The hype for Civil War was at its average, when suddenly was skyrocketed after the trailer featuring the web-head himself, Spider-Man; E3 was seeing a lot of familiar faces, yet one stole the spotlight, Spider-Man. Whether is the film industry, or the gaming industry, what is about this particular super-hero that brings joy in so many people?
It's a fact that Spidey has been in many things ever since his comic book debut, from a 70's TV show, to many cartoons, to a ground-breaking movie trilogy, to a failed movie franchse, to a mixed bag of video games (to which the one based on Spider-Man 2 is the best and the one based on Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the worst, coincidentally), to broadway musicals so awful that convinced many people to quit theater altogether. With this level of exposure, you'd think that would be a given his success, but his popularity only saw an increase after the first Sam Raimi movie: Spider-Man.
The Spider-Man movies were the first of their kind in the super-hero genre, rather than showing the hero as a badass who works alone, they show a rather sympathetic hero to which the audience can relate, with struggles and flaws of a human. That interpretation made the comic book fans rage because The Amazing Spider-Man's version of the hero was the most faithful to the comics (and the one the casual audience hated the most).
OK, he is relatable, but that is not the reason why his games are popular compared to other movie tie-ins or shovelware, and Yahtzee is the one who knows, according to his review of the PS2 game: "[...] web-slinging around the open world was amazingly fun, fast, flowing, ffffintuitive, [...]" then he goes on about how Spidey's web-based powers is where the fun og the games is at, but why exactly? I think the reason lies in his Super Mario Galaxy review: "Plus watching [Mario] rocket through space at meteorotic speeds holding his little stubby arms out has a rather perplexing charm to it. It?s cutsey and colourful enough to be kid-friendly while still challenging the adult audience." I guess the same applies to the web-slinging in the games.
I think that's why we like him so much, he is not superpowerful, but he his certainly smart, he is bound by the laws of gravity, yet he defies them anyway to get what he wants, he is relatable, but still can kick ass. He is the embodiement of justice and also embodies the flaws of the human being, the qualities that define Superman and Batman, other iconic superheroes. That's is my interpretation of it, anyway why do you think Spider-Man is so popular?
It's a fact that Spidey has been in many things ever since his comic book debut, from a 70's TV show, to many cartoons, to a ground-breaking movie trilogy, to a failed movie franchse, to a mixed bag of video games (to which the one based on Spider-Man 2 is the best and the one based on Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the worst, coincidentally), to broadway musicals so awful that convinced many people to quit theater altogether. With this level of exposure, you'd think that would be a given his success, but his popularity only saw an increase after the first Sam Raimi movie: Spider-Man.
The Spider-Man movies were the first of their kind in the super-hero genre, rather than showing the hero as a badass who works alone, they show a rather sympathetic hero to which the audience can relate, with struggles and flaws of a human. That interpretation made the comic book fans rage because The Amazing Spider-Man's version of the hero was the most faithful to the comics (and the one the casual audience hated the most).
OK, he is relatable, but that is not the reason why his games are popular compared to other movie tie-ins or shovelware, and Yahtzee is the one who knows, according to his review of the PS2 game: "[...] web-slinging around the open world was amazingly fun, fast, flowing, ffffintuitive, [...]" then he goes on about how Spidey's web-based powers is where the fun og the games is at, but why exactly? I think the reason lies in his Super Mario Galaxy review: "Plus watching [Mario] rocket through space at meteorotic speeds holding his little stubby arms out has a rather perplexing charm to it. It?s cutsey and colourful enough to be kid-friendly while still challenging the adult audience." I guess the same applies to the web-slinging in the games.
I think that's why we like him so much, he is not superpowerful, but he his certainly smart, he is bound by the laws of gravity, yet he defies them anyway to get what he wants, he is relatable, but still can kick ass. He is the embodiement of justice and also embodies the flaws of the human being, the qualities that define Superman and Batman, other iconic superheroes. That's is my interpretation of it, anyway why do you think Spider-Man is so popular?
