9 More Movie Franchises That Said F**k You To The Fans

4. Spider-Man 3

SM3 While much of the angst that we find synonymous with classic superheroes was injected later on in the comics, Spider-Man has always been about the teenage turmoils. The first comic kicks off showing Peter Parker as a downtrodden nerd before gifting him with superpowers, but the big part was Uncle Ben€™s death. Letting the thief who would go on to kill his uncle escape, Peter finds himself personally responsible for the death and it€™s from there the character's most famous phrase comes from, €œWith great power comes great responsibility€. And both origin stories we've had on screen have stuck to that idea faithfully (although The Amazing Spider-Man really stammered in rewording the above quote). But we have to hope that the new reboot doesn't fall into the same trap as Sam Raimi€™s trilogy did and negate the impact. In Spider-Man 3 we discover it wasn't the original punk who killed Ben, rather Flint Marko, aka Sandman. Clearly an easy way to create both a villain related to Peter and the illusion of tying up loose ends, it€™s not only lazy, but incredibly disrespectful to the character. In the end it€™s revealed the killing was an accident, although it seems motivated by making the character redeemed, rather than appease the fans who wronged two hours before.
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Film Editor (2014-2016). Loves The Usual Suspects. Hates Transformers 2. Everything else lies somewhere in the middle. Once met the Chuckle Brothers.