ultimatefan said:
Not really. Spider-Man has done the shirt rip to reveal his chest symbol in the comics, too, even during the Stan Lee age. Chest symbol is a superhero trademark, most of them have one and did the shirt rip thing at one point or another. It just happens to be more associated with Supes than other ones.
I'm sorry but spidey's mask is way way way more important to his character than his chest symbot which started out small and unnoticeable.
even look at the smileys here on a superhero board
spideys:
supes:
spiderman is simply parker in a spiderman costume without his mask, it's been addressed in the films comic and adaptation that the strength, will, cunning, bravery and heroic aspects of the character all fade once the mask in taken off.
besides, the running into the camera shot unbuttoning one's top has only been done in one superhero film franchise thus far and whatever your interpretation of whether it belongs to supes or any other character, the exact same shots were mimmiced by spidey in both films and most likely this one, in the first one, you don't even see him putting his mask on, i mean wtf is that all about???? The chest emblem takes over completely.
here's a pure example. parker giving up his costume in spidey 2 would have made no impact whatsoever if he had not left his mask. The same scene could have worked entirely if he solely left his mask.
the chest piece truelly does take a back seat in this one, or at least it should, it's only brought to life as much as it is because of the supes films.