The New Spider-Man: Amazing, Grittier and – Sellable?
July 26th 2011 04:45
Uh, oh. Better clean up your act, Spidey. You wouldn't want to get caught by paparazzi in this position!
What are you up to, Spidey?
To be sure, this isn’t the first time a super hero franchise was rebooted after only a short interval. There’s the upcoming Superman reboot, which, when it is released in 2012, will be released six years after the last movie of the previous cycle, Superman Returns. And, of course, there’s also Batman Begins, which is a reboot movie released eight years after Batman & Robin.
So, the question has to be asked: is rebooting Spider-Man a good idea at this time?
Why so glum Spider-Man?
A reboot of Spider-Man, on the other hand, might not work so well, particularly since the latest Spider-Man movies still feel cutting edge when viewed. Another is that the Spider-Man canon may be contemporary, but it isn’t gritty, and making it such might be a disjunct of the Spider-Man that people have become familiar with; Spidey is Spidey, after all, and not the Dark Knight or The Punisher.
A third is demographics. The new movie might appeal to teenagers and young adults, but let’s face it; most of those who have seen the previous Spider-Man movies are still teenagers and young adults. Would they want to see the same story told all over again, the story of a character whose origin story they already know of and which is still fresh in their minds?
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