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Andrew Garfield is "The Amazing Spider-Man" (official title)
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VGChampion
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Movie still looks great to me. Every time I see people complaining about Peter it just makes me wonder if anyone actually reads the comics anymore? He always has women coming after him these days. Maybe they're just going for a more realistic portrayal? When was the last time you saw an "uber-nerd" in high school or college? There were never any kids like that in my grade. And hey, if there were, they must have been really unnoticable and nobody would want to watch a movie with an unlikeable Peter. Fashion looks perfectly fine for someone still in school as well.
The Outsider
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Not going to lie, blonde Emma Stone is totally doing it for me. It will be quite sad if they inevitably follow Gwen's comic storyline.
Discotheque
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lol that first hipster pic looks like Eugene Hutz
FunkyPajamas
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Bregor said:
He wouldn't just let himself fall though, he'd propel himself so that his initial velocity would be higher than hers and then be able to catch her. Or slingshot himself down to catch her too.
Zoramon089
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DryEyeRelief said:
The skinny jeans with cuffs and mismatched socks...most people don't dress like that. I don't have too much of a problem with his outfit but trying to pass off those things I just said as what the "everyman" wears is ridiculous
AwesomeSauce
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I don't know. Walking around my college campus and i see a lot of people who kind of dress in that way. It doesn't look out of place to me at all, but i am only 20. People shouting hipster obviously don't know what's up.
DryEyeRelief
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BLSwagger10 said:
It's from the spectacular spider-man cartoon.
Cosmic Bus
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It's amusing that no one seems to have considered the possibility that the scene might've involved Spider-Garfield mistakenly putting on two different socks in a rush or something...
Either way, dude looks hot as all get-out sittin' there. I'd shingle his roof.
...I don't even know what that means.
Either way, dude looks hot as all get-out sittin' there. I'd shingle his roof.
...I don't even know what that means.
beelzebozo
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MisterHero said:
i was joking about the superman thing in general, and wasn't leveling that toward anyone who objects to the way peter is dressing as some kind of defense of the costume; it was an unrelated statement. of course there is a valid argument that the dress could be construed as too modern or as attempting to stab at something trendy or cool to be more appealing, but i don't see it as crossing that line in the least, so i joke and prod, yes.
The Lamonster
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awww seriously, Peter Parker with those hipster glasses? ughhhhh
Buckethead
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DryEyeRelief said:These guys don't look like ultra nerds:
He was always doing/saying ultra-nerdy things and a tucked in fugly polo was 90s for "nerd".
Just because he doesn't have thick black glasses that magnify his eyes and hunch like Quazimoto doesn't mean he's not a nerd.
I love the animated series Peter, I wish they would've translated that to the big screen instead of this.
Hot Coldman
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90s Parker was awkward, yeah. Spectacular one, not as much, he just seemed to get shit more than 'earn' it.
What's Ultimate Peter Parker like? He seems like a cool guy, designing websites, dating Kitty Pryde...
What's Ultimate Peter Parker like? He seems like a cool guy, designing websites, dating Kitty Pryde...
xxracerxx said:
That makes it even worse.
Buckethead said:
So true. Course this was when he was an adult, back when they flashback to when he got bitten he was a thick glasses wearing nerd.
Yeah at least animated series peter was a smart aleck , witty bastard.
Toby is a downer, not funny, all around..not peter parker.
Anastacio said:
Andrew Garfield on set:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FdvO7eTavI&feature=player_embedded
http://blip.tv/file/5122775?utm_source=player_embedded
Andrew signing autographs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6U-c5kStIc&feature=player_embedded
I love the casting of Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone.
Me too. They look perfect as Spidey and Gwen. Those who call them hipster are probably social outcast who don't know how people in general, esp. college students normally dress up. Or just really, really old people.
TheKaeptain
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They just dress like them because they are trying to be non-conformist.pulga said:
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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I don't think Garfield looks particularly like a hipster, but I don't think he looks like Peter Parker, either. For now, Tobey is still the more Parker-looking one.
BamYouHaveAids
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Wearing matching socks, holelesss clothes, and weather appropriate attire are all signs of social retardation? It's not even a major point, people are just cracking jokes, yet some of you are getting awfully offended over here.Replicant said:
"YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND YA OLD GEEZER!" Proclaimed the thirteen year old gaffer.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Let's be real, the shot of him sitting on the balcony is hipster-rific. The rest isn't.
Angry Fork
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Peter isn't just any kid. Nerds don't dress like other kids because they don't care (and not in the "anti-establishment" don't care, nerds literally don't care). They'd rather focus on nerd stuff. The idea that Peter wears fashionable clothes that every other kid wears is not a nerdy characteristic. Based on this kids looks + clothes it's pretty much fact he's be at least semi-popular at school and have many girls attracted to him. That's not Peter Parker.xxracerxx said:
With that being said I don't really care THAT much, i'm not trying to get into some huge debate about it. I don't have much faith in this movie and I like other comic book characters more than Spiderman, but i'm just saying that look doesn't suit Peter imo at all.
About half of Brooklyn is hipster now so yea, they're around.reilo said:
krypt0nian
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Peter Parker hasn't been a nerd in comics for decades.
This looks amazing. But GAF hates cool shit all the time.
This looks amazing. But GAF hates cool shit all the time.
AlphaDragoon
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*looks at Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker pics, then looks at Spectacular Spidey pic*
Um...nobody else is gonna mention that they're wearing the exact same outfit minus the change in pants (from cargos to jeans)?
I think it looks fine. It's like people who were screaming about how Scott Pilgrim looks like a hipster when he's wearing a t-shirt and jeans.
Um...nobody else is gonna mention that they're wearing the exact same outfit minus the change in pants (from cargos to jeans)?
I think it looks fine. It's like people who were screaming about how Scott Pilgrim looks like a hipster when he's wearing a t-shirt and jeans.
distantmantra
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xxracerxx said:
Same here in Seattle.
Shit, get rid of the hat, trim the beard and put some Cuck Taylors on him and you've got me.
Souldriver
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If wearing a shirt and jeans is not a deviant fashion statement, I don't know what is!AlphaDragoon said:
Salvor.Hardin
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AlphaDragoon said:
Truth is, if they made Garfield dress like how Parker did in the comics, there would be even more people complaining about him being a hipster:
Lunchbox said:
I'm pretty sure alot of people felt like Spidey 3 was the Batman and Robin of the Spiderman movie franchise. It can't get any worse than that.
As for the casting, I'm not too huge on this guy. It's not really a clothes thing, I'm just too adjusted seeing Tobey on the screen as Spiderman.
Lunchbox said:
Spiderman is Spiderman, regardless of whatever trends the movie will still sell because the brand is still popular.
oh man, Parker sure is picked on a lot back then.
You know Pete and Yugi sure have a lot in common. Course Yugi got the shit beat out of him every week by bullies.
Garfield has really cool hair, lot of cool british dudes have cool hair like David Tennant.
Hold on a second there Mister Box. I really doubt the reason that SP did bad was hipster related. It was probably bad marketing I don't know.
But this is completely different, 1) It's Spider-Man, it's new and different and it'll draw a lot of people seeing on how everyone was sick of Dunst/Mcguire and Spider-man 3 was the last straw.
2) This obviously won't be seen as hipster, it seems to play a little more towards what the young people are into now, (Twilight, more seriousness less cheese like other super hero movies like The Dark Knight).
You know Pete and Yugi sure have a lot in common. Course Yugi got the shit beat out of him every week by bullies.
Garfield has really cool hair, lot of cool british dudes have cool hair like David Tennant.
Lunchbox said:
Hold on a second there Mister Box. I really doubt the reason that SP did bad was hipster related. It was probably bad marketing I don't know.
But this is completely different, 1) It's Spider-Man, it's new and different and it'll draw a lot of people seeing on how everyone was sick of Dunst/Mcguire and Spider-man 3 was the last straw.
2) This obviously won't be seen as hipster, it seems to play a little more towards what the young people are into now, (Twilight, more seriousness less cheese like other super hero movies like The Dark Knight).
Hot Coldman
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Funtruck said:
Don't bait him, he's been doing this since back when the Pilgrim film came out. Guy is like the Juggernaut of hipster hatred.
Of course, the mere comparison of Spider-Man and Scott Pilgrim in terms of box-office dollar is ludicrous, but that's obviously not what the argument is here >_>
Souldriver
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Wait, what? The people who watch Scott Pilgrim are scum?Lunchbox said:
Salvor.Hardin
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Lunchbox said:
I could imagine it not doing as well as the Raimi movies but not because of some perceived "hipster" factor. Instead, because of the much lower budget, I don't think this movie will have the scope that the original trilogy did. Everything felt very large and important and the events were on a grandiose scale. This film on the other hand will probably feel less grand.
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