MADAME WEB: It Might Be Best Not To Get TOO Excited About Those Superhero Costumes - Here's Why!

MADAME WEB: It Might Be Best Not To Get TOO Excited About Those Superhero Costumes - Here's Why!

The first trailer for Madame Web features some spectacular comic-accurate costumes, but upon closer inspection, it might be wise not to get too excited about the movie being a true superhero adventure...

By JoshWilding - Nov 15, 2023 10:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Madame Web

The first trailer for Madame Web was released earlier today (if you missed it, click here to check it out) and it's fair to say the movie looks vastly different to what we know many of you expected. For starters, it boasts some surprisingly comic-accurate costumes! 

However, upon closer inspection, it might be best not to get too excited about those.

We'll be bringing you a full breakdown a little later today, but a closer look at the trailer reveals the three Spider-Women - Julia Carpenter, Mattie Franklin, and Aña Corazón - suit up to battle Ezekiel Sims years into the future.

That's evident from the fact Tahar Rahim is decked out in a questionable grey wig meant to make him look like the Ezekiel who crosses paths with Peter Parker in the comics. Like Madame Web, he also somehow gains the ability to see the future and, because he's killed by the three heroes, the villain sets out to kill them before they one day do the same to him. 

Ezekiel even says to Cassandra Webb at one stage that she has "no idea" what the girls become, so it's clear he believes they need to be stopped. His targeting Julia, Mattie, and Aña may even be enough to stop them from ever gaining their powers as the title character tells the trio at one stage, "Your future was almost so different." 

The timeline of this story is a tad murky because that scene on the subway is set in the late 2000s (you'll notice a guy is playing a PSP), suggesting Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl, and Araña won't take on those mantles until the present day...if ever. 

If there's one thing this weird sneak peek makes clear, it's that they're all powerless when they meet Cassandra, something which continues right up to what looks to be Madame Web's final battle. With that in mind, we don't expect to see them gain their spectacular abilities until the very end of the movie, with those costumes likely saved for a final scene or perhaps even a future movie. 

That sounds both like something Avi Arad would do and what we'd expect to see in a mid-2000s-style comic book movie (which also describes Venom, Morbius and, based on what we've seen thus far, Kraven the Hunter). 

There's always a chance Madame Web will surprise us, but if you're expecting an MCU-style adventure with costumed superheroes, now might be the time to temper expectations. 

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BlackSpider
BlackSpider - 11/15/2023, 10:31 AM
Ps2 cutscene

JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 11/15/2023, 10:33 AM
@Tigerman33 - Actually, between the costume and colour palette, I was more thinking of the Catwoman video game. 😅
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 11/15/2023, 10:39 AM
@Tigerman33 - that’s PS4 at least. Y’all really don’t remember what PS2 graphics look like, do you?
BlackSpider
BlackSpider - 11/15/2023, 10:40 AM
@Oberlin4Prez - No. You're thinking of ps4 gameplay. Ps2 cutscene, like this



Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 11/15/2023, 10:46 AM
@Tigerman33 - I stand corrected. Bahahaha
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 11/15/2023, 12:01 PM
@JoshWilding - I ‘member that one 😅
WaffeX
WaffeX - 11/15/2023, 12:04 PM
@Tigerman33 - awesome cut scenes, I really like the first two Marvel Ultimate Alliance and both X-Men Legends games, I haven't played Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, because I don't have a Switch
Origame
Origame - 11/15/2023, 1:09 PM
@Tigerman33 - thats a pre rendered cut scene that uses the tech from the main, ps3 version of that game.

What you're showing is basically a movie scene cut into a video game.
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/15/2023, 2:52 PM
@Oberlin4Prez - depends on game
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 11/15/2023, 10:38 AM
Who ever gets excited about a marvel property
supermanrex
supermanrex - 11/15/2023, 10:39 AM
the sony just make a movie about every single character is gonna further stigmatize CBM movies being horrible and the trades and trolls will have a hay day. i hope its good but sony outside of miles morales track record is baaaaaaaad. we still kraven to come too. dammit.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 11/15/2023, 10:44 AM
@supermanrex - Disney Marvel are doing enough damage. I wish more studio's took cracks at it, other than the usual 3.
Matador
Matador - 11/15/2023, 10:46 AM
@supermanrex - I'm still waiting on Peter Parker's parents spy movie where they die at the end.
BlackSpider
BlackSpider - 11/15/2023, 10:53 AM
@Matador - I think thats this movie.
videovac
videovac - 11/15/2023, 10:30 PM
"the sony just make a movie about every single character is gonna further stigmatize CBM movies being horrible and the trades and trolls will have a hay day. i hope its good but sony outside of miles morales track record is baaaaaaaad. we still kraven to come too. dammit." - @supermanrex

Did you have a stroke while typing this? Is English your second or third or fourth language?
supermanrex
supermanrex - 11/16/2023, 12:08 PM
@videovac - not concerned about your grammar fetish. online is a toy to me and nothing more. i can care less.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 11/15/2023, 10:42 AM
I don't think anyone's excited.
Sony, guys, just stick to animation.
Steel86
Steel86 - 11/15/2023, 10:44 AM
Like Madame Webb I wish I could go back in time and not read this. Its obvious from the trailer that was just a peak into their future and they won't be superheroes throughout the film. Its Madame Webb's movie after all.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 11/15/2023, 10:44 AM


Main reason to watch it, lel.
SirDuckAlot
SirDuckAlot - 11/15/2023, 10:45 AM
This should be a tax write off for Sony
Matchesz
Matchesz - 11/15/2023, 10:46 AM
Always gotta go young and hot, aunt may, agatha and now madam webb all old ladies in the comic but sex sells I guess is the message they’re trying to send
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 11/15/2023, 10:46 AM
I say the less clothes, the better.
mountainman
mountainman - 11/15/2023, 10:46 AM
It seemed obvious from the trailer that those costumes were in her visions. Possibly they show up for a few minutes at the end of the movie. It seems that most of it will be them in plain clothes. Very exciting!
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 11/15/2023, 10:58 AM
So @JoshWilding are you baically telling us that you watched the trailer as well?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/15/2023, 11:00 AM
Mild shock there. Shot of Spider Woman looked like Boss Logic art
AvalonX
AvalonX - 11/15/2023, 11:00 AM
You know, if Sony was serious, they should have just picked someone to be their main hero instead of just throwing shit at the wall. I mean their post andrew movies have been awful.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 11/15/2023, 11:29 AM
Between this and the trailer it just confirms that SONY is f*cking clueless about CBM movies and are making another flop and dumpster fire. Please for the love of god make them stop after Kraven.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 11/15/2023, 11:38 AM
It's Sony. No one was expecting an MCU-style adventure with costumed superheroes.

Be hilarious if in the final cut they remove them wearing costumes.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/15/2023, 11:54 AM
I think it looked fine. And I don't mind them not suiting up for a large part if it's gonna be a time-travel mystery. Sounds more interesting than a CGI-fest
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 11/15/2023, 11:55 AM
@bkmeijer1 - I’ll take the cgi fest instead.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/15/2023, 11:59 AM
@slickrickdesigns - and that's the reason we get stuff like Quantumania and the Marvels. People rather tune into that.

People in the comments make this out to be destructive for the genre, when the masses tuning in to CI-fests is that just as much.
ReverseFlasher
ReverseFlasher - 11/15/2023, 12:32 PM
@bkmeijer1 - my one question, was the “i can see the future, but cant foresee harmless objects being thrown at me” moment an intentional ripoff of no way homes Garfield scene, or just an example of the scripts uninspired writing… because man thosr jokes fall flat af in the trailer.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/15/2023, 2:00 PM
@ReverseFlasher - oh yeah, it looks like the script isn't gonna be unique at all. Bet they'll be dropping a "forget everything you think you know" at one point too
bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/15/2023, 3:50 PM
@slickrickdesigns -
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 11/15/2023, 11:54 AM
Sooo does it diminish the idea of Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man and making his own suit to find out someone else already did it? Or how bought the idea that the dude has the iron spider style suit?
Razorface1
Razorface1 - 11/15/2023, 12:54 PM
@slickrickdesigns - I dont think theres a Peter Parker in this universe, so it likely wouldnt matter
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