Hot of the who-didn’t-see-this-one-coming presses, word is out that the fourth installment of Fox’s Spider-man franchise is getting scrapped. Marvel is planning to start over from square one, this time without Fox’s involvement. Thank whatever cosmic entity you worship that we’ll all be spared another moment like this one:
Check It Out – Spiderman Franchise Get’s a Reboot
Published: January 12, 2010Posted in: Check It Out!
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Michael Re is a freelance writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and story-telling has long been the proverbial monkey on his back. For the last few years, he’s worked as a critic of comics, film, and television, all the while toiling away at his own creative pursuits in an effort to always put his money where his mouth is. His most noteworthy accomplishments are as a song-writer, having co-written and performed on nearly a dozen records. He also watches entirely too much television, and is very glad for an opportunity to justify doing so.
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To be honest I enjoyed that scene just by the sheer ridiculousness of it… but maybe that’s just because Mary Jane got smacked in the face by the end of it. That movie had a ton of problems, but one of the biggest ones for me was just how much of a bitch MJ was for no real reason. I never really liked the character, but when she acted like that I sure as Hell couldn’t get behind Peter when he started trying to fight to save her or whatever.
I’m glad to see Raimi finally fighting back on the executive meddling. From my understanding the third movie was actually envisioned as two separate movies, which would have been great, I think. But jamming them together just made it into such a jumbled mess.