The comic juggernaut known as Marvel has finally done something fans have been wanting to see for years now; re-acquire the movie rights to one of its most beloved characters, Spider-Man.
For many reasons this news should be celebrated and cause a serious stir in any true fans heart. On the other hand, Marvel, seriously, stop dragging us fans around.
Despite the promise of things to come, fans should feel cheated.
After The Amazing Spider-Man 2 the fanbase blew up over the news of a Sinister Six movie that was hinted at in the film and confirmed by Sony.
We were introduced to Black Cat, a character most fans had been waiting to see.
Most importantly we saw the death of Gwen Stacy, an event that had a lifelong impact on Peter Parker and is a staple in his story that had never been seen on screen before.
How he deals with it afterward is now something we will never get to see.
Fans will now never know what was to come from all these threads throughout the movies.
Yes, this means we will finally be seeing our favorite web-head interact with his fellow superheroes the way he was meant to.
After all, some of his best comic issues involved teaming up with Iron Man and The Avengers.
The cost of this is that everything we as an audience have learned about Peter Parker is now null and void.
Why did I go through loving the first Spider-Man franchise, with that only to be tossed, then begrudgingly coming to terms and loving the second franchise if they were just going to toss that also?
As for the actor to play him, Marvel is yet again looking for a fresh face, which is a mistake.
Andrew Garfield did the character right and if Marvel wants to build a serious, stable fan base, it needs to stop jumping all over the place and pick one constant thing about the character.
The reason Wolverine is everyones favorite is because Hugh Jackman plays him in every movie, and that actor is the best at what he does (bub). Fans want to know the character instead of having to get to know him over and over again.
On that note, if Marvel knows what’s good for the company, it’ll stay as far away from an origin story as it possibly can.
You know who doesn’t know Spider-Man’s origin by now? Remote, forest-dwelling tribes, that’s who.
With great power comes great responsibility, Marvel. Give us something worth all the trouble.
