Comments on: Razza Frazzin’ Spider-Mazzin!

By: Clapus

Clapus — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:46:38 +0000

I for one love comic book movies, but I don’t get how the producers choose scripts. I could watch Batman and the Joker dance for a week, all the other villains not so much. I think the reason for so many reboots is if a hero takes off, the star usually bails or asks for too much money. I’m just glad the movies passed on the cute sidekick thing.

By: Kobay

Kobay — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:10:56 +0000

I liked the movie, but I’m not prepared to say it improved upon the Raimi films. (Well, they wouldn’t have to work hard to improve on 3) I do feel like there should be a new rule applied to superhero reboots:

The Ed Norton Rule: If you are making a reboot to a well known superhero movie, you must show the Origin of said hero in the opening credits.

By: Kemonojin

Kemonojin — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:59:22 +0000

I skimmed the article and didn’t read most of the comments, I admit. It’s long past my bedtime right now. But…

The reason they don’t do a different origin story without Uncle Ben and Aunt May is… it wouldn’t be Spider Man. You can’t take the basis out of a character and expect it to be the same character. Uncle Ben getting killed because he was a lazy ass is the soul of why he became a hero. It might have the same name and do the same things, but it’s not the same character. Even the ‘it was a genetically engineered spider’ thing was really pushing it, but it was close enough, really. The ‘big scary science’ of the time.

Would Arthas be the same character if he never met Gul’dan? (Not a big lore geek, just two big names I remember being vaguely attached. ;P )

A Cracked article put it best… Hollywood is treating them like computers. Use it till it stops working (making money), then reboot.

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:29:47 +0000

I get you, that sounds about right,.

But aren’t I really sugesting it’s like suggesting Ballet companies keep doing the Swan lake we all love, and not add fireworks, explosions, car chases and and a rock and roll score to a new interpretation?

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:06:40 +0000

They’re not really worried about your money, you’re not the target audience. As much as it pains me to say it, superhero movies, and comic books for that matter, are made for kids, and we just happened to have not grown out of them. The vast majority of kids think Spiderman is awesome, and then grow out of it – we just assume that it’s normal to still be in love with comics becasue that’s the community we inhabit, and through the internet have constant contact with all of the other geeks, but it’s really just a tiny minority of the moviegoing audience.

It’s been ten years since the last Spiderman origin movie, and a whole generation of kids has grown up since then. This new movie is for the new generation of kids who haven’t had that experience yet. These kids aren’t invested in a long running story that they want to see the next part of, in the way that we are, to them the whole thing is fresh and new.

That doesn’t mean we aren’t allowed to go see it of course. In a way it’s like suggesting that ballet companies should stop doing swan lake.

By: Pewter

Pewter — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:14:02 +0000

And that serves me right for commenting on my phone without reading comments!

By: Pewter

Pewter — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:10:03 +0000

As I understand it the studio had to make the movie or the rights would have reverted to Marvel completely. And these days Marvel are doing a better job than the traditional studios. So yes, it is a completely lazy exercise in holding on to an IP they don’t know what to do with.

By: Cozy

Cozy — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:34:30 +0000

Yay for potentially more Converging Forces soon!

By: Xew

Xew — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:45:51 +0000

I was just talking to my coworkers about this today. One was really excited to see SM on the big screen… again. Me, not so much – for exactly the reason you posted (I’ll have to send her a link to the blog).

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:39:30 +0000

I’m with you. So many of these things feel like its just Too Soon. On the other hand… It’s been over ten years since Raimi’s first Spider-man. Yikes! The new one does look like it will be good – I saw the preview during Avengers – but, I think at this point I’m suffering from comic book movie burnout. Not interested in this, not interested in the latest Dark Knight movie. The films on my radar are the latest Wes Anderson film, and The Hobbit. And, maybe I’ll find some way to see the Avengers again, because HULK SMASH, darn it!