WGTC Radio #5 – Discussing The Amazing Spider-Man

Nice podcast, pretty funny too actually haha. I thought he was an outsider in school more because he had this sort of wall up and this sense of distrust because of his parents’ abandonment. Which made him sort of socially awkward.
I hated his costume in all the pictures but on the big screen in 3D, it looked pretty sick, and I liked it more than the previous 3 movies’ costume. It was just colorful and vibrant. That said, I wouldn’t mind a slight redesign for the next one.
The point of the web shooters was that he made it and that he has a scientific mind.
I thought the point of his jokes was that it was mean spirited because he was angry and using those quips as a way to let it out because it came from a bad place.
Uncle Ben’s death was a bit clunky but it felt sadder because their relationship seemed tighter and more like a family. Aunt May was awesome….and cute.
I felt Spider-Man became Spider-Man at the end. Like he became the hero at the very end especially after Stacy dies and he gets the responsibility that he has and I think in the end when he’s swinging about for the final time there’s the sense that he’s doing it because he’s accepted that responsibility and not because he’s just searching for Uncle Ben’s killer. He accepts that this is his city to protect? that’s what I thought.
I thought the point of the post credits was to imply there was more with his parents. I just hope they never use that ‘he was injected as a baby’ story for the sequel. It better be cut for good.
Peter made a lot of stupid decisions but I thought it was realistic cause he was a teenager and he doesn’t know anything, he’s just figuring it out.
It seemed like every time Jonathan would bring something up and thought it was good but then Sean would say it bugged him and it’s like every single thing bugged Sean, and it was extremely funny cause it was like Jonathan was trying to come up with a scene they could agree was good and Sean shot it down each time. Lizard always talks to himself in the comics I feel like. But they should’ve made it where that as Curt Connors the human, he was good and didn’t mean to do anything bad but was controlled to. But it was still good.
The crane scene. was friggin’ epic man. I thought it was just a way for him to connect with NY and the middle class and they were just making the swinging easier for him, not the only way for him to get to Oscorp, but an easier way. Although someone pointed out that if the helicopter was going to help him, they might as well let him swing on the helicopter. But still.
The Lizard’s family was cast but I guess didn’t make the final cut.
I loved the music. It was brilliant.
Maybe the Lizard modified the machine so that it would shoot up like that?
In 10 years, no one’s going to remember what the trailers promised. Plus maybe it’s something that should be viewed as a trilogy. So we’ll see what happens in the sequels.
In the end I loved this movie, and I can’t wait for the next one, you guys did a spectacular job analyzing the hell out of it and I can’t believe I listened to the entire thing. 2 hours of my life gone.
Also, this is the greatest Paste Pot Pete scene in a comic book ever, from Dan Slott’s Spider-Man/Human Torch Mini-Series:
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