Greg Hericho's Highlight Editorial: Spider-Man should stay with Sony

    The majority of people in the comic book world want Sony to “give the rights back to Marvel”. I’m not the majority. In fact, I’m one of the very few people who liked The Amazing Spider-Man 2! It was a comic book brought to life that intervened multiple story arcs into one amazing story of epic proportions filled with heart, humor, action, excitement, and even surprises! Its all you could ask for in a movie. And after the movie ended, I couldn’t wait to see more of Spidey’s adventures in the big screen. Now before you get out your pitchforks, allow me to explain my belief in that Spider-Man should stay with Sony.

     First of all, Spider-Man is bigger than Marvel. He is in the superhero Mount Rushmore right up there with the Justice League. As a Spidey fan, I want to see more of the Spider-Man comics brought to the big screen. TASM 2 made sure they expanded the Spider-Man cinematic universe and that’s something us fan are craving for! WE finally get the chance to see Spider-Man take out the Sinister Six in LIVE ACTION!!! That’s something I’ve always dream about ever since I saw them battle in the cartoons. TASM 2 already set it up to make it possible. Not only that, but there’s a possibility that Black Cat could become an ally of Spider-Man and help him battle the Sinister Six. Once again, Black Cat was already established and all that was left was her character arc. Spider-Man and Black Cat taking on Sinister Six in the big screen is mind-blowing! Imagine live action Mysterio with the technology we have today. The high-flying action between Spider-Man and Vulture will be unprecedented. The Spidey Lore is just as good as the whole Marvel Universe combined that he deserves his own universe. But Iron Man had his own franchise and is connected with other Marvel characters. Spidey can have his own franshise too if he joined Marvel, can’t he? Good point, which brings me to my next topic.

       The Marvel Cinematic Universe is expanded globally from Earth to space and there have been many huge events taking place in New York already. Marvel would just have to shoe horn Spidey into the universe, which would be bad for all involved. They’ll have to explain why the wall crawler wasn’t helping people out when New York was being invaded by aliens. Why wasn’t Spider-Man contacted by Nick Fury? In a world of superheroes, why hasn’t Spider-Man been reported on the news? Plot Holes everywhere and a superhero of Spidey’s stature doesn’t deserve to be shoe horned into a universe. But Marvel could just say Spider-Man just became a hero after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Nope and here’s why:

      Another reboot is a waste. We’ve already seen his origin story twice! Why spend time developing a character when he’s already established in a universe built and expanding around him and him happens to be one of the most iconic superheroes in the world. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has a direction for Spider-Man. Marvel’s Cinematic Universe doesn’t have plans for him. Being directionless is not a good direction to be in. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is nice and all, but so is Spider-Man’s world. Heck, he arguably has the greatest collection of villains and alleys out there! So what we can’t see him web-slinging with Hulk. We can still see Spider-Man and Black Cat take out a bunch of thug robbers only for Spidey to find some jewelry in Cat’s pockets. Watching Doctor Octopus give a speech to his evil brethren would be iconic! Madame Web, space, Venom vs Carnage, there’s an endless amount of possibilities that the Spider-Man cinematic universe can showcase us fans. Bad Guys like Chameleon or Kingpin don’t have to be the main villain of a movie, they can just be the ‘random thugs’ during a Spider-man action scene, making them not-random. 

     I’ve been a Spider-Man fan all my life. He is the embodiment of the hero in all of us. I can relate to him. Most importantly, he’s just a cool superhero! Who doesn’t want to swing across the city with webs or climbs wall or have shoot webs at opponents or have special senses or some other third thing?! A cinematic universe based around him is awesome and the foundation is already there with two top-quality films in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. If its not broke, then don’tfix it!

Greg Hericho"s Highlight Editorial: Spider-Man should stay with Sony