Comments on: Who is the new Spider-man?

By: Beorn

Beorn — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:26:49 +0000

My favorite superhero-actor was probably Robert Downey Jr., but Wolverine was really good too (especially with that hair). My least favorite was Toby as Spidey… bad, baddddd choice.

By: Corey

Corey — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:51:45 +0000

I had to post this, hopefully Jeff won’t mind a funny discussion between Peter and Mary Jane plucked from Spider-man Ultimate

Peter: No one does this crap to Captain America – or Iron man – just me!!
Every time!!
Mary Jane: Maybe it’s the costume.
Peter: What?
Mary Jane: You asked me for reasons.
Peter: You don’t like the costume?
Mary Jane: Never mind…
Peter: Have you seen Daredevil’s costume? He looks like a complete tool
and nobody blames nuclear sabotage on him.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:28:43 +0000

I thought he was fantastic in Boy A. The new Spiderman depends on the script and direction anyway, so as long as the actors can act, I’m not worried.

By: Gene Branaman

Gene Branaman — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:04:53 +0000

Chris Bale as Batman. It just came WAY out of left field for me but I instantly knew where Nolan was going &, being a life-long Batman fanboy, loved it.

What I’m hoping for is what Corey’s hoping for: jokes. I wanna hear the Spidey groaners, the cheesey one liners. Go all Stan Lee & smack me about the face with them! Not that I want that to define the film but . . . I just want to see more of what I love about Spidey, other than his angst & the “great power/great responsibility” aspects. I want the heart. In the right hands, Spider-Man has the most heart of almost any superhero around. He almost cares too much, sometimes. He’s a geek, dork, goof, etc, but he’s also super smart, way into science, & is so big hearted & selfless. If he were a dog, he’d be a yellow lab! Spidey’s a big-hearted, geeky, goof of a guy who can also kick some serious booty! That’s what I wanna see.

More like how he was presented in the recently canceled (curse you Disney!) Spectacular Spider-Man series. Check that out if you haven’t!

What I’ve been reading over the last few months is Sony wants to go more of the Ultimate Spidey route; younger lead, still in high school, etc. But Garfield’s 27 so I’m not thinking that’s where they’re going any more. Could be interesting.

By: tyler

tyler — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:02:55 +0000

I like Garfield a lot in Boy A, which was a movie almost no one saw, and I’m looking forward to him in Never Let Me Go. With this reboot, though, I’m in the “why do we need this?” camp.

I’ve never thought Tobey Maguire was super hero material (even though I liked the first two Spider Man movies); to me, it was kind of like casting Matthew Broderick as an action hero in Godzilla.

By: Rick Ro.

Rick Ro. — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:01:10 +0000

1. How about Bruce Willis in “Unbreakable”? If that’s too out-of-the-box, then I liked Christopher Reeve as Superman. And I know the TV show was campy, but Adam West’s take on Batman was pretty darn funny.

2. I haven’t seen anything Andrew Garfield has been in, so I have no comment. We’ll just see how he does.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:49:36 +0000

2. An edge. I felt like if I checked under Maguire’s Spiderman’s armpits, I would only see skin. As Ryan says in his previous comment, the guy is supposed to be cocky at times, and if he is just a dork 100% of the time, no beating he takes really feels like it has any weight.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:45:04 +0000

1.) Darn it, now I also have to add “Parnassus” to my viewing list! I’m a bit confused as to whether audiences will go for a reboot this close to the original trilogy–the first two are pretty beloved and only the third one faltered (I still think Sony ruined that movie–from all I heard, they kind of broke Raimi’s passion for the material.) It’s not like Ang Lee’s “Hulk,” wehre most people left hating it (although it’s not as terrible as they say, but the reboot was better). I think people are going to have the reaction “Didn’t we just see this? Why is he young again?”

2.) The RDJ as Tony Stark comments are spot on. A great match of actor to character. Surprised no one has mentioned Christopher Reeve as Superman…even when the films got mediocre and then terrible, he was STILL the best things about them. And those first two Superman movies are iconic. Also, I’d make an argument for Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman…he’s the first actor to actually make me care as much about Bruce Wayne as I do the Dark Knight.

By: William Murray

William Murray — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:00:20 +0000

I guess I am showing my age with this one but Christopher Reeve as Superman has always been my favorite super hero casting choice (despite some truly embarrassing sequels).

By: Matt T.

Matt T. — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:35:58 +0000

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man is absolutely the only answer I can have to this question. There is literally no one else who could’ve played that role as well as he did.