With now less than 6 months (2 May 2014) before the highly-anticipated release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2--and less than a week before the release of the "first" trailer, it should come as no surprise that "news" has begun to trickle out of the guarded vaults of Sony. . .
Whether it is "good news"--or "bad", will ultimately depend on your personal take on the story- line and how the characters are portrayed. Though hardly a "scoop", it appears as if the movie will definitively set the story in the Ultimate Marvel universe: Earth-1610.
Personally, this is a disappointment, as I have no real connection with the Ultimate universe. The allusions to this setting were fairly obvious throughout ASM 1, but I was hoping that the series would take 'something old' and 'something new' to create a new, vibrant interpretation of the printed works. They have definitely taken "something old", but what they have taken--and why--is at best illogical--at worst, insulting! So, we'll hope for the best as we await the Ultimate Electro, the Ultimate [mecha-]R.H.I.N.O., and--the gods help us--the Ultimate Green Goblin. . .
On the plus side, I guess that Gwen Stacy will survive at least through the second installment-- and the alignment of Disney and Sony is further enhanced. . .
"Excelsior!"? I think not. . .
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