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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I'm actually being serious. I put the laugh emoticon because I keep bringing it up, but I really want to see it happen.
Macguire was nothing like 60s comic Peter.
60s comic Peter was an angry jerk not infrequently.
edited 15th Feb '15 5:56:48 PM by Bocaj
Forever liveblogging the Avengers
x 5: Yeah, a Daily Bugle TV show would be great . . .
But I'm still pretty bitter that they haven't done a Damage Control show yet. Seriously, the aftermath of The Avengers was the perfect place to start it up.
Oh, well. Maybe after Age of Ultron, perhaps.
"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's DictionaryI like how immature Peter was at the start. Picking fights with JJJ and such. It allowed a line of character development of him wizing up on how to conduct himself as a superhero outside of just fights.
Thing I like most about Spider-man is that he's had to learn first hand everything he knows, but he's been at it so long he's now rivalling super spies in expertise in the field. TASM films made effort to show this beginning as well, which is another reason I was so fond of them.
Ordinarily I'd agree but Jameson is a relatively minor character that only exists for comedic relief and Simmons was such a good actor that I'd make an exception.
If they don't cast him then part of me wants them to go with a black actor just to piss people off. Not sure who they'd pick though. I can't immediately think of any that have had roles like Jameson.
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^ Bet you a black JJJ would get a bunch of idiots complaining about something like "They're just copying from Man of Steel".
I disagree that he's a minor character. At least in the Spider-Man media I'm familiar with (the John Romita era of the comics, the '90s animated series, the Ed Asner animated series, the Raimi films) he's played as important a role as Peter's friends, or Aunt May.
As for a black actor, Laurence Fishburne. Just because I'd find it amusing for him to basically be playing the same character in both the Marvel and DC movies. :P
Yeah, of all the criticisms of the ASM movies, I never got the people who complained about the fact that Peter skateboards and doesn't wear sweater vests. They claimed it missed the point that he's supposed to be a nerd and outcast but trust me, the whole T-shirts and skateboard look was the look a lot of the stoners and outcasts at my school used to wears.
There's also the fact that nerd culture is completely different than it was in the 1960's.

Anyway, I know this is from a couple pages ago, but:
Just remembered: Ambush Bug.
edited 15th Feb '15 5:44:30 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!