The Amazing Spider-Man how do you convincingly show the 'spider-sense'?

[Golgo-13]

he just became spiderman tho he did'nt have full control of his ability yet

I love it when fans make excuses to cover the film makers poor decisions.

The spider-sense is automatic. It doesn't require control, focus..training or tweeking.....

 

[Ace of Knaves]

I thought the way it was implemented was pretty good.

Seriously, wiggly lines over his head in live action? Ain't gonna fly.

 

[Dangerous]

I say a glow of color in the background and a noise to go with it.

It should not be slow mo, that's just lame and obvious, it should be in real time- fast just as it happens for Spidey.

 

[Nathan]

A idea that just popped into my head. How about when the sound rings, the world around him goes out of focus? The only things staying sharp would be Spidey and whatever is posing a danger to him.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea that would be pretty cool.

 

[Immortalfire]

I liked the way Raimi's films did it, though after the first movie, the spider sense pretty much vanished.

 

[spider-neil]

I liked the way Raimi's films did it, though after the first movie, the spider sense pretty much vanished.

he uses it in the second movie as well its the 3rd movie it gets thrown in the bin

 

[Golgo-13]

A idea that just popped into my head. How about when the sound rings, the world around him goes out of focus? The only things staying sharp would be Spidey and whatever is posing a danger to him.

My thoughts exactly. Everything around him becomes 'warped and distorted' for about a second, except for the threat, enabling him to focus on it.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

maybe they could use the dolly zoom to portray it. it would look cool and they could try it all kinds of crazy angles.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

A idea that just popped into my head. How about when the sound rings, the world around him goes out of focus? The only things staying sharp would be Spidey and whatever is posing a danger to him.

That's basically what I was thinking. The background becomes somewhat desaturated in color and a furry of noises. Sort of convey how diffucult it is to catch what is trying attack him so he's not invincible.

 

[Spider-Kurt!]

Along with a sound effect like in the Raimi movies,maybe Peter's danger sense could be sort of like a ripple effect from either his head (if there's a close up) or the outline of his whole body(depending on the camera view). You know like when you toss a pebble in a lake? A slow motion in focus of the object of danger (let's say a pumpkim bomb) would be what's seen clearest object seen within the wave.Somewhat reminiscient to Daredevil's radar sense.I hope all of that makes sense to you guys.lol

 

[spider-neil]

the thing that you need to convay with the spider sense is better doesn't SEE the danger or HEAR the danger he gets a tingling sensation, the stronger the danger the stronger the sensation, so they can totally get away with a surreal effect to get this across.

as much as I loved sam's movies I thought the portrail of S-S was poor

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I wouldn't say it was poor. The slo-mo thing is just not what you want cause it slows down the momentum of things. You want to convey that Spidey has to move fast once stuff happens.

 

[Doctor Jones]

The first film's first use of the spider sense was great. It fit for what was happening and showed us what goes on around Peter.

Something that elaborate should only be used once on film or maybe taken another level in sequels to make it cooler. It's a shame SM3 didn't have the spider sense. I still can't understand how Peter didn't see Harry coming behind him???

Something like Nathan said, but maybe the rest of the world around him goes black and white and all the sound washes out and the only clear thing is the danger.

 

[Artistsean]

I would do the animated visual implied by the wavy lines Ditko drew:

Have a wave of blurriness flash for a few seconds, starting from his head (ending a little further out, not even reaching his shoulders.) Almost like a blurry halo.

It would be a blur that starts near his head, and dissipates as it extends. Plus there should be a noise (like the one used in the Spider-Man cartoon from the 90s. The Blur effect, the first few times at least, would be focused on so the audience will know whats happening. He could even say My Spider-Sense is tingling like in the comic. This effect could even be done almost every time he has a Spider-Sense too. The slowing things down was great, but we should sort of have something new and different for the reboot, and they couldn't do the slowing things down every time his senses tingled.

 

[spider-neil]

another thing I didn't like is in SM1 the tour quide says 'reflexes so fast they border on precogniton', spidey's spider sense doesn't BORDER on precognition it 'IS' precognition. as an example if spidey were in a pitch black room he could negotiate around the furniture without touching them, what has that got to do with reflexes?

I once saw spidey defuse a bomb with his spider sense tingling when he approached the wrong wire. what has that got to do with reflexes?
didn't like that line at ALL.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I would hardly use the comics as gauge for what the Spidey sense can and can't do. It sometimes is just a Deus-Exey way for a writer to end a storyline. As long as they stay consistent with how they characterize the ability then fine with me.

 

[spider-neil]

I would hardly use the comics as gauge for what the Spidey sense can and can't do. It sometimes is just a Deus-Exey way for a writer to end a storyline. As long as they stay consistent with how they characterize the ability then fine with me.

if you're not going to use the comics as a guide why bother at all?

 

[Gamma Goliath]

they should have a distinct sound, then have blurs that start near his head, then show a distorted visual of the oncoming danger. because peter never knows whats coming.

 

[Deaths Head II]

I think having the screen sort of... vibrate is the way to go. Like, a pulsating effect. It's also intensely dramatic in a way, which is perfect for film.

I really like this suggestion.

 

[Doctor Jones]

That is a good ideas. Don't do straight up freaking lines form his head. Do something to that idea but make it look cooler.

Maybe the whole background around him can take up this misty wavy like black and white appearance other than the danger.

 

[Golgo-13]

I would do the animated visual implied by the wavy lines Ditko drew:

Have a wave of blurriness flash for a few seconds, starting from his head (ending a little further out, not even reaching his shoulders.) Almost like a blurry halo.

Along with the right sound, this is perfect.

 

[spidermanJLA!~]

Peter pauses, close up, screen goes blue, similar to daredevil's(see below)
the screen goes to the danger, and Peter finds it
There is also a spider sense sound

 

[SpeterMan3]

it was only watching the making of SM1 did I realise what the heck that first slow-mo spider-sense scene even was

* spit ball

* fly

* fist

all threats to peter. I didn't get that at all and I know the character, goodness knows what the GA made of that scene.

I got that. And I didn't care about Spider-Man. And I was like 8.

 

[mre]

I'm a big fan of how they illustrated his spider sense in the MTV Spider-Man series.
They should do it like that.

Where is that option on the poll BTW?