It didn't get my heart rate or my juices going. Not making it into my "opens this weekend!1!!" calendar, although I will probably see it in theatres, because I do.
No themed T-shirt, though.
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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§ ita § - Feb 07, 2012 4:54:46 am PST #17994 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DavidS - Feb 07, 2012 5:09:19 am PST #17995 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
at which point, why bother?
To make hundreds of millions of dollars?
Gris - Feb 07, 2012 5:20:51 am PST #17996 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I think it looks good. I could go for an edgier Peter Parker.
Spider-Man is not and never has been high on my list of favorite comic dudes, but I like Garfield and Stone. My interest is piqued. Which doesn't mean I'll see it - babies make movies less easy, it turns out.
§ ita § - Feb 07, 2012 5:21:55 am PST #17997 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that's my thing--I'm waiting for a sincere but not stupid incredibly flippant Spidey. This guy, so far to me, looks grumpily sarcastic.
Tom Scola - Feb 07, 2012 5:42:37 am PST #17998 of 30000
hwæt
That's the one aspect that I didn't like about the previous set of Spider-Man films. I missed the sarcasm that the comic book Spidey had.
Steph L. - Feb 07, 2012 5:59:16 am PST #17999 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
That's the one aspect that I didn't like about the previous set of Spider-Man films. I missed the sarcasm that the comic book Spidey had.
Oh, man, that was one of my biggest disappointments about the Raimi films. I grew up reading Spider-Man, and loved his sarcastic quippiness (that's one of the things that made me love BTVS so quickly -- the way Buffy would snark while she fought reminded me of Spidey).
§ ita § - Feb 07, 2012 6:18:50 am PST #18000 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you think of his sarcasm as a pissy thing, or as a "I refuse to let you bring me down" thing? Because this trailer--well, he was snarky like I'm snarky. Which is not Spider-man to me.
Tom Scola - Feb 07, 2012 6:22:22 am PST #18001 of 30000
hwæt
What do you mean by "pissy"? Peter Parker has all sorts of real-world problems with his Aunt May, his boss, his girlfriends, and he deals with them by taking out his anger on the baddies that he beats up.
Polter-Cow - Feb 07, 2012 6:23:10 am PST #18002 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My vision of Spidey comes from the '90s cartoon, and I agree that the sarcasm in the trailer is not quite that devil-may-care gleeful, but it's more than we got from the Raimi Spidey. Well, we won't count "You're the one who's out, Gobby! Out of your mind!"
I think there's a lot of exciting stuff in the trailer, from the vigilante-chased-by-the-cops angle to finally getting the Lizard after being teased with him for three movies. It also looks like it has a sense of fun despite being "dark" and "edgy."
§ ita § - Feb 07, 2012 6:32:00 am PST #18003 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Peter Parker is angsty, but I'm not used to that coming out in his combat repartee. There he seems more flippant, like he's not taking it as seriously as it might deserve, regardless of what shit he's going through in his life.