Homecoming 2's Company, 3's A Lounge - Part 7

[Eddie]

Avengers 2 better rock, man. Looks so sick.

The crazy thing? Multiple film bloggers (including Drew McWeeny and Devin Faraci) are saying that the trailers aren't even showing anything from the third act of the film.

 

[degraves93]

The crazy thing? Multiple film bloggers (including Drew McWeeny and Devin Faraci) are saying that the trailers aren't even showing anything from the third act of the film.

A novel concept, isn't it? *cough Sony cough*

 

[Eddie]

A novel concept, isn't it? *cough Sony cough*

Let's be fair, now. Most of that stuff Sony showed wasn't in the final product at all!

 

[degraves93]

Let's be fair, now. Most of that stuff Sony showed wasn't in the final product at all!

More so TASM1 than TASM2. I think all of the spoilerly third-act stuff in the trailers made into the finished product, e.g. Gwen, Rhino.

 

[Eddie]

More so TASM1 than TASM2. I think all of the spoilerly third-act stuff in the trailers made into the finished product, e.g. Gwen, Rhino.

I think Goblin had more material in trailers that didn't make the final product than did, plus there was that tank full of symbiote. TASM1 was bad in that regard as well, though. Both films were hacked apart and reconstructed leading up to release, from what I understand.

 

[degraves93]

I think Goblin had more material in trailers that didn't make the final product than did, plus there was that tank full of symbiote. TASM1 was bad in that regard as well, though. Both films were hacked apart and reconstructed leading up to release, from what I understand.

I think TASM1 suffered more of a hack job though. The worst was Dr. Ratha's death being cut out of the film and then being considered canon for TASM2's viral marketing.

 

[Daltonio]

Tank full of symbiote? I watched just about every trailer and don't remember ever seeing that...

 

[SymbioticToxin]

There was stuff in the trailers that was cut, yeah. I didn't notice the Venom suit stuff, so I might've missed that for all I know (Or it was cut).
Honestly, this movie could have kept Harry and just had it be about him and Peter reconnecting and becoming bff while dealing Peter deals with his life as Spidey, his relationship with Gwen, and Electro. Then have the 3rd movie be about Harry and his disease, and the strain of his approaching death causing him to push Peter away. Then have him become Goblin by using that serum or whatever.
That took me 2 minutes to think up, and it would have been so much better than ASM2.

 

[FrozenBanana00]

Avengers 2 better rock, man. Looks so sick.

Can't wait to see it!

 

[Stormz96]

Tank full of symbiote? I watched just about every trailer and don't remember ever seeing that...

It was in Richard Parker's science train, in the background

 

[OriginalMiles]

No, it was where RHINO's suit was in the Man in Shadows scene.

 

[SymbioticToxin]

Richard Parker's science train...doesn't even feel right to say.

 

[OriginalMiles]

Sounds like a toy play set.

COME ON KIDS. RICHARD PARKER'S SCIENCE TRAIN, IN STORES NOW.

 

[Eddie]

Little known fact: Peter came about because of five appletinis and a pickup line about taking a ride on the science train.

 

[SymbioticToxin]

Sounds like something that should come on after Reading Rainbow.

 

[OriginalMiles]

 

[Stormz96]

Woah I've honestly never seen that. I just remember there was a tank with black goo in the trailer behind Peter in the train scene, and then it was gone in the actual film.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Richard Parker's science train...doesn't even feel right to say.

That one is a cracker.
Pete is lucky no one from Oscorp found it before he did.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

That one is a cracker.
Pete is lucky no one from Oscorp found it before he did.

I wonder how Richard was even able to build that hidden underground elevating train car lab without anyone noticing?

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I wonder how Richard was even able to build that hidden underground elevating train car lab without anyone noticing?

He took lessons from Batman.
Batman has a batcave prepared in Arkham Island.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

He took lessons from Batman.
Batman has a batcave prepared in Arkham Island.

Bat who?

 

[degraves93]

The subway scene was really my one bone of contention with the film. The entire movie just grinds to a halt during that scene.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

The subway scene was really my one bone of contention with the film. The entire movie just grinds to a halt during that scene.

It didn't help that the parent's subplot wasn't resolved in an interesting way or made an impact emotionally. It just didn't resonate with me. Instead, I felt relieved that it was over and we could get back to watching Spider-Man again. That really isn't a good thing when the filmmakers were sort of building up to this whole "untold story" idea--a resolution that leaves you feeling 'meh.'

 

[degraves93]

It didn't help that the parent's subplot wasn't resolved in an interesting way or made an impact emotionally. It just didn't resonate with me. Instead, I felt relieved that it was over and we could get back to watching Spider-Man again. That really isn't a good thing when the filmmakers were sort of building up to this whole "untold story" idea--a resolution that leaves you feeling 'meh.'

It just shows that they were completely unsure of themselves regarding Richard and Mary's story. They wanted to do something new, but were afraid of alienating old fans or people unfamiliar with the subplot. That said, the plane scene is one of my favorite action sequences in any Spider-Man film, and Scott and Davidtz did well with what little they were given.

 

[The Infernal]

The underground science train looks like something from Spider-man and his Amazing Friends cartoon. I half wonder if it would have been his secret 'Spidey Cave' from then on like they had in that show. lol

I also felt the resolution to the parents storyline was underwhelming. They built up the mystery, but the revelation just felt so mundane and wrapped up too nicely.