Spiderman, Rebooted

[Smith Dr John Smith]

Don't get me wrong I hope I am wrong but from the trailers i get the feeling this movie is taking it's Qs from The Dark Knight when I think the movie that it should be taking them from Iron Man.  Iron Man was an exciting movie that had a sense of danger but also didn't lose it's sense of fun. From the trailers it looks like this movie is going to be all doom and gloom with out a single joke or smile.

[Russell]

Don't get me wrong I hope I am wrong but from the trailers i get the feeling this movie is taking it's Qs from The Dark Knight when I think the movie that it should be taking them from Iron Man.  Iron Man was an exciting movie that had a sense of danger but also didn't lose it's sense of fun. From the trailers it looks like this movie is going to be all doom and gloom with out a single joke or smile.

Yeah. You could be very right.

[mrbasehart]

Tonally, it's definitely darker than anything Raimi did, and I'm really liking the choice of Garfield the more I see of him.

Anyone else get the feeling Gwen Stacy is going down at the end of the movie? And I don't mean in a sexual sense.

No, because Emma Stone is getting really popular right now.  Killing her off for the rest of the possible franchise would be a little short-sighted. 

I really dig the new trailer - Garfield seems like he might actually pull off one thing that Maguire never could: be funny. 

[Russell]

No, because Emma Stone is getting really popular right now.  Killing her off for the rest of the possible franchise would be a little short-sighted. 
I really dig the new trailer - Garfield seems like he might actually pull off one thing that Maguire never could: be funny. 

Interesting, because the death of Gwen Stacy was a VERY big plot point of the original Spider-man series. Like you said, they're probably saving it for the next movie.

[mrbasehart]

No, because Emma Stone is getting really popular right now.  Killing her off for the rest of the possible franchise would be a little short-sighted. 
I really dig the new trailer - Garfield seems like he might actually pull off one thing that Maguire never could: be funny. 

Interesting, because the death of Gwen Stacy was a VERY big plot point of the original Spider-man series. Like you said, they're probably saving it for the next movie.

And Osborne kills her.  He's not in this one (at least, not the main villain), but I suspect he might if Spider-Man goes to a sequel.

[Russell]

No, because Emma Stone is getting really popular right now.  Killing her off for the rest of the possible franchise would be a little short-sighted. 
I really dig the new trailer - Garfield seems like he might actually pull off one thing that Maguire never could: be funny. 

Interesting, because the death of Gwen Stacy was a VERY big plot point of the original Spider-man series. Like you said, they're probably saving it for the next movie.

And Osborne kills her.  He's not in this one (at least, not the main villain), but I suspect he might if Spider-Man goes to a sequel.

True, I don't expect comic book movies to follow canon anymore simply for... well, obvious reasons.

[BBQ Platypus]

I was talking to another guy in my section about this film the other day.  I was all "meh," but he's excited for it.  

But you know what he said one of the biggest, most significant reasons for his excitement was?  The fact that Peter's webshooters in this movie are mechanical instead of organic.

Seriously?  People really give a shit about how his fucking webshooters work?  So much that they would list it as a MAJOR selling point for the movie?

I hate fanboys so much.  (This is why I smack myself in the face with a rolled-up Doctor Who poster every morning).

[Smith Dr John Smith]

I was talking to another guy in my section about this film the other day.  I was all "meh," but he's excited for it.  

But you know what he said one of the biggest, most significant reasons for his excitement was?  The fact that Peter's webshooters in this movie are mechanical instead of organic.

Seriously?  People really give a shit about how his fucking webshooters work?  So much that they would list it as a MAJOR selling point for the movie?

I hate fanboys so much.  (This is why I smack myself in the face with a rolled-up Doctor Who poster every morning).

Yeah i don't get that at all.  It seems to me that the webshooters are just a plot device any way,so that tension can be created by having Spiderman run out of webbing when he is falling.  I have to say I liked the movie version better where we didn't have to see him invent them and he didn't have to worry about stopping the battle to refill on webbing.  And I say all this as someone who read all the Spiderman comics when I was a kid.

[TeamRAD]

Tonally, it's definitely darker than anything Raimi did, and I'm really liking the choice of Garfield the more I see of him.

Anyone else get the feeling Gwen Stacy is going down at the end of the movie? And I don't mean in a sexual sense.

No, because Emma Stone is getting really popular right now.  Killing her off for the rest of the possible franchise would be a little short-sighted. 

Too true.

No, because Emma Stone is getting really popular right now.  Killing her off for the rest of the possible franchise would be a little short-sighted. 
I really dig the new trailer - Garfield seems like he might actually pull off one thing that Maguire never could: be funny. 

Interesting, because the death of Gwen Stacy was a VERY big plot point of the original Spider-man series. Like you said, they're probably saving it for the next movie.

And Osborne kills her.  He's not in this one (at least, not the main villain), but I suspect he might if Spider-Man goes to a sequel.

...or take the bonkers route and have Ultimate Carnage take her out. 

[Sideswipe]

as long as he bites her head off.

[Russell]

as long as he bites her head off.

Umm... Not even if this were rated R would that happen.

[D.B. Barnes]

Ladies and gentlemen...Shia Ralphio!

[D.B. Barnes]

"One time I waited outside a woman's house for five days just to show her how serious I was about wanting to drill her. Turns out, it was the wrong house. She loved the story anyway. We got to third base. Over the pants."

Where is that damn "Like" button?!?

[Raefire]

Well, shit...

From the looks of it, it seems like they're eschewing origin story stuff. That would be nice.

[MontyServo]

Well, shit...
From the looks of it, it seems like they're eschewing origin story stuff. That would be nice.

Not going to watch the trailer since I plan on seeing it anyway and trailers tend to give away too much. (Case in point...  The red band trailer for MacGruber had every single laugh out loud moment from that film, making watching the actual film quite a chore.) 

Anyway, sounds good that they are going to skip the standard origin stuff and just get on with it.