'Spider-Man 3' Trailer

On a lighter note from the post below, here's the "Spider-Man 3" trailer. And here's a quick synopsis:

Meh. He does wear the black suit -- or a black suit; it's just the normal costume in black and white, rather than the differently-styled black suit of the comics -- and he does bond with the alien symbiote Venom.

And Sandman's in it, as well as Hobgoblin, though they seem to just be calling him Green Goblin. Which they're probably doing because Gwen Stacey is in this movie, if you know what I'm getting at.

Strangely, they introduce the alien symbiote by actually doing a very quick version of the whole Marvel Secret Wars story line and they briefly introduce every major character in the Marvel Universe, including four or five of the X-Men from the current franchise (plus Gambit and a black mutant that might be Bishop).

Don't pop a chubby, nerds. No they don't. I'm lying. Come on, how could they do that?

In the comics, Gwen Stacey was Peter Parker's first love. Mary Jane and Peter only became an item after Gwen died at the hands of the original Green Goblin (aka, Norman Osborn) on the Brooklyn Bridge.

In the movies, by contrast, MJ is Peter's first love, she lives following a fight between Spidey and the Goblin on the Manhattan Bridge (presumably saving the iconic Brooklyn Bridge fight for later). Basically, the movies switched Gwen with Mary Jane, but changed things so that MJ lived.

I haven't read any spoilers so this is just complete speculation on my part. But with "Spider-Man 3" introducing Gwen and having Harry Osborn (Norman's son) become the Goblin, I'm wondering if MJ isn't due to get killed by Harry. That final, long dissolve on MJ's face at the end of "2" seemed to strongly suggest she was in for some tragedy by staying with Peter.

No idea. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Posted by JakeM at July 1, 2006 05:12 PM | TrackBack