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  • emeraldknight47
    Talkative Member
    • Jun 20, 2011
    • 5212

    The Amazing Spider-Man site launches...

    ...and it doesn't make me feel ANY better about the reboot whatsoever!

    Here's some "official" descriptions from the newly-born website...

    The Story
    Like most teenagers his age, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he to be the person he is today. In his journey to put the pieces of his past together he uncovers a secret that his father held... a secret that will ultimately shape his destiny as Spider-Man. This is the first in a series of movies that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story. On July 3rd, 2012, the untold story begins.

    Peter Parker
    Ever since Peter's parents disappeared 13 years ago, he has struggled to find his purpose in life. Now, on the brink of unlocking the mystery about what happened to them, he must face the ultimate challenge - one that has been created within the laboratories of Oscorp.

    Gwen Stacy
    Smart, charismatic and rebellious, Gwen is the chief intern at Oscorp, a position she takes very seriously. But her life takes a complicated turn as she watches both her boyfriend, Peter, and her mentor, Dr. Connors, undergo radical transformations.

    Captain Stacy
    An esteemed police officer for over twenty years, Captain Stacy is the public face of the NYPD who leads the department's investigation into Spider-Man's vigilantism. The only thing Captain Stacy vows to protect more than the city is his family - and particularly his only daughter, Gwen.

    Dr. Curt Connors
    One of the leading scientific minds, Dr. Connors attempts to engineer a revolutionary regeneration serum to help re-grow limbs and human tissue. His motivations are unclear as to why he elects to be the first human test subject - but what becomes evident is that something goes horribly wrong.

    Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but if memory serves me properly, it's long been established in the funny books that Parker's parents were actually SHIELD agents, so unless they're going to cross this universe over with the other MU (the one inhabited by IRON MAN, THOR, etc.), then they're going to have to *******ize that part of the story by having them work for someone else (either someone or some entity connected to OsCorp or some government agency like the CIA, FBI, etc.) Either way, my feelings towards it are totally meh.

    Sounds like they've decided to make Gwen a COMPLETELY different character than she was in the books, aside from being Captain Stacy's daughter. OsCorp seems to still be the looming entity in the entire movie mythology, seeings as how both Gwen AND Curt Connors work there. And, from the looks of the trailer, it looks like Pete owes his spider powers to a mishap at the OsCorp labs, too. Oh, joy! It's Jack Napier killing Bruce Wayne's parent's all over again!!!

    From the description of Captain Stacy, sounds like they are trying to turn him into the Commissioner Gordon of the Spider-Man franchise. There could be worse roles models, I suppose, but Gordon and Stacy were two cops cut from completely different fabrics and to try to force one into the mold of the other seems off-putting.

    Finally, the elephant in the room: OsCorp. Since we can determine from the website that this is destined to be a trilogy (unless this thing tanks (fingers crossed) so badly that SONY bails on that idea), so we can almost bet that, likely in the third and climactic film, we'll see a redo of The Green Goblin, something I dread with this current breed of Spider-Man. If people thought that the Power Ranger GG was bad, what do think a Twilighted GG is gonna be like....? Heck, he might even be sparkly, too!

    OK. Last two pieces on my rant, I promise. One of the still shots from the website is this one...



    ...which looks a lot like one of the posters from Spider-Man 2. Way to go a far as originality, Sony!

    The other still shot is this one....



    Now, can someone please, please, please tell me how the hell the man is supposed to stick to walls when he's got----stuff on the bottoms of his feet. Looks ridiculous. I think I will take MIB41 on his offer and boycott this sucker. Maybe permanently.

    What do you guys think.....?
    sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.
  • kingdom warrior
    OH JES!!
    • Jul 21, 2005
    • 12478

    #2
    The Amazing Spider-Man - Official Site

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    • boynightwing
      That Carl Guy
      • Apr 24, 2002
      • 3382

      #3
      I'm going to wait to actually see the movie before I dismiss it as garbage.

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      • Toy Talk
        Old and out of touch
        • Aug 7, 2009
        • 948

        #4
        When the first Twilight came out I watched it, and it was a horrible travesty of film. However, I would not have known how much I disliked the concept until I gave it a shot. New generations have new ideas and new trends; not everything new is bad. I am willing to give it a shot and then pass my judgement. Who knows, maybe I will like it.
        "Procrastination is the art of planning for tomorrow."

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        • emeraldknight47
          Talkative Member
          • Jun 20, 2011
          • 5212

          #5
          Sorry, gang, don't know why my image links aren't working! That is SO harshing my mellow.....!
          sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.

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          • ctc
            Fear the monkeybat!
            • Aug 16, 2001
            • 11183

            #6
            Hmmmm....

            Yeah; I can see reserving judgement until actually seeing the film.... but I can also understand being wary based on these bits. From the description it looks like, well.... everything else. The changes aren't HUGE.... but they're there. The story sounds like the last SpiderMan cartoon, which is a mixed thing. My biggest gripe is having to sit through the origin and background AGAIN. That, and I hate when they start twisting all the background bits of an established franchaise together, it makes the universe seem really, really small. (So.... OsCorp is behind EVERYTHING in the SpiderMan setting now? The Marvel universe used to be absolutely riddled with corporations, mad scientists and secret organizations!)

            Don C.

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            • Timothy2251
              Jerks beef with Ten Bears
              • Mar 15, 2008
              • 1960

              #7
              Think I'll wait for this to hit cable in about a year and a half or so.
              "It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life."

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              • MIB41
                Eloquent Member
                • Sep 25, 2005
                • 15633

                #8
                I understand the need for some to give this a chance. And of course seeing is knowing. But Spider-man is such a dear and personal hero to me, that seeing them flub what was already a great series has left me less than excited for this nonsense. I think Sony overreacted and threw the baby out with the bath water after part 3. People loved that cast. They just needed a better story and probably a new director. What they've done here is completely unwarranted and I think the interest in the new film reflects that. Nationwide polls show the reboot barely tracking against similar films in it's own genre for next summer. There's a good reason for that. This is a mistake. This doesn't look or feel like Spider-man. It looks like a funky Japanese version with the rubber Ultraman suit and stripes. And Gwen Stacy is now a brilliant scientist. REALLY? It just smells. So yes. For opening weekend, I will pass and let others go and buy that ticket for what I feel will be an utter piece of garbage. Bling garbage that is...
                Last edited by MIB41; Dec 16, '11, 7:35 AM.

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                • Jerry68
                  Persistent Member
                  • Feb 12, 2008
                  • 1039

                  #9
                  It seems like they put a lot of the ultimate story line in this?
                  sigpic

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                  • emeraldknight47
                    Talkative Member
                    • Jun 20, 2011
                    • 5212

                    #10
                    Originally posted by MIB41
                    I understand the need for some to give this a chance. And of course seeing is knowing. But Spider-man is such a dear and personal hero to me, that seeing them flub what was already a great series has left me less than excited for this nonsense. I think Sony overreacted and threw the baby out with the bath water after part 3. People loved that cast. They just needed a better story and probably a new director. What they've done here is completely unwarranted and I think the interest in the new film reflects that. Nationwide polls show the reboot barely tracking against similar films in it's own genre for next summer. There's a good reason for that. This is a mistake. This doesn't look or feel like Spider-man. It looks like a funky Japanese version with the rubber Ultraman suit and stripes. And Gwen Stacy is now a brilliant scientist. REALLY? It just smells. So yes. For opening weekend, I will pass and let others go and buy that ticket for what I feel will be an utter piece of garbage. Bling garbage that is...
                    Amen, brutha! I'll be right there in line beside you seeing whatever opens opposite this in order to prove a point to SONY and Marvel not to screw with the Spider, man!!!
                    sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.

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                    • kingdom warrior
                      OH JES!!
                      • Jul 21, 2005
                      • 12478

                      #11
                      Eh......the first movie wasn't accurate either but I lived with it. this one I'll wait for reviews but still will go see it, why not it's spidey.

                      I'll never get the Spidey movie I want because executives just won't do it. they have way too much invested.

                      For me a Spidey movie is a REAL teenage cast, a 16 year old playing Peter not a 20 year old that looks like a chicken hawk from a porn movie. He'd have Ditko's Fooked up costume...I want the kid to grow in the part like the harry Porker kid did in his movies.....

                      and I'd have every movie start with a villian that can't Carry a movie but is good for a opening fight scene like how Bond movies start...........
                      Last edited by kingdom warrior; Dec 16, '11, 1:05 PM.

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                      • RickD
                        Persistent Member
                        • Aug 31, 2011
                        • 1891

                        #12
                        I'll give the movie a chance... I think anything can be better than Tobey Mcguire and Kirsten Dunst.

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                        • Operation:Mego
                          I'm the Star Spangled Man
                          • May 21, 2011
                          • 3350

                          #13
                          Originally posted by emeraldknight47
                          ...and it doesn't make me feel ANY better about the reboot whatsoever!

                          Here's some "official" descriptions from the newly-born website...

                          The Story
                          Like most teenagers his age, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he to be the person he is today. In his journey to put the pieces of his past together he uncovers a secret that his father held... a secret that will ultimately shape his destiny as Spider-Man. This is the first in a series of movies that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story. On July 3rd, 2012, the untold story begins.

                          Peter Parker
                          Ever since Peter's parents disappeared 13 years ago, he has struggled to find his purpose in life. Now, on the brink of unlocking the mystery about what happened to them, he must face the ultimate challenge - one that has been created within the laboratories of Oscorp.

                          Gwen Stacy
                          Smart, charismatic and rebellious, Gwen is the chief intern at Oscorp, a position she takes very seriously. But her life takes a complicated turn as she watches both her boyfriend, Peter, and her mentor, Dr. Connors, undergo radical transformations.

                          Captain Stacy
                          An esteemed police officer for over twenty years, Captain Stacy is the public face of the NYPD who leads the department's investigation into Spider-Man's vigilantism. The only thing Captain Stacy vows to protect more than the city is his family - and particularly his only daughter, Gwen.

                          Dr. Curt Connors
                          One of the leading scientific minds, Dr. Connors attempts to engineer a revolutionary regeneration serum to help re-grow limbs and human tissue. His motivations are unclear as to why he elects to be the first human test subject - but what becomes evident is that something goes horribly wrong.

                          Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but if memory serves me properly, it's long been established in the funny books that Parker's parents were actually SHIELD agents, so unless they're going to cross this universe over with the other MU (the one inhabited by IRON MAN, THOR, etc.), then they're going to have to *******ize that part of the story by having them work for someone else (either someone or some entity connected to OsCorp or some government agency like the CIA, FBI, etc.) Either way, my feelings towards it are totally meh.

                          Sounds like they've decided to make Gwen a COMPLETELY different character than she was in the books, aside from being Captain Stacy's daughter. OsCorp seems to still be the looming entity in the entire movie mythology, seeings as how both Gwen AND Curt Connors work there. And, from the looks of the trailer, it looks like Pete owes his spider powers to a mishap at the OsCorp labs, too. Oh, joy! It's Jack Napier killing Bruce Wayne's parent's all over again!!!

                          From the description of Captain Stacy, sounds like they are trying to turn him into the Commissioner Gordon of the Spider-Man franchise. There could be worse roles models, I suppose, but Gordon and Stacy were two cops cut from completely different fabrics and to try to force one into the mold of the other seems off-putting.

                          Finally, the elephant in the room: OsCorp. Since we can determine from the website that this is destined to be a trilogy (unless this thing tanks (fingers crossed) so badly that SONY bails on that idea), so we can almost bet that, likely in the third and climactic film, we'll see a redo of The Green Goblin, something I dread with this current breed of Spider-Man. If people thought that the Power Ranger GG was bad, what do think a Twilighted GG is gonna be like....? Heck, he might even be sparkly, too!

                          OK. Last two pieces on my rant, I promise. One of the still shots from the website is this one...



                          ...which looks a lot like one of the posters from Spider-Man 2. Way to go a far as originality, Sony!

                          The other still shot is this one....



                          Now, can someone please, please, please tell me how the hell the man is supposed to stick to walls when he's got----stuff on the bottoms of his feet. Looks ridiculous. I think I will take MIB41 on his offer and boycott this sucker. Maybe permanently.

                          What do you guys think.....?
                          That's the thing that worries me. That makes it sounds like he has both of his arms in this movie. "His motivaions are unclear -" Just the way it's worded, at least to me anyway.
                          sigpic
                          The event where the fans are separated from the true fans.

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                          • Operation:Mego
                            I'm the Star Spangled Man
                            • May 21, 2011
                            • 3350

                            #14
                            Originally posted by MIB41
                            I understand the need for some to give this a chance. And of course seeing is knowing. But Spider-man is such a dear and personal hero to me, that seeing them flub what was already a great series has left me less than excited for this nonsense. I think Sony overreacted and threw the baby out with the bath water after part 3. People loved that cast. They just needed a better story and probably a new director. What they've done here is completely unwarranted and I think the interest in the new film reflects that. Nationwide polls show the reboot barely tracking against similar films in it's own genre for next summer. There's a good reason for that. This is a mistake. This doesn't look or feel like Spider-man. It looks like a funky Japanese version with the rubber Ultraman suit and stripes. And Gwen Stacy is now a brilliant scientist. REALLY? It just smells. So yes. For opening weekend, I will pass and let others go and buy that ticket for what I feel will be an utter piece of garbage. Bling garbage that is...
                            Well that's not too far fetched. As far as I can remember, she's never been dumb, and has shown her intelligence more than once in the comics before. Plus, Gwen's a scientist in TSSM and they didn't make her overly smart.
                            sigpic
                            The event where the fans are separated from the true fans.

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                            • Bruce Banner
                              HULK SMASH!
                              • Apr 3, 2010
                              • 4335

                              #15
                              This shot is certainly more traditional Spidey as far as his pose is concerned, and it makes me feel a little more hope that it might be a good movie.
                              Also, the revamped suit is bugging me somewhat less now (with the exception of one or two major points).
                              But I'll reserve judgement until I've seen the movie.

                              Last edited by Bruce Banner; Dec 17, '11, 5:43 AM.
                              PUNY HUMANS!

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