ComingSoon.net is looking at all of the things that has made MCU Spider-Man great and why Sony will be hard-pressed to succeed without them. Check out our picks in the galley below!
We all remember when Spider-Man came out in 2002. Before that, yes, we had an array of 20th-century superhero films and then X-Men (2000), but Sam Raimi’s film really brought the genre into the 21st century. We went to see it opening weekend with our siblings, parents, and grandparents and we were amazed by it. A wall-crawling, web-slinging Toby Maguire taught us that “with great power comes great responsibility.” That quote will be overused for decades to come… Spider-Man 2 extraordinarily did well, Spiderman 3 less so…and then it was all rebooted…twice under the Sony masthead.
Sony Spiderman Mistake
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Tony Stark
The emotional mentorship, the legacy, and the tech—iron spider, the glasses (EDITH). None of these things will be referenced moving forward.
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The Blip
Thanos' snap and then Professor Hulk's subsequent unsnapping resulted in a lost five years for all those who were brought back. This affected many of Peter Parker's classmates; some aged while others obviously did not. How will this be explained moving forward?
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Aunt May and Happy
Everyone knows Peter Parker lost his parents, his uncle Ben and now Tony Stark. If the events of Spiderman: Far From Home are any indication (Aunt May and Happy's pending romance), Happy Hogan would probably have entered into Peter's life as another father figure...this kid just keeps losing surrogate fathers.
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Any sort of connection to Shield
Given Spiderman's participation in the other-worldly events of Infinity Way and Endgame, Nick Fury and Shield turned to Spiderman for help in Far From Home. There goes that partnership.
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Mysterio
Basically Far From Home never happened...
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Source Material
Without bringing Stan Lee into this (which doesn't really need to happen), the possibilities for plot moving forward in the MCU were nearly limitless. Sony's universe, not so much; although, seeing Tom Holland face off against Tom Hardy will/would be pretty cool.
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Character development as a whole
Whether it be Peter's relationship with Tony, coming into his own right as a hero, or just learning from the various MCU characters around him, this Spiderman was completely developed in the MCU and it feels slightly cheap/unnatural not allowing him to stay.
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THE shared universe
The days of Sam Raimi's Spiderman are gone. At this point in cinema, nothing can compete with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It will draw larger crowds, attract talent and please fans to in a way one superhero cannot do on its own.
