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Can we all agree that it was a mistake to reboot the older series?


Now that we are passed two series and heading for a 3rd one in less than 10 years, it's safe to say that it was the most stupid-idiotic-brainless decision to reboot the older series, especially when the 3rd movie was the biggest film in the franchise.
I never thought that the Spider-Man character would suffer the same fate of "The Hulk" in having 3 recasting in short period of time, not to mention after the first 2 films of the original films are consider the best in the genre.

I keep thinking who the hell made the decisions over there at Sony should get his ass kicked for approving this unworthy reboot, but then I see the emails and it all makes sense.
This series short run was mostly by incompetent people who had no idea where to take this series from. They got the wrong people for the job, who had no experience with this character and genre and simply handed it to their incompetent hands. A falling snowball made of crap.

So, other than a minor group fanbase of Webbies, can we all agree that this series is a stain in the character's legacy (both cinematic and comic book) and all nod to approval that this was a waste of time, effort, money and was an idiotic decision to make? Especially after such a great and successful series as the Raimi one.

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I wish we got a Sam Raimi Spider-Man 4 with Lizard and Carnage and a Sam Raimi Spider-Man 5 with Vulture and Hobgoblin. Maybe throw in Black Cat somewhere.

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Heck, a 4th and 5th movie continuing the story of the Raimi movies with Marc Webb directing and Andrew Garfield or Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Spider-Man could have been good if Raimi and Maguire didn't want to come back!

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I was surprised they rebooted it. Spider-Man 3 had problems but it wasn't like it destroyed the franchise.

The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.

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I completely agree.

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Yep. Basically when Sony decided to reboot the older series they shot their golden goose.

TASM, was way too soon in all aspects and unwelcome in others and was a certain fail from the beginning with a team that really didn't knew what to do with the character and a director that lacks any skill, style or back bone to lead this new series to a fresh new direction that will calm the winds and the backlash.

So yeah, it was a big, BIG Mistake.

Are You Watching Closely? You're an idiot

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TASM was unwelcome because there was NO need for a reboot. Plus they delivered two of the worst scripts possible. THAT sealed its fate.

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Huge blunder that is now trying to be corrected.

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The character is doomed forever.

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