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Well, last week I promised to do a thread on MCU Spider-Man. Through some thinking and procrastinating, I've decided to do a Spider-Man on Film and TV thread instead.
Because of the nature of what I'll end up saying about the MCU, I feel that it's best I lay out my Spider-Man bonafides first, get you guys to get where I'm coming from...even if we won't agree.
That plus the various Spider-Man tweets I've seen, and half of the movies have played since last Saturday. It just felt right to do it this way.
So, let's get started.
As long as I can remember I've always known Spider-Man. When I was really little there was a video store around the corner from my house (I'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've always known Spider-Man. When I was really little there was a video store around the corner from my house (I'm from the country so the selection was VERY limited). I would always rent Popeye the movie, or this guy...
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're old enough to remember, Marvel ran ads with a countdown date for a Spider-Man movie in the early 90s).
Luckily the second countdown (courtesy of http://SpidermanHype.com , the precursor to @SuperHeroHype) ended with one of the happiest days of my comic-loving life. https://images.app.goo.gl/3CX8ghmG6p2gJGUC9
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't shut up, it's part of his charm and why he foes hate him so much. On top of beating them, he'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'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't a fan of recasting any role. I thought you lost something like that. I'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've gotten some good ones. My viewing regime for this was the same as the first. I couldn'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'm going to take a little break before I dive into this...
Sooo...I was gonna finish this thread, but I just typed out 16 or so tweets and they're all gone...yeah, y'all gotta wait on this now.
