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Where Amazing Happens: The Spider-Man Reboot Gets A Title And A New Image

By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (42)

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I have no idea what to make of the Spider-Man remake/reboot. On the one hand, it’s idiotic. Sam Raimi’s films, while ranging from very good to gawd-friggin’-awful, are so new that the existing universe is already firmly in everyone’s heads. To start from scratch, taking Peter Parker back to high school, just seems crazy. On the other hand… it’s got a great director (Marc Webb), a great cast (Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field and Rhys Ifans), and a great screenwriter (James Vanderbilt — Zodiac, The Rundown). I’m conflicted, kids.

But regardless, it’s happening, and it’s got an official title: The Amazing Spider-Man. Much like Zack Snyder’s Superman: Man Of Steel, I love this. I love that it’s named directly after the comics, I love the old-school images that it evokes. It also has a pretty sweet image that they just released:

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I like that, too. I like the darker reds, I like the eyes, and, of course, the mechanical web-shooters is a bonus.

I was so ready to hate this new crop of superhero flicks, and then X-Men: First Class came out with a kickass trailer, and now The Amazing Spider-Man is starting to look cool, too. Up is down.

Somewhere, hamburgers are eating people.










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Comments

Andrew Garfield is gonna KILL in this role. Seriously.

Posted by: grace b at February 15, 2011 7:36 AM

Don't you know by now that Peter Parker is NEVER going to progress past his early 20s? Were you somehow unscarred by the abomination of "One More Day"?

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at February 15, 2011 7:40 AM

dun wanna be no party pooper but we all know what happened with The Incredible Hulk.

Posted by: haplo at February 15, 2011 8:15 AM

and yellow eyes? really?

Posted by: haplo at February 15, 2011 8:17 AM

Thank GOD. Making the webs organic was high nerd-treason if you ask me.

Posted by: Mr. Tusks at February 15, 2011 8:33 AM

"Somewhere, hamburgers are eating people."

In Soviet Russia, people eat hamburgers!

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Wait...That's not right...

Posted by: Kargoyle at February 15, 2011 8:40 AM

I'm not a big comic book, superhero person to begin with...but I'd have to completely agree. I'm torn between hating it, and being excited for it.

Posted by: Candee at February 15, 2011 8:53 AM

No, in Soviet Russia hamburger eats you.


Oh and this looks lame as fuck due to the fact that the supporting is going to. Completely overshadow this Abercrombie looking little twerp.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at February 15, 2011 8:56 AM

is there a shot of the new Spidey wearing a utility belt?

he better! and i wanna see him changing cartridges mid-swing if we're going to be "true" to the source material tis time.

also,i was just going to blast the new suit for not justifying the finger positioning when i noticed the small black patch on his palm.

nice. for now.

Posted by: haplo at February 15, 2011 9:21 AM

I do not read comics. Even so, I completely understand why comic fans would hate organic web shooters if that is a departure from the comics.

Maybe its because I saw the movies before I heard from comic fans about the change from mechanical to organic, but I think the organic makes much more sense. His DNA was fused with that of a spider. Spiders spin webs. They produce some of the strongest fiber in existence. How is it more likely or better in any way to have a teenager develop a previously unheard of miracle fiber that is seemingly unhindered by laws of physics rather than use the perfectly logical explanation already put in place by nature? I mean, where does the web come from? Does he have an unlimited supply? Where is all the thousands and thousands of feet of this fiber coiled up at? Does it ever jam or get tangled like a five year old's fishing reel? Organic makes more sense, it's more plausible, and I don't understand why Stan Lee would have explained the webs any other way.

Posted by: jesuschrysler at February 15, 2011 9:24 AM

Well I guess haplo explained where it comes from. He has cartridges for more webs. I still think the organic makes more sense.

Posted by: jesuschrysler at February 15, 2011 9:27 AM

Jesuschrysler, here's how I see it:

When you give Spider-Man organic webs, you take away his brain. A big part of what makes Spider-Man fun is that he's this aspiring scientist who never has time to do his homework or finish a project. The web shooters are proof of everything he could be but won't because he puts the needs of other people before his own, and will continue to do so all his life.

Sure, Peter Parker in the Raimi movies was smart, but he never made anything to back it up, to make it hit home just how smart he was. I like the web shooters.

Posted by: Lucas at February 15, 2011 9:35 AM

What Lucas said. There's an important symbolism to the web-shooters. Parker is supposed to be a boy genius, something that Raimi never really emphasized.

Posted by: TK at February 15, 2011 9:41 AM

Spot on Lucas.

The closest we got to was Parker talking bout fancy science stuff with Norman and Octavius. And, when he gets the answer right in Connor's class.

i wanna see him in a radioactive lab, experimenting and shit.

Posted by: haplo at February 15, 2011 9:49 AM

How does Hollywood fuck up “Spider Man?“ I mean really. The movie writes itself, the only thing you have to do is just show up with a decent script and a decent spider man. Thank god they got rid of that goddamn Tobey Mcawful with that dopey expression of his. Somebody please tell Peter that it's alright to want a piece of pussy from time to time.

Posted by: Pookie at February 15, 2011 9:49 AM

My biggest issue with the organic web-shooters is that they really messed up the "Who would win in a fight, Spiderman or Batman" debate. Because it's best when they're on fairly equal footing. They've both got the brains, but Batman's rich and Spiderman's got wall-climbing powers. So it's a great debate. With the organic webbing, you just get some doof fighting Bruce Freaking Wayne. It doesn't work.

(for the record, Batman every time).

Posted by: esme at February 15, 2011 10:18 AM

I still think the organic shooters are the more obvious and plausible explanation. But.......where before I questioned him, now I must give him credit. To Stan Lee, for not using the most obvious explanation, but rather taking the opportunity to build character in a meaningful way.

On a side note I mentioned something late last night in the "complain about/laud the new web design" thread that I can't get rid of and it was so far down I don't think anyone will see it. I remember a picture somebody had drawn of godtopus with a slogan behind it saying something like "give your mind to godtopus." I have to assume it was drawn by a regular commenter. Any help?

Posted by: jesuschrysler at February 15, 2011 10:27 AM

I got an Organic web shooter, but my problem is that sometimes I can't control it.

Posted by: Pookie at February 15, 2011 10:43 AM

Yuck. I'm not liking the gloves on that costume.

Posted by: camytaru at February 15, 2011 11:05 AM

Being a Comic Book Ignoramus, I gotta admit that I loved the organic web shooters. I really had no idea they weren't supposed to be like that, so I just thought they were neat. Now that I know that they were a big key to the character, I can see why people hate them. But...they just looked cool.

Anyway. I love me some superhero movies, and I badly wanted to like the original movies, but the whole time I just wanted to punch Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. So a new lead might be all that I needed.

Posted by: Figgy at February 15, 2011 11:17 AM

Yuck. I'm not liking the gloves on that costume.

Jesus fucking Christ.

Posted by: The Other Agent Johnson at February 15, 2011 11:23 AM

I hate to be the one to tell you Pookie, but that stuff that shoots out? It is organic, but webbing? Not so much.

Posted by: Groundloop at February 15, 2011 11:28 AM

Am I the only one concerned about poor Andrew Garfield walking around in all that Lycra? It would be like wearing a slow inexorable loofa.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at February 15, 2011 11:40 AM

Yuck. I'm not liking the gloves on that costume.

Posted by: camytaru at February 15, 2011 11:05 AM

I'm sure I'm not the only one who read that as LICKING the gloves.

Or maybe I am.

Posted by: Kargoyle at February 15, 2011 11:45 AM

Wow, I just learned a lot about Spider man and his organic vs. mechanical shooters. Very interesting...

Also -- nerds.

Posted by: denesteak at February 15, 2011 12:21 PM

I've been a Spiderman fan for a really long time, and even then I never bought the whole mechanical shooters. Why wouldn't Peter Parker make a billion dollars off his genius invention and buy aunt May a decent place instead of living upstairs and bing a bum with his Brilliant life saving sticky stuff shooters. Organic, goofy as it sounds, is slightly more plausible in this case. I mean if we're going to suspend disbelief enough to just accept him climbing walls, why get hung up on the slinging goop?

Posted by: Blank at February 15, 2011 12:24 PM

This might sound like kindof a silly compliment -- but I like the way he looks pixelated. Back in the day, the comics were colored with wee dots. He looks colored with wee dots. I like that. It's...comfortable.

Posted by: superasente at February 15, 2011 12:28 PM

Because, Blank, they already did that with Robert Downey Jr. Acts Like Sumper-Pimp And We Forgive Him For Showing Interest in the GoopTard..Rocketsplosion Mk. 2 Tony Stark Has Lots of Money Mechanical Boogaloo.

I'm moving to "meh" on this until we see how Dr. Curt Connors plays out. Because there's nothing like re-booting your series with an eight-food crocodile in a lab coat that enjoys drooling and the smell of raw sewage. I guess it's better than painting Vin Diesel gray and glueing a horn on his head.

Posted by: D-Day at February 15, 2011 12:32 PM

I mean, where does the web come from? Does he have an unlimited supply? Where is all the thousands and thousands of feet of this fiber coiled up at? Does it ever jam or get tangled like a five year old's fishing reel?

He has to save up money not only to pay rent and take his best gal out for lunch, but to afford the cost of film in his camera, the costs of maintaining his costume, and yes, the cost of chemicals to make his web-fluid. He does NOT have an unlimited supply, and a great many wonderful Spider-Man stories came from running dry when he needs his webs the most (the story-line that springs to mind first is when Venom kidnapped Spidey and took him to a deserted island where Peter had to stay alive -- he ran out of web-fluid and had to improvise his own faked death to escape). As stated, it isn't coils of fiber, it is fluid in small vials that are released when he presses a small button on his palm. The fluid expands and congeals when it hits air, and becomes a tough, viscous adhesive. Unfortunately, it breaks down relatively quickly (about an hour) and isn't useful for much besides web-slinging. But yes, it can get clogged in the shooters.

Posted by: superasente at February 15, 2011 12:36 PM

Also: Andrew Garfield has a giant lollipop head and I'd still do him.

What with him and Adam Scott, I'm beginning to get concerned about my taste for Giant-Headed Men With Amazing Hair.

Posted by: Figgy at February 15, 2011 12:58 PM

Ah, the old Web-Shooter vs. Organic Web debate of 2001. Speaking of up being down, old is now new.

Logically speaking, organic web just makes sense. He's already got the proportionate strength of a spider, can climb walls, and has a spider's sense of incoming danger. What's the other aspect we always connect directly to a spider? Webs. With all the other gifts that radioactive spider bite gave Peter Parker, the lack of webs always seemed like an oversight to me, and Raimi's fix works.

That said, I definitely appreciate the dramatic pluses that web shooters provide. You've all eloquently eloquated how important that is, but I'll say this: If it isn't both a character building and dramatic point of the movie, then it's a wasted idea and they may as well have stuck with organic webs. That said, I hope they do it right, because it's great story fodder.

Also, the more I see the new suit, the more it reminds me of Ben Reilly's non-hoodie suit. Maybe this is set in Raimi's universe, and Garfield's actually playing Reilly. And this is just a really convoluted way of doing the Clone Saga.

Now, who's excited?

Posted by: RobP at February 15, 2011 1:03 PM

My geek concern is that other pictures show he's missing his traditional belt -- so the red chest piece looks like an arrow pointing directly toward his junk.

Posted by: Bates at February 15, 2011 1:10 PM

NERDS! NERDS! NERDS!NERDS!

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at February 15, 2011 2:38 PM

I find myself in the startling position of agreeing with BarbadoSlim.

Posted by: Princess Selfrespectra at February 15, 2011 3:09 PM

NERDS! NERDS! NERDS!NERDS!

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at February 15, 2011 2:38 PM

It's an internet comment thread under a post about the new Spider-Man movie. One expression comes to mind for rebuttal: Duh-doy!

Posted by: RobP at February 15, 2011 3:57 PM

"And this is just a really convoluted way of doing the Clone Saga"

You just KABOOM-ED! my mind.

Dats one way of honoring of Raimi's work. Not including 3 of coz.

Posted by: haplo at February 15, 2011 5:02 PM

Here's what I keep thinking about during the "Web Shooters: Organic vs. Mechanical" debate. If organic web shooters were for reals caused by the radioactive mutation of spider and human DNA, wouldn't they be located on his ass?

Posted by: Groundloop at February 15, 2011 5:29 PM

I find myself in the startling position of agreeing with BarbadoSlim.
Posted by: Princess Selfrespectra at February 15, 2011 3:09 PM

How YOU doin'?

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at February 15, 2011 8:29 PM

Oh, I'm over on the Khan thread calling you a nerd and now realising that these two conversations took place under different names.

Kisses,

Mrs. Julien/Princess Selfrespectra

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at February 16, 2011 12:12 AM

Yeah, I thought he looked kinda Ben Reilly-ish. I mean no, it's not going to be the clone saga because no board of directors would approve that, but I'm sure the costume designer took some inspiration from post-Scarlet Spider Ben Reilly.

Yes, I just said Scarlet Spider. And I'm proud of it.

Posted by: Lucas at February 16, 2011 1:06 AM

Mrs. Julien/Princess Selfrespectra
Posted by: Mrs. Julien at February 16, 2011 12:12 AM

Twins, awesome!

Hi fives and kudos all around.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at February 16, 2011 1:24 AM

Alright. I don't read comic books and the only sort of 'geek' I align with is Dog.

I'm going to say that Organic would be correct.

And I don't want to have to draw any pictures and I'm at work, so I'm unable
to go searching around on the Webs (see what I may have done there?) to find
a link to a Nat Geo pic of an arachnid critter... but last time I checked (and
didn't squish the damn thing with a tissue instead), spidies gots the spinnerette thingies in their azz-u-lar region for the shooting of organic material.

Posted by: Ms MoMo at February 16, 2011 12:59 PM