A quick origin story: For the love of god, we all know how Spider-Man gets his powers, radioactive spider bite, Uncle Ben dying, yada yada yada. We don’t want yet another reboot that focuses on same retelling of the same story. What I want to see is the origin story happen in a series of flashbacks, or maybe a dream sequence at the start of the film, just to get us up to date. I want the film to open with a voiceover from Peter Parker, showcasing him getting bitten by a spider, and then Uncle Ben’s death. That would get the origin out of the way in less than 5 minutes. Then perhaps later on Peter has a nightmare about Uncle Ben dying, and that would be a great way to show us Ben actually giving Peter the speech, instead of just being told about it.
A perfect Peter Parker: I don’t plan to get too much into this, but basically what I want to see is a Peter that is faithful to the comics, dorky, nerdy, basically a genius (We all have to admit that TASM captured this aspect of Peter better than the Raimi trilogy). That is all I ask. Out of all the actors being thrown around to play him, the one I like the most is Dylan O’Brien. He is the one that I am most familiar with. I believe he could make a faithful Peter for many reasons, he looks the part, he has played a Peter Parker-esque character in The Internship, he plays a character with a very similar sense of humour as Peter in Teen Wolf, and he has proved he can hold up a blockbuster in The Maze Runner. He has expressed interest in playing Spider-Man for years, so obviously he his a fan of the character. A couple of other actors who I wouldn’t mind seeing include; Josh Hutcherson (check out his scene test for THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN), Logan Lerman, or Dave Franco. I honestly wouldn’t be too surprised if Marvel cast a generally unknown actor for the part though.
New villains: I wouldn’t mind a Green Goblin or a Venom story done right, but what I really want to see is villains we haven’t seen before, so Shocker, Alastair Smyth, Mysterio, Kraven, Chameleon and such. Shocker could just be in the start of the movie as a regular bank robber with special gauntlets, and maybe Mysterio could be the main villain. What I don’t want to see is too many villains. So maybe just one, or even two would be a good idea, or else the movie might suffer the same agonising fate SM3 and TASM2 did.
J. Jonah Jameson. Just do it Marvel. I don’t need to give you any reasons. But if I was to make a suggestion on who to cast, I’d tell you to look no further than Bob Odenkirk. *cue J.K. Simmons fans outraging*. Seriously though, everybody says that nobody will ever top J.K. Simmons portrayal but....how do we know? I’m all for not getting Simmons back, and for casting somebody else who could do a better job. I think Odenkirk has the skill to bring JJJ to life, he may not look as much like him as Simmons, but I believe in quality over appearance.
Spider-Sense scenes: Okay this isn’t as important as some of the others, but we all have to admit, some of the coolest moments in Spider-Man films have been the slow-motion Spider-Sense scenes. In ‘Spider-Man’ we had the hallway fight scene, in ‘Spider-Man 2’ we had the car flying into the cafe scene, and in Spider-Man 3 we had the wedding ring scene, in the middle of the fight with Harry. In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ we had the Electro fight scene, and Gwen’s death scene, we all have to admit, both of those scenes were amazing. Please guys, just give us at least one bad-ass slow motion scene.
First person Web-Swinging: Can we all admit that the first person trailer released for TASM was pretty cool? And then the whole scene was deleted from the movie. All I want is at least one scene as cool as that trailer was. Please guys, make this happen.
Toned down story. Save the saving of the world for Avengers movies. Give him a more laid back story, maybe even him tracking down thugs that will lead him to Kingpin or something. He is after all a street level hero. You could have many villains portrayed as thugs. Hell, you could just have Kingpin and Hammerhead as the main villains and the movie could still be amazing.
A kickass suit; Similar to TASM2’s suit, but I’d like it a bit less shiny. Or maybe even a completely different one, as long as the suit looks good I’m sure we will be okay.
Norman Osborn: Maybe not even as a primary villain, have him working behind the scenes. Norman Osborn plays a big role in Marvel comics, and is often the mastermind behind many evil schemes. I want this to be explored. I don’t want to have him as a one off villain; I want him to be more long-term. Don’t kill him off until a later film. He could even be the villain for other films or tv shows.
A worthy title: One thing The Amazing Spider-Man got right was the title. By using ‘The Amazing’ in front of Spider-Man it easily differentiated between the last trilogy of movies. This reboot will of course start from scratch and obviously can’t use “The Amazing” in the title. But some titles it could use include “The Spectacular Spider-Man”, “Web of Spider-Man” etc. They could also go down the route of subtitles and could go with ‘Spider-Man: With Great Power’ or ‘Spider-Man: Kravens Last Hunt’ etc.
So what do you think? Have I left anything important out? Don’t hesitate to let me know, sound off below.