You knew this was coming.
In one of Todd McFarlane's insufferable brags, he talked about how dated Spider-Man and Peter Parker were, and how he brought the comic up to date by giving Mary Jane giant hair that filled up every panel.
As someone who's sat down and read every Spider-Man comic from start to around 2011 I can say, with the exception of a couple of disco scenes in the 70s, the only comics that look embarrassingly dated are his. Of course, this was a man that said that it was the nature of collectibles to go down in value from the moment their purchased.
The only way to cause something to be dated more than purposely trying to be hip and modern is to constantly remind the audience that's what you're doing.
So, yeah, this thing -
I won't pick on this too much except to point out that their song choices to update the show were all Cuban inspired pop songs from the mid to late 80s. Because all the cool kids were into Buster Poindexter and Gloria Estefan in 1998. Hell, Martin Denny was cooler in 1998 than Miami Sound Machine.
This show was so horrible that God herself struck it down with fire, and the original version has returned (kinda).
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