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The Amazing Spider-Man Teaser: I Had Reservations Until I Found Out C. Thomas Howell Was in this Bitch

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (46)

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I’ll be the first to admit that I had reservations about another Spider-man reboot so soon after Sam Raimi’s run. I mean, what’s the point, right? But this new trailer FINALLY answers the burning question of this ordinary teenager turns into a Spider-man superhero?

He was bitten by a spider! Who knew!? How revelatory! And now, those that were too young to watch Sam Raimi’s original Spider-man 9 whole years ago will finally understand. Thank you, Sony. Thank you for providing yet another origins story. You’re too kind! Too gracious! Too f*cking repetitive.

Oh, and C. Thomas Howell. Without blackface! Now the world will finally know what he looks like as a white man.

Seriously, though: It’s rare that a teaser trailer could dampen my lack of interest even further. Marc Webb is a great director, and obviously Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone are fantastic. But this is simply not a story that needs to be retold.

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Comments

C. Thomas Howell is the poor man's that guy who was Blaine who is the poor man's Matthew Broderick.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at July 20, 2011 11:09 AM

Andrew McCarthy!

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at July 20, 2011 11:11 AM

Polar bear in a snowstorm with its eyes shut? Seen it.

Posted by: BWeaves at July 20, 2011 11:23 AM

Incredibly pretentious dialogue meant to sound profound? Yup, it's a reboot alright.

I actually don't mind the idea of this reboot so much, though I agree it certainly wasn't necessary. I am not, however, sold on the costume. It's too busy, there's too much going on with it. It does not look like the work of a high school student, especially not one with Garfield's silly hair do.

Posted by: Noah at July 20, 2011 11:36 AM

"But this new trailer FINALLY answers the burning question of this ordinary teenager turn into a Spider-man superhero?"

I accidentally the whole review.

Posted by: Craig at July 20, 2011 11:38 AM

As much as I hate agreeing with Rowles... I am one more re-boot, reborquel, remake, retread away from the edge.

Can we plz have something new? Pretty please?

Posted by: logan at July 20, 2011 11:45 AM

I liked the Spidey POV. Surely Sam Raimi did that at some point, right? 3 fuckin' movies? Now I can't get it out of my head that the shot at the end of the trailer is recycled.

Might as well, right? The story already is.

Posted by: HappyGobo at July 20, 2011 11:58 AM

I was hoping for a Spider-Man movie where Peter Parker actually acts like Peter Parker. He's a classic character because he's a fucking wise-ass. He's smart and he knows it. He has a heart of gold and faces insurmountable odds by laughing, and poking fun.

Who the fuck is this loner, brooding, bitch saddled with the sadness of his dead parents? This isn't fucking Batman!

This is supposed to be the guy who makes fun of Norman Osborne's Hair, Dr. Octopus' weight, and The Lizard's skin.

Spiderman is one of the few comic book characters in which tragedy doesn't overwhelm, and cloud his judgement, it strengthens his moral compass, and he finds a way to smile, some how.

Screw this.

Posted by: brian at July 20, 2011 12:04 PM

Sooooooooo yeah. I think I would have preferred this version if they had done it the first time but now that it's a rehash I really have no interest in seeing it. Also that wall crawling sequence at the end there looks like a video game and made me a little nauseous.

Posted by: JenVegas at July 20, 2011 12:05 PM

Campbell Scott! Or, as he's known around our house, "Doug". He has a special place in my heart for playing "Doug".

Posted by: sars at July 20, 2011 12:05 PM

JenVegas I definitely agree with you about that end sequence feeling like a video game. As I was watching it, I was thinking this would make a sweet video game... but for a movie? Not so much

Posted by: THRILLHO at July 20, 2011 12:15 PM

Does. Peter Parker. Look. Like. A Bitch?

Yes, yes he does.

Especially when he's wandering around industrial shipyards wide-mouthed, or wearing his black hoodie up over his head in the middle of fucking class.

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Posted by: D-Day at July 20, 2011 12:15 PM

You hipster dirtbags wouldn't recognize an iconic actor if he came up to you and shot in the face. C. Thomas Howell's cv includes:

Red Dawn
The Hitcher
The Outsiders

The man had already made his mark while you clowns were watching Pokemon and thinking it was an experience.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at July 20, 2011 12:34 PM

Slim, Pokemon was an experience.

Posted by: Brian at July 20, 2011 12:38 PM

JenVegas I definitely agree with you about that end sequence feeling like a video game. As I was watching it, I was thinking this would make a sweet video game... but for a movie? Not so much

God damn all of you, we talked about this yesterday. Of course it would make a sweet video game!

Someone quite aptly said it looks just like Mirror's Edge. I think a first-person Spiderman Mirror's Edge ripoff would be more interesting than this movie. However, they'd have to figure out how to make boundaries. Giving a character like Spiderman physical boundaries other than large bodies of water is pretty silly. Maybe a hybrid Mirror's Edge/Spiderman 2 would be nice. I don't know, I just wanna see it happen.

Either way, the first-person stuff needs to remain in the trailer. When people immediately think "video game" when they see it, it's probably a bad idea.

Posted by: pissant at July 20, 2011 12:43 PM

His C(. Thomas)V also includes Sideout. One of the greatest movies ever creating starring a fakeass looking Eric Roberts and a fakeass looking Rod Belding. If you haven't seen it, drop everything and buy the VHS on amazon for .49 cents.

Posted by: FB at July 20, 2011 12:46 PM

I think I'll just go watch Spider-Man 2 again...

Posted by: DontStopNow at July 20, 2011 12:49 PM

I think I might be one of those few freaks who never liked the original movies, mostly because of Maguire and Dunst. But you're right, another origins story is just fucking stupid and unecessary.

That being said, Garfield looks perfect for the part. And the CGI might be pretty cool, too. But shit, I wish I didn't have to sit through the same damn origins story again. Why not just do like X-Men and pretend the third movie didn't exist?

Nifty trailer, but this movie's gonna suck.

Posted by: Figgy at July 20, 2011 12:53 PM

The POV makes it look like some sort of Playstation game trailer. And why can't Martin Sheen just be Spiderman instead?

Posted by: sprophet at July 20, 2011 12:58 PM

Neil Patrick Harris is the only non-Donald Glover who should be considered to fill the role. You say he's too old? I say the man hasn't aged in 15 years.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at July 20, 2011 1:02 PM

Thrillho, it was a video game, it was called Mirror's Edge. Came out a few years ago. Pretty good first person free-running.

Posted by: Blake Shrapnel at July 20, 2011 1:10 PM

Count me in as another person sick of Emo Spidey. I like Andrew Garfield fine, but that is not how I picture Spiderman at all. Actually when talk of the last movie started (lo those many years ago) I thought Topher Grace should get the main role. I mean Peter Parker and Eric Forman are pretty similar, yeah? Both are skinny, nerdy, wise-asses and it's just the getting bit by the spider thing that turns Peter into Spiderman. If they had filmed the opening scenes then stopped while Topher bulked up some it could have worked out well, imho.

Posted by: scary biscuits at July 20, 2011 1:29 PM

wow. just wow.

the only reason i was still giving this a chance was bcoz of the mechanical web shooter thingy and i thought they were gonna go wit the 'set in reality' thing ala Batman but we get the same overly glossy CG again. Bravo Hollywood!

Spiderman is one of the few comic book characters in which tragedy doesn't overwhelm, and cloud his judgement, it strengthens his moral compass, and he finds a way to smile, some how.

this right here? so much win.

well, at least we get to see him sew his suit compared to Raimi's magical transition from drawing board to professionally made suit in one cut.

Last but not least, this Parker isn't emo at all. Not one bit.

Posted by: haplo at July 20, 2011 1:35 PM

I like this idea that Garfield "looks perfect" as Peter, and how this is apparently a factor in the movie.

Pete is drawn as one of the blandest comic book characters out there; he has no distinguishing features and is exceptionally average. This is done on purpose, pushing Pete's public invisibility and furthering the "everykid" ideal. You pass kids every single day that could be Pete, those are who are generally slight of build and fairly babyfaced.

What's supposed to be distinguishing about the character is his personality. Spider-Man the comic succeeds because it's crammed with levity and charm. It's a counter to much of what makes Batman. While Bruce roots in darkness and shadow, panels in Spider-Man are typically set in the daytime with solid colors and strong sunlight. Often, when the comic series has tried to go "dark" the results are disastrous.

There isn't a single joke in the entire trailer, and the only time anyone actually bothers to smile is at the 1:00 mark.

That's not Spider-Man.

Posted by: D-Day at July 20, 2011 1:37 PM

Don't get why they had to reboot the whole thing. You'd think they'd just assume that everyone knew how Peter Parker became Spidey and just went ahead with his further adventures. No need to saddle your movie with more backstory.

Then again, Snyder and Nolan are doing the same thing with Man of Steel, which leads me to believe that this is what Hollywood is comfortable in making -- in spite of continuing proof that it's the 2nd movies that often are the best in the series (Spider-Man 2, The Dark Knight, X2)

/no one look at Iron Man 2.

Posted by: Fredo at July 20, 2011 1:41 PM

CAMPBELL SCOTT IS IN THIS!!!

Totally seeing it.

If I'm honest, Spiderman is the ONLY Superhero I've ever given a shit about and so this looks really fun.

Posted by: grace b at July 20, 2011 2:04 PM

ok, there's something seriously wrong here. look at wat the director had to say,

"One of the things we tried to do was keep the stunts more grounded physically and that was a huge challenge because you have a character whose abilities are superhuman. How do you do that in a way that's convincing and real? ...

We spent months and months and months developing rigs so he could swing in a way that wasn't computer-generated. Obviously there's going to be enhancements and CG [sequences], but it's based in a physical reality and that's a new technique. When you walk out of the theater, I want the world you see to resemble what you saw on the screen. Part of the joy of cinema [is that] you make the impossible look real.

I wanted it to be more grounded and more realistic and that went for the emotion of the scenes, the physical action and wardrobe. It's less based in Steve Ditko world and probably closer visually and more influenced by 'Ultimate Spider-Man,' but it is also very much a world of our own devising."

source: http://io9.com/5822927/marc-webb-explains-what-the-realistic-tone-of-the-amazing-spider+man-really-means-plus-some-intriguing-hints-for-the-new-daredevil-movie

Great. i dunno how i feel now.

Posted by: haplo at July 20, 2011 2:04 PM

Not to get all pedagogical and shit, but if your lack of enthusiasm has been dampened, doesn't that mean you're more enthusiastic? Anyhoodles, I didn't bother watching the clip, as my entusiasm for this is similarly damp. Or dry. Whatever. I guess what I'm saying is 'meh'.

Posted by: Groundloop at July 20, 2011 2:51 PM

So it's a Spider-Man movie with no sense of humor? Who the hell thought THAT would work?

Posted by: Craigilicious at July 20, 2011 4:38 PM

That POV was terrible! It just looked like a crappy video game.

Posted by: Camytaru at July 20, 2011 4:56 PM

I was in it right up until the POV shot. Is this a movie or a first person shooter. If I find out that sequence is part of the movie, I'm gonna burn some shit down. It'd be the biggest crime against my favorite comic book character since "One More Day."

Posted by: Harborwolf at July 20, 2011 5:43 PM

Spider-Mirror's Edge, anyone?

Posted by: frank at July 20, 2011 6:01 PM

you guys have to watch this video on the comparison? between Mirror's Edge and Not Emo Spiderman

it's so bad.

http://kotaku.com/5823215/how-blatantly-does-the-new-spider+man-trailer-rip-off-mirrors-edge

what were they thinking?

oh, dats right, who is going to draw this comparison when even gamers stayed away from wat was a brilliant game.

hollywood is going to win yet again.

Posted by: haplo at July 20, 2011 7:01 PM

"But this is simply not a story that needs to be retold."

Yet another reason Pajiba sucks. You guys are no fucking fun.

Posted by: assclown at July 20, 2011 7:19 PM

That's amaz-za-zing!

Posted by: James S at July 20, 2011 8:06 PM

"But this new trailer FINALLY answers the burning question of this ordinary teenager turn into a Spider-man superhero?"

I accidentally the whole review.

What is this I don't even?

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at July 20, 2011 8:50 PM

Did anyone get a Nicholas Hammond CBS TV series flashback watching that?

No? Anyone? Just me, then??

Oh go screw, you kids who don't remember how good old, crappy stuff was. NYAH!

Posted by: Green Lantern at July 20, 2011 10:20 PM

I made it 40 seconds through the trailer

Posted by: Candy at July 20, 2011 11:08 PM

So, when's the Deadpool movie opening? Looks like he's gonna be the only smart ass super whatever we can rely on.

Posted by: Four Eyes at July 21, 2011 12:19 AM

Did we ever really need an origin story in the first place? Maybe it's because I'm a comic nerd, but I just assumed that Spiderman's origin is one that everyone knows like Batman's or Superman's. I'm not sold on the suit and the end sequence in first person looked too cg for my tastes, but I'll probably end up seeing this because of Emma Stone.

Posted by: AngelArm45 at July 21, 2011 12:43 AM

Eh. Origins. Zzzzzz...

Posted by: Max at July 21, 2011 1:52 AM

I recently went back and read all the old Spider-Man comics from the Steve Ditko era, and Peter Parker was extremely socially withdrawn from his peers, shy, and gawky. He only became a wiseass when in costume. In later years, he became more self-confident in his regular persona, but not until he went to college.

If they're setting the movie in high school, than the brooding shy guy is true to the source material.

/END COMIC BOOK GUY VOICE

Posted by: Craig at July 21, 2011 4:01 PM

I recently went back and read all the old Spider-Man comics from the Steve Ditko era, and Peter Parker was extremely socially withdrawn from his peers, shy, and gawky. He only became a wiseass when in costume

even so, they shudn't have emphasized those traits in the teaser knowing full well how ppl feel bout nolanizing every other superhero just because Bats made a gajillion dollars.

Posted by: haplo at July 21, 2011 7:48 PM

But this is simply not a story that needs to be retold.

How about seeing it done better than Sam Raimi's childish, Saturday morning cartoon like family channel versions, and because I want to see it done better than Hollywood's comic fanboy approach?

Yes, you'll all complain but still be in line to see it anyway.
Regardless I'm very much looking forward to it which is far better than I can say of ALLLL of the latest superhero movies combined.

Posted by: billbixbeee at July 22, 2011 12:00 AM

So, how many people have actually been reading Spider-Man comics in the last few years? Perhaps one or two of you have actually paid attention to the structure of the Marvel film universe essentially style-guided to life by Favreau and co.?

This Spider-Man, this Peter Parker is the mirror of what uncomfortable youth thrust into a sphere of events far beyond his control looks like. You want the classics? Go to the comic book store and find the classics. 20 bucks gets you 20 years of good, bad, and ugly.

Perhaps you'd like to take a dip into more recent events and see Spider-Man sell the memory of love to the devil for a few more years with a mother figure he can't bear to let go of?

How about drifting to the secondary line of Ultimate line comics and see the kid get shot in the stomach, going out with as much pathos and heroism as any classic demi-god; not too many wisecracks were made in those pages either (I imagine a GSW to the stomach calls up the fun police).

It's staggering to see how the generational line gets so clearly drawn when the character you wanted to be at some point has to try and evolve into the character your younger sibling/oldest child will hopefully want to be like for a few years.

Say what you will about the first person wall crawling in the trailer, the inner 13 year old in me lit up like a christmas tree when what looked like a good Parkour run suddenly flips a 180 and goes next level wall crawling.

I for one am curious, nervous, and as intrigued as a kid on rumspringa going to their first kegger; the night will be wild, loaded with pictures you'll have to de-tag, and probably not as good as you thought it would be, but as long as we're here, lets go ahead and do that kegstand.

Posted by: Starhammer at July 22, 2011 10:06 PM

I keep several blogs & forums and allow people to write their comments on them. I check regularly and remove any swear words, etc. I also ask commentors not to leave any derogatory terms on the blogs/forums.. However, that said, am i still legally responsible for the content on my blog/forums if they write a defamatory comment or abusive comments?. Many thanks..

Posted by: 3rsdfrofl at September 14, 2011 10:57 AM