rewatching raimi's spider-man 2 and what's killing me about these movies is just how laser-focused they are on class dynamics. 14 minutes in aunt may starts crying because she gave peter 20 bucks for his birthday and he tried to turn it away and she's ashamed she can't afford to do better by him
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Street level characters would definitely be a good way to go.
What *does* MJ bring to Peter's life? It'd help if Toby and Kristen had some on screen cheimstry but they don't. The Amazing Spider-man movies were a mess but they nailed that.
Killing Gwen Stacy just because she died in the comic killed that run of Spider-man too
Dang, man, it's so good. That quiet heartache, it's so good.
I have zero interest in Spiderman and Iron Man being in the same universe, and negative interest in Spiderman getting money from Iron Man.
The bosses are supposed to be the BAD guys.
It’s never discussed.
That being said I still hate FFH more because it's just Homecoming 2, but they make up contrived bullshit to make half the plot and the sequel happen
THAT is how powerful money is in the MCU.
Warps reality.
He gets evicted, has to break in to get his stuff back, and has to live at the Shelter with May.
So they kept up with the times.
I worry they’ll force some Doomsday plot tie-in, but it should at least start grittier than the earlier Tom Holland ones ever got.
https://www.youtube.com/@letstalkaboutstuff
Could be misremembering, it's been years.
It’s a very useful device for plot complications and to underline the lead character’s altruism
The Raimi Spider-Man’s and the Daredevil tv show do it well
The X-Men Evolution show also had a secret identity format that served it well
I'm curious, what do you mean by it mattering with Iron Man? I'll admit to being unfamiliar with Tony's publication history.
Secret IDs in general provide story engines & most of the time nothing is really gained by removing them
In the 80s Tony dated Wasp and she didn’t know he was Iron Man
He later went public
Thor also had a secret identity as Don Blake, Cap had a secret ID as Steve Rogers, etc