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[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is that why it works, or is that just how they did it?

[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Imo, it’s why it works. It’s different and original, and even fits in the same story as the old ones.

Obviously I have no objective proof of that, but you can’t even hypothetically think about what would’ve happened if it was just a race swap, because the whole premise of the movie is that Miles isn’t Peter Parker.

[–] evranch@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

It worked so well that the thought of it as a race swap never crossed my mind, it's just an alternate universe Spiderman story. Spiderverse is genuinely one of my top Spiderman films, because it felt like a comic book rather than a superhero movie. It's just got such a unique feel.

You can if you squint your eyes. I don't think about how Peter Parker has shaken hands with his successor nearly as much as I think about Spiderman's new name being Miles Morales.

And also because I am perfectly comfortable with a black Spiderman. This resistance to thinking of them as the same person is just not felt in my brain.

This is a learned skill, by the way. Or unlearned, maybe. I.e., you should think about it.

I used to think I had a problem with Nintendo just deciding for some game that Link would be a girl now. Not a different canon, not a different timeline, not Zelda in disguise: just "Linkle." In the years I've had to think about this, I've realized I do not give two shits about it. I might even welcome the sensational 5-gum freshness of it.