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This is a good thing. It's a very good thing.

Oh, Jesus H. Christ on a cracker. I am getting really sick and tired of retarded shit today.

Man, fuck Sony. There is nothing they can do to Spider-Man that Sam Raimi hasn't done better. On the plus side, there's nothing they can do to Spider-Man that Sam Raimi hasn't done worse, unless they incorporate the Clone Saga and One More Day into the reboot series.

It's going be a seriously dramatic film. I hear it told that they will be casting Zack Efron and, before you ask, yes, he will be going full retard.

I'd love to see them try a Green Goblin that doesn't look ridiculous, with Gwen Fucking Stacy.

Exactly. No interest in the high school years here. Maybe those studio nincompoops will haunt the internet today and realize how stupid their idea is.

Maybe Twilight Moms are into geeky high school reporters. Didn't they all end up marrying them?

Abe-

I didn't say that Bond didn't reboot, only that the effort to reboot it (as with Casino Royale) wasn't needed as in a way it kind of already did reboot a little each time the role was taken over by someone new. It had survived role changes for decades without a full-on reboot and could have survived without having one outright.

If you take a look at Bond before Daniel Craig took over, the Bond universe changes sometimes drastically from movie to movie, but they still can reference previous installments as they acknowledge them as being part of the fabric of the character's past- with a so-called "reboot" you throw everything out and start from scratch.

One example would be from "Goldeneye" when Bond meets the new M. Even though it's Bronson's first turn as 007, the previous adventures are hinted as being his history- hence he's a seasoned veteran spy to the new greenhorn Judi Dench as M. By the time "Casino Royale" rolls around, Bond's the rookie, and Dench's M is the incumbent MI-6 head. All previous adventures in any way shape or form are thrown out. Granted most Bond movies didn't critically rely on previous installments, but it was interesting to see both new interpretations of the same character, and how the previous adventures might have affected the present.

If done properly(such as 2009's Star Trek) reboots can be used to free a storyline of restrictions of established rules and history that might otherwise impede upon a story's ability to expand and evolve. But the point being is that reboots are becoming the 21st century's cinema version of crying "DO OVER" in the hopes of making moviegoers forget studio cock-ups and continue forking over money. It has become a studio's magic wand to cheat their way out of both producing quality product and to answer for the times when they are called out for doing so. Changing the lead or the director is not the lynchpin for ordering a reboot. Running into a creative wall because there is little else that can be done with a story or character might be, and I believe that Spider-Man was in little danger of that.

Bluejayone: I have never agreed with anyone as much as I agree with you. If you threw in a "Oh yeah, and zombies are awesome," I'd be on my knees by now.

Honestly I could dig a reboot if they are going to include more of spideys trademark humour into it. The sam rami movies had spidey as far to dry for my liking.

So what will the target audience be this time around? Obviously you are going for the much younger generation with number four, probably cause Toby is older and the Aunt and girlfriend have been taking up too much space. You already covered the wet t-shirt , love'em and leave'em , redemption and name clearing scrimp. One and two ARE excellent movies - but the 3rd installment caused me to hit the SKIP button more than a few times on my player. But I'm the type of guy who hates long winded scripts and cringe on the thought of the Simpsons doing another year, (I think they should've been cancelled 10 years ago).
So start over. Good call.
You have to appreciate the effort in making modern movies, with such a tight schedule and what probably amounts to a tanker truck of coffee the production staff must go through just to get the job done, much respect there.
But, I also have to work hard. So if movie makers want me to put down my hard earned bucks - its gonna have to be something I not only feel is worth every cent, its going to entertain people of every age.

Mysterio. The Boba Fett of menace and mystery. Swirling oxide inside the chamber, punches in and out of the past, present and {future?} (Thanks to Doc Oct's black hole) and takes a long trip back in time dragging Peter along for the ride(retains his Spider sense). Pete has to find a way back. You would have to use Toby for the opening and final scenes, but it would probably be the last of the Spiderman series if number four doesn't exceed the first three, so the money spent for production and contract earnings could be easily recovered.

Billy G. 'eh