Spider-Man The Official "I Loved Raimi's Spider-Man' Thread - Part 1 of 99 Luft - - - - Part 13

[Arachnerd]

The teaser that spun a thousand webs. Can't imagine what people's reactions were when they first saw this in theaters.

 

[Spidey_62]

Great memories 19 years ago today! I feel grateful having this movie as a kid, I was already a huge Spidey fan before with VHS' of the various cartoons/reruns of the 90s cartoon, the PS1 games, toys, and getting hooked on the comics when they were all really batting high... but the hype of waiting for the movie and seeing it opening day pretty much made me a fan for life if I wasn't already. Kids are lucky today having like a million Spidey movies now but I kinda prefer how exciting it was not having any and looking forward to the first coming out.

I gotta draw a piece for the 20th next year for sure...

 

[Spidey_62]

Just finished watching SM 2002 again after like a year and I'm like on an energy high now, it just leaves me feeling so jazzed up and happy in a way not many movies do.

It just distills all the major things about Spidey into 2 hours and they got it right on the first try, the tone is absolutely perfect to me in striking that balance. IMO, TASM goes too far into the dark direction and trying to feel more "realistic" while also complicating the world with unnecessary elements. The MCU movies are full of that that self-aware deconstruction and too far into humor where this just tries to do Spidey pure and simple, not trying to reinvent it or make apologies for any of it being silly or scary so audiences can have a good time. It's just the essentials of the Spidey story with a lot of heart and care that makes it- because the material could support it and they had faith in it.

I gotta put these movies in again more often cause they make me feel good, and I definitely gotta do a marathon of all of the live-action movies for December (and heck, maybe Spider-Verse too cause it's great).

 

[Erik Lensherr]

 

[Arachnerd]

And it was on that day the greatest scene in cinematic history was created.

 

[Erik Lensherr]

 

[Arachnerd]

The pain never goes away.

 

[Gothamsknight]

This will never not hurt

 

[Nardz937]

Pain.

 

[TeeKay]

I find it amusing how ridiculed these movies were when most of the Spider-Man iterations after it have paid homage and even using scenes from the series (Whether be it the spectacular Spider-Man series, Spiderman; Into the Spider-Verse or the PS4 game).

 

[Herofan]

When you watch Spider-Man 2 do you still think it looks Mary Jane at the end is running past Thomas Jane/the Punisher? I do and find it amusing and think it's a little too similar to be accidental.

 

[Arachnerd]

It was his stunt double, I believe.

 

[Batghost]

The teaser that spun a thousand webs. Can't imagine what people's reactions were when they first saw this in theaters.

Still remember when this teaser was released. t was a blast and I hado to show it to everybody I knew.

 

[Doc Bat Spider]

Man I haven't been here for a few months

Also, my friend has been making this since last year and it was an amazing fan edit!
Show some support to the guy!

 

[Galactus123]

I rewatched Spider-Man 2 on Apple TV app. These movies look very good in 4K and with HDR. SM2 is my favorite Spider-Man movie and one of the best sequels ever but I have few issues. Does anyone else feel bad for John Jameson? They make him look like a nice guy who cares about MJ so it doesn't feel right that she leaves him on their wedding day. I'm suprised that they didn't make him a jerk. Also how did Harry know where Doc Ock had taken MJ? They never talked about that in the scenes before it.

 

[The Joker]

I rewatched Spider-Man 2 on Apple TV app. These movies look very good in 4K and with HDR. SM2 is my favorite Spider-Man movie and one of the best sequels ever but I have few issues. Does anyone else feel bad for John Jameson? They make him look like a nice guy who cares about MJ so it doesn't feel right that she leaves him on their wedding day. I'm suprised that they didn't make him a jerk. Also how did Harry know where Doc Ock had taken MJ? They never talked about that in the scenes before it.

I did feel a bit bad for John. He was a nice guy and never treated MJ badly from what we saw. So he didn't deserve to be jilted at the altar, even if it was so Peter and MJ could get together. They also kind of made light of it with Jonah saying to his wife to call the caterer and cancel the caviar, which admittedly was funny.

Yeah there was no way for Harry to know where Ock's lair was. Unless they had another meeting off screen.

 

[Galactus123]

I did feel a bit bad for John. He was a nice guy and never treated MJ badly from what we saw. So he didn't deserve to be jilted at the altar, even if it was so Peter and MJ could get together. They also kind of made light of it with Jonah saying to his wife to call the caterer and cancel the caviar, which admittedly was funny.

Yeah there was no way for Harry to know where Ock's lair was. Unless they had another meeting off screen.

I wonder if Jonah ever found out that MJ left his son so she could be with Peter. They should have mentioned it in SM3.

 

[The Joker]

I wonder if Jonah ever found out that MJ left his son so she could be with Peter. They should have mentioned it in SM3.

I remember hoping for that back in the day when SM-3 was in production. On these very forums I said I hope we get to see Jonah giving Peter some flack for being with her. "PARKER!!! I'm not paying you to show up late because you're too busy wining and dining that floozy who ditched my son!!!".

 

[Galactus123]

I hope we get to see the deleted Eddie Brock scene from the first movie at some point:

 

[Gothamsknight]

I hope we get to see the deleted Eddie Brock scene from the first movie at some point:

Anybody know who that actor is? Or is that just a stand in?

 

[Spidey_62]

Anybody know who that actor is? Or is that just a stand in?

RC Everbeck

 

[henzINNIT]

John Jameson was screwed over so badly by Mary Jane. Kinda careless writing, I think mostly for that image of her running to Peter in a wedding dress. I guess it would have made MJ look foolish if she was marrying a total scumbag, but ditching a seemingly decent person makes her look cruel. Maybe the middle ground should have been to make John mostly nice but a little self-centered and shallow, so Mary Jane sees a financially safe, celebrity life that would be pretty good with him, but chooses the potential chaos of life with Peter because she loves him. I think I head-canon it this way.

He really should have had consequences for Peter in SM3, even if indirectly through JJ. I'm not for changing characters in adaptations, but John would have been a good candidate for Venom.

 

[Galactus123]

RC Everbeck

Its interesting that they filmed a scene with Eddie but then later Raimi was against Venom when making in SM3. I don't think they would have introduced Eddie if they didn't any plans for him. Maybe it was something the studio suggested. Jameson still mentions him in the final movie.

 

[Spidey_62]

Its interesting that they filmed a scene with Eddie but then later Raimi was against Venom when making in SM3. I don't think they would have introduced Eddie if they didn't any plans for him. Maybe it was something the studio suggested. Jameson still mentions him in the final movie.

It is indeed a mystery. Interviews with Raimi around the time he mentioned how fans should keep their eyes out for other villains (we got Stromm, Connors shoutout, and Eddie shoutout), I wonder when the Brock cameo was taken out and why, and I wish we could get it out of the Sony vaults and just see it. RC Everbeck obviously looks more like the classic Eddie than Topher did, and it was a different take when Raimi approached adapting Eddie for 3.

 

[Nardz937]

I would love to see it too! He does looks closer to the comics Eddie. And it sounds like he gets into it with Peter.