Is putting Spider-Man in the MCU necessary?
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RyanOReily23 — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 09:36 AM)
It was a serious question. How old are you exactly? I'm 28 years old and I have been Spider-Man fan all my life; I've been collecting comics since I was a little kid and I've seen every movie, every cartoon, and know the character's entire history up to about 2007 or so. And I never said it wasn't cool or that I didn't like that he's in the MCU, I asked based on Spider-Man's character history if it was actually necessary.
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Verdugo85 — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 09:40 AM)
Its wasnt necessary but why wouldnt Marvel Studios want Spidey? Why would they refuse an appealing deal with Sony? And who wouldnt want Spidey to be in the MCU teaming up with the other Marvel characters?
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haxemon — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 12:40 PM)
I firmly support the idea that Spider-Man should be a loner for the most part.
However, I will point out that in the comics all the heroes (and 10x more) from the MCU exist. So having him in the MCU rather than some sort of solo universe won't hurt in any way their ability to tell proper Spider-Man stories.
I don't want him to ever be an Avenger in the films but I would love it if he had the odd team-up.
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Stevpies — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 05:48 PM)
OF course its not necessary considering that they manages to make 12 movies withouthim prior. Adding him is just an added bonus.
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Xaeden — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 08:21 PM)
You know, he either turned down membership or his membership fell through for decades before he was ever made an Avenger in the comics. Whole groups of people, therefore, know Spider-man only as an occasional ally to the Avengers with the idea of him becoming a member being a running joke (which, actually, is his status in the movies at the moment).
He first gained membership in the 1990s, I think, and only became a staple in the 2000s so if you know him as an Avenger it's because of that era in comics. So, yeah, he is an Avenger or he's not depending on what era you're a fan of. Not saying either is better or worse, just pointing out you may be talking to people who are in the first group. -
AndrewGS — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 08:30 AM)
In my opinion the only other Marvel superheroes Spider-Man works really well with are Daredevil and the Fantastic Four and even then recurringly so I'm not enthused that the MCU does seem to be and may increasingly be crossover-centric. Tony Stark especially seems like a character Spider-Man wouldn't necessarily like or get a lot of mentoring from.
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Joel_S — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 10:50 AM)
The OP makes valid points about Spidey being primarily a solo hero. Some people here are being way too childish and harsh with their comments.
Now personally I can roll with the MCU Spidey and his having a mentor in Tony Stark, but I totally understand what the OP is saying.
It is a bit of hypocrisy from fanboys who want everything "comic accurate!", i.e. Spidey has to always make mile a minute jokes "just like in the comics", Spidey must have mechanical webshooters "just like in the comics".
But when they change things up and do some alternate or ultimate version of Spidey that is NOT accurate to the original Steve Ditko/Stan Lee versions, like a significantly younger Aunt May and a mentor figure in Tony Stark/Iron Manthen these same fanboys have no issue with it. -
ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 03:53 PM)
It isn't necessary but it it at least puts an end to some of the bitching and speculation as to of if Spider-Man is going to be apart of the official MCU.
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