Homecoming Organics or Web-Shooters?

[spider greg]

I still remember before SM 1 came out someone put up a "No Organics" website with a petition you could sign.

I guess it didn't work.

 

[Daltonio]

Webshooters.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I'm honestly fine with either one but I always thought it was a bit of a strawman argument that giving him organics drops his IQ or whatever. I mean, yeah, it's cool that Peter is smart enough that he figures out some way to build webshooters, but even if he doesn't do that, it doesn't automatically mean that he's some idiot or that he's not a science geek. Also, I never understood how being bit by a radioactive spider gave him all the powers of a spider EXCEPT being able to shoot webs.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

I understand why the Rami movies went with organic web shooting powers. In the original comics Spider-Man took place in the same universe as the Fantastic Four and the Hulk. Sci-Fi tech was everywhere. It was a lot more believable that a kid like Peter could afford to build web fluid on a consistent basis and and not be able to make a fortune off of it because that kind of tech is common place in that universe. But when you are making a Spider-Man universe without the rights to the other characters it doesn't make as much sense. Same reason why the X-Men wearing their spandex outfits from the comics in the movies didn't make sense in that first movie (no other spandex wearing superheroes around to make it not feel out of place given the tone of the X-Men narrative).

 

[John Locke]

I'd be fine with either of them.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

How about a compromise? Peter still splooges webs. But it comes out all messy. The web shooters are a mechanism to um....direct the goo in the right direction? It can also collect the leaking webs for specialized attacks like web balls and stuff.

 

[Young Superman]

Web-Shooters

 

[PeterBenParker]

How about a compromise? Peter still splooges webs. But it comes out all messy. The web shooters are a mechanism to um....direct the goo in the right direction? It can also collect the leaking webs for specialized attacks like web balls and stuff.

Mechanical, without a doubt.

Though, I wouldn't be opposed to a mixture of Organic and Mechanical Web-Shooters.

I'm intrigued by that idea.

 

[theinfernoman]

How about a compromise? Peter still splooges webs. But it comes out all messy. The web shooters are a mechanism to um....direct the goo in the right direction? It can also collect the leaking webs for specialized attacks like web balls and stuff.

Wasn't that James Cameron's idea?

 

[The Infernal]

This should be a no-brainer. Web-Shooters. Organics wasn't a big deal and was fun for the Raimi films, but there's no need to go back to the organics.

 

[Shikamaru]

Webshooters all the way. Especially now that we're in the MCU.

They do more than just display Peter's intellect. It allows room for far more variety in terms of feats, the types of webbing and attacks Peter can use. Which in turn brings more creative storytelling.

 

[SonicWarrior]

Web Shooters, cuhhh!!!!

 

[spider greg]

Wasn't that James Cameron's idea?

I believe Raimi was originally going to do it, but decided not to. I believe pics of the web shooter can be found on the web.

 

[AnneFan]

Mechanical shooters. I can see Stark being fascinated by them.

 

[spider greg]

And here we go.

 

[GR8GODZILLAGOD]

Don't care either way but voted scientifically accurate because it made me laugh.

 

[DDS]

I voted organic because I've always felt like that change from the original trilogy is one of the best deviations from source material on film, in my opinion. I just never understood, since I was a kid, if Spider-Man does whatever a spider can, why can't he make his own webs?

And it always has that risk of falling in line with a trope in media that always bugged me: the hero running out of ammo when he gets to the climax, even though he seemed to have an endless amount 99% of the time. "Oh no, I've been shooting endless rounds this whole time, but now that I'm at the about to fight the most important villain, NOW I'm out! How suspenseful this is!"

Plus, The Amazing Spider-Man movies did an extra bad job handling the web shooters, in my opinion, when they showed that Peter gets the material from Oscorp...the bad guys who were inexplicably behind everything. Wouldn't they be able to figure out that all those webs from the city are from their stuff? And from there, look for who keeps ordering that **** in bulk in New York like they're shopping at Costco?

HOWEVER...

Web shooters is the correct answer.

I want Stark to be impressed by Pete's brains, even if the prick won't admit it.

...this man is doing a hell of a job in trying to sway me. One of the strengths of the MCU, or at least The Avengers, is the chemistry between all these characters and how they're able to bounce off each other. For Civil War, I think it would be awesome if Tony Stark and Peter Parker develop a relationship where Stark sees a lot of himself in young Peter Parker, and web shooters WOULD be an excellent way to help set this up. Maybe Peter would even start to look at Stark as a mentor type. And when it comes to choosing sides, it will then make even more sense, at that point, why Peter choses to fight by Stark's side.

 

[The Slang]

I'm honestly fine with either one but I always thought it was a bit of a strawman argument that giving him organics drops his IQ or whatever. I mean, yeah, it's cool that Peter is smart enough that he figures out some way to build webshooters, but even if he doesn't do that, it doesn't automatically mean that he's some idiot or that he's not a science geek. Also, I never understood how being bit by a radioactive spider gave him all the powers of a spider EXCEPT being able to shoot webs.

Spiders don't have the power to shoot webs. They slowly pull single strands out of their abdomen. Spider-man's web shooters are high powered projectile launching devices that function nothing like spider spinnerets. He also doesn't have venomous saliva, so it's not like he has all the abilities of a spider even if he does have organics.

Scientists in the real world have already engineered transgenic goats and bacteria that secrete spider silk. Parker should use a transgenic bacteria to generate his webbing, if he is the only one with access to this bacteria it would explain why other people can't replicate his web formula.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I always liked those rare moments in the comics where Reed or Tony or one of the other super smart guys would realize how bright Peter is and reflect for a moment on what a promising scientific career he might have had if he weren't so dedicated to crimefighting.

 

[GRangerPrimeNYC]

I hope the web shooters start out as large and clunky.

I hated how TASM had super compact watch sized web shooters from the start

 

[Raiden]

MCU already has a smart inventor (Stark), brilliant scientist (Banner), and soon will have an intelligent leader (T'Challa). I don't think having a nerd like Parker who can create webshooter will be such a big deal. He will fit neatly with all the smartest people in the room.

 

[Spider-Who?]

Wasn't that James Cameron's idea?

Yes. Raimi then took it, played around with it and then nixed the "focusing" mechanical part of it.

 

[Dasher10]

I voted for both web shooters and scientifically accurate. He uses it as a suppository.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I always liked those rare moments in the comics where Reed or Tony or one of the other super smart guys would realize how bright Peter is and reflect for a moment on what a promising scientific career he might have had if he weren't so dedicated to crimefighting.

Like this?

Spoiler

 

[The Slang]

I hope the web shooters start out as large and clunky.

I hated how TASM had super compact watch sized web shooters from the start

I like that idea. Realistically to store the amount of webbing Spider-man does would probably require a large tank on your back with hoses running to your wrists.