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Interestingly, the Seinfield episode with Marisa Tomei is on TV right now.
Haha wow, I'm watching it now too. What are the odds??Interestingly, the Seinfield episode with Marisa Tomei is on TV right now.
Isn't this that What If comic where Mayis actually Peter's mother?
It wasn't planned to be a what if, shit was going to be canon
Everything about that comic from the damn covers to the message it was sending to little girls was a fucking trainwreck.
I shouldnt wanna bang Aunt May lol
Hasnt she always been old in the comics?
Yeah but come to think of it... hasn't she been a bit TOO old in the comics?
Peter is going to high school and somehow his aunt got more wrinkles than my great grandmother.
Casting a younger Aunt May isn't really a problem. The problem is Rosemary Harris set the bar so high that it'd be hard for anyone to trump it. I'd like to think that the idea of making her "old" had a lot more to do with her just being wise and understanding. She's incredibly sympathetic and is basically the heart of the original movies, as well as much of Spider-Man as a whole (hell, Green Goblin even spells that out for us in the first movie). There's a good reason why she's usually the one who manages to get Peter back on track in the movies. This scene is still GOAT.
Sally Field was a pretty good actress all things considered and admittedly having a younger Aunt May (particularly for a high-school level Spidey) makes much more sense, but it was so awkward to see her potential squandered in the reboot by not doing much with her and having Peter basically tread all over her own needs - which hilariously enough are similarly poorly defined.
Younger Aunt May is a reasonable idea but they're going to have to take a lot of notes from the general disposition and behavior of Harris' performance if they want to make the character be an important fixture. Admittedly though, the Raimi movies kind of struck gold with May not just by having a good performance but because her being old meant that it lent her a lot of innate sympathy. While this choice generally makes much more sense in an in-universe perspective, it means they're going to have to work a little bit harder.
Classic Aunt May is elderly and fragile and near living in a nursing home.
But whatever. It's a movie.
Good thing there's so much more than classic Aunt May.Classic Aunt May is elderly and fragile and near living in a nursing home.
But whatever. It's a movie.
I don't think it was JJJ levels of accolade to be honest, you overstate how much she contributed to those films.
Good thing there's so much more than classic Aunt May.
I'm more a fan of Ultimate and Animated May.
That last comic......he didn't grow up
Amazing.
Spectacular.
Don't worry, he came back. MASSIVE EYE ROLL.
Wait, wtf? I really haven't read ultimate in forever.
Wait, wtf? I really haven't read ultimate in forever.
Yeah. : In the Miles Morales series.
Don't worry, he came back. MASSIVE EYE ROLL.
Casting a younger Aunt May isn't really a problem. The problem is Rosemary Harris set the bar so high that it'd be hard for anyone to trump it. I'd like to think that the idea of making her "old" had a lot more to do with her just being wise and understanding. She's incredibly sympathetic and is basically the heart of the original movies, as well as much of Spider-Man as a whole (hell, Green Goblin even spells that out for us in the first movie). There's a good reason why she's usually the one who manages to get Peter back on track in the movies. This scene is still GOAT.
Stop right there you.sshhh shhh it's all gone now.
*returns from wiki*
WTF.....I really hope it isn't as bad as the description sounds.
w-what is this? what is going on there?
Is that aunt may?!
I wonder if Aunt May will already know Pete's secret. Refresh my memory, in Ultimate did she know before he died?
Don't worry, he came back. MASSIVE EYE ROLL.
So SHE's the one who teaches peter his love of photography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEBUNMVP_8k
aunt 'mei
Heh do some people think he'll still be just a cameo? Looking less likely now.