Why I’m OK with Tobey Maguire not playing Spider-man in the next movie.
So I was reading online last night about the new Spider-man movie and saw a bunch of weirdo fan boys whining because they cast someone else besides Tobey Maguire as Spider-man. Honestly, I am cool with this decision. The fact is, a real fan of Spider-man is a fan of the comic book hero. Even a fan of the movies has to be a fan of the mask. Peter Parker is just there to give context to the problems Spider-man faces when not punching out bad guys. Also, in general Peter Parker is supposed to be a young guy and Tobey is starting to push the limit.
For that matter, I don’t really think Tobey Maguire has defined Peter Parker with his amazing acting ability, and his willingness to turn Peter Parker into a total emo cretin in the last movie has really caused him to lose any claim he might have had on the roll. Anyone who is QQing about Tobey Maguire is obviously just a Tobey Maguire fan, not a Spider-man fan. Honestly I can’t really think of a real reason to be a Maguire fan, unless you are really hot for him. I looked at his other movies and they all look like junk. I, and I think most of the world, am ready for him to slink off into obscurity, resurfacing 20 years from now to sign autographs at Comic Con.
The new guy looks shockingly like Tobey, so I guess you won’t have your brain broken too much having to watch him. The image above I pulled off a new comic book t-shirt Dave just had the guys upload onto the site. Talk to you soon.
Jason
