Update on Spidey

So if you're anything like me you probably have already heard the news about the casting for the new Spiderman movie, which was announced a few weeks ago and to everyone's dismay (including myself) Tom Holland was chosen. Not that I have anything against Holland himself, I'm just disappointed that he was chosen to play Peter Parker/Spiderman, meaning no Miles Morales/Spiderman story. Holland who is 19 years old seems to give an idea on how the franchise may be going, as it seems that this time around it will be starting at the beginning of Peter's High School experience. One of my biggest issues I have with this decision is the fact that Miles Morales was announced to be the official new Spiderman mere weeks before. Another issue I have with the continuation of the Peter Parker story is that everyone already knows it, and as I said before in my last Spiderman post I'm really not interested in seeing the same story for a third time! To be honest I feel like the movie is going to be geared towards a younger audience, seeing as Holland is 19 and each time they do a reboot of the Spiderman movies the Peter they chose gets younger. The story of Peter Parker is also not as relevant as it was when it was originally written. The character of Peter Parker was suppose to be an outcast, a nerd, a loser and a bit of a loner. However people with the "Peter Parker" nerd esthetic are no longer outcasts or losers, they are the guys the girls want to date, instead of looking the other way. I just feel that these guys are now the cool guys, and it's just not how it use to be when the story was created. Therefore, now would be the perfect opportunity for a change, it's time for Miles Morales.

-leelou

Thoughts on Spiderman

Lately there has been a lot of talk about Spiderman, a topic that I myself am quite fond of. A few months back there was talk about ending the Spiderman movie reboot with Andrew Garfield and taking it in the direction with alternate universe Miles Morales who appears in the monthly series "Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man" and first appeared in Ultimate Fallout #4 in August 2011 following the death of Peter Parker (No worries in other universes Peter Parker is alive and well.) Miles Morales is of African American and Latin descent, drawing on inspiration from U.S President Barack Obama and American actor Donald Glover. Back in 2010 Donald Glove became the online face of Miles Morales after fans saw him wearing a Spiderman costume on TV and began tweeting "#donald4spiderman." At first when I heard about all of this, I thought it would be hard to imagine seeing anyone else other than Peter Parker as Spiderman, but I think that if a third reboot were to happen Miles Morales could bring something new and exciting that the franchise hasn't had before. Plus, who really wants to see the origin story of Peter Parker Spiderman any way? We all know that story. I'm pretty interested in seeing the story of Miles Morales, something we haven't seen before. The whole point of Spiderman is to imagine him any way you want, so why not have a Spiderman that is not a nerdy caucasian male. Although this new direction sounds promising, I have also read some snippets about starting Spiderman again but with another nerdy caucasian male and significantly younger than Andrew Garfield (Example A, Example B.) When I read this I was pretty mad and to be honest I hope it's not true. I don't see the point in starting all over again with a new Peter Park/Spiderman to essentially tell the exact same story for a third time! If Andrew Garfield is no longer going to be the face of Spiderman then why not take it a new direction. To be honest I would be pretty mad to see another nerdy caucasian male Spiderman when the choice is there to have Miles Morales. I say either continue with Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spiderman or start something new with Miles Morales/Spiderman!

-leelou