The Amazing Spider-Man Keep the ORGANICS or WEB SHOOTERS???!!!!

[Jochimus]

Meh, I prefer the organic. I've always figured if a guy's gonna be endowed with the most prominent abilities of a spider, he should be getting the full package and not have to resort to toys. Plus the mechanical web-shooter thing started to bother me about the time I started reading Spidey 2099.

 

[Dangerous]

Because he wasn't planning to eat them? I only saw him cocooning people when McFarlane drew him, which never made sense to me. If all he was looking to do was incapacitate people, why do more than what's necessary?

cause it looked cool.

 

[Chris Wallace]

I disagree, but to each his own.
As far as the debate of organic vs. Mechanical, I can't say that I'd be affected either way. It would depend on how it's done. There's advantages to both, there's disadvantages to both. What I absolutely DO NOT want to see is bulky metal bracelets worn outside of his costume.

 

[The Lizard]

What I absolutely DO NOT want to see is bulky metal bracelets worn outside of his costume.

So the Japanese Spidey design is a no-go I'm assuming?

 

[Chris Wallace]

You assume correct, Lizard.

 

[The IronMan]

mechanical web shooters to give him better and more varied control of his webs

 

[Chris Wallace]

mechanical web shooters to give him better and more varied control of his webs

That would be one of the advantages I was referring to. A disadvantage being the finite supply of webbing.

 

[Nathan]

Not really. He'll always have as much or as little webbing as the script requires. And just because it would be organic, it doesn't mean that he'd have an infinite supply of webbing. Even though Raimi and Co. decided that's the case, even if it doesn't make sense.

You can't create webbing out of thin air, even bodily resources get used up.

 

[knowsbleed]

I would prefer they go with mechanical web shooters for this reboot. All of the arguments have been stated. Plus the fact that the whole "running out of web fluid" thing would hinder the story is ridiculous... Raimi did that with organics. At least with mech web shooters it wouldn't be because of him questioning himself.

This whole argument about a teenager who could do what scientists today can't is funny as well. Maybe part of his experiments pre-Spider-Man was to create something like a "super bonding" fluid and he just incorporates what he has been researching his entire genius life for into his Spider-Man persona.

Seriously... when people discover something, SOMEONE has to discover it. Peter just happens to be the one to discover this. It's a COMIC BOOK MOVIE!

 

[Golgo-13]

So the Japanese Spidey design is a no-go I'm assuming?

Me likes.

 

[Immortalfire]

Mechanical, organic is heresy and this is ultimately why Sam Raimi's series crashed and burned. The pebble that started the avalanche.

 

[Raith]

I like organic. I never really thought of it until Raimi put them out there. When I saw that, it just sorta made sense to me. He gets all the powers of a spider including making webs built right in.

However, it really is a minor thing. I'd go with either, but if I had to choose, i'd stick to organic.

 

[Chris Wallace]

I like organic. I never really thought of it until Raimi put them out there. When I saw that, it just sorta made sense to me. He gets all the powers of a spider including making webs built right in.

However, it really is a minor thing. I'd go with either, but if I had to choose, i'd stick to organic.

Agreed. Fully agreed. This is one aspect on which I really don't have a strong opinion. There are too many other elements of the movie to be concerned about, and as long as this one is handled intelligently, I'll be happy either way.

 

[Young Superman]

I like organic. I never really thought of it until Raimi put them out there. When I saw that, it just sorta made sense to me. He gets all the powers of a spider including making webs built right in.

However, it really is a minor thing. I'd go with either, but if I had to choose, i'd stick to organic.

I'm the same way.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

Organics

 

[The Homer]

Time for Mechinical!

 

[Chris Wallace]

Mechanical, organic is heresy and this is ultimately why Sam Raimi's series crashed and burned. The pebble that started the avalanche.

That is quite possibly the most inaccurate statement I have ever read on these boards.

 

[Project862006]

organic i agree that he should have powers of a real spider

 

[Tony Stark]

Oh my, after nearly 10 years we are back to the organics. Guys there isn't even a horse's carcass left, just a pile of broken bones.

 

[Nathan]

The powers of a "real" Spider? Well, then I guess he'll be bending over whenever he uses his web.

 

[Tony Stark]

The powers of a "real" Spider? Well, then I guess he'll be bending over whenever he uses his web.

Oh yeah, the butt argument. I haven't heard that one before....

 

[Spider-Vader]

I'm with organic. They're more realistic than the web-shooters, especially if Peter's going to be in High School when he gets his powers. What high-school kid could create something like them? I mean Peter's smart, but not Tony Stark smart.

 

[Boom]

In the Iron Man movie, Tony Stark built a circuit board at age four and an engine at age six. I have yet to hear anyone complain about how "unrealistic" that was.

So it's okay for 6-year-old Tony Stark to build an engine, but it's not okay for 15-year-old Peter Parker to develop a mechanical device that shoots adhesive fluid at the touch of a button?

Okay then .

 

[Nathan]

I'm with organic. They're more realistic than the web-shooters, especially if Peter's going to be in High School when he gets his powers. What high-school kid could create something like them? I mean Peter's smart, but not Tony Stark smart.

You clearly haven't spend a lot of time reading most of the posts in here.

Sure, Peter Parker isn't Tony Stark or Reed Richards level smart, but he's pretty much above average. The mechanical web-shooters pose the least of the problems. There are youtube videos of a guy building a palm controlled flamethrower, where he can use finger movements to adjust flame size. All we're asking of Peter is to build wrist devices that can shoot strings of fluid.

Now comes the matter of the web-fluid. There's been some good amount of brainstorming in here, which allows Peter to aquire the web-fluid without making it seem farfetched. Like having Dr. Conners and his team already working on the formular, but Peter is actually the one with an epiphany and he knows what is exactly missing to make the formular work.

 

[Boom]

Yes, the mechanical webshooters themselves are not an issue.

When it comes to the fluid itself, my main concern is this: I imagine that, in order to fit into the mechanical webshooter, the fluid cartridge itself would have to be fairly small (like the size of a test tube). But in that case, wouldn't it run out fairly quickly? Considering Spider-Man is shooting webs that reach great lengths, he'd have to change cartridges constantly.

Take a water gun, for example. It has a fairly large container to hold the water. Depending on the gun you're using and how many times you pump it, the water will shoot out roughly thirty feet. After a while, the container becomes empty and you have to refill it.

Now take that water gun, decrease the size of the water container to the size of a test tube, pump, and shoot. You'd be out of water probably after the first shot.