"Spider-Man" reboot?! Seriously???!

Well I certainly was a little disturbed to hear that Sony Pictures was scrapping preproduction on "Spider-Man 4" to completely reboot the franchise.

Sam Raimi was close to a deal that would allow him to make two movies at once and release them as "4" and "5". However, Raimi's tried and true judgment of pooling from classic Spider-Man comics as far as villains were concerned only hit a brick wall as far as the studio was concerned. They only wanted to have bad guys who were selling books right now. Stupid, stupid, STUPID!

Don't they realize that "Spider-Man 3" was everything less than a blockbuster because of THEIR interference with the inclusion of Venom?! if Raimi had had his way, the story was only to include 1) Peter Parker and MJ grappling with his superhero persona, 2) Harry's revenge scheme as the Hob Goblin, and 3) the introduction of Sandman. Trotting out Venom and other really nonessential characters for this outing jammed that movie up like a stuck toilet!

So now Sony has decided to through the baby out with the bath water! The man who single handedly changed the course of superhero movies as we see them now, was told to take his toys and walk! Yeah, let's give the franchise to a director (Marc Webb, pictured above) who only has one movie under his belt (500 Days of Summer) and doesn't seem to be a Spider-Man fan, or at least as far as he or anyone is saying.....GOOOOOOD!

When I first heard this, my immediate thought was that I wanted to see Sony bomb with this thing. And I still kind of hope they do. Fresh minds? Fresh ideas? Maybe. If it works, great. But I really don't think anything the studio does outside of Sam Raimi's golden touch will yield high praise. Is Raimi the only one who can do Spider-Man? Of course not. But there's just one thing the studios have not totally embraced, even after 'writing on the wall' projects like "Spider-Man"; the concept of having a director who is a TOTAL fan in the driver's seat. Makes a BIG difference!

We'll see what happens next. But unless I see something good, expect more "Star Trek" trash talk from me! if you haven't already (which I'm sure you have), you can read more by clicking on Marc Webb's photo above.