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REALLY? This Spider-man reboot is just getting more and more bizarre. 
First Look at Leary on the Spider-Man Set | Superhero Hype
First Look at Leary on the Spider-Man Set | Superhero Hype
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Say What? Capt. Stacy is a VERY wrinkled old dude...This movie sounds more and more ridiculous....The only good casting so far is Emma Stone as GwenThink OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging! -
Dennis Leary = annoying.sigpicComment
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Smart move on Leary's part for taking this role. Shed the Tommy Gavin personna before "Rescue Me" ends. He may end up saving this movie.Comment
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It's a good casting choice.
Just remember that they are basing this on the Ultimate Spider-Man...
Both May and Captain Stacey are presented as younger and in fact had romantic potential that was cut short by his death.Comment
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Ahhh - okay, he was on Conan recently and said he was in the new Spider-Man movie. He said something like "I play a cop who goes after Spider-Man" and that sounded crazy - so this actually makes more sense to me now.Comment
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I guess I am one of the few of the camp of allowing artistic liberties to occur on film. I did wish that they would have figured out a way to do the three way love triangle between P.P., M.J., and Gwen Stacey right in the first movie and have Gwen Stacey die but then thought it would make most non-comic readers confused and too little time to develop character plot. I don't know if I have seen a movie yet where it was up to the standards of the book and that includes The Harry Potter series which I am also a big fan. Just too much going on in the plot to fit into a 2 hour movie. Keep in mind that Spiderman 1 basically covered about 120 or so issues of the comic but trying to focus on one villain."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
~Vaclav HlavatyComment
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I agree totally with you! I think adaptations require adaptation - that's the whole thing!
When "IPs" get used for the branding because the people working on it just see it as Intellectual Property and not a story - then that's a problem to me, and I think that's what really bothers most people. The first Iron Man changed lots about the original concept - but the people who made it found the heart of how the comics worked - and tweaked it to work for today's audiences. I personally could care less about something like Pepper Potts hair colour if they do that really well.
Personally, my feeling on movie adaptations is that very good books can make fantastic movies, but rarely the other way around. It does happen, I'd say "A Clockwork Orange" is one example off-hand, but it's rare.
"The Godfather" and "Jaws" are two great examples I can think of. Very good books - amazing movies. "Iron Man" too actually - I think Spider-Man works on more complex levels than Iron Man. I liked the first two Spider-Man movies, but the comics are a lot better.
I think part of the problem is that at it's heart a movie is more like a short story than a novel - or in this case a serialized graphic novel. So everything has to be simplified to some degree. If you start with something a little simpler there's room to add depth when you're making a film, but when you have something very detailed and well balanced already it often feels like elements of the story are forced too much, and others get lost or go missing.
At least that's my general take.Last edited by Brazoo; Jan 15, '11, 3:32 AM.Comment
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I think this movie is gonna suck big time.Comment
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I am.
Ultimate Thor has been very good. 1st issue of Ult Cap was better then average. Once Ultimates gets past this current vampire arc, I'll pick it up, too.
I like Dennis Leary. He brings a nice edge to the rolls he plays and his respect for people in uniform is tangible. He'll do the roll proud.Comment
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