using plural pronouns
Istg spectacular electro is a trans allegory, the way he's always like "Im not max dillon anymore. My name is electro" and corrects people whenever they get it wrong
@@Coconut_Prrsonyou cannot be serious right now 💀 That’s like praising someone with anorexia for correcting others who tell them that they aren’t overweight
I feel like not every villain needs a sad backstory that instantly makes you feel bad for them and sympathize with them. It's a thing I'm noticing in a lot of villains nowadays and it makes me miss those old evil douchebags that just do evil shit to be evil, I'm glad electro isn't the case here, it's one of the main reasons i couldn't really vibe well with Batman villains because ALL of them are guys that were led down a dark path in life that made them who they are and as cool as it is especially since it works well for Batman it kinda just makes it a lil less entertaining imo. I'm glad a majority of Spidey villains aren't like that such as shocker, electro, scorpion, green goblin (to some extent), chameleon, vulture, kingpin, etc. call me crazy but i really do prefer the evil D bags compared to sympathetic villain. (Not saying i hate sympathetic villains because venom is my all time fav of the bunch).
Right, and in the origin comic he literally said he doesn't do anything for nobody. So why would he use his powers to better the world once he got them? Not all villains need to be tragic or relatable, and I use relatable loosely
electro is a badass Spider-Man in tasm2 his character was different from the comics he is just a broken person and thought the world hated and saw him as in outcast so he gets powers and doesn’t rob banks he wants everyone suffer the pain that they caused him so they can see him as a god.
I would LOVE for you to do a video comparing EVERY version of Electro to Ironman Armored Adventures's "Living Lazer". Cause there's alot of overlap between the characters. Beyond the powersets, the "pure energy forms", they also have VERY similar personalities of wanting to be bigshots, feelings of inatiquicy, always feeling belittled, ESPECIALLY by the main hero they fight. I still say it's SUPER worth a video because. . . how Armored Adventures wrote The Living Laser, to me, THAT'S how you should write Electro.
@@spidermaniaYou sure about that ? didn't he have a backstory of being abused by his dad and an entire orphanage which caused him to turn into a maniac in the comics.
I mean, in all seriousness, Walrus is a D-List villain that is supposed to be either an ineffective joke or a surprisingly capable contract killer that everyone thinks is a joke. Either role he plays pretty well. Electro is an A-List villain whose motivations are incredibly shallow and whose personality barely even exists. He's pretty bad in the role of A-List villain.
"The man shoots electricity ...so he wears a green and yellow suit with a star for a head?" My dude the main character of these comics is a teenage kid who runs around in red and blue pajamas calling himself Spider-Man.
True i'v always like them more secondary villains like Sandman,Shocker and Lizard (Dr Connors and Flint Marko for real need to be used more as the main antagonist)
I don't know why, but I have an irrational love for Electro, and in every piece of media a version of him appears in, he's automatically my favorite character (except the Insomniac games, I liked Scorpion more). Seeing him get hated on makes me sad, but I understand why people hate at least the comic book versions of him 'cuz he's blander than bread in most of them.
Actually you got it wrong. Despite all flaws, 'TASM2' Electro actually has a point, he wants to have the power plant, not just for the energy he wants but also because it belonged to him. Max was the one who designed the power grid and got all his work stolen from him by Oscorp, which is the whole thing about Jamie Foxx Electro, he just wants to have what belongs to him back, his legacy, his reputation, his life, all taken by a higher power. He's basically like Arthur Fleck, the world is constantly bashing on him and people just step on him like nothing happened, so he uses power to not only be on top, he wants to be seen, it's a cry for help. Also he died on his birthday, so it's like power was his gift and he won't give up on it. I just feel sad that they didn't make a good job conveying all of this. At least he got a second chance in 'Spider-Man - No Way Home'. I'd love to see what happened to him after he got taken back.
I think everything you say is exactly why he's so popular and adapted to many sm things. He's just a fun villain you can throw in a Game as a side Boss and not have to make him Deep. He's just a guy with powers
Dispite that Electro is my second in my top 5 favorite Spiderman villains 1 Venom(Eddie Brock) 2 Electro(Max Dillion) 3 Dr Octopus(Otto Octavius) 4 Sandman(Flint Marko) 5 Green Goblin(Norman Osborn) I won't bash you for your opinion plus I like your content and I myself and others have villains that everyone else sees as S-Tier that I don't like Poison Ivy from Batman or Cody Leach with The Penguin mainly due to Cody finding Penguin too goofy or boring and I find Poison Ivy to just be repetative and duel plus her writting like Harley's is all over the place and just NEVER been one of my favorites
@@Coconut_Prrson Yeah but with how long he's been around people just don't love The Vulture. But I gotta say I liked him using child soldiers in Superior Spider-Man
Always find Electro to be a meh villain. He is powerful, but do feel he is one-note overall. I bet you grinned when he was killed off in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 as even Kraven finds him lame.
He’s actually my favorite Spider-Man villain ever since that universal ride , idk something about he he’s so simplistic compared to his other villains makes him unique . Sometimes you need that villain of the week who just wants to rob banks .
It sucks to see how Electro is treated because he's my favorite villain. Electric powers are more OP than people give it credit for which is what drew me to him. Having a god complex is probably the best thing for his characterization but the way they go about it, especially in TASM2, it's just done poorly. It's sad how little they care about Electro because he can be a real great character if they tried
electro is not the worst spiderman villain there are much worst villains in Spider-Man's rogues gal, just because he's one not doesn't mean he's bad he serves a purpose
Hydroman fits the description of a bland villain much better and to think that people actually complained after he was given a more defined character in the Spider-Man show from the 90's.
I don't think Electro is the worst but I do have a potential change in mind that might make his dynmatic interesting for you. Instead of having him get his powers via a freak electric accident, make him a mutant that has no interest what so ever in the whole back and forth between human and mutant coexistence vs mutant supremacy. Being one of the few to even refuse to live on Krakota later on.
I think a decently interesting part of Electro is that he’s often stuck the way he is. But if he puts his mind to it, he could be so much more powerful. So much more dangerous. I think it’d be interesting to give him a ATSV Spot treatment. Kind of like Light the Night. All that separates Electro and Spot from being real threats are their mindsets. Not that Electro ever was a complete laughing stock like Spot was, but he could do much, much more than robbing banks and such.
Actually he was made fairly sympathetic in that one story were he is revealed to have a been screwed over by his company and became a leader of the people against the 1%.
I have couple of ideas - using his powers is so addicting and he doesn't rob banks, instead jusy goes to places with most elecricity to feel powerful -make him feel unimportant like adaptations do, maybe his parents favored his sister or something -have more team ups with Blizzard the Iron Man villain.
@@kendi5391 my ideas of electro is a dude with family: -sister with a child (the electro`s nephew) -with a normal job -poor with money problem. -one day he is kidnapped and turned into a mercenary -but he rebels who turned him into a "monster"
Reminds me of what GodzillaMendoza said about Electro, saying he was there just to fill up the roster too. I mean I still like Electro, but I can't deny he's definitely simple. But that's fine.
He's very cinematic actually and i think it's because he's visually interesting everyone's keen on him. Also also in the Gauntlet storyline he kinda has a social justice occupy wall Street nuance
I really like his appearance in Spider-Man Web of Shadows. He’s not a huge part of the game but what we see of him, he’s basically a schizo trying to help his sister even if that means messing up the city and running through shield containment setups. You get the sense that he’s not really evil, but he’s just kinda crazy and it makes him do things and act out without thinking.
TASM # 422,423 and 425 Web of spider man 2009 #2 TASM # 612, 613 and 614 these are 3 stories that are about electro's fear of being a nobody just like light the night. actually do you research before making a video claiming something this stupid.
I didn’t really care for Light The Night. The story that did follow it up was a lot better (And it made sense with the Light The Night story.). Electro actually made Spider-Man BEG for his life ! X-Man had to help him. He appeared to die at the end , and that should have been his final comic story. Too bad.
I'm sorry but the actual worst Spider-Man villain is Scorpion. There can be a certain humor and tragedy in that Electro could potentially be either the most powerful supervillain/most helpful superhero, but he chooses to rob banks. Stories with Electro/Max Dillon usually have him be an entertaining jobber who's kind of an idiot, retconning that he was poorly educated and that he had an abusive childhood that stunted his development, explaining why he never learns from his mistakes. Mac Gargan/the Scorpion gets no such expansion. He was created specifically for the one purpose of killing Spider-Man and he couldn't even do that right--he knocked Spidey unconscious in his first appearance and instead of finishing him off, Gargan decided "no one can stop me, I'll kill everybody here" and went on a mindless power-mad rampage. Despite ostensibly having abilities that directly counter Spider-Man's while supposedly being much stronger overall, Gargan is a complete dunce and is consistently outwitted. He doesn't even get a sad backstory--he was a private detective, and not a good one, and Jameson decided to enlist him for the Scorpion experiment. That's it. Any kind of spice to Scorpion's story usually has more to do with Jameson than Gargan himself. When he became the next host for the Venom symbiote he couldn't even use it nearly as effectively as Brock did. In Peter's words, "a loser with the Venom symbiote is still a freaking loser."
I always thought Electro never really stood out of all the main apider-man villains. Like characters like Sandman and Schocker, he is just a bankrobber. But he doesn't really have that much personality appart from "im evil muahahaha". The only reason Electro is so popular is because people think electric powers are cool
Here is my unwarranted concept for an electro origin story: Max Dillon is your average man, down on his luck, his uncle died, his girlfriend dumped him because he is broke, and everybody at his job at (insert name of evil marvel science company here) makes fun of and pranks him. Until one day his coworkers prank him by tripping him up into a tank or mutant electric eels. He survives but he is disfigured, he can get treatment for his disfigurements but he can't afford it. He realizes almost all his cor and maybe even his manager had a hand in this. Meanwhile he learns about his electric powers and decides to get revenge on his coworkers and manager using his power. As Spider-Man has to prevent Max from what he is about to do. Feel free to tell me what you'd change about his origin or if you just like it. Please only constructive criticism.
Unrelated side not but in Spectacular while that's my second favorite Otto it kinda bugs me on how unlike Spiderman 2 where he has a problem with the tenticals but essintally gets hypnotized by them in the show Green Goblin turns him into Octopus and he's just like" I'mma go to the fair and beat the shit outta some random people" usually Dr Octopus only fights who's in his way and it's jaring how Otto is PERFECTLY fine with the fact that he'll most likely have those arms on him forever controlling his mind and his first concern is " where's Spiderman I wanna kill him"
I get it doesn't work for everyone but I like Electro being just a narrow minded petty criminal that got powers by accident and doesn't even know how to make the most of it. You'd think not all criminals would be brilliant masterminds, you'd get these losers around also showing up when you have better things to do. You need the petty criminals so when Green Goblin or Octopus shows up they look way more menacing by comparison. You need some mediocre villains who are just that, mediocre without any room for growth. Not to be main antagonist but half step above henchman so Spider is not fighting some random guy without a chance, but neither the biggest threat ever. Doc Ock, Green Goblin, these guys are the weekend special it will take all his time and attention to win. Elektro is more the matinee thing you deal with but it is not gonna change your life and you can go on a date with MJ after.
I like it how in Spectacular and TASM 2 Electo is portayed their as like Peter he didn't pick his power and relistically being made of light and elecricity would suck as really you would have no point in life besides fighting
That's a shocking surprised how about for electro he wants respect and the reason why he wants power because people who are Richer than him makes fun of him because he is election that's fix electric stuff
Y'know I just (almost) finished 90's spider man and is it weird that I don't really mind the change.Also spectacular made it clear he had given up on himself.Also Also didn't you say in your shocker video that you would be fine with boring bland villains.Now who would people prefer to be boring.A guy who was always boring or a badass who becomes boring.
It always feels like Electro is there just to fill out the Sinister Six roster. Like his whole gimmick is just related to his powers which are genuinely dope but he kinda just feels like an afterthought or a filler villain. I think a great writer could potentially revitalize him and find a way to make him interesting but as is his character is so ill defined that you can plug like any character trait into him for an adaptation and most people won’t complain which can be good for some Spider-Man media but still we could use a bit more depth and nuance.
Why is Max wrong to demand money to help in doing something dangerous and dumb at work? If you ever at a gig like that, you'd do the same, it's your life on the line, you gonna work to death for free? Nah, he was right in doing that. Ain't nobody being a hero when it comes to such a scenario. If I'm gonna risk getting zapped, Imma make sure I get extra for it. My life ain't free to waste.
For starters it’s not that he was worried about helping it’s how standoffish he was about helping. “I don’t do nothing for no one”. Max coworker was in danger because his railing snapped and he was dangling from the pole line. Someone needed to go up there and help secure him. Max was struck by lightning in the middle of a sunny day. There was no risk of being shocked it was his harness that’s broken. He was struck by lightning. He wasn’t electrocuted by the power lines.
@@spidermania True, but he doesn't necessarily have an obligation to do so. If the guy was gonna fall down, that's a job for security, not a pole man. What exactly is he gonna do up there that he can't do from the ground? Pull him up? Also, he wasn't just hanging from the pole line, it was a high tension pole, meaning yes, he was in danger of getting shocked if something goes wrong, so anyone close to him would also be in danger, hence why Max shouldn't even be considering doing it. If he does and it goes wrong, 2 people die, if he doesn't, only 1 does, it's simple math. If he gonna get ordered by his boss to do something that could actually make things worse if it goes wrong, might as well get some extra if he's so necessary in an emergency situation that is NOT his responsability but might be a danger to himself.
Imo I think it's great Electro is that one villain that is just evil cause he just is. Bro gained super powers and just went "aight ima be evil now " which is kinda realistic. Also the mtv design is still one of my favorites. He is covered in scars and seriously disfigured. He actually looks like an electrocution victim. What would have made the look perfect is if the hair was fringed up into the iconic star mask shape to give homage to the classic look
When Electro gets his next adaptation, I hope they either make him this guy who makes little money and slowly gets rich from like stealing from ATMs or whatever and form hos own little crime empire (I based him form the concept from James Cameron's canceled movie). Or they make him a mutant and give him a redemption or something and maybe have him as a hero who joins the X men
Electro's essentially a crackhead but with electric superpowers
perfect summary
....so the best villain?
Don’t say he gets high on electricity.
Don’t say he gets high on electricity.
Don’t say he gets high on electricity.
He gets high on electricity.
@@foxtrap86flame he rips of that static ⚡
Electro might not be as deep of a character as other villains, but he’s still a fun villain. No need to bash him!
I'd disagree
Being so bland to just fill out Sinister Six rosters just sucks.
He's definitely one of my fav Spidey villains
@@kendi5391 🤓
@@kendi5391Hobgoblin deserves that slot more than him tbh
@@TophatJack7272 atleast Hobgoblin has a cool costume, Electro is just bland in terms of costume and personality.
So your telling me that Morbius, Chasm and The Wall…are worst than Electro?
He is like Deathstroke, not nessecarly a Nightwing villain but more of DC one. Same with this guy.
Paste Pot Pete or the Trapster is more of a Fantastic Four villain. He only really fought Spider-Man one or two times.
Fair, but still…if you’re a villain and fought Spidey, your a Spider-Man villain.
@@neon-brian6155 He had more of inpact on Gwenpool than Spider-Man tbh. He was also in Avengers:Earth Mightiest Heroes cartoon and had Deadshots costume.
Besides wouldn't by your logic Taskmaster and Doctor Doom be Spider-Man villains?
I think he's trying to say he's the worst amongst the best
But hey, we still did get some likeable versions of Electro, like Spectacular Electro, TNAS Electro, Live-Action Electro etc.
I also love the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon version of him where he finds Spider-Man’s quips funny.
@@leonardogutierrez3292 As much I don't really like Ultimate, I did like how Electro was the only one who found Spider-Man funny lol
Seriously? How is Electro the worst Spiderman villain? There are literally other worst villains like Screwball, the Wall, and the Big Wheel. Just because Electro has basic motivations doesn't make him bad.
Aye, don't disrespect my man, Big Wheel 😤.
Don’t forget slide
@@freshstudios5533there is also hypnohustler
Don't forget Carnage: By the logic presented here, he's the actual worst Spider-Man villain, because he's literally just a bloodhound, and little-to-nothing else.
He's bad because people think he is good for what ever stupid reason . He's not the worst he's shit that's treated like gold
Don’t be disrespecting my boy like that 😡⚡️
I think this guy is a cloud chaser of some kind. 💀 He just seems to be taking wild shots and hating to hate.
@@scottreacher Hey, he can be positive, but I’m just mad he’s spitting crap at my boy when WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY worse villains exist. You don’t need to be complex to be beloved.
In the Web of Shadows game, his main motivation in that story was to find his sister and make sure she was safe. Unfortunately, she was infected with a symbiote and turned him into a venomized-Electro. Maybe future adaptations could do something with his sister, because he apparently also has one in the comics but barely gets brought up.
Nah dude electro is PEAK
Tbh, not every character needs some deep backstory. I like Electro because he's just stupid fun, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that
he's not "stupid fun", he's had his share of character motivation stories. there's a pretty fat gap between "deep backstory" and "stupid fun".
I liked him when he's SO DAMN RAW like TASM 2's power plant or the 2018 game where he's just OFF IT
@@monobro141 I liked him in the playstation game as well lol
“Stupid fun”? I will never understand people who praise shit for being bad. Electro isn’t even stupid fun, I like him because you can get creative with him.
@@CobbleBompster I’m not praising him for being bad. He’s not some tragic Spider-Man villain, but he’s just a fun character.
It's okay that some villains are just jerks and have nothing more...
I liked Spectacular's Electro, he has his own degression throughout the show. In his first episode we see him desperate for a cure and to be normal again and live his life, when that fails he turns to the only person who reached out to him after what he's done but ends up being used, and in season 2 he's essentially given up on a cure rejecting his old identity and accepting his new life as Electro to the point where the last time we see him he's in a seclusion room screaming "Don't Know Anyone Named MAX! My Name's ELECTRO! ELECTRO I TELL YOU!". We followed his journey, from the accident, a victim Spidey mistakingly judges as a criminal ultimately becoming one, to his descent into Madness. Also, Crispin Freeman does an amazing job voicing him
Spectacular Electro NEEDS more love his PAINFUL transformantion and SCREAMS AND CRIES FOR HELP the they YELLING at the end where he's tired of being bullied and attacked by everyone when he just wanted a cure to get his normal body back to get his dreams relized and when that didn't happend he's only resort is Dr Octopus and then in season 2 him and Otto and Eddie just straight us said fuck our old lives with Otto being Master Planner Electro having PTSD about Max and even when Eddie is STRAPPED to a hospital bd he's STILL refering to himself as Venom using plural pronouns
Istg spectacular electro is a trans allegory, the way he's always like "Im not max dillon anymore. My name is electro" and corrects people whenever they get it wrong
@@Coconut_Prrsonyou cannot be serious right now 💀
That’s like praising someone with anorexia for correcting others who tell them that they aren’t overweight
Tasm elecro is the best version of electrio you tripping
* EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER *
Bro woke up and chose to dunk on a fan favorite. 💀
I didn’t know he had fans like this lmao
@@spidermania I didn't know he had fans to begin with
How DARE YOU SAY ELECTRO IS WORSE THAN THE WALL.THE WALL! HOW DARE YOU.
The Wall is atleast fun villain to talk about, Electro is just boring.
How dare you insinuate that the Wall is not a masterpiece of a character
@@kendi5391Electro is more interesting. The Wall is a mid tier character
The Wall is the greatest and most complex Spider-Man villain of all time, what are you talking about?
@@Shahriyararin63 He's more popular but not more interesting.
he was great in spectacular spider-man and i found him fun as a kingpin thug in the ultimate spider-man comics
I feel like not every villain needs a sad backstory that instantly makes you feel bad for them and sympathize with them. It's a thing I'm noticing in a lot of villains nowadays and it makes me miss those old evil douchebags that just do evil shit to be evil, I'm glad electro isn't the case here, it's one of the main reasons i couldn't really vibe well with Batman villains because ALL of them are guys that were led down a dark path in life that made them who they are and as cool as it is especially since it works well for Batman it kinda just makes it a lil less entertaining imo. I'm glad a majority of Spidey villains aren't like that such as shocker, electro, scorpion, green goblin (to some extent), chameleon, vulture, kingpin, etc. call me crazy but i really do prefer the evil D bags compared to sympathetic villain. (Not saying i hate sympathetic villains because venom is my all time fav of the bunch).
Right, and in the origin comic he literally said he doesn't do anything for nobody. So why would he use his powers to better the world once he got them? Not all villains need to be tragic or relatable, and I use relatable loosely
I’m the same way
electro is a badass Spider-Man in tasm2 his character was different from the comics he is just a broken person and thought the world hated and saw him as in outcast so he gets powers and doesn’t rob banks he wants everyone suffer the pain that they caused him so they can see him as a god.
My favorite version of him
I would LOVE for you to do a video comparing EVERY version of Electro to Ironman Armored Adventures's "Living Lazer". Cause there's alot of overlap between the characters. Beyond the powersets, the "pure energy forms", they also have VERY similar personalities of wanting to be bigshots, feelings of inatiquicy, always feeling belittled, ESPECIALLY by the main hero they fight.
I still say it's SUPER worth a video because. . . how Armored Adventures wrote The Living Laser, to me, THAT'S how you should write Electro.
You know it's a good day when Spider-Dunk posts
Honestly the only max Dylan/electro I like is the TASM 2 version
Not all villains need a sad backstory to be a great villain
You’re right they don’t. Carnage is the best Spider-Man villain and he’s a maniac. Electro is boring.
And Electro is neither a great villain nor one with a sad backstory
@@spidermaniaYou serious? Carnage the best Spider-Man villain???
I mean, i respect your opinion but Carnage isn't that complex either.
@@spidermaniaYou sure about that ? didn't he have a backstory of being abused by his dad and an entire orphanage which caused him to turn into a maniac in the comics.
@@osvaldotellez2044 Complexity doesn't mean sad backstory. Look at Scarecrow for example.
How can you say Electro is bottom of the barrel when The Walrus exists
or Paul
What's wrong with Walrus?
@@Banazir-uz9zthe means the villain not an animal
@@protag64toons2.0So what is wrong with Walrus?
I mean, in all seriousness, Walrus is a D-List villain that is supposed to be either an ineffective joke or a surprisingly capable contract killer that everyone thinks is a joke. Either role he plays pretty well. Electro is an A-List villain whose motivations are incredibly shallow and whose personality barely even exists. He's pretty bad in the role of A-List villain.
"The man shoots electricity ...so he wears a green and yellow suit with a star for a head?" My dude the main character of these comics is a teenage kid who runs around in red and blue pajamas calling himself Spider-Man.
Red and blue my favorite colors chill
The fact Electro's adaptions are always so different shows that Electro is a weak character (Weak as in weakly written).
I thought the same thing, but part of the reason that I like him is due to how creative you can get with him.
i actually like electro. i mean he's no green goblin or doc ock. But i think he's cool.
True i'v always like them more secondary villains like Sandman,Shocker and Lizard (Dr Connors and Flint Marko for real need to be used more as the main antagonist)
I don't know why, but I have an irrational love for Electro, and in every piece of media a version of him appears in, he's automatically my favorite character (except the Insomniac games, I liked Scorpion more). Seeing him get hated on makes me sad, but I understand why people hate at least the comic book versions of him 'cuz he's blander than bread in most of them.
Actually you got it wrong. Despite all flaws, 'TASM2' Electro actually has a point, he wants to have the power plant, not just for the energy he wants but also because it belonged to him.
Max was the one who designed the power grid and got all his work stolen from him by Oscorp, which is the whole thing about Jamie Foxx Electro, he just wants to have what belongs to him back, his legacy, his reputation, his life, all taken by a higher power.
He's basically like Arthur Fleck, the world is constantly bashing on him and people just step on him like nothing happened, so he uses power to not only be on top, he wants to be seen, it's a cry for help. Also he died on his birthday, so it's like power was his gift and he won't give up on it.
I just feel sad that they didn't make a good job conveying all of this. At least he got a second chance in 'Spider-Man - No Way Home'. I'd love to see what happened to him after he got taken back.
Hello it is I and I’m here to say WHAT DO YOU MEAN ELECTRO IS GARBAGE!
I think everything you say is exactly why he's so popular and adapted to many sm things. He's just a fun villain you can throw in a Game as a side Boss and not have to make him Deep. He's just a guy with powers
In spiderman MtV series was great actually
How would you write Electro? BTW I'd choose the electric eel origin over the struck by lighting origin.
I love the fact that he’s basically been replaced as the main Electro in 616 by Francine and nobody has ever complained about it
Honestly, I find Francine better than Dillion to be honest.
Bro there's Kangaroo, The Wall and many other worse villains
True 👍
Dispite that Electro is my second in my top 5 favorite Spiderman villains
1 Venom(Eddie Brock)
2 Electro(Max Dillion)
3 Dr Octopus(Otto Octavius)
4 Sandman(Flint Marko)
5 Green Goblin(Norman Osborn)
I won't bash you for your opinion plus I like your content and I myself and others have villains that everyone else sees as S-Tier that I don't like Poison Ivy from Batman or Cody Leach with The Penguin mainly due to Cody finding Penguin too goofy or boring and I find Poison Ivy to just be repetative and duel plus her writting like Harley's is all over the place and just NEVER been one of my favorites
Electro is unfortunately the perfect example of a potential powerful villain held back by bad writing/characterization.
I just think his powers are cool and so is his suit😤
Same
Ya but unlike all other main spiderman villains, there is nothing beyond the surface level
I wonder what Spider Dunks thoughts on Vulture are. Considering how many people think he’s the worst villain.
Me too. An old guy with a suit with wings is certainly a supervillain.
I think he's alright but not someone I would want to see first but the 2017 version is great espically his redesign
@@monobro141 he looked better in that cartoon than Insomniac's game lmao
@@kendi5391Vulture at least has a compelling backstory. And he was one of the main villains during the high school era
@@Coconut_Prrson Yeah but with how long he's been around people just don't love The Vulture. But I gotta say I liked him using child soldiers in Superior Spider-Man
Always find Electro to be a meh villain. He is powerful, but do feel he is one-note overall.
I bet you grinned when he was killed off in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 as even Kraven finds him lame.
He’s actually my favorite Spider-Man villain ever since that universal ride , idk something about he he’s so simplistic compared to his other villains makes him unique . Sometimes you need that villain of the week who just wants to rob banks .
It sucks to see how Electro is treated because he's my favorite villain. Electric powers are more OP than people give it credit for which is what drew me to him. Having a god complex is probably the best thing for his characterization but the way they go about it, especially in TASM2, it's just done poorly. It's sad how little they care about Electro because he can be a real great character if they tried
nah he was great in the amazing spiderman 2
electro is not the worst spiderman villain there are much worst villains in Spider-Man's rogues gal, just because he's one not doesn't mean he's bad he serves a purpose
Shockers better
I mean I’ve seen worse spidey villains
Hydroman fits the description of a bland villain much better and to think that people actually complained after he was given a more defined character in the Spider-Man show from the 90's.
@@animationunlimited2958 Hydroman is doller store Sandman
@@monobro141 hydroman is 100x better than sandman
@@ravenouspuncherFlint Marko GOATED tho I only know Hydroman due to being a fan of if the 99"s show
How would you write Electro.
I don't think Electro is the worst but I do have a potential change in mind that might make his dynmatic interesting for you. Instead of having him get his powers via a freak electric accident, make him a mutant that has no interest what so ever in the whole back and forth between human and mutant coexistence vs mutant supremacy. Being one of the few to even refuse to live on Krakota later on.
Idk dude, a guy who lusts for power, but isn't smart enough to achieve it is an alright motive for a villain. Better than Big Wheel
Well that was the point of Spider-Man villains in the 60s - 70s comics. They were just evil for the sake of being evil.
1:24 MTV's spiderman gave a pretty good electro.
Topher Grace was playing Electro in Spider Man 3 without even knowing
I think a decently interesting part of Electro is that he’s often stuck the way he is. But if he puts his mind to it, he could be so much more powerful. So much more dangerous. I think it’d be interesting to give him a ATSV Spot treatment. Kind of like Light the Night. All that separates Electro and Spot from being real threats are their mindsets. Not that Electro ever was a complete laughing stock like Spot was, but he could do much, much more than robbing banks and such.
Actually he was made fairly sympathetic in that one story were he is revealed to have a been screwed over by his company and became a leader of the people against the 1%.
What rewrites would you do to Electro?
I have couple of ideas
- using his powers is so addicting and he doesn't rob banks, instead jusy goes to places with most elecricity to feel powerful
-make him feel unimportant like adaptations do, maybe his parents favored his sister or something
-have more team ups with Blizzard the Iron Man villain.
@@kendi5391 my ideas of electro is a dude with family:
-sister with a child (the electro`s nephew)
-with a normal job
-poor with money problem.
-one day he is kidnapped and turned into a mercenary
-but he rebels who turned him into a "monster"
@@davidcameron8870 I can see that, neat
@@kendi5391 thanks man, your a idea is awesome too.
I always enjoyed his costume and its pretty iconic
Reminds me of what GodzillaMendoza said about Electro, saying he was there just to fill up the roster too.
I mean I still like Electro, but I can't deny he's definitely simple. But that's fine.
He's very cinematic actually and i think it's because he's visually interesting everyone's keen on him. Also also in the Gauntlet storyline he kinda has a social justice occupy wall Street nuance
Electro is mt favorite Spider Man villain. He is one of the best villains. TASM 2 Electro is my favorite
cardiac is somewhat of a neutral villain for piderman though
I really like his appearance in Spider-Man Web of Shadows.
He’s not a huge part of the game but what we see of him, he’s basically a schizo trying to help his sister even if that means messing up the city and running through shield containment setups.
You get the sense that he’s not really evil, but he’s just kinda crazy and it makes him do things and act out without thinking.
TASM # 422,423 and 425
Web of spider man 2009 #2
TASM # 612, 613 and 614
these are 3 stories that are about electro's fear of being a nobody just like light the night.
actually do you research before making a video claiming something this stupid.
Nah i don’t care he looks badass and shoots electricity thats good enough for me lol
my favorite version is the TASM2
I didn’t really care for Light The Night. The story that did follow it up was a lot better (And it made sense with the Light The Night story.). Electro actually made Spider-Man BEG for his life ! X-Man had to help him. He appeared to die at the end , and that should have been his final comic story. Too bad.
“Get Power 😎” 💀
Bro is out here hating to hate. 💀
I'm sorry but the actual worst Spider-Man villain is Scorpion.
There can be a certain humor and tragedy in that Electro could potentially be either the most powerful supervillain/most helpful superhero, but he chooses to rob banks. Stories with Electro/Max Dillon usually have him be an entertaining jobber who's kind of an idiot, retconning that he was poorly educated and that he had an abusive childhood that stunted his development, explaining why he never learns from his mistakes.
Mac Gargan/the Scorpion gets no such expansion. He was created specifically for the one purpose of killing Spider-Man and he couldn't even do that right--he knocked Spidey unconscious in his first appearance and instead of finishing him off, Gargan decided "no one can stop me, I'll kill everybody here" and went on a mindless power-mad rampage. Despite ostensibly having abilities that directly counter Spider-Man's while supposedly being much stronger overall, Gargan is a complete dunce and is consistently outwitted.
He doesn't even get a sad backstory--he was a private detective, and not a good one, and Jameson decided to enlist him for the Scorpion experiment. That's it. Any kind of spice to Scorpion's story usually has more to do with Jameson than Gargan himself.
When he became the next host for the Venom symbiote he couldn't even use it nearly as effectively as Brock did. In Peter's words, "a loser with the Venom symbiote is still a freaking loser."
I always thought Electro never really stood out of all the main apider-man villains. Like characters like Sandman and Schocker, he is just a bankrobber. But he doesn't really have that much personality appart from "im evil muahahaha".
The only reason Electro is so popular is because people think electric powers are cool
Here is my unwarranted concept for an electro origin story:
Max Dillon is your average man, down on his luck, his uncle died, his girlfriend dumped him because he is broke, and everybody at his job at (insert name of evil marvel science company here) makes fun of and pranks him. Until one day his coworkers prank him by tripping him up into a tank or mutant electric eels. He survives but he is disfigured, he can get treatment for his disfigurements but he can't afford it. He realizes almost all his cor and maybe even his manager had a hand in this. Meanwhile he learns about his electric powers and decides to get revenge on his coworkers and manager using his power. As Spider-Man has to prevent Max from what he is about to do.
Feel free to tell me what you'd change about his origin or if you just like it. Please only constructive criticism.
This may be a hot take, I find electro’s motive to be stupid in spectacular spiderman
Another hot take i like Electro more in ASM 2 then in Spectacular Spider-Man
Unrelated side not but in Spectacular while that's my second favorite Otto it kinda bugs me on how unlike Spiderman 2 where he has a problem with the tenticals but essintally gets hypnotized by them in the show Green Goblin turns him into Octopus and he's just like" I'mma go to the fair and beat the shit outta some random people" usually Dr Octopus only fights who's in his way and it's jaring how Otto is PERFECTLY fine with the fact that he'll most likely have those arms on him forever controlling his mind and his first concern is " where's Spiderman I wanna kill him"
Imagine watching as all your fellow villians become either deep, threatening, or popular and you just stay uninteresting and weak
Kid who never got out of the highschool mindset. Everyone grown accomplishing mad stuff. He’s still just fooling around
I get it doesn't work for everyone but I like Electro being just a narrow minded petty criminal that got powers by accident and doesn't even know how to make the most of it.
You'd think not all criminals would be brilliant masterminds, you'd get these losers around also showing up when you have better things to do. You need the petty criminals so when Green Goblin or Octopus shows up they look way more menacing by comparison.
You need some mediocre villains who are just that, mediocre without any room for growth. Not to be main antagonist but half step above henchman so Spider is not fighting some random guy without a chance, but neither the biggest threat ever.
Doc Ock, Green Goblin, these guys are the weekend special it will take all his time and attention to win.
Elektro is more the matinee thing you deal with but it is not gonna change your life and you can go on a date with MJ after.
But…I like Electro.
Good for ya I suppose.
Spectacular, cgi, and Amazing psiderman are my favorite versions
I like it how in Spectacular and TASM 2 Electo is portayed their as like Peter he didn't pick his power and relistically being made of light and elecricity would suck as really you would have no point in life besides fighting
That's a shocking surprised how about for electro he wants respect and the reason why he wants power because people who are Richer than him makes fun of him because he is election that's fix electric stuff
Maybe you could do a video about the Master Planner Saga.
Y'know I just (almost) finished 90's spider man and is it weird that I don't really mind the change.Also spectacular made it clear he had given up on himself.Also Also didn't you say in your shocker video that you would be fine with boring bland villains.Now who would people prefer to be boring.A guy who was always boring or a badass who becomes boring.
What about The Wall🤷🏻♂️?
and mysterio
@@ravenouspuncher How is Mysterio bad in terms of writing?
It always feels like Electro is there just to fill out the Sinister Six roster. Like his whole gimmick is just related to his powers which are genuinely dope but he kinda just feels like an afterthought or a filler villain. I think a great writer could potentially revitalize him and find a way to make him interesting but as is his character is so ill defined that you can plug like any character trait into him for an adaptation and most people won’t complain which can be good for some Spider-Man media but still we could use a bit more depth and nuance.
At least he has an amazing theme
Personallly I couldn’t care less about Kraven
Then you should read kraven's last hunt
@@jc0044 Pretty sure it’s way too violent. My parents wouldn’t let me. I can’t read violent, gory, or sexual stuff.
@@TheRatKing_MakesArt Then you should read It when you get older
@@jc0044 It’s not just my parents it’s also my religion
@@TheRatKing_MakesArt well, he's pretty cool in Spider-Man 2 too
This isn’t it bro.
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Sorry you disagree homie
He did get multiverse power in ultimate spider man tv show
I kinda disagree but i still respect and love your content
Wait, he was a NAZI in the 90’s cartoon?😳 I- Don’t remember that .
He's the son of Red Skull in that universe
I heard that Electro was going to be the main villain in James Cameron's unmade Spider-Man movie.
Yeah
Why is Max wrong to demand money to help in doing something dangerous and dumb at work? If you ever at a gig like that, you'd do the same, it's your life on the line, you gonna work to death for free? Nah, he was right in doing that. Ain't nobody being a hero when it comes to such a scenario. If I'm gonna risk getting zapped, Imma make sure I get extra for it. My life ain't free to waste.
For starters it’s not that he was worried about helping it’s how standoffish he was about helping. “I don’t do nothing for no one”.
Max coworker was in danger because his railing snapped and he was dangling from the pole line. Someone needed to go up there and help secure him. Max was struck by lightning in the middle of a sunny day. There was no risk of being shocked it was his harness that’s broken.
He was struck by lightning. He wasn’t electrocuted by the power lines.
@@spidermania
True, but he doesn't necessarily have an obligation to do so. If the guy was gonna fall down, that's a job for security, not a pole man. What exactly is he gonna do up there that he can't do from the ground? Pull him up?
Also, he wasn't just hanging from the pole line, it was a high tension pole, meaning yes, he was in danger of getting shocked if something goes wrong, so anyone close to him would also be in danger, hence why Max shouldn't even be considering doing it. If he does and it goes wrong, 2 people die, if he doesn't, only 1 does, it's simple math.
If he gonna get ordered by his boss to do something that could actually make things worse if it goes wrong, might as well get some extra if he's so necessary in an emergency situation that is NOT his responsability but might be a danger to himself.
Theres an animated version where Electro was a black girl. She had a fun design and was only after Spiderman for a bounty to fund ger science.
1:10 Quec question, who's the guy on left ?
Cardiac
Cardiac ^
Everyone loves Electro…
Speak for yourself
VFX Artists: Include a split-second Lightning Star Easter egg
Toys and Merchandising Companies: 😯
Imo I think it's great Electro is that one villain that is just evil cause he just is. Bro gained super powers and just went "aight ima be evil now " which is kinda realistic. Also the mtv design is still one of my favorites. He is covered in scars and seriously disfigured. He actually looks like an electrocution victim. What would have made the look perfect is if the hair was fringed up into the iconic star mask shape to give homage to the classic look
The idea of Electro is cool but the character himself is just disappointing
Based on the title alone I gotta say yes because a character called the wall is so much better
It hurts to be this wrong.
When Electro gets his next adaptation, I hope they either make him this guy who makes little money and slowly gets rich from like stealing from ATMs or whatever and form hos own little crime empire (I based him form the concept from James Cameron's canceled movie). Or they make him a mutant and give him a redemption or something and maybe have him as a hero who joins the X men
FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT
we love mtv electro
Electro is my 2nd favorite Spider-Man villain, don’t be trashing on him
You know Electro would be an Amazing Superhero Instead of a Supervillian
The MTV version is sick.