Jake

I always thought Spider-Man’s mask was skin-tight…

I still can’t believe this movie was released with such terrible CGI.

In case you're not getting it yet: Hollywood is systematically removing both the SUPER and the HERO from the superhero genre. The subtitle of the next Spider-Man movie, “Brand New Day,” is code for “we’re no longer making real superhero movies the way you like.” Superman (James Gunn's version): a conflicted, alienated immigrant struggling with identity politics. Peacemaker: a crude, broken man-child whose "heroism" is mostly drugs, orgies, and daddy issues. Hollywood is systematically removing both the SUPER and the HERO from the superhero genre. Wonder Man: Simon Williams, once the WHITE son of a rich industrialist, now a Haitian-American actor dealing with family trauma and cultural identity crises. Black Captain America: super-empowered to save the country but still crying about racial inequality. Ironheart: Riri Williams is a genius inventor but still has to steal and is burdened by ILLUSIONS of systemic racism and personal grief. Daredevil: now a depressed, guilt-ridden lawyer whose arc drowns in moral ambiguity, depression, while being overshadowed by diverse sidekicks lecturing him on privilege and anger. Lanterns — Hal Jordan and John Stewart reduced to substitute teachers and grunt cops investigating a murder in the American heartland, while a female detective disrespects them and the black Lantern lectures the white one on doing the job better. And now comes FAILED Spider-man: bungling, constantly falling and crashing into things, getting hit by a van…the list goes on. These aren’t the heroes we want to see. They’re "humanized" (read: weakened) versions designed to make today's modern (read: lowbrow) audience feel better about themselves. The men are sad, angry, depressed, unfulfilled, incompetent, or outright toxic. The women are corrupt, masculine, infallible girlbosses who outfight, outthink, and out-lead every man in the room. They no longer live in their own specialized, larger-than-life worlds where they thrive as gods among mortals. They live in OUR angry, gritty, mundane world where they FAIL, struggle, and get knocked down to our level. No more soaring capes, no more unapologetic power, no more aspirational icons. Just unrelatable losers with OCCASIONAL super-powers who mirror our own mediocrity and resentment. Hollywood isn't dying. It's killing itself.

The first trailer for ‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’ has been released. In theaters on July 31.

First look at The Hand in ‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’ In theaters July 31.

A Brand New Day starts now. Watch the official trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day - exclusively in theatres July 31.

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Big improvement in direction over the Watts films, but the color grading is still flat and uninspired, nothing compared to Sam Raimi’s movies.