"There will not be a Spider-Man 3.1"... THC

[Da Games Elite]

I really liked it how both Franco and Grace mentioned they may have a future in the series...they didn't outright say it, but it was hinted at...

 

[Apollo]

this thread is pretty missleading.......

 

[FlawlessVictory]

Sandman holding up a sand mace about to kill spidey until Sandman's daughter shows up and begs her father to stop seems like the better ending than what we got.

I'm disappointed we didn't get to see the sand mace but it would have been too convenient for Penny to be there. Besides, why would she be there, they had no reason, it's not like Penny and Mrs. Marko knew it was Flint that was doing battle at the construction site. All they could have seen on the news was that it was some random giant sand monster that was doing the fighting.

 

[Blanket-Man]

I'm disappointed we didn't get to see the sand mace but it would have been too convenient for Penny to be there. Besides, why would she be there, they had no reason, it's not like Penny and Mrs. Marko knew it was Flint that was doing battle at the construction site. All they could have seen on the news was that it was some random giant sand monster that was doing the fighting.

When Sandman first appeared in public (on Spidey Appreciation Day), the cop who initially pursued him did so because the officer recognized Flint Marko as "the guy from that prison break." So Sandman was immediately identified as Marko - we weren't show any headlines with this info, but presumably it was reported somewhere. And the annoying news reporter at the Final Battle did refer to him as The Sandman - I think it's reasonable to think Mrs. Marko and Penny might rush to the scene (or at least Penny might, since Mrs. Marko wanted nothing to do with Flint).

Anyway, I was looking forward to seeing how Spidey would defeat Sandman in the movie, since the methods used in the comics over the years were usually something ingenious (or downright silly): Sucking him into a vacuum (!), turning him to glass, somehow capturing him in some airtight container... I was hoping Peter would get a sand sample and actually use his scientific expertise somehow to defeat an enemy for once. He kind of did with Venom - yes, Pete's shown to know a lot about sound in his speech to MJ early in the flick - but really, anyone could've figured out that A) Venom hated loud noises and B) those tubes could be used to make such noises. Pete's display of scientific know-how was at least somewhat evident there, compared to his defeats of GG and Ock, at least, but I wasn't terribly satisfied with its presentation in any of the movies. We're TOLD Peter's very smart with a gift for science, but we don't see it very often (except in the classroom).

 

[November Rain]

well teh reason spidey knew it was there was because he saw it on tv...

as well as everyone else in the crowd...

what's to stop her getting a cab down with her daughter...

although technically how would she know that flint was sandman...

 

[FlawlessVictory]

When Sandman first appeared in public (on Spidey Appreciation Day), the cop who initially pursued him did so because the officer recognized Flint Marko as "the guy from that prison break." So Sandman was immediately identified as Marko - we weren't show any headlines with this info, but presumably it was reported somewhere. And the annoying news reporter at the Final Battle did refer to him as The Sandman - I think it's reasonable to think Mrs. Marko and Penny might rush to the scene (or at least Penny might, since Mrs. Marko wanted nothing to do with Flint).

That's fair.

 

[BatJeff7786]

I'm disappointed we didn't get to see the sand mace but it would have been too convenient for Penny to be there. Besides, why would she be there, they had no reason, it's not like Penny and Mrs. Marko knew it was Flint that was doing battle at the construction site. All they could have seen on the news was that it was some random giant sand monster that was doing the fighting.

What's even more disappointing is the fact that THC is defending a lousy ending over what were clearly superior versions to the one we got. Maybe the crew was intentionally making a bad film after all.