World Webs

[matthooper]

Did you guys know that the movie webshooter that was cut during teh SM1 production was not actually a mechanical webshooter. It was just a mechanism that controlled the force and accuracy of his organic webshooteers.

 

[matthooper]

The way I understood it, Stan didn't have a choice.

...and why wouldn't he have had a choice? He invented Spider-Man. He simply wanted to show Pete's scientific mind at work.

 

[Leto Atrides]

Did you guys know that the movie webshooter that was cut during teh SM1 production was not actually a mechanical webshooter. It was just a mechanism that controlled the force and accuracy of his organic webshooteers.

I knew the "web regulator" idea was a part of the unmade script from the 80s, but I didn't think Raimi's ever had them.

 

[Chris Wallace]

...and why wouldn't he have had a choice? He invented Spider-Man. He simply wanted to show Pete's scientific mind at work.

The publisher wouldn't go for it. Or so I heard.

 

[Chris Wallace]

I knew the "web regulator" idea was a part of the unmade script from the 80s, but I didn't think Raimi's ever had them.

I have seen images of Tobey wearing this supposed "web regulator"; I remember it had 2 triggers. But I think it was just a "red herrring" something they never intended to use in the film.

 

[Leto Atrides]

I have seen images of Tobey wearing this supposed "web regulator"; I remember it had 2 triggers. But I think it was just a "red herrring" something they never intended to use in the film.

Did not know that .

 

[Chris Wallace]

Yep. But Said Images Were Seen In 2001 & They're Almost Impossible To Find Now.

 

[LobokDaikon]

That he needs gadgets.
Truth be told, I'm not completely against him ever using gadgets b/c that is a part of his character. But it's gotten ridiculous. And the complaints about organic webbing have also gotten ridiculous.

Considering the suit is temporary, I don't think their line of thinking has been that they have to keep giving Peter more and more gadgets. If anything, they've been doing exactly what you want, giving him more organic powers.

For me, it all boils down to this: In a movie, or new adaptation or retelling, organics are fine. I'll always prefer mechanicals, but it's nothing I'm going to lose sleep over. But that's when starting out fresh. In the Marvel universe, having him switch over to organics now, decades later, was only done to bring him in line with the movie version, because none of Joe Q's arguments, or the arguments supporting organics in the movies/a new adaptation/retelling, etc., hold up.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Right Now Both Gadgets And Organic Powers Have Gone Too Far; I Certainly Never Wanted Those Ridiculous Stingers.

 

[Tin_Man]

what bothers me about organic webbing is; why the hell does it come from his wrists? spiders don't emit webbing from their appendages, and they don't shoot it like it was compressed either.

It mentions that in the movie novelization

 

[Chris Wallace]

They also don't capture prey & let it live. That's some serious overanalyzing there. He's not gonna be EXACTLY like a spider.

 

[possessed]

organic all the way. I hate it when Spidey ruins out of webfluid, it feels so unnatural to me. In the older spidey games you could also run out of fluid and spidey almost became useless to fight with.
The more spiderlike abilities he has(natural that is not gadgets) the better imo. But the stingers suck, I agree.

 

[Chris Wallace]

organic all the way. I hate it when Spidey ruins out of webfluid, it feels so unnatural to me. In the older spidey games you could also run out of fluid and spidey almost became useless to fight with.
The more spiderlike abilities he has(natural that is not gadgets) the better imo. But the stingers suck, I agree.

He only becomes useless against an opponent like Scorpion; someone it just doesn't pay to get close to. But it is annoying as hell. Then you get beat half to death while you frantically search for a web cartridge. However, the organic webbing can still run out; the last Marvel Encyclopedia said he could produce webbing "depending on his body's health & nutrition", which makes sense.

 

[possessed]

yeah makes sense the organic webbing would run out sometime but I imagine it 'auto-fills' after a while. Another thing that slightly bugs me (even though it adds to the character and is otherwise a cool ability) is the power to shoot full blown webs (instead of a string). I can imagine the webglobs projectile and the string being things to control by pressing harder or tapping the nerve that activates the ejection of web but a full blown web... I dunno...

 

[Chris Wallace]

Did you guys know that the movie webshooter that was cut during teh SM1 production was not actually a mechanical webshooter. It was just a mechanism that controlled the force and accuracy of his organic webshooteers.

I pointed that out in a thread very similar to this one; the term we became acquainted with was "web regulators".

 

[Spydey_27]

I'm an old school spidey fan. I'd much rather he had the web shooters. How many occasions had his webbing ran out or his shooters jammed. Causing him to use other means to defeat his enemies. To me it's an integral part of the story. Not to mention what has already been mentioned about mixing diffrent versions of fluid to suit diffrent enemies. I'm lost without my web shooters! Also, it would have been an awesome collectible to market to adult fans. A good replica shooter. How cool would that have been?

 

[Leto Atrides]

Exactly. It is more efficient, practical, etc. to have organics, but the flaws in the mechanical shooters add to the character.

 

[Chris Wallace]

So does having to come up w/another plan because your webbing can't hold that particular enemy.

 

[LivingInferno]

I like either, Natural webbing makes him more like a spider, but the web shooters were great. A good few years back when the Green Goblin set off a bomb in what looked the like the daily bugle there was a shot that showed the cartridges popping out of the shooter. It looked like how a gun launches the empty bullet shell out of the gun. To me that was a great shot.

 

[hulkamania85]

I prefer organic. It makes sense that he gets all of these powers from a spider, why not get the webbing from the spider too? Plus it makes him seem a little more relatable to not be a genius that comes up with this device.

 

[The Geek Vault]

I like organic myself. Just cause when I think "spider" I think of webs. I'd think that was a must. I always had an idea (its kinda grusome) Spidey would have webshooters but the webs would come from special veins so the shooters would have needles going into his wrists that extracted them. if spidey wanted a diff. kind of web he'd inject himself with chemicals through the shooters. I know this part is weird but Peter's a nerd so I thought of a scene were parker would cut himself and you'd see the web shoot out from the cut.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Don't really care for that idea.

 

[Doc_OCK_4MUGEN]

I like organic myself. Just cause when I think "spider" I think of webs. I'd think that was a must. I always had an idea (its kinda grusome) Spidey would have webshooters but the webs would come from special veins so the shooters would have needles going into his wrists that extracted them. if spidey wanted a diff. kind of web he'd inject himself with chemicals through the shooters. I know this part is weird but Peter's a nerd so I thought of a scene were parker would cut himself and you'd see the web shoot out from the cut.

And this post reiforced my preference for mechanical webs on comicbook spidey.... that's a bit too suicidal... slitting his wrists??? Suicide is wrong dude!

 

[The_Vision]

I like the idea of Organic webbing

 

[Bat Attack]

I prefer organic, just like my food.