The Full Trailer For 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Is Here And It Looks Like Classic Street Level Spidey Is BACK
WOW - what a trailer. Worth the wait for sure, and I guess worth the 20 two second boomerangs they released from it yesterday (that was still stupid though)!
I personally love the Tom Holland Spider-Man trilogy, but the most common complaint about it is that we never got to see a street level "Friendly Neighborhood" Spider-Man. He's introduced as such with a homemade suit in 'Captain America: Civil War' but quickly gets given a hi-tech suit from Tony Stark and pulled into the middle of the Avengers drama. By the time we get to the second Holland Spider-Man movie he's already been to space, died, come back to life, and become an Avenger. And he's got an even MORE hi-tech suit from Tony called the Iron Spider. 'No Way Home' ends with a reset of sorts, though, where after the big multiversal adventure with the other Spider-Men, everyone forgets about Peter Parker. Nobody knows who he is, nobody remembers their time spent with him, he's wiped from history and left without the support of his fellow heroes. That sets up the Spider-Man we have here, once again yearning for MJ's attention - alongside Ezra Bridger, apparently....
....living in a shitty NYC apartment like Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man....
….and of course, mourning the death of his beloved Aunt May….
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This is the down-on-his-luck Spider-Man we know and love from the comics, and the last trilogy was basically just a long origin story to get him there. Now he's dealing with some power malfunctions due to the multiple "life-cycles" of a Spider, which feels a little bit like a nod to Tobey's 'Spider-Man 2' - and he's fighting The Hand and Punisher both apparently!
It seems like there's already a (kind of) friendly banter between Spider-Man and Frank Castle, so I doubt their beef is really that serious, but I don't think he's pulling any punches with the ninjas in The Hand. I'll be curious to see if they hold any connection to The Hand from the first run of 'Daredevil' on Netflix - they had Elektra the last we saw of them.
I'm also just stoked to see these action sequences because Destin Daniel Cretton is directing this movie, and he knocked everything in 'Shang-Chi' outta the park….
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We saw absolutely ZERO Sadie Sink in this trailer, which is very interesting as well. She's supposed to be a massive part of this movie and nobody knows who she's playing yet. I think her red hair has caused tons of Jean Gray/Mary Jane/Mayday Parker speculation, and omitting her from the first trailer entirely will only stoke the flames. My money is on Jean Grey to start introducing some mutants before that phase fully kicks in.
Spider-Man's also seen fighting Scorpion in this trailer, which is a long time coming after the post-credits scene in 'Homecoming'….
….and we also know Tombstone will be one of the main villains in this movie - so Spidey's got his work cut out for him. So far it appears like this is basically a live action version of the Spider-Man PS4 game!
Peter goes to Bruce Banner in this trailer as well, for help/clarity on his mutating DNA, and I think a lot of people are hoping this interaction will eventually lead to this….
When everyone forgets who Peter Parker is in the comics, Hulk is the only one who remembers. Not Banner - only Hulk.
There's so much more I'll break down with Clem on My Mom's Basement this week (like where Mayor Fisk during this?!), but for now, I'll leave you with this word-vomit type blog. I'm sorry if it all came off scatterbrained, I'm just so excited for this movie I had to get it all out!
It feels so good to have Peter, Ned, and MJ back in our lives.