Board Thread:Movies/@comment-5041674-20141210050726

It seems fans really want Spider-Man to fit into the Marvel Cinimatic universe very badly, and I would love to see him in it. But there is one problem: Sony owns Spider-Man, and this currently cannot happen.

Of course, if Sony DID sell Spider-Man to Marvel, there is a way I believe would best fit Spider-Man being told by the MCU: Don't make a movie, go the route they are with Daredevil!

You see, a movie has limited time, and takes a while to make, and when it does, it takes months. Not to mention there is about a 2-hour time limit for most films. The problem Sony had for TASM2 was that they wanted to expand his universe and had so little time. If you want a bigger Spider-Man series fast, go with a mini-series, with each episode being an hour. You could explain his origin story in a hour (and add some additional things) and the rest of the episodes could focus on certain villains, and then a finale episode.

Honestly, Spider-Man fits more into an episode mannerism, because his story simply cannot be easily told in an 2-hour time-limit. What failed in TASM2 was that Marc Webb wanted to embrace Spider-Man's universe, yet he had limited time to do so with a 2-hour limit (which he still exceeded, making my dad kinda upset that we were in the theater for 2+ hours). But with a mini-series of about 14 episodes, you can fulfill that task of telling Spider-Man's story, and getting his universe to the right size it needs to be!

Of course, people want to see another Spider-Man movie, and I don't blame them. But honestly, it's hard to make movies when you want to include so much material into Spider-Man. The Spectacular Spider-Man worked because it told the story of Spider-Man correctly and had enough time to do so, making it the most fulfilling show for almost any Spider-Man fan. Likewise, a mini-series for Spider-Man could take the same task, as long as it follows the silver-age feel of Spider-Man!

Sadly, Sony is kinda stuck with what they want to do with Spider-Man. If Marvel ever does get the rights back, I hope they stay with this mannerism, especially since it's kinda too late to put him in a film. 