Why I Think A Spider-Man Reboot Is 100% necessary

Why I Think A Spider-Man Reboot Is 100% necessary

Why I think a reboot for my favorite character is necessary and complaints I am tired of hearing.

Editorial Opinion
By bleedthefreak - Jul 05, 2010 09:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man

1. Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies never captured the true character that is Spider-Man. I did enjoy the first two Spider-Man movies(and some parts of the third),and even didn't mind Tobey as Peter. But The characters were not a whole lot like their comic book versions.

Peter Parker/Spider-Man: Tobey's Peter is perfect in my eyes. I have no complaints. But his Spider-Man even before the third movie was a whiny mopey cry baby. Sure in the comics Peter gets very depressed--in fact it happens often. But when the whining takes over completely for his witty wise ass attitude it's just too much. Spider-Man is notorious for almost always bringing fresh puns and wise comments to the fight.

MJ: She is my biggest complaint. In fact, she was way too much like her ultimate version, a worried whiny bitch. We already had one of those in these movies. In the comics MJ is the wild child that is completely opposite to Peter's first love, Gwen Stacey. But in the movies it was all complaining. We didn't even get to hear a 'hey, tiger, you just hit the jackpot.'

Doctor Octopus: In the comics he has no regret. He never is a good guy deep down.

Sandman: same problem as Doc Ock

Venom: Venom is always the tough threat to puny Parker's Spider-Man. I think they just made a terrible casting decision going with 'Eric Forman.'

Also I could go on, but I am just too lazy

2. Another chance to make the movies closer to the comics. Do you the people complaining about this reboot not realize that any complaints you have could be fixed? They could make a faithful adaption that could bury the past films.

3. A better actor. Now I do like Tobey as an actor, but Andrew Garfield is amazing. I watched his movies once he was cast, and this guy blew me away. The guy will easily outdo Tobey. This guy should have all of our support. I kid you not he is amazing. Now at first I didn't think anybody Mark Webb had in mind could pull off the role(I was being biased because I wanted it). I wasn't even sure if Garfield could pull it off, until I watched "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" and "Boy A"(a movie he won an award for).

4. This reboot is for Twilight fans. This movie is gonna be Spider-Man 90210. Okay, so anyone using those excuses leave a comment so I can hear your reasoning. I mean when did anybody say yeah Spider-Man is gonna sparkle. I haven't seen "Twilight," and I know damn well it doesn't take place in a high school--so that couldn't have been your reasoning. And does Peter Parker ever have emotional problems or problems not related to his being Spider-Man? YES! Just because this deals with his struggle of leading two lives does not mean it's gonna be some crap 90210 style movie.

5. This is gonna be Spider-Man meets "High School The Musical?" No no no no no. Out of all the excuses this is the dumbest. For those of you that do not know Peter Parker spent at least 20 years worth of comics in high school. People complained about this being a mistake and also wanted it to follow Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Well news flash, folks, guess where Spider-Man was during those days...HIGH SCHOOL. And then there is the Ultimate comics which still have a teenage Peter Parker in high school. Now I know there will be comments saying the Ultimates suck. Have you read "Amazing Spider-Man" in the past few years? Since the 'Brand New Day' storyline, I have read every issue and let me tell you the Ultimate has been 1000 times better. "Amazing Spider-Man" is just now redeeming itself for almost two years straight of bad issues. The Ultimate is easily the way to go and high school was easily the better years for Spider-Man.

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InSpace
InSpace - 7/5/2010, 9:22 PM
Dude Agree With you 100 %
Although I wanted David Henrie for Spidey (think I was the first one to start that)
But I have faith in Garfield once i get around to seeing some of his films I'll have full faith in him. But I Love Ultimate Spidey and (500) Days of Summer so I fully support this Re-Boot.


This is gonna be Spidey 90210 !
;)
Osiris
Osiris - 7/5/2010, 10:02 PM
I agree with you completely I am huge Spidey fan and can't wait to see how this turns out
UnfriendlySpidey
UnfriendlySpidey - 7/5/2010, 10:24 PM
Spider-Man is my all time favorite superhero and I hope this reboot will be what us fanboys and girls have been waiting for! Nice article man, I'm hoping for the best! By the way, check out my Spidey Reboot Fancast and tell me what you think!

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fan_fic/news/?a=19749
Thanks! And again awesome article!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 7/5/2010, 11:35 PM
[frick] the reboot

: P
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 7/5/2010, 11:43 PM
[frick] the [frick]ing reboot!
AVEN
AVEN - 7/6/2010, 12:19 AM
Spiderman 3 Sucks... i'm agree with you my friend
OverCross
OverCross - 7/6/2010, 8:05 AM
Thank you
Draximos
Draximos - 7/6/2010, 8:21 AM
Great article man!!! =) I totally agree. And those dipsticks who don't think it needs a reboot, they aren't true fans.... or fans at all to that matter. Bitchy MaryJane, no sense of humor and the 'good at heart' villains are my big beefs. Goodness. There are so many more things that made it feel NOT like Spiderman.. I still think they were good movies, and I liked 3 quite a bit, but I think that fantastic four or daredevil felt a little more accurate; though granted, both need reboots.. still, this new one better be good.

@Obi I agree man, I would have liked a fourth one ONLY if they were getting married, and we were seeing Venom and Lizard. And they really didn't have THAT many cameo appearances dude.. but there definitely was a TON that made the movies inaccurate and 'not really Spiderman'. I sure hope Marvel's involved more on the reboot....
AverageCitizen99
AverageCitizen99 - 7/6/2010, 9:30 AM
Good article there man!

1. I didn't mind the changes to the characters even though I always think anyone adapting a beloved franchise should stick as closely as they could.

2. That is something we can all hope for, but we still aren't sure if they're going to go 100% on a certain line. They said they are going to use Ultimate Spider-Man as a sort of inspiration (not that it means it is going to be based on it 100% either) but it will just be a mixture of things from different continuities and stories.

3. Andrew's casting is a sign that Marc knows what he is doing. If he could get someone like him, then expect an equally stellar supporting cast. Speaking of which, I should try and find some of the stuff he has been on.

4 & 5. People keep getting those ideas but they never make any sense. Why would a big multi-media corporation like Sony be taking notes from smaller mediocre shows/movies? Hopefully when we finally get a peek of the film everyone will rile down.

Keep it up! :)
zeonsdemon
zeonsdemon - 7/6/2010, 11:08 AM
good article, agree with most, ultimate spidey still sucks no matter what, like that whole dumbass universe. and i still dont agree with hiring marc webb, he only directed 1 movie in his entire career, nowhere near experienced enough
RABB1T
RABB1T - 7/6/2010, 7:15 PM
Great article man, The reboot. no one wants it.... but needs to happen, your point on Venom.. I CANT agree more haha. Also he was in the movie for a couple minutes then BOOM dead.... very dissapointing. Sandman was supposed to NOT turn good hahahha, that pissed me off just as much as venom going bye bye.
ButtNakedSmurf
ButtNakedSmurf - 7/6/2010, 9:13 PM
this reboot needs to happen for one reason only...VENOM. after Sam Raimi f**ked him up why would u trust him with another Spider-man film?
thetrubatman14
thetrubatman14 - 7/7/2010, 5:57 AM
David Henrie would suck as spiderman wtf! haha.
yo but man i agree with you, the past films didnt amount and give respect to the comics that made you love peter parker/spiderman in the first place.

Marc Webb is gonna kill it and were gonna completley forget about seabiscuit as spiderman.

chameleon should make a cameo!
thetrubatman14
thetrubatman14 - 7/7/2010, 6:13 AM
lazy hahahah!
good one
thetrubatman14
thetrubatman14 - 7/7/2010, 6:13 AM
one more things he should start in high school and make a transition to college later in the movie
Ven0m
Ven0m - 7/7/2010, 2:48 PM
[frick] the reboot!
blee
blee - 7/7/2010, 10:25 PM
Yes! finally someone gets it right. and everyone who says {frick}the reboot seem like cop-outs. no offense =P
WireySpindell
WireySpindell - 7/24/2010, 10:07 PM
I agree, honestly, Raimi's movies just weren't that good. 1 and 3 were pretty damn terrible (seriously, go back and watch part 1 again. Sucks pretty hard.) 2 was okay, but I haven't watched them recently. They just don't make the grade in a post-TDK world.
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 7/25/2010, 9:53 AM
I dont even get why they are rebooting now, it made sense when it was going to be set in high school but now that it is going to be in college again, WHERE HE WAS IN SPIDER-MAN 3, why are they rebooting?

Just continue and then leave the eventual reboot for Marvel Studios
superotherside
superotherside - 7/28/2010, 4:01 PM
i love the spiderman trilogy but i agree that it's time to reboot but with marvel studios not sony! and put him into the MCU! even garfield won't be soooo bad if he was in the MCU!
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