The Webshooters!

[EienKelos]

Have any of you heard the terrible rumor about Spidey's webshooters? The director of Spider-Man the movie was thinking of remove the mechanical webshooters, and giving Spidey "organic" shooters as another side-effect of the spider bite. The bite apparently was going to open pores on Spidey's wrists. I believe this removes some important pieces of Peter Parkers life. His building the webshooters shows his great intillect, and also shows his acceptance of his powers. Any way, what do you think about this?

[Kawi]

Head to the Spider-Man Movie topic. This is being kicked around there too.

[slingblade27]

I like the idea of having organic web shooters. It puts a dark twist on a well known comic character. I think it will add to the movie experience instead of taking something away.

[qmansr]

I think that making the webshooters organic takes away Peter Parkers Chemist abilities. As every TRUE spiderman fan knows, Peter was a very bright chemist. Making them organic is just plain WRONG. I think that they have been going for the low profile average Joe Peter Parker. Not the genius Peter Parker we all know.

[sulir]

I have to agree with those who dislike the organic web-shooter idea...Peter Parker was a brilliant student before he was an extraordinary hero...omitting the mechanic web-shooter omits not only the fact that he was a genius when it came to chemistry,but it also rules out his sense of responsibility to an extent.He of course has to be more careful with the mechanics of a synthetic web-shooter(the amount of fluid...concealing them as Peter Parker...etc...)than he'd have to be if it were a mutation...The mechanical web-shooter also shows a sign of acceptance of his mutation,whereas the oranic web-shooter doesn't leave room for that.But we will se what unfurls...

[spidermanbmw]

i am a hardcore spidey fan. i have been waiting for this movie since it was suppose to come out in '92. i did not like the idea of him spontaneously having the webs appear as a side effect of the bite. i agree with the other person about it taking away from the story and peter's life as a scientist. the web shooters are a big part of him. that is half his identity right there. now if it were the alien costume that would be a different story. that costume made the webbing for him so he did not need the webshooters at all. that would be all right. but i don't like it. if you saw the fan made trailor at spidermanhype.com you will see the stupidness of this idea of having the webs come out of his wrists. the only good side the organic ones would be he would not have to worry about carrying cartriges on him and running out of web fluid, but regardless, that would even take away from his ability to adapt to that situation. spidey is witty, crafty, and has enginuity(howevery you spell it) and along with the a whole lot of other attributes that make him who he is. they need to stick with the story as much as possible if they want fans to like it. and about he costume, i did not like the fact his eyes weren't big enough like todd mcfarlene makes them. that revolutionized spidey's look and i wanted to see that in the movie. but i will just have to see and see if i am happy with it because spidey is one of the most popular characters and if they don't do him justice he will just another failed comic movie. i did, however, like x-men. i was happy with that. i did not think i would like it because of the many changes made to it, but it was cool. so i just hope they don't tear up spiderman and make it a flop. i have waited too long for them to get litigation and director problems aside to see this movie do bad.

[Turn2]

If this rumor is true it is probably a cop out by someone at the top who just wants to cut needed seen from the movie. Like when Peter builds and tests them for the fist time. Sam you've never let me down before don't start now. IIf need be I'd watch a GOOD 3hr Spiderman Movie:-)

[jAYvaLenA]

I can't believe that Raimi thinks that this is a good idea at ALL!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!! I totally agree with you, EienKelos!
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[moz]

I think its a great idea that spidey has organic webbing. The entire web-shooter thing was lame to begin with. Spidey has been known to run out of web fluid from time to time.
The addition of organic web adds much needed power and ability to old webhead.

[spidy_mann]

Organic web!!! are you out of your mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
come on think about that. it would not be spider-man, if peter
did not make his webshooters. peter's webshooters are a turing point in his life. you can't take that from him. or us the fans.

[This message was edited by Guide_Irish on 10.30.01 at 14:38.]

[brodieman32]

i understand that alot of you hate the organics, thats why they are a hybrid, the shooters are mechanical while the webbing is organic, peter may be very smart, but accordding to the comics he comes up with a fluid and a device to fire said fluid in one day(unless you read the ulitimate spidy comic) even decades after the comic came out no-one has been able to make such a thing, even an intellegent high schooler

[Jerry_S]

If Spider-Man had organic webbing like an actual spider, he would have to ooze it out like a real spider has to. Spiders can't just spin a whole web in seconds. It takes time. If Spider-Man had to pull his webbing out like a real spider does, he'd never be able to spin a web, and start swinging from them. Also, he would have to knock an enemy out before he could tie them up in webbing. They should stick with the comic book version and go with the man-made web fluid and shooters. No pun intended.

[fancydan58]

Hhmmm, great point Jerry. It's been kinda fun reading all the back and forth about the webs on all of these forums. I guess I'm just satisfied that Spidey will be making the physical movement with his fingers to shoot the webs in the movie. As far as how they're produced........I'll just sit the fence and be glad that the movie is getting done in a way to satisfy the masses

[spidey7272]

Sorry But I share an apartment with 6 Tarantulas and they can produce all the web material they want as long as they have a good diet. Ever hold a spder and drop him, only to find that he is lowering himself instead of falling?

[spidey7272]

sorry Dan.here's the missing i

[jbaby36]

I don't know about any of you. But, spiderman has been apart of my life a lot longer than the X men. So, when hollywood made the Xmen into a film. It didn't faze me. I mean they turned Scott Summers into a child on the WB!

But now they are screwing with Something I know better
than my wife! "Sorry hun." Part of the action of watching
Spiderman swing from buliding to building was when he"d
enjoy it too much, run out of webbing, and fall to his doom!
Sometimes he made it. Sometimes he almost made it. Like the Rabbit said," It's the suspence that gets me!"

Whats next..Giving Mickey Mouse bucked teeth?

jbaby36

[JasonPhillip]

He cant always be falling to his doom, maybe he will run out of his orgaanics in the movie, and have wait 20min till they recharge, lol.

[venom6666]

Hi everyone this is Mike and i have seen the webshooters on tobys hand. I know Avi ( the producer) personally. The webshooters are used that way because it would look more realistic. Trust me even though Avi changed that it isn't going to make a difference on the movie's outcome. I have seen the shoot where Toby (peter) finds his powers. He falls of of a building and automatically uses his webshooters and that is why the webshooters are organic. It looks like a big dot on his habd that is coverd by a web.

[sockles]

The French guy is very sad,the web shooter should be mechanic,not organic,it's an important part of the legend of Spider-man,the legendary position of the finger for pushing on the button for shooting the Web,the famous,OOPS no more web and he must finish a fight with a super-villain,the belt of web cartridge,the camera and the spider signal,it's very a big deception.

[ross8452]

I could be wrong and forgive me if I am, but I don't think venom6666 is telling the truth....If you go to spidermanhype.com and check out the movieclips they have there, someone filmed the trailer shown at the Toybiz convention where it shows the mechanical webshooters on peter's wrists (a very close up shot) Unless this trailer is bogus (which from the way it was filmed with what looks like a home video camera) I believe the controversy is over!!

[Craignorman]

I'd have to agree with the filmmaker's decision to go with organic webshooters for Peter. Yes I'll admit that it does detract somewhat from the essence of Peter as an extraordinarily bright young lad (to be able to create something as ingenius as his web-shoorers); but seriously, who could expect any high-school kid in present day 21st century to have an intellect capable of that degree of invention? I always wondered why the spider-bite Peter received only bestowed some spider powers on him and not more, so why not webs? It certainly seems appropriate for an updated film version (as we have seen in such recent Hollywood versions of Batman and Xmen) for filmmakers to take some artistic license. I mean, you must concede that they do have to make the movie marketable to a vast audience and not just the hardcore fans (that is if they want enough $$ to come back with sequels - and we DO want that don't we?). Also, we know that in Sam Raimi's film that Peter does create web-shooters to control the flow and intensity of his organic webs, surely that has got to be an achievement for a 16 yr old. As well, we know that Peter has an insatiable appetite to replace the loss protein in his body used to produce his webs, who is to say that he won't run out of fluid due to malnutrition or dehydration? Just food for thought guys. And Sam, I think you're doing a helluva job.

[venom6666]

Ross I am telling the truth. Avi was shooting by my home in Forest Hills NY. The web page spiderman hype.com is absolutely not bogus, it is 100% real. Do you know why I am certain? Well I am certain because I am one of the people that helped create the website. Ross I want to thank you personally for supporting meand believing in me because it is fans like you and me that make movies successfull. Thank you again

[pursuit]

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[roundeye]

I must say, I agree with what 'pursuit' said directly above me... simple, to-the-point, eloquent... somewhat mysterious... what is he alluding to? what exactly does he mean? is he smoking some sort of controlled substance? do his parents know? will we ever know? who is hungry? anyone thirsty? see gas prices lately?

[whitespider]

o my god the gas is a ***** now a days i have to fork over 10 dollers a day to fill up my car...............o hell with it all the world is going to hell with some ones fist up its a^%.

[Apeboy]

I happened to see the trailer mentioned in an earlier post. It does show webshooters. Also, if they really wanted to go organic, why not totally screw things up and go with the "Spider-man 2099" storyline. Anyone else happen to remember this book? They had a guy who was in an accident w/ chemicals or something (not bitten). He not only had organic webs, but he stuck to walls with little talons on his body, usually on the fingertips and his legs, that he could retract. P.S. he grew fangs, too. Anyway, my point is that this was a way for the writers to explore other methods and explainations. With this movie based on the original series, the mechanical shooters should be in place.

[kaiken]

hey i have to pay 25.00 to fill my tank that sucks..

[roundeye]

EyE say we need a TRUE superhero... someone Unbreakable enough to tackle gas prices head on and vanquish the scourge of rising global fuel prices...

[whitespider]

HELLLLLLLL YEAH ITS CRAZY WERE IS CAP GASER AT WE NEED A HERO **** IT

[fancydan58]

I work at home. It's a tough commute from the bedroom to garage everyday. And trying to get in lunch every day with only a half hour...........man! I'm gonna start packing a healthy meal in my Spidey lunchbox and carry it with me to work everyday to save time, money, and mileage on the old feet.

[whitespider]

DUDE THE WEB SHOOTER ARE IN THE MOVIE IT WILL BE OK

[kname2]

i have been a fan of spidey for over 30 years...as a kid i often wondered; why doesn't peter have spinnerets?...afterall, he gained other aspects of a spider's abilities...so, the addition of spinnerets to peter doesn't ruin the movie for me...but, it does disappoint me a bit; because the webshooters do show peter's genius...and the old marvel plot device of peter running out of webfluid at the most dire times was always great for unique solutions to whatever emergency faced spidey at that moment...peter always came through...spidey never quits...i was pleased to read an internet rumour that webshooters have been added to offset this major change in the characters profile...anyway, that's my 2 cents worth...Excelsior! True Believers

[kaiken]

OKAY LETS NOT TALK ABOUT WEB SHOOTERS OR ORGANIC STUFF ANYMORE..

[Texrat]

I have to agree with the pro-mehanical crowd. The webshooters are an integral part of Spidey's mystique. Taking them away corrupts the image and reduces some of the "magic".

As to those who scoff at a high-schooler creating the devices and web-fluid, well, for one you're suspending plenty of disbeleif simply accepting that a man could gain spider powers, so that nullifies one argument against the mechanical shooters. In addition, many inventions have been created by virtue of luck/accident/serendipidity alone so who's to say what some kid could come up with?

[spidy44]

Please do not go organic. It will ruin everything.

[BandB4951]

Everyone who says that the web shooters are organic are lying! If you go to spidermanhype.com and go to spider-media then to movie you will see something that says screensaver and once you click on that it shows the webshoters from the movie, the MECHANICAL! webshooters.

[00spiderman00]

if you guys watch the siderman video clips on the sony site...you will notice that the webshooters are NOT organic but a divice constructed by parker...at least i think they will allow parker to create them in the flick.... i believe it was james camerons idea to make the shooters organic.. and i am sorry but... that is moronic!!!!


SPiDER-MAn is the best comic book hero ever!!!

[BatGuy63]

Like many of you, I have been a Spidey fan for years (over 30, in fact), and I want the movie "done right" too.
But how many "versions" of Spider-Man have been done in the comics over the years? How many TV versions? Of those different versions, how many did you like and/or agree with?
I remember reading an article about the most recent Spidey animated series. I think it was one of the producers who gave this as an explanation for Peter Parker being able to construct web shooters: after the accident that gave him his spider-powers, he just instictively knew how to make them. Now, this struck me as a very simple way to get past the invention of web-shooters. After all, he was a star chemistry student before the accident. . .
But even if Raimi and crew only have him construct the webshooters for organic webbing, this is by no means a small feat. A good friend of mine, who is a life-long Spidey fan, once told me (correctly), that the webbing would have to come out of that shooter with the speed of a bullet to make it go fast enough to cross a New York City avenue in anything more than a mild breeze. Designing and building such a device, would still make Pete a genius, just not a chemical genius.
I think the most we can hope for, is that the film makers make a decent movie. (To start with, let's count ourselves lucky that Spider-Man doesn't have nipples on his suit. . .) Comics and film may be related forms of storytelling, in that they both use words and pictures to tell the story, but are vastly different in the final product. And we all know that what works well in one medium, may NOT work well in the other.
But have any of you seen the theatrical teaser trailer? If not, I recommend that you check it out right away. The close-ups of Spidey's hand (shooting a web!) look awful good. And I can't tell what kind of shooter he's using. . .

[NeonShark]

When I was at E3 in May, there was a display with actual props from the Spider-Man movie on display, in the displays were Spider-man's (Mechanical) web shooter, and the Green-Goblins exploding orb.


NS

[christophergriff]

yeah venom6666 is full of ****! i saw the trailer with the mechanical web shooters too. It looks like they will be using those for the movie!!!!!!!!!

[EnIgMaX]

I agree,spidy needs to make the shooters and the fluid,so that it shows how intelligent he really is.I mean even his enemies are surprised to find out that he is a sceintist.

- but that's my opinionnullnull

[EnIgMaX]

I agree,spidy needs to make the shooters and the fluid,so that it shows how intelligent he really is.I mean even his enemies are surprised to find out that he is a sceintist.

- but that's my opinion[

[Dark_Angel_Uriel]

If they put the web shooters as "organic" then you know there is a problem with Hollywood "dumbing down" characters so that the "common man" can feel some relation to them...*shakes head* I don't think they should do any such thing...The shooters should be as they are in the comics, I tend to go along with the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it..."

'Nuff said...

[webheadwalker]

That shot was genuine, although the webbing is still going to be organic. In the film Peter constructs the web shooters as a means to aim his web fluid more efficiciently. I read that somewhere.
As for the whole organic/mechanic debate, I'm a big Spidey fan and I'm pleased they kept the costume fairly loyal to the original, yet I also kinda of like the idea of organic webbing. It allows for a new twist to Spidermans powers to be explored that can never be explored in the comics. Like Peter trying to conceal his deformity and the problems which can arise from web-shooters going off while he sleeps. Let the comics to stay 100% true to the original. In a movie sense organic webbing is a logical result of the radioactive spider-bite and more believable than that of a student inventing a substance in a matter of days that no scientist has been able to produce ever. What works in comics does not nessacerily work in movies. I'm sure Pete can still be a brilliant chemist.

It's late now. So I'm going to bed.

[BYTOR]

Thank you BAT DUDE for pointing out the bonus that Spiderman has not yet gone the way of the Bat Man in movies. No Nipples indeed!
About the mechanical VS organic debate, as has been mentioned in several of the postings in one way or another, Mr. Parker's webbing has always been an organic compound. And his shooters have always been mechanical devices. I heard an argument in favor of organic shooters that showed the fact that 3M hasn't been able to re-create a similar substance since they started trying(in the 50's?). Now the fact that Peter Parker is a SUPER HERO might suggest brilliance and genius above and beyond any corporate conglomerate, as it has been written... I think Mr. Stan Lee is the real genius. This whole debate is a non-issue.
Parker will produce the webbing organically and control it mechanically. I'll bet money on it.

anybody got the spidey desk player? Very cool.

[deesenuts]

even his webshooters, it would be a dishonor to change anything about the spiderman foundations. even jj jameson...i saw the actor who will be portraying him and i hope they give him the 'stache and crewcut. i think they should have contracted Todd McFarlane to design the costume...after all it was his "new design" big buggy eyes, etc. that brought him back when comics were on the downslide back in the early 90's. so.....................................

[Fabfrogman]

We all know he can do whatever a spider can, but organic web shooters is a BAD Idea! If they were orgabic he'd be shootin webs from his butt and i'd bet all those cool mid air flips would bet quite the chalenge like that. Leave Peaty alone and let him bulid the shooters. Besides its just one more thing they can market.

[RSFJ]

Being a comic book fan for fifteen years,as well as as an avid film student, I must say that the controversy over spiderman having organic web shooters versus his own hand built mechanical web shooters, is trivial.Part of the appeal of peter parker/spiderman, is that he has the common every man problems all of us face and the type of humanity and vulnerability that peter still retains, even after attaining his powers, when you want peter to develop a substance that would put 3M out of buissness, that pretty much removes most of that every man quality that makes us empathize and care for peter ourselves, we want to belive that peter and we have most things in common(despite the fact that however a brilliant scientist peter should or coud be, he still works as a photographer)yes,we should suspend disbelief for a comic book hero,but not so much that nobody but the fanboys will be able to really enjoy the film. Come on,tell me you fans out there would have still loved X-men, the film,if they had on the same yellow and blue spandex coustumes as their comic counter parts? some things in comic books can't translate well to film,nessasary sacrifices must be made in order to get as close to a desired effect(without losing major parts of the origins, and remaining faithful to the comic book its self) as possible.Mr Rami has stated publicly how much he is sensitive to the fans concerns for not drifting too far away from the characters origins and such. He also found a good comprimise for fans,peter will have mecanical web regulators that he builds to control the webs and lines he shoots,that sounds just as good to me,and maybe even cooler! you guys should relax and take assurance that a great visual and story artist like Sam Rami took over the project and is going to show us what its like to soar above the streets of New York with our friendly neighborhood spiderman, rest easy true belivers!

[This message was edited by RSFJ on 07.21.01 at 22:20.]

[This message was edited by RSFJ on 07.21.01 at 22:23.]

[pyrodeity]

would you shoot your bodily fluids over someone?

[slingingwebs]

I think they should start out with mechanical webshooters to show Peter's briliant mind , then towards the end of the movie introduce organic web shooting to add a final twist to the transformation and apease everyone

[blkspider2099]

Look, mechanicalshoters would not work. We would all be in the movie theater waiting for Spidy to run out of juice, fall to th grond and the Green Goblin to come and blow him up. I can not think of 1 time that that actually happened.

[SPAWN1]

I think the web shooters should stick to the original spidey role. I mean if there is any one who actually reads spiderman, they know about "Spiderman 2099" which is a totally different person. Not to mention a totally different time. Some people say that change is good. But why change such an icon of super heroes? If that's the case, can't we just say that Superman is from "Uranus"? Leave the webhead the way Stan Lee wanted it.

[LoganDark]

Organic webshooters. I don't think so! When he made the shooters it showed that he accepted his powers as Spider-Man. And if anyone knows anything about spiders it takes alot of energy and protines to make a web. So stick with the originals.


Sincerly Ticked off

[masterblaster]

I read about that in wizard mag

[mangu]

hey not to mention too themechanical shooters he can maniputate the shot with less webbing or more webbing to create amore realistic view, like in some of the animated scenes he creates a parachute or invents something new, but with the organic style its to much for his body to reproduce and it looks very unrealistic , i say lets stick with his two finger trigger move and show his intelect and creativty to bring out his true caracter , can anybody agree???????????

[myro]

Listen this debate is OVER! I have been following the movie for sometime now and I KNOW for a fact that the wbbing will be organic. Anyhow as any TRUE fan knows the original Idea of the Spider-Man of the comic books was to be with organic shooters (there a a few issues left out there that prove this) this was changed to the mechanical webshooting Spidey that the general population has come to know and love. It seems to me that they are sticking with THE ORIGINAL IDEA afterall. The movie will be AMAZING, far better than Batman and more believable than the X-Men(both were good movies).

[venom6666]

Dear christophergriff,

[venom6666]

dear christophergriff ,

I am telling the truth. If I am wrong I will pay u 500$ in cash. let's see i i am still full of **** when the movie comes out and it seemed that i was telling the truth. so if i am lying i'll give u my screen name. I know more about this movie than anyone else in america

[EDNA]

relax all of you, just because he has organic web shooters doesnt mean that he cant still be a genius. plus i never liked the idea of chemical web shooters, organic ones make him seem more mutated, rather than some nerd building chemical shooters to put on his wrists

[AmzngSpiderman2]

i'm almost entirely new here, i love spiderman, can't wait for the movie.. and i reeeaaly hope the web shooters are mechanical. who says they have to show him making them the first time? like anybody who knows anything about spiderman knows and i think most can figure it out if they don't. and hasn't anybody ever read spiderman 2099? the new spiderman has organic web shooters then, so it's not really an original idea, and if they ever made a movie out of that (yeah right) they'd be robbed of an important aspect of spidey.

[LoganDark]

How is he supossed to hide the pores on his wrists? With the mechanical ones he could fold them up and hide them in his jeans. Ether someone is going to suspect who he is or think he is on drugs.

[SPAWN1]

Mutated? I think not. After all It was only a radioactive spider. In Marvel, a mutation was only present in a being born with this gift.And to anyone who knows it to be "TRUE" that spidey was to have organic webbing, why isn't it in the comics. Printed. And SOLD? As him having this extraordinary power that no one but one person here knows about. Are you related to Stan Lee? Apparently the organic **** didn't fly. So all the organics out there are just S.O.L. Wait til the sequel. Maybe Peter will have "EVOLVED"
TTFN

[This message was edited by SPAWN1 on 07.26.01 at 21:44.

[This message was edited by SPAWN1 on 07.26.01 at 21:46.]

[vegetoson]

I dont think its right to take away the mechanical shooters. In the cartoons, Spider-man sometimes uses the capsals to escape. The only time I saw Spider-man using organic shooters was when he was mutating into the "man spider". I believe thats the only time Spider-man should be able to use the organic shooters.


FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE NO ORGANIC SHOOTERS!

[bc64]

I also agree with anyone that is against organic webshooters. I feel that when Peter Invented those webshooters it showed his genius, an example would be his spider tracer with out inventing his tracer he wouldn't be able to acurately find is crimminals. What I 'm trying to say is with oraganic webshooters he'll be like a freak not to mention it takes out all the fun in having a scientific mind.

[otoshi]

I heard that, in the comics that was the original idea (for him to have organic webshooters) but they changed it for unbeknown reasons.

[symbspider]

I can't believe the idea of an or ganic webshooter. who the**** came up with that one, anyway? however, I do have ggod news for supporters of the mechanic webshooters. there are photos from an E3 convention that show the webshooters are indeed artificial. Check out www.comics2film.com (http://www.comics2film.com) to see them. Happy Trails!

[law74]

why dont they use the organic idea...in the beginning...peter relizes that he has this new ablitlity....and he oozes the web material through this organic shooters...but they dont really help him that much...but it gives him the idea of the Mechinical shooters.....peter with his genius mind constructs the shooters using the organic web solution that he is oozing...and creates the polymer web solution that we know of today......so you could use the best of both worlds....and when peter or spiderman ran out of solution in a really important part of a fight scene.....then he could fall back on his organic solution for a way out......i dont know just a idea.....why not have both?????

and yes this is a movie....why not improve on a old idea to create a new one.

Law

[bentspoon]

i think that movies, like spiderman, are much better when they stick to the comic book instead of trying to change it. This movie seems like there sticking with the comic book very closely. I agree that they should have kept the whole idea of peter making the web but it is still a very minor difference.The whole wrestling fight was in the comic book and is going to be in the movie. I'm really looking forward to this movie it's going to be cool.

If u'd like to see what the first episodes of spiderman were like click on www.marvel.com (http://www.marvel.com)

[haqit]

dont get me rong but i think organics wud b cool but the mechanical webshooters kicked big time i dont no y they have taken them out the movie it wud have bin so cool 2 see tobey (peter parker) build them u no wat i mean

[This message was edited by Guide_BamaBelle on 09.02.01 at 21:08.]

[bugcatcher]

From what I have heard, Peter uses his mechanical shooters at first and then develops the organic shooters later. This could give use the best of both worlds although I could have misread the info.

[Wingnut]

I agree totally with the sentiment that Peter should not have organic webbing, I mean just take a look at the original books etc.. I am against the whole "organic" thing but can see where the idea is coming from though.. Look at the Ultimate Spiderman title, a lot of the stuff in there seems to be in the upcoming movie.

I have not been a true Spidey fan but as a longterm Comic Book reader have read a lot of the original stuff from the 70's and 80's (true classic stories) and this leads me to concur that the Webshooters should be Techno not Organic.

As I am sure Stan "The Man" Lee would hastily agree, it's a testament to Peter's sheer SCIENTIFIC prowess that at his age he managed to come up with something so radically advanced and, as the old axiom goes, "If it ain't broke don't fix it"..

Until next time True Believers..

Wingnut

[webslinger42]

I think this sucks! Sam Raimi should stick to the original plot and have Peter Parker build the webshooters.

[Chinaman]

If Parker was bitten by the spider and received a bunch of "spider powers", is it not possible that he also received some of its instincts too? Like knowing exactly what kind of ingredients are needed and how to make his webbing?

just a thought.

[ultispidey]

They must be having a laugh.
To change such an important feature to the Spidey charactor would be criminal. I have waited for this movie for 20 years!!!!!
I'll tell you what, lets give him a black cape and stick a picture of a bat on his back while were at it, hay! we could also give him a fancy automobile to spin around in.
Okay, maybe not. To change the small details might not be noticed by the average "movie goer" but I think you might end up with mutiny on your hands with the hardcore Spidey fans.
Get real matey!

[turbinedude]

Organic webshooters? Ohhhh, a big mistake. Spiderman has been around too many years with too many fans to do such a silly thing. What has made spiderman so popular? Could it be that he is more of an "ordinary guy"? He's not like Batman that seems to have unlimited financial resources at his disposal... He's just like the rest of us. He still has to go home and do his laundry. The mechanical webshooters is something that pulls him in closer to the rest of humanity - and the tie to humanity is one of the factors that has kept the popularity going for the last 40 years. Having every aspect of his "spider powers" be derived from the bite, would push spiderman ****her away from his human roots, and make him harder to relate to.
Personally, I'd LOVE to see the mechanical webshooters in action.
In fact, why doesn't some genius invent a real set so I can buy a pair? I'd be the first in line. :-)

[spideyboy69]

I loved spiderman ever since i was four. Whatever they do, they can not mess with his web shooters, theyre classics. Everyone knows that. I give it a big thumbs up, way up the butt of the guy who ever came up with the idea. Sam Riami came up with alot of good ideas but this one sucks.

[venom6666]

WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD! HOLLYWOOD can think and produce any type of web shooter they want wanna know why? CAUSE THERE HOLLYWOOD! and if you dont belive me thats fine cause i have a life unlike all these people that postmessages all day. I WAS THERE AND U WERENT SO Belive me or dont. Atleast I was in the movie and u weren't

[psycoliptic]

first i wanna say the organic web shooters are not that bad of an idea the only thing is , if peter were to actually have all the ablities of a spider and actually be able to produce webs wouldnt they come out of his butt.cause from what i know spiders webs dont come out of their legs.
just a thought.

[sccoxx]

PLZ dont make ORGANIC....i mean , ALL has been told about THE REAL SPIDERMAN....he and his webshooters, are ONE thing...DONT DO IT ....let the webshooters, as the are. i mean, i can also say :
hmm, now iam an director, iam refilimg the movie 'superman' but now, he has'nt got an big 'S' on his body, now its n 'D' because n 's' could sound like SUSHI, it that we all want not!.....*gg* MAN SPIDERMAN IS SPIDERMAN ----> .
if the WEbshooting is organic, i woun't see the movie, as an fan, and as an child whos has got birthday, and got A REALY BIG PRESENT, which he was waining for since he was 8....yes, iam a big Spidey fan - i just can say, don't do it...it's not fair - for the fans...and without fans the movie is nothing :( :cry:

(plz excuse my english, iam from germany...)