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[Gordon Shumway]

Oh, noooooooooo..

MJ is in this?

thanks for the spoilers

LOL

 

[Lakershead22]

First hot Aunt May and now non redheaded MJ? Im furious!

Spoiler

sarcasm obviously

 

[Qurupeke]

I'm Team Gwen anyway.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

Bear in mind that the source on this is El Mayimbe.

I was hoping they wouldn't introduce MJ right off the bat, but Feige and company have proven that they know what they're doing, so I'm excited to see how it turns out.

He's been pretty dead-on for a while now where scoops like this are concerned.

 

[AlexBasch]

I don't mind the race change, they can do whatever they want with their property. But did anyone else notice it's always the red headed characters?

The West family in The Flash. Jimmy Olsen in Supergirl. And now Mary Jane. Who will be next?

Ron Weasley got blonde as he grew up it seems.

MJ is also a spoiler now.

Hahahahahaha. Oh my god.

 

[Volimar]

I'm Team Gwen anyway.

#teamspidergwen

 

[Geist-]

No one's hair is as red as MJ.

Bring on the hair dye.

 

[Sephzilla]

I'm upset about her hair not being red and meeting in high school.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Awesome!

We talking about the girl from the acne treatment commercials? She looks pretty white to me, but maybe has some mixed races in her genes

Ehhhhhhhhh

 

[The Kree]

#teamspidergwen

#herbookisboringgarabage

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Hopefully Zendaya is not in Disney-channel mode here.

 

[Cardon]

Well my daughter is going to flip out since she watches that KC show Zendaya is on and she digs SpiderMan a lot. So yeah, guess this movie will be on permanent rotation in my household once it hits Blu-ray.

 

[Ahasverus]

I don't really care about that crap to be honest. Change whatever they want to make a good movie, doesn't have to be a literal translation from the comics

It robs them the sentimentality of their relationship. The ghost of Gwen Stacy is supposed to be a constant reminder to Peter of the care he should put to avoid getting MJ involved. Without a Gwen, MJ is just the plot armored lover of Peter.

 

[MadLaughter]

Fine by me!

Though in the teaser footage they showed in Hall H, they didn't seem to be shooting for any of the popular/party girl stuff that people think of when they think of MJ. Her one moment was her wearing a hoodie and giving Peter a weird look after a spidey montage and going:

"What are you hiding, Peter?"

then a pause,

"Kidding, I don't care."

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Unlike Dunst, Zendaya can both dance and sing, so she's got that much going for her.

Going to be hard to top Stone's Gwen though, she was one of the better comic casting choices of the past decade in an otherwise meh series.

Plus, Peter and Gwen make more sense for a HS relationship, girls like MJ wouldn't even fart in his general direction at that age.

 

[Volimar]

#herbookisboringgarabage

#butheroutfittho

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Zendaya sounds like the name of a DnD character

 

[richiek]

So they're bypassing Gwen Stacey for MJ. Interesting.

 

[Hubbl3]

Edit: Bah, I'm not sure if comment was meant to be feisty or not.

 

[Mr-Joker]

We talking about the girl from the acne treatment commercials? She looks pretty white to me, but maybe has some mixed races in her genes

Hmmm, I am okay with this and I am sure that Marvel knows what they are doing as they are in the driving seat for this.

The big question is how different is this Mary-Jane from the meh Rami's Mary-Jane.

Eh, I'm sure she'll do great. Her hair matters so little for her character. The weirdest part is that they seem to be skipping Gwen and jumping straight to MJ? But like... I don't care. If I wanted the same spiderman story over and over, I'd never read any reboots.

Because Gwen is part of that god awful toxic Amazing Spider-Man movies and that movie is pretty recent.

Plus there is the whole angle that she has a "Dead Girl walking" target attached to her.

 

[Ridley327]

It robs them the sentimentality of their relationship. The ghost of Gwen Stacy is supposed to be a constant reminder to Peter of the care he should put to avoid getting MJ involved. Without a Gwen, MJ is just the plot armored lover of Peter.

If they're using USM as a base for the relationships, the whole dynamic is completely different anyway. I wouldn't apply 616 dynamics in this situation.

 

[Volimar]

Zendaya sounds like the name of a DnD character

Or a DC character.


Zendaya Zatara

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Are people really surprised they're not doing Gwen?

 

[icespide]

It robs them the sentimentality of their relationship. The ghost of Gwen Stacy is supposed to be a constant reminder to Peter of the care he should put to avoid getting MJ involved. Without a Gwen, MJ is just the plot armored lover of Peter.

they can do whatever they want just tell a good story.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

It robs them the sentimentality of their relationship. The ghost of Gwen Stacy is supposed to be a constant reminder to Peter of the care he should put to avoid getting MJ involved. Without a Gwen, MJ is just the plot armored lover of Peter.

you know Mary Jane met Peter like a 100 issues before Gwen died right

 

[The Outsider]

He's been pretty dead-on for a while now where scoops like this are concerned.

Fair enough, I'm still used to the LR days where he was closer to a 50/50 chance of being right.

Reading through Ultimate Spidey now, which nails the high school stuff. Sounds like they're probably taking inspiration from there, which sounds good to me.

 

[roflwaffles]

Can't wait for the fanboy rage.

 

[Palmer_v1]

Hope she's still a redhead.

 

[Neoxon]

Oh, neat.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Or a DC character.


Zendaya Zatara

Zendaya Zatara

With the incredible power of being called last when they're checking attendance

 

[MartyStu]

I have have no strong feelings about this.

 

[Ahasverus]

you know Mary Jane met Peter like a 100 issues before Gwen died right

I know, that was the point, they almost didn't get together, it adds depth to Peter. But maybe I'm asking Disney too much, this will be their 8-13 movie and I suppose that's ok.

they can do whatever they want just tell a good story.

Character development and psychological depth? Fuck that! Saccharine teenage romance is better!

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

Woooooooow. I am not mad at this and I love Zendaya so YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS!!!! 😭 😭 😭 I'm hype

 

[MadLaughter]

(Also, she's definitely not a redhead in the teaser footage)

 

[dvdjamm]

Red hair...That's all she needs.

 

[Sojgat]

Obviously.

Who did people think she was playing?

 

[Obliterator]

I just hope she has red hair. Make the story reason because she likes to dye it. Besides that all good with me

 

[icespide]

Character development and psychological depth? Fuck that! Saccharine teenage romance is better!

have you seen the movie?

 

[The Kree]

I know, that was the point, they almost didn't get together, it adds depth to Peter. But maybe I'm asking Disney too much, this will be their 8-13 movie and I suppose that's ok.

Character development and psychological depth? Fuck that! Saccharine teenage romance is better!

You're making a lot of assumptions about a movie you haven't seen yet, bruh.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Are people really surprised they're not doing Gwen?

Why not both like Spectacular SM? Peter's HS/college buddy circle are worth more than just a romantic damsel.

 

[asagami_]

Now definitely the "Face it tiger" line will be in this.

And wow, Mary Jane and Liz Allan in the same movie. This movie is gonna be great.

 

[Volimar]

Obviously.

Who did people think she was playing?

Jessica Drew.

In high school.

It could happen.

 

[Forsaken82]

Cool as hell but people on the internet are going to get fucking racist about this. I can see it now.

How long did the backlash for Johnny Storm go when Michael B. Jordan was cast?

 

[Phamit]

Isn't Zandaya a classmate of Peter in the movie?

so is this scene out of question?

 

[Broken Joystick]

Obviously.

Who did people think she was playing?

Miles

 

[3N16MA]

This is much better than passing on Emma Stone and handing it to shailene woodley.

 

[Darth Pinche]

they can do whatever they want just tell a good story.

God damnned right!!!

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Obviously.

Who did people think she was playing?

Maria de la Watson

 

[Skilletor]

The MCU cribs more from Ultimate U than 616.

Also, the article reads like this is unconfirmed. Should probably put rumor in the title, right? Unless I'm missing something.

 

[MadLaughter]

In the footage from CC she looks just like she does in the set photo: