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<blockquote data-quote="InzeladunMaster" data-source="post: 4241069" data-attributes="member: 9774"><p>I know when I was younger, I was always surprised at how similar the Superman and Spiderman comics were to each other (disregarding some obvious ones, such as one being a reporter for a paper, the other a photographer for a paper, both having secret identities, etc) - if Superman lost his powers, in a few months, so did Spiderman. If Superman married, so did Spiderman. If the Superman writers got tired of the marriage, they eliminated it from continuity. So did Spiderman's writers.</p><p></p><p>So too it seems with the movies.</p><p></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><strong>Superman</strong> - Origin story. Parents dead. Elderly couple adopts. Adoptive Father dies. Gets job at newspaper. Bad guy has financial motive and screws the military (steals nuclear missiles). Well-known actor plays bad guy (Gene Hackman).</p><p></p><p><strong>Spiderman</strong> - Origin story. Parents dead. Elderly couple adopts. Adoptive Father dies. Gets job at newspaper. Bad guy has financial motive and screws the military (steals glider). Well-known actor plays bad guy (Willem DeFoe)</p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><strong>Superman II</strong> - Superman loses his powers. Mysteriously regains them to fight bad guy. Is revealed to his love. Lesser known actor (who played in a George Lucas film*) plays bad guy.</p><p></p><p><strong>Spiderman II</strong> - Spiderman loses his powers. Mysteriously regains them to fight bad guy. Is revealed to his love. Lesser known actor (who played in a George Lucas film**) plays bad guy.</p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><strong>Superman III</strong> - Superman turns evil. Suit turns dark while evil. Comedian plays bad guy. Kind of a new romantic partner (Lana Lang). One of the bad guys turns helpful.</p><p></p><p><strong>Spiderman III</strong> - Spiderman turns evil. Suit turns black while evil. Comedy sitcom actors (Wings/That 70's Show) play bad guys. Kind of a new romantic partner (Gwen Stacy). One of the bad guys turns helpful.</p><p></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>It even goes to the names of the movies. Many sequels don't number themselves. The Indiana Jones movies, for example. The various James Bond movies. The Star Wars movies (before the prequels started the process of numbering them). The Silence of the Lambs sequels. But Superman and Spiderman both number their movies as part of the official title.</p><p></p><p>Has anyone else ever noticed this pattern between Superman and Spiderman?</p><p></p><p>* The actor playing General Zod appears in <em>The Phantom Menace</em>.</p><p>** The actor playing Doctor Octopus appears in the opening adventure of <em>The Raiders of the Lost Ark</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InzeladunMaster, post: 4241069, member: 9774"] I know when I was younger, I was always surprised at how similar the Superman and Spiderman comics were to each other (disregarding some obvious ones, such as one being a reporter for a paper, the other a photographer for a paper, both having secret identities, etc) - if Superman lost his powers, in a few months, so did Spiderman. If Superman married, so did Spiderman. If the Superman writers got tired of the marriage, they eliminated it from continuity. So did Spiderman's writers. So too it seems with the movies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [B]Superman[/B] - Origin story. Parents dead. Elderly couple adopts. Adoptive Father dies. Gets job at newspaper. Bad guy has financial motive and screws the military (steals nuclear missiles). Well-known actor plays bad guy (Gene Hackman). [B]Spiderman[/B] - Origin story. Parents dead. Elderly couple adopts. Adoptive Father dies. Gets job at newspaper. Bad guy has financial motive and screws the military (steals glider). Well-known actor plays bad guy (Willem DeFoe) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [B]Superman II[/B] - Superman loses his powers. Mysteriously regains them to fight bad guy. Is revealed to his love. Lesser known actor (who played in a George Lucas film*) plays bad guy. [B]Spiderman II[/B] - Spiderman loses his powers. Mysteriously regains them to fight bad guy. Is revealed to his love. Lesser known actor (who played in a George Lucas film**) plays bad guy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [B]Superman III[/B] - Superman turns evil. Suit turns dark while evil. Comedian plays bad guy. Kind of a new romantic partner (Lana Lang). One of the bad guys turns helpful. [B]Spiderman III[/B] - Spiderman turns evil. Suit turns black while evil. Comedy sitcom actors (Wings/That 70's Show) play bad guys. Kind of a new romantic partner (Gwen Stacy). One of the bad guys turns helpful. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It even goes to the names of the movies. Many sequels don't number themselves. The Indiana Jones movies, for example. The various James Bond movies. The Star Wars movies (before the prequels started the process of numbering them). The Silence of the Lambs sequels. But Superman and Spiderman both number their movies as part of the official title. Has anyone else ever noticed this pattern between Superman and Spiderman? * The actor playing General Zod appears in [I]The Phantom Menace[/I]. ** The actor playing Doctor Octopus appears in the opening adventure of [I]The Raiders of the Lost Ark[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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