There are similar questions raised by rumors about upcoming nostalgic projects.
However, that affection does not reflect the prevailing fan narratives of these franchises. This is great, and hopefully those people are enjoying seeing their love for these iterations of the characters validated. Similarly, there are many people for whom Andrew Garfield is and always will be their Spider-Man. There are people who adore The Phantom Menace and have enjoyed it since the moment that it was released.
#THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN 2 GAME ALL COSTUMES MOVIE#
Deadline described The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as “ the most maligned movie ever that turned in a worldwide gross of $708.98 million.” Excluding the bizarre choice to include Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame in its ranking, Polygon placed the films at the bottom of its comparable list this month. Both films placed bottom of IndieWire’s ranking of the Spider-Man movies in 2017. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the only solo Spider-Man movie with a rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics wondered whether “ the filmmakers actually read Spidey comics, or just glanced at them” and complained that the films turned the character into “ the most boring superhero on film.” Fans criticized Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot, particularly its choice to reinvent Peter Parker as “ a rebel with a skateboard.” Given that Sony originally planned for the character to be into EDM and Snapchat, maybe fans were lucky. The reaction to the two Amazing Spider-Man movies was similar. Even retrospective pieces conceded the film was “ as bad as we remember.” Time named The Phantom Menace the second-worst summer blockbuster ever, behind only Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Still, there was a consensus that the prequels in general, and The Phantom Menace in particular, were terrible. Jokes in Spaced spoofing the absurdity of fans’ outrage were indistinguishable from any random internet review. To be fair, some of this reaction veered into the realm of self-parody. The reaction of the established Star Wars fandom, which skewed towards horror, was captured in documentaries like The People vs. The Phantom Menace was turned into a punchline on shows like The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons, and Psych. However, what’s interesting about these two prominent recent examples of nostalgia is that they are directed towards two pop culture objects that fans vocally hated at the time. More seriously though, coverage of the movie has singled out Garfield’s appearance as a highlight of No Way Home, providing a tether back to the Amazing Spider-Man films released in 20. There might even be an argument to be made that the film’s best performance was Garfield consistently lying about his appearance in the film, even to ex-girlfriend Emma Stone.
Similarly, Andrew Garfield has proved the unexpected breakout star of Spider-Man: No Way Home. He takes the ship out for a test drive and effectively does a lap of the pod race circuit from The Phantom Menace, even taking a trip through “Beggar’s Canyon.” He returns to the landing bay and admits that the joyride was “ wizard.” Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) gets himself a new spacecraft to replace the Razor Crest, and it is a modified Naboo starfighter from The Phantom Menace. “Return of the Mandalorian” is saturated with references and callbacks to The Phantom Menace. This begs a question: Why is pop culture so nostalgic for things that it has made a spectacle of hating? Similarly, much of the discussion of Spider-Man: No Way Home has focused on the return of Andrew Garfield as a version of Peter Parker from the Amazing Spider-Man movies. Second, it was built around a strange nostalgia for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. First, it was a stealth episode of The Mandalorian. This week’s episode of The Book of Boba Fett was notable for two things.