The Amazing Spider-Man Spider-Man Reboot Costume Part 4 - "What's that in his eye??" edition

[Majik1387]

See I don't care for that ridiculous thought honest. This is his red and blue costume. People have to get over it already.

 

[Spider-Who?]

No need to get rude, man. The costume is growing on me, but I'm still entitled to my opinion, and my opinion is that the lack of a belt is a major eye sore to an otherwise decent costume design. I'm typically fairly open minded when it comes to redesigns and others' interpretations (I myself am a professional artist, so I understand one's need to put their own fingerprint on things). I can live with the silver shoes (it was never a major issue with me tbw) and a few other minor variations that I find poor (not due to it differing from the source, but just because I find it to be a bad design); but the belt is a major issue for myself and others. I'm not saying the movie will fail or that I even hate the suit; it is merely one design choice that I find appalling. IMO, the suit could have used one more pass before being decided on as final. It just feels incomplete as is.

 

[zanos]

See I don't care for that ridiculous thought honest. This is his red and blue costume. People have to get over it already.

Actually they're not. Why do you think ppl have an issue with the costume?

I'd be ecstatic if they have him in a more faithful/"completed" suit at the end of the movie; they could do it to symbolize his evolution from being a kid whose learning to be a hero, and someone who has earned their belt - er - stripes.

They didn't just spend tens of thousands of dollars designing and making this new suit just to throw it away at the end of the film.

 

[Spider-Who?]

I'm fully aware of that, but a fella can light heartedly dream.

 

[VenomSpawn]

Dammit guys, this is a retelling. They don't need to keep the suit EXACTLY the same, because it's not based in the same universe. That's why I have no problem with some of the things in Raimi's series (Except for most of the entirety of Spider-Man 3, although I did enjoy it.)

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME, BECAUSE IT ISN'T EXACTLY THE SAME CHARACTER.

 

[roach]

Dammit guys, this is a retelling. They don't need to keep the suit EXACTLY the same, because it's not based in the same universe. That's why I have no problem with some of the things in Raimi's series (Except for most of the entirety of Spider-Man 3, although I did enjoy it.)

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME, BECAUSE IT ISN'T EXACTLY THE SAME CHARACTER.

There is a way of making the suit not like Raimi's and still maintaining the design.
Kind of like how the George Reeve Superman suit is different than the Christopher Reeves suit which is different than the Dean Cain suit which is different from the Brandon Routh suit....four suits...all the same design yet different from each other.

 

[Spiderman6592]

How is this suit not maintaining the design? It's red and blue, has red on the front, red boots, red wrists and hands and a red mask. You guys are freaking out over pretty small things about the suit and are acting like it's orange and purple and resembles an Iron Man suit. It's a re-imagined, modernized Spider-Man suit. Deal with it.

 

[roach]

How is this suit not maintaining the design? It's red and blue, has red on the front, red boots, red wrists and hands and a red mask. You guys are freaking out over pretty small things about the suit and are acting like it's orange and purple and resembles an Iron Man suit. It's a re-imagined, modernized Spider-Man suit. Deal with it.

wait how is it maintaining the design...then its re-imagined and modernized...you cant have it both ways

 

[Spiderman6592]

Yes you can, for the very reasons I just said.

It maintains all the classic properties of the Spider-Man suit. Webbing designs, red and blue all over, spiders on the front and back, etc. however it is modernized in the sense that the material is different and the flow of the suit is different. Again, if I hadn't seen the suit and saw some of the completely ridiculous arguments going on in this thread, I'd have thought the suit was two different and outrageous colors with guns coming out of the shoulders and laser eyes. Honestly, the changes in the grand scheme of things are so small, that it will not even be that recognizable to the GA. The only thing the GA will think when they see the suit is, "It looks different than the first 3 films." WHICH IS WHAT THEY ARE ****ING GOING FOR.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

^^ Jesus, why do you have to flip out on people so much? The main point is that the suit could have been closer to the classic design while still being different. Nobody is saying the new suit is terrible, it's just not amazing.

 

[roach]

^^ Jesus, why do you have to flip out on people so much? The main point is that the suit could have been closer to the classic design while still being different. Nobody is saying the new suit is terrible, it's just not amazing.

well because some people cant handle that everyone doesnt agree with their point of view.
You cant tell these people because they dont talk about the issue...they'd rather insult people and freak out.
"Deal with it" is their clarion call.

as humans we all like different things. Its what makes us unique. We arent meant to like all the same things. People shouldnt freak out when someone doesnt like what they like.

 

[antonydelfini]

With the right lighting, the costume looks awesome. The only thing I don't like is the belt part, it could have been improved.

Anyway, Andrew looks 100,00,000 x more like Spidey than Tobey did.

 

[roach]

With the right lighting, the costume looks awesome. The only thing I don't like is the belt part, it could have been improved.

Anyway, Andrew looks 100,00,000 x more like Spidey than Tobey did.

depends on the artist...I feel Tobey closely resembles the Romita Peter

 

[Anno_Domini]

No, he hasn't. The costume wasn't even altered when the Ultimate SM series began.

Look up Spider-Man suits and you'll find some suits that look a LOT like Webb's version.

 

[roach]

Look up Spider-Man suits and you'll find some suits that look a LOT like Webb's version.

i will repeat a post I made a few pages back

the suit looks like a Spider-man suit...just not THE Spider-man suit

 

[Anno_Domini]

i will repeat a post I made a few pages back

the suit looks like a Spider-man suit...just not THE Spider-man suit

Exactly.

Sure, it's reasonable to say it doesn't look like the Peter Parker Spider-Man we're used to, but saying it looks nothing like ANY Spidey suit is just ignorant. And that's fine, imo. Inspiration is inspiration. It's not like we'll ever get a Ben Reilly movie anyways.

 

[roach]

Exactly.

Sure, it's reasonable to say it doesn't look like the Peter Parker Spider-Man we're used to, but saying it looks nothing like ANY Spidey suit is just ignorant. And that's fine, imo. Inspiration is inspiration. It's not like we'll ever get a Ben Reilly movie anyways.

no one said it didnt look like Spider-man

 

[©KAW]

And that's all that matters to Marvel, which is why they gave it the thumps up to change it.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

The costume isn't bad in any ways, the changes are bad mainly for us Spider-man fans... I think that the guy who designed the new costume isn't a Spider-man fan, so he couldn't have known what changes are bad, only thing he knows is the look of the original costume so he made a cool design that still looks like a Spidey suit, but he didn't know that it wouldn't pay respect properly to the original design

or I could be simply dead wrong and the designer was just stupid

 

[Majik1387]

Please now the designer isn't a fan of Spidey. Tell me, how does any of the nitpicks of the design take away from Spidey as a character?


You can't answer because it doesn't.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

Please now the designer isn't a fan of Spidey. Tell me, how does any of the nitpicks of the design take away from Spidey as a character?


You can't answer because it doesn't.

I totally agree but with a Spider-man film I think that the costume is almost as important as the character itself.

Don't take me wrong, I love the new costume, I don't nitpick at all. But many many people do and I'm just saying that they could've handled it better if the designer was actually a Spidey fan so he would've known what changes to make and what parts to leave to make it as iconic as it deserves to be but still fresh looking and "edgy"

But in the end it doesn't really matter for me what others think, I think the costume is great, and right now I even prefer it over the Sam Raimi version

 

[zanos]

Look up Spider-Man suits and you'll find some suits that look a LOT like Webb's version.

The original suit has never been altered! I'm not talking about the existence completely different suits!

 

[roach]

Please now the designer isn't a fan of Spidey. Tell me, how does any of the nitpicks of the design take away from Spidey as a character?


You can't answer because it doesn't.

He didnt say that the suit design takes anything away from Spidey.

I remember during the first Raimi movie Marvel and Sony were trying to get a suit that wasnt comic faithful and he had to fight to get the classic design

 

[Spider-Who?]

How is this suit not maintaining the design? It's red and blue, has red on the front, red boots, red wrists and hands and a red mask. You guys are freaking out over pretty small things about the suit and are acting like it's orange and purple and resembles an Iron Man suit. It's a re-imagined, modernized Spider-Man suit. Deal with it.

Dammit guys, this is a retelling. They don't need to keep the suit EXACTLY the same, because it's not based in the same universe. That's why I have no problem with some of the things in Raimi's series (Except for most of the entirety of Spider-Man 3, although I did enjoy it.)

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME, BECAUSE IT ISN'T EXACTLY THE SAME CHARACTER.

I can only assume you guys did not read my post that directly precedes yours. If you had in fact read and tried to comprehend my thoughts (which I felt was made quite clear), you would see that your outbursts are unjustified, and in some cases, slightly sophomoric.

Allow me to point you to key parts of my post.

The costume is growing on me, but I'm still entitled to my opinion

that the lack of a belt is a major eye sore to an otherwise decent costume design.

I'm typically fairly open minded when it comes to redesigns and others' interpretations (I myself am a professional artist, so I understand one's need to put their own fingerprint on things).

I'm not saying the movie will fail or that I even hate the suit; it is merely one design choice that I find appalling.

It just feels incomplete as is.

Now please, point to where there is evidence of me "freaking out". Please point to where I state that the costume is not allowed to make changes and that everything must be "exactly the same".

You can't because I've said no such thing.

People like you automatically assume that anyone who doesn't like something on the internet is a mad, angry, salivating troll at their desk; banging away at their keyboards so hard the keys are flying across the room as they vehemently scream at the electronic gods for allowing what atrocities they're writing about.

This is absolutely not the case, and is a mindset people need to stop (unless it is clearly justified).

I FULLY understand and accept, and even (gasp) encourage artistic reinterpretation for the big screen. That however does not mean I will like something for the sake of it, and in this case, the lack of a belt bothers me NOT because it deviates from the source material, but because I find it to be a poor design choice, period. If the original costume had that design, I would have the same opinion: it needs a belt or some other horizontal pattern across the waist to break up the streak of blue running down the body and to fix the weak red shaft that just "ends" on his stomach. Its just awkward and isn't a strong design choice.

Once again, I have no hatred for it or the rest of the cosutme. My blood pressure was at a normal number, and no keyboards were harmed during this post. So I would kindly ask that you refrain from "freaking out" yourself when some one offers a differing view, and to actual stop to understand what they're saying instead of clamping your hands over your ears and shouting for the pitchforks.

Thanks.

 

[Anno_Domini]

The original suit has never been altered! I'm not talking about the existence completely different suits!

So it's not the original suit that we've seen for years, is that such a big problem that people should complain over and over without respecting the fact that Webb wanted to change for a reason?

And...the original has been altered...even just a little. The eyes always change shape and he rarely has the webbing in the underarms anymore.