The Untitled Spider-Man Reboot

I don't know about other nerds but I love reboots. We get a re-telling a comic book story through new eyes. I think that is human nature, it's like plays- for example, you go to see many different versions of Hamlet, everything is pretty much the same but it's done with new actors and directors that bring variety to the story.

Usually reboots are better because they can fix the things that fans didn't like about the first one. I'm sure you are all familiar with the train wreck of HULK with director Ang Lee who probably never read a comic book in his life. Watching that movie felt like a festering pile of armpit perspiration with mustard and picked off warts all swishing around in your mouth. Soooooo, Instead of making a sloppy second to that movie they can just do a reboot, which means they can tell the origin story if they want... or not. It's like magic. And the next Hulk movie turned out to be really nice!

Well let's look at some cool things about the Spider-man Reboot.

I enjoy the first Spider-mans... men? um... those movies, but I was ready for a new take on them. Director Sam Raimi was signed on for like six or more, but then he and Sony (who owns the Spidey movie rights) took issue with each other on where they wanted to go with the next villains or something. Soooo when we run into a problem like that we just wipe everything clean like a magna-doodle and do an amazing reboot instead! Bada BA da da da!

Enter Andrew Garfield:

Here is his new costume: pretty cool, pretty similar to the last one but some cool differences. The first one had that thick, raised webbing and this one looks a little raised but thinner. If Iwere changing it up I would do a solid red with very thin pinstripe webbing, but the webbingwould be really metallic-shiny so when he caught the light it would kinda give a real spider webfeel. I also would make the webbing more asymmetrical so it would be as uniformed. Wehaven't yet seen his mask. I hope it has big eyes, I like when they draw Spidey with big eyes andit make more sense so he can have more peripheral vision while fighting.

Naturally we all recognize Andrew from... well not much of anything. But you look like you fit the part, Andy, so I'll give you a shot. Oh! He is in the recent blockbuster The Social Network.

So there.

High School

Looks like Petes back to High school for this one (in the first Spider-man high school consisted of one or two scenes and then they all graduated. So now we can enjoy is adolescence a little longer with all his zitty-faced classmates. So there is something different. We are having fun already.

Web Shooters

Okay, now I just found this out a couple days ago- Peter Parker will invent his web slinging cartridges instead of his organic ones in Raimi's version. Now I don't have a problem with either one, but good for them for staying true to the comic book.

Man-made

Organic

Pete's Love Life

Mary Jane Watson was Peter's love interest and eventually wife for the majority of Spider-man history, but she was not the first. I know, I know the movies say that he has been in love with Mary Jane since the first grade or whatever and everything was all about her, BUT Pete's high school sweet heart was Gwen Stacy (yes, the one that was inaccurately depicted in the 3rd Spider-man). He doesn't even know Mary Jane exists at that point. He and Gwen had it all and were the cutest Superhero/Girl next door couple ever. Well Gwen is going to get her chance to shine in the new one.

Gwen Stacy

I dont particularly like the choice of Emma Stone being cast for the role but I guess it doesn't much matter because (spoiler alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Gwen dies. I don't know if they will do it in the first one, maybe they won't do it at all, but that's how it goes.

As far as other comic book movies go, there is some bad news- Anne Hathaway will be playing Catwoman in the new Batman movie- Dark Knight Rises... GRRRRRR!!!!! I am so mad. If I were making the Batman movies, I wouldn't let Anne Barfaway even be an extra in them. In fact I would make sure she was in a completely different country before we started filming. Seriously.

So in conclusion, I think Abraham Lincoln would most impressed with the world of San Dimas, I know I am.