Miniatures Of Doc Ock's Lair For Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN 2

Miniatures Of Doc Ock's Lair For Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN 2

McCune Design is an Academy Award-winning special effects company that designed miniatures for Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. Hit the jump to see miniatures of Dr. Otto Octavius' waterfront lair seen in the film's climax.

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By nailbiter111 - Dec 26, 2014 02:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man 2
Source: McCune Design

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In Spider-Man 2 (2004), Dr. Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina) finishes building his second fusion reactor after receiving tritium from Harry Osborn (James Franco) for delivering an unconscious and bound Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire). Once Spidey frees himself he convinces Harry to disclose the location where Doc Ock is holding Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst). This leads to the climactic battle at the waterfront labratory located on  the Hudson River. To pull off this scene, director Sam Raimi ("Evil Dead") turned to McCune Design to build miniatures of Doc Ock's waterfront labratory. Here are the details:

McCune Design built a 60' long 1/4 scale wharf and warehouse in the tank at Sony’s stage 30. The miniature was destroyed and submerged over a three-day period according to the storyline. An interior complete with “Doc. Oc’s” Fusion Machine, and a copper-sheeted lifeboat were created for interior destruction shots. A miniature electrical-generating platform was pulled with a high-speed winch as it careened down the wharf into the warehouse impacting and destroying the side of the structure.


In SPIDER-MAN 2, the latest installment in the blockbuster Spider-Man series, based on the classicMarvel Comics hero, Tobey Maguire returns as the mild-mannered Peter Parker, who is juggling the delicate balance of his dual life as college student and a superhuman crime fighter. Peter's life becomes even more complicated when he confronts a new nemesis, the brilliant Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina) who has been reincarnated as the maniacal and multi-tentacled "Doc Ock." When Doc Ock kidnaps MJ (Kirsten Dunst), Spider-Man must swing back into action as the adventure reaches new heights of unprecedented excitement.
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Thing94
Thing94 - 12/26/2014, 2:35 PM
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Mike89
Mike89 - 12/26/2014, 2:36 PM
Best spiderman movie ever!
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 12/26/2014, 2:46 PM
See that kids? It's called a practical effect
totalblind
totalblind - 12/26/2014, 2:48 PM
There is not a best Spider man yet in my opinion.
tokens
tokens - 12/26/2014, 2:50 PM
spiderman 2 is better than 90% of the MCU films.
im right because I kow everything and you cant say anything because ur you and im a cat and there are no strings on me.


#tangled
tokens
tokens - 12/26/2014, 2:51 PM
spiderman 2 sucks.
tokens
tokens - 12/26/2014, 2:52 PM
I just mind molested you.
















how does it feel.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 12/26/2014, 2:55 PM
I love practical effects. It makes it feel so real.

Yes SM 2 is the best SM movie.

So far.
TucksFrom2015
TucksFrom2015 - 12/26/2014, 3:00 PM
Jemaine Clement should be next to don the Ock harness

nailbiter111 - whats wrong with the video embedder, why's it so narrow??
fastflames
fastflames - 12/26/2014, 3:07 PM
Raimi should come back to SM
StrangeBatch
StrangeBatch - 12/26/2014, 3:11 PM
SPIDER-MAN 2 = BEST CBM EVER
nuyhm7ai
nuyhm7ai - 12/26/2014, 3:19 PM
Eh, spidey 2 isn't all that great. Most supporting casts are bland as ever a d if raimi continued the casts would've aged, tobey and Kirsten would still suck, the identity struggle will never happen again in the films, the villain would die and the side characters won't have characters. Did I mention Gwen is the new MJ in the raimi films? Because looking at that was pretty [frick]ing obvious.
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 12/26/2014, 3:20 PM
Spider-Man 2 is my favorite Spider-Man movie.

1. Spider-Man 2
2. Spider-Man
3. TASM
4. TASM2
5. Spider-Man 3
nuyhm7ai
nuyhm7ai - 12/26/2014, 3:21 PM
Also, surprising this is all practical effects. Heh, and a tv series would still do the trick.

Pretty soon after whatever spidey movie comes in 2018 we'll get a spidey tv or Netflix series. TASM series should get a directors cut as well.
Nickk
Nickk - 12/26/2014, 3:26 PM
@Thing92 Spider man is the greatest comic book movie ever
SuperAlexMan
SuperAlexMan - 12/26/2014, 3:51 PM
A time when people actually put effort into practical effects...
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 12/26/2014, 3:55 PM
@0megaDaGod

LaserKing
LaserKing - 12/26/2014, 3:55 PM
Spider-Man for me beats the second one just because of the I can't believe it is finally a movie feeling and they did Peter Parker so well.
Supes17
Supes17 - 12/26/2014, 3:59 PM
Spiderman 2
Spiderman 1
TASM
Spiderman 3




TASM 2

Bring Raimi back
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 12/26/2014, 3:59 PM
I'll join the list party.

1. Spider-man
2. Spider-man 2
3. Amazing Spider-man
4. Spider-man 3
5. Amazing Spider-man 2
Bishop76
Bishop76 - 12/26/2014, 4:12 PM
Oooohhh! List time?

1. A loaf of bread
2. A carton of milk
b. a Stick of butter

Am I doing it right?
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 12/26/2014, 4:27 PM
Actually, I need to revise my list:

1. Spider-Man 2
2. Spider-Man
3. TASM
4. Spider-Man 3
5. TASM2

TASM2 was stronger in quite a few areas than Spider-Man 3(why I ranked it above before), but I got more out of Spider-Man 3 than I did TASM2, honestly.

Even though Spider-Man 3 is the weakest of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, the movie had a great message:



Those are words to live by right there. TASM2 didn't have the same emotional impact on me as Spider-Man 3 did. Don't get me wrong, Gwen Stacy dieing was very sad, but Harry's death was handled better.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 12/26/2014, 4:36 PM
Yep. Best Spidey movie!
TheDarkPassenger
TheDarkPassenger - 12/26/2014, 4:37 PM
Still one of the best over 10 years later.
bropous
bropous - 12/26/2014, 4:49 PM
THAT'S pretty freaking awesome!

@TheDarkPassenger and @SuperCat: AGREED.
bropous
bropous - 12/26/2014, 4:52 PM
@cinnamon: "spiderman 2 is better than 90% of the MCU films.
im right because I kow everything and you cant say anything because ur you and im a cat and there are no strings on me."

Meow.

And, yes.

Cats RULE my existence.
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