For YJ, I didn't mind the time gap. I thought the details would be explained in a flashback season or future episodes. Unfortunately, I think it never materialized.
I don't think the 90's Spiderman holds up anymore. Spiderman gets really mopey and sulky, and the show never gets the fun flashy aspects of Spiderman. The later seasons really got crummy because they tried to tell watered down versions of clones, Carnage, and dimensions. Even the art looks dated. I need to watch it again to be sure. It has been a while.
I think people have fond memories of the 90's Spidey because that was their first exposure. I can't blame them because I do too. I remember waking up specifically to watch Spiderman at 10 am. The same with 90's X-Men. 90's X-Men may not be the best, but it holds fond memories. These cartoons even influenced the MvC and XvC games. If you are in your 20's or 30's, then these cartoons are what you grew up with.
A lot of people dislike Spectacular Spidey because it is really different from 90's Spidey. However, Spectacular is a bit closer to Untold Tales of Spiderman (which is close to the original Stan Lee). It's all a matter of taste.
I don't mind Ultimate Spidey. It is a different take. It is called "ultimate" after all. If I can live with MCU changes, I can live with Ultimate Spidey changes. I wouldn't be surprised if kids today think Ultimate is the best.
I really liked this one. awesome characters with different powers. They actually learn how to work together.
I like how they made each character it's own instead of making them just the same as their mentors. Robin (Grayson) wasn't a carbon copy of batman. He was cocky at first and just assumed he'd be the leader. Superboy was hotheaded. Miss Martian was more quiet in season 1 and in season 2 she was brutal. Then there's the true leader Aqualad. Who was more or less Batman. serious, level headed, and always had a plan for every situation like that time he put on Doctor fate's helmet.
That time gap sucks. Should've just let it be and slowly draw into season 2. Season 2 starts and there's already Lagoon boy, beastboy, rocket, Wasp, Guardian and you're just like, what? what happened between superboy and miss martian? When did these guys join? (I had no clue who rocket was, the others I atleast heard of before).
It gets explained later. But its kind of meh.
Would've been good to actually show the events leading up to it since most of season 2 was about betrayal, deception and mistrust. Rather than going forward and then giving us snippets.
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Too many spidermans I don't remember which is which.
from the ones I've seen
there's the 90s one - I would consider this one the best.
the unlimited one where he resembles spiderman 2099.
The one where it's like 3d-ish animation
spectacular
and the garbage that is ultimate spiderman - it has some good episodes. but overall, it was annoying. too much "breaking the 4th wall" kind of stuff.