Embrace your creed

I didn't had a negative reaction towards this movie nor did I had a positive one.  What came to my mind is "Wow, time flies really fast".  It seemed like yesterday when I first saw Tobey Maguire's Spiderman.  Now, my favorite childhood version of Spidey is nothing but a blast from the past with this new version coming out in theaters soon.  It seems like there's no more classic superhero plot with this one and honestly, It's a bold move.  With the phenomenon of Christopher Nolan's Batman, superhero films tend to be more realistic with their story line.  There's no more cliche' destined to be great plot with no relevant explanation whatsoever.  Writer's also tend to satisfy the comic book fans with major and interesting twist with the hero's iconic history , looks, relationships and so on.  Thus, let's go on with my expectations or predictions with this film.




One of the biggest changes with the costume, to me, are the web shooters.  In the comics, Spidey can't really shoot organic webs but they gave that powers to Tobey's Spiderman.  I think it's because they thought that it would be more logical.  I really do agree because being bitten by a radio active spider should give you web-shooting ability as well right? Why stop to just strength, agility and reflexes? Now, do I agree with the mechanical shooting webs? Yes, because I understand the necessity of it.  They wanted this new version of Spiderman to stand on his own and giving him that would certainly do the job.  As for his new red stripes, it's an interesting twist to it but according to most people I've ask, especially old ones, it seems just the same.  It takes a true geek to notice it...haha.  His eyes are also yellow.  Not sure if I'm okay with that but lets just see how they pull it off.



What do I expect from the story line:
 

      Well, first, it's a stupendous move to recreate Spidey's legacy by relating it to a Bio or DNA altering plot. To most eyes, Spiderman is a hero with Spider-like powers who fight random gifted villains.  But in this film, it emphasizes the DNA altering gimmick with Peter Parker's parent's dark past and also the new villain; The Lizard.  I'm guessing that there's gonna be a lot of slime and ooze; considering the bio gimmick.  Surprisingly, we only saw Venom's slime in Tobey's Spiderman and it's not green.  I don't know, green slime always symbolizes bio to me.  With this gimmick, I also see potential for them to bring in some animal-themed villains for Spidey.  I just noticed that most villains that the old movie had were people with mechanical advantage.  Having a random symbiotic alien and another accident is not much of a creative way to introduce a villain.  Again, I like to emphasize, since I'm a huge fan of Batman ( :p ), the bar for realistic and smart writing for superhero films has been raised and having random accidents more than once in a movie series is uninteresting.  Now, there's a huge possibility that three villains such as Rhino, Vulture and Scorpion could be introduce in a very unique way.  I also see the Osborns being heavily used again in the plot.  Perhaps, the sequel would introduce the Kingpin who wants this new bio-tech freaks to be in his army in order to take over New York or Kraven the Hunter could appear as a hitman and he is tasked to hunt all the bio-freaks.


 Spidey's legacy could finally be told in a way that could bring out the same feeling that comic book fans get while reading the comics; witty, action packed, teen drama or whatever it is that they feel.  Quite frankly, I see Spiderman as a big time underdog superhero in the Marvel universe; balancing his personal life that we could relate in many ways and stopping villains while holding on to his infamous belief, "With great power, comes great responsibilities".  How could you not see him as an underdog? You've got the genius millionaire, Tony Stark and the legendary Steve Rogers saving lives.  With talents such as Spideys', people might say that he is useless.  That, people, is the beauty of Spiderman; doing the right thing regardless of what people say and the very thought of it just gives me a nostalgic feeling of how I enjoy watching Spiderman as a child.