An Update On SPIDER-MAN's Potential MCU Ethnicity

peter parker or im out.

"He also said he didn't think it would be Peter Parker"

That goes against what Marvel and Sony said about having Peter Parker as Spider-Man for their first Spider-Man solo movie. As for the ethnicity, I'm going to let our local keyboard warriors handle that mess. But what about that list that included Dylan O'Brien and Logan Lerman? Was that just a red herring?

I think they should start with Peter Parker, and then maybe introduce someone like Miles Morales down the road. I think they understand that Peter is the Spidey that we all want to see interact with the other MCU characters, so I strongly believe he's the first incarnation of Spidey they'll use in the MCU.

NO!!

Look I love Miles Morales, but it's about DAMN TIME we get a good Spiderman/Peter Parker THE ORIGINAL SPIDERMAN!!!

So NO, NO, NO!

Now I will admit, depending on the character and the actor, I am alright with changing the race of characters. Most of these characters were created between the 30s-70s but solely white writers. It's a completely different world that we live in then they did.

Now in changing Spider-Man's race. If it was going to be Miles, I am alright with it as long as we have that Peter did exist. Having Miles be the MCU main Spider-Man would be like Zack Snyder having Terry McGuinnis as the DCCU Batman.

The whole point of Miles is he is to carry on the Spider-Man mantle. Having him without showcasing Peter's death or Peter existing ruins the character of Miles.

But if it's Peter, part of me feel like they are changing the race just to change the race.

We've seen Spider-Man played by 2 white actors before in 2 series that one was proclaim as the superhero genre's Godfather series in that the first 2 were awesome and third sucked (although I have a different opinion on Spidey 3 but that's a debate for another day). Even Garfield wasn't that bad. I may have hated TASM2 but one of the few pluses I remember was I felt Garfield's performance in that was better than his TASM1 performance.

The point is there are only I would say 5 iconic superheroes. Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Wolverine. I could count Hulk there but Hulk is green and no one would change that. Back to the iconic superheroes, I feel that changing a hero's race that is that iconic for the sole reason of change just feels wrong unless it's an elseworld story or someone besides Peter to Diana or Logan or Bruce or Clark is the hero. Like the mantle was carried on by another.

I mean yea people bring up Elba for Bond but I've always liked the idea of Bond being a title of the spy, not the spy's name so in that case, Bond can be anyone.

When we look at characters who's race were changed. I mean we had Harvey Dent in Batman which was alright. It didn't feel extremely forced plus he was played by Billy Dee Williams. Either way I would not say Two-Face is an iconic villain at that time considering he was really only known for the Batman comics and never appeared on the Adam West show. We had Lawrence Fishburne as Perry White which was great I feel. Liked it. We had Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin. To this day I will forever say that you will never find an actor as good and talented as MCD who physically can come close to Kingpin like MCD can. Rest in peace MCD. There are other examples but the point is none of them were really iconic characters at the time.

I just feel like changing Spider-Man's race would be the equivalent to changing Luke Skywalker's race so to speak or changing Mickey Mouse into a Lion. It just feels forced. Some race changes are ok but doing it to a character who virtually is the face of Marvel, it does feel forced.

But at the same time, when it comes to Marvel Studios rumors, y'all don't believe that. You only believe rumors when it comes to WB or Fox and take them as fact but not taking Marvel Studios rumors that sound bad as facts.

Are they willing to pull a "B.B. Jordan"? I don't think so! This is Marvel Studios guys! ;) They know what they're doing!!!

No Peter Parker? I'll spend my money elsewhere.

It'll still be Peter Parker, but they might want an actor with some European or Latin American background to make him different from the previous versions, which I'm actually ok with.

Save Miles for after the Spider-Man Trilogy. Then, they can do an Ultimate Spider-Man Trilogy.

Like I said before, there's no point of blackwashing Peter Parker because you need someone of color. You already have Miles Morales. With that said, I love Ultimate Spider-Man but Peter will always be Spider-Man.

Maybe we'll have another "Ant-Man" type situation.

But Spider-Man 2099 has the best lookin suit in my opinion.

My kids are half black...and I don't want a blackass Peter Parker.

Now if they are just changing his race but he's still Peter Parker then...

Well....the blacker the spider....

They said Peter Parker. They could cast someone ethnic as Peter Parker. It doesn't have to be MM