The Amazing Spider-Man Which Characters To Use

[DACMAN]

Which characters do you want to see from the comics do you want to see used this time? Mine are Peter's parents and Jean DeWolf. I have a couple of buddies that aren't big Spider-Man fans but have seen all three films at one time or another. And not one of them knew Peter was raised by his aunt and uncle. They really thought that Aunt May was his mother in the movie and Uncle Ben his father. Given it has been years and years since they saw it in theaters but I guess we take for granted how much we know about the characters. I think they need to better establish his aunt and uncle as his aunt and uncle. I would actually love to see the movie open with Peter's parents dropping him off at his aunt and uncle's place. Let's start at the very beginning like Batman Begins.

And Jean DeWolf is such a great character, plus I'd love to see the movies take a bit more street level approach.

What about you guys?

 

[Spider-Kid]

Which characters do you want to see from the comics do you want to see used this time? Mine are Peter's parents and Jean DeWolf. I have a couple of buddies that aren't big Spider-Man fans but have seen all three films at one time or another. And not one of them knew Peter was raised by his aunt and uncle. They really thought that Aunt May was his mother in the movie and Uncle Ben his father. Given it has been years and years since they saw it in theaters but I guess we take for granted how much we know about the characters. I think they need to better establish his aunt and uncle as his aunt and uncle. I would actually love to see the movie open with Peter's parents dropping him off at his aunt and uncle's place. Let's start at the very beginning like Batman Begins.

And Jean DeWolf is such a great character, plus I'd love to see the movies take a bit more street level approach.

What about you guys?

Sounds great. But Peter's parents are dead.

 

[That person]

Sounds great. But Peter's parents are dead.

I presumed he meant when Peter was a child. Either way, I don't think it's needed. If he calls them "Aunt" and "Uncle", people will get the picture. If you want more background on his parents, make it relavent to the story.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

well they definitely have to add some villain cameos, like show Norman Osborn, dr. Connors and maybe dr. Octavius

 

[TheWallCrawler]

well they definitely have to add some villain cameos, like show Norman Osborn, dr. Connors and maybe dr. Octavius

 

[DACMAN]

Sounds great. But Peter's parents are dead.

I'm talking about showing Peter getting left with Ben and May for the first time. Peter would be 5 or so. In three movies we've never even heard about his folks. This is a reboot so I say start at the very, very beginning like all good reboots do. Show the audience what happened to them. Peter will be immediately sympathetic.

 

[LightningFlash]

Why would Peter's parents drop Peter off at Aunt May and Uncle Ben's house? Did they know they were going to die? Lol.

I would want...Peter Parker(obviously), Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacy, May and Ben, Captain Stacy, Jean DeWolf, Stanley Carter, J. Jonah Jameson and Robbie. Maybe have the other people in Peter's school(like in TSSM), but not a huge issue if they're not included.

Cameos by Norman Osborn, Otto Octavius and Adrian Toomes(all working for OsCorp). And I'm not saying Dr. Connors, just in case Lizard is indeed the villain.

Characters such as MJ and Betty Brant should be used in a sequel; Gwen should be the main female character in the first installment.

But I definitely want a police feel in this version. It seemed like the cops didn't do crap in Raimi's films, and they should be used as much as they were in BB and TDK. That's one thing I never understand with films having superheroes in them, they always showcase the cops as weaklings and they can't do anything. Sure, the villain could easily kill you, but man up and do something, don't just talk through your horn and wait for Spidey to save the day.

 

[DACMAN]

Why would Peter's parents drop Peter off at Aunt May and Uncle Ben's house? Did they know they were going to die? Lol.

No. Because it is against the law to leave your five year old son at home unattended when you leave the country on a buisness trip even if you're both CIA agents. I take it you've never read the comics.

But I definitely want a police feel in this version. It seemed like the cops didn't do crap in Raimi's films, and they should be used as much as they were in BB and TDK. That's one thing I never understand with films having superheroes in them, they always showcase the cops as weaklings and they can't do anything. Sure, the villain could easily kill you, but man up and do something, don't just talk through your horn and wait for Spidey to save the day.

A more street-level-cop feel for this one would be great. Although the cops did do somethings in the Raimi trilogy. Remember Peter was actually following the cops in order to get to his uncle's killer. They also went after the Goblin in SM1 and got clobbered. They told Doc Ock to put his arms up and then they got clobbered. They also went after the Sandman multiple times in 3. Not to mention the tv news broadcast we saw of them going after Venom and Sandman. Most of his villains are way out of the cops league, but I think they could make it street level and still make it work.

 

[Jostru]

Main:
Peter Parker, Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacy, Aunt May, Uncle Ben, J. Jonah Jameson, Robbie, Betty Brant, Anna Watson (MJ's aunt), Flash, Liz Allan, Doc. Connors, Norman Osborn, Otto Octavius.

 

[DACMAN]

 

[LightningFlash]

No. Because it is against the law to leave your five year old son at home unattended when you leave the country on a buisness trip even if you're both CIA agents. I take it you've never read the comics.

After Spider-Man 3, I don't want coincidences, and Peter's parents leaving Aunt May and Uncle Ben before they leave(to die) will feel like one.

I'd rather have Peter's parents leaving Peter with a babysitter, and that's when they died, so in other words, I wouldn't really care to see his parents, unless we get some flashbacks, but that's only if the parents knew a villain, possible Osborn, or, and this is a BIG or, if we are introduced to Eddie Brock and we find the parents connection through that way(and I definitely do not want to see Brock nor do I want to see Sony mess up Venom once more. So my next best suggestion is Osborn. Perhaps OsCorp had a contract for the CIA?).

A more street-level-cop feel for this one would be great. Although the cops did do somethings in the Raimi trilogy. Remember Peter was actually following the cops in order to get to his uncle's killer. They also went after the Goblin in SM1 and got clobbered. They told Doc Ock to put his arms up and then they got clobbered. They also went after the Sandman multiple times in 3. Not to mention the tv news broadcast we saw of them going after Venom and Sandman. Most of his villains are way out of the cops league, but I think they could make it street level and still make it work.

I should have given more detail to what I mean. What I meant was, I didn't want random cops to get knocked down and et cetera, I wanted a known cop in the universe to help Spidey out, to get his men and himself right in the middle of a situation with a villain and not back down. Batman had Gordon, but Spider-Man has more allies wearing the blue, and I want to see that. Gordon isn't the only brave cop out there, we've got Stacy, DeWolf, hell, even Stanley Carter can get a swing(before he becomes a madman).

We definitely need a name for a face of a police officer in this reboot, perhaps even two or three. And with a certain cop's death(Stacy), it would definitely be nice to see that add more fuel for Peter being the hero he is. And also give a dynamic for Peter wanting to protect Gwen even more, and if we're lucky, we could see both Stacys dying in this reboot series, which, more than likely won't happen, but it'll be cool just because deaths will only make a hero move further in his bid to rid their city of evil.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

No. Because it is against the law to leave your five year old son at home unattended when you leave the country on a buisness trip even if you're both CIA agents. I take it you've never read the comics.

A more street-level-cop feel for this one would be great. Although the cops did do somethings in the Raimi trilogy. Remember Peter was actually following the cops in order to get to his uncle's killer. They also went after the Goblin in SM1 and got clobbered. They told Doc Ock to put his arms up and then they got clobbered. They also went after the Sandman multiple times in 3. Not to mention the tv news broadcast we saw of them going after Venom and Sandman. Most of his villains are way out of the cops league, but I think they could make it street level and still make it work.

well what if there's a scene with shocker where cops are trying to take him down? He's not too much out of the cops league. And I would just love if they would have like a street gangsta look on shocker, he would have like a bandana and jeans. Thou the jacket would be a part of the "shocker suit".

 

[Ajendo]

Um May and Ben are considerably older than Richard and Mary, they have nothing but time on their hands and it's more than common to leave an infant with a close relative(s) for a variety of reasons, so I for one think it's not an issue to have Peter's parents (should they appear in a movie) drop peter off at his aunt and uncle's place. Coincidence isn't even a factor in this regard.

 

[Rodrigo90]

I feel its important to make May and Ben younger. Show more of their fun and youthful side,that influences Peter's behaviour. A hippy(ish) Uncle Ben who is fun to be around,and teaches Peter natural,cheeky tricks and jokes.

You make them old fashioned,you get a Tobey Maguire Peter again.

 

[El Payaso]

After Spider-Man 3, I don't want coincidences, and Peter's parents leaving Aunt May and Uncle Ben before they leave(to die) will feel like one.

How is that a coincidence? It coincides with what exactly?

 

[chaseter]

After Spider-Man 3, I don't want coincidences, and Peter's parents leaving Aunt May and Uncle Ben before they leave(to die) will feel like one.

WTF!?

There are more coincidences in the comics than 20 Raimi movies could ever come up with. Was that a serious statement?

HAHA a comic book movie without coincidences. That would be 2 hours of Spider-Man trying to get to the crime scene on time and getting there too late because he was never in the vicinity.

 

[DACMAN]

Not really. In the comics Peter wasn't there when Doc Ock became Doc Ock. In the comics Eddie didn't go to the church for days after Peter got the symbiot off himself. Raimi made it not only the same time, but the reason he was there was to pray for Peter's death. Or the second Peter finds out his real uncle's killer is Marco, he gets superpowers...right

I like Raimi's movies mostly. But they were the most coincidence filled movies ever.

And in the comics he uses his spider-sense, not a police skanner.

 

[chaseter]

Riiiight. Kinda like how Doc Ock marries Aunt May, Peter's dad and Eddie's dad create the symbiote and Peter and Eddie are friends and Eddie then becomes Venom who hates Spider-Man, the symbiote in 616 is found by JJJ's son who is Peter's boss, the Lizard is Doc Connors who is Peter's professor, how Norman Osbourne's compound 'Oz' is in the spider that bites Peter Parker which then makes him Spider-Man, Otto and Norman work together in Ultimate, how Peter is always able to get to a crime in progress in a city as huge as NY, Scorpion is created by JJJ who is Peter's boss, how a plethora of super villains are created in accidents in NYC, how Peter gets a job as a photographer because of his pictures of Spider-Man when he is in fact Spider-Man....I could go on and on.

The comics are filled with coincidence and convenience. It's not like Raimi did something new and terrible. Yes it did get out of hand and made portions of the plot ridiculous like with Sandman being Ben's killer but Peter being at the bank when Doc Ock is robbing it, Peter being at the World Unity Festival when GG makes his public debut, Peter being at the experiment that causes Otto to become Ock did not make those movies bad.

You are living in a fantasy world if you think the comics aren't filled with that and that they won't use coincidences in future Spidey movies.

 

[Rodrigo90]

The biggest coincidences I hate was Peter and MJ in the park,then the symbiote conveniently drops down. Aunt May getting grabbed out of a massive crowd by Ock. Other things, I dont have problems with.

The biggest coincidence was Uncle Ben's killing,but that was acceptable,in every interpretation of how they do it.

Peter was invited to the grand unveiling of Ock's invention,that wasnt a far fetched coincidence.

MJ being THE ONLY ONE FALLING FROM THE BALCONY...but that was because of where she stood.

Some coincidences are necessary and some arent,but they ARE needed for plot device.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Agreed. Yeah, the symbiote just happening to be there was a stretch. Some are acceptable because of plot, but some are just contrived.

SM3 just had too much stuff so all these contrivancies were born out of it. I doubt Sandman would have been Uncle Ben's killer in the original script, but there is no solid evidence of it. (Does anyone know what specifically happened in the original SM3 plot?) That provided fuel for the symbiote which was also brought in later so they used that for an angle.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Yeah. Spider-Man 3 had some of the biggest convenient coincidences,which were necessary to the story,but that was all just down to bad writing,IMO.

Uncle Ben's killer conveniently becoming Sandman.
The symbiote dropping right of the sky and right next to Peter and MJ.
Harry stupidly banging his head and conveniently getting anmesia.

Eddie going into church and having the symbiote attach itself onto him,worked in a way...As the church was nearby him and Peter,and it was used pretty effectively for the both of them.

 

[DACMAN]

The church one bugged me the most. Like they happened to be there at the exact same time? Same church at the exact same time, at just the right moment that he could see who Spider-Man was and get the symbiote all over himself (they should have done it like in the comics, he goes to the church a few days later). That and the Sandman being Uncle Ben's killer. The moment Peter finds out Flint actually killed his uncle is the exact same moment he gets superpowers...ok...

Harry hitting his head didn't bother me at all. They were fighting and he got his head hit. If he hit his head right after finding out who Spider-Man was then maybe. But it was like months later and it was because they were fighting. Plus they use memory lose plot devices all the time in the comics. I felt Harry and Peter's relationship was never really explored in 1 and 2 enough. Having him loose his memory helped that.

And the one thing that bugs me about MJ getting attacked all the time is that no one has put it together yet? When she was captured in three and up in the taxi they said she was "Mary Jane Watson. Briefly seen on a Broadway stint" Or something to that effect. Shouldn't it have been "Mary Jane Watson. The same girl Spider-Man saved in Time Square two years ago, and on the queensboro bridge a few days later. Then again from Doctor Octopus in the event that almost destroyed the entire city, and now again..." At this point you'd think people would start to put something together.

 

[Mr. Fixit]

And the one thing that bugs me about MJ getting attacked all the time is that no one has put it together yet? When she was captured in three and up in the taxi they said she was "Mary Jane Watson. Briefly seen on a Broadway stint" Or something to that effect. Shouldn't it have been "Mary Jane Watson. The same girl Spider-Man saved in Time Square two years ago, and on the queensboro bridge a few days later. Then again from Doctor Octopus in the event that almost destroyed the entire city, and now again..." At this point you'd think people would start to put something together.

^^ LmAo! Excellent observation.

 

[Rodrigo90]

lMay Parker rescued by Spider-Man,aunt of our very own exclusive Spider-Man photographer,Peter Parker. Mary-Jane Watson rescued on several occasions by Spider-Man,fiancé of our very own exclusive Spider-Man photographer,Peter Parker. Mr. Parker was very saddened at the death of his best friend,the New Goblin,who aided Spider-Man in the rescue of Mary-Jane Watson. Flint Marko was charged with the murder of Ben Parker,uncle of our very own exclusive Spider-Man photographer,Peter Parker. LOL.

Tne of my biggest peeves is coincidences in movies,I complain a lot about them.

But wasnt it a coincidence that pipe that gave Harry anmesia was conveniently right there in front of him? I can sorta forgive it,because same pipes were behind him and Peter,so it didnt just conveniently appear out nowhere.

HOWEVER! it was still down to sloppy story writing.

 

[DACMAN]

There were pipes everywhere. You're being silly. The photographer one is a good point though.