Caught in a Ham

"Caught in a Ham" is a special feature included with the DVDs for "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse". The film is only 4 minutes long but is well worth seeing. It's because for the non-comicbook fan watching "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" they've never been exposed to Peter Porker, also known as Spider-Ham. He's only in the film a bit here and there...and the short allows you to see the sort of world this Looney Tunes-like character lives in and where he's a hero. Overall, funny, well made and a must see if you get the DVD for the feature film.

Spider-Ham was one of the multiverse version of Spider-Man who appeared in the main film, and I found this short film on YouTube. Unfortunately where the film captured the imagination by its creativity, control of tone, and swiftness, Caught in a Ham seems half-done and a bit obvious. The inspirations of the short are clear, and the character is not taken beyond the one-liners he has in the filme - one-liners that worked as such, but when they are the focus of the film they do not make the same impact. The short is in the style of Looney Tunes and modern cartoons, but it is always the copy, and doesn't manage to use them as reference points.

Jokes are mostly obvious, and the disconnected character of Spider-Ham is not as funny in context of his universe. A shame then, because the main film was so good and the character was a fun one, but this is uninspired stuff.

I feel like Spider-Ham Caught in a Ham is a good spin on Looney Toons. I find it as a good addition to Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse. It focuses on Spider-Ham in his universe right before he got brought into Miles's universe (Earth 1610). It is meant to be funny and it delivered. I feel like there should be a show about Spider-Ham. He's so like a Looney Tunes character and should have a show like Looney Tunes. The show can show his origin more in detail. That's at least my opinion and can give an idea to the producers of the Spider-Man related content at Sony if they're reading this. I feel like this Short's alright and hope there will be more like this to come out of the Spider-Verse franchise.

In this weird drug trip, Spider-Pig (played by comedian John Mulaney) beats up baddies in a self-aware, Looney Tunes-esque style. Nothing much else to say.

An amusing four-minute short, which serves as a prequel to 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'.

John Mulaney returns to voice the titular character, to good effect - there are a couple of nice gags in there. Animation is sweet, too. It's obviously not necessary, but 'Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham' is good nevertheless.