Sequels Raimi Speaks.

[DACrowe]

And where am I getting that sentiment from? It's the typical mentality the best sports coaches have and preach to their players. I love competition and sports and I have the same outlook on life in general. Point is... you know how these teams that have had success before... but then that success wears thin and doesn't last. Your championship players from years past enter their twilight years. Your legendary coach will only leave after he retires since he has already done enough to never get fired for the rest of his career. Yet you live in the past... thinking there is still some magic left in your core group of players and coaches. Sometimes there is... sometimes there isn't. Most of the times they never rekindle that old magic... but what I hate the most are teams that are attached to those players. They keep up around longer than they should and your fan base starts to moan and groan about how particular players have over extended their welcome. If you are going to make a change... don't just make one simple change here and there. I think the time has come to give this thing a face lift and give it a complete overhaul. Rebuild from scratch. Of course you can go the other way and tell me "You don't rebuild an 800 million dollar plus franchise"... and I am not going to argue against that thinking one bit... because it makes a heck of a lot more sense than everything I have said up until this point. I am just at the point where if I am the GM... I am in rebuilding mode.

Well I think it is an incredibly flawed analogy as sports do not relate to filmmaking in the slightest, or much else in life -- but I'll bite.

Even under the guise of sports rhetoric, the argument still holds little water. A coach is as good as his last game is your argument? Or at least last season? Well then why keep a great coach on if they keep strong franchises and teams in gear year after year, if they aren't consistantly winning the prize (be it the Superbowl, World Series, Stanley Cup, NCAA Championship, whatever).

Example. I am a huge Duke Basketball fan (I'm sure that statement alienated some people). Born and raised. I would sit here and argue until I'm blue in the face (pardon the pun) that Mike Krzyzewski is probably the greatest college basketball coach (or possibly basketball coach, period) who ever lived. Yet, he has not delivered a championship until 2001 and Duke has failed to win the ACC championship several times in the last 3 years. And worse they lost it to our rival, UNC. Should Duke retire Coach K, because these past few years haven't been as good? Hell no. He's still got the talent and you have to give him time to build a new program to continue to compete. The talent is there and as long as he wants to stay you'd be a fool to write it off. After all Duke lost the championship game in 1999 and two years later are the title holders. Since UNC was so fervent this year that they'd win a title, should they turn on Roy Williams, because despite delivering a stellar season that included an ACC win and a trip to the Final Four as well as defeating their arch rival, Duke -- the teeam still came up short. Should they be cursing Tyler Hansborough's name?

That logic is ridicullous. Especially as you use the concept of aging players, which would be more equivalent to actors and not filmmakers who as you said are more of the sideline position (the coaching staff). I personally hate the Patriots but because Bill Belichick failed to win that final game costing them the Superbowl and that perfect season (not cheating may have had something to do with it...) should New England tar and feather him?

No. But fanboys are a different breed, aren't they?

Then again...as I said I think using sports is a failed analogy, even when applied correctly.

 

[Frodo]

I personally would like a new director to take a crack at the francise . Yes it's always risk to go with someone new , but it was a risk to use the guy from the Evil Dead films and Xena. Change can be a good thing . However, if Raimi does return I won't complain . I would hope he has nothing to do with the story as he did with Spiderman 3 .

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Spider-man 3 was amazing but that's just my opinion too t:
Tobey and all the cast should come back, no reboot!!

'Nuff said.

 

[omid17]

I think as long as Raimi sticks with 2 villains, than the movie should turn out real good imo. It'll be enough to explain the new charactors, we already been through the drama between pete and mj, so i doubt it's going to continue in SM4.

 

[Spider-Man '92]

Crossing fingers for Electro. We gotta get that master of electricity in there! "LIGHT THE NIGHT!"

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Crossing fingers for Electro. We gotta get that master of electricity in there! "LIGHT THE NIGHT!"

Agreed, and I think Electro should be in Spidey 5. I woner if he'll be sympathetic or ont?