Is the more serious tone of the new Spidey flick...

[emeraldknight47]

I don't know about "darker. I do know that I'm loving Denis Leary as Captain Stacy.

I love Denis Leary in pretty much everything he does, so I have no doubts I'll love him in this, too. I just love the "snark" factor he brings to things!

[emeraldknight47]

On another note regarding Spider-Man, I read this unsubstantiated report over on COSMIC BOOK NEWS...

Note: This comes from a source we have not used before.

We are told that director Marc Webb will not be back for the Amazing Spider-Man sequel, which is tentatively titled "Web of Spider-Man."

The reason for Marc Webb's departure from "Web of Spider-Man" is that they want a "less dark mopey Spider-Man and more action, action, action Spider-Man next time."

This is why Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci (Transformers, Star Trek) were hired to write the sequel.

And we are told Tarsem Singh is the front-runner to replace Marc Webb.

After reading this, it makes me wonder WHY they would greenlight a Spider-Man film they felt was "dark and mopey" in the first place.

From the footage I'm seeing from AS-M, I, like MIB41, am starting to warm up to it a teensy bit, but I won't say anything more until I've actually seen the thing....

As for the story above, you can read the whole article here...

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[Brazoo]

Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci - it blows me away with these dudes. They've just found this niche for being known to write big budget movies with super-quick turn around times that aren't 100% terrible. That's the state of filmmaking now, it seems. It's amazing when movies have any sense of quality at all.

Also, they hired the guy behind "(500) Days of Summer" and didn't expect something "mopey"? What's wrong with these people?

[boynightwing]

Having seen the 6 minutes of footage in Imax...I don't think it's really all THAT dark.

This Spider-man is still in highschool right? He's in classes all day. When's he going to fight crime? Saturday afternoon? It would have to be evenings and weekends. The world is often a more dangerous place at night. The perfect time for Superheroes to make their rounds.

[toys2cool]

yea there's another joke with the knife guy, looks cool to me but i don't like the spidey costume look

[emeraldknight47]

Having seen the 6 minutes of footage in Imax...I don't think it's really all THAT dark.

This Spider-man is still in highschool right? He's in classes all day. When's he going to fight crime? Saturday afternoon? It would have to be evenings and weekends. The world is often a more dangerous place at night. The perfect time for Superheroes to make their rounds.

Sounds like most of the part time jobs I keep inquiring about!!!!

[enyawd72]

Having seen the 6 minutes of footage in Imax...I don't think it's really all THAT dark.

This Spider-man is still in highschool right? He's in classes all day. When's he going to fight crime? Saturday afternoon? It would have to be evenings and weekends. The world is often a more dangerous place at night. The perfect time for Superheroes to make their rounds.

Yeah! Besides, as the old song goes...
"In the chill of the night, at the scene of a crime...like a streak of light, he arrives just in time."

[Operation:Mego]

Yeah! Besides, as the old song goes...
"In the chill of the night, at the scene of a crime...like a streak of light, he arrives just in time."

Nice catch!