Marvel Studios (approved) Spider-Man reboot

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

Do you think the Marvel approved Spider-Man reboot might be better than the Sam Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy? Because they said, they're going for a new villain who's never been realized before on film and they said that they're inspired by the 1980's John Hughes style of humor, and they desperately want some kind of levity like that in their new Spider-Man films.

[charliepanayi]

I think unless it makes The Dark Knight look like the Wolverine movies, I will struggle to have any interest in yet another Spider-Man reboot. Hopefully the Russo brothers will give him a decent cameo in Captain America: Civil War anyway.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

I think unless it makes The Dark Knight look like the Wolverine movies, I will struggle to have any interest in yet another Spider-Man reboot. Hopefully the Russo brothers will give him a decent cameo in Captain America: Civil War anyway.

You're not interested in seeing what new director Jon Watts can do for Spider-Man? I mean, Marvel Studios trusts the guy with one of their flagship characters so why can't you?

[Shauna]

Spiderman was just rebooted. I wish they'd just stop it.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

Spiderman was just rebooted. I wish they'd just stop it.

It's Sony's fault for not letting Spider-Man slip through their fingers after Spider-Man 3. Because if they had, then it would have been a whole different ball game...But no, Sony had to try and soldier on by themselves for one reboot and it wasn't selling like hot cakes so they did the only they could possibly do at this point. Which is throw in the towel. Sony realizes that they can't compete with Marvel Studios anymore and so, you know what they say, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"

[Shauna]

Don't care about any of that that. I am tired of Spiderman at this stage, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

Don't care about any of that that. I am tired of Spiderman at this stage, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.


Yeah, and I was sick of Lois Lane after Superman Returns, but you know what? I went to go see Man of Steel and they showed me what Lois Lane is really like, and I said to myself, "You know what? She's not so bad."

[Ayen]

The Sony Spider-Man movies were better than the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, so I have no doubt a Marvel approved one will be the best we've seen yet. I think they'll be smart enough to skip the origin story this time and go right to the action. Spidey is like Superman and Batman, everyone knows his origins by this point.

A new villain that hasn't been in the movies yet would be ideal, too.

[Shauna]

Don't care about any of that that. I am tired of Spiderman at this stage, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.


Yeah, and I was sick of Lois Lane after Superman Returns, but you know what? I went to go see Man of Steel and they showed me what Lois Lane is really like, and I said to myself, "You know what? She's not so bad."

Congratulations? You asked for my opinion and that is that I am really not excited for more Spiderman. :p I don't know why this opinion is riling you up so much.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

Don't care about any of that that. I am tired of Spiderman at this stage, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.


Yeah, and I was sick of Lois Lane after Superman Returns, but you know what? I went to go see Man of Steel and they showed me what Lois Lane is really like, and I said to myself, "You know what? She's not so bad."

Congratulations? You asked for my opinion and that is that I am really not excited for more Spiderman. :p I don't know why this opinion is riling you up so much.


I'm just telling you, if you give the movie a chance, it might surprise you. I don't get why so many people don't go into movies with an open mind. I mean, it's not like it's that hard to go into a movie with an open mind, I did it with the god damn Star Wars prequels, even though every time I did do that I came out of the theater unsatisfied.

[Shauna]

Again, congratulations.

I will end up seeing the second Spiderman reboot (15 years for two reboots is still ridiculous). I may be pleasantly surprised (it will be hard pressed to disappoint me if I go in with low expectations). But I just do not care about it at all at this point, and its existence just makes me sigh in exasperation.

This thread exists for me to post my opinion in, and I still don't know why it is riling you up so much. :p

[Ayen]

Yeah, getting riled up over different opinions is my thing. Get your own gimmick.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

Again, congratulations.

I will end up seeing the second Spiderman reboot (15 years for two reboots is still ridiculous). I may be pleasantly surprised (it will be hard pressed to disappoint me if I go in with low expectations). But I just do not care about it at all at this point, and its existence just makes me sigh in exasperation.

This thread exists for me to post my opinion in, and I still don't know why it is riling you up so much. :p


I'm not riled, I just saying that Marvel Studios has a pretty good track record and they're basically hired this nobody (Jon Watts) to direct a Spider-Man film set within the MCU. It's kind of a big deal because we've never had a Spider-Man film set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe before. We've always had Spider-Man cut off from the Avengers, and the rest of the MCU. Also, for a long time now I've always wanted to see Spider-Man take on the Kingpin of Crime and now they're both a part of the MCU...It's just one is on Netflix and the other is on the big screen.

[Ayen]

I'd love to see Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin in a Spider-Man movie. That pegs the question if they'd add anyone from the Netflix TV series into any of the movies, though. Spider-Man had several run ins with Daredevil to my recollection, as well.

[Del Murder]

Marvel Studios has done some great stuff so I'll give it a shot.

[Colonel Angus]

I trust Marvel to get it right. So far everything they've touched has turned to gold.

I can see Shauna's point about being sick of Spider-Man reboots, though. I guess Marvel felt a reboot was the only way to do it to fit him in their Cinematic Universe. I loved the original trilogy & thought the last two movies were alright. I think Marvel's goal is for the next solo Spidey film is to be as good as Spider-Man 2.

I'm also loving the fact that they won't give the origin story again. That should help ease disinterest. They're also digging deeper into his rogues gallery, so I hope we won't be seeing the Green Goblin this time around, even if that means we have to sacrifice a Hobgoblin appearance.

On a side note, I feel Fox is making the same mistake w/ Fantastic Four that Sony did when it rushed out the Amazing Spider-Man reboot. I really wish they'd just wash their hands of that franchise & let Marvel have it back. Then they could just concentrate on the X-verse Movies, which is what they really want. I feel that whole thing is just to stick it to Marvel, because the FF is probably more useful to the MCU.

[Ayen]

Does anyone know which villain they're thinking about putting in the movie? I'd love to see Scorpion on the big screen. Although, they may need to establish J.J. first before introducing him. Maybe Vulture? Shocker? Spider-Man has so many good villains I don't know how one chooses.

[Fynn]

I'm just sad Andrew Garfield only got to play in two movies.

[Pheesh]

I'm just sad Andrew Garfield only got to play in two movies.

^ This. I thought he was great.

[Night Fury]

But they did kill off Emma Stone though...

[Old Manus]

Frequent reboots can wear the motherboard

[Slothy]

I'm just sad Andrew Garfield only got to play in two movies.

After the last one I don't think he's sad.

[Formalhaut]

Frequent reboots can wear the motherboard

[Shorty]

Could do without another reboot of Spider-man for the next decade, yeah.

[Colonel Angus]

Does anyone know which villain they're thinking about putting in the movie? I'd love to see Scorpion on the big screen. Although, they may need to establish J.J. first before introducing him. Maybe Vulture? Shocker? Spider-Man has so many good villains I don't know how one chooses.
A lot of Kraven talk. I can see Spidey becoming a ''thing'' in the public eye during Civil War & getting on Kraven's radar (not saying Kraven'll be in CW, though). The whole first movie will be him hunting down Spidey.

Also, this should be the last reboot for more than a decade. Marvel doesn't like constant rebooting, but did it because they didn't see another way to fit him.

[G13]

I'm just sad Andrew Garfield only got to play in two movies.

I feel the same. Except I'm sad he played in two movies. Just awful.

Like, how do you fit that hair under the mask, man? Where does it go?

[Ayen]

Does anyone know which villain they're thinking about putting in the movie? I'd love to see Scorpion on the big screen. Although, they may need to establish J.J. first before introducing him. Maybe Vulture? Shocker? Spider-Man has so many good villains I don't know how one chooses.
A lot of Kraven talk. I can see Spidey becoming a ''thing'' in the public eye during Civil War & getting on Kraven's radar (not saying Kraven'll be in CW, though). The whole first movie will be him hunting down Spidey.

Also, this should be the last reboot for more than a decade. Marvel doesn't like constant rebooting, but did it because they didn't see another way to fit him.

Ooh, Kraven. I haven't seen him since the Spider-Man cartoon.

I figured that was the reason they had to reboot as well. I don't see how the TASM continuity could be added to the MCU.

[Bubba]

I'm just sad Andrew Garfield only got to play in two movies.

Definitely. I thought he was excellent.


But they did kill off Emma Stone though...

MissH was not impressed with this development.


I trust Marvel to get it right. So far everything they've touched has turned to gold.

Really?! I take it you didn't see the Iron Man sequels then? Or the crapfest that was Thor: Dark World.

[Ayen]

I trust Marvel to get it right. So far everything they've touched has turned to gold.

Really?! I take it you didn't see the Iron Man sequels then? Or the crapfest that was Thor: Dark World.

Hey! Hey! Trout on the Iron Man sequels if you must, but Thor: Dark World was awesome.

[Bubba]

I trust Marvel to get it right. So far everything they've touched has turned to gold.

Really?! I take it you didn't see the Iron Man sequels then? Or the crapfest that was Thor: Dark World.

Hey! Hey! Trout on the Iron Man sequels if you must, but Thor: Dark World was awesome.

It was one of the most underwhelming sequels I've ever seen.

[G13]

But they did kill off Emma Stone though...

MissH was not impressed with this development.

I read an article recently that said Sony's next script had Captain Stacy coming back to life and that Peter was trying to find ways to bring Gwen back as well.

Not that it's better or even remotely matters. :monster:

[Ayen]

Gwen died in the movie because she died in the comics. I was wondering if they were considering going into the Clone Saga where she's brought back some time after that, but we'll never know now. Might be what they were going for if there's any truth to the article.





I trust Marvel to get it right. So far everything they've touched has turned to gold.

Really?! I take it you didn't see the Iron Man sequels then? Or the crapfest that was Thor: Dark World.

Hey! Hey! Trout on the Iron Man sequels if you must, but Thor: Dark World was awesome.

It was one of the most underwhelming sequels I've ever seen.

Thor 2 was miles better than the original.

The only lackluster Marvel movie has been The Incredible Hulk as even the Iron Man sequels still have their charm.

[charliepanayi]

Iron Man 3 was great (especially Ben Kingsley)! Iron Man 2, not so great.

[G13]

@Ayen It sounds similar to that, with Peter taking the place of the Jackal.

http://www.slashfilm.com/the-amazing-spider-man-3-plot/

It sounds pretty fuckin' terrible and I'm glad Sony lost the reins here.

[Ayen]

@Ayen It sounds similar to that, with Peter taking the place of the Jackal.

http://www.slashfilm.com/the-amazing-spider-man-3-plot/

It sounds pretty smurfin' terrible and I'm glad Sony lost the reins here.

They actually manage to make the Clone Saga sound worse.

That's impressive.

[Bubba]

Thor 2 was miles better than the original.

- The plot was pretty fucking awful
- Unimaginative action sequences and poor jokes
- Loki, the best character in the films, is locked up for pretty much the entire film
- Jane Foster is just a pointless character who doesn't do anything
- Anthony Hopkins looked like he would rather be at an insurance seminar than be in this movie
- If they'd kept Kenneth Branagh as director he may have been able to make the film a bit more interesting
- Also, Stellan Skarsgard naked at Stonehenge...

I just think it's a film that seemed to be made for 3D-loving idiots and I won't be watching it again.

[Ayen]

Thor 2 was miles better than the original.

- The plot was pretty smurfing awful
- Unimaginative action sequences and poor jokes
- Loki, the best character in the films, is locked up for pretty much the entire film
- Jane Foster is just a pointless character who doesn't do anything
- Anthony Hopkins looked like he would rather be at an insurance seminar than be in this movie
- If they'd kept Kenneth Branagh as director he may have been able to make the film a bit more interesting
- Also, Stellan Skarsgard naked at Stonehenge...

I just think it's a film that seemed to be made for 3D-loving idiots and I won't be watching it again.

- The plot was enjoyable
- The action sequences were enjoyable and I laughed plenty
- Loki is only locked up around the beginning and then works with Thor until he takes over
- Ahh... Actually, Jane was kind of pointless.
- lol
- Didn't even know they changed directors
- There was nudity? What? How could I forget this?

I didn't see it in 3D and still thought it was good, but it's obvious we're just not going to agree :shrug:

[Sephex]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ber56hOn1qenfp1.jpg

[Bubba]

Thor 2 was miles better than the original.

- The plot was pretty smurfing awful
- Unimaginative action sequences and poor jokes
- Loki, the best character in the films, is locked up for pretty much the entire film
- Jane Foster is just a pointless character who doesn't do anything
- Anthony Hopkins looked like he would rather be at an insurance seminar than be in this movie
- If they'd kept Kenneth Branagh as director he may have been able to make the film a bit more interesting
- Also, Stellan Skarsgard naked at Stonehenge...

I just think it's a film that seemed to be made for 3D-loving idiots and I won't be watching it again.

- The plot was enjoyable
- The action sequences were enjoyable and I laughed plenty
- Loki is only locked up around the beginning and then works with Thor until he takes over
- Ahh... Actually, Jane was kind of pointless.
- lol
- Didn't even know they changed directors
- There was nudity? What? How could I forget this?

I didn't see it in 3D and still thought it was good, but it's obvious we're just not going to agree :shrug:

Yeah, no worries man. Agree to disagree!

...and for your titillation

http://home.eyesonff.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65320&stc=1

[Ayen]

Ohh. Now it's coming back to me.

I think I mentally blocked that out.

[Psychotic]

Reboot it if you want but just don't do the sodding origin story again I DON'T CARE ABOUT RADIOACTIVE SPIDERS OR UNCLE BEN ANYMORE OKAY (fyi I like Uncle Ben but ffs let's move on)

[Sephex]

Reboot it if you want but just don't do the sodding origin story again I DON'T CARE ABOUT RADIOACTIVE SPIDERS OR UNCLE BEN ANYMORE OKAY (fyi I like Uncle Ben but ffs let's move on)

more like Uncle Ben there done that lol

[Ayen]

Hey, hey, guys. Guys. Guys?

Do you know what comes with great power?

[Bubba]

Reboot it if you want but just don't do the sodding origin story again I DON'T CARE ABOUT RADIOACTIVE SPIDERS OR UNCLE BEN ANYMORE OKAY (fyi I like Uncle Ben but ffs let's move on)

more like Uncle Ben there done that lol

OH YES! He Gwent there...

[charliepanayi]

- Anthony Hopkins looked like he would rather be at an insurance seminar than be in this movie

To be fair, that's pretty much how Anthony Hopkins has looked in every film he's been in for the last twenty years, he's been phoning it in since Nixon.

You forgot to add to your list 'terrible grasp of London geography' (Charing Cross to Greenwich on the Underground? Ha!)

[Slothy]

Reboot it if you want but just don't do the sodding origin story again I DON'T CARE ABOUT RADIOACTIVE SPIDERS OR UNCLE BEN ANYMORE OKAY (fyi I like Uncle Ben but ffs let's move on)

Assuming Spidey appears in Civil War as Spidey we may luck out in this regard. So far the characters Marvel did origin stories for had never been done in movies but they did skip an origin story for Hulk. And knowing there's been two movies covering his origins in the last 15 years I imagine we might get some small flashbacks, but they'll probably be rather brisk and to the point rather than dwelling on him and how he became Spidey.

At least I really hope that's the case.

[Ayen]

From what I heard they aren't even doing an origin story for Doctor Strange because people are tired of origin stories, so there's a good chance they won't bother with Spidey if they wouldn't even do one for an unknown.

[Slothy]

I honestly don't even think Doctor Stranges origin story would be that interesting. Especially when he could sum it up in a sentence and it's just: surgeon injured hands, looked for cure, became a sorcerer instead.

[Lazerface]

I really wish they would stop re-booting the damn franchise. Hell the Amazing Spider-man is enough now we gotta sit through another damn reboot to hear the same damn story we've already been told 100 damn times.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

I really wish they would stop re-booting the damn franchise. Hell the Amazing Spider-man is enough now we gotta sit through another damn reboot to hear the same damn story we've already been told 100 damn times.

Dude, they just said that they're taking Peter Parker back to high school. They didn't say they were gonna show the spider bite scene again.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

I don't wanna start a new thread about the Marvel Studios Spider-Man reboot, but I found some news about who is writing the next Spidey Reboot, and I decided to post it here.

For your reading pleasure: ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot Writers Confirm Involvement (http://screenrant.com/spider-man-reboot-writers/)

[Colonel Angus]

I don't wanna start a new thread about the Marvel Studios Spider-Man reboot, but I found some news about who is writing the next Spidey Reboot, and I decided to post it here.

For your reading pleasure: ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot Writers Confirm Involvement (http://screenrant.com/spider-man-reboot-writers/)
The writers of Vacation. :onoes::ohdear: Marvel's reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally pushing their luck.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

The writers of Vacation. :onoes::ohdear: Marvel's reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally pushing their luck.

Oh, I don't know about that. I just think that Marvel is going infuse their brand of humor into the Spidey film, I mean the Sam Raimi Trilogy and the Marc Webb Duology were kind of heavy on the drama and light on the comedy, and in this new one it looks like it's going to be the other way around.

It might be like Guardians of the Galaxy, where it's just so silly and campy that audiences can't take it seriously.

[Colonel Angus]

I hope whatever they do works. Marvel can't ruin Spider-Man.

[Slothy]

Guardians wasn't campy. And Raimi's trilogy was as much campy as it was full of drama. In a good way for the most part.

[Old Manus]

He Gwent there...Never go to Gwent. That's where Newport is.

[Ayen]

I haven't seen Vacation so I can't comment on the writer's abilities.

Did that say Joss Whedon is directing or did I read wrong?

[charliepanayi]

This guy is directing the Spider-Man film:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Watts

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

This guy is directing the Spider-Man film:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Watts


That Wikipedia entry has everything but a photo of Jon Watts...

[charliepanayi]

Well if you're that desperate for a photo go to his IMDB page.

[Ayen]

Seems like they're more or less getting unknowns to work on this movie. I can't decide whether that's a good thing or not.

[The Fat Bioware Nerd]

Well if you're that desperate for a photo go to his IMDB page.


I know IMDb has a picture of Jon Watts, and I tried uploading it here in a post but I'm not very good at inserting images into a message board post.

[Slothy]

Seems like they're more or less getting unknowns to work on this movie. I can't decide whether that's a good thing or not.

The writers aren't really unknowns. But the only movie they've written that I've seen is Horrible Bosses. Can't say anything else they've written looked all that appealing to me. And they've only ever done comedies so who knows if they have the chops to handle something that that will also have plenty of action.

[charliepanayi]

On the other hand, you could say the same about the Russos, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier was pretty great in my opinion.

[Slothy]

Yeah, I'm not saying they can't do it. I'm just saying we don't really have a body of work from which to judge their abilities to do this sort of movie. All we really can say is that, as a production company, Marvel Studios knows their stuff so if nothing else I have some faith in that. I'm not going to go crazy getting my hopes up for now though.

[Mercen-X]

Considering Marvel's track record (Phase 2 helping me to forget about some of the disappointment I may have felt with some aspects of Phase 1 and to look forward to Phase 3), I am cautiously hopeful that this new Spiderman will live up to the standards I've developed in watching their films.

[Ayen]

I had a dream that the Marvel movies became as awesome as the comic books themselves.

Vision of the future?

[DMKA]

I've still never seen any of the Spider-Man films, new or old. I just can't imagine the idea of third reboots in that short a timespan though. The fact that reboots are happening now less than six years apart from each other is bad enough.