Spiderman reboot pic- EEEEK

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CHRISISALL

Sunday, March 18, 2012 10:47 PM

uhhh, ... what a CRAP costume...

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AURAPTOR

Sunday, March 18, 2012 11:33 PM

It is a bit...cartoonish.

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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CHRISISALL

Monday, March 19, 2012 12:30 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
It is a bit...cartoonish.

You are too nice.
I would have characterized it as "ruttin' felgercarb" my own self.

ECGORDON

Monday, March 19, 2012 12:55 AM

Pics from the set are rarely a good indication of how it will look on screen.

CHRISISALL

Monday, March 19, 2012 1:03 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
Pics from the set are rarely a good indication of how it will look on screen.

I rest my case.

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ECGORDON

Monday, March 19, 2012 1:20 AM

I'm sure that shot of Routh was a deliberately posed promo shot, not something taken by an on-set photographer during filming of a scene. I remember seeing some set photos of Capt. America that looked totally ridiculous, and that ended up looking just fine.

CHRISISALL

Monday, March 19, 2012 1:41 AM

Oh, I guess I'll see it.
Hope they fix the costume with CGI....

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AURAPTOR

Monday, March 19, 2012 3:00 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
It is a bit...cartoonish.

You are too nice.

What can I say? I'm a kindler, gentler Raptor.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

ZEEK

Monday, March 19, 2012 1:59 PM

My expectations are dropping pretty far for this movie. I thought with a reboot they might go the route of Batman and really hit one out of the park. From what I've seen in the trailers I'm not seeing it. I think I'll still see it though and sometimes going in with low expectations turns out to be much better than going in with high expectations.

BYTEMITE

Monday, March 19, 2012 6:42 PM

Spiderman has always been one of my favourite heroes because of both the snark and the inclusion of every day problems.

I thought the first couple of spiderman movies were good. And then the Dark Knight trilogy comes along and suddenly I don't think Batman is this rich guy with unnecessary angst and silly villains anymore.

I don't know. It's hard to not appreciate that comic book fans are getting lots of love that they haven't gotten for almost twenty years (or more), but at the same time I'm starting to wonder if the studios aren't overdoing the density of superhero movie releases.

CHRISISALL

Monday, March 19, 2012 7:35 PM

My recent favourites:

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PHOENIXROSE

Monday, March 19, 2012 8:23 PM

Sorry, but can you explain to me what makes this costume any worse than any other Spiderman costume? It's bright red and blue; the costume designers don't really have a lot to work with, here.

Bear in mind, also, that lighting on movie sets has to be just ridiculously bright to look good on film. Photos taken under such conditions are bound to look overexposed. A better-lit photo of the costume looks more like this:

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

PHOENIXROSE

Monday, March 19, 2012 8:23 PM

Terrifying space monkeys.

ZEEK

Monday, March 19, 2012 8:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bytemite:
Spiderman has always been one of my favourite heroes because of both the snark and the inclusion of every day problems.

Yep that's a big part of why spidey is so cool. Though I think it's pretty difficult to find a director who can pull it off. A lot of people just don't have the feel for snarky comedy. There's a new spiderman cartoon coming up and the preview clips were pretty bad IMO. It was slapstick comedy rather than snarky smartass comedy. They may be aiming for a younger audience with the cartoon, but I still would have liked to see something a little wittier. The Spectacular Spiderman cartoon was great in that regard.

LILI

Monday, March 19, 2012 8:29 PM

I think the film looks pretty sweet. The kid they got to play Parker seems to do the sarcasm thing well ("You seriously think I'm a cop in a skintight red and blue suit...?") and they've given him the right girlfriend for an origin story (for once) and they've got him making a web-shooter instead of having the spider-silk come out of his wrists somehow... Overall, looks more faithful to the source material. I'm looking forward to it.

Facts are stubborn things.

CHRISISALL

Monday, March 19, 2012 8:49 PM

It better be at least as good as the Raimi flicks to justify that mess of a design...
The cool thing was that he was a science wiz, not a costume designer. It's SUPPOSED to look simple!!!! Not hi-tek bumpy plastic!

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BYTEMITE

Monday, March 19, 2012 9:10 PM

>_> The less lit pictures are not as bad, but now I think Spidey looks like the surface of a basketball...

PHOENIXROSE

Monday, March 19, 2012 9:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
It better be at least as good as the Raimi flicks to justify that mess of a design...
The cool thing was that he was a science wiz, not a costume designer. It's SUPPOSED to look simple!!!! Not hi-tek bumpy plastic!

Okay, but let's take a breath here: what if he used his science skills to make hi-tech bumpy fabric that wouldn't easily rip while he's swinging around? If you catch on the sharp edge of a windowsill and your entire costume tears off, that's probably not convenient, especially if your web-slinging contraption gets lost with the rest of the costume and you fall to your death :p
Smart kid designed rubber enforcing to the rescue then, yeah?

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

WHOZIT

Monday, March 19, 2012 11:02 PM

He looks likes a space alien, is he smelling his armpit in that 1st picture?

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:00 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
If you catch on the sharp edge of a windowsill and your entire costume tears off, that's probably not convenient

I see you are not a fan of the classic comic series... tears were common.

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RIONAEIRE

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:48 AM

Didn't they reboot this nine years ago? Oh well, I never thought Toby McGuire was that great of an actor anyway.

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:55 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by RionaEire:
Didn't they reboot this nine years ago? Oh well, I never thought Toby McGuire was that great of an actor anyway.

*web shoots her in the face*

AURAPTOR

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:19 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
My recent favourites:

Why is that cave troll wearing green ?

Weird.

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. - Someone.

RIONAEIRE

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:00 AM

Oops. :)

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PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
If you catch on the sharp edge of a windowsill and your entire costume tears off, that's probably not convenient
I see you are not a fan of the classic comic series... tears were common.

And... you're saying that they weren't inconvenient? (no, I didn't read the original series. I'm a girl

)

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

BYTEMITE

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:14 PM

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(no, I didn't read the original series. I'm a girl )

Huh? I'm not sure how that applies.

OPPYH

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:55 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I see you are not a fan of the classic comic series... tears were common.

That is why I love Spiderman. He was just a teenager/young adult, but he had so many problems. Worrying about his frail aunt, tearing his suit in a battle, selling pics to J.J to make the rent, hopping in through his skylight in his apartment hoping no one notices. Helping drug crazed friends(HArry) get "staright".
When you add it all up he may be the most complex and interesting super-hero ever created. Very blue collar type of hero.

As for the new movie....ehhh I MIGHT watch it I don't know yet. It certainly isn't on my 'MUST-SEE' list though.

By the way my favorite Spiderman story arc ever:

I read it in Marvel Tales(I believe it was 3 issues....yes 170-172).

BAD ASS!!!

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:

And... you're saying that they weren't inconvenient?

He had a whole fight with the Kingpin totally shirtless!! It didn't slow him down.

Wait! YOU'RE A GIRL!?!?!?!?!?

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:

By the way my favorite Spiderman story arc ever:

Got it (I think...). I have all the early Spider-mans from like 30 or something to when Gwen died.
Most earlier ones are Marvel Tales...

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BYTEMITE

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:09 PM

It's not like stretchy spandex with plastic ridges is particularly useful as armor.

I mean, if the Daily bugle wouldn't have a damn FIELD DAY it'd be no different running around naked fighting crime. The only important thing is the mask.

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 4:07 AM

Just a note- when they killed off Gwen, I swore off comics for years.
It hit me that hard.

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PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
He had a whole fight with the Kingpin totally shirtless!! It didn't slow him down.

Wait! YOU'RE A GIRL!?!?!?!?!?

I know, my complete dorkiness makes it easy to forget I have no Y chromosome

Note to Byte: I am joking around, being tongue-in-cheek with gender stereotypes that I generally do not follow, except in this case it happens that I do. (And now it isn't funny anymore because I explained the joke...)

And I still think that a reasonable, science-minded guy might decide to design something high-tech that wouldn't rip easily. This is not something I need to suspend my disbelief for. Especially considering we're talking about, well, Spiderman. You know, the dude who gets superpowers from radiation in spider venom, instead of ending up in the hospital for a couple weeks.

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:31 AM

As I understand it they're going back to the story of his Uncle Ben is this right?
In which case I think the story is more the problem, not his costume.

Personally I'm not interested in this reboot. While Raimi did a nice job with Spiderman, the character had little where else to go with the sequels and it felt awkward at times and having Uncle Ben's murder be the catalyst for Spiderman's 'moods' in all three films was just lazy.

So unless this film does what Rise of the Apes did for the Planet of the apes films, I'll be avoiding this.

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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

So unless this film does what Rise of the Apes did for the Planet of the apes films, I'll be avoiding this.

Plus I'm getting a "Twilight" vibe from the trailer.
I'll see it if peeps here see it first & suggest it.

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OPPYH

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 5:56 PM

I've been getting a "Twilight" vibe since the earliest trailer. Being a serious Spidey fan, I couldn't bear it if that is the case. I will also wait and see.

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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:12 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
Being a serious Spidey fan,

Quick sidebar, since I believe you're also a Trek fan, here's my Art Asylum Wrath Of Khan Enterprise toy I just repainted last night:

Looks WAAAY better than it did out of the box.

(I didn't want to start a whole thread just for this)

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OPPYH

Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:23 AM

Yeahhh Baby!!

That is one sharp looking ship.
On a sidebar of my own:
My local cinema plays retro features every so often. Well, a few weeks ago they were playing The Wrath of Khan at a midnight show on Friday. Of course I went to see it. $4 admission so I did the logical thing and bought $10 worth of snacks for the feature(a large popcorn and soda).
I got in quite early, and was the sole person in the theater. They treated me to the musical score for Star Trek 2 while I waited. That was a nice touch I thought. When the lights went down, a few people straggled in but that was about it.
It looked, and sounded fantastic. It was the best movie going experience I have had in a long, long time. And that is rather sad considering I have seen it so many times. But you know you just can't make a perfect film stale....especially looking great on the big screen in near empty theater sipping a Pepsi, and chowing really good popcorn!
Needless to say, when the credits rolled, I may have been the happiest person on the planet.

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CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
I got in quite early, and was the sole person in the theater.

Gotta love it!!!

Back to Spidey:

"I wear my sunglasses at night..."
Really, what's so hard here????

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CLJOHNSTON108

Thursday, March 22, 2012 5:36 PM

Yeah, I really can't stand the new costume. Of course, the Raimi costume irked me almost as much.

I prefer the Classic Romita.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 5:44 PM

They just CAN'T get the eyes right...

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CLJOHNSTON108

Thursday, March 22, 2012 5:53 PM

And also: Why do we never see Peter's jaw moving under the mask when he talks as Spidey, in either the Raimi films or this one?
Every animated incarnation since the 60s has shown that!

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:10 PM

LOL, so they can dub in what they like, of course!

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CLJOHNSTON108

Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:48 PM

Yeah, well, it bugs me anyway.

Oh, and I have to say that my favorite rendition of Spidey is still the MTV CGI-animated one...

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:58 PM

Ooooo, that looks to be good!
Is it just one season, or more?
I think I need a new DVD....

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CLJOHNSTON108

Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:04 PM

It's on Hulu, but the board won't let me post the link, so I'll just send a PM.

And the music is the most awesome part! The intro still brings tears of joy...

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:18 PM

Yeah, THIS I need to see!
Thanks for the heads up, CL!

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CLJOHNSTON108

Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:37 PM

Yeah, and great voice work, too! Several Whedonistas...

Main Cast
Neil Patrick Harris - Peter Parker
Lisa Loeb - Mary Jane Watson
Ian Ziering - Harry Osborn
Keith Carradine - J. Jonah Jameson
Angelle Brooks - Indira 'Indy' Daimonji

Guest Roles
Michael Clarke Duncan - Kingpin
Rob Zombie - Dr. Connors (The Lizard)
Michael Dorn - Kraven the Hunter
Gina Gershon - Shikata
Ed Asner - Officer Barr
James Marsters - Sergei
Virginia Madsen - Silver Sable
Jeffrey Combs - Dr. Zellner
Keith David - Agent Moseley FBI

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:59 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:

Michael Clarke Duncan - Kingpin

Wow, I just thought, if people were ready for a black dude playing the part, he'd make a great LIVE ACTION Kingpin!

yes, your chain has been yanked...

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CLJOHNSTON108

Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:39 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Wow, I just thought, if people were ready for a black dude playing the part, he'd make a great LIVE ACTION Kingpin!

yes, your chain has been yanked...

See, now, the IMDb Trivia page on him got it wrong (emphasis mine)...
"His Daredevil character, Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, first appeared as an enemy of Spiderman until Frank Miller made him a major enemy of Daredevil. Duncan has played him opposite both characters, and as both a white man in the animated series "Spider-Man" (2003) and a black man in Daredevil (2003)."
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003817/bio#trivia

He was equally black in the animated Spidey, so I naturally assumed it was carried over from Daredevil.

But I hope this other Trivia tidbit isn't also erroneous...

"Supposedly gives five dollars to anyone who recognizes him on the street and knows what his full name is."

Good to know!

CHRISISALL

Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:17 AM

Dude, snagged the series on eBay cheap- I'm gonna like this!!!
Thanks again.
*THWIP*

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CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 29, 2012 2:21 AM

Oh man, this ROCKS!!!
Mega thanks for the recommendation! It IS the best ever. Semi-sequel to the Raimi flick, but SO much more depth... or action... something...
Maybe it's the music...

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CLJOHNSTON108

Thursday, March 29, 2012 8:04 AM

Glad you're enjoying it!

There're a couple of quibbles I have, however, but I'll wait and see if you can spot 'em before I point 'em out. Actually, I'll just leave you a couple of hints:

• Rubberneck
• Katana

ANTHONYT

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 2:24 AM

Quote:
they've got him making a web-shooter instead of having the spider-silk come out of his wrists somehow...

Hello Lili,

This change (having him NOT invent the web shooters) was a positive one for the sake of believability, to me.

Otherwise I have to believe that Peter Parker not only acquired many spider-powers except that one from a spider bite...

But I also have to believe he is a genius that the chem engineers at Dupont would envy...

Rather than just a bright young man.

I found the trilogy Parker the more believable of the two.

--Anthony

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ZEEK

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 2:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello Lili,

This change (having him NOT invent the web shooters) was a positive one for the sake of believability, to me.

Otherwise I have to believe that Peter Parker not only acquired many spider-powers except that one from a spider bite...

But I also have to believe he is a genius that the chem engineers at Dupont would envy...

Rather than just a bright young man.

I found the trilogy Parker the more believable of the two.

--Anthony

Pretty sure that in some of the incarnations of spider-man that the mythology states that he gained the knowledge of how to chemically create the webbing because of the spider bite. So, it's still kind of one of his super powers.

LILI

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 4:15 PM

Different strokes, I guess, but I think a web shooter is more believable than a spontaneous orifice on the wrists that can projectile-vomit spidersilk and then fade from view until it needs to projectile-vomit more silk. I believe that even spiders don't quite have that.

Facts are stubborn things.

STORYMARK

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 4:26 PM

Ive always found the mechanical web shooters pretty far fetched - even for a comic. Yeah, he's a science wiz - but one that miraculously comes up with this magical chemical solution that just happens to align perfectly with his new powers, that can do damned near anything he needs, but disolves into nothing as soon as he's done - PLUS he invents the ultra-advanced shooters themselves, which manage to have several functions which again align perfectly with his new powers....

And then never invents anything again - ever.

Right.

I thought making them organic - even if biologically misplaced, made a whole hell of a lot more sense in context, and was far more efficient story-wise.

Spoon!

STORYMARK

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 4:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
Quote:
Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello Lili,

This change (having him NOT invent the web shooters) was a positive one for the sake of believability, to me.

Otherwise I have to believe that Peter Parker not only acquired many spider-powers except that one from a spider bite...

But I also have to believe he is a genius that the chem engineers at Dupont would envy...

Rather than just a bright young man.

I found the trilogy Parker the more believable of the two.

--Anthony

Pretty sure that in some of the incarnations of spider-man that the mythology states that he gained the knowledge of how to chemically create the webbing because of the spider bite. So, it's still kind of one of his super powers.

That was the rationelle used in the 90's cartoon, but hasn't been used in any other version.

Spoon!

ZEEK

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 4:57 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
Ive always found the mechanical web shooters pretty far fetched - even for a comic. Yeah, he's a science wiz - but one that miraculously comes up with this magical chemical solution that just happens to align perfectly with his new powers, that can do damned near anything he needs, but disolves into nothing as soon as he's done - PLUS he invents the ultra-advanced shooters themselves, which manage to have several functions which again align perfectly with his new powers....

And then never invents anything again - ever.

Right.

I thought making them organic - even if biologically misplaced, made a whole hell of a lot more sense in context, and was far more efficient story-wise.

Spoon!

I just like it better because then you don't have the "when we feel like it we'll make spider-man run out of webbing to add some drama" junk. It only seemed to become an issue when spider-man was doing something boring.

STORYMARK

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 4:58 PM

And just since this thread has nothing but on-set pics (which almost always look terrible) - here's a look at the suit, as it will appear on-screen (including mechanical web shooters):

Spoon!

STORYMARK

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 5:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
Ive always found the mechanical web shooters pretty far fetched - even for a comic. Yeah, he's a science wiz - but one that miraculously comes up with this magical chemical solution that just happens to align perfectly with his new powers, that can do damned near anything he needs, but disolves into nothing as soon as he's done - PLUS he invents the ultra-advanced shooters themselves, which manage to have several functions which again align perfectly with his new powers....

And then never invents anything again - ever.

Right.

I thought making them organic - even if biologically misplaced, made a whole hell of a lot more sense in context, and was far more efficient story-wise.

Spoon!

I just like it better because then you don't have the "when we feel like it we'll make spider-man run out of webbing to add some drama" junk. It only seemed to become an issue when spider-man was doing something boring.

That is the one aspect about the mechanical shooters that I liked - that they could run out.

Granted, the device became a crutch just to add false drama, as you noted. But I do like the idea that Spidey has to use an element of strategy - he can't just waste webbing, and has to choose his applications, and has to pay a price if he misjudges - adding legit tension.

But yeah, all in all - I like the organics better.

Spoon!

CLJOHNSTON108

Friday, April 6, 2012 2:18 PM

My problem with the organic shooters was one of mass: In Spider-Man 2, when he saved the runaway subway train, it seemed like he expended several times his own body weight in webbing!
In the 90s TV version of The Flash, they made a big point of Barry Allen's heightened metabolism, which required him to eat huge amounts of food whenever he over-exerted himself.
The Raimi Spidey never addressed that issue. I mean, Peter's basically ejaculating from his wrists, so there has to be a limit on how much he can shoot.

ZEEK

Friday, April 6, 2012 3:26 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
My problem with the organic shooters was one of mass: In Spider-Man 2, when he saved the runaway subway train, it seemed like he expended several times his own body weight in webbing!
In the 90s TV version of The Flash, they made a big point of Barry Allen's heightened metabolism, which required him to eat huge amounts of food whenever he over-exerted himself.
The Raimi Spidey never addressed that issue. I mean, Peter's basically ejaculating from his wrists, so there has to be a limit on how much he can shoot.

But tons of webbing coming out of tiny little canisters makes sense? If it's coming from inside him for all we know he's got a second stomach sized organ just storing the chemicals to shoot web. It could be much bigger than the tiny little canisters in the mechanical web shooters.

CLJOHNSTON108

Friday, April 6, 2012 11:57 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
But tons of webbing coming out of tiny little canisters makes sense?

No, neither of them make a lick o' sense when you try to actually explain them, but that's the cool thing about comic books, huh!

ANTHONYT

Monday, April 9, 2012 1:28 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
But tons of webbing coming out of tiny little canisters makes sense?

No, neither of them make a lick o' sense when you try to actually explain them, but that's the cool thing about comic books, huh!

Hello,

In the absence of good sense, I usually embrace the explanations that seem least ludicrous. Since I already have to embrace implausible biological mutations due to a spider bite, I see no need to compound that with additional implausible scientific devices. If one suspension of disbelief covers both, it's the better route for me.

-Anthony

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STORYMARK

Monday, April 9, 2012 2:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
My problem with the organic shooters was one of mass: In Spider-Man 2, when he saved the runaway subway train, it seemed like he expended several times his own body weight in webbing!

See, that to me is an even better reason to have organic webshooters. If they're organic - at least there is some sort of conceivable explaination - that his body just produces it quickly. If they're mechanical - he'd need a backpack full of goo to make sense of such events.

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, April 12, 2012 5:59 PM

Definitely not a fan of the costume. It reminds me of the live action show from the 70s. Not really feeling this flick at all.

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ANTHONYT

Saturday, April 14, 2012 2:11 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Definitely not a fan of the costume. It reminds me of the live action show from the 70s. Not really feeling this flick at all.

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Hello,

It might be a little bit better than the 70's one.

--Anthony

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STORYMARK

Saturday, April 14, 2012 4:47 AM

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Originally posted by ANTHONYT:
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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Definitely not a fan of the costume. It reminds me of the live action show from the 70s. Not really feeling this flick at all.

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Hello,

It might be a little bit better than the 70's one.

--Anthony

Was gonna post a pic myself. Yeah.... waaaaay closer to the Raimi suit than the 70's one.

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PHOENIXROSE

Monday, May 7, 2012 4:27 AM

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Originally posted by LiLi:
...spontaneous orifice on the wrists...

STORYMARK

Monday, May 7, 2012 3:03 PM

I saw an arachnid specialist recently expmain that a spinner under his tongue would actually be the most accurate.

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