I really like raimi's reboot but if I were to make changes it would be this;
spidey's look:
* use black webs, you can make the webs 'shiny' but they should be black.
make the eyes bigger and the black rim thicker. have a big round spider on the back.
* use web shooters.
* have one scene where spidey invents and uses a web tracer.
* have one scene where spidey shines his spider signal light on some crooks.
* don't ever have a scene where spidey takes off his mask unless it is specifically linked to a villian learning peter's identity. tear the mask to heck but KEEP IT ON!!
* make peter's spider sense simple and quick, this way you can use it ALL the time rather than ignore it because it's expensive to achieve or takes too long on screen.
spidey himself:
* develop spidey's character.
think of spidey as a character all his own with his own needs and motivation.
remember the movie is called 'SPIDER-MAN'
* make him wise crack.
I understand wise cracks during a climatic battle will harm pacing and harm tension but every single instance leading up to the final battle can have wise cracks. spidey was wise cracking decades before deadpool came on the scene. it's part of his character, give the fans what they want and FINALLY make spidey run off at the mouth.
* show peter's genius.
my problem with nolan's movies is they don't show bat's detective genius and the problem with raimi's moves is they don't show spidey's scientific genius.
show him making the web shooters, show him making the spider tracers, just get across that spidey is one of the most intelligent characters in the marvel universe.
* make spidey uses the whole range of his powers.
the guy sticks to walls, is super strong and swings from a web, for example if spidey were fighting someone hand to hand and the villian throws spidey against a wall spidey's feet could stick to the wall and then spidey could spin the guy around and knock him out. be creative with spidey's powers.
* make peter use his powers even doing mundane stuff
for instance it would be cool for peter to pace the ceiling (upside down) of his bedroom.
a totally cheap effect but how cool would it look?
* don't ignore spidey's spider sense
yes it's a PAIN that spidey can sense danger, it makes writing far more difficult to put peter in situations that incapacitate him DESPITE knowing the danger is coming but rise to the task because ignoring his spider sense to drive the plot is UNACCEPTABLE.
* I think even the eskimos in alaska know spidey was bitten by a radioactive spider. just get on with it and don't slow the movie down by retreading ground we know inside out. WE KNOW SPIDEY'S ORIGIN! MOVE ON!!
* if you make peter's motivation 'the girl' again, then make us (the audience) realise WHY peter is so into her. why does he want to give up being spidey for her? why does he risk every thing for her? MJ seemed like a total b**** so why peter was so into her was a mystery. in superman the movie you TOTAL got why superman was so into lois even though he could have any girl on the planet (ha ha no pun intended).
effects:
* try to create the powers practically
I don't think there is a single spidey fan that didn't think 'SPIDER-MAN!!' when they saw the inception corridor fight. create peter's bedroom using the same technology.
web swinging can't be achieved practically but everything else can; wall crawling, agility, strength, speed can all be acheived without CGI.
if the effects are believable then the audience will be engrossed with what they are watching and wont be taken out of the movie.
* spidey is in a full body suit and wears a frigging mask so USE THAT!
you can hire the best gymnasts, best acrobats, parkour artists. well, you get the point...
spidey's villians:
* they don't have to be linked to peter,
if they are linked to peter make it happen organically, it shouldn't ever feel forced or tacked on.
* some bad guys are just BAD. some bad guys just want to make money.
some people don't need complex motivations to rob a bank.
* make them scary, make them powerful
spidey can lift 10 tons
spidey is 15 times faster than a normal human (FIFTEEN!!)
spidey can sense danger
give spidey a main villian WORTHY of that power, a villian the police have no hope of taking down.
* make the villian push spidey mentally as well as physically
I'm not talking about the clique 'you have to save two people but only have time to save one' I'm talking pushing spidey morally to his limits.
if the lizard is the villian, give peter the dilema of whether to bring his friend to the police even though the lizard has killed.
push spidey to his limits and then push him over. spider-man, more than any hero is driven by guilt so use this.
* give us villians we haven't seen before
* having throw away villians that are taken down in one scene is not a crime.
they need no back story and no motivate, they can be just someone for spidey to hit. the fans will love you for it and so with the marchandise department and it wont effect the pacing of the movie as the villian doesn't have to be seen again.
* I couldn't care less if a villian lives or dies.
loads of people have said don't kill the villian at the end but honestly, who cares? I want to see a new villian in every single new spider-man movie I see.
spidey has one of the best rogues in comics (along with batman) and I want to see as many of them as possible, just not in the same movie like SM3.
spidey MISC:
* don't be afraid to scare the children
my 7 year neice LOVED the doc ock hospital scene and the TDK is filled with dark moments yet made a billion WW. by all means make a light movie but don't be afraid to take the light movie to dark places.
* I have no problem with the reboot shamelessly ripping off the final swing. it was excellent and a brilliant way to end the movie, just like the final scene in the superman movies where he winks at the camera after flying up to space. it's iconic so don't fight it just to be different.
* make a theme tune worthy of spidey. elfman's 'theme' was a frigging disgrace. three major movies and spidey's most recognisable theme is STILL, 'spider-man spider-man, does what ever a spider can'.
superman's theme is so iconic, I want a theme tune for spidey that is HALF as good.
* the movie is called 'SPIDER-MAN'
I want to see at WORST a 50/50 split between peter and spidey. I want to see a well developed peter parker but first and foremost I am coming to see spider-man. when you make trailers you fill the trialer with scenes of spidey so don't cheat the audience (or rather the fans) by making the movie all about parker parker.
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But noting the poster I am quoting, I guess I should NOT be surprised.
Yeah.. that would MAKE SENSE!! *NOT*
