Stan Lee on "Black Spider-Man"

[butteforce]

Lol Uncle Ben, and Aunt Jemima! They would be his family.

I laughed. Every time he mentioned Uncle Ben in the comics or movies or whatever, I was always thinking about rice. Every single time.

My issue is "Why do we need a reboot of a three film franchise that didn't start in the 80s and hasn't turned into a trainwreck of brightly colored morons?"

Spider-Man is about a guy who suffers a great tragedy through his own selfishness and inaction. And it's that guilt that drives him to ensure that never happens to anyone else ever again... all while trying to be a normal guy and live a normal life. Nothing about that requires him to be white. At all.

Peter Parker is a nerdy white kid. What are you trying to say with that? Like... if he's black he has to wear platinum chains, listen to hip hop, and be the star running back of the high school football team?

 

[jthm]

White people need heroes too.

Batman, Superman, Captain America, Bruce Banner in Non hulk form, Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Prof. X, Daredevil (yeah, it sucked), Electra (it sucked too), Punisher, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Fantastic 4, Ghostrider, The Spirit (sucked), Iron man, Jonah Hex, Thor.

All comic book movie adaptations. Personally I don't want to see Spidey change race for no other reason than it's a P.C. sort of thing to do, but your argument lacks validity.

 

[voetballeeuw]

I agree with Stan Lee, I have no problem with it but we know Peter as a white and nerdy kid.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I still think that Tobey was PERFECT as Spiderman. But I see nothing wrong with a black Spidey.

 

[WaderiAAA]

I think the Peter Parker in the movies should look as similar to the one in the comics as possible.

 

[Ian Caronia]

This is simple: NO

Why? Okay, think of this: Would the character of Blade look right portrayed as a white guy? No? Then cast actors according to appearance AND acting, not just one or the other.

How shit would it have been to cast the black guy on trail in the movie adaptation "To Kill A Mocking Bird" as white? It would've fucked things up, right? Well, there you go. The character is important, not "equal opprotunity" or "only how the guy acts".

-For that matter why don't you have Naomi Watts play Spidey. She's a great actress (when she wants to be). Hey, it's not about physical appearance but how talented the actor is, right?

In order to portray a character right, the actor needs to ACT the part and LOOK the part.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

They did have a black Green Lantern. If this was a different Spider-Man from Peter Parker (it makes no sense to change his skin color after three movies have defined his appearance one way), they could do whatever they wanted. Different origin story, villains, etc. Of course, that would take WORK, so forget that idea (obviously).

 

[cainx10a]

Does he have to be black? Can't he be Arab, Asian, Indian, or Gray? why don't we have any gray getting the role of Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark? WHY?

I say stop the discrimination, you racist bunch of bigoted xenophobic humans.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Like others have said before, so long as he can act, I don't really care.

 

[The Rockerfly]

I think the problem I have with this is that spiderman is something you can relate to and most people who read comics are white males.

I'm sorry if anyone sees this as racist but this makes believe spiderman should be white and a nerd.

The main problem I have though is the series didn't even come out that long ago, why are they making a remake for a film that's been out for like 10 years

 

[VoidAndrogyne]

I think the problem I have with this is that spiderman is something you can relate to and most people who read comics are white males.

I'm sorry if anyone sees this as racist but this makes believe spiderman should be white and a nerd.

The main problem I have though is the series didn't even come out that long ago, why are they making a remake for a film that's been out for like 10 years

Because Sam Raimi and the whole cast walked out on it.
And the possibly want all the new films to be in the same universe.

 

[The Rockerfly]

Because Sam Raimi and the whole cast walked out on it.
And the possibly want all the new films to be in the same universe.

Then leave it at that, the last film tied up all the loose ends and wasn't too bad

I know the film executives would never leave a chance to bleed a series dry though

 

[tkioz]

Didn't we just have a big shit storm over "white-washing" (that is having characters of other ethnicities played by Caucasian actors) characters with Prince of Persia? So okay I personally think the guy is a good actor and I don't have any problem with a black spiderman, but come-on Hollywood you can't have it both ways.

 

[CorruptCor3]

Uhm, isn't Peter Parker white?

I think it's a really stupid idea to change an established character's skin color.

Especially 3 movies into the series...unless this is part of his powers...

 

[VoidAndrogyne]

Because Sam Raimi and the whole cast walked out on it.
And the possibly want all the new films to be in the same universe.

Then leave it at that, the last film tied up all the loose ends and wasn't too bad

I know the film executives would never leave a chance to bleed a series dry though

No... the last film was pretty sucky.
In fact, none of them were great films, they were all pretty bad.

 

[theSovietConnection]

I don't care, just so long as the actor can act.

It will be confusing for those not following the movie however.

I have to agree. What good would come from casting a white actor for Spiderman who can't act? I'd take something that defies canon but turns out well then a shitty tribute to the canon any day of the week.

EDIT:

I'll put it this way. Imagine it came down to the two actors below. I know it never would/should, but look at this before you post your answer

Spoiler: Option 1

Spoiler: Option 2

 

[The Rockerfly]

No... the last film was pretty sucky.
In fact, none of them were great films, they were all pretty bad.

Doesn't matter what your opinion is, all the loose ends are tied up and it would b a good way to finish a series