The Spider-Man 3 First Look Thread [Merged]

[Spider-ManHero12]

I know people really want to see Venom in the next trailer but I hope we don't. It'll be awesome to see Venom for the first time on the big screen. At least that's my opinion. Anyone else agree?

it quick glimpse would be good though but as long as they don't reveal to much.

 

[Superhero 101]

Atleast Show a very very brief flash of Venom. atleast half a second.

 

[DACrowe]

Was a pretty good promo.

But it only proved one thing. As I predicted a year ago, there being a Spider-Man day parade, hosted by Gwen Stacy (why, she ain't rich? Who knows) will be incredibly cheesy as will him ACTUALLY going to the stage. I have shuttering memories of a scene in B&R from this.

Ah well, long as that scene isn't too long the rest of the movie looks fantastic.

 

[Doomriderr666]

I honestly don't see whats wrong with having spider-man day, it's necessary to show how the people love him and how he falls from grace in the movie. It's not like it's going to be a huge cheese fest and ruin the franchise for anyone

 

[The Caped Knight]

That was a SUPERB preview for spidey 3. I can't wait to see the movie May, 4

 

[Visionary]

I wish Venom would throw those children off rooftops at the passing cars below.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

'Show me some of that web action't:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX9mtALB2lg&mode=related&search=

Here are some covers of books that I havent seen before

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX9mtALB2lg&mode=related&search

 

[Spade]

Might want to fix the covers link. I can't see squat.

EDIT: Thought they were two different links. I've seen those before. They were the children's books covers leaked on Amazon a few months back.

 

[Visionary]

Don't bother fixing the LINK, we've already seen them.

 

[Venom1001]

can some one please post a link where i can download the first look preview to my computer?

 

[Orko Is King]

I know people really want to see Venom in the next trailer but I hope we don't. It'll be awesome to see Venom for the first time on the big screen. At least that's my opinion. Anyone else agree?

No. I'm tired of people arguing Daffy Duck/Bugs Bunny style over the goddamn spider. "White spider! Black spider! White spider! Black spider!"

I'm sure they'll at least show an improved version of the camera zoom we've all seen by now.

 

[Mr Jide]

Yeah, I see your point. However, Bryan Singer tried your strategy with Superman Returns. Look where it brought Superman. Singer probably thought like you did, "its spider-man, filling the seats wont be a problem" - well... boy, was he proven wrong. I pray to God that Raimi doesn't make that same mistake.

I dont think Singer messed up with that tactic. Where he did fail however, was in the area of delivering a spectacular superman movie. SR sucked harder than a lung wound and even though I'm not allowing myself to get too hyped for sm3, sm3 looks as though it's going to cause some sensational damage.

 

[November Rain]

you're looking at things from the wrong point of view. you're a spider-man fan, for you and i, the Spider-Man 3 title and release date in a 5 second trailer is enough to get me into seats May 4th.

for the general public however, who aren't familiar with the character or movies, in order to get them to fill those seats, they need shots showing the intense drama, like MJ crying, and the insane action, like sandman smashing spidey into the truck.

that doesn't ruin the movie for me in the least bit. because you get NOTHING out of it just seeing a 1 sec shot BUT excitement to see how the characters got to that exact moment and what happened after that moment.

who knows how much less spider-man 1 and spider-man 2 would've made if they didn't show all those scenes in the trailers/clips?

ah yes, snippets are fine but what when they become very regular and showcase more and more just like what happened in the last stand?

whole scenes were used to advertise the film and i don't think that is necessarily good.

I only hoipe with the increasing amount of scenes used to advertise this film that it doesn't get to that stage where you are sitting in the cinema for a whole two minutes waiting to see new footage.

my only concern at the mo is that due to the sucess of the last stand, spidey 3 could easily creep that way, especially if they feel they have enough non-used material to still keep people in their seats during the film.

I'm reasonably happy with what has been shown so far but i still feel that a lot more action scenes/shots/clips have been released in comparison to the advertising styles they used in the first two films...or at least a lot more battle scenes where contact is made...

 

[November Rain]

Yes. Gwen was definitely based on Stan's wife Joanie, who is indeed British. But then Spidey is kind of based on Stan, and he isn't Jewish. Gwen has always been written as American. The only thing linking her to Britain is that her Uncle Arthur and his wife (I forget her name) lived there, which could easily be the opposite of what you mentioned- that they might have moved there for Arthur's career as a security consultant. After all, if Gwen had a British accent, Stan would've made that clear in the wirting, and likely would've had Peter make note of her heritage when they spoke.

Anyway, I dig Bryce as Gwen and would love to tickle her until she did the hi-pitched squeal like when she's introducing Spidey. Hoo-hah!

well there are a few things that generally point towards me thinking she is british...

although not in this timeline but in the ultimate world, she has been seen wearing a union jack top.

also although not stan's, Juggernaut and betsy braddock don't come across as stereotypical brits either in comics. Saying this though, i've just looked up jugsy on wikipedia and according to it, he's actually an american born and raised...

The fact the her accent was never made an issue may simply be due to her having a colloquial accent or not having a different speech.

What you say about Gwen and her family possibly coming from the states and emigrating to the UK could very well be true, my only concern is if this was indeed the case, surely she would have been well known as being born in the states like the rest of spidey's main cast but her past is mysteriously unknown and usually with mystery doesn't come the mundane, but the contraversial.

In this case, the lack of clarification in the area would be enough to suggest that it wasn't that simple and gives me reason to believe that there are grounds for her being british...

besides, if her family did come from the states, she wouldn't have had to go all the way to UK to be near family, there'd be stacys based on mainland america for her to visit.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

ah yes, snippets are fine but what when they become very regular and showcase more and more just like what happened in the last stand?

whole scenes were used to advertise the film and i don't think that is necessarily good.

I only hoipe with the increasing amount of scenes used to advertise this film that it doesn't get to that stage where you are sitting in the cinema for a whole two minutes waiting to see new footage.

my only concern at the mo is that due to the sucess of the last stand, spidey 3 could easily creep that way, especially if they feel they have enough non-used material to still keep people in their seats during the film.

I'm reasonably happy with what has been shown so far but i still feel that a lot more action scenes/shots/clips have been released in comparison to the advertising styles they used in the first two films...or at least a lot more battle scenes where contact is made...

don't compare this film to X-men the last stand. sony still has the big things to show us and I garauntee they are saving that for the film. it makes sense.....the trailers are to get us pumped so it doesn't mean every scene will be in the next trailer.

 

[dark_b]

don't compare this film to X-men the last stand. sony still has the big things to show us and I garauntee they are saving that for the film. it makes sense.....the trailers are to get us pumped so it doesn't mean every scene will be in the next trailer.

but both trailers of spiderman and many other movie today show everything. they even showed us the bell scenes,eddie in the church. in hte first theatrical trailer they showed us everything they could i bet they would show the final batte if the CGI would be ready. but by that time it was impossible.

 

[November Rain]

actually spidey used to be good with fights, for the first two films, i don't think we ever saw spidey and his main arch nemesis ever throw a punch at one another...
i can't vouch for this though...but i'm fairly certain it's correct...

however, i've seen plenty of the tussles between both harry and pete and also sandy and pete at numerous occasions...

it looks like the tide of advertising is definitely changing and i feel it may be due to fox's the last stand's over zealous approach to advertising that is showing it's influence on sony.

 

[Mr Jide]

Or it could be that, Sony know who the competition are and they're like, "hey, casual audiences and geeks alike, look at this new action packed trailer we put together, for your hungry asses that has everything you could ever dream of. Come and see this film as many times as posible because POTC3 will suck and so will shrek 3. Make sure you see our movie. Love from Sony".

 

[November Rain]

that's exactly what they are doing but overselling and advertising a film can be it's own demise...

if you are sure of your final product, you don't have to dress it up in a fancy bow, when it's revealed, it'll shine for itself.

 

[Mr Jide]

Agreed. Thats why I'm not to keen on seeing any more new footage that has already been shown through the different formats used. A spider-man movie will fill seats alone. Moderate advertising, especially seeing as this is the 3rd movie is needed, not to go overboard and over-expose the film.

 

[Venom'sDad]

Yeah, I see your point. However, Bryan Singer tried your strategy with Superman Returns. Look where it brought Superman. Singer probably thought like you did, "its spider-man, filling the seats wont be a problem" - well... boy, was he proven wrong. I pray to God that Raimi doesn't make that same mistake.

I don't think you need to worry. Sam has a devout understanding of the character Peter Parker and his counterpart Spiderman and an equal understanding of the supporting characters and villains.

I suspect that one cannot say the same for Singer as it relates to Superman and Company. I mean look at it, he made Superman a borderline closet addict, a deadbeat with an illegitimate son... with asthma, stalking Lois, being a Peeping Tom and an easedropper, Lois with no real human emotions and bland, and bumbling villains again. Lack of understanding and direction.

Sam has a better grasp and command of the situation.... I'm not worried a bit.

 

[November Rain]

if sam was that good, he wouldn't need to make sandman uncle ben's killer...

 

[spiderbob]

if sam was that good, he wouldn't need to make sandman uncle ben's killer...

That hasn't been proven yet. The trailers say that Sandman's the killer, but there's been stories and rumors that it's a mislead, and that Sandman is more of a victim of the situation than the actual culprit. I'm not saying he's not a crook, which he is, it's just that it's still possible he's not THE crook that killed Uncle Ben.

Besides, I don't see how making Sandman the actual killer, if it comes to that, subtracts from the movie's appeal and enjoyment. It's not if the movies have been following the Comic Book Continuity (what little there is) 100% of the way anyways.

And I pretty much agree with Venom's Dad. "Superman Returns" did poorly because it was a bad movie, not because of lack of advertising. (Though I can't wait for the sequel "Superman: Still Here" )

 

[November Rain]

it's more of a countering point against people who believe raimi has an understanding of the character at a fundamental level, there are more but i won't divert the thread so i'll leave the point alone.

but for a closing, spidey isn't a 'twist' film/franchise....they are going to make him uncle ben's killer. Hence with the introduction of his daughter, spidey will probably get to a point where he's about to kill sandy and then realise that if he did that, he'd be just as bad as sandy for killing his uncle and that will be his road to redemption and to realising his suit is actually bad.

also raimi's pretty much confirmed it by saying parker's path to the dark side comes with the realisation that his uncle's killer is still out there. I don't like it anymore than you do but i've come to terms with it.

 

[Visionary]

Marvel approved it, it's their characters, you're just going to have to deal. And take this to the Sandman/Uncle Ben killer thread. You can cry all you want there.