10 Controversial Changes Movies Made To The Comic Book Source (That Actually Improved It)

1. Organic Web Shooters - Spider-Man

Tobey Maguire Spider Man
Sony Pictures

Somewhere there exists a magical alternate universe where fans can pick up a Blu-ray copy of James Cameron’s Spider-Man, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Peter Parker and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Doctor Octopus. Sadly we don’t live in that world since a messy legal battle at the time made sure it fell apart.

One element that Cameron introduced in his version was the idea of Spider-Man developing organic web shooters, instead of building them himself. This was included in Sam Raimi's trilogy and It made sense to include this ability considering he was bitten by a mutant spider; plus it saved time on a subplot where he builds his own.

Some fans hated this notion regardless, so when the series was rebooted for The Amazing Spider-Man Peter is seen building them instead. Others thought the organic idea was a creative addition to the canon.

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