fangrl06 said:
Superman 3 was different. He split in half and fought himself.....literally. SM3 will focus on Peter's inner turmoil and he will fight himself emotionally while trying to deal with his bestfriend's issues and keeping his girlfriend safe. The Spider-man stories in the movies compared to the Superman movies is much deeper. Another thing is that MJ knows. The Superman movies never were gutsy enough to let Lois know who Superman was (and no Superman 2 doesn't count).
Yeah, but similarity are very strong, what makes me feel that spider-man follows the same formula from Superman movies. And its not just me, Cinemaman (and, im sure, others) has the same feeling.
See:
Spider-man 1: Origin story (not much here...), with a strong romance story between hero and woman he loves. This woman fall in love with masked super hero, and she ends up being in a almost killed at the end. Climate from both spider 1 and superman 1 are very similar, nicely done.
Spider-Man 2: Come on, only the most obvious one: Spider-man loses his powers, and needs to get it back to save the day. Same on Superman II. How they loses/get it back are different, but its the same formula.
Now Spider-Man 3: Evil Peter, with a darker costume? JUST LIKE SUPERMAN III. And they will introduce a new love interest, Gwen. Superman had Lana Lang on third movie. Again, different execution, but follows same formula.
I like Spider-Man movies very much, but cant denied: Superman influence is HUGE.
Regards,
Sam