10 Weirdest Moments In The Early Days Of Marvel Movies
3. The Amazingly Low-Budget Spider-Man
At least Cap got his due eventually. Spider-Man's still sort of waiting for a properly great adaptation, with both the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield iterations suffering from a serious case of diminishing returns. People have tried plenty before that, too: there were the animated series in the sixties and the nineties (the latter being pretty great), plus a live-action Japanese show in the sixties. That one also took some liberties with the source material, re: Spider-Man apparently being an emissary from hell with a giant robot. At least there was some degree of invention there. The same sadly can't be said for the seventies Spider-Man TV show, another live action production spun off from a made-for-television movie. Stan Lee served as a consultant here too, causing a bit of trouble when he then publicly stated that he felt the series was too juvenile. Despite weighing heavily on Peter Parker drama due to budget constraints and a goofy costume, he was right. The writing and acting were terrible, but worst of all was Spidey in action. The flipping-the-camera-sideways trick was pulled off way better in the Adam West Batman.
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