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Reasons why this is better than the new movies.

posted 15 years ago by MerryMarvelManiac
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1. Peter Parker is actually cool, instead of a friggin cry baby who breaks down and blubbers when his girlfriend dumps him.

2. Web Shooters. Spider-man does NOT shoot webs from his forearms. He never did until that ultimate Spider-man crap.

3. The costume. Tobey Maguire sewed that movie suit himself? Riiiiight. The original is more comic accurate and actually looks homemade, is more colorful, and creepier looking.

4. The FX. Oh look, an ACTUAL PERSON climbing up the side of an ACTUAL BUILDING. I'll take that and day over a CGI Spider-man who isn't there.

5. The stories. No, there were no super-villains, but the writers did a great job coming up with cool plots and scenarios involving more traditional criminals.

6. The music. Man, that 70's funk is what Spidey is all about. The mid-late 70's and early eighties remain the definitive age of Marvel. The comics, shows, cartoons, and Megos were at their peak.

[–] cyberdynesystems101 15 years ago

1. Peter Parker is actually cool, instead of a friggin cry baby who breaks down and blubbers when his girlfriend dumps him.

The natural reaction for most guys if there girlfriend breaks up with them is either crying or depression. I don't see how that is a problem, it's a natural reaction, although it wasn't done convincingly by Maguire. But Peter being cool is the exact opposite of what Spider-man was suppose to be. He's suppose to be a nerdy kid, with a lot of brains but not much luck with ladies or social life.

2. Web Shooters. Spider-man does NOT shoot webs from his forearms. He never did until that ultimate Spider-man crap.

The webbing came from his wrist in the movie not his forearm, and that's where it came from in the series too. What's the problem?

3. The costume. Tobey Maguire sewed that movie suit himself? Riiiiight. The original is more comic accurate and actually looks homemade, is more colorful, and creepier looking.

While I agree it actually looks homemade, I don't see how looking creepier is a good thing, or what it has to do with how the show presents itself.

4. The FX. Oh look, an ACTUAL PERSON climbing up the side of an ACTUAL BUILDING. I'll take that and day over a CGI Spider-man who isn't there.

It wasn't always an actual person climbing the building. They did use green screening. Peter climbing on things outside his house, was one of the instances.

Also, Nicholas Hammond who played Spider-Man in the show, has gone on to say that he really liked how the new film turned out.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/22/1023864515050.html

I an't afraid of no ghosts!

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[–] superlightweight 14 years ago

All this 'Spider-man is a nerdy kid' is absolute hogwash they're pushing in those godawful Raimi movies.
If you had grown up with the original 60's & 70's books instead of the modern crap you'd know that Peter was a nerdy kid before gaining his powers, but after becoming Spider-man he became so confident the best looking girls around started chasing him.

You don't think it's weird that Toby McGuire is both a superhero with a hot girlfriend and a total sap dork loser?

And spiderweb coming out of his arms, how stupid is that. If his body actually did produce web it would be coming out of his ass like on a real spider.
But it doesn't, so he uses web shooters.

[–] Viltrumite 11 years ago

3. The costume. Tobey Maguire sewed that movie suit himself? Riiiiight. The original is more comic accurate and actually looks homemade, is more colorful, and creepier looking.

Ever been to a sci-fi convention? Most of those incredible costumes the participants wear are homemade.

[–] reaseltbim 11 years ago

the lack of supervillains is something I cannot forgive.

Even if they were just villains by name only, Even if they didnt have the powers or the costumes but they should have added some of them. Sandman could have easily be someone that worked in construction, a bad guy.
Doc Oc could have just been, well that, A Doctor.

I agree with everything else but the villains really pissed me off. Look at the Batman series, they all had their villains even if they had no budget for anything

right....

[–] d_henderson1810 9 years ago

"The Incredible Hulk" TV series also didn't have supervillians, neither did "Wonder Woman", both of which were on the same time, and the "Incredible Hulk" went five seasons without supervillians.

Even the old-time "Superman" series, with George Reeves, didn't have Luthor, Brainiac or Bizarro.

It was only the campy "Batman" TV series which did it, and they were going for a different type of show, with ridiculous, over-the-top villians, rather than a superhero drama series. Also, the popularity of "Batman" at the time meant that every Hollywood star wanted to be a villian in it, so they created baddies for the show. They also kept the budget at a minimum, and stayed away from characters like Killer Croc or Two-Face, who were too expensive to do at the time.

Besides, the elaborate costumes needed for Spidey-villians (metal tentacles for Doc Oc, a Green Goblin costume or even to do a villian like Vulture, would cost too much. Someone like Sandman, it would require tech not available in the 70's, or the effect would look crap. Don't look at 70's shows through modern-day eyes.

TV budgets in the 70's and 80's were tighter than they are now, so some cuts have to be made to even make the show.

[–] dashaunfolife 9 years ago

Actually the organic web's were from spiderman 2099 and the ultimate spiderman did have web shooters but they changed it later on and if I remember correctly it wasn't even the ultimate it was the 616 universe.