#spiderman analysis

[thrivingonaspirinandspite]

My Analysis of Color and its use in Spider-man Brand New Day Part 2 (how red and blue ties in)

When fighting scorpion, peter loses it and goes mutation mode, fight or flight, and we have the shot of his eyes being black with no lighting— the shot has a heavier emphasis on left—but when the cops come in, we get the reflections of red and blue (from the cop lights) and its like RESPONSIBILITY AND SECOND CHANCES AND KINDNESS and he snaps out of it and the eye is hear with an focus on his right side, with again, RED AND BLUE LIGHTING

The city is usually red and blue—because thats where his attention and responsibility has gone.

EXCEPT This shot. Its like the yellow and blue lighting and hes torn.

Of course frank has blue color for his home/ship because thats one of the very few people peter has let into his life—begrudgingly probably. Remember—annoying coworkers.

Anyways—MJ is in yellow (that forgotten responsibility) he lets her in and she is not in blue. After—whether he admits it or not, taking these steps to proetft her and talk with her—now shes blue and hes let her in (maybe not completely but shes in)

This is also why she wears white—she’s ready to help, she is filling that hole inside—“youre not gonna help him?” Is what i think she says

Here we got blue for frank and even red in this shot—WITH HIS BACK TURNED TO THE YELLOW—like he is ignoring peter’s problems… but again we know hes gonna help. He wears black because he is like nah i won’t help… he still feels disconnected and at odds with mj and peter.

And even the villains continue this red/blue is facing your responsibility i think (they are in red ninja outfits with a blue background every time)

Part one is here: https://www.tumblr.com/thrivingonaspirinandspite/819728665826017280/my-analysis-of-color-and-its-use-in-spider-man

[metalichotchoco]

The similarity and differences between Peter Parkers in these movies ( ones specifically named ‘Peter Parker’) is wildly fascinating to me

Welcome to the Peter essay (sorry no mla format)

The most obvious connection the movie wants you to make is between Ripeter and Pb. They are introduced one after another, they are one of miles’ biggest relationships in the film and both have their faces shown and out during most of it. Pb’s nickname literally is a reference to a -b list actor. He’s the second, not as good one.

Neither of the two meet but I’m so burningly curious what they’d even say to each other. It’s like staring at a warped mirror, your own face reflected back at you but it’s off.

We will never get these answers because this isn’t Peter’s story or movie and that’s a good thing. But that’s exactly what fanfiction is for. Anyways let’s talk about the other Peter that shows up in itsv.

Spiderman noir himself, in contrast to the first dynamic this one is barely even grazed. Mostly because noir doesn’t take off his mask besides one flashback and two they are so wildly different in comparison to Ripeter and him. He’s not standard spiderman all that but he also lives in a completely separate time period so it’s hard to see him as a Peter if he just did things differently or lived a bit longer but rather as his own entity entirely.

For the record I’m not going to be talking about lizard Peter as he’s got so little screen/ reference time in these films but it is important to note his insecurity, his vulnerability and the fact that this is most Peter’s experiences in highschool without powers. He’s an origin point but he is his own character as well.

Pb is jaded that is the best way to describe him, he’s self centered, self destructive, a cynical burn out who’s world weary, emotionally compromised and sarcastic especially before he gets his life back together. We don’t get much of Ripeter but the directors made him to be as competent as possible, snarky, determined, heroic, quintessential spider stuff, but he is tired, he’s trying but it’s not enough, he literally breaks down on a Christmas album he’s recording.Noir is “hard boiled, he’s rebellious, dramatic,hardworking but fight happy,chaotic and quick to adapt,genuine but suppresses his own emotions. He’s meant to be a love letter to those films but he’s got so much more to him than a couple gimmicks. The way he so freely says I love you and means it isn’t a trait either of the other spiders would do. It’s not indicative of the genre either.

The thing that connects all these people besides their names is the trait of being weary, ranging from being exhausted Ripeter to a straight up burnt out peter b. Noir is tired too but he’s not constrained the same way the others are, he’s tired of the tragedies that go on not the repetitive nature of being a spider for a long time,he’s angry. He loses everything but he lashes back at the world. The tiredness he feels motivates him in a way. Pb shuts down when the people he loves leave or die, he essentially regresses to being that same weird nerdy antisocial kid all those years ago. Ripeter doesn’t have any of his family and loved ones die or leave so he ends up being the one to leave them but you can see how he could very well be pb if that were to happen to him.

Lastly I wanna talk about their relationships to miles, being the only character to have interacted with all of them

Ripeter’s relationship is also interesting to look back in hindsight since the news that if he hadn’t been bitten, Peter wouldn’t have died hurts miles the most out of all the things Miguel says to him. Miles was a fan of Peter, not to the extent ganke was but he looked up to him and throughout the film he spends the majority of it trying to make good on Peter’s last wish/ words. He literally tries to emulate him, seen in the fact he buys a Halloween costume of his outfit when told to hide his face. Peter for his part is so relieved and happy to know he’s not alone, this event is likely what would’ve stopped him from being pb. He recognizes that there’s danger and doesn’t expect him to do things alone like he did, he wants miles to not have to go through what he had to. Miles ends up having to go through what he had to very intentionally ironically. But the way that Ripeter is and what he represents to miles is why Pb is setup for disappointment. The arc is wrapped up when miles uses one of his old suits and spray paints something new with it. Becoming a hero in his own right but having his legacy being the thing that backs it. The suit being critiqued in spider society is interesting because it can be read that he’s just a pale imitation, crudely painted over top of something he was never a part of. Something perfect that he ruined.

Peter b and Miles’ relationship is essentially the entirety of the first film, and to a certain point it’s half of the second too. Peter’s advice aren’t things you really wanna know as a superhero but they are valid. It’s boring and practical, not the flashy excitement miles was hoping for. In the end he does seem to take hold of it though judging by miles’ baby powder sponsorship. From initially ditching him to being his biggest advocate, Peter’s opinion shifts quickly for the kid. It’s an arc that resolves in the second movie when he literally has fixed his relationship and had a kid because of miles, one he’s absolutely crazy for. He becomes a pseudo father figure to him in a sense. One with a completely opposite approach to it than his actual father, miles in turn learns from both, the boring parts too. It’s why Peter’s betrayal hurts more, we don’t know his exact reasons but we know he doesn’t hold any actual malice towards the kid and he doesn’t agree with the chase either, their relationship will need repaired but I believe these two can do it.

Noir and miles don’t have a ton of one on one interactions but we do see the dynamic they have which is more than some. The way he regards miles and his situations are very interesting. The most obvious scene is when we get “surprise attack!” Where he is sparing with miles in order to get him ready for what kingpin has in store for him. There’s a clear difference between this scene and one where noir is fighting someone else or even miles fighting another spider, this isn’t noir beating up miles and taking his lunch money this is a warm up. He encourages miles even when he’s asking if he can close off his own feelings so that he doesn’t have to bear the weight of his morally ambiguous actions. He wants miles to be ready to be a spider, with all that entails. There’s a lot of unpleasantness that comes with it which isn’t something either of the other Peters truly bring up. When they all huddle together Peter brings up they are doing this right in front of him, sorta confused. I think it’s fun to see that noir personally probably would’ve just said the things he was thinking and concerned about to miles directly. His poor kid line from pb and miles argument sounds like he can relate to his feelings of frustration of wanting to do more but not being ready to. His reaction to miles freaking out over the fact that the prowler is his uncle is to say that’s a pretty hardcore origin story, not realizing that’s insensitive before peni elbows him. It’s like telling a kid that a scratch will heal into a cool scar. Making good out of bad. The last one is when he leaves, he in no uncertain terms, tells him that he loves them all. There’s no caveats to it, there’s no conditions there’s just unconditional support. Nothing in the second movie complicates this either, he is not in spider society. He never chases him,he never lies or sells him out and he is one of the first responders when miles is in trouble. It makes sense since he’s not in a lot of movie but miles’ relationships to other characters with similar screen time are actually wildly different.

Most of the Peter’s in this movie are dead, like half. Technically more than half of you think noir has been revived already in this canonicity. They’ve also got really confirmable ages. Pb is 38 in itsv, Ripeter is 26 when he died. To me noir is tricky but I always draw him in the 21-35 age range it’s funny if he’s young .

Tell me if I missed anything I have severe brainrot for this series in general

[lucky-katebishop]

It makes sense Peter Parker uses pop culture references a lot when fighting. Aliens, Empire Strikes Back, etc, he doesn't have anyone to teach him how to fight. He doesn't have Uncle Ben or his father (he barely has Tony Stark but not in the way of combat training) so he relies on the movies that not only taught him what it means to be a hero, but how to fight like one. So when he's fighting at the airplane scene in Civil War, and he makes a Star Wars reference, he's not only being the comic relief, it says a lot about his character and how little he has to rely on when it comes to being a superhero

[thrivingonaspirinandspite]

My Analysis of Color and its use in Spider-man Brand New Day (Part 1: yellow, white and black)

Yellow: The villain has this browner/yellower color in their scenes (and scenes in which they use mind control). And in the shot with the left eye, there is a more yellow lighting. Like maybe its associated with the arrogance, lack of accountability, and forgetting responsibility—such as neglecting your friends and neglecting yourself (cough cough Peter)

Perhaps thats why mj also has this more yellow/brown lighting in her apartment (here and at the party, especially prevalent with ned’s light being yellow beind him) because Peter has forgotten to take care of this side of himself (mentally and socially) and has forgotten that responsibility he owes to his friends… which leads me to white vs black.

White: white means bridging this gap of loneliness, making connection, and feeling whole again

Black: The color black for missing connection.

Mj is still looking—she wears black—she is feeling incomplete and doesn’t know why, but she knows it is because of spider-man, yk?? And same with his eyes. Same with ned’s shirt at the party and when peter watches their videos—he misses them. He feels that gaping hole in his chest, but he still has some connection to them through their social media videos (hence the small white logo/words)

white lighting when he crawls through mj’s window and is like “youre in danger”. White is also what she wears. White near the ending fight sequence when i assume hes fighting with all parts of himself feeling complete—white for his webbing

And i mean black could be fitting for the punisher because he is always missing his family and will never get that part of his life back—and his skull ensemble is white, so it could just be that doing what he does makes him feel whole again

Part two will dive into blue and red, and how it ties into to all three of these. Please read it actually—I couldn’t put it here because I ran out of how many photos I could put in one post.

Part two: https://www.tumblr.com/thrivingonaspirinandspite/819729357978451968/my-analysis-of-color-and-its-use-in-spider-man

[spider-mandaily]

1. Why do I love Spider-Man so much?

When I was a kid, all I ever got was Spider-Man (even though I never truly realized it). The reason is that he’s not a morally “perfect” hero. Look at Batman and Superman, two of the most iconic superheroes. They’re great characters, but they’re “morally” perfect and don’t have any personal, deep character flaws. Or look at the Avengers. As an example, Steve Rogers is more morally perfect than Superman, whether you like it or not. But all of those characters often get past their “deep” personal flaws. Tony Stark used to be arrogant, but right now in the comics he’s not arrogant. The most interesting thing about the Hulk is the relationship between Bruce Banner and Hulk, but Bruce Banner is generally a nice person who was there at the wrong time. The point I am trying to make is that for the majority of the Marvel characters, they are morally perfect, or they easily overcome their deep, personal, character flaws, except Spider-Man. I may think Last Remains was underwhelming, but what I like about Nick Spencer’s run is that he completely dissects and analyzes Peter Parker. - This is one of my Spider-Man comic panels to depict my austere love for Peter Parker/Spider-Man!

Unlike Tony Stark who gets over his arrogance, unlike Bruce Banner who was just a good dude but turned complicated due to a freaky accident, Peter Parker is a hero who is inherently selfish.

That’s one of the reasons what I love about Spider-Man, that he tries to do the right thing, even if he isn’t morally perfect.

In these pages, Kindred explains that Peter’s greatest flaw is his hubris and selfishness. Peter didn’t let Sin-Eater cleanse Norman Osborn’s sins because he couldn’t STAND the fact that someone was defeating his arch enemy.

Peter was so greedy and selfish that he thought only he was the only ONE who can defeat his arch enemy. Peter Parker has hubris, which means he thinks only his methods can work and always makes the decisions for others.

And every time Peter messes up, instead of owning up to his mistakes, he begs and makes deals with the devil.

Kindred also makes a point where Peter Parker is selfish. He mentions how he didn’t turn in Norman Osborn to the cops years ago NOT because it was the right thing to do, but because Norman Osborn forgot his secret identity.

So basically, Peter Parker created his own arch enemy because of his selfishness and hubris.

I think that is actually great writing. It shows that even when Spider-Man does the right thing and tries to be self-less, he isn’t morally perfect and his selfishness holds him back.

This also ties back to the point where Peter’s selfishness caused his father figure (Uncle Ben) to die.

This also ties in Superior Spider-Man, where Superior Spider-Man (in Doc Ock’s mind) basically exposes Peter’s “no-killing rule”.

People can make the point how Spider-Man is a “bad” person because every time he becomes a superhero someone dies, or that he’s a bad person because even when he becomes a hero, his personal flaws get in the way.

Personally, I think that makes Peter Parker a great hero. Because instead of succumbing to his flaws and being a complete villain, Peter Parker tries to be the best person he can be. He isn’t perfect and is made out of flaws. He tries to improve himself and be better because no matter the odds, no matter the excuses, no matter his vulnerabilities, no matter the impact on himself and his personal life and loved ones, no matter how hard it is, no matter how really it’s not his responsibility: He will always do what’s right. He’ll help the ones in need, he’ll risk his life against some crazy lethal bad guy. He’ll do it because he “has” to, not because he “can” or “want” to.

His extreme sense of responsibility is beyond explanation. His guilt-complexity for not stopping the burglar who killed his uncle has shaped his life. Never again would he let anyone down.

And what’s even worse? Most of the time, he’s seen as a threat, a menace, and misunderstood. He’s not acknowledged for his heroic actions, nor praised or appreciated .Yet, he still does it.

He has many reasons to not being Spider-Man, yet letting anyone down is too much of a burden to carry on his shoulders. Being Spider-Man could screw up his own life as Peter Parker; he could lose his job, his love life, but he’d still do it. He has to worry about paying his bills and taking care of his aunt while he’s fighting a deadly foe. It’s also the fact that Spider-Man wears a mask in order to protect his identity. Anyone would want, as a superhero, to be recognized by people and become prominent and well-reputed to the world but Peter chose to cloak his identity in order to protect his loved ones. He chose love over fame, and that is the wisest decision a hero could ever make. The fact that Spider-Man wears a mask clearly gives no indication of who is inside the mask. Stan Lee clearly stated in one of his interviews that Spider-Man is a fundamental symbol to eradicate racism because anyone can wear the mask and become Spider-Man! Whether you are of the opposite gender, whether you belong to a different ethnicity or ethnic group, whether you come from a different social class, it doesn’t matter because anyone can take on the Spider-Man mantle! Being Spider-Man gets sometimes in direct conflict with being Peter Parker. If he doesn’t go to stop that bad guy, he will be safe and can do whatever important to him, but that means that a policeman can get hurt. Who will he choose? Peter, or some totally random stranger who might not get back to his family again? He chooses the latter.

Spider-Man is the pure embodiment of heroism and self-sacrifice. That’s just one of my infinite reasons why I adore Spider-Man to bits.

[spider-mandaily]

Spider-Man Gets 5 More Superhero Suits In Freshman Year Image

Spider-Man: Freshman Year will feature multiple costumes including designs similar to the Future Foundation costume and The Hornet.

A new image from Spider-Man: Freshman Year reveals five different Spidey suits. While originally pitched as taking place in the MCU as a prequel to the events of Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Freshman Year seems to be dramatically different than originally believed. With the revelation that it will feature Norman Osborn in a mentor role to Peter Parker instead of Tony Stark, and appearances by characters like Doc Ock, Scorpion, and Daredevil who were not mentioned or referenced in the MCU films, it appears that this is a different take on the webhead's origins.

That new dramatic take means a new suit. Spider-Man has one of the most iconic and recognizable superhero costumes of all time, yet the character has also had a number of iconic reimaginings of his suit. The MCU Spider-Man films featured a wide variety of suits used throughout, including variations on the Iron Spider and Spider-Man Noir suits in the comics. The first concept art for Spider-Man: Freshman Year showcased a different version of Spider-Man's prototype suit at San Diego Comic-Con.

Now it appears that the suit will not be his only one. At San Diego Comic-Con during the Marvel Animation panel, via CabooseEK, the studio showcased artwork and designs for the series. One of them highlights different alternate costumes Spider-Man will wear in the series, and while no names were listed on them, they seem to be pulling from various Spider-Man comics.

https://twitter.com/CabooseEK/status/1550584784363180033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1550584784363180033%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fscreenrant.com%2Fspiderman-freshman-year-show-image-spidey-suits-hornet%2F

(Here’s a screenshot of the page/Twitter post)

While the center suit showcases the classic Spider-Man design, the rest seem to draw from other comics. The suit on the far left is Peter as The Hornet, another superhero title he takes on in the comics. The black suit seems to be a variation of the Dusk suit featuring Steve Ditko's web wings design. The white suit looks almost like a direct pull from the Future Foundation costume, a suit worn by Spider-Man when he joined the team after the death of Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch. And the final suit on the far right seems to be an original design for the series, featuring a yellow and teal costume with a red cape

How all these various suits factor into the plot of Spider-Man: Freshman Year remains to be seen but drawing from the various eras of Spider-Man comics suggests a very funny remaining of the character. The series will not premiere until 2024, but Spider-Man: Freshman Year has already been renewed for season 2. This opens the door for the creators to give their own spin on other classic Spider-Man suits like the Bombastic Bagman suit or the Superior Spider-Man outfit. With all of these announcements and reveals, there is certainly a lot to speculate on how Spider-Man: Freshman Year will be connected to the MCU or if it will forge its own path in the ever-expanding multiverse.