Spiderman Homecoming trailer

JonJacob wrote: Yes, they could totally do away with origin stories if they wanted and I, personally, would be much more interested in the MCU if they did that. Even more I'd be more interested if they were self-contained stories treated like single trade paper backs... elseworlds, what if's... I don't much care if it adheres the characters we know from the books as long as it's a good story and much of the time I feel like the MCU is hampered by it's supposed continuity, fan service, and need to explain ever detail way too specifically. They need to let mystery happen, we don't need to know everything, we just think we need to.

Or maybe they could have a tv show handle all the exposition and just tell great stories with the movies. If not the SHIELD tv show, maybe a Tales of the Watcher show.

From the pages of All-Star Supeman #1:

I'm really tired of superhero disaster porn. I think that's why I've been much more into the TV shows for my superhero fix. Smaller budgets mean smaller stories. I'd dig a Spider-Man show where the climax is Peter punching a bank robber only to find out the guy needed medicine for his sick wife.

But everything now has to blow up all the time.

dysjunct wrote: I'm really tired of superhero disaster porn. I think that's why I've been much more into the TV shows for my superhero fix. Smaller budgets mean smaller stories. I'd dig a Spider-Man show where the climax is Peter punching a bank robber only to find out the guy needed medicine for his sick wife.

But everything now has to blow up all the time.

that's basically what raimi wanted with spiderman 3 using sandman. the conclusion to the Osborne saga woven in fine, still doable. however the forced inclusion of venom meant they had to add in all the emo parker stuff that had little to do with Osborne or sandman. made the film too convoluted.

JonJacob wrote:

Gregarius wrote: It seems like every issue of Daredevil (back in the day) had that one sentence narrative box along the lines of "Blinded by the radioactive chemicals that enhanced his other senses, Matt Murdock practices law by day and fights crime by night as... Daredevil!" Same kinda thing in every ish of Spidey.

It seems like every comic did that in the 80's. But the All Star Superman's opening page is honestly the same thing. It's simply this:

Doomed Planet. Desperate Scientists. Last Hope. Kindly Couple.

That's it. There is one picture to help with each set of two words. It's very much like what they did back in the older comics but it's only in the first issue.

Yeah, I've read All-Star Superman, and I think I'm the only person who didn't care for it. It's easy to use eight words to summarize a back-story when everyone already knows it. Besides, it doesn't tell you anything about who he is now. It needs another pair of words like "Good Samaritan" or "Super hero."

All-Night Batman: Doomed parents. Desperate criminal. Two shots. Determined vigilante.
All-Web Spider-Man: Radioactive spider. Awkward teenager. One bite. One regret.

For sure it's easy. That's the point. We can whip these origins out and, ideally, move into more interesting stories we're hopefully less familiar with.

Mr. White wrote: You know...already i feel left out because all the Tony stark and such. This film not going to be able to stand on its own? Too much interfilm connectivity in the MCU? Feels like I walked in on something.
(Haven't seen Civil War)

Just make sure you watch Ant-man first before Civil War! One moment totally FAILED to me thanks to this!

HOW MANY TIMES MUST UNCLE BEN DIE

No Mary Jane ? Fail.

Other than the third one, the Raimi movies were fine. I get the aging thing re: MacGuire, but its not like he's booked solid making blockbusters since then. Would it be wrong to show Spidey age a bit ?

HiveGod wrote: HOW MANY TIMES MUST UNCLE BEN DIE

At least as many times as the Waynes.

Speaking of the Waynes, anyone still watching Gotham ? I do - while it has slipped somewhat, the individual performances offset the overall weak story arcs the writers are building .

HiveGod wrote: HOW MANY TIMES MUST UNCLE BEN DIE

[BobDylan]The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.[/BobDylan]

HiveGod wrote: HOW MANY TIMES MUST UNCLE BEN DIE

But we HAVE to see it again! Otherwise, how could we ever remember that "With great power comes ... something-something." Shit! How did that go!??!

Joebot wrote:

HiveGod wrote: HOW MANY TIMES MUST UNCLE BEN DIE

But we HAVE to see it again! Otherwise, how could we ever remember that "With great power comes ... something-something." Shit! How did that go!??!

With great power comes the death of Uncle Ben.