Who would of
thought that a controversial film released by Seth Rogan and James Franco would
start a chain reaction that would give us our most exciting piece of Spider-Man
news since the train wreck that was Amazing Spider-Man 2. Yes, those North
Korean hackers are wrong to do illegal hacky things to Sony but how much can we
really complain when we were given the knowledge that Spider-Man COULD join the
Marvel cinematic universe?
If I’m going
to be blunt about Sony’s multiple takes on Spider-Man then I would say that
they have only delivered one great movie out of 5 attempts – Sam Raimi’s
Spider-Man 2 was a true showcase of how to do our favourite web head. If there
is one company that I would completely trust to take Spider-Man forward in the
right way, it would be Marvel (they could make a good video game movie for
Christ sake) but does their icon appropriately fit into their interlocking
universe?
The logical
entry point for the wall-crawler is Captain America: Civil War, with Spider-Man
playing a huge role in that comic book storyline but how would this translate
on to the big screen. The comic book dealt with superheroes and their secret
identities, with Peter Parker removing his mask to the world in support of Iron
Man, but that doesn’t fit into Marvel Cinematic Universe seen, as there are no
secret identities. If the storyline is boiled down to just superhero
registration then how does Spider-Man fit into this film without coming off as
forced and gimmicky?
And for that
matter, if Marvel were to retain creative rights for Spider-Man, what would
that mean for the lesser-known characters of this universe? If Marvel had
rights to Spider-Man from the beginning, would we have films like Guardians of
the Galaxy with Marvel not needing to reach into their deep lore for movie
inspiration? How many more great, risk-taking movies could we be denied if
Spider-Man returned home?
To be
honest, I’m just playing devil’s advocate, and the notion of Spider-Man making
an appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes me all kind of ‘I need a
new pair of pants’ excited. Don’t fuck this up for me Sony, do the correct thing
and give Marvel the rights because I swear to god, we are done if you make that
Aunt May solo film.
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