It is weird seeing Spider-Man all over again...

I'm 18 and I understand where you're coming from. Raimi's Spiderman movies had me hooked, I lived for those movies.. that is until the third one came out. I thought it was the perfect Spider-Man when I was younger, but now that I am older I see what those movies did wrong and it annoys me(such as Spidey's lack of witty remarks while fighting criminals). The Amazing Spider-Man is going to blow the old movies out of the water, making new classics for us to enjoy.

Its not weird seeing Spidey again because you didn't see him in his glory in any of Raimi's movie, spidey for the most part was mute, you didn't see the wit and humour that spidey has, you didn't see the fact that peter parker actually feels much more confident as Spidey, you never say his intellect ever being used properly in a fight. Hell you never saw spidey. Yes raimi's first two movies were good but they NEVER got Peter Parkers alter ego right.

I'm also 18 and my passion for comics (not exactly for comics, but for superheroes) started just when the first Spider-Man came out. I always thought they should do a fourth movie, and right then the reboot would come. I do like Spider-Man 3. Yeah, it was disappointing, but it's a good movie. But I agree it wasn't the best ending. At first, I pissed off when I heard about the cancellation of Spider-Man 4, and thought it's wasn't the right time to reboot. But, what the hell, now, with the new cast, I'm too excited to see what changes they did, the villains Spider-Man will face, and all that stuff.

Sith,

Can you post the link to your avatar? I can't quite see the whole pic or read the caption.

Thanks!

Good article and great example you're setting by being open minded.

Look, I'm in my 30's (early 30's) and I've seen characters like Superman and Batman evolve through film and I wince every time someone mentions changing anything in a superhero franchise because it is almost always met with a wave of initial fan outrage and flurry of ill-informed and rash comments. In the end I think fanboys hold on to things too tightly and truely fear change at a near molecular level, even when that change may be a good thing. Rebooting Spidey is a prime example, it may be bad, but it may be far better and certainly truer than what came before. It just needs to be given a chance.

There seems to be a trend in the Fanboy community to accept mediocrity for the sake of comfort, a merely okay franchise that one becomes comfortable with is preferable to some rather than going out on a limb and actually making changes because they automatically associate change as a bad thing. I like to look at change as a means of or a chance to correct mistakes.

I think that when comic franchises were first brought to the screen en masse over the last decade the mistake was made of allowing the franchise to become fiefdoms for a single director because if the director goes astray in one aspect or another it tends to magnify over successive installments or at the very least remain unaddressed, I hold up Singer's X-Films and Raimi's Spidey as prime examples. Other times the trilogy concept has paid off in the case of Nolan's films, but more often like the case of Favs with Iron Man 2 they tend to take for granted that what worked in one film will simply automatically work for the next.

I really think to save CBMs the idea of trilogies controlled by a single director needs to die, rather the story should dictate the director rather than the director dictate the story, imagine a Spidey film that address the Symbiote and Venom directed by David Fincher or Speilberg deciding he wants to give Cap a try, the results could be stunning. I would like CBM to be handled more like Bond movies in a way, meaning that directors come and go, actors fill the role for a while and then move on, and there can be a more free flowing dynamic. I think this will be the key to the longevity of the CBM.

The other necessity to see this happen, as I mentioned above, is that the fanboys will have to learn to embrace change, to understand that sometimes it is better to bring in a younger actor who may bring a different spin on a character than simply watch Spidey age to a 40 year old man, as was rapidly happening in the last franchise and not have a massive coronary because a new director or actor comes aboard at some point. The alternative is that we will be locked in reboot hell every ten years, and how many time do we really need to see Peter bitten by a radioactive spider or Superman be launched from Krypton to get the origin of a character, ultimately I agree that a reboot was needed here, but I never want to see it done again.

@TheWorldisYours. I feel exactly the same way as Nero and IronAngelX. I am so glad you made this comment because for me seeing the TV spots and trailers really got me excited for Spider-Man and from that moment on it changed my life.

See I will be honest I didnt get to see Spider-Man in theaters. I couldnt drive, or neither could my friends cuz I too was only like 9 or 10. When I finally watched it for the first time, I was hooked.

Finally Spider-Man 2 came out and my sister could finally drive,and she drove me to see it with one of my friends. I loved Tobey, the story, Doc Ock Bruce Campbell and everyone associated with that movie. I too began collecting everything Spider-Man; shirts, Dr Pepper pop cans,Marvel Ultimate Alliance, all the video games based on the movies, even ultimate Spider-Man, basically anything with Spider-Man. And then I realized that Marvel is a big comic name and DC, so I began watching every other Marvel movie and I am proud to say I own every Marvel movie made since the start of Blade. I fell in love with every Marvel character that we have seen so far and only a slight few did I think were bad casts or bad movies. Basically, I didnt know much about them either when I saw the movie, but after I saw it I did my research on all the characters. So my heart still was with Spider-Man but i got introduced to other characters in the Marvel Universe. Finally, high school came about and because of my love for the character, I got the nickname Spidey! I ran track and cross country and my shoes were always blue/silver with red laces. Even though they were not my school colors, it made me feel like Spider-Man. To this day I still have that nickname with my high school friends. And I also gave them names like Goblin to reflect who they were in both my world and Spidey's.

Ever since their was a countdown for SM3 I always knew how many days until that day. But during the wait movies like Fantastic Four and a few others came out, to help me pass the time. Also I kind of regret it but catching up on all the CBM news and TV spots and trailers, spoiled much of it for me. The day of the midnight premiere of SM3, I sat there with my gf(who bought us the tickets)at 11:55PM just waiting to see Spidey for the first time in a while.

I liked the movie but when Peter/Tobey danced on the street, it felt as though they were celebrating the final chapter of Raimi's movie. As we all know it was, and now we are patiently waiting for The Amazing Spider-Man.

Today, I come on this site every other day to see news about Captain America, Thor,Iron Man, The Avengers and so forth and I am still that little kid, awaiting to see this movie. Since SM3, my friends and I do what I like to call, May Marvel Movie Month or (MMMM)because a Marvel movie always seems to come out in May. This year its Thor and I am awaiting to see Nick Fury/Sam Jackson tie Thor with the Avengers...hopefully after the credits cuz those are AMAZING and get me so pumped.My friends look at me as the Marvel expert and ask me questions and I tell them interesting facts after the movie. But in short because of Tobey Maguire's character I have been hooked and became fans of many actors and actresses for their roles in CBM and have learned alot about many Marvel Characters and their origins/stories. because of my research before SM3, I realized that their were alot of villains throughout Raimi's 3 movies that we saw as humans and not in their actual villain form. Such as, Flash Thompson/Hob Goblin. Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard. Their are some others but cant think of them off the top of my head. But in short, you are not the only one and their are many out there just like us. Hell I really want to go to Comic-Con sometime lol.