Monday, November 22, 2004
10:42 by FoxTwo Ok just watched Spiderman 2. Yeah yeah I'm late, so sue me. The great thing about modern day technology is - if you missed it in the cinema the first time around, you can catch it again later on DVD. So I did that.
So anyway, there's a couple of things that bug me (no pun intended) about Spiderman 2. Now, I'm what modern teenagers would call a "Golden Age Comics" guy. I read comics in the late 60's and early 70's. The Superman I knew, for example, breaks the time barrier on a regular basis, he flies into outerspace all the time, and nothing, not even a nuclear bomb can hurt him.
Modern Superman, by contrast, is "weaker". He can only survive in outerspace for 20 mins at most. Nothing except a nuclear bomb has a chance of hurting him. His parents are still alive when Clark is SUPERMAN. He flies nowhere remotely near the speed of light to break the time barrier.
That said, the Spiderman I knew in the comics and the Spiderman I see in the movies are like 2 different people. The Spiderman I knew, for example, does not produce his web "naturally". He is a brilliant scientist who makes a web fluid packed neatly into cartridges, and he made "web shooters" that strap to his wrists to shoot his web.
I do not know if it's still the case now, ie does he make his web fluid out of chemicals in his bedroom still. However if I base it on the movies that I have seen (Spiderman 1 and Spiderman 2), it's weird that his body generates the web.
Then there is the secret identity thing. As far as I knew, nobody knows Peter Parker = Spiderman. He told nobody. Nobody caught him changing. Now in Spiderman 2, suddenly 3 people know (excluding the extras on the train) or has seen his face. Spidey would probably never ever willingly remove his mask to a villian (The final scenes in the second movie, when talking to Doctor Octupus). He would also never ever let Mary Jane Watson know who he is. In the comics that I knew, Mary Jane always suspected Peter Parker was Spiderman but she had been unable to find proof of that.
Then there's that scene where Spidey was captured and brought to Harry Osborne in chains. When Harry, his "best friend" removed the mask and realised Peter Parker was Spiderman, he could have pretended not to be and pleaded with Harry about his "innocence" and he's not really Spiderman. That could put Harry Osborne at odds with Doctor Octupus and play the 2 off against each other, and still keep his secret identity.
But, that's just me, a Golden Age Comics person. During my day, a Super Hero was SUPER. He was nigh untouchable. These days, heroes are always in conflict, and are too "human". They have feelings and turmoil that they fight, issue after issue.
Yeah I miss the old days, where black and white are distinct and no shades of grey exists between Good and Evil.
Bleah.
10:42 by FoxTwo Ok just watched Spiderman 2. Yeah yeah I'm late, so sue me. The great thing about modern day technology is - if you missed it in the cinema the first time around, you can catch it again later on DVD. So I did that.
So anyway, there's a couple of things that bug me (no pun intended) about Spiderman 2. Now, I'm what modern teenagers would call a "Golden Age Comics" guy. I read comics in the late 60's and early 70's. The Superman I knew, for example, breaks the time barrier on a regular basis, he flies into outerspace all the time, and nothing, not even a nuclear bomb can hurt him.
Modern Superman, by contrast, is "weaker". He can only survive in outerspace for 20 mins at most. Nothing except a nuclear bomb has a chance of hurting him. His parents are still alive when Clark is SUPERMAN. He flies nowhere remotely near the speed of light to break the time barrier.
That said, the Spiderman I knew in the comics and the Spiderman I see in the movies are like 2 different people. The Spiderman I knew, for example, does not produce his web "naturally". He is a brilliant scientist who makes a web fluid packed neatly into cartridges, and he made "web shooters" that strap to his wrists to shoot his web.
I do not know if it's still the case now, ie does he make his web fluid out of chemicals in his bedroom still. However if I base it on the movies that I have seen (Spiderman 1 and Spiderman 2), it's weird that his body generates the web.
Then there is the secret identity thing. As far as I knew, nobody knows Peter Parker = Spiderman. He told nobody. Nobody caught him changing. Now in Spiderman 2, suddenly 3 people know (excluding the extras on the train) or has seen his face. Spidey would probably never ever willingly remove his mask to a villian (The final scenes in the second movie, when talking to Doctor Octupus). He would also never ever let Mary Jane Watson know who he is. In the comics that I knew, Mary Jane always suspected Peter Parker was Spiderman but she had been unable to find proof of that.
Then there's that scene where Spidey was captured and brought to Harry Osborne in chains. When Harry, his "best friend" removed the mask and realised Peter Parker was Spiderman, he could have pretended not to be and pleaded with Harry about his "innocence" and he's not really Spiderman. That could put Harry Osborne at odds with Doctor Octupus and play the 2 off against each other, and still keep his secret identity.
But, that's just me, a Golden Age Comics person. During my day, a Super Hero was SUPER. He was nigh untouchable. These days, heroes are always in conflict, and are too "human". They have feelings and turmoil that they fight, issue after issue.
Yeah I miss the old days, where black and white are distinct and no shades of grey exists between Good and Evil.
Bleah.
