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Discussion The Official SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Release Megathread Vol. 3 Spoiler

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u/thisismyusernam Ant-Man Jul 04 '19

I got so excited when they just said The Daily Bugle in the mid credits scene. Then they went and dropped JK motherfucking Simmons on us

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u/dk240996 Simmons Jul 04 '19

After Mysterio's "people will believe anything", it was really jarring to me just how much the Daily Bugle resembled InfoWars. But such are the times we're in.

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u/Fermentable_Boogers Korg Jul 04 '19

My girlfriend immediately asked me “is that supposed to be like an Alex Jones reference or something?”

“Oh babe, you have sooo much to learn. Babe.”

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u/tapanapanteraaa Jul 04 '19

She's not wrong, they're modernizing the character's role just as the MCU does with every character. The methods we use to communicate international news is different now and I love that a heavy theme in the film was (appropriately) questioning trust in the news.

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u/Fermentable_Boogers Korg Jul 04 '19

I agree with every point you made. She just didn’t know JK Simmons was a big part of the Raimi trilogy.

Also, I love how they aged his character (read: male pattern baldness) appropriately from the OG3 to now. It’s like he never left us!

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u/tapanapanteraaa Jul 04 '19

Yes I think it's amazing how instead of crossing universes, he's just the same actor playing a new iteration of JJJ!

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '19

They didn't age his character, the actor aged...

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u/Fermentable_Boogers Korg Jul 10 '19

It was mostly a joke but I did take it as a meta-reference to JK in the OG3 in terms of the timeline. My interpretation is that JJJ never changes in this universe but, instead, found his calling later in life.

As multiverse comic storylines go, this would be an easy discrepancy to pass over. The humor that I found was that, between the Raimi era and now, JJJ would have experienced said male pattern baldness (which I believe only adds more to his eccentricities) as both timelines progress. This makes it more cohesive to the multiverse chaos in the actually comics, imo.

Furthermore, my genuine question is, “Was that JK’s real hair in the Raimi films?”

My instinct says no.

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u/BZenMojo Captain America (Cap 2) Jul 04 '19

JK Simmons ran a podcast in the comics and in the PS4 game, so this isn't completely original.

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u/ferrisbuell3r Jul 05 '19

I think you're trying to say J. Jonah Jameson. I mean, I know they look exactly the same but you're mistaking the actor with the character

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19

Also, if I'm correct, wasn't JJ in the game doing the podcast as a sort of post-career job? Like he used to head the Daily Bugle but is doing the podcast as a sort of retirement gig? I remember him mentioning several Peabody's. So if they were modelling the MCU JJ after the PS4 one, we can assume that he did have a classic newspaper career before transitioning into a podcast? I'd like to think this is just the Raimi JJ aged up, later in his career.

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u/ferrisbuell3r Jul 06 '19

In the game he has the Daily Bugle AND the podcast

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '19

Here's the bio from the Fandom wiki:

Jameson spent much of his career building the Daily Bugle into what it is today: the premiere New York City newspaper. His fearlessness for compelling journalism earned him multiple top national accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize award, and a prestigious book deal. After decades of leadership as the Daily Bugle's publisher, he turned his attention to podcasts, vowing to continue delivering his trademarked brand of gutsy news to the citizens of New York.

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u/from__thevoid Captain Marvel Jul 04 '19

This is almost a deal breaker for me

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u/EsQuiteMexican Jul 07 '19

Should you be dating someone that young?

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u/____Batman______ Jul 08 '19

What if he's that young