Can we have the real Peter Parker back? Because the one we're getting in Homecoming IS NOT HIM!!
Marvel literally took away every single thing that made Peter the person he is!! The thing that made Peter so relatable and likable in the first place was that he was just like the kids who read comics: scrawny, nerdy, unpopular, bullied, and smart. This version of Peter seems to take away most of those aspects of his characterization which by the way has pretty much stayed the same since he first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 in August, 1962. The only thing I've seen of this version of Peter that's the same is that he's in high school!!
And to top that off they completely glossed over the fact that Uncle Ben's murder is what has ALWAYS driven Peter to be a hero. Instead ya decide to replace it with Peter wanting to be a hero JUST TO PROVE IT TO TONY STARK!! What kind of motivation is that anyway? He already had all the motivation he needed WHEN HIS UNCLE WAS MURDERED!! I also get the feeling that we won't even see Uncle Ben's murder in the movie since its implied a bunch of time has passed and Peter is totally over it by now...
Back to the characterization thing though WHERE IS FLASH?! Flash Thompson? Peter's biggest high school bully? Seems like they cut him out as well which makes no sense because a lot of Peter's interactions with Flash helped shape the hero, and man, he became. (Also where in the fucking world is Mary Jane? Peter meets Gwen in college so it makes sense that she's not there.)
NONE OF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH TONY STARK THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! If y'all wanted to go with some father-figure/mentor thing Stark is the completely wrong choice! You messed it up in the first place when you had Peter on Stark's side in Civil War so I guess y'all had to stick with that horrible decision but my point is Peter Parker wouldn't mentor with Stark and vice a versa... Having Peter mentor with Steve makes a hell of a lot more sense and if y'all remember the first Civil War comic arc after playing for both sides PETER SIDES WITH STEVE IN THE END!! Steve even delivers that beautiful speech, that you gave to Sharon in the movie, to convince Peter to do the right thing. (Still pissed you took away Peter's important role in that storyline by fucking up the plot so much!!)
Vulture... That's the villain you decide to go with? Out all of the villains Spidey faces you pick Vulture? Ok well most were taken by all the other Spider-Man movies but what about Chameleon? Mysterio? Black Cat? Carnage? Kraven the Hunter? Shocker? Jack O' Lantern? Crime Master? Mindworm? Beetle? Jackal? Nope. You picked Vulture and of course you're gonna change his origin story... Adrian Toomes, assuming y'all keep his name, was a Stark Enterprises employee fired for some stupid reason and retaliated by stealing the flight suit. Gives him a great connection to Iron Man... One that he never had thank you very much!! (It could be a set-up to have Peter fight the Sinister Six but I doubt that.)
And what's up with the whole "Vulture trying to get Peter on his side" thing? Yeah, yeah, yeah, villains do that a lot with the young impressionable sidekicks but... Hey!! PETER ISN'T A SIDEKICK!! You basically turned him into one though by taking away everything that made Peter his own person!! Peter has never been and never will be a sidekick... except in this movie.
Let's not forget the clincher here though! What did Peter say when Tony had his super awkward attempting-to-be-a-father-figure moment in the trailer?
I'm nothing without the suit.
That's the biggest problem I have if I'm being honest here. Peter is so many things without the Spidey suit!! The only thing the suit did was what superhero suits are designed for: IT PROTECTED HIS SECRET IDENTITY. He doesn't need to suit for anything besides that. And, as I said, Peter is so much more!! Or did you somehow forget that he's a teen genius? Did you forget that he made his web-shooters himself? Did you forget that the web-shooters are the only tech he has? Did you forget that Peter has super-human strength & agility? Did you forget that he also has the power to cling to literally any surface?
DID YOU FORGET ABOUT HIS MOTHERFUCKING SPIDEY-SENSE?!?
I was done with your comics a long time ago, Marvel, but it looks like I'll be done with your movies now too.
