[OT] Spider-Man...who's interested? (possible spoilers)

[PenguinKing]

My sons are hoping to see Venom, but I think there's too much backstory to do Venom justice without doing a complete rewrite on his origins.

Not really - tho' they'd need at least two movies to do it. They'd have to run the Eddie Brock/Peter Parker rivalry as a subplot simultaneously with the "alien costume Spider Man" story in one movie, then do Venom in the sequel.

- Sir Bob.

 

[Desdichado]

I know the thread has long since passed this by, but dude: Jim Lee hasn't gotten the credit he deserves for his WILDCats and associated toys?

You do realize that before Jim Lee went off to co-found Image comics he was just about the biggest name in the industry, right? In my mind, Jim Lee fell to hubris: he was a great artist, but he forgot to play to his strengths. He really didn't have any business creating another comic book company, writing a comic book, creating comic book characters, etc. He should have just stuck to drawing. Back when he and Marc Silvestri were both doing X-Men mags: man, those were heady days to collect comics. But Image Comics always suffered from being extremely pretty but fairly vacous mags, IMO.

And yeah, I do love MacFarlane's work. Although I haven't bought comic books in ten years or more, I'll probably keep my Spidey's 299 and 300 forever! And I loved him on The Hulk as well: anyone else catch that preview? Apparently with Jennifer Connelly as Betty ...er, whatshername. I don't just say he's the best Spidey penciller ever: he's one of my all-time favorites in comics period. Although Jim Lee on the X-Men is right up there with him.

 

[Desdichado]

Oh, and although I agree that Venom would make a kick-ass villain in a later Spidey movie, how can they really do that without making the Secret Wars movie first?

 

[AFGNCAAP]

Just saw the movie... utterly loved it. I was very impressed by the movie. I wonder what the movie was like before a lot of the necessary editing due to the events of Sept. 11.

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I noticed the Eddie Brock & Dr. Curtis Connors references in the movie, though I think I need to see it again if there is a Doc Ock reference.

At first, until I actually heard the character's name, I thought that the bald man in the wheelchair could have been Adrian Toomes, aka the Vulture. Also, I didn't hear the exoskeleton-developing company's name, so I didn't know if it was a hidden Stark Inc./Iron Man reference until the scene at the Quest proving grounds.

I wonder whether Harry will be the 2nd Green Goblin, or if he'll be behind the Hobgoblin (either as the man behind the mask, or as the financial backer behind the Hobgoblin, since Harry's just inherited Oscorp). Venom will be a hard character to do, though I think the "camouflaging spider" ability reference might be a hint as to how a movie Venom may come about (since the symbiote had a sort of camouflage/shapechange ability as it is).

Hopefully, it'll either be Doc Ock or the Lizard (I'm hoping for the Lizard) for the sequel. Hoever, it sounds like there's plans for a 3rd movie.

Personally, if possible, I'd like the 3rd movie to cover the Sinister Six. They're a key element of the Spidey "mythos" if you will, & it'd make for some very cool fight scenes, IMHO.

I'm looking forward to the Hulk as well, esp. since I got to see the trailer for it today.

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

It Was Great!!!!

It was Amazing... it was Spectacular... it was the BEST Comic movie yet! But I'll admit that I've been a Spider-Man fan since I was a little kid, so I'm a little biased, but I thought is was better then Superman but that is IMO.

I wasn't wild about the organic web-shooters because the making of the mechanical shooters showed what a genius Peter Parker is but you know what... the organics worked for me.

I didn't like GG's armor at first but it worked well in the film. I wish that the torso would have been purple but like I said it worked.

Tobey was perfect for the part. Defoe was great. And Kirsten, who I was worried was not right for MJ, worked extremely well. They were great in their roles.

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He was without his mask too many times, as an example: 1. when he was collecting his money after his match, 2.his confrontation with the robber, and 3. the rain fight scene. But other then that it was a darn good, great movie and a lot of fun. I can't wait for SM 2. There was and I'm sure there will be again a countdown clock on Spidermanhype.com.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

In a word: AMAZING!

It was great! Like others here I had only minor nitpicks, such as the web-shooters: It's necessary to demonstrate Peter's genius, and we don't get that in the movie.

I was also constantly worried about Peter blowing his secret ID. His "bad day" at school would have made it obvious to anyone, from the webs to the fight with Flash.

But these really are minor nitpicks. Spidey has always been my favorite comic book hero, and this movie WAY exceeded my expectations.

I plan to see it again and again!


Wulf

 

[noretoc]

Just got back from it. The only thing I didn't like was the emotional scenes seemed to drag on. I like action, and story, but I think the hand holding and the staring wass just a tad bit too long. Otherwise it was AWESOME. I even liked the slo-mo fighting bits, better than I liked em in Matrix. They were short and just enough to show the difference in his perception.
Jameson was awesome, and they did a great job on the acting. I really thought that was a kid learning how to swing on webs.

(edit: Man, where did I learn to type)

 

[Decado]

I just got back from taking my girlfriend to see the movie. We both loved it. I thought all the characters were done very well. Tobey really played Peter and Spidey very well, right down to the witty banter. I was initially bothered when I heard that his webs were going to be a natural ability instead of the web shooters, but it worked very well. I think I am going to see this one again before it is released on DVD.

Does anyone know if Tobey did the voice of Spiderman in the PS2 game? It sounds very much like him.

Great movie, go see it!!

Decado

 

[wrabbit37]

I looked around for Stan Lee during the movie, but I couldn't find him. Does anybody know exactly where to look to see his cameo?

 

[RangerWickett]

When the parade/festival is being attacked, for one flash you see Stan Lee look up in surprise. Old guy, gray hair, and glasses (sunglasses I think). It's just before the board of directors gets zapped.