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Well, last week I promised to do a thread on MCU Spider-Man. Through some thinking and procrastinating, I& #39;ve decided to do a Spider-Man on Film and TV thread instead.
Because of the nature of what I& #39;ll end up saying about the MCU, I feel that it& #39;s best I lay out my Spider-Man bonafides first, get you guys to get where I& #39;m coming from...even if we won& #39;t agree.
That plus the various Spider-Man tweets I& #39;ve seen, and half of the movies have played since last Saturday. It just felt right to do it this way.
So, let& #39;s get started.
As long as I can remember I& #39;ve always known Spider-Man. When I was really little there was a video store around the corner from my house (I& #39;m from the country so the selection was VERY limited). I would always rent Popeye the movie, or this guy...
As long as I can remember I& #39;ve always known Spider-Man. When I was really little there was a video store around the corner from my house (I& #39;m from the country so the selection was VERY limited). I would always rent Popeye the movie, or this guy...
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The VHS was two episodes of the CBS show. I can even tell you what episodes Night of the Clones (there are so many jokes to be had here) and Escort to Danger. It was a Spider-Man movie in my little mind.
Now, from this point on my want of a Spider-Man movie would be met with various countdown ads and clocks (if you& #39;re old enough to remember, Marvel ran ads with a countdown date for a Spider-Man movie in the early 90s).
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I LOVED the original Spider-Man movie. Love, love, loved it. Spider-Man was on the big screen in a way the was new, fun, but earnest and true to Spider-Man. It was Superman the Movie for my age.
I saw it at least six times in the theaters, and I may have stumbled upon a less than reputable copy between the theater and DVD, that I watched EVERY night. By the time it was on DVD I could listen to the movie in another room and give you all the cues.
As much as I adored it, there were things that bugged me. I never loved Tobey Maguire. He was cast in the role, so I accepted him, but he just never sat right with me. Felt much the same way about Kirsten Dunst as well.
And, I hated that there were no quips. Quips were, and still are, a big thing for me and Spider-Man. He tells bad jokes, he doesn& #39;t shut up, it& #39;s part of his charm and why he foes hate him so much. On top of beating them, he& #39;s annoying. That was always missing for me.
But, I could look past all that because, dammit, Spider-Man was swinging through New York and everyone loved him as much as I did. How could I complain (take note, current nerds).
And now, we& #39;re almost to the granddaddy of the original movies, but first...we almost lost Tobey, and I was not happy about it.
Tobey hurt his back and almost had to pull out. Back in those days, I wasn& #39;t a fan of recasting any role. I thought you lost something like that. I& #39;ve done a 180 on that, and in hindsight, I would have been happier with Gyllenhaal as Peter over Tobey.
No matter. Spider-Man 2 came out and I was in love all over again. It is the best of the Raimi trilogy, and some put it as one of the best of all time. I think most of the credit for that starts here.
Doc Ock is still the best Spider-Man villain to-date (even though I think we& #39;ve gotten some good ones. My viewing regime for this was the same as the first. I couldn& #39;t get enough.
Alas...all good things come to an end.
Besides introducing me to my favorite James Brown song, Spider-Man 3 was a HUGE disappointment, but at the time. I& #39;m going to take a little break before I dive into this...
