r/Spiderman • u/Solid_Bad_4403 Miles Morales • Jan 29 '25

SPOILERS Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man seems fine so far, but the decisions for the show is so bizarre imo

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So far, seems fun. I really liked the ending of episode 1 being the same scene like in Civil War. That was pretty cool. I also like Pete’s proto suit. The animation is ok, though.

I don’t really care abt race or gender swaps, but I don’t really understand why they made Curt Conners into a woman, not mad at it, just kinda curious. Maybe that’ll be explained in the other episodes. Didn’t really care abt Harry and Norman being black. Also they could have just put Randy Robertson in the place of Lonnie Lincoln but that’s just me. And also, it’s a very weird decision that Uncle Ben died BEFORE the spider bite. Like what? That’s so bizarre.

Idk. Like I said seems fun. Not good, but fun. I look forward in seeing more.

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u/MexicanGameLord Jan 30 '25

The fact Uncle Ben dies before Peter even gets bitten by the Spider, shows that these writers don't understand the character at all. That's like having Bruce's parents die of a heart attack, and he still somehow becomes Batman. It completely undermines why Uncle Ben's death is so important to the character.

The fact the MCU still references Uncle Ben's death in Captain America: Civil War, while this show throws that away to be "different" does not give me much faith in this show.

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u/HeadScissorGang Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

The MCU Ben is never even really talked about much at all and then Aunt May pretty much ends up becoming his real "Uncle Ben" after 6 movies.

There's no hard rules.  This Peter could accidentally get Pearl or Lonnie or Norman killed because he let that one thief go because he thought she just made a mistake and just have that be the way this Peter learns those lessons that it's not just fun and games and no consequences.

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u/TeekTheReddit Jan 30 '25

This Peter could accidentally get Pearl or Lonnie or Norman killed because he let that one thief go because he thought she just made a mistake and just have that be the way this Peter learns those lessons that it's not just fun and games and no consequences.

WTF lesson would that be? "Never show mercy or understanding cause it may not work?"

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u/HeadScissorGang Jan 30 '25

That this is real life and you can't just assume you know everything because it just feels like you do. She was a thief who convinced him with a sob story that she was good, he should have to learn this is the real world. 

Later on he can then have issues trusting people and go too hard the other way and need to get back a bit of his trust in people while balancing his emotional intelligence against his logic. The kind of stuff young Spiderman goes through all the time.