The Mistake: Spider-Man is getting introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Phase Three, believed to be appearing in Captain America: Civil War (likely in a post-credits scene) ahead of his own standalone movie in the summer of 2017. As Marc Webb's Amazing Spider-Man series showed everyone, recycling plots from previous Spider-Man movies just leaves fans bored and irritated. If Marvel are fully committed to making Spidey work, then this needs to be a radical cinematic reinvention which refuses to just regurgitate any of the previous scenarios or villains from the five prior movies. Why It Could Ruin Phase Three: Because Spider-Man joining the MCU is a huge deal, and in many ways its success or failure will colour how a lot of fans view Phase Three. If Spidey's movie is mostly just a wheel-spinning exericse, a safe rehash of what's been done before, then why even bother with a standalone movie at all? Given that Marvel have already committed themselves to not making another rote origin movie, it seems like they will probably avoid this, and with so many iconic Spider-Man villains for him to take on, it'd be great if the beloved likes of Venom, Doc Ock and Sandman were left out of the MCU for now.
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