The Amazing Spider-Man (07/03/2012)

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by Slopho

ROM the Space Knight. It was a comic book. Man I'm old.

Oh, I remember ROM. I never read him, though. I have a deep-seated fear of anything space-related.

 

[Neo_Version 7]

When did this place become OldPeopleForum? Not even our comics are safe.

 

[javyn]

Let me sum up the last 11 pages for newcomers to this thread. "Spiderman blows".

 

[Neo_Version 7]

This Week's Cover: 'The Amazing Spider-Man' -- plus, our annual Comic-Con preview!

Spidey’s back! Well, almost. The Amazing Spider-Man doesn’t hit theaters for another year, but in anticipation of next week’s Comic-Con (July 21-24 in San Diego) we’ve got first looks at and inside scoops about the webslinger’s highly anticipated return — including interviews with stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone and with director Marc Webb. EW can also exclusively confirm that Rhys Ifans will be playing Doc Conners, who, in an experiment gone wrong, transforms into one of Spider-Man’s most formidable foes ever, the Lizard.

Four years after Spider-Man 3, starring Tobey Maguire, The Amazing Spider-Man promises to be a “more contemporary,” “more gritty,” and “more character-driven” look at the comic book hero. He’s a hero the 27-year-old Garfield knows well. Growing up, “I related to Peter Parker [Spidey’s alter ego] so much because I felt like someone else inside,” he says. “I loved the comic books and the animated TV series and I even dressed up as Spider-Man as a kid.”

Adds Webb: “Ultimately what this movie is about is a kid who grows up looking for his father and finds himself. And that’s a Spider-Man story we haven’t seen before.”

via EW​

Still kind of awkward (Katniss cover was better) but Andrew Garfield is growing on me.

 

[acidboy]

whats with the cheap wolverine hairdo?

 

[origenesprit]



whats with the cheap wolverine hairdo?

Yeah that hair looks ******* terrible.

 

[Neo_Version 7]

Eyes are way too small I think....

More photos here.

 

[RFX45]

 

[DocHolliday]

Silver booties were real after all.

Costume looks terrible, like it was made from basketballs. Garfield looks closer to 35 than 15. Plus he has old-man hands in the closeup pic.

The web shooters are kinda cool but the rest looks pretty feeble. Stale 'n' musty. The pic of Spidey crouching looks like it was taken behind a prop wall on a 1970s TV production.

 

[Neo_Version 7]

My favourite picture is the one where he is hanging upside down in the metro -- note he is not wearing the costume. :\

Emma Stone is wrong for so many reasons.

 

[RFX45]

Better pic of the web shooters.

The Lizard! Can't wait to see how they made him look int he film.

And Stone as Stacy actually looks pretty good.

 

[Rambo]

who is that playing the lizard?

 

[RFX45]

Rhys Ifans

 

[L.R.]



Silver booties were real after all.

Costume looks terrible, like it was made from basketballs. Garfield looks closer to 35 than 15. Plus he has old-man hands in the closeup pic.

The web shooters are kinda cool but the rest looks pretty feeble. Stale 'n' musty. The pic of Spidey crouching looks like it was taken behind a prop wall on a 1970s TV production.

Booties/Costume look ok to me. Not great, but I'm glad they took it in a different direction rather than simply copying the previous trilogy. (It's still absurd they're starting over.)

Web shooters are very nice, and I'll agree on the 70's TV feel on a shot or two.


I don't like the actors face/hair. He doesn't look like Peter Parker.

 

[RFX45]

To be fair it is supposed to be Ultimate Spider-Man and Garfield looks ok, not perfect, as Ultimates Peter Parker.