User blog:Gemnist 2.0/Spider-Man Homecoming Desires

So, I recently got to see Guardians Vol. 2, and it currently stands as my 6th favorite MCU movie ever. Therefore, I wanted to share my thoughts on the next MCU film, Spider-Man Homecoming. Keep in mind, I originally wrote this a while ago, so I'll update if necessary.

Spider-Man is my favorite superhero ever, and the one I most relate to, so of course I’m pumped for this movie – more than any other movie of 2017. But I was kind of iffy on his role in Civil War. Tom Holland did nail the part, but I felt that Spidey’s banter focused too much on geeking out over seeing the Avengers and less on the playful insults that are typically associated with the character. Basically, from what we got in the first trailer, I want more “Wait a minute – you guys aren’t the real Avengers!” and less “Oh, that was awesome!”.

I also felt that he had an incomplete character arc when he could have been the film’s moral compass had he, say, gone with Iron Man to Siberia and stopped Black Panther from killing Zemo, or something (I actually have a whole plan, but that’s a tangent). Anyway, for this movie, I would try to complete the character arc, and depict a scenario where Peter eventually cuts his pupil-like ties with Tony because their ideals conflict, leading to Peter eventually befriending Cap (thanks to their airport meeting) in Infinity War. Since the villain is the Vulture, who is often seen as a jealous businessman, this could be done with Adrian Toomes becoming pissed at Tony having stolen some of his creations and using them to enforce the accords, thereby gathering Shocker and whoever Logan Marshall-Green is playing to his cause, with Tinkerer making all of their gadgets. As he reeks havoc at one point (probably at the DC scene in the trailer), the UN has a meeting to decide whether or not to take him on, with their inactivity resulting in massive damage. This causes Peter to decide to take on the task himself (per "with great power, etc."), only to get chastised by Tony for going against the Accords. Strains that include the “taking back the suit” scene eventually cause Peter to cut ties with Tony, as previously mentioned. I feel that this way, Spider-Man will wrap up his loose threads from Civil War, while also staying somewhat true to what his comic counterpart went through.

Another idea involves the supporting cast. I’ve heard rumors that Zendaya’s Michelle character will have the stage name of “Mary Jane” – and that is just stupid. Racial diversity is fine, but that is just forced, and Mary Jane’s redheadedness is too iconic as it is. We should have the actual Mary Jane, but not in this film. Instead, how about we stay true to the comics and have them meet when they are in college (aka a sequel)? In the meantime, Peter can just crush on Liz while the homecoming comes up. As for said sequels – we should not have Gwen Stacy or the Osborns appear in them at all, or if they do, not be that integral.

But then there’s the origin. The problem with Hawkeye and Black Widow as characters is that they have almost no given backstory. Spider-Man is being given the same treatment with the justification of the Webb films existing, but in the future, I doubt this will be a smart move. There are going to be those people that just avoid the Sony films all together, so they will have to look up the whole origin. And let’s face the facts: no matter how popular the origin is, not EVERYONE knows about it. So instead, how about we have some of it feature in dialogue with some alterations? I remember sometime last year, Feige said that the Battle of New York would be an influence to Peter. How about creating a scenario where Peter provoked Uncle Ben to go to Manhattan in a fit of anger, and then Ben was killed by a Chitauri, causing Peter to feel guilty and depressed until he gets his powers (from the same ol’ spider)? This would be a unique spin on the origin, as well as give him more reason than just “I’m with Iron Man!” to be pro-accords.