*SPOILERS START HERE*
So first off, I personally enjoyed TASM2, and can't wait for the sequel. Yes, there were shortcomings, but doesn't everything have some?
1. Who's the villain? Well in film one, we have The Lizard, in film two we have Electro, Green Goblin, and Rhino. I've heard that a Sinister Six (a team-up of six baddies who hate the web-head) film is in the works. It would be cool to see the classic S6 line-up:
Doctor Octopus
Electro
Kraven the Hunter
Vulture
Mysterio
Sand Man
But that probaby won't happen as Goblin and Rhino will be members, plus we have seen the Vulture and Doctor Octopus equipment. I highly doubt that Electro will return (he exploded in the power grid battle) and the Lizard is most likley out of the picture. So who are the other two members? Personally, I think it's most likely Mysterio and Kraven.
But here we run into a new problem...when will we meet the villains? Since we only have met two members of the six thus far, would they really throw four villains into one movie, with two that still need to be expanded on? Doubt it.
The Roster
Green Goblin
Rhino
Vulture
Mysterio
Kraven
Doctor Octopus
I personally want the villains in movie three to be Kraven-Hired by Harry (Goblin) to kill the spider, and the black cat, also hired by Harry to distract Spider-Man while Kraven hunts him. We could bump into another villain earlier into the movie as someone spidey stops, but thats the extent that I would go.
2. What killed Gwen? This is a huge debate, even in the comic. Did Spider-Man's web kill her, or the fall? Could he have saved her if he had sent two webs? Was she dead before she hit the floor? We'll never know, but if you want to read more about the debate, check out this article I found "The Weirdest Debate in Comic History".
3. Love Interest....My other big question is who is the love interest in the aftermath of Gwen's death? Shailene Woodley (of Divergent fame) was originally going to be introduced as Mary Jane Watson in TASM2, but her scenes were cut from the film, will she still make it to movie 3? Probably not, Divergent fared better at the Box Office than Muppets Most Wanted (review coming soon) and a sequel is fully expected, you do the math. This brings us to another thing, Felica Hardy, Harry Osborn's assistant in the movie. Her comic book alter-ego, was the cat burglar "Black Cat". As a love interest she only wanted Spider-Man, and didn't care about who he was without the mask. Around the time that she was introduced, was also the time that M.J. came back to New York from Florida. M.J. loved Peter Parker, but not Spider-Man, the exact opposite of the Cat.
This left Peter struggling to decide which person he loved more, eventually choosing M.J. This love triangle could lead to some pretty good on screen drama to distract him from Kraven...that is, if the producers choose to do that...
Some of the fans who were slightly disapointed by the movie, but enjoyed it (like me), have called for a directors cut. So far, the petiton has gathered up 10,500 signatures. If released, this could inlcude more scenes with Harry Osborn/Goblin, the extended clocktower fight, Mary Jane, and the scene with Norman Osborn's head in a cryochamber, that was replaced with a scene from the new X-Men film.
I believe that the person who started this is not in the U.S.A. due to a recent post that said director Marc Webb "favourited" (British spelling!) a tweet regarding the petiton, so things might be moving foward with this idea. If you are interested in signing the petiton as I did, please see here.
I can't wait for The Amazing Spider-Man 3, but in the mean time, I'm working on a story ideas for TASM3, so if your from the future, click here to see it. I'll also have commentary on The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3's inagural issues at some point. And as mentioned the review of Muppet's Most Wanted.
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER....
