The Amazing Spider-Man How Old Should Peter Be?

[DACMAN]

Marc Webb likes the Ultimate Spider-Man comics so if they go that route whatever age Parker was in the origins of Ultimate Spider-Man

He was 15 in both the 616 comics and the Ulitimate comics.

 

[Bad Superman]

A high school senior. 17

 

[DACMAN]

We had a high school senior in Raimi's films. These next three movies are suppose to be in high school. Making him 17 or 18 in his senior year would be too old.

 

[weezerspider]

I'd say around 15-16

 

[MrSpyder]

Probably 16 or 17

 

[bunk]

If it were up to me, I would have Peter aged 15 or 16 as a junior when he gets bitten. This way he's younger when he starts like he was in the comics, but it won't take a whole trilogy to get him out of high school. Most importantly, having him graduating at a younger age will help set up his character as having a higher intellect than most.

 

[agustin09]

OMG, this is going to seem like a lot to the aftermath of dragonball evolution , so the beginners and all that.

No high school !!! for that is already the musical.

 

[finalrelief]

22+ ...take the high school out of the series, even though it's not going to happen, I can still hope, I mean we were expecting spider-man 4 with vulture and all that and in one day everything changed...so who knows.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

dude it will be in high school.

i say around 16 for the first movie

 

[Gamma Goliath]

dude it will be in high school.

i say around 16 for the first movie

 

[8wid]

I would have liked to continue with Maguire and see an older Spider-Man. It's more unrealistic to me that a full time superhero could attend a high school and run a household. When Peter was living away in a college schedule it made more sense. He should be in is early to mid twenties.

 

[SLYspyder]

I want no less than a 16 yr old High School Junior. And like someone else said earlier, sure he's young, but he has to be able to look like an adult in costume.

 

[Mob1423]

15 at least

 

[The Riddler]

ugh, high school is so overdone at this point.

if anything, the older the better is my stance on it.

 

[spidermanJLA!~]

15 years 17 tops

Junior in High School

 

[DACMAN]

ugh, high school is so overdone at this point.

if anything, the older the better is my stance on it.

He was in high school for like 15 minutes out of all three films. How is it over done?

 

[Ethermatic]

Preferably, I'd say 17 or 18. Really, I think I want him to be a senior in the film. Similar to Raimi's first film, I suppose, but with more time spent on his lackluster role in high school and not just sped through like in Raimi's.

 

[OctaviusINC]

I say 16-17.

A poll would be great.

 

[Dragon]

When they said it was Dark Knight light they meant set in a more realistic world. Raimi's world was full of camp and shtick that made the world around Peter seem unreal. They are cutting that. And I say good riddance.

No more dancing in the streets or terrible jazz club sequences sound okay to me.

And what part of The Dark Knight's world was more realistic?

The only reason to have Peter linger in high school is to draw in the Twilght crowd. Sony isn't doing this to make beter films, only to make more money.

 

[Venom'sDad]

The only reason to have Peter linger in high school is to draw in the Twilght crowd. Sony isn't doing this to make beter films, only to make more money.

Exactly!

 

[Dragon]

He was 15 in both the 616 comics and the Ulitimate comics.

He wasn't 15 in 616, I don't care what Fat Joe says in his retcons. Peter and Betty started dating in ASM #7. Betty, an independent working girl wasn't dating a 15 year old. Jameson wasn't buying photos from a 15 year old without parental okay. A 15 year old kid wasn't beating Doc Ock, The LIzard or Electro.

Peter was between 17 and 18 when he got the spider bite. That two year difference represents volumes in terms of maturing.

 

[DACMAN]

The only reason to have Peter linger in high school is to draw in the Twilght crowd. Sony isn't doing this to make beter films, only to make more money.

The only reason any studio makes a movie ever, is to make money. And often times the way to bring people in is to make a movie that doesn't suck. And the reason they are taking it back to high school is because the character started off in high school, and this is a reboot. Plus Ulitmate Spider-Man was extremely successful and they are drawing on it for this film.

And what part of The Dark Knight's world was more realistic?

The over the top humor and childish antics made Spider-Man often feel unrealistic. And too many of the scenes in the film were just fluff. They didn't further the story at all. Like "The Daily Bugle! It's hip! It's wow! It's now! And how?" That's pure fluff. The Dark Knight had none of that. It was 100% story and character driven.

 

[DACMAN]

He wasn't 15 in 616, I don't care what Fat Joe says in his retcons. Peter and Betty started dating in ASM #7. Betty, an independent working girl wasn't dating a 15 year old. Jameson wasn't buying photos from a 15 year old without parental okay. A 15 year old kid wasn't beating Doc Ock, The LIzard or Electro.

Peter was between 17 and 18 when he got the spider bite. That two year difference represents volumes in terms of maturing.

Those are all good points actually.

But there's a reason they went back and said he was 15 all along. It makes it more interesting. Bendis made him 15 and it works really well. The Spectacular Spider-Man made him 15 and it worked really well. Which is why it was so cool when this skinny little 15 year old was beating up adult villains. Look at it this way. There have been more high school Spider-Man stories told than college ones, yet we had him in college for all three films. The college thing was what was wearing thin.

 

[©KAW]

The over the top humor and childish antics made Spider-Man often feel unrealistic. And too many of the scenes in the film were just fluff. They didn't further the story at all. Like "The Daily Bugle! It's hip! It's wow! It's now! And how?" That's pure fluff. The Dark Knight had none of that. It was 100% story and character driven.

I'm with you on this. And it's a shame, Batman lives in a made up city, while Spider-Man lives in a real city, yet his New York feels fake and Gotham City feels like a real place most of the time. So much potential lost on Spider-Man, it's just not funny anymore.

I absolutely hate every second of the Daily Bugle scenes, I didn't believe a single word uttered from anyone's mouth. Definitely a lost on any sense of real structure through story and character development.

I guess FLUFF is the new CHEESE, lol.

 

[Dragon]

The only reason any studio makes a movie ever, is to make money. And often times the way to bring people in is to make a movie that doesn't suck. And the reason they are taking it back to high school is because the character started off in high school, and this is a reboot. Plus Ulitmate Spider-Man was extremely successful and they are drawing on it for this film.

Ultimate has only been moderately successful and that was quite a long time ago. At it's best it never sold at the level that Spidey did when it was selling fairly well back in the 80's and 90's. And he started off in High School in Raimi's films. But he was moved out of high for the same reason that he was in the comics that really were succesful. The character needs to evolve. He can't be a superhero while being under parental supervision. He needs to have adult relationships.

And BTW- the Twilight films do suck. But they make money for the same reason whatever tone-deaf flavor of the month teen singer does. Teenagers are gullible and spend money for teen-targeted crap. So these films are just going to be more teen-cheese whiz directed at cheeze-heads. Thus why they're being made on the cheap. Lots of teenage angst BS and little of the high octane throwdowns with villains that Raimi gave us.

The over the top humor and childish antics made Spider-Man often feel unrealistic. And too many of the scenes in the film were just fluff. They didn't further the story at all. Like "The Daily Bugle! It's hip! It's wow! It's now! And how?" That's pure fluff. The Dark Knight had none of that. It was 100% story and character driven.

The DarK Knight had none of that?

The Joker in a Nurse's uniform.
The Joker walking away tra-la-la while a hospital complex explodes behind him. His wacking the detonator to get it to finish igniting the bombs.

"I'm supposed to kill the bus driver" And the bus magically and silently appears and kills the henchman.

The Joker burning hundreds of millions of dollars while his mercenaries stand idly by, instead of blowing him away and trying to grab it for themselves.

Bruce Wayne figuring Gotham was safe in Dent's care since he'd put away a slew of mobsters, even though the only reason Dent could put them away was because of Batman's efforts.

Batman- a crazed-vigilante- kidnapping a very prominent and very rich Chinese citizen and there not being a GIGANTIC international incident.

Two-Face magically escaping from the mobster's moving car.

Batman figuring that a city- that's used to corrupt politicians- will fall apart if Dent is exposed for the Two-Face murders.

I could go on and on. TDK was fun. Heath was great. But not a great film by any means. And certainly not realistic by any stretch of the imagination.

But there's a reason they went back and said he was 15 all along. It makes it more interesting. Bendis made him 15 and it works really well. The Spectacular Spider-Man made him 15 and it worked really well. Which is why it was so cool when this skinny little 15 year old was beating up adult villains. Look at it this way. There have been more high school Spider-Man stories told than college ones, yet we had him in college for all three films. The college thing was what was wearing thin.

If the stories are good, it doesn't matter where he is. And in the comics Peter was in College for nearly 25 years. This period encompassing multiple titles including Amazing, Spectacular, Web, Marvel Team-up, etc. So no, there weren't more stories written about him in High School.

And his being 15 doesn't make it more interesting, it makes it less believable. Especially in things like the cartoon, where he's written to be an idiot much of the time. And the teen-angst garbage shown in that show is the very reason iI don't want to see it in the films. All of the characters in that show are annoying. In the films, MJ was bad enough. But this threatens to be an entire cast of MJs. If they have to reboot, I want to see an actual improvement, not a step-backward to make a fast grab for cash.