We Witness the Failure of a Cinematic Universe in Episode 166!
6/8/2020
Looks like Spider-Man is in for a SHOCKING experience! ...no? No one? What if I said "electrifying" instead?
It's back-to-back episodes for our Merry Marvel Movie March with 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2! We discuss how this movie tries to get a full cinematic universe off the ground and fails at it rather spectacularly! I suppose it just wouldn't be a bad Spider-Man movie if it weren't overstuffed with villains and an excessive running time!
The reasons as to why this movie failed are rather extensive, but Andrew Garfield has suggested that the original storyline may have gone through too many changes. Was there originally an explanation why Max Dillon, apparently a gifted electrical engineer, was also doing low-level maintenance work? I guess we'll never know!
Still, it also seems like the part of the reason this movie didn't launch a franchise was due to...jet lag???
Unsure what Paul's talking about when he mentions Junji Ito and "it was made for me"? Good thing Know Your Meme's got you covered!
And finally, the oral history of Cabin Boy that Doug mentions. It's genuinely worth your time, so check it out!
Last updated: June 8, 2020
