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10. It Had To Feature A Giant Mechanical Spider - Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West sure was a disappointment, but who among us in the two-plus decades since has ever forgotten about the huge, 80-foot mechanical spider that villain Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) trots out as his ultimate weapon?

The film was co-produced by director Barry Sonnenfeld and eccentric mega-producer Jon Peters, with Peters being the one who came up with the ludicrous idea to feature a gigantic metal tarantula.

But there's even more to the story - as Kevin Smith explained in his live show An Evening with Kevin Smith, Peters actually recycled the spider concept from Superman Lives, a cancelled Superman reboot he was attempting to get made throughout the 1990s.

Superman Lives was set to star Nicolas Cage, with Tim Burton directing and Smith penning the script.

Peters insisted to Smith that the third act climax with the Man of Steel fighting a giant spider, but when the film never came together, Peters held onto the idea and imposed it upon Wild Wild West with a mechanical steampunk facelift.

In Peters' mild defense, the CGI mecha-spider still looks pretty great from a VFX perspective. The rest of the movie? Not so much.