Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 17:16:36 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Spiderman!
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

I'm sure that most of you have already seen it, but spoiler space for those
of you who haven't and don't want to know ahead of time (I haven't read
email, so it's quite possible this subject has been exhausted, if so, just
ignore me)

Spoiler space

Turn back now

I'm not joking

I LOVED it!

Except for the fact that the role of Gwen Stacy was played by Mary Jane
Watson, and they can't kill her off, it was perfect.  I figure they did
that on purpose for the people who had never heard of Spiderman until long
after Gwen's death.

They did a beautiful job of making the characters in the movie look like
the characters in the comic book.  You looked at Robbie Robinson and *knew*
he was Robbie Robinson, you didn't have to be told.  You looked at Aunt May
and Uncle Ben and they *looked* like Aunt May and Uncle Ben.  MJ's features
were perfect!  The width of her face and her dimples were *just* right.  It
was amazing!  I suspect that the actress isn't a natural redhead, but
phooey!  Who cares?  That's what hair die is for.

The spider that bit Peter was genetically modified to have all the traits
of all the spiders, so that explained how he was bitten by one spider and
'can do whatever a spider can', and instead of web shooters, the web was
something that he produces himself.  (I guess that was to avoid having to
explain how a HS student could be that much of a chemistry wiz.)

I don't remember the issue in which Norman Osborne became the Green Goblin,
so although I know he did it to himself, I'm not sure of the accuracy of
that scene.

The scene where he's holding MJ (Gwen) and the cable car and telling Peter
to choose was straight from the comic.  The only difference was that in the
comic Gwen died and in the movie Petey saved MJ.  Then he hunted Gobby down
and sure enough, the Gobblin was killed by his own glider *exactly* like I
remember it.  It was neat watching that scene and knowing just what was coming.

And at the end where Peter and MJ kiss and he tells her that all he can be
is a friend, when he walks away and MJ put her hand up to her lips in
startlement, it was clear that she'd just realized that Peter and Spidey
are the same person.

I can barely wait for the sequel.  Any bets that it will be the Lizard
that's the new villian?

Candy