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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
The first Spider-Man: Far from Home details were revealed
and it sounds not like what people were expecting.
It sounds like at least initially, Mysterio is recruited by Nick Fury and is Spider-Man's ally, and they're fighting a group of elemental creatures. Tom Holland says the relationship between Spider-Man and Mysterio is a really important part of the movie.
Here's the convention panel with Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal
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And here's Spider-Man's stealth suit
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Edited by comicwriter on Dec 8th 2018 at 1:26:10 AM
Mysterio was a former special effects artist and stuntman who basically decided that he could use his skills from the film industry to pursue a life of crime. He's basically an old fashioned magician who uses holograms, robots, hypnotism, and misdirection to pull a fast one over Spidey.
Some versions like the 90's animated series gave him an excuse to hate Spider-Man, like that he stopped him after one his stunts nearly took the lives of several people. It could be interesting if the film went with the idea that he was a practical stuntman who couldn't find work after most Hollywood films went digital. But yeah, Mysterio flip-flops from being a complete joke, to a vicious sociopath depending on the writer.
Oh yeah Mysterio is totally going to betray Peter. Not even a question. The real question will be if he was planning to betray him from the beginning or if it's the result of something that happens in the movie.
This song needs more love.Random Thought Time: Spider-Man Noir animated adaptation by the guys who made Castlevania (2017). What do you guys think?
If nothing else, the character already has some level of exposure thanks to the recent Into The Spiderverse (Which I haven't watched yet), so it has a higher chance to exist if he makes enough social media buzz, which is what led Netflix to make a (horrible) Punisher solo series, and I doubt the Disney streaming platform will work any differently.
I could debate that point, but I won't, all my rage has already been used up and now all that is left is the cold void of despair that comes with the realization we'll never get a Mama Gnucci or Barracuda on the screen, and shall merely drown in the mediocre cliche that'll be Micro having his family kidnapped by Jigsaw and him having no choice but having to rely on Frank and yadda yadda yadda.
About the line....no, half of the avenger are missing and the spirit was broken after the whole Civil war tantrum, saying now feel...cheap.
And about AOU....no, it is really a bad movie, not only is confusing and prentious it prettm much solidifies of what many consider Marvel usual cliches: not taken itself seriously, bad villian, use of Snarky humor and breaking the mood, etc.
In fac you can see the wheedon view of marvel and the russo kinda REALLY clash at times.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"For example: all of the issues that Tony deals with in Civil War first arose in Age of Ultron — from his obsessive need to protect everybody to his insistence that his way is right. And Steve's issues are apparent in both AOU and CW, too — AOU, really, is the first film to tackle the fact that Steve apparently doesn't know who he is without a war. The scene in the farm where Tony's chopping wood is essentially just a preview for Civil War.

There are places where a writers can try to diversify a bit and write something outside of his confort zone, but a multi-million dollar production was very much not the place.
So while I respect his effort to try and do something different ('cause Heaven knows all of his works are basically reskins of one another at this point), I have none for the (lack of) wisdom behind it.
But who knows, maybe they'll prove me wrong. They certainly did enough to earn my faith at this point.