#Raimi Trilogy

[icedsodapop]

Yes to all this!! I marathon-ed the Raimi and Webb Spider-man films with a friend, and we definitely had a lot more fun with MJ as character. Here was a character who was the victim of abuse by her father. She was from a working class background and felt insecure about it. She found spiders cool when most would find them creepy. She wanted to be an actress, but she still had a lot to learn about the craft. She's desperate for positive affirmation and extremely sensitive to criticism becos her father was verbally and emotionally abusive. She found love in all the wrong places, often with men who resembled her father in different ways (Flash being a violent bully, Harry putting her down and not protecting her from his father). She only starts becoming resentful of Peter's career as Spider-man becos she was at a low point in her career. This was a love interest character with so much depth and interiority to her, she felt like a real person.

In contrast, we both have a lot of difficulty warming up to Gwen Stacy in the Webb movies. I think becos people had such negative reactions to MJ, the TASM writers were dedicated in making Gwen her antithesis. Gwen was doting, very chill about her boyfriend's double life, even acting as his sidekick at various points. She never voices any negative feelings/opinions about Peter's superheroics, she's the understanding girlfriend. Not only is she the perfect superhero girlfriend, she's insanely smart and beautiful too. Yet, we don't really get a sense of who she is as a character outside of Peter. She doesn't talk about mother or her brothers. She doesn't really have a voice during the dinner debate between her father and Peter. We don't know what she think or how she feels about her father disliking Spider-man who she is knowingly dating. You don't really know what her dreams or goals are. She doesn't really have any lingering grief over her father's death. She never feels like a person, and she ultimately gets fridged at the end of TASM 2.

And I would love to have written an essay about Michelle Jones but the mcu writers failed to actually give her a backstory.

Spider-Man? (The Sam Raimi trilogy)

Spider-Man (Film Series, 2002)

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[moonlightcrusader]

Pre-accident Otto and Rosie my beloved...

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!💗❤️ these two have been in my mind for so long so have them being cutie patooties together

[hawkogurl]

[baltharino]

Bruce Campbell in Spider-Man (2002) Spider-Man 2 (2004) Spider-Man 3 (2007)

[eloisyw8]

˖ ࣪💜࿔.┆︎"So the darkness shall be the light and the stillness the dancing."

[charactersmashorpass-2]

"He's a genius scientist with a romantic heart and a near obsessive determination. Currently has 4 AI arms sharing his brain but they're a bonus. Great tits and a devilsh smile."

[clancyisdexd]

I’m really funny

[illiana-mystery]

Can you imagine them teaming up if Norman/Gobby was still alive in Spiderman 2?

[notebookpapers]

the contrast between raimi trilogy doc ock and spiderverse doc ock is so funny bc raimi trilogy is like: I just wanted to use my science for good…. I was corrupted by these machines meant to make the world better…. I cried once I was healed bc I had almost forgotten how it felt to be in control of my own mind… my own actions…… meanwhile spiderverse doc ock is like: hm. i think I should get to be a little evil I think. as a treat

[raimiverse-confessional]

[benjimatorarts]

Tis the season for Octogoblin comfort hugs.

[moonlightcrusader]

Octodad nation wya

Based on a prompt i found on pinterest- ill link it later!

[hawkogurl]

[my-amygdala-is-synthetic]

three friends who are all mean to each other in different ways is such a good dynamic

[eloisyw8]

( ˶°ㅁ°)!🕶

[aztromars]

i was gonnamake a n actual drawingbut i saw rhis on pinterest and got sidetracked FAWKK raimi paeksboen uee... ue..ue..